Patents by Inventor Apoorv Kansal
Apoorv Kansal has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10868956Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for supporting photograph in a device having a camera, the method comprising the operations of: recognizing the face of a subject within a photographing area of a camera when the camera is driven; determining a signal instructing to change the photographing area, on the basis of information about the recognized face; and outputting the signal instructing to change the photographing area, on the basis of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Vishnu Vardhan Vinjam, Apoorv Kansal
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Publication number: 20200244873Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for supporting photograph in a device having a camera, the method comprising the operations of: recognizing the face of a subject within a photographing area of a camera when the camera is driven; determining a signal instructing to change the photographing area, on the basis of information about the recognized face; and outputting the signal instructing to change the photographing area, on the basis of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Vishnu VARDHAN VINJAM, Apoorv KANSAL
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Patent number: 10574476Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a method and/or apparatus for managing a guest room, and for example, for assigning a guest room based on customized setting information provided by a user and thereafter managing the guest room based on the setting information.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chungyong Eom, Apoorv Kansal, Yunho Park, Yoseong Song, Subyeong Oh
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Patent number: 10474574Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system resource management in a variety of situations. The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for reducing memory requirements and improving processing speed when an electronic device performs padding for a particular arithmetic operation on data. To achieve the above objective, a method for operating an electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: reading a first portion of data from a first memory; determining a first padding address based on the address of a byte belonging to a boundary region of the data among a plurality of bytes included in the first portion; writing values of the plurality of bytes and a value corresponding to the first padding address to a second memory; and reading a second portion of the data from the first memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changhun Yu, Wonjin Kim, Hyunsik Kim, Sunho Moon, Minwook Ahn, Rakie Kim, Kyoungsoo Cho, Nikunj Saunshi, Parichay Kapoor, Pankaj Agarwal, Won-Sub Kim, Jin-Hyo Kim, Hyunghoon Kim, Jisu Oh, Keongho Lee, Seung-Beom Lee, Jinseok Lee, Dong-Gi Jang, Subin Jo, Apoorv Kansal
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Publication number: 20180357166Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system resource management in a variety of situations. The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for reducing memory requirements and improving processing speed when an electronic device performs padding for a particular arithmetic operation on data. To achieve the above objective, a method for operating an electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: reading a first portion of data from a first memory; determining a first padding address based on the address of a byte belonging to a boundary region of the data among a plurality of bytes included in the first portion; writing values of the plurality of bytes and a value corresponding to the first padding address to a second memory; and reading a second portion of the data from the first memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changhun YU, Wonjin KIM, Hyunsik KIM, Sunho MOON, Minwook AHN, Rakie KIM, Kyoungsoo CHO, Nikunj SAUNSHI, Parichay KAPOOR, Pankaj AGARWAL, Won-Sub KIM, Jin-Hyo KIM, Hyunghoon KIM, Jisu OH, Keongho LEE, Seung-Beom LEE, Jinseok LEE, Dong-Gi JANG, Subin JO, Apoorv KANSAL
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Patent number: 9961479Abstract: A method and apparatus for a master gateway to register a device in a smart home network system. The method includes selecting performance parameters related to the device measured by at least two gateways including the master gateway; collecting, from the at least two gateways, at least one first information item about the performance parameters measured for the device capable of being registered in the at least two gateways; creating second information used to register the device, based on the at least one first information item, by the at least two gateways; and instructing one of the at least two gateways to register the device, based on the second information. The present invention relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Chungyong Eom, Apoorv Kansal
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Patent number: 9924312Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A communication apparatus performs a method for determining a user's presence in a specific space. In the method, the apparatus receives a first signal from a first sensor and identifies a user access direction, based on the received first signal. Then, the apparatus selects a second sensor, based on the identified user access direction, receives a second signal from the selected second sensor, and determines whether a user enters in the specific space, based on the received second signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyungjae Kim, Jieun Kim, Yunjae Lim, Jaewook Kim, Hyunsuk Min, Kwanwoo Song, Apoorv Kansal, Byungcheol Yu, Hogun Lim, Hyejung Cho, Sangsun Choi, Jaeeun Kang, Changhan Kim, Jongyoub Ryu
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Patent number: 9906890Abstract: A method and apparatus for a master gateway to register a device in a smart home network system. The method includes selecting performance parameters related to the device measured by at least two gateways including the master gateway; collecting, from the at least two gateways, at least one first information item about the performance parameters measured for the device capable of being registered in the at least two gateways; creating second information used to register the device, based on the at least one first information item, by the at least two gateways; and instructing one of the at least two gateways to register the device, based on the second information. The present invention relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chungyong Eom, Apoorv Kansal
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Publication number: 20170156028Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A communication apparatus performs a method for determining a user's presence in a specific space. In the method, the apparatus receives a first signal from a first sensor and identifies a user access direction, based on the received first signal. Then, the apparatus selects a second sensor, based on the identified user access direction, receives a second signal from the selected second sensor, and determines whether a user enters in the specific space, based on the received second signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Kyungjae KIM, Jieun KIM, Yunjae LIM, Jaewook KIM, Hyunsuk MIN, Kwanwoo SONG, Apoorv KANSAL, Byungcheol YU, Hogun LIM, Hyejung CHO, Sangsun CHOI, Jaeeun KANG, Changhan KIM, Jongyoub RYU
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Publication number: 20170126419Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates generally to a method and an apparatus of managing a guest room, and for example, to a method and an apparatus of setting environment of a guest room and providing a service to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Chungyong EOM, Apoorv KANSAL, Yunho PARK, Yoseong SONG, Subyeong OH
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Publication number: 20160209997Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and apparatus of a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a server in a network are provided. The method for operating a first electronic device in a network includes determining a sub-step in progress among a plurality of sub-steps of a connection procedure with a second electronic device; and displaying information about the sub-step.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Dongik LEE, Apoorv KANSAL, Inho PARK, Younseog CHANG
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Publication number: 20160189500Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a camera in a security system. A video is recorded. A subject from the video is identified. A moving path of the subject is predicted. At least one neighboring camera corresponding to the moving path is discovered. At least one target camera is selected from among the at least one neighboring camera. A recording command including information about the subject and the moving path is transmitted to the at least one target camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Jun-Hyung KIM, Apoorv KANSAL, Youn-Seog CHANG, Se-Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20160034762Abstract: A method, device and chipset for a monitoring device connectable with a sensor device monitoring surroundings thereof. The method includes searching for a sensor device, acquiring images for the surroundings of the monitoring device, registering location information corresponding to the sensor device, discovered through searching, using the images, and registering monitoring information including an operation performed in response to an event occuring in the discovered sensor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Younseog CHANG, Dongik LEE, Apoorv KANSAL
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Publication number: 20150373481Abstract: A method and apparatus for a master gateway to register a device in a smart home network system. The method includes selecting performance parameters related to the device measured by at least two gateways including the master gateway; collecting, from the at least two gateways, at least one first information item about the performance parameters measured for the device capable of being registered in the at least two gateways; creating second information used to register the device, based on the at least one first information item, by the at least two gateways; and instructing one of the at least two gateways to register the device, based on the second information. The present invention relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Chungyong EOM, Apoorv Kansal
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Patent number: D791111Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Apoorv Kansal, Pankaj Agarwal, Vishnuvardhan Vinjam