Patents by Inventor Byoung Hee Lee
Byoung Hee Lee 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: 10979794Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage formeType: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Bae Park, Byoung-Hee Lee, Jae-Hee You, Tae-Eon Kim, Han-Bom Park, Sun-Young Lee, Byoung-Uk Yoon, Kyung-Hee Lee, Ho-Chul Hwang
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Publication number: 20200329293Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage formeType: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Young-Bae PARK, Byoung-Hee LEE, Jae-Hee YOU, Tae-Eon KIM, Han-Bom PARK, Sun-Young LEE, Byoung-Uk YOON, Kyung-Hee LEE, Ho-Chul HWANG
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Publication number: 20200280221Abstract: An electronic device performing communication with a powerless sensor is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless charging module configured to wirelessly transmit power to a powerless sensor; and a communication module configured to receive data that is sensed in the powerless sensor using the wirelessly transmitted power.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Dong-Zo KIM, Sang-Wook KWON, Ki-Young KIM, Sung-Bum PARK, Byoung-Hee LEE
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Patent number: 10701469Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage formeType: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Bae Park, Byoung-Hee Lee, Jae-Hee You, Tae-Eon Kim, Han-Bom Park, Sun-Young Lee, Byoung-Uk Yoon, Kyung-Hee Lee, Ho-Chul Hwang
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Patent number: 10658880Abstract: An electronic device performing communication with a powerless sensor is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless charging module configured to wirelessly transmit power to a powerless sensor; and a communication module configured to receive data that is sensed in the powerless sensor using the wirelessly transmitted power.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Zo Kim, Sang-Wook Kwon, Ki-Young Kim, Sung-Bum Park, Byoung-Hee Lee
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Publication number: 20190320253Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage formeType: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Young-Bae PARK, Byoung-Hee LEE, Jae-Hee YOU, Tae-Eon KIM, Han-Bom PARK, Sun-Young LEE, Byoung-Uk YOON, Kyung-Hee LEE, Ho-Chul HWANG
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Patent number: 10432028Abstract: A wireless power relay apparatus includes a relay resonator configured to relay power from a source resonator configured to wirelessly transmit the power, to a target resonator configured to wirelessly receive the power through a mutual resonance, the relay resonator having a higher quality factor than the source resonator and the target resonator.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chi Hyung Ahn, Sang Wook Kwon, Ki Young Kim, Nam Yun Kim, Dong Zo Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Jae Hyun Park, Keum Su Song, Young Ho Ryu, Byoung Hee Lee
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Patent number: 10389182Abstract: A wireless power relay apparatus includes a relay resonator configured to relay power from a source resonator configured to wirelessly transmit the power, to a target resonator configured to wirelessly receive the power through a mutual resonance, the relay resonator having a higher quality factor than the source resonator and the target resonator.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chi Hyung Ahn, Sang Wook Kwon, Ki Young Kim, Nam Yun Kim, Dong Zo Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Jae Hyun Park, Keum Su Song, Young Ho Ryu, Byoung Hee Lee
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Patent number: 10312735Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a source resonator configured to transmit an output power from which a harmonic component has been cancelled to a wireless power reception apparatus by resonating with a target resonator of the wireless power transmission apparatus, and a resonant power generator configured to differentially input a first input signal and a second input signal to the source resonator, and cancel the harmonic component of the output power.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Zo Kim, Sang Wook Kwon, Ki Young Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Jae Hyun Park, Keum Su Song, Chi Hyung Ahn, Young Ho Ryu, Byoung Hee Lee
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Patent number: 10224749Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive information associated with a reference power of a wireless power reception apparatus and information associated with a power measured at an input terminal of a direct current-to-direct current (DC/DC) converter of the wireless power reception apparatus, a controller configured to control an output power based on the information associated with the reference power and the information associated with the power measured, and a source resonator configured to transmit the output power to the wireless power reception apparatus by resonating with a target resonator.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Hee Lee, Sang Wook Kwon, Ki Young Kim, Dong Zo Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Jae Hyun Park, Keum Su Song, Chi Hyung Ahn, Young Ho Ryu
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Patent number: 10211683Abstract: An authentication of a power transmitting unit (PTU) includes determining whether an access right to an external device is present in a power receiving unit (PRU) based on identification information of the PRU, and network-connecting the PRU to the external device in response to a result of the determining being that the access right is present in the PRU.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nam Yun Kim, Sang Wook Kwon, Dong Zo Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Chi Hyung Ahn, Byoung Hee Lee
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Patent number: 10129636Abstract: An electronic device having a speaker device. The electronic device may include a housing, a speaker device disposed inside the housing, and a sound generation circuit electrically connected to the speaker device. The speaker device may include a sound generation plate movable in a first direction, and a sound reflection construction facing the sound generation plate to form a space between the sound generation plate and the sound reflection construction. The sound generation plate includes a first surface disposed substantially at a center of the sound generation plate, the first surface having a convex shape when viewed from inside the space, and the sound reflection construction includes a second surface substantially aligned with the first surface along an axis of the housing, the second surface having a concave shape when viewed from inside the space.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taeeon Kim, Youngbae Park, Byoung-Hee Lee, Taiyong Kim, Ki-Won Kim, Juhee Chang, Ho-Chul Hwang
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Patent number: 10123137Abstract: A wearable acoustic device with a microphone is provided. The wearable acoustic device includes a first housing forming a first acoustic emission path, a second housing combined with the first housing in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the first acoustic emission path, an acoustic component part arranged within the second housing and emitting sound through the first acoustic emission path, and at least one microphone arranged adjacent to the first acoustic emission path within the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electonics Co., LtdInventors: Juhee Chang, Je-Ok Lee, Taiyong Kim, Sukhyun Lee, Byoung-Hee Lee, Seonmi Kim, Sangju Lee, Ho-Chul Hwang
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Patent number: 10103562Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for controlling a charging operation of a battery. The charging control method includes charging a battery using a first charging mode, if a current voltage of the charged battery coincides with a predetermined voltage, decreasing an intensity level of a charging current and charging the battery using the decreased charging current intensity, and if the decreased charging current intensity coincides with a predetermined current intensity, converting from the first charging mode to a second charging mode and charging the battery using the second charging mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Byoung-Hee Lee, Jae-Ii Baek, Shin-Young Cho, Sang-Wook Kwon, Ki-Young Kim, Bong-Chul Kim, Gun-Woo Moon, Ji-Hoon Jung
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Patent number: 10051368Abstract: A mobile apparatus and control method thereof are provided, which includes an audio data signal input unit arranged to receive an audio data signal. An audio output unit is arranged to output an audio signal according to the received audio data signal within a first reproduction frequency. A balanced armature is arranged to output an audio signal according to the received audio data signal within a second reproduction frequency band. The second reproduction frequency band is different from the first reproduction frequency band. An audio signal processor is arranged to adjust the first reproduction frequency band and the second reproduction frequency band such that a combination of the first reproduction frequency band and the second reproduction frequency band is wider than the first reproduction frequency band and the second reproduction frequency band individually.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jun-Tai Kim, Jung-Eun Han, Mi-Hyang Kim, Byoung-Hee Lee, Tae-Eon Kim, Sun-Young Lee
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Patent number: 10045127Abstract: A micro speaker is provided. The micro speaker includes a diaphragm, at least one coil coupled with the diaphragm, a magnet configured to interact with a magnetic field induced by the at least one coil, and a yoke plate located on a bottom of the magnet to support the magnet and including a hole therein, top and bottom ends of the hole being opened. An area, adjacent to the hole, of a lower surface of the yoke plate has a height difference relative to another area of the lower surface of the yoke plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki Won Kim, Byoung Hee Lee, Chang Shik Yoon, Ho Chul Hwang
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Patent number: 10038290Abstract: Various examples of a connector device for connecting an electronic device with an external electronic device are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheol-Yoon Chung, Dong-Sub Kim, Kwang-Min Gil, Yu-Ji Yu, Byoung-Hee Lee, Cheol-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9985458Abstract: A power transmitting unit (PTU) transmits a power wirelessly based on a location of a power receiving unit (PRU). The PTU determines whether the PRU is located within a charging area of the PTU based on frequency information corresponding to an inflection point detected on a curve of electrical characteristics of a resonator of the PTU.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong Chul Kim, Sang Wook Kwon, Ki Young Kim, Dong Zo Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Jae Hyun Park, Keum Su Song, Chi Hyung Ahn, Young Ho Ryu, Byoung Hee Lee
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Publication number: 20180034224Abstract: Various examples of a connector device for connecting an electronic device with an external electronic device are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Cheol-Yoon CHUNG, Dong-Sub KIM, Kwang-Min GIL, Yu-Ji YU, Byoung-Hee LEE, Cheol-Ho LEE
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Publication number: 20180007463Abstract: The present disclosure relates an electronic device having a speaker device. The electronic device may include a housing, a speaker device disposed inside the housing, and a sound generation circuit electrically connected to the speaker device. The speaker device may include a sound generation plate movable in a first direction, and a sound reflection construction facing the sound generation plate to form a space between the sound generation plate and the sound reflection construction. The sound generation plate includes a first surface disposed substantially at a center of the sound generation plate, the first surface having a convex shape when viewed from inside the space, and the sound reflection construction includes a second surface substantially aligned with the first surface along an axis of the housing, the second surface having a concave shape when viewed from inside the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Taeeon KIM, Youngbae PARK, Byoung-Hee LEE, Taiyong KIM, Ki-Won KIM, Juhee CHANG, Ho-Chul HWANG