Patents by Inventor Byung-seok Soh

Byung-seok Soh 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).

  • Patent number: 11830355
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh
  • Publication number: 20230291955
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Patent number: 11706476
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Publication number: 20220358834
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH
  • Patent number: 11423769
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh
  • Patent number: 11025980
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Patent number: 11023087
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a bezel extended along at least a partial edge of the display and configured to cover the edge of the display; at least one signal transceiver configured to transmit a detection signal to the bezel and receive a reflection signal of the transmitted detection signal; and a controller configured to determine a touch position of a user on the bezel based on time taken from a point of time where the at least one signal transceiver transmits the detection signal to a point of time where the at least one signal transceiver receives the reflection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-june Yoo, Nam-su Ha, Eun-seo Kim, Byung-seok Soh, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 10992980
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Publication number: 20210110705
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH
  • Publication number: 20210029403
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
  • Patent number: 10902717
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh
  • Patent number: 10884569
    Abstract: There is provided a display apparatus, which includes a display configured to display a UI including a plurality of items; a sensor configured to generate electromotive force to a closed loop which is included in the display and sense a user's touch based on a change in the electromotive force which is generated in the closed loop; and a processor configured to execute a function which corresponds to an item touched by a user from among the plurality of items based on a size of the change in the electromotive force generated in the closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-seok Soh, Jung-seop Kim, Chang-won Son, Ho-june Yoo, Kyung-hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10841638
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Patent number: 10720047
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. More particularly, an electronic apparatus controlled by a first remote controller for a first electronic apparatus, and a method for controlling the same are provided. The y embodiments provide an electronic apparatus controlled by a selection of one button positioned in a first remote controller for a first electronic apparatus, and a method for controlling the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyuk Hong, Byung-seok Soh, Eun-seok Choi, Shin-a Kim, Sang-on Choi
  • Patent number: 10721516
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Patent number: 10672262
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. More particularly, an electronic apparatus controlled by a first remote controller for a first electronic apparatus, and a method for controlling the same are provided. The y embodiments provide an electronic apparatus controlled by a selection of one button positioned in a first remote controller for a first electronic apparatus, and a method for controlling the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyuk Hong, Byung-seok Soh, Eun-seok Choi, Shin-a Kim, Sang-on Choi
  • Patent number: 10649542
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The display apparatus according to the embodiment includes an input device including a button structure and a sensor assembly configured to output different sensor values according to a movement of the button structure. According to an embodiment, the display apparatus includes a controller configured to generate a control signal based on sensor value information generated by the sensor assembly, and a display configured to provide a display based on the control signal. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a single multi-channel input device in the display in which a display screen correction function and a display screen operation function may be performed together using a color sensor applied to the input device. According to the disclosure, a simplified button structure of the display apparatus may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin A Kim, Byung Seok Soh, Chang Won Son, Ho June Yoo
  • Publication number: 20190268648
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
  • Patent number: 10306313
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a detector configured to detect a user motion; a display; a power supplier; a communicator configured to receive control information from a remote control device; and a controller configured to control the detector, the display, the power supplier, and the communicator, to control the display to display a preset screen on a part of the display in response to a user motion detected by the detector and first control information received from the remote control device, and to control the display to display content in response to second control information received from the remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Yong-wan Choi, Sang-on Choi
  • Publication number: 20190113982
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The display apparatus according to the embodiment includes an input device including a button structure and a sensor assembly configured to output different sensor values according to a movement of the button structure. According to an embodiment, the display apparatus includes a controller configured to generate a control signal based on sensor value information generated by the sensor assembly, and a display configured to provide a display based on the control signal. An embodiment of the disclosure provides a single multi-channel input device in the display in which a display screen correction function and a display screen operation function may be performed together using a color sensor applied to the input device. According to the disclosure, a simplified button structure of the display apparatus may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin A KIM, Byung Seok SOH, Chang Won SON