Patents by Inventor Clint F. CHAPLIN

Clint F. CHAPLIN 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: 9985728
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining whether to output a visibility frame by a Visibility Light Communication (VLC) device according to a setting of a sleep mode is provided. The method includes receiving a sleep mode request message; and transmitting a response message indicating a sleep mode period in response to the received sleep mode request message, wherein the response message includes information indicating at least one first window period in which data transmission and reception are stopped, information indicating at least one second window period in which data transmission and reception can be performed in a normal state, and setting information for determining whether to transmit a visibility frame during at least a period of the sleep mode period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Do-Young Kim, Clint F. Chaplin, Eun-Tae Won
  • Patent number: 9467226
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a transmitted code via visible light communication from a light source. The transmitted code is decoded using a translation table. The translation table indicates raw data corresponding to the transmitted code as well as a duty cycle corresponding to the transmitted code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Clint F. Chaplin
  • Patent number: 9065562
    Abstract: A method and device for determining an output of a visible frame in at Visible Light Communication (VLC) device are provided. A first VLC device determines whether to permit a second VLC device to generate visible frames, and transmits, to the second VLC device, visible frame information indicating whether the second VLC device is permitted to generate the visible frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Do-Young Kim, Hwa-Joong Kim, Clint F. Chaplin, Sun-Gi Gu, Eun-Tae Won, Young-Kwon Cho, Tae-Han Bae, Jae-Seung Son
  • Publication number: 20140301738
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a transmitted code via visible light communication from a light source. The transmitted code is decoded using a translation table. The translation table indicates raw data corresponding to the transmitted code as well as a duty cycle corresponding to the transmitted code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Clint F. Chaplin
  • Patent number: 8798479
    Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided comprising: receiving a selection of a desired brightness level of a light source; receiving a piece of data to be transmitted via visible light communication using the light source; selecting a duty cycle, described by an encoding scheme, based on the desired brightness level; encoding the data using the encoding scheme, wherein the encoding includes identifying a code corresponding to both the piece of data and the selected duty cycle; and transmitting the identified code via visible light communication using the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Clint F. Chaplin
  • Publication number: 20120224860
    Abstract: A method and device for determining an output of a visible frame in at Visible Light Communication (VLC) device are provided. A first VLC device determines whether to permit a second VLC device to generate visible frames, and transmits, to the second VLC device, visible frame information indicating whether the second VLC device is permitted to generate the visible frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Do-Young Kim, Hwa-Joong Kim, Clint F. Chaplin, Sun-Gi Gu, Eun-Tae Won, Young-Kwon Cho, Tae-Han Bae, Jae-Seung Son
  • Publication number: 20110243570
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining whether to output a visibility frame by a Visibility Light Communication (VLC) device according to a setting of a sleep mode is provided. The method includes receiving a sleep mode request message; and transmitting a response message indicating a sleep mode period in response to the received sleep mode request message, wherein the response message includes information indicating at least one first window period in which data transmission and reception are stopped, information indicating at least one second window period in which data transmission and reception can be performed in a normal state, and setting information for determining whether to transmit a visibility frame during at least a period of the sleep mode period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Young KIM, Clint F. Chaplin, Eun-Tae Won
  • Publication number: 20110135317
    Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided comprising: receiving a selection of a desired brightness level of a light source; receiving a piece of data to be transmitted via visible light communication using the light source; selecting a duty cycle, described by an encoding scheme, based on the desired brightness level; encoding the data using the encoding scheme, wherein the encoding includes identifying a code corresponding to both the piece of data and the selected duty cycle; and transmitting the identified code via visible light communication using the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Clint F. CHAPLIN