Patents by Inventor Da Le AHN

Da Le AHN 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).

  • Mode switching method for mobile terminal
    Patent number: 9467556
    Abstract: A mode switching method and a mobile terminal operating with the mode switching method capable of switching an operation mode in accordance with a geographic placement attitude of the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal includes a placement attitude detection unit for capturing a placement attitude of the mobile terminal; a placement attitude retrieval unit for comparing a captured geographic placement attitude with previously stored reference placement attitudes and outputting a mode signal corresponding to a reference placement attitude matching the captured placement attitude; a key arrangement configuration unit for reconfiguring a key arrangement according to the mode signal; a control unit for switching to an operation mode indicated by the mode signal and determining a rotation of a screen image; and a display unit for displaying the screen image at different angle adaptive to the placement attitude of the mobile terminal under the control of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Da Le Ahn, Jae Woo Yeo, Sung Han Kim, Kyu Ok Choi
  • MODE SWITCHING METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20080045207
    Abstract: A mode switching method and a mobile terminal operating with the mode switching method capable of switching an operation mode in accordance with a geographic placement attitude of the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal includes a placement attitude detection unit for capturing a placement attitude of the mobile terminal; a placement attitude retrieval unit for comparing a captured geographic placement attitude with previously stored reference placement attitudes and outputting a mode signal corresponding to a reference placement attitude matching the captured placement attitude; a key arrangement configuration unit for reconfiguring a key arrangement according to the mode signal; a control unit for switching to an operation mode indicated by the mode signal and determining a rotation of a screen image; and a display unit for displaying the screen image at different angle adaptive to the placement attitude of the mobile terminal under the control of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Da Le AHN, Jae Woo Yeo, Sung Han Kim, Kyu Ok Choi