Patents by Inventor Dong-Min Yoo

Dong-Min Yoo 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).

  • Apparatus and method for detecting proximity by proximity sensor in portable terminal
    Patent number: 9106756
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is configured to detect the proximity of an object using a proximity sensor in a portable terminal. A method for detecting the proximity of an object in a portable terminal mounted with a proximity sensor includes setting a reference light-receiving quantity according to a hairstyle of a user of the portable terminal, emitting light, detecting a light-receiving quantity corresponding to the emitted light, and determining the proximity/non-proximity of an object by comparing the light-receiving quantity with the reference light-receiving quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Su Kim, Dong-Min Yoo, Tae-Woo Noh, Seung-Joo Hyun
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PROXIMITY BY PROXIMITY SENSOR IN PORTABLE TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20120252527
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is configured to detect the proximity of an object using a proximity sensor in a portable terminal. A method for detecting the proximity of an object in a portable terminal mounted with a proximity sensor includes setting a reference light-receiving quantity according to a hairstyle of a user of the portable terminal, emitting light, detecting a light-receiving quantity corresponding to the emitted light, and determining the proximity/non-proximity of an object by comparing the light-receiving quantity with the reference light-receiving quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Su Kim, Dong-Min Yoo, Tae-Woo Noh, Seung-Joo Hyun