Patents by Inventor Dongik Lee

Dongik 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).

  • Patent number: 11956002
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device includes a flexible circuit board passing via a first through-hole included in a first housing and a second through-hole included in a second housing, a first support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the first through-hole, a second support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the second through-hole, a first waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the first through-hole from the first support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the first through-hole, a second waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the first through-hole, a third waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the second through-hole from the second support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the second through-hole, a fourth waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the second through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunggun Cho, Jongkeun Kim, Wonhee Choi, Jaehee Kim, Hwamok Park, Minyee An, Dongik Lee
  • Publication number: 20230371192
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic apparatus comprises: a housing; a first connector positioned on a printed circuit board accommodated in the housing and comprising a first hole configured to receive a first external connector; a second connector comprising a second hole configured to receive a second external connector; a first seal having a ring shape positioned in the first connector around the first hole; and a second seal having a ring shape positioned in the second connector around the second hole, wherein, based on the first seal being compressed in a first direction by the housing, the second seal may be compressed by the housing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sunggun CHO, Dongik LEE, Minyee AN, Wonhee CHOI, Hyunseung YOON, Heekang YUN, Waneui JUNG
  • Patent number: 11777551
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device having an antenna module according to one embodiment. The electronic device comprises: a transceiver circuit disposed in the antenna module composed of a multi-layer substrate; a first transmission line disposed on the first layer of the antenna module and configured to be electrically connected to the transceiver circuit; a second transmission line disposed on the second layer of the antenna module and configured to be electrically connected to the antenna; and a vertical via configured to vertically connect the first transmission line and the second transmission line, wherein at least one of the first and second transmission lines connected to the vertical via has an impedance converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin Woo, Yusuhk Suh, Dongik Lee
  • Publication number: 20230299502
    Abstract: This electronic device comprises: a main frame disposed along a peripheral region of a display and extending along a side region and a rear region of the electronic device; and an antenna module disposed in an inner space of the main frame and configured to radiate a radio signal in a forward direction or a downward direction of the electronic device through the main frame. The antenna module comprises: a first dielectric layer disposed spaced apart from one side of the antenna substrate in a first direction in which antenna elements radiate signals; a second dielectric layer disposed spaced apart from the first dielectric layer in the first direction; and an air gap layer disposed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin WOO, Yusuhk SUH, Dongik LEE
  • Publication number: 20230246326
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device having a multilayer substrate according to an embodiment. The electronic device may include a multilayer substrate on which an antenna is disposed and which includes a front layer, a back layer, a plurality of middle layers, and a plurality of ground layers. The antenna may include a lower patch that is disposed on a layer different from an upper ground among the plurality of ground layers and is electrically connected to the upper ground at a plurality of offset points; and an upper patch disposed spaced apart from the lower patch by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin WOO, Yusuhk SUH, Dongik LEE
  • Publication number: 20230247783
    Abstract: A rollable electronic device includes a display structure including a display area, a first housing fixed to the display structure, a second housing slidable with respect to the first housing and the display structure, a sliding driver which is in the first housing, and a tension transmitting member which is windable at the sliding driver, the tension transmitting member including a first end connected to the display structure and a second end connected the first housing. An opening operation includes the second housing sliding away from the first housing, expanding the display area, and the sliding driver winding the first end of the tension transmitting member, in a first rotational direction, and a closing operation includes the second housing sliding toward the first housing, contracting the display area, in the opening operation, the sliding driver winding the second end of the tension transmitting member, in a second rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Sunggun CHO, Hwamok PAK, Jinwook BAIK, Minyee AN, Dongik LEE, Jinju LEE, Wonhee CHOI
  • Patent number: 11711697
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a communicator comprising communication circuitry and a processor, the processor is configured to control the communicator to perform communication with an external device based on identifying that a strength of a signal received from an external device is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and after converting an electronic device to a low power mode, based on identifying that a strength of a signal received from an external device being within a first range, to control the electronic device to perform a secure pairing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongik Lee, Chungyong Eom
  • Publication number: 20230216189
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device having an antenna according to an embodiment. The electronic device may comprise a first and a second ground plane arranged on different layers of a multi-layer substrate and configured to be connected to each other through vias spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other. The electronic device may comprise a signal line arranged on the same plane as the first ground plane which is disposed at the upper side among the first and the second ground plane. The electronic device may comprise a radiator configured to be electrically connected to the signal line and emit a signal. The first ground plane may be disposed at only one region of one side region and the other side region of the signal line in a predetermined section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin WOO, Dongik LEE
  • Patent number: 11690113
    Abstract: An operating method of a mobile device for performing pairing with an electronic device, including receiving a reception wireless signal from the electronic device; in response to determining that a strength of the reception wireless signal is equal to or greater than a proximity threshold for determining proximity to the electronic device, obtaining sensing information about a movement of the mobile device using at least one sensor of the mobile device; adapting a touch threshold for determining a touch with the electronic device, based on the sensing information; and in response to determining that the strength of the reception wireless signal is equal to or greater than the adapted touch threshold, performing the pairing with the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chungyong Eom, Dongik Lee
  • Publication number: 20230139460
    Abstract: An electronic device having an antenna according to an embodiment is provided. The electronic device may include a radiator configured by stacking metal patterns on different layers of a multi-layer substrate, and a ground layer arranged on the different layers of the multi-layer substrate and operating as ground for the radiator. At least some of the metal patterns may be vertically interconnected, and any one of the metal patterns may be connected to a feeding pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin WOO, Dongik LEE
  • Patent number: 11598738
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting a defective component includes an infrared camera configured to capture an image of a test-target component in a production process, and a processor configured to measure a temperature of the component based on the image captured by the infrared camera and identify that the component of which temperature is out of a range of a reference value is defective. In addition, a database of various causes of defect is established, and an expected cause of defect for a defective component or a retest component is reasoned out from the database based on the measured temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongik Lee
  • Publication number: 20230027977
    Abstract: An electronic device may: when a first piece of content is acquired, acquire a first score for the relationship between the first piece of content and the privacy of a user of the electronic device, on the basis of information about a person included in the first piece of content and information about an event included in the first piece of content; acquire a second score for the security of each of at least one application which can access the first piece of content; and, when a request for accessing the first piece of content via a first application from among the at least one application is received, determine whether or not to block access to the first piece of content via the first application, on the basis of the first score corresponding to the first piece of content and the second score corresponding to the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Gailjoon AHN, Junbum SHIN, Choonghoo LEE, Kyungsun CHO, Wonhyuk KANG, Soonhong KWON, Taeho KGIL, Eungjun KIM, Chungyong EOM, Dongik LEE, Youngman JUNG, Jongmin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230015612
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to, based on receiving one or more packets from an external device, identify whether the one or more packets are encrypted, acquire first information indicating whether each of the one or more packets is encrypted and second information indicating a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of each of the one or more packets, and acquire authenticated RSSI information of the external device by identifying RSSI information of an encrypted first packet based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngman Jung, Junbum Shin, Dongik Lee
  • Publication number: 20230016902
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a display, a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to: based on acquiring a user command for executing an application stored in the memory, execute the application, based on acquiring a request for access for information stored in the memory through the communication interface while executing the application, acquire access control information of another electronic apparatus related to the electronic apparatus for the application and a relevance between the user and the user of the another electronic apparatus, acquire guide information for guiding a response to the request for access based on the access control information and the relevance, and control the display to display a message including the guide information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dongik LEE, Eungjun KIM, Jihoon PARK, Junbum SHIN, Chungyong EOM, Youngman JUNG, Jongmin CHOI
  • Patent number: 11438326
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a camera; a storage unit; and a processor for capturing an image including authentication information of an external electronic device through the camera, acquiring first information related with a public key included in the image and storing the first information in the storage unit, and comparing second information with the first information so as to authenticate the external electronic device when the second information and identification information related with the public key are received from the external electronic device on the basis of a type of first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngman Jung, Junbum Shin, Dongik Lee, Oleksandr Chalyi
  • Patent number: 11425572
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for controlling same. In a method for controlling an electronic device, the strength of a signal transmitted by an external device and/or whether or not the electronic device is being used is confirmed during the execution of communication with the external device, information relating to the movement state of the external device is requested if the strength of the signal transmitted by the external device and/or whether or not the electronic device is being used satisfies a predetermined condition, authentication information for authenticating the external device is transmitted to the external device if the external device is determined to be moving on the basis of the information relating to the movement state of the external device, an ultrasonic signal is output on the basis of the authentication information, and an authentication result in response to the ultrasonic signal may be received from the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Chungyong Eom, Dongik Lee, Youngman Jung, Jongmin Choi, Junbum Shin
  • Publication number: 20220251759
    Abstract: A washing machine which includes a tub, a drum rotatably inside the tub, a pulsator rotatable inside the drum at a bottom of the drum, and an agitator to be connected to an upper portion of the pulsator, where the agitator includes an agitator body, a rinse case to be installed in the agitator body, and to accommodate a rinse, the rinse case being detachable from the agitator body, and a plate spaced from the rinse case along a downward direction of the rinse case, and located lower than a maximum water level of water to be supplied to the tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongik LEE, Dongwoon LIM, Jeomgap KIM, Sungjong KIM, Jeonggi HONG
  • Publication number: 20220255576
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device includes a flexible circuit board passing via a first through-hole included in a first housing and a second through-hole included in a second housing, a first support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the first through-hole, a second support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the second through-hole, a first waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the first through-hole from the first support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the first through-hole, a second waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the first through-hole, a third waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the second through-hole from the second support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the second through-hole, a fourth waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the second through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Sunggun CHO, Jongkeun KIM, Wonhee CHOI, Jaehee KIM, Hwamok PARK, Minyee AN, Dongik LEE
  • Patent number: 11363598
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a terminal supporting dual-connectivity between evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) and new radio (NR). In the method, when the E-UTRA uses at least one of E-UTRA operating bands 1, 3, 5, and 7, when the NR uses one of NR operating bands n77, n78, and n79, when an uplink center frequency of a first operating band among the E-UTRA operating bands and the NR operating bands is a first value, and when a downlink center frequency of the first operating band is a second value, a predetermined maximum sensitivity degradation (MSD) is applied to reference sensitivity used for reception of the downlink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Sangwook Lee, Jaehyuk Jang, Dongik Lee
  • Patent number: RE48796
    Abstract: There is provided a method for determining a transmission power of a vehicle to everything (V2X) signal. The method is performed by a V2X terminal and comprises determining the transmission power of the V2X signal. The transmission power is determined based on antenna gain and a conducted power. The conducted power is determined to not exceed a specific maximum power class, The antenna gain is at most 6 dBi, and the specific maximum power class specify at most 26 dBm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Sangwook Lee, Dongik Lee, Jongkil Shin, Yoonoh Yang, Manyoung Jung, Jinyup Hwang