Patents by Inventor Dongil Son
Dongil Son 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).
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Patent number: 12658737Abstract: An electronic device include a microphone, a wireless charging circuit, a wireless communication circuit, and processor electrically connected with the microphone, the wireless charging circuit, and the wireless communication circuit. The processor acquires first information corresponding to an ambient sound of the electronic device through the microphone, acquires second information related to a sleep of a user from a wearable device through the wireless communication circuit, the wearable device being connected with the electronic device through wireless communication, and, when wireless charging is performed by using the wireless charging circuit, adjusts a charging voltage of the wireless charging, based on at least one of the first information or the second information.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jooyeol Ryu, Aram Kim, Yeonsoo Kim, Myeongkyun Baek, Dongil Son, Changgeun Oh, Minho Lee, Jaehyuk Cho
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Publication number: 20260161343Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a display assembly including at least one display, communication circuitry, memory storing instructions, and at least one processor including processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to transmit, to an electronic device via the communication circuitry, mirroring data for a screen provided via the display assembly, while providing the mirroring data to the electronic device to display a screen according to the mirroring data on the electronic device, receive, from the electronic device via the communication circuitry, a message including images obtained via a camera of the electronic device, based on the images included in the message, identify a user input according to movement of an external object in the images, and display, via the display assembly, a visual object corresponding to the user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Inventors: Donghyun YEOM, Kwangtai KIM, Seungnyun KIM, Jihyun KIM, Dongil SON, Bokun CHOI
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Patent number: 12650797Abstract: A processor, comprising processing circuitry, of an electronic device may, individually and/or collectively, be configured to cause the electronic device to: detect a direction of the electronic device using a sensor, while executing a first application for providing a virtual space; display, on the entire display area of a display, a first screen corresponding to a portion of the virtual space, the portion corresponding to the detected direction of the electronic device; determine, using the sensor, whether a position of the electronic device is included in a first range, the first range ensuring maintenance of provision of a virtual reality service based on the virtual space; display, on the entire display area of the display, a second screen provided from a second application based on detection of a position of the electronic device included in a second range distinguished from the first range; and display, on the second screen, a visual object associated with the virtual space, the visual object having aType: GrantFiled: May 27, 2025Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yongkoo Lee, Sooryuh Kim, Dongil Son, Saeah Oh
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Publication number: 20260156208Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing movable and superimposed with respect to the first housing, a display of which a first area is exposed to the outside, wherein the display has a second area extended from the first area, upon switching from a first state to a second state, the second area is drawn out from inside the first housing and is exposed to the outside, and upon switching from the second state to the first state, the second area is inserted into the first housing, and a processor coupled to the display and configured to control the display such that the first area operates at a first scan rate in the first state, upon switching from the first state to the second state, the display operates at a second scan rate higher than the first scan rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: June 4, 2026Inventors: Dongil SON, Chihyun CHO, Hyuncheol JIN, Hyoseok NA, Gun LIM, Jaebong CHUN, Hochul HWANG
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Publication number: 20260154914Abstract: A method of controlling a display module and an electronic device performing the method are provided. The electronic device includes memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to receive, from a user, an input for displaying a first auxiliary virtual object or a second auxiliary virtual object when the electronic device is in an augmented reality (AR) mode, control the display module to display the first auxiliary virtual object based on a real object and spatial information about an external environment acquired using a camera when the electronic device is in a virtual reality (VR) mode, and control the display module to display the second auxiliary virtual object based on a virtual object and an attribute of a virtual environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2026Publication date: June 4, 2026Inventors: Seungnyun KIM, Kwangtai KIM, Dongil SON
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Publication number: 20260133631Abstract: A method executed by a wearable device, includes: obtaining a voice input of the user, executing a function indicated by the voice input of the user, based on an artificial intelligence (AI) voice recognition model, identifying the gaze of the user, based on data for outputting an execution result of the function indicated by the voice input being generated, identifying whether the gaze is located within a first reference distance from a visual object associated with the AI voice recognition model, based on identifying that the gaze is located within the first reference distance from the visual object and based on the data for outputting the execution result, outputting the execution result, and based on identifying that the gaze is located outside the first reference distance from the visual object, postponing outputting the execution result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2026Publication date: May 14, 2026Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongil SON, Kwangtai KIM, Seungnyun KIM
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Publication number: 20260125073Abstract: An electronic device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2025Publication date: May 7, 2026Inventors: Dongil SON, Gyujin LEE, Dohyoung KIM, Suhyun KIM, Hyeongseok KIM, Seungjoon LEE
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Patent number: 12619288Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing, wherein at least one of the first and the second housing is moveably relative to the other one of the first and the second housing; a display including an expandable or retractable screen, wherein a size of a part of the screen visually exposed to an outside changes as one of the housing is moved; an antenna in an area of the first housing; a camera in an area of the second housing; at least one processor configured to execute the instructions stored in memory to: obtain information on a first position between the antenna and an anchor; obtain information on a position change between the antenna and the camera; and estimate information on a second position between the camera and the anchor based on the information on the first position and the information on the position change.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Duhoon Jung, Dongil Son
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Publication number: 20260093330Abstract: An electronic device, a method, and a non-transitory storage medium for providing a virtual vibration sound are provided. The electronic device comprising a first housing and a second housing includes identifying at least one of a mounted state and a gripped state of the electronic device on the basis that an event for activating vibration generated by a haptic circuitry mounted in the first housing has been identified. The electronic device further includes, on the basis of at least one of the mounted state and the gripped state, identifying an expected vibration level to be output from the haptic circuitry, and on the basis of the expected vibration level, adjusting a virtual vibration sound to be output from an audio circuitry of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2025Publication date: April 2, 2026Inventors: Myoungwoo NAM, Minjeong MOON, Youngjin SUNG, Dongil SON, Seoyoung SON, Jaeyung YEO, Yonggu LEE
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Publication number: 20260087688Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: identify content on the basis of a first user input; identify at least one external electronic device on the basis of a second user input; extract at least one prompt on the basis of the identification of the content; and obtain relationship information about a relationship between the electronic device and the at least one external electronic device. The at least one processor may be configured to generate an image on the basis of the at least one prompt and the relationship information by using a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model. The at least one processor may be configured to display a partial image of the generated image as a background screen of the display. Another partial image of the image may be displayed on the at least one external electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2025Publication date: March 26, 2026Inventors: Hyunjin SHIN, Dasom KIM, Yejin KIM, Dongil SON, Pyoje CHO
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Patent number: 12572173Abstract: A wearable device and a power distribution method in a wearable device are provided. The wearable device includes a battery, load circuitry configured to operate by using power supplied from the battery, step-down circuitry connected to a power input terminal of the load circuitry, step-up circuitry connected to a power output terminal of the load circuitry, and a processor configured to obtain a first power loss value while distributing the power from the battery to an electrical component through an operation of the step-down circuitry and the step-up circuitry, obtain a second power loss value during power distribution while distributing the power from the battery to the electrical component, and control the power from the battery to be distributed to the electrical component through the step-up circuitry and the step-down circuitry or control the power from the battery to be distributed to the electrical component.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyusik Choi, Seungnyun Kim, Dongil Son, Jongmin Yoon, Seungjoo Lee, Gisoo Lim
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Patent number: 12574453Abstract: An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing, at least one wireless communication circuit, and at least one processor. When the electronic device is in the first form, the at least one processor may establish a wireless communication connection with a first peripheral device mapped to the first form using the at least one wireless communication circuit, and obtain that the electronic device changes from the first form to the second form using the at least one sensor, and in response to changing to the second form, establish a wireless communication connection with a second peripheral device mapped to the second form using the at least one wireless communication circuit. In addition to this, various embodiments understood through the specification are possible.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongil Son, Doosuk Kang
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Patent number: 12561933Abstract: According to an embodiment, a processor of a wearable device displays a virtual object superimposed on a virtual space by using a display. The processor receives an input for rotating a dial in a first direction while the superimposed virtual object is displayed in the virtual space. While the input is maintained, the processor reduces a first area in which the virtual space is displayed. While the input is maintained, the processor maintains a size of the virtual object that is superimposed on the virtual space and is displayed inside of the first area reduced while the input is maintained. While the input is maintained, the processor expands a second area including the image that is further displayed on the display in response to the input.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2024Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eunbin Lee, Myoungwoo Nam, Eunyoung Park, Dongil Son, Stephanie Ahn, Bona Lee, Miyeoung Chung
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Patent number: 12512933Abstract: An electronic device and a method for receiving data from a plurality of transmission nodes in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit that transmits/receives wireless signals, a plurality of antenna modules that are electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, and a processor that is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the plurality of antenna modules, wherein the processor is configured to receive control information from at least one of the transmission nodes by using a first antenna module among the plurality of antenna modules, in case that data is received from a plurality of transmission nodes based on the control information, select at least one antenna module among the plurality of antenna modules, and form a reception beam based on the at least one antenna module.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Euichang Jung, Seungnyun Kim, Dongil Son, Jaebong Chun
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Patent number: 12510931Abstract: An electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a first housing; a second housing movable with respect to the first housing; a motor configured to move the second housing to be retracted and/or drawn out with respect to the first housing; a display having a display area having a size that can be changed according to the movement of the second housing; and a processor operatively connected to the motor and the display. The processor may be configured to: detect an occurrence of an event related to at least one external electronic device connected to the electronic device; determine whether the event satisfies a specified condition for changing the size of the display area; and in response to the event satisfying the specified condition, control the motor to move the second housing to change the size of the display area.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seungbo Shim, Junghyung Kim, Hankon Kim, Daehee Park, Junkyu Park, Dongil Son, Jaehoon Song, Duhoon Jung, Myungkyoon Chung
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Publication number: 20250363731Abstract: A method of a wearable device, includes: obtaining, using an image obtained from a camera, information about a real light source; receiving, while displaying at least a portion of the obtained image on a display, an input to display a virtual space on the display; determining, based on the input, a position of a virtual light source in the virtual space using the information about the real light source; obtaining a distance between a virtual object in the virtual space and a position of a user in the virtual space; based on a determination that the obtained distance is greater than a preset distance that is set to cease a visual effect about the virtual light source, displaying the virtual object on the display; and applying the visual effect about the virtual light source to the displayed virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Minkyung CHO, Dongil SON
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Patent number: 12481354Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise: a first display disposed on the first surface of the electronic device facing a user's face based on the electronic device being worn on the user's face; a second display disposed on the second surface of the electronic device opposite to the first surface; a sensor; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to the first display, the second display, and the sensor. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to cause the electronic device to: identify, through the sensor, whether the electronic device is worn on the user's face; activate the second display based on identifying that the electronic device is not worn on the user's; and display a second screen related to a first screen through the first display based on identifying that the electronic device is worn on the user's face while the first screen is displayed through the activated second display.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2025Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gisoo Lim, Seungnyun Kim, Dongil Son, Jongmin Yoon, Seungjoo Lee, Kyusik Choi
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Patent number: 12475543Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a display and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to perform a virtual reality (VR) application. The at least one processor may be configured to detect movement of an avatar corresponding to a user in a virtual space of VR content displayed while the VR application is being executed. The at least one processor may be configured to display a screen of the VR content to which a changeable vignetting effect is applied through the display, based on the detection of the movement of the avatar.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2023Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongil Son, Changtaek Kang, Jaeyung Yeo
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Patent number: 12468329Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include at least one communication processor comprising at least one central processing unit (CPU). According to an embodiment, the at least one communication processor may be configured to enter an RRC_Connected state. According to an embodiment, the at least one communication processor may be configured to control a clock level for the at least one CPU to be a first CPU clock level corresponding to the RRC_Connected state. According to an embodiment, the at least one communication processor may be configured to identify workload information comprising at least one of utilization information of the at least one CPU and traffic information of at least one bus of the at least one communication processor.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2023Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongchul Ma, Daekyung Kim, Dongwook Kim, Byungki Moon, Sungbo Park, Dongil Son, Hwayoung Chae
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Patent number: 12456403Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing movable with respect to the first housing, a motor for moving the second housing to be inserted and/or withdrawn with respect to the first housing, a display for displaying a display area having a size changeable according to the movement of the second housing, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the motor and being configured to identify whether a maintenance mode in which the size of the display area is maintained in a determined size is activated, control the motor to move the second housing according to the state of the electronic device corresponding to the deactivation of the maintenance mode, and maintain the size of the display area to be the determined size corresponding to the activation of the maintenance mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 28, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daehee Park, Junghyung Kim, Hankon Kim, Junkyu Park, Dongil Son, Jaehoon Song, Seungbo Shim, Duhoon Jung, Myungkyoon Chung