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).

  • Publication number: 20250232519
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an example embodiment includes a processor, memory, a camera for generating a video, and a sensor for obtaining sensing data related to a user. The electronic device generate the content by identifying a valid event based on the video and/or the sensing data, extracting a prompt for generating third-person perspective content corresponding to the event, and inputting the prompt into a generative artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Kwangyong LIM, Sooryuh KIM, Dongil SON, Chaeyeon SON, Sunggeun AHN, Bokun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250232410
    Abstract: An electronic device disclosed herein may include a display, a memory, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Chaeyeon SON, Sooryuh KIM, Dongil SON, Sunggeun AHN, Kwangyong LIM, Bokun CHOI
  • Patent number: 12347932
    Abstract: A disclosed electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit and a plurality of antenna elements. Each of the plurality of antenna elements may include: a first feeder arranged at a first point on a first virtual line, a second feeder arranged at a second point on a second virtual line perpendicular to the first virtual line, and a third feeder arranged at a third point on a third virtual line. The first, second, and third feeders may be connected to the wireless communication unit via first, second, and third electrical paths, respectively. The device may further include a switch arranged on the first electrical path, the second electrical path, and the third electrical path, and configured to electrically connect or disconnect the first feeder, the second feeder, and the third feeder to the wireless communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seunghan Seo, Jaehoon Song, Yunbum Lee, Janghoon Han, Dongil Son
  • Publication number: 20250201155
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a first display module, a second display module, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the first display module, the second display module, and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to output image data through the first display module and the second display module in a first mode, switch from the first mode to a second mode based on at least one of an occurrence of a notification event, a moving speed of the wearable device, or a type of an application executing on the wearable device, determine any one of the first display module or the second display module as an output display module in the second mode, and control the output display module to output the image data through the determined output display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Seungnyun KIM, Dongil SON, Jongmin YOON, Seungjoo LEE, Gisoo LIM, Kyusik CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250181308
    Abstract: A method for operating a wearable electronic device, includes: displaying first content in a first virtual area, which corresponds to a first direction with respect to the wearable electronic device; displaying second content in a second virtual area, which corresponds to a second direction with respect to the wearable electronic device; based on identifying that a gaze of a user wearing the wearable electronic device is directed toward the first direction, outputting a first sound of the first content at a first volume and a second sound of the second content at a second volume, wherein the first volume is different from the second volume; and based on identifying that the gaze of the user moves from the first direction to the second direction, outputting the first sound at a third volume different from the first volume and the second sound at a fourth volume different from the second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonjae LEE, Yumi KO, Sijung KIM, Dongil SON
  • Publication number: 20250181150
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Gisoo LIM, Seungnyun KIM, Dongil SON, Jongmin YOON, Seungjoo LEE, Kyusik CHOI
  • Patent number: 12315410
    Abstract: A wearable device for adjusting the size of an effective display area depending on external illuminance and a control method is provided. The wearable device includes a display module and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to control the display module to output light having a first brightness value from at least one light source of the display module so as to display a virtual object in an effective display area having a first size, determine whether or not surrounding illuminance of the wearable device increases while the light having the first brightness value is output, change, based on the determination that the surrounding illuminance increases, a size of the effective display area displaying the virtual object from the first size to a second size, and control the display module to display the virtual object in the effective display area having the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongil Son, Jongmin Yoon, Seungnyun Kim, Seungjoo Lee, Gisoo Lim, Kyusik Choi
  • Patent number: 12302513
    Abstract: An accessory device detachably attachable to an electronic device comprising a housing which is expandable to define an expanded area of the housing, and a display module which is expandable, together with the housing, to define an expanded area of the display module, and the accessory device may comprise a main body configured to be mounted to the expanded area of the housing, the main body comprising a mounting surface, and a coupling unit which detachably attaches the accessory device to the electronic device, wherein the main body which is attached to the housing which is expanded, may disposes the mounting surface to support the expanded area of the housing together with the expanded area of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daeyoung Noh, Hankon Kim, Dongil Son
  • Publication number: 20250131129
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure provide an electronic device, a method, and a recording medium configured to provide data sharing based on artificial intelligence (AI). The electronic device according to an embodiment may analyze shared data selected based on an input requesting to shared data of the electronic device. The electronic device may, based on the shared data including the personal information, generate hint information related to the personal information so that information corresponding to the personal information may be inferred by an external electronic device. The electronic device may replace the personal information with the hint information in the shared data and share the shared data including the hint information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yoechan SONG, Dukhyun KIM, Sangheon KIM, Junsung KIM, Dongil SON, Yeunwook LIM
  • Publication number: 20250123726
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display, at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, and a memory configured to store instructions, wherein the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on a first input of a user being obtained for an application, attempt to look up events accumulated in an event list for events that are not checked by the user for the application, based on events being looked up in the event list, generate summary information summarizing the looked-up events from the event information of the looked-up events, and, display a graphic object corresponding to the generated summary information in a region of the display corresponding to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Dongil SON, Dukhyun KIM, Sangheon KIM, Junsung KIM, Yoechan SONG, Yeunwook LIM
  • Publication number: 20250124627
    Abstract: A first electronic device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Dukhyun KIM, Sangheon KIM, Junsung KIM, Dongil SON, Yoechan SONG, Yeunwook LIM
  • Publication number: 20250126206
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors electrically connected to the communication circuit and the memory. In addition, the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively cause the electronic device to acquire a user input, identify a task based on the user input, transmit a request to establish a first session for a voice call to an external electronic device in order to perform the task, receive a response from the external electronic device, determine, based on the response, whether a responder of the voice call is a voice agent based on machine learning, and transmit data information including information associated with the task to the external electronic device based on the determination that the responder is the voice agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Sangheon KIM, Dukhyun KIM, Junsung KIM, Dongil SON, Yoechan SONG, Yeunwook LIM
  • Patent number: 12277665
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display, and a processor configured to obtain a first image including one or more external objects by using the camera, display to output a three-dimensional (3D) object generated based on attributes related to a face among the one or more external objects using the display, receive a selection of at least one graphic attribute from a plurality of graphic attributes which can be applied to the 3D object, generate a 3D avatar for the face based on the at least one graphic attribute, and generate a second image including at least one object reflecting a predetermined facial expression or motion using the 3D avatar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooyong Lee, Yonggyoo Kim, Byunghyun Min, Dongil Son, Chanhee Yoon, Kihuk Lee, Cheolho Cheong
  • Patent number: 12276800
    Abstract: A wearable device configured to adjust light transmittance according to illuminance of an external light source and a method for controlling the same are provided. The wearable device includes at least one camera, at least one lens, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to identify illuminance information of an image obtained through the at least one camera, determine a location on the at least one lens, based on the identified illuminance information, the location corresponding to the illuminance information, determine an average illuminance of the image, based on the illuminance information corresponding to the determined location, and compare illuminance information corresponding to the determined location with the average illuminance, and partially adjust light transmittance of the at least one lens, based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyusik Choi, Seungnyun Kim, Dongil Son, Jongmin Yoon, Seungjoo Lee, Gisoo Lim
  • Patent number: 12274004
    Abstract: An antenna device and an electronic device including the same are provided. The antenna device includes a housing that includes a first plate, a second plate facing a direction opposite to the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a display viewable through at least a portion of the first plate, an antenna assembly disposed within the housing wherein the antenna assembly includes a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, at least one structure interconnecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and including conductive paths, a plurality of conductive patterns, and a wireless communication circuit, a flexible printed circuit board, and a third printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minki Kim, Chulwoo Park, Dongil Son
  • Publication number: 20250097855
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device outputs a designated wireless signal through a first antenna on the basis that the designated wireless signal is output at a designated strength or higher through a second antenna, while a first wireless signal of a first frequency band and a second wireless signal of a second frequency band are output through the first antenna and/or the second antenna. The electronic device identifies, through a proximity sensor, whether an external object is in proximity thereto, and adjusts, based on the identified proximity, the strength of the designated wireless signal that is output through the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jungsik MIN, Wonhyung HEO, Yelim KIM, Jinseong PARK, Dongil SON, Seunghee SON, Kyoungsik YOON, Sanghyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20250085915
    Abstract: A wearable device includes: at least one first sensor, a display, lens sets including at least one lens arranged with respect to the display, at least one actuator configured to adjust the lens sets, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, configured to: identify movements related to the wearable device through the at least one first sensor based on a screen provided through each of the lens sets being displayed on the display, identify whether a number of times of the movements identified during a reference time is greater than a first reference number of times, adjust a focus of each of the lens sets configured to provide the screen displayed on the display through the at least one actuator in response to the number of times being greater than the first reference number of times, and maintain the adjusted focus based on identifying that the number of times of the movements identified during the reference time being less than or equal to a second referen
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Stephanie AHN, Myoungwoo NAM, Eunyoung PARK, Dongil SON, Bona LEE, Eunbin LEE, Miyeoung CHUNG
  • Patent number: 12249756
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a housing, a display, an antenna structure and at least one wireless communication circuit. The at least one wireless communication circuit is configured so as to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz, and may be configured so as to transmit and/or receive, in a first operation, a first signal having a first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among a plurality of first conductive plates and a plurality of second conductive plates, and transmit and/or receive, in a second operation, a second signal having a second frequency differing from the first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among the plurality of second conductive plates and the plurality of first conductive plates. In addition, various embodiments are possible as identified in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongil Son
  • Patent number: 12244749
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprising a flexible display includes a first area and a second area extending from the first area, a motor module configured to move at least a part of the second area according to a driving state in the first state and the second state, and a processor electrically connected to the flexible display and the motor module. The processor identifies a characteristic value related to the motor module when being changed from the first state to the second state and controls the motor module such that an area exposed to the outside of the electronic device among the second area is changed based on the identified characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hankon Kim, Junghyung Kim, Daehee Park, Junkyu Park, Dongil Son, Jaehoon Song, Seungbo Shim, Duhoon Jung, Myungkyoon Chung
  • Publication number: 20250071241
    Abstract: A wearable device performing a call using a virtual object and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A wearable device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may comprise: a display, memory, and a processor comprising processing circuitry. The memory may store instructions that may be executed by the processor, and at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to cause the wearable device to: obtain a first input for sending a call, based on the first input, control the display to display a first virtual object corresponding to a counterpart of the call to a user wearing the wearable device, obtain a second input for moving the first virtual object to a designated position in a real world or virtual reality, and perform the call with the counterpart based on the second input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Dongil SON, Yongjoon JEON, Sungkweon PARK