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: 20230259169
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Seungbo SHIM, Junghyung KIM, Hankon KIM, Daehee PARK, Junkyu PARK, Dongil SON, Jaehoon SONG, Duhoon JUNG, Myungkyoon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20230245608
    Abstract: 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a second housing movable with respect to the first housing, a motor for moving the second housing to be inserted and/or withdrawn with respect to the first housing, a display for displaying a display area having a size changeable according to the movement of the second housing, and a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: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Daehee PARK, Junghyung KIM, Hankon KIM, Junkyu PARK, Dongil SON, Jaehoon SONG, Seungbo SHIM, Duhoon JUNG, Myungkyoon CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11700324
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed in the specification, an electronic device comprises a battery disposed inside the electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the electronic device; at least one electronic component disposed on the PCB; and a first buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is routed to the battery; and a second buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is selectively electrically connected to the second end of the first buck converter, and the second end is routed to the at least one electronic component, and wherein the first buck converter and the second buck converter are configured to boost a voltage provided from the battery through an electrical path formed from the battery by the first end of the first buck converter, and the second end of the first buck converter, the first end of the second buck converter and the second end of the second buck converter to the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghoon Park, Hyunseok Kim, Hoyeong Lim, Seunggoo Kang, Moonki Yeo, Seungbo Shim, Yongseung Yi, Dongil Son
  • Publication number: 20230187849
    Abstract: An electronic device having antennas is provided. The electronic device includes a housing at least partially comprising a conductive part, an antenna module disposed in an inner space and comprising a substrate disposed in the inner space, an array antenna disposed on the substrate and supporting a first communication mode, and two or more antennas disposed on the substrate and supporting a second communication mode, a first wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal of the first communication mode by means of the array antenna, a second wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal of the second communication mode by means of the two or more antennas, and at least one processor electrically connected to the first wireless communication circuit and second wireless communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jaehoon SONG, Seunghan SEO, Youngjin KANG, Seokwon KIM, Dongyeon KIM, Dongil SON
  • Patent number: 11677132
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna module including a circuit board, a communication circuit disposed on one surface of the circuit board, one or more antenna elements electrically connected to the communication circuit and arranged in at least a part of the circuit board, and a connection circuit board which includes an at least partially covered opening and is disposed on the one surface of the circuit board such that the communication circuit is disposed in an inner space of the connection circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jongwon Lee, Dongil Son
  • Publication number: 20230170948
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device may be configured to identify multiple beams is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Janghoon HAN, Dongil SON, Yeonwoo KIM, Sunmin HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230144645
    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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Daeyoung NOH, Hankon KIM, Dongil SON
  • Publication number: 20230145636
    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: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Seunghan SEO, Jaehoon SONG, Yunbum LEE, Janghoon HAN, Dongil SON
  • Patent number: 11647106
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed herein, including a housing having an inner space; a display disposed in the inner space and visible from an exterior, the display further including: a display panel having a first opening, at least one additional layer stacked under the display panel and having a second opening larger than the first opening, and a camera disposed in the inner space under the at least one additional layer, facing the second opening, and including: a lens housing, a plurality of lenses supported by the lens housing including a first lens closest to the display panel, and at least one image sensor, wherein the first lens either corresponds to an upper surface of the lens housing or at least partially protrudes from the upper surface of the lens housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Sim, Hyunchang Shin, Byengsang Jung, Seunggoo Kang, Dongil Son, Songhee Jung
  • Publication number: 20230126224
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Wonhyung HEO, Taeho KIM, Dongil SON, Choongsun SHIM, Sanghyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20230131461
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jooyeol RYU, Aram Kim, Yeonsoo Kim, Myeongkyun Baek, Dongil Son, Changgeun Oh, Minho Lee, Jaehyuk Cho
  • Publication number: 20230119719
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna module including a first array antenna, an intermediate frequency (IF) circuit electrically connected to the first mmWave antenna module through a first path, an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna disposed to be adjacent to the first path, a UWB circuit electrically connected to the UWB antenna, and at least one processor electrically connected to the IF circuit and the UWB circuit, wherein the at least one processor controls the IF circuit to provide a signal of a first frequency band to the first mmWave antenna module, controls the UWB circuit to acquire, through the UWB antenna, a signal of a second frequency band partially overlapping the first frequency band, and may deactivate the UWB antenna or stop communication using the first mmWave antenna module according to whether a specified condition associated with the UWB antenna is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Youngjin KANG, Dongil SON, Jaehoon SONG, Ungryeol LEE
  • Publication number: 20230079189
    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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hankon KIM, Junghyung KIM, Daehee PARK, Junkyu PARK, Dongil SON, Jaehoon SONG, Seungbo SHIM, Duhoon JUNG, Myungkyoon CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11605891
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication circuit electrically connected with a circuit board. The circuit board includes a first portion comprising a first layered structure in which a wiring layer and a first insulating layer are alternately positioned, and a second portion comprising a second layered structure in which the wiring layer and the first insulating layer are alternately positioned and a second insulating layer. At least one antenna patch is positioned on or within the second insulating layer. A conductive line penetrates the second layered structure and the second insulating layer and electrically connects the at least one antenna patch and the communication circuit. The first insulating layer has a first loss tangent value, and the second insulating layer has a second loss tangent value smaller than the first loss tangent value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungwon Park, Dongil Son, Sangwon Ha
  • Publication number: 20230076323
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise: a first cover; a second cover coupled to the first cover and configured to perform a sliding operation; a rollable display including a first display area visible in a rolled state and a second display area unrolled in response to the sliding operation of the second cover; a first antenna including a plurality of first antenna elements disposed in the first display area of the rollable display; a second antenna including a plurality of second antenna elements disposed in the second display area of the rollable display; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: form a plurality of directional beams using the first antenna based on a first beam table in a rolled state of the rollable display, and to form a plurality of directional beams using at least a part of the second antenna elements and the first antenna based on a second beam table based on the size of a visible area of the rollable display increasing from the rolled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Dongil SON, Chihyun CHO, Jaebong CHUN
  • Patent number: 11599152
    Abstract: An electronic device having a bended display and a method for controlling the same. The electronic device includes a front display area and at least two separate side display areas that are physically connected with at least one side of the front display area and form a convex curved surface in at least one space between the front and the rear of the electronic device. The electronic device also includes and a non-display area that physically connects at least two side display areas of the at least two separate side display areas and forms a convex double curvature surface in at least another space between the front and the rear of the electronic device. The at least two physically connected side display areas may be bent in directions so that an acute angle, a right angle or an obtuse angle is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Sim, Yonghwa Kim, Junghoon Park, Jungchul An, Seungbum Choi, Dongil Son
  • Patent number: 11558496
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate including a glass plate, a second plate facing the first plate, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a display positioned inside the space and exposed through a first area of the first plate, an antenna structure at least partially overlapping a second area of the first plate when viewed from above the first plate and which is connected to the second area, and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seyoung Jang, Chulwoo Park, Dongil Son, Hyeongju Lee
  • Publication number: 20220400572
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in the inner space of the housing, a second printed circuit board disposed so as to overlap at least a portion of the first printed circuit board, when the first printed circuit board is viewed from above, a first interposer disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and at least one second interposer which is disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board so as to be spaced apart from the first interposer when the first printed circuit board is viewed from above, and which electrically connects the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Junghoon PARK, Seungbo SHIM, Yongjin WOO, Junhee HAN, Dongil SON
  • Publication number: 20220385755
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongil SON, Doosuk KANG
  • Patent number: 11509173
    Abstract: A method for wireless charging an electronic device and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a near field communication device, a wireless charging device including a conductive coil, and at least one processor operatively connected to the near field communication device and the wireless charging device. The at least one processor is configured to transmit a first ping, using the near field communication device, receive first acknowledgement (ACK) information responsive to the first ping from an external electronic device, transmit a second ping, using the wireless charging device, based on that the first ACK information is received, and control the wireless charging device such that a charging current flows through the conductive coil based on second ACK information responsive to the second ping being received from the external electronic device within a specified time from the transmission of the second ping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myungkyoon Chung, Haekwon Lee, Dongil Son