Patents by Inventor Dugjin HAN

Dugjin HAN 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: 11735143
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one display, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to obtain, through a first display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded, detect an unfolding of the at least one display, based on the detection of the unfolding, split a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications, and execute the plurality of applications and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngchan Cho, Sungwook Kwon, Nanhee Kim, Byeongcheol Kim, Seungeun Lee, Dugjin Han, Seungnyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11616869
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor circuit, a display, a processor operationally connected to the sensor circuit and the display, and a memory operationally connected to the processor, wherein the processor may detect, via the sensor circuit, whether the electronic device is unfolded at a predetermined angle, detect a placement state of the electronic device via the sensor circuit when the electronic device is unfolded at the predetermined angle, when the detected placement state of the electronic device is a first state, control the electronic device to operate in a first operation mode corresponding to the first state, and when the detected placement state of the electronic device is a second state, control the electronic device to operate in a second operation mode corresponding to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungeun Lee, Hyewon Seo, Seungnyun Kim, Jeongmin Park, Dugjin Han
  • Publication number: 20230044526
    Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device includes: a foldable housing that includes a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge, the first housing having a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge and configured to be foldable with the first housing around the hinge, the second housing having a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction. The first surface faces the third surface in a folded state, and the third direction is equal to the first direction in an unfolded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sungwook KWON, Nanhee KIM, Seungeun LEE, Jungeun LEE, Youngchan CHO, Dugjin HAN
  • Patent number: 11481174
    Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device includes: a foldable housing that includes a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge, the first housing having a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge and configured to be foldable with the first housing around the hinge, the second housing having a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction. The first surface faces the third surface in a folded state, and the third direction is equal to the first direction in an unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungwook Kwon, Nanhee Kim, Seungeun Lee, Jungeun Lee, Youngchan Cho, Dugjin Han
  • Publication number: 20220044655
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one display, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to obtain, through a first display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded, detect an unfolding of the at least one display, based on the detection of the unfolding, split a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications, and execute the plurality of applications and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Youngchan CHO, Sungwook KWON, Nanhee KIM, Byeongcheol KIM, Seungeun LEE, Dugjin HAN, Seungnyun KIM
  • Patent number: 11158290
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one display, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to obtain, through a first display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded, detect an unfolding of the at least one display, based on the detection of the unfolding, split a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications, and execute the plurality of applications and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngchan Cho, Sungwook Kwon, Nanhee Kim, Byeongcheol Kim, Seungeun Lee, Dugjin Han, Seungnyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210074242
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one display, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to obtain, through a first display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded, detect an unfolding of the at least one display, based on the detection of the unfolding, split a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications, and execute the plurality of applications and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Youngchan CHO, Sungwook KWON, Nanhee KIM, Byeongcheol KIM, Seungeun LEE, Dugjin HAN, Seungnyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20210058503
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor circuit, a display, a processor operationally connected to the sensor circuit and the display, and a memory operationally connected to the processor, wherein the processor may detect, via the sensor circuit, whether the electronic device is unfolded at a predetermined angle, detect a placement state of the electronic device via the sensor circuit when the electronic device is unfolded at the predetermined angle, when the detected placement state of the electronic device is a first state, control the electronic device to operate in a first operation mode corresponding to the first state, and when the detected placement state of the electronic device is a second state, control the electronic device to operate in a second operation mode corresponding to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Seungeun LEE, Hyewon SEO, Seungnyun KIM, Jeongmin PARK, Dugjin HAN
  • Publication number: 20200326900
    Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device includes: a foldable housing that includes a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge, the first housing having a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge and configured to be foldable with the first housing around the hinge, the second housing having a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction. The first surface faces the third surface in a folded state, and the third direction is equal to the first direction in an unfolded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Sungwook KWON, Nanhee KIM, Seungeun LEE, Jungeun LEE, Youngchan CHO, Dugjin HAN