Patents by Inventor Gun Lim
Gun Lim 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: 12658944Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electronic device may include a communication module including a first configuration pin, a processor configured to identify a device type of the communication module through the first configuration pin, and a first antenna device controlled by the communication module through the first configuration pin, in which the communication module is configured to transmit an identification signal for identifying the device type of the communication module through the first configuration pin for a time interval from the start of booting the processor to the completion of initializing the communication module, and transmit a first control signal for controlling the first antenna device through the first configuration pin after the time interval.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changho Hwang, Jisang Kim, Hanyeop Lee, Jinchul Choi, Gun Lim
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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: 20260129774Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing, a second housing and a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing relative to each other, a display disposed on the housing, and including a first display area disposed on the first housing, a second display area disposed on the second housing, and a folding area configured to be at least partially foldable, and at least one electromagnet disposed between the hinge structure and the folding area, wherein, when the housing is in a folded state, the folding area is configured to form an accommodation space for accommodating a digital pen including at least one magnetic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2025Publication date: May 7, 2026Inventors: Gyuyeon JEON, Jongdo PARK, Minsu RHEE, Gun LIM
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Patent number: 12587219Abstract: An electronic device according to certain embodiments may include a housing, an antenna disposed in the housing or formed in a part of the housing, a grip sensor configured to sense an external object that is in contact or proximity, and a processor operatively connected to the antenna and the grip sensor, wherein the processor may be configured to, when a first sensing value from the grip sensor is less than or equal to a first reference value, determine an output power of the antenna to be a first intensity; when the first sensing value exceeds the first reference value and a second sensing value from the grip sensor received after the first sensing value is between the first reference value and a second reference value higher than the first sensing value, determine whether the electronic device is in a state of use, and when the electronic device is not in the state of use, determine, based on a third reference value and a third sensing value of the grip sensor received after the second sensing value, theType: GrantFiled: May 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jangsun Yoo, Sunghwan Cho, Minseok Kim, Myeonggil Lee, Gwanghyun Jo, Gun Lim
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Publication number: 20260057009Abstract: An electronic device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: Donghyun LEE, Gun LIM, Taehwan KA, Yang SHI, Yongkyun CHOI
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Patent number: 12525702Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a housing including a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion, a keyboard disposed in the first portion of the housing, a palm rest disposed in the second portion of the housing and a rest area, and an antenna disposed inside the housing so as to overlap the palm rest. The antenna includes a feed pattern disposed in a rest area away from the keyboard, the feed pattern including a first ground area connected to the housing, and a feed area connected to the first ground area, a grip sensing pattern disposed in the rest area adjacent to the keyboard, the grip sensing pattern including a second ground area connected to the housing and a coupling area connected to the second ground area and configured to be coupled to the feed area.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2024Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jangsun Yoo, Jongmyung Kim, Moonhee Lee, Yongjoo Shin, Myeonggil Lee, Gun Lim
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Publication number: 20250385964Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board, a housing inside which the printed circuit board is disposed, and a terminal structure disposed at least partially in a region of the housing, wherein the terminal structure includes a connector part that includes a first connector in which a connector terminal is disposed and a second connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board, a decoration part that includes a conductive region in contact with the connector terminal at one end and exposed to an outside of the housing at the other end, and a non-conductive region surrounding the conductive region, and is disposed on the first connector, and a cover part that includes a cover opening in which at least a portion of the conductive region is disposed and is disposed between the decoration part and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2025Publication date: December 18, 2025Inventors: Minsu RHEE, Gun LIM
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Publication number: 20250362712Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a housing, a display panel provided inside the housing, a cover layer coupled to an upper side of the display panel and including a protruding area that protrudes beyond a side surface of the display panel, an inner mold disposed on a lower side of the protruding area of the cover layer so as to be spaced a predetermined distance from the side surface of the display panel, and a sealing member provided in a spacing S between the inner mold and the display panel, wherein the sealing member contacts each of the display panel, the cover layer, and the inner mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2025Publication date: November 27, 2025Inventors: Dokyun LEE, Jeongyi RYU, Sungkyo SEO, Gun LIM, Hyunje CHO
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Publication number: 20250343847Abstract: A foldable electronic device is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a first housing structure in which an audio output module is arranged, a second housing structure arranged to face the first housing structure, and where an audio input module is arranged, a hinge module arranged between the first housing structure and the second housing structure, memory, and a processor operatively connected to the audio input module, the audio output module, and the memory. The processor outputs an audio signal based on the audio output module in response to the release of a folded state between the first and the second housing structures, acquires, based on the audio input module, the audio signal that was output, confirms the time difference value according to the output and acquisition of the audio signal, and confirms, based on the time difference value, the angle implemented between the first housing structure and the second housing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Minsu RHEE, Gun LIM
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Publication number: 20250337152Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a first housing comprising at least one or more first conductive portions segmented along at least a part of a side surface thereof, and multiple vent holes formed on at least a part of the side surface; a fan disposed in the first housing; a first printed circuit board disposed on one side in the first housing, the first printed circuit board comprising a first communication module electrically connected to the first conductive portion; and a feeding portion for electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and one surface of the first housing positioned between the multiple vent holes. The first conductive portion may comprise a (1-1)th conductive portion having a first length and a (1-2)th conductive portion having a second length larger than the first length.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: October 30, 2025Inventors: Jangsun YOO, Kyungbin KIM, Jongsuk KIM, Nakchung CHOI, Hakjin KIM, Myeonggil LEE, Daehan CHOI, Byungsuk CHOI, Gun LIM
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Patent number: 12414049Abstract: A communication device according to an example embodiment may include a memory storing a back-off table in which a key value is mapped to each power back-off value and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the back-off table stored in the memory to an electronic device coupled to the communication device, receive, from the electronic device, a target key value determined based on at least an expected power back-off value required upon the occurrence of a target event, and back off, upon detection of the target event, transmission power of wireless signals transmitted through an antenna of the electronic device, based at least on a power back-off value mapped to the received target key value in the back-off table.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youngsun Jung, Hanyeop Lee, Jinchul Choi, Gun Lim
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Publication number: 20250278124Abstract: An example electronic device may include a first housing including a first surface, a second housing including a second surface, a third housing including a third surface, a first hinge structure rotatably connecting the second housing and the first housing, a second hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the third housing, a flexible display disposed on the first surface, the second surface and the third surface, a first magnet disposed in the second housing, and a hinge locking structure which, in an abnormal state of the electronic device in which a portion of the first surface is adjacent to the second surface, faces the first magnet and which includes a pin insertable into a groove formed in at least one shaft in the second hinge structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2025Publication date: September 4, 2025Inventors: Minsu RHEE, Gun LIM
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Patent number: 12408274Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an electronic component including a coil therein, and a printed circuit board that is disposed to surround at least a part of the electronic component and includes plural slits disposed at preset intervals in at least one of regions facing the electronic component, wherein each of the plural slits may include a central slit portion extended along a center of the slit, and a symmetric slit portion extended to be symmetric with respect to the central slit portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2023Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taihwan Choi, Jongdoo Kim, Jongmin Kim, Ungki Min, Gunhee Park, Daeseung Park, Garam Yu, Bongyeol Lee, Hanyeop Lee, Gun Lim
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Publication number: 20250253519Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front surface and a rear surface facing in a direction opposite to the front surface, a magnetic force component disposed between the front surface and the rear surface, a support member at least partially disposed between the magnetic force component and the rear surface, and an antenna pattern which is at least partially disposed on one surface of the support member, the one surface facing the rear surface, and arranged in a loop-shaped trace that is wound at least twice when viewed from the rear surface, wherein a first gap between two adjacent portions of the antenna pattern in an area such that a first area is between the magnetic force component and the rear surface and is larger than a second gap between two adjacent portions of the antenna pattern in a second area different from the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Seokung HONG, Hanyeop LEE, Taihwan CHOI, Garam YU, Gun LIM, Jinwook CHOI
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Patent number: 12341304Abstract: A communication apparatus having a monitoring function for a coupling state of a connector and/or a method of controlling the communication apparatus are provided. According to various example embodiments, a communication device may include an RF connector portion detachably coupled with a cable connector portion of one end of a cable for transmitting an antenna signal, at least one capacitor disposed near the RF connector portion, and a controller (comprising circuitry) for monitoring a coupling state between the cable connector portion and the RF connector portion based on a capacitance of the at least one capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hanyeop Lee, Jisang Kim, Jongin Lee, Jinchul Choi, Changho Hwang, Gun Lim
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Publication number: 20250192417Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a first plate and a second plate that is disposed so that a first slot structure is formed between at least one part thereof and the first plate. The electric device further includes a non-metallic first inner member that is coupled to the first plate and the second plate, and is disposed so that at least one part thereof faces the first slot structure. The electronic device further includes a first antenna pattern that is disposed on a different part of the first inner member facing in the opposite direction to the at least one part of the first inner member. Various other embodiments are possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Jangsun YOO, Hakjin KIM, Junghwan PARK, Moonhee LEE, Myeonggil LEE, Heeseung LEE, Gun LIM
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Patent number: 12321204Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, a conductive plate disposed at the first surface of the housing to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and including a slot, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the conductive plate and including a first area facing the first surface and a second area extending from the first area and bendable according to the sliding of the conductive plate, and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through an antenna formed on the basis of at least a part of the conductive plate, which surrounds the slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungkoo Park, Kookjoo Lee, Yongyoun Kim, Chankyu An, Soonho Hwang, Gun Lim, Hyunju Hong
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Publication number: 20250167462Abstract: Electronic device includes, as a foldable housing, a first antenna disposed on a first lateral member, a second antenna disposed on the first lateral member so as to transmit/receive signals in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band, a third antenna disposed on a second lateral member so as to transmit/receive signals in the first frequency band, a fourth antenna disposed on the second lateral member so as to transmit/receive signals in the second frequency band, a switch for electrically connecting first, second, third, and/or fourth antennas to a wireless circuit, a sensor for sensing an external object contacting or approaching the electronic device, and a processor. The processor selects an antenna to output signals according to the frequency band of signals transmitted, the status of the foldable housing, and/or a contact or approach of an external object, and connects the wireless circuit and the selected antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Hakjin KIM, Jangsun YOO, Jihye MOON, Myeonggil LEE, Donguk CHOI, Gun LIM
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Patent number: 12298819Abstract: An example electronic device may include a first housing including a first surface, a second housing including a second surface, a third housing including a third surface, a first hinge structure rotatably connecting the second housing and the first housing, a second hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the third housing, a flexible display disposed on the first surface, the second surface and the third surface, a first magnet disposed in the second housing, and a hinge locking structure which, in an abnormal state of the electronic device in which a portion of the first surface is adjacent to the second surface, faces the first magnet and which includes a pin insertable into a groove formed in at least one shaft in the second hinge structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Minsu Rhee, Gun Lim
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Patent number: 12292776Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise an antenna circuit including an antenna, a first capacitor, a switch, a sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to control the switch to connect the first capacitor and the sensor, based on start of booting of the electronic device, determine an initial value of the sensor for determining whether a user grips at least a portion of the electronic device, based on the connection of the first capacitor and the sensor, and control the switch to connect the antenna circuit and the sensor, based on the determination of the initial value of the sensor. Other various embodiments are possible as well.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minjoo Hwang, Donghyun Yoo, Dongyoung Kim, Sanguk Kim, Jongdoo Kim, Yohan Moon, Hanyeop Lee, Taihwan Choi, Hyoseok Na, Gun Lim