Patents by Inventor Han-Jun Ku

Han-Jun Ku 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: 11561763
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone disposed at a second portion of the housing, a speaker disposed at a third portion of the housing, a memory disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing, and electrically connected to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the memory. The memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, each of which includes a graphic user interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Jong Rhee, Ji Min Lee, Sang Ki Kang, Han Jun Ku, Sung Pa Park, Jang Seok Seo, In Wook Song, Won Ick Ahn, Kyoung Gu Woo, Ji Soo Yi, Chang Kyun Jeon, Ho Jun Jaygarl, Il Hwan Choi, Yoo Jin Hong, Ji Hyun Kim, Jae Yung Yeo
  • Patent number: 11314898
    Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device for function execution includes receiving an execution signal associated with executing a voice command function performed based on a voice input, confirming a locked state of an electronic device, and providing an entire function execution state in which access to the entire information stored in a memory is allowed or a partial function execution state in which access to a part of the information stored in the memory is allowed, based on the locked state in relation to executing a function corresponding to the voice input or outputting a result corresponding to the voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Jong Rhee, Sang Ki Kang, Sung Pa Park, Jang Seok Seo, Ji Soo Yi, Kook Tae Choi, Han Jun Ku, Da Som Lee, Dong Ho Jang, Yong Joon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11194545
    Abstract: The electronic device according to an embodiment may receive a first user input including a first request for performing a first task requiring one or more first parameters for execution, to transmit first data associated with the first user input through the communication circuit to a server including an intelligence system providing a sequence of action states for the electronic device performing at least one task using the at least one application program, to receive the first sequence of the action states for performing the first task, from the server through the communication circuit, to perform not all but part of the first sequence of the action states, based at least on the first user input, and to transmit second data associated with an action state of the electronic device caused from the performing of the part of the first sequence, to the server through the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Gu Woo, Ho Jun Jaygarl, Han Jun Ku, Kyung Tae Kim, Ga Jin Song
  • Publication number: 20210286589
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone disposed at a second portion of the housing, a speaker disposed at a third portion of the housing, a memory disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing, and electrically connected to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the memory. The memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, each of which includes a graphic user interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: In Jong RHEE, Ji Min LEE, Sang Ki KANG, Han Jun KU, Sung Pa PARK, Jang Seok SEO, In Wook SONG, Won Ick AHN, Kyoung Gu WOO, Ji Soo YI, Chang Kyun JEON, Ho Jun JAYGARL, Il Hwan CHOI, Yoo Jin HONG, Ji Hyun KIM, Jae Yung YEO
  • Patent number: 11042703
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touchscreen display, a wireless communication circuit, a memory storing a framework, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to receive a first event or a second event, to provide the framework with a notification object associated with an event received among the first event and the second event, to parse the notification object to obtain one or more parameters, to select one or more tasks associated with the received event based on at least part of the one or more parameters by using the framework, to select a natural language expression indicating at least one task of the one or more tasks, to provide a user interface including the natural language expression, through the touchscreen display, and to execute the at least one task based at least partly on a user input of the natural language expression provided on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Yong Lee, Tae Kwang Um, Han Jun Ku, Sung Pa Park, Jae Yung Yeo, Da Som Lee, Yong Joon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11023201
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone disposed at a second portion of the housing, a speaker disposed at a third portion of the housing, a memory disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing, and electrically connected to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the memory. The memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, each of which includes a graphic user interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Jong Rhee, Ji Min Lee, Sang Ki Kang, Han Jun Ku, Sung Pa Park, Jang Seok Seo, In Wook Song, Won Ick Ahn, Kyoung Gu Woo, Ji Soo Yi, Chang Kyun Jeon, Ho Jun Jaygarl, Il Hwan Choi, Yoo Jin Hong, Ji Hyun Kim, Jae Yung Yeo
  • Patent number: 10847152
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a microphone receiving a voice input according to user speech, a memory storing information about an operation of the speech recognition service, a display, and a processor electrically connected with the communication module, the microphone, the memory, and the display. The processor is configured to calculate a specified numerical value associated with the operation of the speech recognition service, to transmit information about the numerical value to a first external device processing the voice input, and to transmit a request for a function, which corresponds to the calculated numerical value, of at least one function associated with the speech recognition service stepwisely provided from the first external device depending on a numerical value, to the first external device to refine a function of the speech recognition service supported by the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byong Mok Oh, Han Jun Ku, Kyoung Gu Woo, Sang Hoon Lee, In Jong Rhee, Seok Yeong Jung, Kyung Tae Kim, Ji Hyun Kim, Dong Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 10832674
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, microphone, speaker, wireless communication circuit, processor and memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive a first user utterance through the microphone, transmit, by the wireless communication circuit, the received first user utterance to an external server through the wireless communication circuit, receive, by the wireless communication circuit, first text data generated by the external server using automatic speech recognition (ASR), when the first text data includes at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, identifying a plurality of tasks mapped to the at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, and execute the identified plurality of tasks using at least one of sequential execution or parallel execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Jun Jaygarl, Hyun Woo Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Han Jun Ku, Nam Hoon Kim, Eun Taek Lim, Da Som Lee
  • Patent number: 10706847
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication module, a sensor module, a microphone, a memory, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether a user is in proximity to the electronic device, to transmit at least one of voice input information or information on the proximity of the user to the external device, to receive at least one action associated with the execution of the function of the electronic device corresponding to a recognition result from the external device, based on voice input recognition of the external device, to output content associated with execution and/or processing of each of the at least one action, when the user is spaced apart from the electronic device, and to prevent at least a portion of the at least one content from being output in a state that the user is within the specified proximity to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Seok Seo, Sang Ki Kang, Han Jun Ku, Sung Pa Park, In Jong Rhee, Ji Soo Yi, Yoo Jin Hong, Kyung Tae Kim, Ji Hyun Kim, Yong Joon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200202070
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touchscreen display, a wireless communication circuit, a memory storing a framework, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to receive a first event or a second event, to provide the framework with a notification object associated with an event received among the first event and the second event, to parse the notification object to obtain one or more parameters, to select one or more tasks associated with the received event based on at least part of the one or more parameters by using the framework, to select a natural language expression indicating at least one task of the one or more tasks, to provide a user interface including the natural language expression, through the touchscreen display, and to execute the at least one task based at least partly on a user input of the natural language expression provided on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Yong LEE, Tae Kwang UM, Han Jun KU, Sung Pa PARK, Jae Yung YEO, Da Som LEE, Yong Joon JEON
  • Patent number: 10579726
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touchscreen display, a wireless communication circuit, a memory storing a framework, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to receive a first event or a second event, to provide the framework with a notification object associated with an event received among the first event and the second event, to parse the notification object to obtain one or more parameters, to select one or more tasks associated with the received event based on at least part of the one or more parameters by using the framework, to select a natural language expression indicating at least one task of the one or more tasks, to provide a user interface including the natural language expression, through the touchscreen display, and to execute the at least one task based at least partly on a user input of the natural language expression provided on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Yong Lee, Tae Kwang Um, Han Jun Ku, Sung Pa Park, Jae Yung Yeo, Da Som Lee, Yong Joon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200034112
    Abstract: The electronic device according to an embodiment may receive a first user input including a first request for performing a first task requiring one or more first parameters for execution, to transmit first data associated with the first user input through the communication circuit to a server including an intelligence system providing a sequence of action states for the electronic device performing at least one task using the at least one application program, to receive the first sequence of the action states for performing the first task, from the server through the communication circuit, to perform not all but part of the first sequence of the action states, based at least on the first user input, and to transmit second data associated with an action state of the electronic device caused from the performing of the part of the first sequence, to the server through the communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kyoung Gu WOO, Ho Jun JAYGARL, Han Jun KU, Kyung Tae KIM, Ga Jin SONG
  • Patent number: 10394431
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for running an application in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display for running a second application on a first screen according to a second touch event, and displaying a second screen smaller than the first screen, and a controller for hiding the second screen from a current screen to display an entire area of the first screen while a touch in an external area of the second screen is detected, and displaying again the second screen on the first screen if the touch in the external area of the second screen is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Won Koo, Han-Jun Ku, Do-Yeon Kim, Eun-Joo Lee, Chung-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20190155571
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone disposed at a second portion of the housing, a speaker disposed at a third portion of the housing, a memory disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing, and electrically connected to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the memory. The memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, each of which includes a graphic user interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: In Jong RHEE, Ji Min LEE, Sang Ki KANG, Han Jun KU, Sung Pa PARK, Jang Seok SEO, In Wook SONG, Won Ick AHN, Kyoung Gu WOO, Ji Soo YI, Chang Kyun JEON, Ho Jun JAYGARL, Il Hwan CHOI, Yoo Jin HONG, Ji Hyun KIM, Jae Yung YEO
  • Publication number: 20190066677
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, microphone, speaker, wireless communication circuit, processor and memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive a first user utterance through the microphone, transmit, by the wireless communication circuit, the received first user utterance to an external server through the wireless communication circuit, receive, by the wireless communication circuit, first text data generated by the external server using automatic speech recognition (ASR), when the first text data includes at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, identifying a plurality of tasks mapped to the at least one pre-stored word, phrase, and sentence, and execute the identified plurality of tasks using at least one of sequential execution or parallel execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ho Jun JAYGARL, Hyun Woo KANG, Jae Hwan LEE, Han Jun KU, Nam Hoon KIM, Eun Taek LIM, Da Som LEE
  • Patent number: 10191718
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, a microphone disposed at a second portion of the housing, a speaker disposed at a third portion of the housing, a memory disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing, and electrically connected to the display, the microphone, the speaker, and the memory. The memory is configured to store a plurality of application programs, each of which includes a graphic user interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Jong Rhee, Ji Min Lee, Sang Ki Kang, Han Jun Ku, Sung Pa Park, Jang Seok Seo, In Wook Song, Won Ick Ahn, Kyoung Gu Woo, Ji Soo Yi, Chang Kyun Jeon, Ho Jun Jaygarl, Il Hwan Choi, Yoo Jin Hong, Ji Hyun Kim, Jae Yung Yeo
  • Publication number: 20180308489
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a microphone, a display, a communication circuit, a memory in which a message application is stored, and a processor electrically connected to the microphone, the display, the communication circuit, and the memory. The processor is configured to output an execution screen of the message application through the display, to obtain voice data through the microphone, to display a text converted from the voice data, on the execution screen, to display an indicator associated with a standby time determined based on at least one of an acquisition time of the voice data and a length of the text, on the execution screen, and to transmit the text to an external device through the communication circuit when the standby time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Zhedan PAN, Sung Pa PARK, Biju MATHEW NEYYAN, Han Jun KU
  • Publication number: 20180293220
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touchscreen display, a wireless communication circuit, a memory storing a framework, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to receive a first event or a second event, to provide the framework with a notification object associated with an event received among the first event and the second event, to parse the notification object to obtain one or more parameters, to select one or more tasks associated with the received event based on at least part of the one or more parameters by using the framework, to select a natural language expression indicating at least one task of the one or more tasks, to provide a user interface including the natural language expression, through the touchscreen display, and to execute the at least one task based at least partly on a user input of the natural language expression provided on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jae Yong LEE, Tae Kwang UM, Han Jun KU, Sung Pa PARK, Jae Yung YEO, Da Som LEE, Yong Joon JEON
  • Publication number: 20180286401
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a microphone receiving a voice input according to user speech, a memory storing information about an operation of the speech recognition service, a display, and a processor electrically connected with the communication module, the microphone, the memory, and the display. The processor is configured to calculate a specified numerical value associated with the operation of the speech recognition service, to transmit information about the numerical value to a first external device processing the voice input, and to transmit a request for a function, which corresponds to the calculated numerical value, of at least one function associated with the speech recognition service stepwisely provided from the first external device depending on a numerical value, to the first external device to refine a function of the speech recognition service supported by the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Byong Mok OH, Han Jun KU, Kyoung Gu WOO, Sang Hoon LEE, In Jong RHEE, Seok Yeong JUNG, Kyung Tae KIM, Ji Hyun KIM, Dong Ho JANG
  • Publication number: 20180286400
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication module, a sensor module, a microphone, a memory, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether a user is in proximity to the electronic device, to transmit at least one of voice input information or information on the proximity of the user to the external device, to receive at least one action associated with the execution of the function of the electronic device corresponding to a recognition result from the external device, based on voice input recognition of the external device, to output content associated with execution and/or processing of each of the at least one action, when the user is spaced apart from the electronic device, and to prevent at least a portion of the at least one content from being output in a state that the user is within the specified proximity to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jang Seok SEO, Sang Ki KANG, Han Jun KU, Sung Pa PARK, In Jong RHEE, Ji Soo YI, Yoo Jin HONG, Kyung Tae KIM, Ji Hyun KIM, Yong Joon JEON