Patents by Inventor Hee-Chul Jeon

Hee-Chul Jeon 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: 20200266386
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a substrate having a flat region, a bending region, and a boundary region disposed between the flat region and the bending region; an organic light-emitting structure disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation layer disposed on the organic light-emitting structure; and a protective structure disposed opposite to the organic light emitting structure with the substrate disposed therebetween, the protective structure having a first portion disposed under the flat region and a second portion disposed under the boundary region. A thickness of the first portion is substantially uniform, and a thickness of the second portion decreases in a direction from the flat region toward the bending region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Hee-Chul JEON
  • Patent number: 10701537
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing service via wireless communication. A device which provides a service includes a wireless communication unit which receives, from an external device, information about at least one content that is being reproduced by the external device; and a controller which is configured to request an object for using a service related to the at least one content from a server, and to receive the object from the server, and to output the object via an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-ok Cha, Jong-hyun Ryu, Hee-chul Jeon, Won-young Choi
  • Patent number: 10691300
    Abstract: A method and system for providing information that enables easier and quicker access to an item related to a context of a device, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided. The method includes detecting a context of a device, and displaying at least one virtual space corresponding to the detected context on a screen of the device. The virtual space is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that is configured to register the detected context and information related to at least one item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-chul Jeon, Jung-ho Kim, Yong-gook Park, Seung-eok Choi
  • Patent number: 10680209
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a substrate where OLEDs are formed and an encapsulation member fixed onto the substrate while covering the OLEDs. The encapsulation member includes a photochromic material so that the encapsulation member is colored by external light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Chul Jeon, Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Seong Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Chul-Woo Jeong, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 10673018
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display device includes a display panel having a flat region, a boundary region, and a bending region. The flexible display device also includes a protective structure having a first portion formed under the flat region and a second portion formed under the boundary region. A thickness of the first portion is substantially uniform. A thickness of the second portion decreases along a direction from the flat region toward the bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee-Chul Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200013981
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is provided that may include a first substrate, a plurality of electrodes on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, a pixel defining layer on the plurality of electrodes, spacers on the pixel defining layer, and a second substrate on the spacers. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of openings spaced apart from each other and respectively open to the plurality of electrodes. The spacers on the pixel defining layer are at crossing points of a plurality of virtual lines, the spacers crossing spaces between adjacent openings of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Hee Chul JEON
  • Patent number: 10431764
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is provided that may include a first substrate, a plurality of electrodes on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, a pixel defining layer on the plurality of electrodes, spacers on the pixel defining layer, and a second substrate on the spacers. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of openings spaced apart from each other and respectively open to the plurality of electrodes. The spacers on the pixel defining layer are at crossing points of a plurality of virtual lines, the spacers crossing spaces between adjacent openings of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee Chul Jeon
  • Patent number: 10403186
    Abstract: A display device and a method of testing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area arranged outside the display area. The display device also includes a bending area arranged in the non-display area, first and second signal lines arranged in the non-display area, and a first test pattern arranged between the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hee Chul Jeon
  • Publication number: 20190215674
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing service via wireless communication. A device which provides a service includes a wireless communication unit which receives, from an external device, information about at least one content that is being reproduced by the external device; and a controller which is configured to request an object for using a service related to the at least one content from a server, and to receive the object from the server, and to output the object via an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-ok Cha, Jong-hyun Ryu, Hee-chul Jeon, Won-young Choi
  • Publication number: 20190213635
    Abstract: A method and device which provide a recommendation to a user based on the type of device are provided. The device includes: a user input which is configured to receive a user touch input, a communicator which is configured to transmit a recommendation item request including identification information of the device to a server in response to the user touch input and receive at least one recommendation item selected based on the identification information of the device from the server; a display which is configured to display a recommendation panel including the received at least one recommendation item; and a controller which is configured to control the communicator to receive the at least one recommendation item and control the display to display the recommendation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-young CHOI, Nam-wook KANG, Jong-hyun LEE, Hee-Chul JEON, Sang-ok CHA
  • Patent number: 10321271
    Abstract: A mobile device, a method performed by the mobile device for receiving a service from a server, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method performed by the mobile device are provided. The mobile device includes communication circuitry configured to receive a signal transmitted from a wireless transmitter; and a processor configured to determine identification information of the wireless transmitter based on the received signal and signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal, and provide the identification information and the determined signal intensity information to an application executed in the mobile device in order to send, to a server, a request for information based on the identification information and the determined signal intensity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tae-young Kang, Hee-chul Jeon, Hye-rin Kim, Da-hye Park, Won-young Choi, Seung-hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20190149992
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for obtaining a service is provided. Information about an external device is received at a terminal from the external device. It is determined whether the external device has been registered based on the information about the external device. Service information associated with the external device is provided when at least the external device has been registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Sang-ok CHA, Young-gook PARK, Ho-jun LEE, Tae-young KANG, Hee-chul JEON, Ju-il EOM, Joo-yoon BAE, Won-young CHOI, Sang-gon SONG, Kuk-huyn HAN, Bum-joo LEE, Seung-hwan HONG
  • Patent number: 10264430
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing service via wireless communication. A device which provides a service includes a wireless communication unit which receives, from an external device, information about at least one content that is being reproduced by the external device; and a controller which is configured to request an object for using a service related to the at least one content from a server, and to receive the object from the server, and to output the object via an output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-ok Cha, Jong-hyun Ryu, Hee-chul Jeon, Won-young Choi
  • Publication number: 20190089792
    Abstract: A first device for displaying an object related to content reproduced by a second device is provided. The first device including a sensor which senses an exit of the first device from a service zone of the second device during reproduction of the content by the second device; a communication device which requests a management server for an object related to the content, the object including link information for receiving information about the content reproduced by the second device at a point of time when the sensor senses the exit, and for receiving the object related to the content from the management server; and a controller which controls a display to display the received object related to the content on a predetermined screen of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-ok CHA, Jong-hyun RYU, Hee-Chul JEON, Won-young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190029059
    Abstract: A system and a method of connecting devices via a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network are provided. The method of communication-connecting an external device to an Access Point (AP) via a Wi-Fi network is performed by a device and includes operations of receiving device information of the external device from the external device that operates in an AP mode, accessing the external device that operates in the AP mode, by using the device information, and providing connection information relating to the AP to the external device, and wherein, when the connection information is provided to the external device, the external device terminates operating in the AP mode, and the external device then accesses the AP based on the connection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hee-chul JEON, Jung-ho KIM, Yong-gook PARK, Woo-hyoung LEE, Sang-ok CHA
  • Publication number: 20190026064
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device may comprise: a communication interface for receiving a first image from a first external electronic device and receiving a second image from a second external electronic device; a display for displaying the first image in a first area and the second image in a second area, and a processor for determining a bit rate of the first image on the basis of the size of the first area, determining a bit rate of the second image on the basis of the size of the second area, transmitting information on the bit rate of the first image to the first external electronic device via the communication interface, and transmitting information on the bit rate of the second image to the second external electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Chul JEON, Hyun-Jun KO
  • Publication number: 20180375064
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display device includes a display panel having a flat region, a boundary region, and a bending region. The flexible display device also includes a protective structure having a first portion formed under the flat region and a second portion formed under the boundary region. A thickness of the first portion is substantially uniform. A thickness of the second portion decreases along a direction from the flat region toward the bending region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Hee-Chul JEON
  • Patent number: 10165061
    Abstract: A first device for displaying an object related to content reproduced by a second device is provided. The first device including a sensor which senses an exit of the first device from a service zone of the second device during reproduction of the content by the second device; a communication device which requests a management server for an object related to the content, the object including link information for receiving information about the content reproduced by the second device at a point of time when the sensor senses the exit, and for receiving the object related to the content from the management server; and a controller which controls a display to display the received object related to the content on a predetermined screen of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-ok Cha, Jong-hyun Ryu, Hee-chul Jeon, Won-young Choi
  • Patent number: 10111266
    Abstract: A system and a method of connecting devices via a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network are provided. The method of communication-connecting an external device to an Access Point (AP) via a Wi-Fi network is performed by a device and includes operations of receiving device information of the external device from the external device that operates in an AP mode, accessing the external device that operates in the AP mode, by using the device information, and providing connection information relating to the AP to the external device, and wherein, when the connection information is provided to the external device, the external device terminates operating in the AP mode, and the external device then accesses the AP based on the connection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-chul Jeon, Jung-ho Kim, Yong-gook Park, Woo-hyoung Lee, Sang-ok Cha
  • Patent number: 10069107
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display device includes a display panel having a flat region, a boundary region, and a bending region. The flexible display device also includes a protective structure having a first portion formed under the flat region and a second portion formed under the boundary region. A thickness of the first portion is substantially uniform. A thickness of the second portion decreases along a direction from the flat region toward the bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee-Chul Jeon