Patents by Inventor Ho-june YOO

Ho-june YOO 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: 20170089632
    Abstract: A display device, a door including the display device and a refrigerator including the door are provided. A display device includes: a frame configured to be rotatably mounted to a base object; a display panel mounted to the frame; a detector disposed in the frame, and configured to detect a movement of the frame and output a signal corresponding to the movement; and a controller configured to determine a movement state of the frame based on the signal, and control the display panel based on the movement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Sok KANG, Ho June YOO, Kyung-Hoon LEE, Nak-Won CHOI, Sang On CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170092118
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH
  • Publication number: 20170019699
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170011623
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
  • Patent number: 9542838
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh
  • Patent number: 9459707
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus include displaying a plurality of display items on a display screen; acquiring a coordinate value of a position on the display screen pointed to by an input device; positioning a virtual pointer on the display screen in an area of first one of the plurality of display items that is proximate to the acquired coordinate value and highlighting the first display item on the display screen; and in response to the input device pointing to a new position, moving the virtual pointer according to a new coordinate value of the new position pointed to by the input device and highlighting a second one of the plurality of display items that is proximate to the new coordinate value on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-june Yoo, Jong-bo Moon, Eun-seok Choi, Sang-on Choi
  • Patent number: 9361014
    Abstract: A graphical user interface, a display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays thereon an image comprising a plurality of user interface (UI) objects and a pointer; a pointer adjuster which generates the pointer and moves the pointer based on a user command for moving the pointer received from an input device; and a controller which controls the pointer adjuster to adjust a moving speed of the pointer according to a density of the UI objects displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byuk-sun Kim, Yong-deok Kim, Jong-bo Moon, Ho-june Yoo, Hye-jeong Lee, Sang-on Choi
  • Publication number: 20160154478
    Abstract: An interface apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive identification information and a sensing value on a motion of at least one pointing apparatus from the at least one pointing apparatus and an interface controller configured to control the communicator to calculate display position information of a pointer corresponding to the at least one pointing apparatus based on the received sensing value and transmit the identification information and the calculated display position information on the pointer to an image processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO, Yong-wan CHOI, Sang-on CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150293739
    Abstract: A computing apparatus, a method for controlling the computing apparatus, and a multi-display system thereof are provided. The method includes determining a size of a virtual display screen formed by a plurality of display apparatuses connected to the computing apparatus; setting an initial position of a pointer associated with a pointing apparatus; computing determining a movement range of the pointing apparatus based on the size of the virtual display screen and the initial position of the pointer; and in response to receiving movement information about movement of the pointing apparatus within the movement range, controlling the plurality of display apparatuses to display the pointer in a corresponding portion of the virtual display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO
  • Publication number: 20150179060
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH
  • Publication number: 20150091798
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus include displaying a plurality of display items on a display screen; acquiring a coordinate value of a position on the display screen pointed to by an input device; positioning a virtual pointer on the display screen in an area of first one of the plurality of display items that is proximate to the acquired coordinate value and highlighting the first display item on the display screen; and in response to the input device pointing to a new position, moving the virtual pointer according to a new coordinate value of the new position pointed to by the input device and highlighting a second one of the plurality of display items that is proximate to the new coordinate value on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-june YOO, Jong-bo MOON, Eun-seok CHOI, Sang-on CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150095946
    Abstract: A method for providing a service of a server device is provided. The method includes selecting an event winner from among a plurality of users registered in the server device, storing a multimedia content which is exclusively generated for the event winner, and transmitting the multimedia content to a display device which the event winner uses in response to a predetermined event occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-ji KIM, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI
  • Patent number: 8988271
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh
  • Patent number: 8988346
    Abstract: An electronic chalkboard system, a control method thereof, and a pointing device are provided. The electronic chalkboard system includes a plurality of display panels; a pointing device which calculates coordinate information about a touched position based on a reference signal generated on the display panels when touching a first panel among the display panels; and an image processor which generates a signal differently set with respect to each of the display panels on the display panels to determine the first panel among the display panels and displays an image corresponding to the coordinate information calculated by the pointing device on the first panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-seok Soh, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Yong-wan Choi
  • Patent number: 8952938
    Abstract: A pointing device calculates a current position of the pointing device based on a point of time at which an incident signal is sensed, and compensates the current position based on a deviation of position of the pointing device which is calculated using the current position of the pointing device. Accordingly, a problem on the GUI caused by position distortion of the pointing device is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-june Yoo, Byung-seok Soh, Eun-seok Choi, Sang-on Choi
  • Patent number: 8941530
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-seok Choi, Ho-june Yoo, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh
  • Publication number: 20150002412
    Abstract: An erasing device to erase an image displayed on a display apparatus, the erasing device including: a housing; a generator to generate an electromagnetic field so that the electromagnetic field is emitted from each of a plurality of portions of a tip of the housing; and a controller to control the generator to generate the electromagnetic field when the tip touches a surface of the display apparatus so that the display apparatus detecting the electromagnetic field erases an image within a preset image deletion region with a predetermined area based on a position on the surface touched by the tip, wherein the generator adjusts output of the electromagnetic field from each portion of the tip based on whether each portion of the tip touches the surface so that the display apparatus adjusts the area of the image deletion region based on the portion of the tip touched by the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-june YOO, Jong-bo MOON, Byung-seok SOH, Jong-keun LEE, Sang-on CHOI, Hyun-mook CHOI
  • Patent number: 8890810
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a display method capable of controlling cursor movement are disclosed. The display apparatus includes an input unit which receives an input cursor movement command, a display unit which displays at least one object and a cursor on a screen and moves the cursor according to the cursor movement command, and a control unit which controls the display unit to automatically move the cursor to a target point that corresponds to a direction of movement of the cursor within the object in response to the cursor moving into a range that is set on the basis of the object. Accordingly, a user can select and execute a specified object through an easy and convenient operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-june Yoo, Jong-bo Moon, Byuk-sun Kim, Yong-deok Kim, Hye-jeong Lee, Sang-on Choi
  • Publication number: 20140333534
    Abstract: An input apparatus is provided. The input apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a signal from a pointing apparatus, and a controller configured to control to display the pointer on a first position of the display when a start signal is received from the pointing apparatus, and when sensed position information of the pointing apparatus is received from the pointing apparatus, the controller controls to display the pointer on a second position of the display, which corresponds to the received position information of the pointing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140240608
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-seok CHOI, Ho-june YOO, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH