Patents by Inventor Hongjune Kim

Hongjune Kim 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: 20250148582
    Abstract: An electronic device, according to an embodiment, may comprise: a first housing including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The electronic device may comprise a second housing including a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side. The electronic device may comprise: at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; at least one camera; at least one distance sensor; and a flexible display. The electronic device may comprise a hinge structure configured to provide, by rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing based on a folding axis, an unfolded state in which the first side and the third side face the same direction, a folded state in which the first side and the third side face each other, or an intermediate state in which the first side and the third side form an angle between the angle in the unfolded state and the angle in the folded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Hongjun KIM, Eungjoo LEE, Wooyoung JEONG
  • Patent number: 12198589
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a flexible display, a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure, a first region, and a display region including a second region surrounding the first region, a first sensor, a second sensor in the first housing, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify an angle change between the first surface of the first housing and the third surface of the second housing from a first angle to a second angle, identify a second set of pixels among the pixels in the first region corresponding to the second angle from reference data, deactivate the second set of identified pixels, and activate the remaining pixels except for the second set of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongjun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240194104
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a flexible display, a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure, a first region, and a display region including a second region surrounding the first region, a first sensor, a second sensor in the first housing, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify an angle change between the first surface of the first housing and the third surface of the second housing from a first angle to a second angle, identify a second set of pixels among the pixels in the first region corresponding to the second angle from reference data, deactivate the second set of identified pixels, and activate the remaining pixels except for the second set of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventor: Hongjun KIM
  • Patent number: 11877383
    Abstract: An electronic device including a shield structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first magnetic substance, a second device including a second magnetic substance, and a shield structure configured to shield at least part of a magnetic force generated between the first magnetic substance and the second magnetic substance, wherein the shield structure includes a shield member disposed between the first device and the second device and including a property of a magnetic substance, and a connecting member physically connected to at least part of the shield member and including a property of a nonmagnetic substance, wherein at least part of the connecting member is physically connected to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gihoon Lee, Seunggoo Kang, Yonghwa Kim, Hongjun Kim, Wangik Son, Jaehwan Lee, Seungbum Choi, Jaedeok Lim
  • Publication number: 20230225094
    Abstract: An electronic device including a shield structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first magnetic substance, a second device including a second magnetic substance, and a shield structure configured to shield at least part of a magnetic force generated between the first magnetic substance and the second magnetic substance, wherein the shield structure includes a shield member disposed between the first device and the second device and including a property of a magnetic substance, and a connecting member physically connected to at least part of the shield member and including a property of a nonmagnetic substance, wherein at least part of the connecting member is physically connected to a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Gihoon LEE, Seunggoo KANG, Yonghwa KIM, Hongjun KIM, Wangik SON, Jaehwan LEE, Seungbum CHOI, Jaedeok LIM
  • Publication number: 20230134564
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a foldable enclosure including a plurality of sub-enclosures, a hinge coupled to ends of the plurality of sub-enclosures to interconnect the sub-enclosures and to allow the foldable enclosure to be folded or unfolded by rotation of the sub-enclosures, a biaser to apply a rotational force to the hinge in a direction that causes the foldable enclosure to be unfolded, a follower located inside any one of the sub-enclosures and supported for incremental movement during folding or unfolding of the foldable enclosure, a stop to selectively come into contact with or be separated from the follower to selectively restrict the movement of the follower, and an actuator to selectively control folding and unfolding of the foldable electronic device by selectively causing the stop to come into contact with or be separated from the follower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hongjun KIM, Jiwon Jang, Myunghun Bae
  • Patent number: 11622481
    Abstract: An electronic device including a shield structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first magnetic substance, a second device including a second magnetic substance, and a shield structure configured to shield at least part of a magnetic force generated between the first magnetic substance and the second magnetic substance, wherein the shield structure includes a shield member disposed between the first device and the second device and including a property of a magnetic substance, and a connecting member physically connected to at least part of the shield member and including a property of a nonmagnetic substance, wherein at least part of the connecting member is physically connected to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gihoon Lee, Seunggoo Kang, Yonghwa Kim, Hongjun Kim, Wangik Son, Jaehwan Lee, Seungbum Choi, Jaedeok Lim
  • Publication number: 20210136965
    Abstract: An electronic device including a shield structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first magnetic substance, a second device including a second magnetic substance, and a shield structure configured to shield at least part of a magnetic force generated between the first magnetic substance and the second magnetic substance, wherein the shield structure includes a shield member disposed between the first device and the second device and including a property of a magnetic substance, and a connecting member physically connected to at least part of the shield member and including a property of a nonmagnetic substance, wherein at least part of the connecting member is physically connected to a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Gihoon LEE, Seunggoo KANG, Yonghwa KIM, Hongjun KIM, Wangik SON, Jaehwan LEE, Seungbum CHOI, Jaedeok LIM
  • Patent number: 10933750
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a power-supplier; a starting part to receive an ignition command; a drive part to generate driving force, braking force, and steering force using power of the power-supplier; a user interface (UI) to receive power from the power-supplier, a command from a user, and output image information; and a controller to control the drive part and the user interface (UI) upon receiving an ignition command, stop operation of the drive part upon receiving a command of a rest mode, and to perform and control operation of the user interface (UI). The vehicle may further include: an air conditioner to adjust an indoor temperature; an input to receive an operation command of the air conditioner, a target indoor temperature and a rest mode. The controller controls the air conditioner on the basis of detected indoor and outdoor temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JongChan Jun, Chang Yu Kim, Jihye Kim, Kwan Sik Jeon, Hongjun Kim, Junsik Hwang, Kwon Hyoung Choi, Jinhyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10893637
    Abstract: An electronic device including a shield structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first magnetic substance, a second device including a second magnetic substance, and a shield structure configured to shield at least part of a magnetic force generated between the first magnetic substance and the second magnetic substance, wherein the shield structure includes a shield member disposed between the first device and the second device and including a property of a magnetic substance, and a connecting member physically connected to at least part of the shield member and including a property of a nonmagnetic substance, wherein at least part of the connecting member is physically connected to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gihoon Lee, Seunggoo Kang, Yonghwa Kim, Hongjun Kim, Wangik Son, Jaehwan Lee, Seungbum Choi, Jaedeok Lim
  • Publication number: 20190261540
    Abstract: An electronic device including a shield structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first magnetic substance, a second device including a second magnetic substance, and a shield structure configured to shield at least part of a magnetic force generated between the first magnetic substance and the second magnetic substance, wherein the shield structure includes a shield member disposed between the first device and the second device and including a property of a magnetic substance, and a connecting member physically connected to at least part of the shield member and including a property of a nonmagnetic substance, wherein at least part of the connecting member is physically connected to a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Gihoon LEE, Seunggoo KANG, Yonghwa KIM, Hongjun KIM, Wangik SON, Jaehwan LEE, Seungbum CHOI, Jaedeok LIM
  • Patent number: 10277667
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of executing a kernel of a mobile application program using an open computing language (OpenCL). The method includes receiving, from a server, a resource list including resources to execute a kernel for the application program; determining, if the application program is executed, resources to execute the kernel for the application program among resources of the terminal and the server; and transmitting, if the resources to execute the kernel are determined as the resources of the server, data and the kernel to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Cheolyong Jeon, Jaejin Lee, Hongjune Kim, Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20180154793
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a power-supplier; a starting part to receive an ignition command; a drive part to generate driving force, braking force, and steering force using power of the power-supplier; a user interface (UI) to receive power from the power-supplier, a command from a user, and output image information; and a controller to control the drive part and the user interface (UI) upon receiving an ignition command, stop operation of the drive part upon receiving a command of a rest mode, and to perform and control operation of the user interface (UI). The vehicle may further include: an air conditioner to adjust an indoor temperature; an input to receive an operation command of the air conditioner, a target indoor temperature and a rest mode. The controller controls the air conditioner on the basis of detected indoor and outdoor temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JongChan JUN, Chang Yu KIM, Jihye KIM, Kwan Sik JEON, Hongjun KIM, Junsik HWANG, Kwon Hyoung CHOI, Jinhyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20160169701
    Abstract: An Audio-Video-Navigation (AVN) device includes: a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver obtaining a traveling route data of a vehicle; a storage storing information about a navigation map; a navigation controller capturing a navigation map screen of the navigation map; and a application controller displaying a traveling route of the vehicle, based on the traveling route data, on the captured navigation map screen and executing an application to provide the navigation map screen on a display. The navigation controller captures the navigation map screen in response to a request of the application controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: WonSeok Yang, Hongjun Kim, Mukyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20160162678
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes an input device that is implemented as at least any of one or more hard keys and a jog shuttle that rotates or is inclined in at least one direction within the vehicle. The input device is configured to receive a command according to a manipulation. In addition, a storage unit is configured to store a combination of commands for the input device as a security pattern. A controller is then configured to perform user authentication based on whether a combination of commands input from the input device matches a security pattern previously stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Hongjun Kim
  • Publication number: 20160080284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of executing a kernel of a mobile application program using an open computing language (OpenCL). The method includes receiving, from a server, a resource list including resources to execute a kernel for the application program; determining, if the application program is executed, resources to execute the kernel for the application program among resources of the terminal and the server; and transmitting, if the resources to execute the kernel are determined as the resources of the server, data and the kernel to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Cheolyong Jeon, Jaejin Lee, Hongjune Kim, Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 8887127
    Abstract: A web browsing method and apparatus for enhancing a user's convenience in web browsing is provided in a system that uses a multi-core processor. The web browsing method and apparatus is applicable in a system, such as a smart phone that has a low computing power or that has a storage device like a flash memory operating in a rapid manner. Optimized machine codes are stored in files and incremental optimization is achieved, so the JAVASCRIPT® program of the web application has a small compilation overhead and achieves fast execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Joo-Hwan Lee, Hongjune Kim, Gangwon Jo, Jeongho Nah, Honggyu Kim, Yong-Jun Lee, Jaejin Lee, Seung-Mo Cho
  • Publication number: 20120185822
    Abstract: A web browsing method and apparatus for enhancing a user's convenience in web browsing is provided in a system that uses a multi-core processor. The web browsing method and apparatus is applicable in a system, such as a smart phone that has a low computing power or that has a storage device like a flash memory operating in a rapid manner. Optimized machine codes are stored in files and incremental optimization is achieved, so the JAVASCRIPT® program of the web application has a small compilation overhead and achieves fast execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Joo-Hwan Lee, Hongjune Kim, Gangwon Jo, Jeongho Nah, Honggyu Kim, Yong-Jun Lee, Jaejin Lee, Seung-Mo Cho