Patents by Inventor Hui-Chul Yang

Hui-Chul Yang 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: 10558316
    Abstract: An electronic device includes touchscreen display, and at least one processor configured to display, on touchscreen display, first screen including execution screen of first application, in response to incoming call, display notification of first type indicating occurrence of incoming call on execution screen, wherein at least part of notification of first type is displayed translucently while at least part of execution screen is displayed on touchscreen display, receive first user input for moving notification of first type, in response to first user input, display notification of second type on first screen opaquely, wherein size of notification of second type is smaller than size of notification of first type, and wherein execution screen is not overlapped with notification of second type, receive second user input on notification of second type, and in response to second user input, display second screen indicating occurrence of incoming call on touchscreen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung-Lim Choi, Hye-Soon Jeong, Hui-Chul Yang, Mi-A Oh, Wan-Soo Lim, Bong-Hak Choi
  • Publication number: 20190391690
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to display a first window for running a first application and a second window for running a second application on the touchscreen, display a virtual keypad on a portion of the first window and a portion of the second window corresponding to a first input to a focused window of the first window and the second window, and vary a size of the virtual keypad corresponding to a second input to the virtual keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sun-Young PARK, Jeong-Won KO, Joong-Hun KWON, Chang-Hwan KIM, Sang-Deuk NAM, Seung-Wook NAM, Myoung-Soo PARK, Kyung-Jun LEE, Dong-Oh LEE, Jun-Won JUNG, Hui-Chul YANG, Hyun-Yeul LEE, Soojin JEONG LIM
  • Patent number: 10503376
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph an image on the display of the device, receiving a touch input made on the display, superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to receiving the touch input, receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display, removing adjusting a display characteristic of at least one of the plurality of control guides in response to receiving the drag input, and displaying the adjusted plurality of control guides on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Chul Yang, Sejin Kwak
  • Patent number: 10481779
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Chul Yang, Nho Kyung Hong, Jin Young Jeon, Tae Young Kang, In Won Jong
  • Patent number: 10444920
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to display a first window for running a first application and a second window for running a second application on the touchscreen, display a virtual keypad on a portion of the first window and a portion of the second window corresponding to a first input to a focused window of the first window and the second window, and vary a size of the virtual keypad corresponding to a second input to the virtual keypad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Young Park, Jeong-Won Ko, Joong-Hun Kwon, Chang-Hwan Kim, Sang-Deuk Nam, Seung-Wook Nam, Myoung-Soo Park, Kyung-Jun Lee, Dong-Oh Lee, Jun-Won Jung, Hui-Chul Yang, Hyun-Yeul Lee, Soojin Jeong Lim
  • Patent number: 10331325
    Abstract: A mobile device having a parallax scrolling function and a method for controlling the mobile device are provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of objects on a touch screen of the mobile device, detecting a touch for scrolling the plurality of objects on the touch screen, and sequentially scrolling the plurality of objects at different time intervals according to attributes of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Joon Won, Masato Watanabe, Jong-Sung Joo, Joong-Hun Kwon, Ji-Eun Yang, Chang-Mo Yang, Hui-Chul Yang, Jae-Myoung Lee, Chul-Ho Jang, Yun Jegal, In-Won Jong, Hyung-Joo Jin
  • Publication number: 20190163347
    Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung Min YOOK, Sung Sik YOO, Kang Won LEE, Myeong Lo LEE, Young Ae KANG, Hui Chul YANG, Yong Ki MIN
  • Patent number: 10209858
    Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung, Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Min Yook, Sung Sik Yoo, Kang Won Lee, Myeong Lo Lee, Young Ae Kang, Hui Chul Yang, Yong Ki Min
  • Publication number: 20190004669
    Abstract: An electronic device includes touchscreen display, and at least one processor configured to display, on touchscreen display, first screen including execution screen of first application, in response to incoming call, display notification of first type indicating occurrence of incoming call on execution screen, wherein at least part of notification of first type is displayed translucently while at least part of execution screen is displayed on touchscreen display, receive first user input for moving notification of first type, in response to first user input, display notification of second type on first screen opaquely, wherein size of notification of second type is smaller than size of notification of first type, and wherein execution screen is not overlapped with notification of second type, receive second user input on notification of second type, and in response to second user input, display second screen indicating occurrence of incoming call on touchscreen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kyung-Lim CHOI, Hye-Soon JEONG, Hui-Chul YANG, Mi-A OH, Wan-Soo LIM, Bong-Hak CHOI
  • Patent number: 10126905
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling a screen are provided. The method for controlling the screen includes displaying an executed application on the screen; detecting reception of an event; and displaying a popup window comprising at least one piece of information corresponding to the received event on the displayed application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kyung-Lim Choi, Hye-Soon Jeong, Hui-Chul Yang, Mi-A Oh, Wan-Soo Lim, Bong-Hak Choi
  • Patent number: 10068315
    Abstract: A display operating electronic device is provided. The display operating electronic device includes a display configured to include a first output area and a second output area, a sensor module configured to detect whether the display rotates, and a processor configured to output an execution screen in the first output area and output at least one item in the second output area, and configured to replace the at least one item with at least one new item in the second output area if a pre-defined amount of rotation is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ha Young Kim, Soo Jung Bae, Min Hee Lee, Ho Young Lee, Hye Ryoung Choi, Hui Chul Yang, Chul Ho Jang
  • Publication number: 20180188927
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Chul YANG, Nho Kyung HONG, Jin Young JEON, Tae Young KANG, In Won Jong
  • Publication number: 20180107303
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory may store instructions executed to enable the at least one processor to display a first window for running a first application and a second window for running a second application on the touchscreen, display a virtual keypad on a portion of the first window and a portion of the second window corresponding to a first input to a focused window of the first window and the second window, and vary a size of the virtual keypad corresponding to a second input to the virtual keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Sun-Young PARK, Jeong-Won KO, Joong-Hun KWON, Chang-Hwan KIM, Sang-Deuk NAM, Seung-Wook NAM, Myoung-Soo PARK, Kyung-Jun LEE, Dong-Oh LEE, Jun-Won JUNG, Hui-Chul YANG, Hyun-Yeul LEE, Soojin JEONG LIM
  • Patent number: 9933927
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Chul Yang, Nho Kyung Hong, Jin Young Jeon, Tae Young Kang, In Won Jong
  • Patent number: 9778832
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Chul Yang, Nho Kyung Hong, Jin Young Jeon, Tae Young Kang, In Won Jong
  • Publication number: 20170220233
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface on a display of a device includes: displaying a photograph image on the display of the device; receiving a touch input made on the display; superimposedly displaying a plurality of control guides at a location corresponding to the touch input over the displayed photograph image in response to the touch input; receiving a drag input corresponding to one of the plurality of control guides displayed on the display; adjusting a display characteristic of the photograph image corresponding to the one of the plurality of control guides, in response to the drag input; and displaying the photograph image having the adjusted display characteristic on the display, wherein the display characteristic is a magnification of the photograph image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Chul YANG, Nho Kyung HONG, Jin Young JEON, Tae Young KANG, In Won Jong
  • Patent number: 9712779
    Abstract: An image display method and apparatus are disclosed. When a background image and a foreground image are displayed in an overlapping manner, the comprehensibility of the foreground image is enhanced by adjusting the brightness of the background image on the basis of the external illumination, of the brightness difference between the background image and the foreground image, or of the image complexity of the background or foreground images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Chul Yang, In Won Jong, Jin Young Jeon
  • Publication number: 20170177211
    Abstract: A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Yeoun YOON, Hui Chul YANG, Hyun Jin KIM, Yong Gook PARK, Ji Yeon KWAK, Ji Hyeon KWEON, Eun Kyung YOO, Keum Koo LEE
  • Patent number: 9665131
    Abstract: An electronic device including a first camera and a second camera and method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting a user through the first camera; detecting the user through the second camera; and performing a preset function in the electronic device, based on a sequence of the detecting of the user through the first camera and the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Joon Won, Hui-Chul Yang
  • Patent number: 9591122
    Abstract: A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Yeoun Yoon, Hui Chul Yang, Hyun Jin Kim, Yong Gook Park, Ji Yeon Kwak, Ji Hyeon Kweon, Eun Kyung Yoo, Keum Koo Lee