Patents by Inventor In-ji Kim
In-ji 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).
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Publication number: 20250088697Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
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Patent number: 12184922Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Publication number: 20230291955Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Patent number: 11706476Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.. LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Patent number: 11025980Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Patent number: 10992980Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Publication number: 20210029403Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
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Patent number: 10841638Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Patent number: 10721516Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Patent number: 10530737Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device includes: determining whether an external electronic device is connected to an access point to which the electronic device is connected; transmitting state information of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point; receiving an input corresponding to the transmitted state information of the electronic device, from the external electronic device; displaying a result corresponding to the received input on a display; and transmitting the result displayed on the display to the external electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bong-chan Cho, Young-eun Kim, In-ji Kim, Ji-soo Kim, Ji-yeon Park, Woo-seok Hwang
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Publication number: 20190268648Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Sang-on Choi, Byung-seok Soh, Mi-ra Yu, Ho-june Yoo, Eun-seok Choi
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Patent number: 9986294Abstract: A display device and method of displaying content on the display device are provided. The display device includes: a communicator configured to transmit information related to content displayed on a display to a server device and receive information on a highest rating content from the server device; and a controller configured to display a user interface (UI) object, which enables a user to change the content to the highest rating content on the display, in response to determining that the content is not the highest rating content.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji Kim, Eun-seok Choi, Sang-on Choi
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Patent number: 9830846Abstract: An image display device capable of supporting brightness enhancement and power control and a method thereof, in which the brightness and contrast are enhanced and the power of a light source is controlled in accordance with the image characteristic. In the image display method, a parameter representative of an input image is calculated from a histogram of the input image, a model corresponding to the input image is selected from a plurality of representative models by analyzing the parameter, and then a brightness controlling function matched with the selected model is selected. The size of each component of a pixel constituting the input image is controlled using the brightness controlling function, and the output image of the pixel whose component size has been controlled is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won-hee Choe, In-ji Kim, Seong-deok Lee, Chang-yeong Kim
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Publication number: 20170272398Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device includes: determining whether an external electronic device is connected to an access point to which the electronic device is connected; transmitting state information of the electronic device to the external electronic device connected to the access point; receiving an input corresponding to the transmitted state information of the electronic device, from the external electronic device; displaying a result corresponding to the received input on a display; and transmitting the result displayed on the display to the external electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Bong-chan CHO, Young-eun KIM, In-ji KIM, Ji-soo KIM, Ji-yeon PARK, Woo-seok HWANG
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Patent number: 9769413Abstract: A display device, a remote control device for the display device, a method of controlling the display device, a method of controlling the remote control device, and a method of controlling a server includes collecting at least one piece of situation information or receiving at least one piece of situation information from a remote control device, determining a current state of a user based on the collected or received at least one piece of situation information, instructing the remote control device to output a notification signal corresponding to the current state of the user, and generating the control command according to the current state of the user and providing a sense-based image service to the user according to the control command.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In Ji Kim, Yong Hoon Lee, Snag On Choi
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Publication number: 20170019699Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
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Publication number: 20170011623Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji KIM, Sang-on CHOI, Byung-seok SOH, Mi-ra YU, Ho-june YOO, Eun-seok CHOI
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Publication number: 20160057374Abstract: A display device, a remote control device for the display device, a method of controlling the display device, a method of controlling the remote control device, and a method of controlling a server includes collecting at least one piece of situation information or receiving at least one piece of situation information from a remote control device, determining a current state of a user based on the collected or received at least one piece of situation information, instructing the remote control device to output a notification signal corresponding to the current state of the user, and generating the control command according to the current state of the user and providing a sense-based image service to the user according to the control command.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In Ji KIM, Yong Hoon LEE, Snag On CHOI
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Patent number: 9210359Abstract: A display device, a remote control device for the display device, a method of controlling the display device, a method of controlling the remote control device, and a method of controlling a server includes collecting at least one piece of situation information or receiving at least one piece of situation information from a remote control device, determining a current state of a user based on the collected or received at least one piece of situation information, instructing the remote control device to output a notification signal corresponding to the current state of the user, and generating the control command according to the current state of the user and providing a sense-based image service to the user according to the control command.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In Ji Kim, Yong Hoon Lee, Snag On Choi
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Publication number: 20150172770Abstract: A display apparatus and control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a processor configured to process image data of image contents; a display configured to display the image data processed by the processor as an image; a user interface configured to sense a reaction of a user to the image displayed by the display; and a controller configured to determine a preference of the user for the image contents based on the reaction sensed by the user interface. The controller is configured to determine the preference based on an accumulated value of each reaction among a plurality of kinds of reactions generated while the image is displayed and a weight set up corresponding to the reaction. The weight corresponding to the reaction is set up according to genres of the image contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-ji KIM, Yoshihiro MIYAKE, Jinhwan KWON, Sang-on CHOI, Sung-wook CHOI