Patents by Inventor Jae-Gon Son

Jae-Gon Son 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: 10460021
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gon Lee, Jae-Gon Son, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20170154020
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Seok-Gon LEE, Jae-Gon SON, Ki-Tae KIM, Yong-Hee HAN
  • Patent number: 9400772
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gon Lee, Jae-Gon Son, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20150358212
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided in which a first electronic device identifies a signal corresponding to a displacement associated with the first electronic device. The first electronic device determines input information based at least in part on the signal. Data is transmitted to a second electronic device such that the second electronic device can present the input information based on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Yong Hee HAN, Soon Jin Kim, Jae Gon Son, Ki Tae Kim, Seok Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 9092403
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gon Lee, Jae-Gon Son, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20140229825
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gon LEE, Jae-Gon SON, Ki-Tae KIM, Yong-Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20140229824
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gon LEE, Jae-Gon SON, Ki-Tae KIM, Yong-Hee HAN
  • Patent number: 8751973
    Abstract: A display system and method of a portable phone using an external display device are provided, in which application data is displayed, a user input information presentation mode is activated while the application data is displayed, and a user input information corresponding to a signal is presented on the application data, if the signal is input in the user input information presentation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong Hee Han, Soon Jin Kim, Jae Gon Son, Ki Tae Kim, Seok Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 8195123
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for originating a call in a full-touch screen portable terminal are provided. In the method, it is determined whether a malfunction occurs. An emergency call mode is executed in the event of the malfunction. It is determined whether an event is generated in the emergency call mode. If the event is generated, a phone number corresponding to the generated event is retrieved to originate a call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Cho, Jae-Gon Son, Hong-Seok Kwon, Dae-Gyue Park
  • Patent number: 8155631
    Abstract: A multichannel scanning apparatus and method for a DMB-enabled mobile phone that are capable of simultaneously displaying multiple images received through different service channels of satellite and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting systems is provided. A multichannel scanning method of the present invention includes determining functionalities of first and second broadcast systems; setting multi picture presentation function for displaying at least two broadcast channels of the first and second broadcast systems on a screen; and simultaneously displaying one of the broadcast channel as a main channel picture and at least one of the broadcast channels excluding the main channel as a sub channel picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Soon Jin Kim, Jae Gon Son
  • Patent number: 8147335
    Abstract: A method of providing golf contents in a mobile terminal is disclosed. The method includes calculating the current location of the mobile terminal and a cup distance, displaying hole information if the cup distance is greater than a first critical distance, displaying green information if the cup distance is less than or equal to the first critical distance and greater than a second critical distance, and displaying a score record screen if the cup distance is less than or equal to the second critical distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Jae Gon Son, Soon Jin Kim, Jong Myung Lee
  • Patent number: 8111314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera-enabled portable terminal having a function for taking a multi-image photograph. The camera-enabled portable terminal includes a camera module for capturing one or more images of an object; a display unit for displaying a frame partitioned into a preset number of windows in the multi-image photographing mode, each window being in any of a blank status, a preview status, and a filled-out status; a video processing unit for processing the image taken by the camera module to be fit to one or more of the windows; and a control unit for controlling the camera module, video processing unit, and the display unit such that the frame is displayed on the display unit together with information on the status of the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Gon Lee, Soon Jin Kim, Jae Gon Son, Ki Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20110102381
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for executing a specific function by rotating an object display dial capable of displaying at least one of a mode-based object and a function-based object are provided. The portable terminal includes a mode/function determination unit for determining a mode or function of the portable terminal, a User Interface (UI) object generation unit for generating an object corresponding to each mode or function on the object display dial, a UI object display unit for displaying the generated, a dial rotation detection unit for detecting a rotation of the object display dial, a position determining unit for determining a position of an object upon detecting the rotation of the object display dial, and an object display dial capable of displaying at least one of the mode-based object and the function-based object and including a mode/function execution unit for transitioning to a mode corresponding to an object assigned to the position or for executing the function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Young CHOI, Jae-Gon SON, Hong-Seok KWON, Kang-Wook KIM, Tae-Jung KIM
  • Patent number: 7856648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing VOD data in a mobile station including a multimedia processor and an MSM for controlling the mobile station. The method comprises the steps of negotiating PPP option information by performing PPP negotiation for making communication with a server when the mobile station accesses to a WAP through the MSM; transmitting the PPP option information negotiated through the MSM to the multimedia processor; setting a VOD data route using the transmitted PPP option information as PPP information of the multimedia processor; processing VOD data, which are received in the MSM according to the VOD data route, up to an RLP layer of the VOD data, and then transmitting the VOD data to the multimedia processor; and processing the VOD data, which are transmitted to the multimedia processor, from a PPP layer which is a lowest layer in the multimedia processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Wook Cho, Dae-Gyue Park, Jae-Gon Son, Kang-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 7788298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and mobile terminal that enable efficient creation of a file list. The file list creation method includes selecting a directory having at least one file, setting a reference search location to the beginning of the selected directory, reading a directory entry at the reference search location, determining the state of a file corresponding to the directory entry, and creating a file list using the directory entry and updating the reference search location according to the size of the directory entry if the corresponding file is an existing file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Rae Cho, Yong Su Kim, Jae Gon Son, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 7760239
    Abstract: Disclosed is a digital broadcasting reception apparatus for simultaneously capturing a camera image and a digital broadcasting image and a method thereof. The digital broadcasting reception apparatus includes a digital broadcasting reception unit for receiving digital broadcasting data, an image collection unit for collecting images under external control, a collected image processing unit for displaying the collected image with a camera preview screen, an image combination unit for combing the digital broadcasting data with the camera preview screen, and a display unit for displaying a combined result from the image combination unit and a DMB image and a camera image through a multiple-layered overlay structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong Min Kim, Jae Gon Son, Kang Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20100169367
    Abstract: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gon Lee, Jae-Gon Son, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20100136946
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for originating a call in a full-touch screen portable terminal are provided. In the method, it is determined whether a malfunction occurs. An emergency call mode is executed in the event of the malfunction. It is determined whether an event is generated in the emergency call mode. If the event is generated, a phone number corresponding to the generated event is retrieved to originate a call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae CHO, Jae-Gon SON, Hong-Seok KWON, Dae-Gyue PARK
  • Patent number: 7652692
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for storing moving picture signals in the apparatus equipped with a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Gon Son, Kang-Wook Kim, Soon-Shik Hwang
  • Patent number: 7606432
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for providing thumbnail image data on a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus and method comprise determining whether an image management mode is selected when the mobile terminal is in a standby mode; analyzing bit streams of a plurality of stored actual images to obtain picture sizes and compression ratios of the actual images upon selection of the image management mode; extracting Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) coefficients at certain blocks of the bit streams of the actual images based on the obtained picture sizes and compression ratios; and partially decoding the extracted DCT coefficients, reducing the partially decoded DCT coefficients at a predetermined rate for generating thumbnail images of the plurality of actual images and displaying the generated thumbnail images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Gon Son, Kang-Wook Kim