Patents by Inventor Je-hwan SEO

Je-hwan SEO 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: 11182173
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a power controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus may include a wireless communicator that communicates with a remote controller, a wired communicator that connects with an external input device and a processor that controls the wireless communicator to transmit a control signal to the remote controller for turning off power of the connected external input device in response to receiving a signal from the remote controller for turning off power of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Jong-jin Park, Seung-il Yoon, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun, Kyung-ik Cho
  • Patent number: 11166097
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus is disclosed. The remote control apparatus comprises: a microphone; a communication unit; a storage unit for storing pattern information of a non-audible sound for identification of the locality of an external electronic device; and a processor for broadcasting, through the communication unit, information acquired on the basis of an ambient sound received through the microphone, and when a non-audible sound based on broadcasted information output from an electronic device is received through the microphone, comparing a pattern of the received non-audible sound with pattern information stored in the storage unit, and transmitting a pairing request signal to the electronic device on the basis of a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chae-young Lim, Je-hwan Seo, Kyung-ik Cho, Min-sup Kim, Ki-hyun Song, Suk-hoon Yoon, Hyun-kyu Yun, Jong-keun Lee
  • Patent number: 10971143
    Abstract: An input device which includes a sensor, a microphone, a communicator, and a processor configured to, based on an operation of a user being identified based on a value sensed through the sensor, transmit utterance intention sensing information to an electronic device, based on a command to initiate a speech recognition and feedback information being received from the electronic device according to the utterance intention sensing information transmitted to the electronic device, activate the microphone and provide a feedback according to the feedback information, and transmit a voice signal received via the microphone to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-hyun Song, Je-hwan Seo, Suk-hoon Yoon, Jong-keun Lee, Chae-young Lim, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 10924794
    Abstract: A remote controller is provided. The remote controller includes an input interface; a communicator; a storage; and a processor configured to: transmit, to the display apparatus via the communicator, a signal indicating control instructions based on a user input received through the input interface, receive, from the display apparatus via the communicator, information related to a first control code for controlling a first source device of the at least one source device based on the control instructions, identify the first control code from a first control code set stored in the storage based on the information related to the first control code, and control the communicator to transmit a first control signal indicating the first control code to the first source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chae-young Lim, Kyung-ik Cho, Je-hwan Seo, Min-sup Kim, Ki-hyun Song, Suk-hoon Yoon, Hyun-kyu Yun, Jong-keun Lee
  • Patent number: 10832633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sink device and a power control method therefor. The sink device comprises: an HDMI reception unit connected to a source device and receiving a signal transmitted by the source device; and a processor for turning on the power of the sink device when a TMDS clock is received from the source device. Therefore, the power of the sink device is automatically turned on, thereby enabling user convenience to improve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-jin Park, Je-hwan Seo, Seung-il Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200288238
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus is disclosed. The remote control apparatus comprises: a microphone; a communication unit; a storage unit for storing pattern information of a non-audible sound for identification of the locality of an external electronic device; and a processor for broadcasting, through the communication unit, information acquired on the basis of an ambient sound received through the microphone, and when a non-audible sound based on broadcasted information output from an electronic device is received through the microphone, comparing a pattern of the received non-audible sound with pattern information stored in the storage unit, and transmitting a pairing request signal to the electronic device on the basis of a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Chae-young LIM, Je-hwan SEO, Kyung-ik CHO, Min-sup KIM, Ki-hyun SONG, Suk-hoon YOON, Hyun-kyu YUN, Jong-keun LEE
  • Patent number: 10553105
    Abstract: A remote controller includes a communicator and a processor configured to control the communicator to transmit an identification information request signal to a plurality of electronic apparatuses paired with the remote controller. Based on a signal that includes identification information being received from two or more of the plurality of electronic apparatuses in response to the identification information request signal, the processor controls the communicator to identify a direction of the remote controller based on a direction from which each of the signals is received. The processor causes communication to be performed via an exclusive communication channel between the remote controller and one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses based on the identified direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk-hoon Yoon, Je-hwan Seo, Ki-hyun Song, Jong-keun Lee, Chae-young Lim, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Publication number: 20200034154
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a power controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus may include a wireless communicator that communicates with a remote controller, a wired communicator that connects with an external input device and a processor that controls the wireless communicator to transmit a control signal to the remote controller for turning off power of the connected external input device in response to receiving a signal from the remote controller for turning off power of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Jong-jin Park, Seung-il Yoon, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun, Kyung-ik Cho
  • Patent number: 10536739
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method. The display apparatus may include a display, an interface configured to be connected with an output terminal of a source device, a main processor configured to control an operation of the display apparatus and a sub-processor configured to identify whether the output terminal of the source device is connected with the interface. The main processor may identify whether the source device is turned on if the display apparatus is in a first state, and the sub-processor may identify whether the source device is turned on if the display apparatus is in a second state. The main processor may control the display to display a UI based on one or more of whether the interface is connected to the output terminal of the source device and whether the source device is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Seung-il Yoon, Jae-myung Hur, Kwan-young Kim, Dong-wook Kim, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 10511947
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Chae-young Lim, Young-hoon Moon, Jong-ha Woo, Kyung-ik Cho, Min-sup Kim, Min-ji Kim, Jin Seol, Ki-hyun Song, Suk-hoon Yoon, Hyun-kyu Yun, Jong-keun Lee, Woong-no Jung
  • Patent number: 10477134
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The image display apparatus includes a display configured to display a screen, and a communicator configured to communicate with a control device. The image display apparatus further includes a processor configured to control the communicator to transmit an activation signal to the control device, in response to the image display apparatus being in a pre-set state, control the communicator to receive a control signal corresponding to a wheel key input that is sensed by the control device in response to the activation signal being transmitted, and control an operation of the image display apparatus, according to an interaction that is determined based on the control signal that is received and state information of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chae-young Lim, Je-hwan Seo, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 10459738
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a power controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus may include a wireless communicator that communicates with a remote controller, a wired communicator that connects with an external input device and a processor that controls the wireless communicator to transmit a control signal to the remote controller for turning off power of the connected external input device in response to receiving a signal from the remote controller for turning off power of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Jong-jin Park, Seung-il Yoon, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun, Kyung-ik Cho
  • Patent number: 10382716
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a sensor and camera and a control method thereof are provided. Exemplary embodiments relate to a display apparatus and a control method thereof which determines through a sensor, such as a pyroelectric infrared ray (PIR) sensor, and a camera, whether a user intends to use the display apparatus, and drives the display apparatus based on the users intentions in order to reduce booting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon-sung Na, Keun-seok Kang, Je-hwan Seo, Tae-hyeun Ha
  • Patent number: 10362257
    Abstract: A communication interface device is disclosed. The communication interface device includes a plurality of terminals configured to receive a differential signal from an external device, a filter configured to include a low pass filter connected to at least one of the plurality of terminals, and a controller configured to determine whether a differential signal is input from the external device based on a change of an output value of the low pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-hoon Kim, Je-hwan Seo, Seung-il Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190172413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sink device and a power control method therefor. The sink device comprises: an HDMI reception unit connected to a source device and receiving a signal transmitted by the source device; and a processor for turning on the power of the sink device when a TMDS clock is received from the source device. Therefore, the power of the sink device is automatically turned on, thereby enabling user convenience to improve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-jin PARK, Je-hwan SEO, Seung-il YOON
  • Publication number: 20190166477
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Je-hwan Seo, Chae-young Lim, Young-hoon Moon, Jong-ha Woo, Kyung-ik Cho, Min-sup Kim, Min-ji Kim, Jin Seol, Ki-hyun Song, Suk-hoon Yoon, Hyun-kyu Yun, Jong-keun Lee, Woong-no Jung
  • Publication number: 20190116334
    Abstract: A remote controller is provided. The remote controller includes an input interface; a communicator; a storage; and a processor configured to: transmit, to the display apparatus via the communicator, a signal indicating control instructions based on a user input received through the input interface, receive, from the display apparatus via the communicator, information related to a first control code for controlling a first source device of the at least one source device based on the control instructions, identify the first control code from a first control code set stored in the storage based on the information related to the first control code, and control the communicator to transmit a first control signal indicating the first control code to the first source device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chae-young LIM, Kyung-ik CHO, Je-hwan SEO, Min-sup KIM, Ki-hyun SONG, Suk-hoon YOON, Hyun-kyu YUN, Jong-keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20190103108
    Abstract: An input device which includes a sensor, a microphone, a communicator, and a processor configured to, based on an operation of a user being identified based on a value sensed through the sensor, transmit utterance intention sensing information to an electronic device, based on a command to initiate a speech recognition and feedback information being received from the electronic device according to the utterance intention sensing information transmitted to the electronic device, activate the microphone and provide a feedback according to the feedback information, and transmit a voice signal received via the microphone to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-hyun SONG, Je-hwan SEO, Suk-hoon YOON, Jong-keun LEE, Chae-young LIM, Min-sup KIM, Hyun-kyu YUN
  • Publication number: 20190096234
    Abstract: A remote controller includes a communicator and a processor configured to control the communicator to transmit an identification information request signal to a plurality of electronic apparatuses paired with the remote controller. Based on a signal that includes identification information being received from two or more of the plurality of electronic apparatuses in response to the identification information request signal, the processor controls the communicator to identify a direction of the remote controller based on a direction from which each of the signals is received. The processor causes communication to be performed via an exclusive communication channel between the remote controller and one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses based on the identified direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk-hoon Yoon, Je-hwan Seo, Ki-hyun Song, Jong-keun Lee, Chae-young Lim, Min-sup Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 10057632
    Abstract: An operation method of a portable device, an operation method of a content reproducing device, the portable device, and the content reproducing device are provided. The portable device includes a display, a communication interface configured to receive, from a content reproducing device, a signal comprising information about content being reproduced by the content reproducing device and signal intensity information of the signal; and a controller configured to determine a degree of proximity between the portable device and the content reproducing device based on the signal intensity information, and control the display to display a user interface (UI) for inquiring about whether to start continuously reproducing the content by the portable device in response to the degree of proximity satisfying a predefined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Je-Hwan Seo