Patents by Inventor Ji-hyae KIM

Ji-hyae 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).

  • Patent number: 10108392
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus including: a display configured to display an execution screen of a music application; a user interface configured to receive a user command; a communicator configured to perform communication with an external display apparatus; and a processor configured to: provide, in response to the user command, a user interface (UI) screen including information regarding the external display apparatus, the external display apparatus being connected to the user terminal apparatus through a network, and control the communicator to transmit identification information of a music content provided on the music application execution screen to the external display apparatus selected on the UI screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-jin So, Jung-geun Kim, Ji-hyae Kim
  • Publication number: 20170322713
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of speaker devices; a display; and a processor configured to control the display to display a first user interface (UI) element for controlling reproduction on the plurality of speaker devices, a second UI element for individually controlling volumes of each of the plurality of speaker devices and a third UI element for collectively controlling the volumes of the plurality of speaker devices in response to a preset event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-seok HWANG, Ji-hyae KIM, Mi-youn WON, Na-young KOH, Hyun-jee KWAK, Seung-min LEE, Won-hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20170185373
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is disclosed. The user terminal apparatus includes a touch screen which senses a multi gesture that is performed by using at least two fingers or other input tools, and a controller which provides an individual volume control mode by which a volume of one speaker apparatus is independently controllable with respect to a volume of the remainder of a plurality of speaker apparatuses, and which is convertible into a group volume control mode in order to combine a plurality of speaker apparatuses into a group such that volumes of the plurality of speaker apparatuses can be jointly controlled in response to the multi gesture sensed via the touch screen while the individual volume control mode is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hyae KIM, Won-hee LEE, Chang-hoon PARK, Yong-jin SO
  • Publication number: 20170181250
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, a driving method thereof, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The audio apparatus includes a lighting part configured to provide a lighting effect to at least one direction around the audio apparatus; a detector configured to detect a direction, with respect to the audio apparatus, of a person present in a vicinity of the audio apparatus, and detect a motion of the person; and a processor configured to control the lighting part to provide, to the detected direction, the lighting effect based on the detected motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-youn WON, Won-min CHOI, Jung-geun KIM, Ji-hyae KIM, Won-hee LEE, Chang-hoon PARK, Se-ran JEON
  • Publication number: 20170068507
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus; a detector configured to detect a touch operation of a user with respect to the user terminal apparatus; and a processor configured to control the communicator to generate a control command for controlling at least one of a plurality of speakers according to a type of the touch operation and configured to transmit the generated control command to the external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hyae KIM, Se-ran JUN, Won-hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20160302286
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus includes a display unit; a storing unit configured to store audio data; a communication unit configured to transmit the stored audio data to an external device to output the stored audio data from the external device; and a processor configured to extract color information from image data and control the communication unit so that the extracted color information is transmitted to the external device to turn on a lighting according to the extracted color information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hyae KIM, Jung-geun KIM, Yong-jin SO, Won-min CHOI, Jea-hun HYUN
  • Publication number: 20160124703
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus including: a display configured to display an execution screen of a music application; a user interface configured to receive a user command; a communicator configured to perform communication with an external display apparatus; and a processor configured to: provide, in response to the user command, a user interface (UI) screen including information regarding the external display apparatus, the external display apparatus being connected to the user terminal apparatus through a network, and control the communicator to transmit identification information of a music content provided on the music application execution screen to the external display apparatus selected on the UI screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-jin SO, Jung-geun KIM, Ji-hyae KIM
  • Publication number: 20160092098
    Abstract: A content searching method including: displaying a circular object; mapping at least one content to a circumference of the circular object; changing, in response to a first drag input in a central direction or external direction of the circular object being received, the at least one content mapped to the circumference of the circular object; and reproducing, in response to a second drag input along the circumference of the circular object being received, the content mapped to the circumference of the circular object based on a position of the second drag input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hyae KIM, Jung-geun KIM, Yong-jin SO
  • Publication number: 20160092072
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) corresponding to a plurality of speakers; a communicator configured to communicate with the plurality of speakers; and a processor configured to control a content output in at least one speaker of the plurality of speakers to be output in another speaker according to a touch interaction with respect to at least one GUI of the plurality of GUIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-jin SO, Jung-geun KIM, Ji-hyae KIM
  • Publication number: 20150256957
    Abstract: A user terminal device, an audio system, and a method of controlling a speaker are provided. The method includes performing a pairing operation with a plurality of speakers, displaying a multi-channel setting user interface (UI) including identifiers of the plurality of speakers, and in response to a multi-channel setting command for at least two speakers from among the plurality of speakers being input through the multi-channel setting UI, transmitting a multi-channel setting command to the at least two speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hyae KIM, Jung-geun KIM, Yong-jin SO, Kie-chan NAMKUNG
  • Publication number: 20150163549
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a communicator, a display, and a controller configured to, in response to a user command to perform a connection with a user terminal device being input, control the communicator to receive a pin code from a server and control the display to display the pin code, and the controller is further configured to control the communicator to transmit, in response to a pin code consistent with the displayed pin code being input through the user terminal device, to the user terminal device through the server information on an Access Point (AP) where the display apparatus is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-woo SUH, Yong-hwan KWON, Ji-hyae KIM
  • Patent number: D781880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Se-Ran Jeon, Ji-Hyae Kim, Won-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: D789985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Naour, Junggeun Kim, Ji-Hyae Kim, Jinwoo Ro, Changhoon Park, Yongjin So, Miyoun Won, Wonhee Lee, Jae Julien, Seran Jeon
  • Patent number: D813263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Seok Hwang, Ji-Hyae Kim, Won-Hee Lee, Hyun-Jee Kwak, Seung-Min Lee, Na-Young Koh, Mi-Youn Won