Patents by Inventor Ji-Yeon Kwak

Ji-Yeon Kwak 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: 11042185
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a plurality of display areas along a plurality of folding lines, a plurality of hinges configured to support the display along the plurality of folding lines, a detector configured to detect a bending state of the display along the plurality of folding lines, and a controller configured to, in response to a detection of the display being bent along at least one of the plurality of folding lines, control the display to display information in the plurality of display areas based on a bending state of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yeo-jun Yoon, Yun-kyung Kim, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20210157460
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-goo KANG, Yun-kyung KIM, Yong-yeon LEE, Ji-yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20210149559
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Kyung-A KANG, Ji-yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM, Hyun-Jung SONG, Sung-Sik YOO, Ju-youn LEE, Dong-Seok RYU, Min-Kyu PARK
  • Patent number: 10990271
    Abstract: A method of inputting user commands, and an electronic apparatus using the same. A method of inputting user commands includes setting a function of an apparatus implemented with a touch screen based on a pressure level input to the apparatus, and if the touch is sensed after setting the function of the apparatus, executing the set function based on the touch. Accordingly, user commands can be input using touch and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-jin Kim, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yong-gook Park, Min-kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10983665
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method of implementing a user interface according to a pressure intensity of a touch on the electronic apparatus, the method including detecting a position at which the touch is input, identifying the type of object displayed on the position, and detecting the pressure intensity. Accordingly, the user can manipulate electronic apparatuses with greater convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-jin Kim, Yong-gook Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Min-kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20210109652
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Kyung-A KANG, Ji-yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM, Hyun-Jung SONG, Sung-Sik YOO, Ju-youn LEE, Dong-Seok RYU, Min-Kyu PARK
  • Patent number: 10976921
    Abstract: A method of inputting user commands, and an electronic apparatus using the same. A method of inputting user commands includes setting a function of an apparatus implemented with a touch screen based on a pressure level input to the apparatus, and if the touch is sensed after setting the function of the apparatus, executing the set function based on the touch. Accordingly, user commands can be input using touch and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-jin Kim, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yong-gook Park, Min-kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10976773
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Yun-kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10958853
    Abstract: A portable apparatus to provide a screen capturing function, when a display unit of the apparatus displays moving pictures on a display panel thereof, includes a button signal input unit to receive a button signal inputted by a user; a picture capturing unit to capture individual pictures of the moving pictures, when the inputted button signal is determined to be a first button signal; a thumbnail creating unit to create thumbnails of the captured pictures, the thumbnails being sequentially arranged on a predetermined portion of the display panel; and a screen recording button located on an exterior of the portable apparatus to generate the first button signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji-yeon Kwak
  • Patent number: 10943404
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory that stores content-related information, a display that outputs a screen associated with the content, a camera module that photographs a surrounding environment of the electronic device, and a processor that is electrically connected to the memory, the display, and the camera module, wherein the processor may activate the camera module based on a change in physical quantity acting on the electronic device in a state where at least a part of a screen area of the display is turned off, and output a first display object associated with an arbitrary object on the display of which the at least a part of the screen area is turned off when information related to the arbitrary object recognized by the activated camera module is present in the memory. Various embodiments understood through the disclosure may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeo Jun Yoon, Ji Yeon Kwak, Ye Rin Park, Hyun Joo Kang, Jae Ik Lee
  • Patent number: 10936166
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10936182
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display including a transparent area through which content is output and through which external light passes and a processor electrically connected to the display. The processor is configured to obtain information about an overlap location of an external device and the electronic device, to execute a function mapped to the information about the overlap location, and to output a screen associated with the function on the transparent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Yeon Lee, Dong Goo Kang, Jin Ah Kong, Ji Yeon Kwak, Yun Kyung Kim, Hae Yoon Park, Yeo Jun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20210055840
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Goo KANG, Yun-kyung KIM, Yong-yeon LEE, Ji-yeon KWAK, Yeo-jun YOON
  • Patent number: 10928985
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20210048854
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus and a method of displaying a User Interface (UI) are provided. The flexible display apparatus includes an exposed area determining unit for determining an exposed screen area facing outwards with respect to the flexible display apparatus; a User Interface (UI) generating unit for generating a UI corresponding to the outwardly facing exposed screen area; and a display unit for displaying the generated UI on the outwardly facing exposed screen area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Joon-Kyu Seo
  • Publication number: 20210026413
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes: a display; a sensor configured to detect at least one rolling characteristic in response to the display being rolled; and a controller configured to perform a first function of the flexible display device based on the detected at least one rolling characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon Kwak, Kyung-a Kang, Hyun-jin Kim, Nipun Kumar, Chang-soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10866714
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a method for displaying on a user terminal device. The method includes displaying a first screen, detecting a user interaction to rotate the first screen while the first screen is displayed, and in response to the detected user interaction, displaying the first screen in a rotated state in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction at a predetermined angle and displaying a second screen related to the rotated first screen on at least one of a plurality of corner areas of the user terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Hae-yoon Park, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yeo-jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 10852942
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hyun-Jung Song, Sung-Sik Yoo, Ju-youn Lee, Dong-Seok Ryu, Min-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10845989
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Hyun-Jung Song, Sung-Sik Yoo, Ju-youn Lee, Dong-Seok Ryu, Min-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10831343
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yeo-jun Yoon