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: 9696899
    Abstract: A multi display apparatus includes a first body including a first display, a second body including a second display, a hinge configured to rotatably connect the first body and the second body to support the first body and the second body, a sensor configured to sense a first user manipulation made in a nondecisive location of a nonstructured first screen displayed on the first display and to sense a second user manipulation made in a nondecisive location of a nonstructured second screen displayed on the second display, and a controller configured to combine the sensed first user manipulation and second user manipulation to perform an operation corresponding to a result of the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-myung Kim, Ji-yeon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20170177211
    Abstract: A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Yeoun YOON, Hui Chul YANG, Hyun Jin KIM, Yong Gook PARK, Ji Yeon KWAK, Ji Hyeon KWEON, Eun Kyung YOO, Keum Koo LEE
  • Patent number: 9678582
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display configured to display content on a screen, a sensor configured to detect bending of the display from a first form to a second form, and a controller configured to reconstruct the content based on the bending and to display the reconstructed content in a first screen generated in one region of the display when it is determined that the display is restored to the first form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon Kwak, Sang-keun Jung, Jung-joo Sohn, Hyun-jin Kim, Geun-ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20170160899
    Abstract: A deformable display device is provided. The deformable display device includes a deformable display, a sensor which senses a deformation located in a first area of the deformable display and a second area of the deformable display and a controller which receives deformation information corresponding to the deformation, determines whether to identify one of only the first area and only the second area as a deformation area of the deformation based on the deformation information, and identifies i) only the first area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the first area and ii) only the second area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Kyung-a KANG, Ji-yeon KWAK, Geun-ho LEE
  • Patent number: 9652135
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a body of a bangle type configured to be worn on a user body, a display mounted in the body, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion, a storage configured to store control information which is differently set according to a motion state, and, when a motion is detected by the motion sensor, a controller configured to change a screen of the display according to control information corresponding to the detected motion. Accordingly, the mobile device is easily carried and used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Young-joon Choi, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Yeo-jun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170116965
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying information on at least two touch screens are provided. The method includes sensing a first touch-drag on a first touch screen; sensing a first touch on a second touch screen; and displaying, on at least one of the first and second touch screens, information corresponding to the first touch-drag on the first touch screen and the touch on the second touch screen, if the touch-drag on the first touch screen and the first touch on the second touch screen are simultaneously sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kwak, Kyung-A Kang, Hyun-Jin Kim, Joon-Kyu Seo
  • Patent number: 9606648
    Abstract: A deformable display device is provided. The deformable display device includes a deformable display, a sensor which senses a deformation located in a first area of the deformable display and a second area of the deformable display and a controller which receives deformation information corresponding to the deformation, determines whether to identify one of only the first area and only the second area as a deformation area of the deformation based on the deformation information, and identifies i) only the first area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the first area and ii) only the second area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Geun-ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9609106
    Abstract: A display apparatus and method of using the same is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit for displaying a lock view comprising an affordance object including a connected section and a disconnected section; and a control unit for, when drawing is performed according to user touch on the lock view and the disconnected section is connected by the drawing, controlling the display unit to switch to an unlock view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-joo Sohn, Ji-yeon Kwak, Nipun Kumar
  • Patent number: 9600139
    Abstract: An electronic device and a user interface implementing method therein are disclosed. The method includes displaying at least one content, displaying a shortcut key corresponding to the at least one content if close contact is detected, and executing a function corresponding to the at least one content if the shortcut key is selected. The shortcut key can invoke a function corresponding to the at least one content if an input tool closely approaches the at least one content in an area on the touch screen and is located within a distance from the surface of the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Kim, Ji Yeon Kwak, Yong Gook Park, Soo Yeoun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9591122
    Abstract: A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Yeoun Yoon, Hui Chul Yang, Hyun Jin Kim, Yong Gook Park, Ji Yeon Kwak, Ji Hyeon Kweon, Eun Kyung Yoo, Keum Koo Lee
  • Publication number: 20170052698
    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 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    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: D780162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kwak, Hae-Yoon Park, Yong-Yeon Lee, Eun-Young Lim, Eui-Ju Lee, Yeon-Hee Jung
  • Patent number: D780178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kwak, Hae-Yoon Park, Yong-Yeon Lee, Eun-Young Lim, Eui-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: D781286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin Kim, Ji yeon Kwak, Joon Kyu Seo
  • Patent number: D781802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kwak, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hae-Yoon Park, Ki-O Lee
  • Patent number: D781827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kwak, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hae-Yoon Park, Ki-O Lee
  • Patent number: D782436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Kwak, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hae-Yoon Park, Ki-O Lee
  • Patent number: D782509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Yeon Lee, Dong-Goo Kang, Yun-Kyung Kim, Hae-Yoon Park, Ji-Yeon Kwak
  • Patent number: D787511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongyeon Lee, Ji-Yeon Kwak, Haeyoon Park, Kio Lee
  • Patent number: D791122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongyeon Lee, Ji-Yeon Kwak, Haeyoon Park, Kio Lee