Patents by Inventor Jie SEOL

Jie SEOL 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).

  • Publication number: 20210374717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal and an operating method therefor. The terminal executes a payment function in a first screen mode in which a screen direction of the terminal is a first direction, and can display a default payment card image corresponding to the executed payment function. The terminal transmits card information corresponding to the displayed default payment card image and can recognize that the first screen mode is changed to a second screen mode in which the screen direction of the terminal is a second direction. The terminal can execute an additional function related to a payment according to the transmitted card information in the second screen mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie SEOL, Joowoo LEE, Soomin KIM, Minsoo BYUN
  • Patent number: 10901574
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure may include a first region disposed on a front surface of a body and a second region extended and formed in at least one direction of the first region, and include a display unit configured to display an execution screen of a first application in the first region, and display icons corresponding to at least one application, respectively, that are preset in association with the first application in the second region, and a controller configured to display an execution screen of a second application corresponding to a selected icon in one region of the first region, and display at least one control icon for controlling the execution of the second application in the second region, based on the application of a user input for selecting one of the icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Seol, Joowoo Lee, Soomin Kim, Minsoo Byun
  • Patent number: 10884536
    Abstract: The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a touch screen formed to be capable of shifting from any one of an active state and an inactive state to the other one, and to have predetermined information outputted when shifted from the active state to the inactive state; and a control unit which, on the basis of the touch level of a touch input applied to the touch screen in the active state during a first work state of a first application, changes the first work state to a second work state related to the first work state. Further, when a subsequent touch input exceeding a reference pressure is applied to the touch screen during the second work state, the control unit can perform control such that the first or second work state continues to be run on the touch screen in the inactive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joowoo Lee, Minsoo Byun, Jie Seol, Soomin Kim
  • Patent number: 10852940
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display unit configured to display a home screen including a background screen and an item screen superimposed on the background screen, and a controller configured to, when a clean view entry request is received, remove the item screen and reproduce an omni-directional moving image set as an image of the background screen in response to the received clean view entry request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Seol, Bongjeong Jeon, Yongmun Gong, Beomsoo Kim, Yoonseok Jeong, Hyungjin Choi
  • Patent number: 10846505
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a display unit including a fingerprint recognizable area in which a fingerprint can be recognized, and a fingerprint non-recognition area in which the fingerprint cannot be recognized; a fingerprint recognition sensor embedded on the lower end of the display unit so as to correspond to the fingerprint recognizable area, and recognizing the fingerprint inputted to the display unit; and a control unit for controlling the fingerprint recognition sensor such that the fingerprint inputted simultaneously with a drag operation is recognized if the drag operation, of moving the finger from any one of the fingerprint recognizable area and the fingerprint non-recognition area to the other one while making contact therewith, is inputted into the display unit, and for executing a security home screen or a basic home screen according to whether fingerprint authentication performed on the basis of the fingerprint recognized by the fingerprin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Seol, Soyeon Yim
  • Patent number: 10809907
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to display a video screen on the touch screen; in response to a touch and drag on the touch screen with a first finger and without an additional touch pressure applied with the first finger at an end of the touch and drag, display another video screen on the touch screen; in response to the touch and drag on the touch screen with the first finger and with the additional touch pressure applied with the first finger at the end of the touch and drag, control a playback speed of a video on the video screen to correspond to a strength of the additional touch pressure applied with the first finger; and in response to the touch and drag on the touch screen with the first finger and with the additional touch pressure applied with a second finger at the end of the touch and drag with the first finger, control the playback speed of the video on the video screen to correspon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Seol, Soyeon Yim
  • Patent number: 10791210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device, a display unit configured to display a data input window for entering data for transmitting wireless information to the external device and screen information including a graphic image for transmitting content, and a controller configured to apply a touch to the graphic image to select different types of content and display them on the display unit, wherein the controller forms merge content consisting of the different types of content selected to be transmitted to the external device in a state that the screen information is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yujune Jang, Bongjeong Jeon, Jie Seol, Seongeun Kim
  • Patent number: 10750086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and an operating method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a short-range communication module configured to perform short-range communication with an omnidirectional capture device for capturing an omnidirectional image, a display unit configured to display the omnidirectional image received through the short-range communication module and to receive user input, and a controller configured to set an area, in which a moving image is generated, in the omnidirectional image and to generate the moving image in the set area. Therefore, it is possible to acquire the moving image of the moving object in the omnidirectional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yujune Jang, Seongeun Kim, Bongjeong Jeon, Jie Seol
  • Patent number: 10713640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a touch screen configured to perform fingerprint recognition and a control method therefor. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a wireless communication unit; a touch screen including a fingerprint recognition sensor; and a controller configured to cause the touch screen to display a virtual home button at one area of the touch screen based on a touch received at the one area; perform fingerprint authentication on a fingerprint of a finger used to apply the touch to the virtual home button via the fingerprint recognition sensor when the touch is maintained at the one area after the virtual home button is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Seol, Soyeon Yim
  • Patent number: 10708396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile terminal comprising: a body; a display unit, formed on one surface of the body, for displaying screen information comprising at least one item of content item corresponding to at least one piece of card information; a card module withdrawable from the body; and a control unit for selecting at least one item of content item according to a touch applied on the screen information and applying at least one piece of card information corresponding to the selected item of content to the card module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon Cho, Jie Seol, Hyunseok Oh
  • Patent number: 10621749
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a terminal for performing a secretarial function for assisting a person's memory at home or in a company, and a system comprising the same. The terminal comprises: a camera module configured to capture an image of a predetermined space when a person's motion in the predetermined space is detected; and a memory for storing the image captured by the camera module, wherein when a user request is received, the position of an object corresponding to the user request is detected using the image stored in the memory, and guide information can be outputted in at least one manner of a visual manner, an auditory manner and a tactile manner so that the detected position is guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon Cho, Jie Seol
  • Patent number: 10585580
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication processor configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to in response to a request to execute an application, execute the application and display an execution screen of the application on the touch screen, terminate the application and stop displaying the execution screen on the touch screen, and in response to a request to re-execute the terminated application, re-execute the application and display an initial screen on the touch screen among any one of a first screen set in an initial stage of the application being executed, a second screen displayed on the touch screen before the application is terminated, and a third screen designated through a first predetermined input for at least one page provided through the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seongeun Kim, Jie Seol, Yujune Jang, Bongjeong Jeon
  • Patent number: 10579175
    Abstract: An electronic device including a touch screen including a fingerprint sensing region overlapped with a touch sensing region and configured to sense a fingerprint input on the fingerprint sensing region with a second sensing resolution higher than a first sensing resolution of a touch input on the touch sensing region, and a controller configured to display a fingerprint image in the fingerprint sensing region of the touch screen, in response to an event requiring an authentication procedure, sense a fingerprint of a fingerprint touch applied to the fingerprint image, perform the authentication procedure based on the sensed fingerprint, display at least one function icon adjacent to the fingerprint image based on a result of the authentication procedure, and execute a function corresponding to the at least one function icon based on a touch applied to the at least one function icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jie Seol
  • Patent number: 10579260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, which can sense a touch input in which a touch screen is tapped while the touch screen is in an inactivated state, and a communication system thereof, and provides a mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to/from an external terminal positioned within a predetermined distance; a touch screen converted, to another state, from one of an activated state in which the light is on and an inactivated state in which the light is off, and formed so as to sense a touch input; and a control unit for sensing, by using the touch screen, a plurality of touch inputs to be applied to the touch screen, which is in the inactivated state, unlocking a locking state when the sensed touch inputs are matched with a preset pattern, converting the touch screen, which is in the inactivated state, into the activated state, and transmitting, to the external terminal, an unlocking command formed so as to unlock the locking state of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soyeon Yim, Jisun Lee, Seojin Lee, Jie Seol
  • Patent number: 10514755
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a glasses-type terminal can specify one external object on the basis of a user's eyes and perform a related function to the specified object. More particularly, the glasses-type terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a display unit provided at a main body of the glasses-type terminal; a camera for photographing an external environment; a sensing unit for sensing the user's eyes with respect to the external environment; and a control unit analyzing the user's eyes with respect to the external environment so as to specify an object, which is the user's eyes are facing, from an image corresponding to the external environment, which is photographed by the camera, such a function icon is linked to a preset region that corresponds to a region in which the specified object is located, on the basis of an event related to the specified object through the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon Cho, Jie Seol
  • Patent number: 10382693
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a memory; a display configured to display a captured image; and a controller configured to receive a request for acquiring associated captured images associated with the captured image, acquire the associated captured images based on information on the captured image stored in the memory according to the received request, and display, around the captured image, a first set of associated captured images captured through an application corresponding to the captured image and a second set of associated captured images acquired based on information included in the captured image among the acquired associated captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yujune Jang, Bongjeong Jeon, Jie Seol, Seongeun Kim
  • Publication number: 20190235748
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display unit configured to display a home screen including a background screen and an item screen superimposed on the background screen, and a controller configured to, when a clean view entry request is received, remove the item screen and reproduce an omni-directional moving image set as an image of the background screen in response to the received clean view entry request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie SEOL, Bongjeong JEON, Yongmun GONG, Beomsoo KIM, Yoonseok JEONG, Hyungjin CHOI
  • Patent number: 10354530
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display a map of a parking lot including a plurality of parking spaces; a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one black box device of a corresponding vehicle parked in the parking lot; and a controller configured to identify a location of the at least one black box device and a location of the corresponding vehicle parked in the parking lot based on the communication with the least one black box device, and display the identified location of the at least one black box device and the identified location of the corresponding vehicle on the map of the parking lot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon Cho, Jie Seol
  • Patent number: 10346704
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display an image; an input unit configured to receive an input from a user; and a controller configured to display a thumbnail image corresponding to a first region of an omnidirectionally captured image and acquire one or more images respectively corresponding to one or more regions which are different from the first region in the omnidirectionally captured image based on a type of the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soomin Kim, Joowoo Lee, Jie Seol, Minsoo Byun
  • Publication number: 20190121482
    Abstract: The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a touch screen formed to be capable of shifting from any one of an active state and an inactive state to the other one, and to have predetermined information outputted when shifted from the active state to the inactive state; and a control unit which, on the basis of the touch level of a touch input applied to the touch screen in the active state during a first work state of a first application, changes the first work state to a second work state related to the first work state. Further, when a subsequent touch input exceeding a reference pressure is applied to the touch screen during the second work state, the control unit can perform control such that the first or second work state continues to be run on the touch screen in the inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joowoo LEE, Minsoo BYUN, Jie SEOL, Soomin KIM