Patents by Inventor Jinwan AN

Jinwan AN 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: 11955074
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display driver configured to control a first display, a second display driver configured to control a second display, and a processor. The processor is configured to: if screen switching is detected while displaying first image data on the first display using a first pixel value, produce a first calibration value based on the difference between the first pixel value for display on the first display and a second pixel value for display on the second display; apply the first calibration value to the second pixel value so as to produce a third pixel value corresponding to the first pixel value; and control the second display driver so as to display the first image data on the second display using the third pixel value. Various other embodiments may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonghun Kim, Hyunchul Oh, Kwangtaek Woo, Donghoon Noh, Jinwan An
  • Publication number: 20240097771
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for processing a communication path in a portable communication device, which includes: identifying whether at least some of a plurality of active elements included in a communication circuit disposed between an antenna and a communication processor are in an abnormal state and, based on an abnormal state of a first active element supporting delivery of a signal of a first frequency band among the plurality of active elements being detected, controlling the portable communication device to deliver the signal of the first frequency band based on a second active element different form the first active element among the plurality of active element, and a portable communication device supporting the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Suho JIN, Jaebum BAE, Dongju LEE, Hyeontae CHO, Yonggil HAN, Bongsub KIM, Jinwan AN, Jonghoon WOO, Hyunsuk CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240078069
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise a camera, a display, a memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to, when the instructions are executed, cause the electronic device to receive a first input for enabling a designated setting. The at least one processor may be configured to, when the instructions are executed, cause the electronic device to, in response to the input, recognize, from a screen being displayed through the display, a first area occupied by a first external object and a second area occupied by a second external object, based on an image being obtained via the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyu KIM, Kwangtaek WOO, Jaeho CHOI, Seonghun KIM, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20240073588
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing receiving at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide a slide of the first housing, a display including a first display area disposed on the second housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module disposed in the housing, a resonance space facing at least a portion of the speaker module and configured to vary in size based on a slide of the first housing with respect to the second housing, and a processor configured to adjust a sound output from the speaker module based on the size of the resonance space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Taehoon KIM, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20240069602
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a flexible display panel connected to a first housing and a second housing; and a flexible window that is coupled to one surface of the flexible display panel. The flexible window includes a deformation area that is deformable together with the flexible display panel around at least one folding axis. The flexible window includes a glass layer. A first polymer layer is disposed between the glass layer and the flexible display panel. An adhesive layer is laminated on the second surface of the glass layer. The adhesive layer includes at least one uneven structure formed on one surface that faces an opposite direction to the second surface of the glass layer and is at least partially overlapped with the at least one first curved-surface portion or the at least one second curved-surface portion. A second polymer layer is laminated on the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byounggyu Park, Taejeong Kim, Youngmin Moon, Jaehyun Bae, Kyunghwan Song, Jinwan An
  • Patent number: 11886238
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a hinge; a foldable housing including a first housing connected to the hinge and has a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge has a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction that is opposite to the third direction, and is folded about the hinge to overlap the first housing; a flexible display disposed inside the foldable housing and extending from above the first surface of the first housing onto the third surface of the second housing; and a touch panel disposed adjacent to the flexible display, wherein the touch panel includes a first touch panel disposed on the first surface and a second touch panel disposed on the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangho Shin, Hyosung Kang, Minsoo Kim, Yongwoon Kim, Myeongsil Park, Sangyup Lee, Jinwan An
  • Publication number: 20240007551
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a display including a first and second areas; a first and second housings; a hinge structure foldably connecting the first housing and the second housing to each other on a folding axis; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending across the folding axis from a first space between the first housing and the display to a second space between the second housing and the display and including a first bending portion and a second bending portion; a sensor configured to identify an impedance in the FPCB; and a processor configured to identify a folding angle between the first housing and the second housing based on the impedance. The first bending portion includes a first sensing pattern part including a first pattern forming a first electrical path and a second pattern forming a second electrical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bowoong SEO, Hokyung Kang, Yongwoon Kim, Jonghoon Woo, Jinwan An
  • Publication number: 20230412920
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device may include a flexible display, a sensor circuit, a processor and a memory. The foldable electronic device may be such that it: executes an application on the basis of a first mode, if a folding angle is within a first range; identifies a folding angle via the sensor circuit according to a first cycle while the application is executed in the first mode; if the identified folding angle is not within the first range, switches the execution mode of the application from the first mode to a second mode; and changes the range for switching the execution mode of the application from the first range to the second range based on at least one of the identified folding angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Junsang YOO, Taehoon KIM, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20230413459
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including an opening, a first cover disposed in the housing to close the opening and includes a first surface facing the outside and a second surface facing an internal space of the housing, at least one air vent formed from the first surface to the second surface in a region of the first cover to connect the outside of the electronic device to the internal space and includes a first space formed to have a specified depth in a direction starting from the first surface to the second surface, and a second space formed to have a specified depth in a direction starting from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the first space and the second space are connected, and a breathable waterproof member disposed to close the second space in the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yanggyun JUNG, Hosung BANG, Hyoungook JO, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20230400979
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device including a touch sensitive display is provided. The method includes displaying at least two application execution screens on the touch sensitive display not to be superposed on one another, receiving a touch input or a hovering input through the touch sensitive display, selecting at least one application execution screen among the at least two application execution screens at least partially in response to the reception of the touch input or the hovering input, and displaying the selected application execution screen to be superposed on at least a portion of a non-selected application execution screen among the at least two application execution screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Daesik HWANG, Hyesoon JEONG, Jihun KIM, Jaegyun SON, Dongjeon KIM, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20230393683
    Abstract: A method of adjusting recognition sensitivity for a touch recognition and an electronic device performing the method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a touch interface including a touch screen and configured to measure a current change value of a touch sensing electrode by a touch input of a user, a sensor, and a processor, and the processor is configured to control to obtain first information corresponding to the current change value through the touch interface and second information corresponding to a touch area value of the touch input through the sensor, in response to the touch input, and adjust a threshold value for a touch recognition based on the first information and the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Seonghun KIM, Kwangtaek WOO, Ganghyun GOO, Changho LEE, Jaeho CHOI, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20230359473
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one application, a database storing determination criteria information to determine an abnormal operation of the at least one application, and an agent configured to control a process of the at least application, and a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute the agent, in which, when executing the agent, the processor is configured to receive state information related to the abnormal operation of the at least one application from an operating system (OS), determine a target application from the at least one application in which an abnormal operation is expected based on the determination criteria information, and preload the target application in a background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Changho LEE, Byoungkug KIM, Kwangtaek WOO, Deukkyu OH, Jinwan AN
  • Patent number: 11805357
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing receiving at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide a slide of the first housing, a display including a first display area disposed on the second housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module disposed in the housing, a resonance space facing at least a portion of the speaker module and configured to vary in size based on a slide of the first housing with respect to the second housing, and a processor configured to adjust a sound output from the speaker module based on the size of the resonance space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Jinwan An
  • Publication number: 20230336651
    Abstract: An electronic device including a flexible display module is provided. The flexible display module includes a patterned window. The patterned window includes a plurality of patterned portions. The plurality of patterned portions each have at least three corners having a predetermined curvature. One or more first corners formed on an upper side of the patterned window have a first curvature, and one or more second corners formed on a lower side of the patterned window have a second curvature, the first curvature and the second curvature being different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jaehong WON, Hosoon LEE, Jinwan AN
  • Publication number: 20230315229
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory, a touch panel, a display having a flexible structure, at least one sensor, and at least one processor, and the memory stores instructions that cause, when executed, the at least one processor to during a driving section in which a changing in the screen size of the display is detected by the at least one sensor, adjust a touch sensitivity of the touch panel from a first setting value to a second setting value, and to, based on determining that the changing of the screen size of the display is detected to be finished by a sensing result of the at least one sensor, adjust the touch sensitivity of the touch panel from the second setting value to the first setting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deukkyu OH, Kwangtaek Woo, Byoungkug Kim, Changho Lee, Jinwan An
  • Publication number: 20230301004
    Abstract: An electronic device including a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display including a flexible display panel configured to display an image in a first direction, and a flexible window which is disposed in the first direction of the flexible display panel, based on the direction in which the image of the flexible display panel is displayed, and including a first part and a second part. The second part may include a flat-plate glass member. The first part may include multiple elongated glass members oriented parallel to the bending axis on a plane surface on which the flat-plate glass member is disposed in an unflexed state of the flexible window, and an optically transparent polymer disposed in a region positioned in the first direction and a region positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction, coupled to the multiple elongated glass members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hosoon LEE, Wonsun LEE, Jinwan AN
  • Patent number: 11762550
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device including a touch sensitive display is provided. The method includes displaying at least two application execution screens on the touch sensitive display not to be superposed on one another, receiving a touch input or a hovering input through the touch sensitive display, selecting at least one application execution screen among the at least two application execution screens at least partially in response to the reception of the touch input or the hovering input, and displaying the selected application execution screen to be superposed on at least a portion of a non-selected application execution screen among the at least two application execution screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daesik Hwang, Hyesoon Jeong, Jihun Kim, Jaegyun Son, Dongjeon Kim, Jinwan An
  • Publication number: 20230289200
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display; and at least one processor operatively connected to the display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a plurality of windows displaying a plurality of execution screens corresponding to a plurality of applications, wherein a first execution screen corresponding to a first application among the plurality of applications is displayed in a first window having a first size, and a second execution screen corresponding to a second application among the plurality of applications is displayed in a second window having a second size that is smaller than the first size; obtain an event related to the second application; and based on obtaining the event related to the second application, control the display to change a window that displays the second execution screen of the second application or display a user interface (UI) related to a multi-window disposition in the second window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungkug KIM, Changho LEE, Kwangtaek WOO, Deukkyu OH, Jinwan AN
  • Patent number: D998594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinwan Bae, Seungil Lee, Hophil Lee, Sanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: D1003860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinwan Bae, Seungil Lee, Hophil Lee, Sanghyun Choi