Patents by Inventor Jongbae Kim

Jongbae 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).

  • Publication number: 20250126400
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus may include a memory, a communication interface configured to perform communication with an external server and at least one processor including processing circuitry, and the at least one processor may be configured to obtain audio data for ambient sound, obtain a target audio signal of a preset type from the audio data, obtain sound quality information of the target audio signal, based on the sound quality information being not equal to or greater than a threshold grade, transmit the target audio signal to the external server through the communication interface, receive a source audio signal corresponding to the target audio signal from the external server through the communication interface, identify a playback time of the source audio signal based on the target audio signal, and provide a synthesized audio signal in which an inversion signal corresponding to the audio data and the source audio signal are synthesized based on the playback time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Dongyoon KIM, Jongbae KIM, Kisung LEE, Hoseok WEY, Yoonjae LEE, Yongseok JANG, Woosung CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20250123798
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, may include: a communication interface; at least one processor; and a memory configured to store instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic apparatus to: based on a user input for a sound play being received, identify a target device capable of performing the sound play; identify a power state of the target device; based on the power state of the target device being identified as an off state, transmit a first wakeup signal for changing a power state of a speaker in the target device to an on state, to the target device through the communication interface; and based on a first response signal corresponding to the first wakeup signal being received, transmit a first control command for the sound play to the target device through the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kisung LEE, Dongyoon KIM, Sungjoo KIM, Jongbae KIM, Hoseok WEY, Yoonjae LEE, Donghyun LIM, Yongseok JANG, Woosung CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20250071482
    Abstract: A rotatable display apparatus includes a display panel including a rectangular shape, a plurality of speakers provided at an edge of the display panel, a rotating device provided on a rear surface of the display panel and configured to rotate the display panel, a panel rotation detector configured to detect a rotation state of the display panel, an audio signal processor configured to transmit a left audio signal, a right audio signal, and a mixed audio signal to the plurality of speakers based on the rotation state of the display panel, and a mixer provided in the audio signal processor and configured to generate the mixed audio signal by mixing the left audio signal and the right audio signal at a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun JUNG, Jongbae KIM, Sungjoo KIM, Dongkyu PARK, Sungha SON, Youngsang LEE
  • Patent number: 12200437
    Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes a base; a plurality of speakers configured to output sound; and a cover coupled to the base, the cover including a plurality of guide flow paths that respectively correspond to the plurality of speaker. Each of the plurality of guide flow paths includes an outer hole opened in a direction that extends away from the base from a respective one of the plurality of speakers, and further includes a groove that extends in a direction toward a center of the base from the respective one of the plurality of speakers. Each of the plurality of guide flow paths is configured to guide the output sound from the respective one of the plurality of speakers by dividing the output sound into the outer hole of the guide flow path and the groove of the guide flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun Jung, Jongbae Kim, Dongkyu Park, Sungha Son, Sungjoo Kim, Youngsang Lee
  • Patent number: 12143790
    Abstract: A rotatable display apparatus includes a display panel including a rectangular shape, a plurality of speakers provided at an edge of the display panel, a rotating device provided on a rear surface of the display panel and configured to rotate the display panel, a panel rotation detector configured to detect a rotation state of the display panel, an audio signal processor configured to transmit a left audio signal, a right audio signal, and a mixed audio signal to the plurality of speakers based on the rotation state of the display panel, and a mixer provided in the audio signal processor and configured to generate the mixed audio signal by mixing the left audio signal and the right audio signal at a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun Jung, Jongbae Kim, Sungjoo Kim, Dongkyu Park, Sungha Son, Youngsang Lee
  • Patent number: 12003955
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the display apparatus are disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, a display, a plurality of speakers, and a processor, and the processor is configured to: control the communication interface to receive an acoustic content corresponding to a sound signal of a plurality of channels corresponding to a specified frequency bandwidth, extend a frequency bandwidth of at least one channel of the plurality of channels based on a specified parametric equalizer (PEQ), perform correction of reducing a gain in middle frequency and high frequency bands of at least one channel of the plurality of channels with the extended frequency bandwidth, and output each sound signal of the plurality of corrected channels to the plurality of corresponding speakers so that a sound image of the sound signal is formed in a center area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungha Son, Sangchul Ko, Jinman Kim, Youngsang Lee, Sungjoo Kim, Jongbae Kim, Dongkyu Park, Donghyun Jung
  • Patent number: 11630482
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a main body on which the display is mounted; a cover; a mounting member configured to separably mount the main body to the mounting member; and a guide member disposed at a back surface of the main body, the guide member including a plate member and side-surface members extending from opposite side surfaces of the plate member, wherein each of the side-surface members has an inclined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Park, Jin Park, Sungha Son, Wooyoung Cheon, Kihun Kim, Seongsoo Kim, Sungjoo Kim, Jongbae Kim, Doosoon Park, Wonkyu Park, Jinyoung Shin, Mingyu Yoon, Seungho Lee, Wonhong Choi
  • Patent number: 11619966
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image in a front direction; a main speaker provided on a rear surface of the display panel; and an auxiliary speaker provided on the rear surface of the display panel, the auxiliary speaker being configured to output a sound in a rear direction opposing the front direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjoo Kim, Jongbae Kim, Sungha Son, Wooyoung Cheon, Sangchul Ko, Dongkyu Park, Mingyu Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220417662
    Abstract: A rotatable display apparatus includes a display panel including a rectangular shape, a plurality of speakers provided at an edge of the display panel, a rotating device provided on a rear surface of the display panel and configured to rotate the display panel, a panel rotation detector configured to detect a rotation state of the display panel, an audio signal processor configured to transmit a left audio signal, a right audio signal, and a mixed audio signal to the plurality of speakers based on the rotation state of the display panel, and a mixer provided in the audio signal processor and configured to generate the mixed audio signal by mixing the left audio signal and the right audio signal at a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun JUNG, Jongbae Kim, Sungjoo Kim, Dongkyu Park, Sungha Son, Youngsang Lee
  • Publication number: 20220337943
    Abstract: A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes a base; a plurality of speakers configured to output sound; and a cover coupled to the base, the cover including a plurality of guide flow paths that respectively correspond to the plurality of speaker. Each of the plurality of guide flow paths includes an outer hole opened in a direction that extends away from the base from a respective one of the plurality of speakers, and further includes a groove that extends in a direction toward a center of the base from the respective one of the plurality of speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyun JUNG, Jongbae KIM, Dongkyu PARK, Sungha SON, Sungjoo KIM, Youngsang LEE
  • Publication number: 20220253094
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a main body on which the display is mounted; a cover; a mounting member configured to separably mount the main body to the mounting member; and a guide member disposed at a back surface of the main body, the guide member including a plate member and side-surface members extending from opposite side surfaces of the plate member, wherein each of the side-surface members has an inclined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Park, Jin Park, Sungha Son, Wooyoung Cheon, Kihun Kim, Seongsoo Kim, Sungjoo Kim, Jongbae Kim, Doosoon Park, Wonkyu Park, Jinyoung Shin, Mingyu Yoon, Seungho Lee, Wonhong Choi
  • Publication number: 20220174450
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling the display apparatus are disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, a display, a plurality of speakers, and a processor, and the processor is configured to: control the communication interface to receive an acoustic content corresponding to a sound signal of a plurality of channels corresponding to a specified frequency bandwidth, extend a frequency bandwidth of at least one channel of the plurality of channels based on a specified parametric equalizer (PEQ), perform correction of reducing a gain in middle frequency and high frequency bands of at least one channel of the plurality of channels with the extended frequency bandwidth, and output each sound signal of the plurality of corrected channels to the plurality of corresponding speakers so that a sound image of the sound signal is formed in a center area of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Sungha SON, Sangchul KO, Jinman KIM, Youngsang LEE, Sungjoo KIM, Jongbae KIM, Dongkyu PARK, Donghyun JUNG
  • Patent number: 11347259
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a main body on which the display is mounted; a cover; a mounting member configured to separably mount the main body to the mounting member; and a guide member disposed at a back surface of the main body, the guide member including a plate member and side-surface members extending from opposite side surfaces of the plate member, wherein each of the side-surface members has an inclined shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Park, Jin Park, Sungha Son, Wooyoung Cheon, Kihun Kim, Seongsoo Kim, Sungjoo Kim, Jongbae Kim, Doosoon Park, Wonkyu Park, Jinyoung Shin, Mingyu Yoon, Seungho Lee, Wonhong Choi
  • Patent number: 11314476
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a rear cover behind a display panel, a left cover on a left side of the display panel and a right cover on a right side of the display panel and connected to the rear cover, and a left speaker adjacent to the left cover and a right speaker and the right cover where each of the left speaker and the right speaker includes a diaphragm facing the rear cover and spaced apart from the rear cover to form a slot, an enclosure surrounding a speaker driver, a sound discharge port at one end of the slot adjacent to the left cover or the right cover and through which sound reproduced by the diaphragm is discharged, and a side wall between one surface of the enclosure and the rear cover and surrounding a circumference of the diaphragm excluding the sound discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangbok Park, Mingyu Yoon, Jongbae Kim, Sungha Son
  • Publication number: 20210200264
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image in a front direction; a main speaker provided on a rear surface of the display panel; and an auxiliary speaker provided on the rear surface of the display panel, the auxiliary speaker being configured to output a sound in a rear direction opposing the front direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjoo KIM, Jongbae Kim, Sungha Son, Wooyoung Cheon, Sangchul Ko, Dongkyu Park, Mingyu Yoon
  • Publication number: 20210200283
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a main body on which the display is mounted; a cover; a mounting member configured to separably mount the main body to the mounting member; and a guide member disposed at a back surface of the main body, the guide member including a plate member and side-surface members extending from opposite side surfaces of the plate member, wherein each of the side-surface members has an inclined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkyu PARK, Jin PARK, Sungha SON, Wooyoung CHEON, Kihun KIM, Seongsoo KIM, Sungjoo KIM, Jongbae KIM, Doosoon PARK, Wonkyu PARK, Jinyoung SHIN, Mingyu YOON, Seungho LEE, Wonhong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210200504
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a rear cover behind a display panel, a left cover on a left side of the display panel and a right cover on a right side of the display panel and connected to the rear cover, and a left speaker adjacent to the left cover and a right speaker and the right cover where each of the left speaker and the right speaker includes a diaphragm facing the rear cover and spaced apart from the rear cover to form a slot, an enclosure surrounding a speaker driver, a sound discharge port at one end of the slot adjacent to the left cover or the right cover and through which sound reproduced by the diaphragm is discharged, and a side wall between one surface of the enclosure and the rear cover and surrounding a circumference of the diaphragm excluding the sound discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangbok PARK, Mingyu Yoon, Jongbae Kim, Sungha Son
  • Patent number: 11051098
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus may include a loudspeaker that includes an enclosure; a first driver disposed in the enclosure and configured to output a sound based on an input audio signal; a unit accommodator having a hole in which the first driver is disposed, and extending toward an inside of the enclosure; a space forming portion extended from an outer edge of the unit accommodator, surrounding a back of the first driver to form a space with the unit accommodator, and spaced apart from an inner edge of the unit accommodator; a slot forming portion extending from the space forming portion, and having an inner surface spaced apart from an outer surface of the unit accommodator to form a first sound output passage; and a sound absorber disposed at at least one of the outer surface of the unit accommodator and the inner surface of the slot forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjoo Kim, Jongbae Kim, Sungha Son
  • Patent number: 10993019
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a display; and a speaker wherein the speaker comprises a driver configured to output sound based on an input sound signal; an enclosure surrounding a rear side of the driver; and an air adsorption member comprising graphene provided in the enclosure. Based on the above, low-range reproduction capability of the speaker of the display apparatus may be improved and the degree of freedom in designing the speaker may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., INCHEON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sungjoo Kim, Hoseon Ahn, Jongbae Kim, Namkeun Kim, Jihoon Kim, Dongkyu Park, Suntaek Lim
  • Patent number: 10986443
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a rear chassis configured to support a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight assembly; a vibration region formed as a part of the rear chassis adjacent to an edge of the rear chassis, the vibration region being isolated from a remaining part of the rear chassis by a vibration blocking part so that vibration is not transmitted to the remaining part of the rear chassis; a vibrator disposed in the vibration region; a rear housing configured to surround the rear chassis and including a discharge port communicating with the vibration region of the rear chassis to discharge sound generated in the vibration region to an outside; and a waveguide disposed on the rear chassis and configured to guide sound generated in the vibration region to the discharge port of the rear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjoo Kim, Hanjin Park, Jongbae Kim