Patents by Inventor Joon-ho Ok

Joon-ho Ok 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: 10712919
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing physiological state information are provided. The apparatus includes a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes a sensor module configured to measure motion of the wearable electronic device, a display configured to provide a user interface (UI) including movable particles displayed on the display, and a processor configured to reduce the number of the displayed movable particles based on the measured motion of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Hye Lee, Eun Ji Ahn, Dok Shin Lim, Tae Kyeung Lim, Joon Ho Ok
  • Patent number: 10108385
    Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes collecting detection data, determining numerical information by analyzing the detection data, and displaying an information display screen comprising at least two display regions identified by a point based on the numerical information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyung Jung, Eunji Ahn, Joon Ho Ok, Dokshin Lim
  • Publication number: 20170046052
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing physiological state information are provided. The apparatus includes a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes a sensor module configured to measure motion of the wearable electronic device, a display configured to provide a user interface (UI) including movable particles displayed on the display, and a processor configured to reduce the number of the displayed movable particles based on the measured motion of the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Eun Hye LEE, Eun Ji AHN, Dok Shin LIM, Tae Kyeung LIM, Joon Ho OK
  • Publication number: 20170045993
    Abstract: A portable apparatus and a method for displaying a screen in the portable apparatus are provided. The portable device includes a touch screen, a sensor configured to detect a biometric signal, and a processor configured to control for displaying, on the touch screen, biometric information having a trajectory along one of an hour hand and a minute hand. The biometric information is obtained based on or in relation to the biometric signal in response to a touch detected from the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sue Jung OH, Eun Ji AHN, Joon Ho OK, Eun Hye LEE, Dok Shin LIM, Tae Kyeung LIM
  • Publication number: 20170046109
    Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes collecting detection data, determining numerical information by analyzing the detection data, and displaying an information display screen comprising at least two display regions identified by a point based on the numerical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jinyung JUNG, Eunji AHN, Joon Ho OK, Dokshin LIM
  • Patent number: 8510680
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component which exists in a first space, and a second polyhedron component which exists in a second space, wherein the first polyhedron component includes identification information that identifies the second polyhedron component, and if an information object selected by a user is located inside the first polyhedron component, the information object is moved inside the second polyhedron component using the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-joo Kang, Sung-woo Kim, Joo-kyung Woo, Joon-ho Ok, Jung-bong Lee
  • Patent number: 8407622
    Abstract: A portable device and a method of providing menu icons are provided. The portable device includes a button signal determination unit, a focus location checking unit, a background screen management unit, and an icon management unit. The button signal determination unit determines whether an input button signal is the signal of a function button or the signal of a direction button when the button signal is received from a user. The focus location checking unit determines a location of a focus located on a specific menu icon. The background screen management unit changes the view point of a background screen to a direction in which the focus is moved. The icon management unit changes the size of a menu icon based on the location of the focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-ho Rhee, Joon-ho Ok, Sang-hyun Park, Soo-ho Cho
  • Patent number: 8117563
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the same. The apparatus includes a control module which creates a polyhedron component that can be opened and that has at least one opening face and an internal space containing at least one information object related to information displayed on a face of the polyhedron component. A storing module stores the polyhedron component created by the control module, and an input module inputs data about a user's action with respect to the polyhedron component. A user interface module assigns predetermined attributes to at least one of a plurality of subordinate faces, maps information displayed on an information face according to the predetermined attributes, processes motion of the polyhedron component according to the input data, changes an information display according to the motion, and manages at least one group of a plurality of polyhedron components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Hyun-joo Kang, Mi-jeong Kim, Sung-woo Kim, Sang-hyun Park
  • Patent number: 7917868
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the three-dimensional MGUI are provided. The three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component that is formed of a plurality of faces, wherein at least one face of the plurality of faces that are subordinate to the first polyhedron component has predetermined attributes and displays information according to the attributes, and the first polyhedron component is separated into a plurality of second polyhedron components according to a user's action with respect to the faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Hyun-joo Kang, Sung-woo Kim, Joo-kyung Woo, Jung-bong Lee
  • Patent number: 7853896
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphical user interface and an apparatus and a method of providing the same are provided. The apparatus for providing a three-dimensional motion graphical user interface includes a creation module which creates a polyhedral object having a face on which first information to be communicated to a user is displayed; a display module which displays the created polyhedral object; and an interface module which displays second information, which corresponds to a face of the displayed polyhedral object selected by the user, on a projected surface formed separately from the displayed polyhedral object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Young-ho Rhee, Sang-hyun Park, Soo-ho Cho
  • Patent number: 7761813
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the same. The MGUI includes a three-dimensional interface space which has an active space and an inactive space, and a polyhedron component which is three-dimensionally presented in the active space, wherein at least one of a plurality of faces that are subject to the polyhedron component has predetermined attributes, and information displayed on the faces is displayed differently according to the attributes and a presentation relationship between the active space and the polyhedron component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-woo Kim, Joo-kyung Woo, Joon-ho Ok, Jung-bong Lee, Hyun-joo Kang
  • Publication number: 20070288868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable device and method of providing menu icons and, more particularly, to a portable device and method of providing menu icons, which display upper icons and the lower icons thereof in a hierarchical fashion. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a portable device includes a button signal determination unit, a focus location checking unit, a background screen management unit and a icon management unit. The button signal determination unit determines whether an input button signal is the signal of a function button or the signal of a direction button when the button signal is received from a user. The focus location checking unit checks a location of a focus located on a specific menu icon. The background screen management unit changes the view point of a background screen to a direction in which the focus is moved. The icon management unit changes the size of a menu icon based on the location of the focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ho Rhee, Joon-ho Ok, Sang-hyun Park, Soo-ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20070120846
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface and an apparatus and method for providing the three-dimensional motion graphic user interface are provided. The apparatus for providing a three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a display unit displaying along a first view point a plurality of polyhedral objects having surfaces on which information is displayed; an input unit receiving input values for switching view points from a user; and a graphic user interface unit rearranging the polyhedral objects along a second view point on the basis of the input values and displaying the information on the surfaces of the rearranged polyhedral objects orthogonal to the second view point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Young-ho Rhee, Sang-hyun Park, Soo-ho Cho, Cheol-yong Jeon
  • Publication number: 20070097115
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphical user interface and an apparatus and a method of providing the same are provided. The apparatus for providing a three-dimensional motion graphical user interface includes a creation module which creates a polyhedral object having a face on which first information to be communicated to a user is displayed; a display module which displays the created polyhedral object; and an interface module which displays second information, which corresponds to a face of the displayed polyhedral object selected by the user, on a projected surface formed separately from the displayed polyhedral object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Young-ho Rhee, Sang-hyun Park, Soo-ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20070035515
    Abstract: A slidable input device and a portable apparatus including the same, in which objects arranged in three-dimension or the size of a specific object can be easily manipulated and controlled. The portable apparatus includes an input unit for generating a key-selection signal corresponding to up, down, right or left directions selected by a user and a movement signal corresponding to a direction to which the input unit is moved by the user through an external force; a signal input unit for receiving the key selection signal and the movement signal generated by the input unit; a control unit for carrying out a predetermined operation indicated by the key selection signal and the movement signal inputted by the signal input unit; and a display unit for displaying the object according to the predetermined operation on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Sang-hyun Park, Joon-ho Ok, Young-ho Rhee, Soo-ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20060031876
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the same. The apparatus includes a control module which creates a polyhedron component that can be opened and that has at least one opening face and an internal space containing at least one information object related to information displayed on a face of the polyhedron component. A storing module stores the polyhedron component created by the control module, and an input module inputs data about a user's action with respect to the polyhedron component. A user interface module assigns predetermined attributes to at least one of a plurality of subordinate faces, maps information displayed on an information face according to the predetermined attributes, processes motion of the polyhedron component according to the input data, changes an information display according to the motion, and manages at least one group of a plurality of polyhedron components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Hyun-joo Kang, Mi-jeong Kim, Sung-woo Kim, Sang-hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20060031874
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the three-dimensional MGUI are provided. The three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component that is formed of a plurality of faces, wherein at least one face of the plurality of faces that are subordinate to the first polyhedron component has predetermined attributes and displays information according to the attributes, and the first polyhedron component is separated into a plurality of second polyhedron components according to a user's action with respect to the faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Joon-ho Ok, Hyun-joo Kang, Sung-woo Kim, Joo-kyung Woo, Jung-bong Lee
  • Publication number: 20060020898
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the same. The MGUI includes a three-dimensional interface space which has an active space and an inactive space, and a polyhedron component which is three-dimensionally presented in the active space, wherein at least one of a plurality of faces that are subject to the polyhedron component has predetermined attributes, and information displayed on the faces is displayed differently according to the attributes and a presentation relationship between the active space and the polyhedron component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Sung-woo Kim, Joo-kyung Woo, Joon-ho Ok, Jung-bong Lee, Hyun-joo Kang
  • Publication number: 20060020888
    Abstract: A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component which exists in a first space, and a second polyhedron component which exists in a second space, wherein the first polyhedron component includes identification information that identifies the second polyhedron component, and if an information object selected by a user is located inside the first polyhedron component, the information object is moved inside the second polyhedron component using the identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Hyun-joo Kang, Sung-woo Kim, Joo-kyung Woo, Joon-ho Ok, Jung-bong Lee
  • Patent number: D758436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Joon-Ho Ok