Patents by Inventor Joon-hwan Kwon

Joon-hwan Kwon 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: 11958377
    Abstract: A vehicle diagnosis system, an apparatus therefor, and a method therefore are provided. The vehicle diagnosis system includes a wireless charging station that transmits a message including information related to a supportable service type and information related to a vendor of a supportable vehicle and a vehicle that identifies the message and connect a diagnosis session for diagnosing and reprogramming the vehicle. The diagnosis session is performed when a connection for a wireless charging session of the vehicle is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Sun Oh, Kwang Hae Ye, Ji Heon Kwon, Joon Hyuk Eom, Jae Hwan Na, Yong Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11455363
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a communication unit for performing communication with a server; and a processor which, when a user inputs a user command for accessing the server through a uniform resource locator (URL) including resource access requirement information for a resource, required by the server to provide a service, determines whether a resource corresponding to the resource access requirement information exists in the electronic device, and according to whether the resource corresponding to the resource access requirement information exists, controls the communication unit such that access to the server is performed using a network address included in the URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-hwan Kwon, Hong-uk Woo
  • Publication number: 20190370306
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a communication unit for performing communication with a server; and a processor which, when a user inputs a user command for accessing the server through a uniform resource locator (URL) including resource access requirement information for a resource, required by the server to provide a service, determines whether a resource corresponding to the resource access requirement information exists in the electronic device, and according to whether the resource corresponding to the resource access requirement information exists, controls the communication unit such that access to the server is performed using a network address included in the URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Joon-hwan KWON, Hong-uk WOO
  • Patent number: 10055362
    Abstract: An apparatus and method install an application in a digital device. An apparatus for providing a connection program to a desired peripheral device in a digital device includes a communication unit for receiving system information from a peripheral device and transmitting a connection program list, a program detecting unit for analyzing the received system information and creating the connection program list executable in the peripheral device, and a control unit for transmitting the created connection program list to the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-Hwan Kwon, Gyu-Tae Park, Eun-Young Song
  • Publication number: 20150020122
    Abstract: A mobile device, a display apparatus and a method for sharing content thereof are provided. The method for sharing content of the mobile device includes connecting to a display apparatus for communication, receiving a request for content sharing from the display apparatus if the mobile device is verified by the display apparatus, retrieving at least one content, according to a preset condition, from among a plurality of contents stored at the mobile device, and transmitting the at least one retrieved contents to the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun-jae SHIN, Joon-hwan KWON
  • Patent number: 8892511
    Abstract: A network-connectable terminal can synchronize data in connected devices. The network-connectable terminal includes a memory unit and a synchronization unit. The memory unit stores metadata updated according to update of data. The synchronization unit updates the metadata, creates version information indicating whether the metadata are updated, and exchanges version information with peripheral devices to determine a peripheral device and data requiring synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Hwan Kwon, Gyu-Tae Park, Jae-Seok Park, Kwang-Min Kim, Mi-Hwa Park
  • Patent number: 8396316
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for processing an image. The method includes detecting a face area and a blur area from an image; checking a degree of overlap between the face area and the blur area by comparing a location of the face area with a location of the blur area; and determining whether the image is an abnormal image according to the degree of overlap between the face area and the blur area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-hwan Kwon, Kwang-min Kim, Man-seok Kang, Seung-soo Lee
  • Patent number: 8386742
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing method, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and an information storage medium are provided. The method of recording data to an information storage medium includes: according to a change in a method of using the information storage medium, rearranging the order of a first information structure with a variable size and a second information structure with a fixed size, both of which are included in management information of the information storage medium, so that the first information structure with the variable size can be positioned following the second information structure with the fixed size; and recording the rearranged management information on the information storage medium. According to the method and apparatus, recording management information can be found in a fixed location of a finalized information storage medium, thereby allowing the recording management information to be found easily and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Joon-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 8307183
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing method, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and an information storage medium are provided. The method of recording data to an information storage medium includes: according to a change in a method of using the information storage medium, rearranging the order of a first information structure with a variable size and a second information structure with a fixed size, both of which are included in management information of the information storage medium, so that the first information structure with the variable size can be positioned following the second information structure with the fixed size; and recording the rearranged management information on the information storage medium. According to the method and apparatus, recording management information can be found in a fixed location of a finalized information storage medium, thereby allowing the recording management information to be found easily and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Joon-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 8300517
    Abstract: An optical recording medium, an apparatus and method of manufacturing an optical recording medium, and an apparatus and method of recording/reproducing data of an optical recording medium, allocated with a wobble address suitable for a capacity of a high density recording disc, the optical recording medium including a first area and a second area on which data is recorded/reproduced by a recording/reproducing apparatus, the optical recording medium including: a recording unit block on which the data is recorded or reproduced, and a wobble address corresponding to the recording unit block and indicating a location of the recording unit block in the optical recording medium, the wobble address including a plurality of address units (ADIPs), wherein last two bits in the ADIPs in the first area are one of: 00, 10, and 01, and last two bits in at least one ADIP in the second area are 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-hwan Kwon, Sung-hee Hwang, Kyung-geun Lee
  • Patent number: 8295149
    Abstract: A recording medium on which data is recorded in units of clusters, a method and apparatus for reproducing data on the recording medium, and a method and apparatus for recording data on the recording medium, wherein each of the clusters includes a plurality of address fields, each address field includes 32-bit address unit number (AUN) address information, and the AUN address information includes a reserved area recorded on 4bits, layer information, recorded on 3 bits, indicating a layer on which data corresponding to the AUN address information is recorded, and location information, recorded on 25 bits, indicating a location of the data corresponding to the AUN address information. In the recording medium of the present invention, a space in which addresses are recorded is expanded, thereby securing an address area in which addresses of data can be recorded in a data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-hwan Kwon, Kyung-geun Lee, Sung-hee Hwang
  • Patent number: 8291296
    Abstract: An information recording medium, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and a recording and/or reproducing method in which an access time and a frequency of seek operations can be reduced in the information recording medium implementing logical overwrite, thereby allowing noise and power consumption to be reduced. The information recording medium includes: a first area in which user data is recorded and replacement data for replacing defect data among the user data by logical overwrite is recorded; and a second area in which the user data recorded in the first area is copied and recorded, wherein when the user data recorded in the first area is copied and recorded in the second area, the replacement data for replacing the defect data is copied and recorded in a location where the detect data would have been recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-hwan Kwon, Kyung-Geun Lee, Sung-hae Hwang
  • Patent number: 8279729
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording contents. The method includes recording contents on a disc; verifying whether an error occurs in the recording; and reducing the number of available recordings of the contents, which is included in recording authority information, by 1, if an error does not occur in the recording. According to the method, if an error occurs in recording, the number of available recordings may be prevented from being unreasonably reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man-Seok Kang, Joon-Hwan Kwon, Sung-Ryeul Rhyu
  • Publication number: 20120198099
    Abstract: An apparatus and method install an application in a digital device. An apparatus for providing a connection program to a desired peripheral device in a digital device includes a communication unit for receiving system information from a peripheral device and transmitting a connection program list, a program detecting unit for analyzing the received system information and creating the connection program list executable in the peripheral device, and a control unit for transmitting the created connection program list to the peripheral device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-Hwan Kwon, Gyu-Tae Park, Eun-Young Song
  • Publication number: 20120130952
    Abstract: A network-connectable terminal can synchronize data in connected devices. The network-connectable terminal includes a memory unit and a synchronization unit. The memory unit stores metadata updated according to update of data. The synchronization unit updates the metadata, creates version information indicating whether the metadata are updated, and exchanges version information with peripheral devices to determine a peripheral device and data requiring synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-Hwan Kwon, Gyu-Tae Park, Jae-Seok Park, Kwang-Min Kim, Mi-Hwa Park
  • Patent number: 8037389
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus to data encode and decode for improving the reliability of data that is compatible with a conventional error correction code (ECC) block format, a storage medium, a system to drive the storage medium, and a method of generating an extra parity ECC block, the data encoding method including generating N number of ECC blocks with respect to user data and generating at least one extra parity ECC block for the generated N number of ECC blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Jung-wan Ko, Hyun-jeong Park, Joon-hwan Kwon, Hyun-kwon Chung
  • Publication number: 20110211433
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing method, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and an information storage medium are provided. The method of recording data to an information storage medium includes: according to a change in a method of using the information storage medium, rearranging the order of a first information structure with a variable size and a second information structure with a fixed size, both of which are included in management information of the information storage medium, so that the first information structure with the variable size can be positioned following the second information structure with the fixed size; and recording the rearranged management information on the information storage medium. According to the method and apparatus, recording management information can be found in a fixed location of a finalized information storage medium, thereby allowing the recording management information to be found easily and quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Joon-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 8006034
    Abstract: An information recording medium, recording and/or reproducing apparatuses, and recording and/or reproducing methods which enable effective management of a last data recording address of a data area of the information recording medium. The information recording medium includes a data area for recording user data, temporary recording management information for managing a data recording status of the data area and temporary disc management information for managing the information recording medium, wherein the temporary disc management information includes first information regarding a last recorded location of data in the data area and second information regarding whether the information regarding the last recorded location is consistent with an actual last recorded location of the data area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Won-hee Lee, Joon-hwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 7975207
    Abstract: A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method for an information recording medium includes: an extra ECC encoder; and an extra ECC controller determining whether extra ECC is applied to the information recording medium, and controlling the extra ECC encoder to generate an extra parity data block corresponding to data that is to be recorded on the information storage medium. The extra ECC encoder includes: an extra parity generator generating an extra ECC data block based on data that is to be recorded on the information recording medium, performing ECC on the extra ECC data block, and generating at least one extra parity. An extra parity interleaver interleaves the at least one extra parity and generating the extra parity data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-hee Hwang, Hyun-kwon Chung, Joon-hwan Kwon, Hyun-jeong Park
  • Publication number: 20110116716
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for processing an image. The method includes detecting a face area and a blur area from an image; checking a degree of overlap between the face area and the blur area by comparing a location of the face area with a location of the blur area; and determining whether the image is an abnormal image according to the degree of overlap between the face area and the blur area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-hwan KWON, Kwang-min KIM, Man-seok KANG, Seung-soo LEE