Patents by Inventor Joon-kyu Seo

Joon-kyu Seo 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: 10534531
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Hyun-Jung Song, Sung-Sik Yoo, Ju-youn Lee, Dong-Seok Ryu, Min-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10514727
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display, a sensor which senses shape deformation of the display, a storage which, if a shape deformation is sensed, stores operation state information of a first operation state of the flexible display apparatus prior to the first shape deformation being performed, and a controller which performs a function corresponding to the first shape deformation if a second shape deformation different from the first shape deformation is sensed, returns to the first operation state according to the operation state information stored in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Hyun-jin Kim, Nipun Kumar, Yong-yeon Lee, Chang-soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10509460
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display which displays information, a sensor which senses background information in a first direction, and a controller configured to modify a display state of the displayed information on the transparent display based on the sensed background information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar, Joon-kyu Seo, Yeo-jun Yoon, Young-joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10503274
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Jung-joo Sohn, Hyun-jin Kim, Geun-ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10459625
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-A Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Hyun-Jung Song, Sung-Sik Yoo, Ju-Youn Lee, Dong-Seok Ryu, Min-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10452333
    Abstract: A user interaction method of a user terminal device including a bent touchscreen includes: establishing a connection between the user terminal device and an external device located external to the user terminal device, such that the user terminal device and the external device are able to communicate with each other; displaying a UI element associated with the external device on a sub-region of the bent touch screen; and performing a function associated with the UI element in response to a user gesture selecting the UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-seok Jeong, Se-jin Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Shi-yun Cho, Yeo-jun Yoon, Moon-joo Lee, Nipun Kumar, Joon-kyu Seo
  • Patent number: 10444824
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display which displays information, a sensor which senses background information in a first direction, and a controller configured to modify a display state of the displayed information on the transparent display based on the sensed background information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nipun Kumar, Joon-kyu Seo, Yeo-jun Yoon, Young-joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10433172
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes one or more processors that, while the electronic device is in a locked state, control to detect whether the electronic device is lifted, in response to detecting that the electronic device is lifted, control to activate the display, obtain an image from a camera, detect a face included in the image, and perform authentication of a user based on the face being detected in the image. Based on a result of the authentication, the one or more processors switch a state of the electronic device from the locked state to an unlocked state and display an indicator for indicating that the electronic device is in the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Young-joon Choi, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Yeo-jun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190272091
    Abstract: A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Kyung-a KANG, Ji-yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM, Hyun-Jung SONG, Sung-Sik YOO, Ju-youn LEE, Dong-Seok RYU, Min-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20190268771
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a body of a bangle type configured to be worn on a user body, a display mounted in the body, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion, a storage configured to store control information which is differently set according to a motion state, and, when a motion is detected by the motion sensor, a controller configured to change a screen of the display according to control information corresponding to the detected motion. Accordingly, the mobile device is easily carried and used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Young-joon CHOI, Ji-yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM, Yeo-jun YOON
  • Patent number: 10387030
    Abstract: A bendable display device and a display method of the bendable display device including a bendable display are provided. The bendable display device includes a display; and a controller configured to display an object on the display, and in response to receiving a user input in a state which the display is rolled, change the object displayed on the display. The method includes displaying an object on the display; and in response to receiving a user input in a state which the display is rolled, changing the object displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20190250786
    Abstract: A content display method of a user terminal device including a bended touch screen divided into a main area and a sub area, includes displaying, on the main area, a first main content provided by a first application, and displaying, on the sub area, a first sub content associated with the first main content, receiving a user gesture input on the main area, and in response to receiving the user gesture, displaying, on the main area, a second main content provided by a second application, and displaying, on the sub area, a second sub content associated with the second main content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon KWAK, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hyun-jin Kim, Yeo-jun Yoon, Nipun Kumar, Joon-kyu Seo
  • Patent number: 10349273
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a body of a bangle type configured to be worn on a user body, a display mounted in the body, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion, a storage configured to store control information which is differently set according to a motion state, and, when a motion is detected by the motion sensor, a controller configured to change a screen of the display according to control information corresponding to the detected motion. Accordingly, the mobile device is easily carried and used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Young-joon Choi, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Yeo-jun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190204871
    Abstract: A method of changing screens in an apparatus including multiple touch screens and an apparatus are provided. The method includes displaying a first screen in a first touch screen; displaying a second screen in a second touch screen; detecting multiple touches in the first touch screen; detecting continuous movements of the multiple touches from the first touch screen to the second touch screen; and changing the second screen of the second touch screen in response to the continuous movements of the multiple touches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Joon-Kyu SEO, Hyun-Jin KIM, Ju-Youn LEE, Min-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20190205004
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile terminal and a method operating the mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving a user input; performing a first operation corresponding to the user input; successively receiving the user input for a predetermined number of times or more within a predetermined time period; and performing a second operation based on a number of the successively received user input, wherein the second operation is set in advance in relation to the first operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-yeon LEE, Ji-Yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM, Joon-kyu SEO
  • Publication number: 20190196685
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus configured to sense deformation of the flexible display apparatus, control display of an object displayed on the flexible display apparatus based on the deformation, and execute operations based on the displayed object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Hyun-jin KIM, Nipun KUMAR, Jung-joo SOHN, Geun-ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20190179425
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu SEO, Jung-joo SOHN, Hyun-jin KIM, Geun-ho LEE
  • Patent number: 10318120
    Abstract: A content display method of a user terminal device including a bended touch screen divided into a main area and a sub area, includes displaying, on the main area, a first main content provided by a first application, and displaying, on the sub area, a first sub content associated with the first main content, receiving a user gesture input on the main area, and in response to receiving the user gesture, displaying, on the main area, a second main content provided by a second application, and displaying, on the sub area, a second sub content associated with the second main content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon Kwak, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Hyun-jin Kim, Yeo-jun Yoon, Nipun Kumar, Joon-kyu Seo
  • Patent number: 10275045
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Jung-joo Sohn, Hyun-jin Kim, Geun-ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20190113965
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display which displays information, a sensor which senses background information in a first direction, and a controller configured to modify a display state of the displayed information on the transparent display based on the sensed background information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nipun KUMAR, Joon-kyu SEO, Yeo-jun YOON, Young-joon CHOI