Patents by Inventor Jumin CHI

Jumin CHI 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: 11153427
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed to solve a problem of a control method of the related art for controlling an external device, which is not intuitive and inconvenient. The mobile terminal comprises a camera configured to receive a preview image including at least one external device; a display unit configured to display the preview image; and a controller operably coupled with the camera and the display unit, and configured to control the display unit to display a control menu for the external device included in the preview image, and generate a control signal corresponding to a user input signal for the control menu in response to the user input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Jina Kim, Jinyung Park, Seongmin Hwang
  • Patent number: 10863216
    Abstract: Terminal using intelligent analysis for decreasing playback time of video. The terminal includes a controller configured to store, in the memory, use pattern information of a user and select an object to be used as an editing criterion of a first video, based on the stored use pattern information. The controller also identifies in the first video one or more first playback sections which include the object and one or more second playback sections which do not include the object. In addition, the controller is configured to delete from the first video the one or more second playback sections to generate a second video, decrease a playback time of the second video to a predetermined playback time, and cause the display to display the second video having the predetermined playback time according to a video playback request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Songyi Baek, Jihye Ham
  • Patent number: 10809671
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal are disclosed. The present invention includes a band wearable on a user's body, a display, and a controller configured to display, via the display, a clock area at a center of the display, cause to the display to move the clock area to an edge of the display corresponding to a first drag input when the first drag input is received on the clock area, and display, via the display, an notification icon at the center. According to an embodiment of the present invention, notification contents may be dynamically displayed according to user's interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Minkyoung Shin
  • Publication number: 20200267250
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed to solve a problem of a control method of the related art for controlling an external device, which is not intuitive and inconvenient. The mobile terminal comprises a camera configured to receive a preview image including at least one external device; a display unit configured to display the preview image; and a controller operably coupled with the camera and the display unit, and configured to control the display unit to display a control menu for the external device included in the preview image, and generate a control signal corresponding to a user input signal for the control menu in response to the user input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Jina KIM, Jinyung PARK, Seongmin HWANG
  • Patent number: 10747182
    Abstract: An operation method of a watch-type mobile terminal including a display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: recognizing a type of a bezel which is detachable from the display unit; receiving an input of at least one hard key included in the bezel; and performing a function corresponding to the type of the bezel on the basis of the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Younghoon Song, Jumin Chi, Yung Kim, Sooyoung Her
  • Patent number: 10692263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal and a method of operating therefor. A terminal obtains an input for selecting at least one image, generates at least one collage wallpaper including a color area displaying at least a partial area of the entire area with single color and an image area displaying the at least one selected image on the remaining area of the entire area, and generates a collage wallpaper set including the generated at least one collage wallpaper. The terminal can display the at least one collage wallpaper included in the generated collage wallpaper set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Heo, Shinhae Lee, Hyungtae Jang, Jumin Chi, Jaeyoung Chae
  • Patent number: 10497470
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a memory configured to store at least one of first information on a disease history of a preset user and second information on a preset disease; a wireless communication unit configured to receive information obtained through a sensor of a preset external device, wherein the received information comprises at least one of third information obtained from sensing a surrounding environment of the preset external device and fourth information obtained from sensing a current state of the preset user; a display unit; and a controller configured to determine a current health-related state of the preset user using at least one of the first information, the second information and the received information, determine a cause of the current health-related state of the preset user using at least one of the first information, the second information and the received information, and output information about the determined cause of the current health-related state of the preset user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Gukchan Lim, Hongjo Shim, Sanghyun Eim
  • Patent number: 10495878
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a controlling method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a camera for sequentially acquiring a first image for augmented reality (AR), which include at least one object, a display unit for outputting the first image, and a controller for, if an input for selecting a specific object among the at least one object included in the first image is received, storing information related to the selected specific object. If a virtual reality (VR) mode corresponding to the first image is executed, the controller forms and outputs a second image corresponding to the VR mode, based on the stored information. If update information related to the selected specific object is received from an external server, the controller controls a mark change corresponding to the received update information to be marked on the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Sukhyun Hong
  • Patent number: 10382695
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a camera configured to acquire a preview picture including a picture of a subject, a display unit configured to display the preview picture and a controller configured to control the display unit 151 and the camera. The controller displays a guide object configured to provide guidance on taking the picture of the subject, automatically takes the preview picture if a shape of the subject matches a shape of the guide object by a reference value or more, and moves a position of an image of the subject acquired by taking the preview picture to correspond to a position of the guide object and displays a generated final image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Youngwoo Kim, Sohoon Yi, Shinhae Lee, Jaeyoung Chae
  • Patent number: 10350138
    Abstract: A wearable mobile terminal is provided that includes a base provided in an insole of a shoe, a pressure sensing unit provided in the base to sense a pressure selectively applied when a user walks, an acupressure unit provided to apply an acupressure to the user's foot, when the pressure is applied to the pressure sensing unit; and a wireless communication unit synchronized with an external mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Eim, Gukchan Lim, Hongjo Shim, Jumin Chi
  • Patent number: 10296165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal adapted to guide a plurality of functions, performable on the current screen, to a front display unit in accordance with user interaction on a rear surface input unit, and relates to a method for operating the rear surface input unit of same, and the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying content on the front display unit; detecting a first input on the rear surface input unit; displaying, through a guide unit, at least one function performable on the current screen on the front display unit on the basis of the type of first input detected; and performing the function in accordance with a second input on the rear surface input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiyoung Park, Jaeho Choi, Sujin Kim, Sunghye Yoon, Jumin Chi, Sukhoon Noh, Younghoon Kim, Kyungjik Lee, Sangwook Kim
  • Patent number: 10298743
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an artificial intelligence device, an artificial intelligence unit configured to recognize a loss state of the mobile terminal if information included in a signal received from the artificial intelligence device indicates the loss state of the mobile terminal and to generate a control signal for switching an operation mode of the mobile terminal according to the recognized loss state, and a controller configured to set the operation mode of the mobile terminal to a loss mode for restricting use of the mobile terminal according to the generated control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Songyi Baek, Jumin Chi, Jihye Ham
  • Patent number: 10210319
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touch screen configured to display screen information; and a controller configured to in response to a preset touch applied to the touch screen, move the screen information on the touch screen along a touch direction of the preset touch so as to sequentially display additional screen information on the touch screen, and display guide information on the touch screen for performing an authentication process to view secured information corresponding to the screen information when a last portion of the screen information is displayed in response to the preset touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Eunhye Kim
  • Patent number: 10168821
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal according to one exemplary embodiment includes a main body covering at least one area of a wrist, a display disposed on a front surface of the main body, a sensing unit configured to sense flatness of the wrist and a direction that the wrist faces, and a controller configured to select a display area for displaying screen information on the display based on the flatness of the wrist and the direction that the wrist faces, sensed by the sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Jiyoung Park, Sujin Kim, Sunghye Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180364648
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal are disclosed. The present invention includes a band wearable on a user's body, a display, and a controller configured to display, via the display, a clock area at a center of the display, cause to the display to move the clock area to an edge of the display corresponding to a first drag input when the first drag input is received on the clock area, and display, via the display, an notification icon at the center. According to an embodiment of the present invention, notification contents may be dynamically displayed according to user's interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Minkyoung SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180338167
    Abstract: Terminal using intelligent analysis for decreasing playback time of video. The terminal includes a controller configured to store, in the memory, use pattern information of a user and select an object to be used as an editing criterion of a first video, based on the stored use pattern information. The controller also identifies in the first video one or more first playback sections which include the object and one or more second playback sections which do not include the object. In addition, the controller is configured to delete from the first video the one or more second playback sections to generate a second video, decrease a playback time of the second video to a predetermined playback time, and cause the display to display the second video having the predetermined playback time according to a video playback request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Songyi BAEK, Jihye HAM
  • Publication number: 20180338032
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an artificial intelligence device, an artificial intelligence unit configured to recognize a loss state of the mobile terminal if information included in a signal received from the artificial intelligence device indicates the loss state of the mobile terminal and to generate a control signal for switching an operation mode of the mobile terminal according to the recognized loss state, and a controller configured to set the operation mode of the mobile terminal to a loss mode for restricting use of the mobile terminal according to the generated control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Songyi BAEK, Jumin CHI, Jihye HAM
  • Patent number: 10082876
    Abstract: A wearable watch type mobile terminal of a watch type, comprising: a display unit, and a controller configured to: cause the display to if the display unit is set to a landscape mode, control display an object indicating an occurrence of an event to be outputted through the display unit when the display is positioned in a first orientation, if a prescribed gesture input is received, switch the display unit to a portrait mode from the landscape mode, and control cause the display to display a detailed information of the event to be outputted through the display unit when the display unit is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn, wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned in the first orientation switched into the portrait mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Jonghwan Kim, Younghoon Song, Yung Kim
  • Publication number: 20180249056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal. The present invention determines a user's emotional state from applause sounds according to the user's gestures and records an event corresponding to a current situation according to the user's emotional state, so that in addition to a case where the user consciously performs recording, it is possible to leave, on record, a situation according to the user's unconscious emotional state by means of a simple interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Younghoon SONG, Hyungtae JANG, Sooyoung HER
  • Publication number: 20180249083
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a camera configured to acquire a preview picture including a picture of a subject, a display unit configured to display the preview picture and a controller configured to control the display unit 151 and the camera. The controller displays a guide object configured to provide guidance on taking the picture of the subject, automatically takes the preview picture if a shape of the subject matches a shape of the guide object by a reference value or more, and moves a position of an image of the subject acquired by taking the preview picture to correspond to a position of the guide object and displays a generated final image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Youngwoo KIM, Sohoon YI, Shinhae LEE, Jaeyoung CHAE