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: 9426275
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenient functions including application management in association with such a wearable external device as a watch type mobile terminal and the like can be provided. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit, a touchscreen, and a controller, when the touchscreen is turned off, if a 1st touch is inputted to the touchscreen and a 2nd touch is then inputted to the touchscreen by maintaining the 1st touch, turning on the touchscreen and controlling information of at least one wearable device currently connected through the wireless communication unit to be displayed on the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Eim, Jumin Chi, Gukchan Lim
  • Publication number: 20160202873
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external watch terminal having a holography module disposed in a band of the watch terminal and being worn by a user; a sensing unit configured to sense a gesture of the user; and a controller configured to display a launch screen of a prescribed application on the touchscreen, receive a prescribed gesture sensed through the sensing unit, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a control command to the external terminal to output a holographic image corresponding to the launch screen, in response to the received prescribed gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Juha HYUN
  • Patent number: 9380453
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body and a display provided on a front side of the body. An input device is provided on a back side of the body. The input device may be exposed through a back surface of the body and may have a plurality of buttons. A storage device may be provided to store a mapping between a prescribed pattern of inputs associated with the input device and prescribed commands for a plurality of functions. A controller may detect an input at the input device, determine a prescribed pattern associated with the input at the input device, retrieve from the storage device a command for a function associated with the prescribed pattern of the input, and process the retrieved command for the function associated with the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongseok Park, Jumin Chi, Jinhae Choi, Sohoon Yi
  • Publication number: 20160182708
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal and a control method thereof provide a user interface allowing for a user to easily and effectively control the mobile terminal through an interaction between a certain case and the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is accommodated in the case in a lock mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hojae JUNG, Yung KIM, Jumin CHI
  • Patent number: 9318070
    Abstract: A terminal includes a sensor to sense bending of a flexible display and a controller to control display of information on the display. The controller divides a first screen on the display into at least first and second regions when bending of the display is detected and displays at least a portion of a second screen in a space located between the first and second regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jiyoung Park, Sujin Kim, Jumin Chi, Jaeho Choi, Sunghye Yoon
  • Publication number: 20160041680
    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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Jiyoung PARK, Sujin KIM, Sunghye YOON
  • Publication number: 20150358088
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenience functions can be provided in association with a device contacted with or proximate to a user's body to enable a human body communication. The present disclosure includes a human body communication unit, a touch screen, and a controller, if a 1st touch is inputted to the touchscreen and a 2nd touch is then inputted by maintaining the 1st touch, controlling a device information to be exchanged with a device worn by a user by a human body communication through the human body communication unit to enable the human body communication through a body of the user while at least one of the 1st touch and the 2nd touch is maintained, the controller controlling information of the device work by the user to be displayed on the touchscreen using the exchanged device information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Sanghyun EIM, Jonghwan Kim, Jekwang Youn, Jumin Chi
  • Publication number: 20150350403
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenient functions including application management in association with such a wearable external device as a watch type mobile terminal and the like can be provided. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit, a touchscreen, and a controller, when the touchscreen is turned off, if a 1st touch is inputted to the touchscreen and a 2nd touch is then inputted to the touchscreen by maintaining the 1st touch, turning on the touchscreen and controlling information of at least one wearable device currently connected through the wireless communication unit to be displayed on the touchscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanghyun EIM, Jumin CHI, Gukchan LIM
  • Patent number: 9189101
    Abstract: The present invention relates a mobile terminal capable of controlling contents displayed on a display unit, and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to one exemplary embodiment includes a terminal body, a transparent display unit having first and second transparent substrates both configured to sense touch inputs, a sensing unit to sense at least one of motion and rotation of the terminal body, and a controller to determine whether or not the sensed at least one of the motion and the rotation of the terminal body meets a preset condition information when an event is generated while a content is output on the first transparent substrate, and decide whether or not to display information relating to the generated event on the second transparent substrate based on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jiyoung Park, Sujin Kim, Jumin Chi, Jaeho Choi, Sunghye Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150283763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control device for a 3D printer, which controls the 3D printer including a supply unit for supplying a forming material and a degradable agent, and a printing unit for printing a 3D object. The control device includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit outputs screen information for setting a use period of the 3D object. The controller controls the addition amount of the degradable agent, based on the set use period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin CHI, Jieun LEE, Youngwook KIM
  • Patent number: 9117350
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface; a front notification unit and a rear notification unit formed on the front surface and the rear surface, respectively, and configured to notify events generated in the mobile terminal using light emitted from light sources; a display module formed on the front surface together with the front notification unit; and a controller configured to selectively operate the front notification unit and the rear notification unit according to a placed status of the terminal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Sohoon Yi
  • Publication number: 20150234586
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display unit; and a controller configured to deactivate the display unit, receive at least first and second taps on the deactivated display unit, and activate at least one partial region of the display unit and display screen information in the activated at least one partial region in response to the first and second taps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seojin LEE, Hyekyung PARK, Jumin CHI, Jinhae CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150205488
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to: display a list of previously executed applications as thumbnail images on the touch screen, display first and second slot indicators respectively indicating positions of first and second execution areas, receive a selection input of a first previously executed application from the displayed list, and display an execution screen of the selected first previously executed application on the first execution area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sohoon YI, Hyekyung PARK, Jumin CHI
  • Publication number: 20150169127
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a flexible display unit configured to be bent in response to an applied physical force; a detection unit configured to detect a bending of the flexible display unit; and a control unit configured to execute at least one of a first function or a second function in response to the bending of the flexible display unit. Further, the second function is executed when the bending of the flexible display unit is maintained for a reference time, the second function being executed after the first function is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiyoung PARK, Sujin KIM, Jumin CHI, Jaeho CHOI, Sunghye YOON
  • Publication number: 20150148106
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal body; a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a touchscreen display unit configured to switch between an inactivated state in which illumination is not applied to the touchscreen display unit and an activated state in which illumination is applied to the touch screen display unit; and a controller configured to receive a touch input on the touchscreen display unit when the touchscreen display unit is in the inactivated state, and execute a function corresponding to the received touch input and activate the touchscreen display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhae CHOI, Jonghoon KIM, Younghoon LEE, Jumin CHI
  • Publication number: 20150128251
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mobile terminal communicable with a glass-type terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal comprises a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a glass-type terminal, a display unit configured to display visual information, and a controller configured to transmit output-limited information having a limitation in output on the display unit to the glass-type terminal so that the output-limited information may be output on the glass-type terminal when the mobile terminal is in communication with the glass-type terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Sunghye Yoon, Jaeho Choi, Sujin Kim, Jiyoung Park, Jumin Chi
  • Patent number: 9020571
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a body having at least one predetermined flexible portion, a display provided in the body to output image information, an actuator provided in the body to transform a shape of the body from an original shape to a transformed shape and a controller configured to control the actuator to transform the shape of the body when a preset condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Seongki Sohn, Namki Kim
  • Publication number: 20150111611
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a case; at least one optical output unit configured to emit light with at least one color, the at least one optical output unit being provided in at least one positions of a front side and a rear side of the case; and a controller configured to control an operation of the at least one optical output unit based on obtained information such that an optical output unit to emit light, among the at least one optical output unit, an emitting color of the optical output unit to emit light, an emitting duration of the optical output unit to emit light, and an emitting pattern of the optical output unit to emit light is controlled differently according to the obtained information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunjueng Mhun, Hyemi Jung, Jinhae Choi, Jumin Chi, Yoonseok Yang, Jongseok Park, Suegyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 8994651
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a flexible display unit configured to be bent in response to an applied physical force and to display information; a detection unit configured to detect a bending of the flexible display unit and a time for which the bending is maintained; and a control unit configured to execute different functions of the mobile terminal according to the time for which the bending is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jiyoung Park, Sujin Kim, Jumin Chi, Jacho Choi, Sunghye Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150079944
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal and a control method thereof provide a user interface allowing for a user to easily and effectively control the mobile terminal through an interaction between a certain case and the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is accommodated in the case in a lock mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hojae JUNG, Yung KIM, Jumin CHI