Patents by Inventor Jung-joo Sohn

Jung-joo Sohn 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).

  • DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCKED STATE AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130167054
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for releasing a locked state. A display unit displays a locked view including a plurality of affordance objects. When a user touches the display unit in a direction of the affordance objects in the locked view, a control unit controls the display unit to switch to an unlocked view while dispersing the affordance objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon KWAK, Jung-joo SOHN, Nipun KUMAR
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCKED STATE AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130167093
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for releasing a locked state of a display apparatus. A display unit displays a locked view having a line and an affordance object connected to the line. When a user touches a point on the line in the locked view, a control unit controls the display unit to switch to an unlocked view while separating the affordance object by cutting the line at the point on the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nipun KUMAR, Jung-joo Sohn, Ji-Yeon Kwak
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCK STATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130167053
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display unit for displaying a lock view including an affordance object which represents a changeable natural phenomenon and a control unit for, when the affordance object is touched on the lock view, controlling the display unit to switch to an unlock view while changing the affordance object to display a change of the natural phenomenon in response to the touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon KWAK, Nipun Kumar, Jung-joo Sohn
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF AREAS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130147849
    Abstract: A display device for enhancing user convenience includes a display unit which displays a screen divided into a plurality of areas displaying different types of objects thereon, and a control unit which changes sizes of the respective areas of the screen in relation to each other to avoid overlapping with each other, automatically reloads objects to be displayed on the changed areas from a source and reconstructs the screen, according to a user manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon KWAK, Kyung-a Kang, Hyun-jin Kim, Joon-kyu Seo, Sang-keun Jung, Nipun Kumar, Jung-joo Sohn