Patents by Inventor Keon-Young Cho

Keon-Young Cho 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: 10564822
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device and method for reducing burn-in on a display. The electronic device may include a display and a processor. The processor implements the method, including controlling the display to display a background screen and one or more windows on the background screen, confirming a location of a first window when the first window is selected by a user from among the one or more windows, generating a blurred window border to be applied to the first window based on the selection of the first window, and controlling the display to display the blurred window border along a boundary of the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwi-Woong Kim, Yun-Jeong Kang, Kyoung-Ryoul Kim, Go-Un Lee, Dae-Hwan Kim, Keon-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 10101875
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a keyboard to receive a user input to switch from a normal performance mode to a high performance mode, a processor to reassign a higher priority to a program, which has been active with a priority in the normal performance mode, such that the program is executed with the higher priority in the high performance mode that otherwise would have been executed with the priority previously assigned, and a display screen to display a mode indication visibly indicating at least one of the normal performance mode or the high performance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-youl Kim, Min-sun Park, Keon-young Cho
  • Publication number: 20180059911
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device and method for reducing burn-in on a display. The electronic device may include a display and a processor. The processor implements the method, including controlling the display to display a background screen and one or more windows on the background screen, confirming a location of a first window when the first window is selected by a user from among the one or more windows, generating a blurred window border to be applied to the first window based on the selection of the first window, and controlling the display to display the blurred window border along a boundary of the first window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hwi-Woong KIM, Yun-Jeong KANG, Kyoung-Ryoul KIM, Go-Un LEE, Dae-Hwan KIM, Keon-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20140082543
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprising is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a keyboard to receive a user input to switch from a normal performance mode to a high performance mode, a processor to reassign a higher priority to a program, which has been active with a priority in the normal performance mode, such that the program is executed with the higher priority in the high performance mode that otherwise would have been executed with the priority previously assigned, and a display screen to display a mode indication visibly indicating at least one of the normal performance mode or the high performance mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-youl KIM, Min-sun PARK, Keon-young CHO
  • Patent number: 8621474
    Abstract: A computer system having a process running unit which runs processes of a plurality of programs; a user input unit through which a command of a user to select one of a plurality of performance modes is inputted; and a controller which controls the process running unit to run a process of a program of the programs, which are currently being executed, according to a priority order corresponding to the performance mode selected by the command of the user if the command of the user is inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-youl Kim, Min-sun Park, Keon-young Cho
  • Patent number: 8522084
    Abstract: A computer system, a control method thereof and a recording medium storing a computer program thereof are provided to recover a program efficiently and be resistant to viruses, worms, and user error. The control method of computer system receives a user's request for a recovery of a program which is installed in a first storage unit. A file system of a second storage unit is determined which stores therein a recovery program corresponding to the program for which the recovery is requested. The recovery program is read from the second storage unit with reference to the determined file system, and the program in the first storage unit is recovered by using the read recovery program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-hyung Lee, Deok-rae Kim, Keon-young Cho, Seung-lee Nam
  • Publication number: 20130007438
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for a storage medium implemented by at least one computer are provided. The storage medium includes a first sector to store a first master boot record including an execution code allowing the at least one computer to grasp command information and to implement a preset control according to the grasped command information, a first data storage region to store a first data file for booting, a second sector to store a second master boot record allowing the at least one computer to boot based on the first data file, a second data storage region to store a second data file for booting, and a third sector to store a third master boot record allowing the at least one computer to boot based on the second data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Deok-rae KIM, Keon-young CHO, Kyung-young KIM, Seung-lee NAM
  • Patent number: 8285978
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a master boot record, a computer system having the same, and a booting method of the computer system, the storage medium including: a first sector to store a first master boot record including an execution code for grasping command information and implementing a preset control according to the command information; a first data storage region to store a first data file for booting; a second sector to store a second master boot record to implement booting based on the first data file; a second data storage region to store a second data file for booting; and a third sector to store a third master boot record to implement booting based on the second data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok-rae Kim, Keon-young Cho, Kyung-young Kim, Seung-lee Nam
  • Publication number: 20120221892
    Abstract: A computer system, a control method thereof and a recording medium storing a computer program thereof are provided to recover a program efficiently and be resistant to viruses, worms, and user error. The control method of computer system receives a user's request for a recovery of a program which is installed in a first storage unit. A file system of a second storage unit is determined which stores therein a recovery program corresponding to the program for which the recovery is requested. The recovery program is read from the second storage unit with reference to the determined file system, and the program in the first storage unit is recovered by using the read recovery program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-hyung LEE, Deok-rae KIM, Keon-young CHO, Seung-lee NAM
  • Patent number: 8255746
    Abstract: A computer system, a control method thereof and a recording medium storing a computer program thereof are provided to recover a program efficiently and be resistant to viruses, worms, and user error. The control method of computer system receives a user's request for a recovery of a program which is installed in a first storage unit. A file system of a second storage unit is determined which stores therein a recovery program corresponding to the program for which the recovery is requested. The recovery program is read from the second storage unit with reference to the determined file system, and the program in the first storage unit is recovered by using the read recovery program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-hyung Lee, Deok-rae Kim, Keon-young Cho, Seung-lee Nam
  • Publication number: 20110055629
    Abstract: A computer system, a control method thereof and a recording medium storing a computer program thereof are provided to recover a program efficiently and be resistant to viruses, worms, and user error. The control method of computer system receives a user's request for a recovery of a program which is installed in a first storage unit. A file system of a second storage unit is determined which stores therein a recovery program corresponding to the program for which the recovery is requested. The recovery program is read from the second storage unit with reference to the determined file system, and the program in the first storage unit is recovered by using the read recovery program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-hyung LEE, Deok-rae KIM, Keon-young CHO, Seung-lee NAM
  • Publication number: 20090292912
    Abstract: A storage medium storing a master boot record, a computer system having the same, and a booting method of the computer system, the storage medium including: a first sector to store a first master boot record including an execution code for grasping command information and implementing a preset control according to the command information; a first data storage region to store a first data file for booting; a second sector to store a second master boot record to implement booting based on the first data file; a second data storage region to store a second data file for booting; and a third sector to store a third master boot record to implement booting based on the second data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok-rae KIM, Keon-young Cho, Kyung-young Kim, Seung-lee Nam
  • Publication number: 20080065869
    Abstract: A computer system having a process running unit which runs processes of a plurality of programs; a user input unit through which a command of a user to select one of a plurality of performance modes is inputted; and a controller which controls the process running unit to run a process of a program of the programs, which are currently being executed, according to a priority order corresponding to the performance mode selected by the command of the user if the command of the user is inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-youl KIM, Min-sun Park, Keon-young Cho
  • Publication number: 20070271438
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for partitioning a hard disk drive (HDD), more particularly an apparatus and method for partitioning the HDD into a desired number of partitions of a desired size without requiring a reboot once user registration has been completed. The apparatus includes an input unit that receives user registration and partition configuration information, a state-check unit that checks the state of a master partition, a hidden-partition-checking unit that checks the number of hidden partitions in order to determine whether the execution of partition is achievable if the result of the check shows that the master partition is in in-progress state, and a partition-execution unit that executes partitioning a slave partition based on the input partition-configuration information if the result of the check shows that execution of the partition is achievable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-chang LEE, Keon-young CHO, Dai-young SHIN, Min-hyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20070104039
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for installing software that includes acquiring one or more predetermined software identifiers from an identifier storage medium connected to a computing device, and installing software titles, which belong to a plurality of software titles stored in a software storage medium and correspond to the acquired software identifiers, in the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dai-Young Shin, Keon-Young Cho, Soo-Yeun Joo
  • Publication number: 20070011674
    Abstract: A computer system for selectively installing an operating system from a plurality of operating systems is provided with an operating system storage unit for storing a plurality of operating systems; a selection/installation unit for selecting and installing a specified operating system from the stored operating systems; a deletion unit for disabling the operating systems not selected by the selection/installation unit among the stored operating systems; and an install information storage unit for storing information about the installed operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Yeun Joo, Keon-Young Cho, Dai-Young Shin
  • Patent number: 6219038
    Abstract: A touch pad device is used to guide a pointing device on a display device of an electronic appliances or apparatus. A sealing sheet, such as a soft rubber sheet, is interposed between the housing of an electronic apparatus and the touch pad device, thus resisting the introduction of liquid and gases into the apparatus housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keon-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 6208504
    Abstract: A portable computer includes a main body inside of which a main board and various peripherals are mounted, a handle mounted to the main body, a display portion rotatably mounted to the main body for outputting information on a screen for a user to view, and an indented portion concavely formed on a position of the main body corresponding to a location of the handle, the indented portion being formed such that the handle does not protrude outward when the same is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keon-Young Cho, Joong-Seup Kim