Patents by Inventor Keyic Son

Keyic Son 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).

  • Publication number: 20260149317
    Abstract: Provided is a wireless charger for providing power received from a power supply device to a power receiving device. In the wireless charger, a control circuit may control a communication circuit of the wireless charger so as to, on the basis that the communication circuit of the wireless charger receives a first request message for requesting the lowering of an output voltage of a power signal outputted to the power receiving device through a coil of the wireless charger, output, to the power supply device through a data terminal of the wireless charger, a second request message for requesting the lowering of an input voltage of a power signal inputted from the power supply device through a power terminal of the wireless charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongzo KIM, Mincheol HA, Keyic SON, Kyungmin LEE
  • Patent number: 12620837
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving wireless power may include a wireless power transfer (WPT) coil and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the WPT coil, wherein the processor may perform control to transmit a first ping signal to an external object through the WPT coil, may identify a waveform of a current or voltage measured while or after transmitting the first ping signal, may obtain a Q factor, based on the identified waveform, may control a power transmission operation by determining that the external object is a foreign object or includes the foreign object and is positioned on a center of the WPT coil when the obtained Q factor is less than a predetermined Q factor, may transmit a second ping signal to the external object through the WPT coil when the obtained Q factor is equal to or greater than the predetermined Q factor, may identify a waveform of a current or voltage while or after transmitting the second ping signal, may identify inductance measured at bot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungkoo Chung, Dongzo Kim, Mincheol Ha, Yusu Kim, Kihyun Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 12580425
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving wireless power may include a wireless power transfer (WPT) coil and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the WPT coil, wherein the processor may perform control to transmit a first ping signal to an external object through the WPT coil, may identify a waveform of a current or voltage measured while or after transmitting the first ping signal, may obtain a Q factor, based on the identified waveform, may control a power transmission operation by determining that the external object is a foreign object or includes the foreign object and is positioned on a center of the WPT coil when the obtained Q factor is less than a predetermined Q factor, may transmit a second ping signal to the external object through the WPT coil when the obtained Q factor is equal to or greater than the predetermined Q factor, may identify a waveform of a current or voltage while or after transmitting the second ping signal, may identify inductance measured at bot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungkoo Chung, Dongzo Kim, Mincheol Ha, Yusu Kim, Kihyun Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 12374929
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of coils, power conversion circuits, demodulation switches, and a processor. The power conversion circuits convert DC power into AC power, and output the AC power to the plurality of coils, respectively. The demodulation switches selectively connect the plurality of coils to ground. The processor selects at least one coil from among the plurality of coils, and controls an on/off state of the demodulation switches to connect or disconnect at least one remaining coil except for the selected at least one coil among the plurality of coils to the ground. The processor controls the power conversion circuits to output the AC power to the selected at least one coil and demodulates a signal of the selected at least one coil to identify information from an external electronic device disposed adjacent to a selected at least one coil based on the demodulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mincheol Ha, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee, Hyungkoo Chung
  • Patent number: 12301013
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless transmission circuit for transmitting power to a power reception device, and a first processor. When entering a power reduction mode, with respect to a first voltage and a first current being output from the wireless transmission circuit, the first processor includes, in case that the power reception device is in an align state, lower a voltage of the wireless transmission circuit to a second voltage lower than the first voltage and lower a current flowing in the electronic device to a second current lower than the first current, and, in case that the power reception device is in a misalign state, lower a voltage of the electronic device to a third voltage lower than the second voltage and lower a current flowing in the wireless communication circuit to a third current lower than the second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keyic Son, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee, Hyungkoo Chung, Mincheol Ha
  • Patent number: 12206259
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising a coil, an inverter configured to provide power to the coil, a power providing circuit, a communication circuit, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the power providing circuit to apply a first voltage to an input terminal of the inverter, the inverter outputting a first magnitude of power based on the application of the first voltage, control the power providing circuit to apply a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the input terminal of the inverter, based on the application of the first voltage being maintained for a specific time, identify, through the communication circuit, a first control error packet from the wireless power receiving device, while applying the second voltage, and identify a first value included in the first control error packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taehyeon Yu, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Kyungmin Lee, Hyungkoo Chung, Mincheol Ha
  • Patent number: 12159739
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus is provided. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes a first coil including a first conductive wire area formed of an arrangement of conductive wires, and a first opening area surrounded by the first conductive wire area, a second coil including a second conductive wire area formed of an arrangement of conductive wires, and a second opening area surrounded by the second conductive wire area, a first overlapping area formed by overlapping a portion of the first conductive wire area with a portion of the second opening area, and a first shielding member disposed on at least a portion of the first overlapping area, wherein the first shielding member may be configured to at least partially block an electromagnetic field generated by the second coil interfering in the first conductive wire area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongzo Kim, Mincheol Ha, Kihyun Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Hyungkoo Chung
  • Patent number: 12136835
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: coils; power conversion circuits configured to receive direct current (DC) power, convert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, and output the AC power to the coils; and a processor. The processor is configured to: apply to the coils a ping signal of which a ping power section is repeated periodically and which has a plurality of ping power levels increasing in phases; confirm an SSP signal responding to the ping signal; and perform wireless power transmission by the coils on the basis of a ping power level in which the SSP signal is confirmed from among the plurality of ping power levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunjeong Noh, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee, Hyungkoo Chung, Mincheol Ha
  • Patent number: 12107432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling an electronic device electrically couplable to an external electronic device through a connector and capable of transmitting/receiving wireless power, the method including: an operation of identifying electrical connection to the external electronic device; an operation of receiving power from the external electronic device through a short-range communication module; an operation of controlling a mode switch module based on the received power and transmitting a signal regarding a power transmission mode to the external electronic device through the connector; an operation of receiving direct-current power from the external electronic device through the connector after transmitting the signal regarding the power transmission mode; and an operation of generating an electromagnetic field for wireless power transmission through the wireless power transmission/reception module, based on the received direct-current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mincheol Ha, Dongzo Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Kihyun Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Hyungkoo Chung
  • Patent number: 11949253
    Abstract: A power transmission device is provided for transmitting power. The power transmission device includes a power transmitter including a plurality of coils, and a processor configured to wirelessly transmit power to a power reception device through at least one coil among the plurality of coils, identify a condition indicating a state in which a coil to transmit power related to charging of the power reception device is to be reconfigured, transmit a CSP to the power reception device, in response to identifying the condition, based on the predetermined condition, identify an SSP of at least one other coil adjacent to at least one coil, and wirelessly transmit power to the power reception device through a coil having a largest SSP among an SSP of the at least one coil and the identified SSP of the at least one other coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyungkoo Chung, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee, Mincheol Ha
  • Publication number: 20230402853
    Abstract: A power supply device is provided. The power supply device includes an authentication circuit, power supply circuits, and a control circuit connected to the authentication circuit and the power supply circuits. Each of the power supply circuits includes a coil and a communication circuit and may be configured to transmit a power signal to one power reception device through the coil. The control circuit performs an authentication operation for fast charging of a plurality of power reception devices without a collision by using the authentication circuit and the power supply circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kyungmin LEE, Dongzo KIM, Mincheol HA, Yunjeong NOH, Keyic SON
  • Publication number: 20230361598
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless transmission circuit for transmitting power to a power reception device, and a first processor. When entering a power reduction mode, with respect to a first voltage and a first current being output from the wireless transmission circuit, the first processor includes, in case that the power reception device is in an align state, lower a voltage of the wireless transmission circuit to a second voltage lower than the first voltage and lower a current flowing in the electronic device to a second current lower than the first current, and, in case that the power reception device is in a misalign state, lower a voltage of the electronic device to a third voltage lower than the second voltage and lower a current flowing in the wireless communication circuit to a third current lower than the second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Keyic SON, Kihyun KIM, Dongzo KIM, Jihye KIM, Yunjeong NOH, Taehyeon YU, Kyungmin LEE, Hyungkoo CHUNG, Mincheol HA
  • Publication number: 20230216353
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of coils, power conversion circuits, demodulation switches, and a processor. The power conversion circuits convert DC power into AC power, and output the AC power to the plurality of coils, respectively. The demodulation switches selectively connect the plurality of coils to ground. The processor selects at least one coil from among the plurality of coils, and controls an on/off state of the demodulation switches to connect or disconnect at least one remaining coil except for the selected at least one coil among the plurality of coils to the ground. The processor controls the power conversion circuits to output the AC power to the selected at least one coil and demodulates a signal of the selected at least one coil to identify information from an external electronic device disposed adjacent to a selected at least one coil based on the demodulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mincheol HA, Kihyun KIM, Dongzo KIM, Jihye KIM, Yunjeong NOH, Keyic SON, Taehyeon YU, Kyungmin LEE, Hyungkoo CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20230208208
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: coils; power conversion circuits configured to receive direct current (DC) power, convert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, and output the AC power to the coils; and a processor. The processor is configured to: apply to the coils a ping signal of which a ping power section is repeated periodically and which has a plurality of ping power levels increasing in phases; confirm an SSP signal responding to the ping signal; and perform wireless power transmission by the coils on the basis of a ping power level in which the SSP signal is confirmed from among the plurality of ping power levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yunjeong NOH, Kihyun KIM, Dongzo KIM, Jihye KIM, Keyic SON, Taehyeon YU, Kyungmin LEE, Hyungkoo CHUNG, Mincheol HA
  • Publication number: 20230179028
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving wireless power may include a wireless power transfer (WPT) coil and a processor configured to be operatively connected to the WPT coil, wherein the processor may perform control to transmit a first ping signal to an external object through the WPT coil, may identify a waveform of a current or voltage measured while or after transmitting the first ping signal, may obtain a Q factor, based on the identified waveform, may control a power transmission operation by determining that the external object is a foreign object or includes the foreign object and is positioned on a center of the WPT coil when the obtained Q factor is less than a predetermined Q factor, may transmit a second ping signal to the external object through the WPT coil when the obtained Q factor is equal to or greater than the predetermined Q factor, may identify a waveform of a current or voltage while or after transmitting the second ping signal, may identify inductance measured at bot
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hyungkoo CHUNG, Dongzo KIM, Mincheol HA, Yusu KIM, Kihyun KIM, Yunjeong NOH, Keyic SON, Taehyeon YU, Kyungmin LEE
  • Publication number: 20230146752
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus is provided. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes a first coil including a first conductive wire area formed of an arrangement of conductive wires, and a first opening area surrounded by the first conductive wire area, a second coil including a second conductive wire area formed of an arrangement of conductive wires, and a second opening area surrounded by the second conductive wire area, a first overlapping area formed by overlapping a portion of the first conductive wire area with a portion of the second opening area, and a first shielding member disposed on at least a portion of the first overlapping area, wherein the first shielding member may be configured to at least partially block an electromagnetic field generated by the second coil interfering in the first conductive wire area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Dongzo KIM, Mincheol HA, Kihyun KIM, Yunjeong NOH, Keyic SON, Taehyeon YU, Hyungkoo CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20230042780
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling an electronic device electrically couplable to an external electronic device through a connector and capable of transmitting/receiving wireless power, the method including: an operation of identifying electrical connection to the external electronic device; an operation of receiving power from the external electronic device through a short-range communication module; an operation of controlling a mode switch module based on the received power and transmitting a signal regarding a power transmission mode to the external electronic device through the connector; an operation of receiving direct-current power from the external electronic device through the connector after transmitting the signal regarding the power transmission mode; and an operation of generating an electromagnetic field for wireless power transmission through the wireless power transmission/reception module, based on the received direct-current power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mincheol HA, Dongzo KIM, Kyungmin LEE, Kihyun KIM, Yunjeong NOH, Keyic SON, Taehyeon YU, Hyungkoo CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20220247239
    Abstract: A power transmission device is provided for transmitting power. The power transmission device includes a power transmitter including a plurality of coils, and a processor configured to wirelessly transmit power to a power reception device through at least one coil among the plurality of coils, identify a condition indicating a state in which a coil to transmit power related to charging of the power reception device is to be reconfigured, transmit a CSP to the power reception device, in response to identifying the condition, based on the predetermined condition, identify an SSP of at least one other coil adjacent to at least one coil, and wirelessly transmit power to the power reception device through a coil having a largest SSP among an SSP of the at least one coil and the identified SSP of the at least one other coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hyungkoo Chung, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Taehyeon Yu, Kyungmin Lee, Mincheol Ha
  • Publication number: 20220231544
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising a coil, an inverter configured to provide power to the coil, a power providing circuit, a communication circuit, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the power providing circuit to apply a first voltage to an input terminal of the inverter, the inverter outputting a first magnitude of power based on the application of the first voltage, control the power providing circuit to apply a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the input terminal of the inverter, based on the application of the first voltage being maintained for a specific time, identify, through the communication circuit, a first control error packet from the wireless power receiving device, while applying the second voltage, and identify a first value included in the first control error packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Taehyeon YU, Kihyun Kim, Dongzo Kim, Jihye Kim, Yunjeong Noh, Keyic Son, Kyungmin Lee, Hyungkoo Chung, Mincheol Ha