Patents by Inventor Ki Beom Kim

Ki Beom Kim 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: 10318234
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a speaker, a storage configured to store first rendering type information and second rendering type information based on a volume level of each content genre; a display, and a processor configured to render a sound signal of a content based on at least one of the first rendering type information and the second rendering type information corresponding to a genre of the content on the display and output the rendered sound signal through the speaker, wherein the processor, based on a volume level which is currently set in the display apparatus being within a predetermined range, renders the sound signal based on third rendering type information which is obtained by applying a weight according to the set volume level to at least one of the first rendering type information and the second rendering type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-woo Hwang, Sun-min Kim, Jae-youn Cho, Ki-woong Kang, Ki-beom Kim, Hae-kwang Park, Dong-hyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20190050193
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a speaker, a storage configured to store first rendering type information and second rendering type information based on a volume level of each content genre; a display, and a processor configured to render a sound signal of a content based on at least one of the first rendering type information and the second rendering type information corresponding to a genre of the content on the display and output the rendered sound signal through the speaker, wherein the processor, based on a volume level which is currently set in the display apparatus being within a predetermined range, renders the sound signal based on third rendering type information which is obtained by applying a weight according to the set volume level to at least one of the first rendering type information and the second rendering type information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-woo HWANG, Sun-min KIM, Jae-youn CHO, Ki-woong KANG, Ki-beom KIM, Hae-kwang PARK, Dong-hyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20180293087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for selecting a preloading application by considering a user pattern of an electronic device and for determining a preloading level. The electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a data management unit for determining a score of an application, and an application selection unit for selecting a preloading application based on the score of the application. In addition, the electronic device may further include a preloading level determination unit for determining a preloading level based on a variable indicating a state of the electronic device with respect to the selected preloading target application and the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Hyojeong LEE, Jinkyu KOO, Kwonsik KIM, Ki-Beom KIM
  • Patent number: 10095384
    Abstract: A device including a display such as a touch screen is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to obtain movement information of a user, a display unit configured to move a cursor displayed on the display or touch screen in accordance with the movement information of the user, and a controller configured to determine coordinates where the cursor and/or moved cursor is located as dwell start coordinates and determine the dwell start coordinates as touch coordinates when the cursor is located within a reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-uk Jung, Hyun-jin Ahn, Ki-beom Kim, Ji-yeon Ma, Jae-seok Yoon, Geul-ji Jung, Hyeon-bin Choi
  • Publication number: 20180212579
    Abstract: An example sound output apparatus may include an input unit, an output unit, and a processor configured to perform first-filtering of a frequency band of an audio signal received through the input unit based on a sound pressure of the sound output apparatus, second-filtering of a frequency band of the first-filtered audio signal based on a frequency response characteristic of the sound output apparatus, adjust a loudness of the received audio signal based on a perception volume level of the second-filtered audio signal, and output the adjusted audio signal through the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: In-woo HWANG, Sun-min KIM, Ki-beom KIM, Dong-hyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20180091926
    Abstract: An electronic device providing a smart sound mode is provided. The electronic device includes: a user command receiver; an inputter; an outputter; and a processor configured to: in response to a predetermined event occurring, provide a user interface (UI) for guiding setting of a smart sound mode; in response to the smart sound mode being selected according to a user command input through the user command receiver, individually render a first sound signal which is a common component among a plurality of channels forming the sound signal and a second sound signal which is a differential component among the plurality of channels based on whether the first sound signal comprises a voice and whether the second sound signal comprise a sound effect, mix the first and second sound signals which are rendered into a multi-channel sound signal and control the outputter to output the multi-channel sound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-youn CHO, Sun-min KIM, Ki-beom KIM, Ki-woong KANG, Dong-hyun LIM, In-woo HWANG
  • Patent number: 9929369
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-photon-type organic electroluminescent element including a charge generation layer using a material that is difficult to be degraded even at around normal atmospheric pressure. In an organic electroluminescent element (10) including a pair of electrodes consisting of an anode (32) and a cathode (34), a plurality of light-emitting layers (50) provided between the electrodes, and a charge generation layer (70) provided between the light-emitting layers adjacent to each other, the charge generation layer contains an ionic polymer generating at least any one of an electron and a hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Ki-Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 9929328
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device, comprising: a light source module comprising: at least one light source disposed on a printed circuit board; and a resin layer disposed on the printed circuit board so that the light source is embedded; a light reflection member formed on at least any one of one side surface and another side surface of the resin layer; and a diffusion plate having an upper surface which is in contact with an upper part of the light source module, and a side wall which is integrally formed with the upper surface and formed to extend in a lower side direction and which is adhered to the light reflection member, whereby flexibility of the product itself can be secured, and durability and reliability of the product can be also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho Park, Moo Ryong Park, Ki Beom Kim, Jin Hee Kim, Chul Hong Kim, Hyung Min Park, Hyun Hee Chae, Jun Chul Hyun
  • Publication number: 20180060428
    Abstract: An audio contents recognition method includes receiving an audio signal; obtaining audio fingerprints (AFPs) based on a spectral shape of the received audio signal; generating hash codes for the obtained audio fingerprints; transmitting a matching query between the generated hash codes and hash codes stored in a database; and receiving a contents recognition result of the audio signal in response to the transmitting, wherein the generating of the hash codes includes: determining a frame interval delta_F of an audio fingerprint to generate the hash codes among the obtained audio fingerprints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-moon LEE, In-woo HWANG, Byeong-seob KO, Ki-beom KIM, Young-tae KIM, Anant BAIJAL
  • Patent number: 9830907
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal; a display configured to display an image based on the received broadcasting signal; a sound receiver configured to receive a sound spoken by a user; a first sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the display apparatus is in a standby mode, and determine whether the received sound is a reserved word candidate having a high probability of corresponding to a reserved word; a second sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the received sound is determined as the reserved word candidate and to determine whether the received sound is the reserved word; and a controller configured to control the preset operation to be performed when the received sound is determined as the reserved word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-jun Ryu, Dong-Wan Kim, Jae-hyun Bae, Ki-hoon Shin, Nam-gook Cho, Byeong-seob Ko, Ki-beom Kim, Hee-seob Ryu
  • Publication number: 20170330568
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal; a display configured to display an image based on the received broadcasting signal; a sound receiver configured to receive a sound spoken by a user; a first sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the display apparatus is in a standby mode, and determine whether the received sound is a reserved word candidate having a high probability of corresponding to a reserved word; a second sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the received sound is determined as the reserved word candidate and to determine whether the received sound is the reserved word; and a controller configured to control the preset operation to be performed when the received sound is determined as the reserved word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-jun RYU, Dong-Wan KIM, Jae-hyun BAE, Ki-hoon SHIN, Nam-gook CHO, Byeong-seob KO, Ki-beom KIM, Hee-seob RYU
  • Publication number: 20170227183
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a lighting apparatus which allows a three dimensional effect to be felt while surface light is emitted in a light source using a half-mirror member configured to reflect and transmit some light. Particularly, the present invention employs a half-mirror member configured to transmit some light emitted from a light source module configured to emit surface light and reflect the remaining light to implement an image like that reflected by a mirror when the lighting apparatus is off and a light image through which various three-dimensional images are felt when the lighting apparatus is on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Moo Hyun CHO, Ki Beom KIM, Hyun Duck YANG, Ki Chang LEE, Byoung Eon LEE
  • Patent number: 9627595
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device, comprising: a light source module comprising: at least one light source disposed on a printed circuit board; and a resin layer disposed on the printed circuit board so that the light source is embedded; an indirect light emission unit which is formed in at least any one of one side and another side of the light source module and which reflects light irradiated from the light source; and a diffusion plate having an upper surface which is in contact with an upper part of the light source module, and a side wall which is integrally formed with the upper surface and formed to extend in a lower side direction and which is adhered onto an outer side surface of the indirect light emission unit, whereby flexibility of the product itself can be secured, and durability and reliability thereof can be also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho Park, Moo Ryong Park, Chul Hong Kim, Ki Beom Kim, Jin Hee Kim, Hyung Min Park, Hyun Hee Chae
  • Publication number: 20160188021
    Abstract: A device including a display such as a touch screen is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to obtain movement information of a user, a display unit configured to move a cursor displayed on the display or touch screen in accordance with the movement information of the user, and a controller configured to determine coordinates where the cursor and/or moved cursor is located as dwell start coordinates and determine the dwell start coordinates as touch coordinates when the cursor is located within a reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Dong-uk JUNG, Hyun-jin AHN, Ki-beom KIM, Ji-yeon MA, Jae-seok YOON, Geul-ji JUNG, Hyeon-bin CHOI
  • Patent number: 9214163
    Abstract: A speech processing apparatus and method. The speech processing apparatus includes a microphone to receive a speech signal, an analog/digital converter to convert the speech signal generated by the microphone into a digital speech signal, and an automatic gain controller to calculate an average value of the magnitude of the digital speech signal generated by the analog/digital converter in a plurality of frames, to determine in which region of a speech signal band the average value is located, the speech signal band being divided into a plurality of regions according to the strength of speech, and to adjust gain according to a location of the average value on the speech signal band so that the strength of speech has a level of an optimal region capable of processing the speech signal. Accordingly, speech recognition may be maximized without being constrained by the distance of a speech source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 9159320
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting endpoints of sound signals when sound sources vocalized from a remote site are processed even if a plurality of speakers exists and an interference sound being input from a direction different from a direction of one speaker, and a method thereof, wherein in an environment in which a plurality of sound sources exists, the existence and the length of the sound source being input according to each direction is determined and the endpoint is found, thereby improving the performance of the post-processing, and speech being input from a direction other than a direction of speech from a speaker vocalized at a remote area from a sound source collecting unit is distinguished while the speech from the speaker is being recorded, thereby enabling a remote sound source recognition without restriction on the installation region of a microphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hak Hyun, Ki Beom Kim, Ki Hoon Shin
  • Publication number: 20150250567
    Abstract: An orthodontic anchor screw device is disclosed in which the device comprises a threaded barrel section, a first transition area having an alignment marking, a second transition area, and a screw head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Darren E. Buddemeyer, Ki Beom Kim
  • Publication number: 20150179176
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal; a display configured to display an image based on the received broadcasting signal; a sound receiver configured to receive a sound spoken by a user; a first sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the display apparatus is in a standby mode, and determine whether the received sound is a reserved word candidate having a high probability of corresponding to a reserved word; a second sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the received sound is determined as the reserved word candidate and to determine whether the received sound is the reserved word; and a controller configured to control the preset operation to be performed when the received sound is determined as the reserved word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-jun RYU, Dong-Wan KIM, Jae-hyun BAE, Ki-hoon SHIN, Nam-gook CHO, Byeong-seob KO, Ki-beom KIM, Hee-seob RYU
  • Publication number: 20150127353
    Abstract: A method for controlling the electronic apparatus including: receiving an input of an audio which includes a user's voice; processing the audio and generating a user voice signal; transmitting the user voice signal to a first server; receiving text information corresponding to the user voice signal from the first server; and controlling the electronic apparatus, according to the text information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-gook Cho, Ki-beom Kim, Jeong-su Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun
  • Patent number: 8858197
    Abstract: A compressor has a housing with a sensor coupling hole and a control valve coupling hole. A support plate is configured to contact with the compressor housing, the support plate having perforations. A sensor and a control valve pass through the perforations of the support plate respectively at positions corresponding to the sensor coupling hole and the control valve coupling hole. The sensor and control valve are coupled to the sensor coupling hole and the control valve coupling hole respectively. A washer is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the sensor. The washer passes through the support plate and is inserted into the sensor coupling hole. The washer is coupled to the sensor coupling hole to fix the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Doowon Technical College, Doowon Electronic Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hak Soo Kim, Ki Beom Kim, Ik Seo Park, Geon Ho Lee, Ki Jung An, Frank Obrist