Patents by Inventor Kihuk LEE
Kihuk LEE 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).
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Publication number: 20240389288Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing defining an inner space, and a camera module fixed to the housing. The camera module includes a bracket fixed to the housing and including an accommodation space defined therein. Within the accommodation space is a lens and an actuator which adjusts a position of the lens, a shield can which covers the actuator, and an elastic structure which electrically connects the shield can to the bracket. The elastic structure includes an elastic portion which is between the shield can and the bracket and provides an elastic force to the shield can. The shield can and the bracket are electrically connected to each other at the elastic portion of the elastic structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Sukmin LEE, Manho KIM, Kihuk LEE
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Publication number: 20240388779Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a housing and a camera module, at least part of which is disposed in the housing. The camera module includes a camera housing, a sensor assembly including an image sensor and is fixed to the camera housing, and a lens unit, at least part of which is accommodated in a space formed by the camera housing and the sensor assembly, the lens unit being configured such that all or part of the lens unit moves relative to the camera housing and the sensor assembly. The lens unit includes a lens assembly including a lens, a first carrier to which the lens assembly is coupled, a second carrier in which the first carrier is accommodated to be movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a stopper coupled to the second carrier to cover at least part of the first carrier, and a first damper, at least part of which is disposed between the stopper and the first carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Hyungjin Rho, Kwangseok Byon, Bongchan Kim, Jaeheung Park, Hyosang An, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12126915Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera module for acquiring image data, a memory for storing a program module for controlling the camera module, and a processor electrically connected to the camera module or the memory, wherein the program module includes an application associated with the camera module, a framework for processing one or more requests received by the application, a hardware interface for interfacing with the camera module, and a solution layer for interlinking the hardware interface and the framework, and performing a post-processing operation of the image data by using at least a part of the camera module.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyushik An, Joonho Youn, Jaehyun Kim, Jehan Yoon, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12108132Abstract: An electronic device including a camera module is provided. The camera module includes a lens assembly including a lens, a lens holder in which the lens assembly is fixedly disposed, a sensor carrier that includes an image sensor at least partially aligned with an optical axis of the lens and a circuit board electrically connected with the image sensor and that moves in a first axial direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a second axial direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axial direction, a fixed substrate adjacent to the sensor carrier and fixed in a specified position, and a connecting member that extends from the circuit board to the fixed substrate and that extends to surround at least three interconnected edges of the circuit board when viewed in a direction of the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaeheung Park, Kwangseok Byon, Hwajoong Jung, Bongchan Kim, Taehwan Kim, Hyungjin Rho, Kihuk Lee
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Publication number: 20240314424Abstract: A device and method are provided for providing a function related to a camera in an electronic device. A method includes acquiring, via a first camera of the electronic device, a plurality of first images; acquiring, via a second camera of the electronic device, one or more second images; generating a plurality of image contents based on at least one of the plurality of first images or the one or more second images; and outputting the plurality of image contents at respective regions of a display of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Sunho MOON, Yeonjong Bong, Ramakrishnan Srinivasakannan, Gaurav Kumar Jain, Girish Kulkarni, Karthikeyan Somanathan, Sachin Dev, Sudha Velusamy, Uison Yoon, Jehan Yoon, Cheolyong Jeon, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12090654Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first device comprising a spherical housing which rotates and in which a spherical inner space is formed, and a second device which is disposed on the outer surface of the spherical housing and has a ring shape, wherein the first device comprises a first driving device which is disposed within the spherical housing and is capable of transmitting driving force to the spherical housing, a structure disposed within the spherical housing and formed such that the second device is disposed on the surface of the spherical housing, a second driving device which is disposed within the spherical housing and drives the structure, and at least one first sensor which is disposed in the structure and faces the inner surface of the spherical housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byunghun Cho, Woochul Lee, Eunsu Jeong, Jaewoong Choi, Byounguk Yoon, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12073031Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, the housing including an opening formed on a portion thereof and an internal space extending from the opening into the housing, a first wireless communication circuit, a display including a first area, an electronic pen insertable into the internal space through the opening and including a camera and a second wireless communication circuit, the camera of the electronic pen being positioned at a point corresponding to the first area when the electronic pen is inserted into the internal space of the housing, and at least one processor connected to the first wireless communication circuit, the display and the electronic pen, and configured to obtain image data obtained by the camera included in the electronic pen through the first wireless communication circuit and output the obtained image data through the display.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wonjoon Do, Woojhon Choi, Jaesung Choi, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12069382Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera, a memory and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: acquiring image data through a camera, partitioning, by at least one processor, the acquired image data into a first region and a second region according to a designated scheme, acquiring a first auto-white-balancing (AWB) parameter of the first region and a second AWB parameter of the second region, and executing AWB on the image data using both the first AWB parameter and the second AWB parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaemyung Lee, Sungoh Kim, Jiyoon Park, Wonseok Song, Hyunsik Yu, Kihuk Lee, Sanghyeon Lim, Dongyoung Choi
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Patent number: 12056416Abstract: An augmented reality device may comprise a display, at least one sensor, a communication circuit, and at least one processor operatively connected with the display, the at least one sensor, and the communication circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungnyun Kim, Hanjib Kim, Hyunjun Kim, Yongsang Yun, Kihuk Lee, Chihyun Cho
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Patent number: 12058426Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a housing and a camera module, at least part of which is disposed in the housing. The camera module includes a camera housing, a sensor assembly including an image sensor and is fixed to the camera housing, and a lens unit, at least part of which is accommodated in a space formed by the camera housing and the sensor assembly, the lens unit being configured such that all or part of the lens unit moves relative to the camera housing and the sensor assembly. The lens unit includes a lens assembly including a lens, a first carrier to which the lens assembly is coupled, a second carrier in which the first carrier is accommodated to be movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a stopper coupled to the second carrier to cover at least part of the first carrier, and a first damper, at least part of which is disposed between the stopper and the first carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyungjin Rho, Kwangseok Byon, Bongchan Kim, Jaeheung Park, Hyosang An, Kihuk Lee
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Publication number: 20240236491Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment comprises: a lens assembly including one or more lenses aligned along an optical axis; an auto focus (AF) module comprising circuitry configured to move the lens assembly in the direction of the optical axis; an optical image stabilization (OIS) module comprising circuitry configured to move the lens assembly in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the OIS module includes a unit correction section based on a driving range of the OIS module, a movement range of the lens assembly in the plane according to driving of the AF module, and a resolution of the OIS module; an image sensor configured to acquire light passing through the lens assembly; a motion sensor; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically connected to the AF module, the OIS module, the image sensor, and the motion sensor, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to: detect a motion of the electronic device using tType: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Yeonhak KIM, Donghun YU, Sewon KIM, Kyeonguk LEE, Kihuk LEE
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Patent number: 12003866Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first region being capable of reciprocating, a camera configured to obtain an image using incident light through the first region, a driving part configured to reciprocate the first region, and at least one processor electrically connected to the display, the camera, and the driving part, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to control the driving part such that the first region reciprocates, obtain a plurality of first images through the camera while the first region reciprocates, and obtain a second image by synthesizing the plurality of first images.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungoh Kim, Valeriy Rushinskiy, Hyungsok Yeo, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 12003931Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing; a hinge unit rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing; a display; a first speaker disposed in the first housing; a second speaker disposed in the second housing; at least one sensor; and a memory. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: receive an event related to audio data; identify a state of the electronic device on the basis of information obtained through the at least one sensor; determine at least one speaker to output the audio data, among the first speaker and the second speaker, on the basis of the state of the electronic device; and output the audio data through the at least one speaker.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woosung Chun, Dongyup Lee, Hokeun Kwak, Chanyoung Moon, Doosik Park, Mooyoung Kim, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 11997378Abstract: A device and method are provided for providing a function related to a camera in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display device; a first camera; a processor; and a memory configured to store instructions, which when executed, instruct the processor to acquire a plurality of first images having a first attribute and one or more second images having a second attribute through the first camera for a predetermined time, when an input associated with image acquisition is received, generate one or more image content based on the plurality of first images or the one or more second images, and store instructions that cause the one or more image content to be output through the display device.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Sunho Moon, Yeonjong Bong, Ramakrishnan Srinivasakannan, Gaurav Kumar Jain, Girish Kulkarni, Karthikeyan Somanathan, Sachin Dev, Sudha Velusamy, Uison Yoon, Jehan Yoon, Cheolyong Jeon, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 11992102Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to, e.g., a case of a wearable electronic device wearable on a human body portion. According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, there may be provided an electronic device case for storing a wearable electronic device comprising a case housing forming a space for receiving the wearable electronic device, a conductive supporting member disposed in the case housing, and a contact member disposed in the space for receiving the wearable electronic device and exposed to an exterior when the case housing is opened, electrically connected with the conductive supporting member, and configured to at least partially contact a conductive portion of the wearable electronic device. Other various embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongmin Yoon, Sungkwang Yang, Joonyoung Song, Hyunmo Yang, Kyuhyung Cho, Nammin Jo, Heonjun Ha, Seungnyun Kim, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 11997382Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing a camera service by an electronic device. The electronic device may include a camera, a memory, and at least one processor, the processor configured to control the electronic device to: receive a camera shooting request; display a preview image of an external object obtained through the camera using first area information based on a first shooting mode in response to the shooting request; receive an input corresponding to a second shooting mode in the first shooting mode; and display the preview using second area information corresponding to the second shooting mode in response to the input.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wooyong Lee, Yunson Yoo, Donghoon Jang, Beomjoon Kwon, Kihuk Lee
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Patent number: 11974036Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing, a second housing configured to be slidable from the first housing, and a main printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the first housing and including a processor mounted therein. The electronic device also includes a camera module disposed in the second housing, and a display module. The display module includes a display having a first region exposed externally and a second region within an internal space of the first housing, while in a slide-in state of the second housing. The display module also includes a first flexible PCB (FPCB) connected to the main PCB. At least a portion of the first FPCB is movable as the second housing slides out from the first housing. The camera module is electrically connected to the first FPCB to transmit and receive electrical signals to and from the processor mounted on the main PCB.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Manho Kim, Taeyun Kim, Kihuk Lee, Wonjun Jeong, Hwajoong Jung, Changhwan Jin
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Publication number: 20240129610Abstract: According to various embodiments, a camera module and/or an electronic device comprising same may comprise: a first guide unit comprising a first magnet having the shape of an arc around a first axis of rotation; a first rotating unit comprising a rotation base disposed on the first guide unit and configured to rotate around the first axis of rotation; a support bearing disposed between the first guide unit and the first rotating unit and configured to rotatably support the first rotating unit with regard to the first guide unit; a first coil disposed on the first rotating unit and configured to generate an electromagnetic force together with the first magnet in response to an electric signal applied thereto, thereby providing a driving force for rotating the first rotating unit; a fixed magnet disposed on one of the first guide unit and the first rotating unit; and a first yoke disposed on an other of the first guide unit and the first rotating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kwangseok BYON, Kihuk LEE, Min HEU
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Patent number: 11960643Abstract: Provided are a head mounted display apparatus, an operating method thereof, and a storage medium. The head mounted display apparatus includes at least one display, at least one camera disposed on a back surface of the at least one display, and a controller, in which the controller is configured to obtain an image regarding both eyes of a user through the at least one camera, detect the both eyes of the user from the obtained image, measure an inter-pupillary distance (IPD) of the user based on the detected both eyes of the user, convert a picture based on the measured IPD, and display the converted picture on the at least one display.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaesung Choi, Wonjoon Do, Woojhon Choi, Kihuk Lee
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Publication number: 20240111172Abstract: Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes a lens assembly including a lens and an image stabilization assembly including a moving member including a first substrate and an image sensor electrically connected to the first substrate, the image stabilization assembly being connected to the lens assembly wherein an optical axis is at least partially aligned with the image sensor. The image stabilization assembly is configured to move the moving member in at least one direction perpendicular to the optical axis such that the optical axis is aligned with a specified position on the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Jaeheung PARK, Hyungjin RHO, Hwajoong JUNG, Bongchan KIM, Taehwan KIM, Kwangseok BYON, Kihuk LEE