Patents by Inventor Kikwon Bin

Kikwon Bin 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).

  • Input/output interface control method and electronic apparatus performing same
    Patent number: 10025374
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input/output interface, the mode of which can be changed to a data communication mode or a charging mode. An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a connector to which an external electronic apparatus having an interface that can be connected to an input/output interface is connected; a power supply unit for supplying power to the external electronic apparatus through a power supply line connected to the connector; a host controller for controlling data transmission from and to the external electronic apparatus; and a mode controlling unit for measuring electric current flowing through the power supply line, changing an operation mode on the basis of a result obtained by comparing the electric current value with a reference value, and controlling operations of the power supply unit and the host controller according to the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chahoon Park, Sangju Kim, Kangseok Cho, Jaedeok Cha, Kikwon Bin, Sungyun Jin
  • INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PERFORMING SAME
    Publication number: 20170010659
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input/output interface, the mode of which can be changed to a data communication mode or a charging mode. An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a connector to which an external electronic apparatus having an interface that can be connected to an input/output interface is connected; a power supply unit for supplying power to the external electronic apparatus through a power supply line connected to the connector; a host controller for controlling data transmission from and to the external electronic apparatus; and a mode controlling unit for measuring electric current flowing through the power supply line, changing an operation mode on the basis of a result obtained by comparing the electric current value with a reference value, and controlling operations of the power supply unit and the host controller according to the operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Chahoon Park, Sangju Kim, Kangseok Cho, Jaedeok Cha, Kikwon Bin, Sungyun Jin