Patents by Inventor Kil-soo Choi

Kil-soo Choi 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: 20240084145
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pearlescent pigment and a preparation method therefor, wherein the pigment has a multilayered structure including a low-refractive index material layer between high-refractive index material layers on a glass flake substrate and thus has high color intensity, various colors depending on the viewing angle, and an improved sparkling effect. The pearlescent pigment according to the present invention comprises: a glass flake substrate having a D10 value of 40-80 ?m, a D50 value of 160-250 ?m, and a D90 value of 350-600 ?m and a thickness of 500 nm or more; and a metal oxide layer coated on the substrate, the metal oxide layer having a structure of a first metal oxide layer/an intermediate oxide layer containing MgO·SiO2/a second metal oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Il JEONG, Kwang Choong KANG, Byung Ki CHOI, Kwang Soo LIM, Kil Wan CHANG
  • Patent number: 11317169
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: generate an integrated channel list, which includes first channel information that corresponds to an external image providing apparatus connected to the display apparatus and second channel information that corresponds to an application installed in the display apparatus. The first channel information includes information about channels provided by an external image providing apparatus and the second channel information includes information about channels which are provided by an application. In response to an input of selecting one channel from the integrated channel list, the display apparatus controls a source corresponding to the selected channel to provide content obtained from the controlled source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Choi, Kwan-sik Yang, Se-hyun Kim, Young-il Kim
  • Patent number: 11062423
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain 360-degree content and angle of view information including a plurality of angle of view values selected to reproduce the 360 degree content, and control the display to display the 360-degree content according to the plurality of angle of view values included in the angle of view information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-il Kim, Jeong-rok Jang, Jung-rae Kim, Kil-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10810789
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided. The mobile device may include a communication interface; a display; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: control the communication interface to communicate with an image display apparatus; control a viewpoint of a 360-degree image based on an input; and control the communication interface to transmit, to the image display apparatus, at least one among an image corresponding to the viewpoint of the 360-degree image, and viewpoint control information corresponding to the viewpoint of the 360-degree image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-il Kim, Kwan-sik Yang, Jeong-rok Jang, Kil-soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20200322697
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: generate an integrated channel list, which includes first channel information that corresponds to an external image providing apparatus connected to the display apparatus and second channel information that corresponds to an application installed in the display apparatus. The first channel information includes information about channels provided by an external image providing apparatus and the second channel information includes information about channels which are provided by an application. In response to an input of selecting one channel from the integrated channel list, the display apparatus controls a source corresponding to the selected channel to provide content obtained from the controlled source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo CHOI, Kwan-sik YANG, Se-hyun KIM, Young-il KIM
  • Patent number: 10742880
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are provided. The image display apparatus includes: a display; a graphics processing unit (GPU); and a processor configured to: determine a copy region of a planar-format image based on information regarding a current viewpoint, control the GPU to generate a sphere-format image by mapping an image corresponding to the copy region to a sphere and to generate an output image by rendering the sphere-format image, and control the display to display the output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-min Baek, Young-hyun Kim, Se-hyun Kim, Kwan-sik Yang, Jae-young You, Kil-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10708670
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: generate an integrated channel list, which includes first channel information that corresponds to an external image providing apparatus connected to the display apparatus and second channel information that corresponds to an application installed in the display apparatus. The first channel information includes information about channels provided by an external image providing apparatus and the second channel information includes information about channels which are provided by an application. In response to an input of selecting one channel from the integrated channel list, the display apparatus controls a source corresponding to the selected channel to provide content obtained from the controlled source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Choi, Kwan-sik Yang, Se-hyun Kim, Young-il Kim
  • Patent number: 10686986
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are provided. The image display apparatus includes: a display; a graphics processing unit (GPU); and a processor configured to: determine a copy region of a planar-format image based on information regarding a current viewpoint, control the GPU to generate a sphere-format image by mapping an image corresponding to the copy region to a sphere and to generate an output image by rendering the sphere-format image, and control the display to display the output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-min Baek, Young-hyun Kim, Se-hyun Kim, Kwan-sik Yang, Jae-young You, Kil-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10616364
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a communication interface comprising communication interface circuitry; a memory storing at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to cause the electronic apparatus to: determine at least one content stream to be pre-fetched; configure a playback pipeline corresponding to the determined at least one content stream considering an available resource of the electronic apparatus; pre-fetch the at least one content stream based on the configured playback pipeline; determine whether to update the pre-fetched at least one content stream based on a type of the pre-fetched at least one content stream; and update the pre-fetched at least one content stream at regular time intervals based on a result of the determining of whether to update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Da-hee Jeong, Se-hyun Kim, Seung-bok Kim, Jae-im Park, Kil-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10482020
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a memory which stores one or more instructions and a processor which executes one or more instructions stored in the memory. The processor executes the instructions to obtain one or more contents to be pre-fetched, to obtain one or more resources available in the electronic apparatus, to determine a priority of the one or more resources, and to allocate the one or more of the obtained resources, based on the obtained priority, forming a pipeline in which the obtained one or more contents are processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Choi, Se-hyun Kim, Seung-bok Kim, Jae-im Park, Da-hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 10453246
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of operating the image display apparatus are provided. An image display apparatus includes: a display; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display a main view that provides an image of an area that corresponds to an angle of view in a 360-degree image, detect one or more objects in other areas of the 360-degree image than the area that corresponds to the angle of view in the 360-degree image, and control the display to display one or more sub-views that correspond to the one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Choi, Young-il Kim
  • Patent number: 10349046
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and an image display method are provided. The image display apparatus for displaying a 360-degree image includes a display; a memory comprising at least one instruction; and a processor, by executing the at least one instruction stored in the memory, is configured to control the display to display at least a part of a 360-degree image on a plurality of screens in which each of the plurality of screens represents images corresponding to different angles of view of the 360-degree image, to change display properties of one or more other screens of the plurality of screens in response to receiving an input that moves an angle of view on one of the plurality of screens, and to control the display to display at least a part of the 360-degree image on the one or more other screens having the changed display properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Choi, Young-il Kim
  • Publication number: 20190069042
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a memory configured to store at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: generate an integrated channel list, which includes first channel information that corresponds to an external image providing apparatus connected to the display apparatus and second channel information that corresponds to an application installed in the display apparatus. The first channel information includes information about channels provided by an external image providing apparatus and the second channel information includes information about channels which are provided by an application. In response to an input of selecting one channel from the integrated channel list, the display apparatus controls a source corresponding to the selected channel to provide content obtained from the controlled source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo CHOI, Kwan-sik YANG, Se-hyun KIM, Young-il KIM
  • Publication number: 20180352049
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a communication interface comprising communication interface circuitry; a memory storing at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to cause the electronic apparatus to: determine at least one content stream to be pre-fetched; configure a playback pipeline corresponding to the determined at least one content stream considering an available resource of the electronic apparatus; pre-fetch the at least one content stream based on the configured playback pipeline; determine whether to update the pre-fetched at least one content stream based on a type of the pre-fetched at least one content stream; and update the pre-fetched at least one content stream at regular time intervals based on a result of the determining of whether to update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Da-hee JEONG, Se-hyun KIM, Seung-bok KIM, Jae-im PARK, Kil-soo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180276130
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a memory which stores one or more instructions and a processor which executes one or more instructions stored in the memory. The processor executes the instructions to obtain one or more contents to be pre-fetched, to obtain one or more resources available in the electronic apparatus, to determine a priority of the one or more resources, and to allocate the one or more of the obtained resources, based on the obtained priority, forming a pipeline in which the obtained one or more contents are processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo CHOI, Se-hyun KIM, Seung-bok KIM, Jae-im PARK, Da-hee JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180124314
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of displaying an image are provided. The image display apparatus includes: a display; a graphics processing unit (GPU); and a processor configured to: determine a copy region of a planar-format image based on information regarding a current viewpoint, control the GPU to generate a sphere-format image by mapping an image corresponding to the copy region to a sphere and to generate an output image by rendering the sphere-format image, and control the display to display the output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-min BAEK, Young-hyun KIM, Se-hyun KIM, Kwan-sik YANG, Jae-young YOU, Kil-soo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180122130
    Abstract: A mobile device is provided. The mobile device may include a communication interface; a display; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: control the communication interface to communicate with an image display apparatus; control a viewpoint of a 360-degree image based on an input; and control the communication interface to transmit, to the image display apparatus, at least one among an image corresponding to the viewpoint of the 360-degree image, and viewpoint control information corresponding to the viewpoint of the 360-degree image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-il KIM, Kwan-sik YANG, Jeong-rok JANG, Kil-soo CHOI
  • Patent number: 9940012
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an application in an execution area according to a user input is disclosed. The display device includes a user interface configured to receive a user input corresponding to a shape, a display, and a controller configured to determine an application corresponding to the shape and determine an execution area for the application on a screen of the display in response to the user interface receiving the user input, and control the display of the application in the execution area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Choi, Young-il Kim, Jung-rae Kim, Jong-min Baek, Jae-soon Lee
  • Publication number: 20180061118
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method of operating the image display apparatus are provided. An image display apparatus includes: a display; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display a main view that provides an image of an area that corresponds to an angle of view in a 360-degree image, detect one or more objects in other areas of the 360-degree image than the area that corresponds to the angle of view in the 360-degree image, and control the display to display one or more sub-views that correspond to the one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil-soo CHOI, Young-il KIM
  • Publication number: 20180053280
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain 360-degree content and angle of view information including a plurality of angle of view values selected to reproduce the 360 degree content, and control the display to display the 360-degree content according to the plurality of angle of view values included in the angle of view information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-il KIM, Jeong-rok JANG, Jung-rae KIM, Kil-soo CHOI