Patents by Inventor Kwon-lu Lee

Kwon-lu 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).

  • Method of inputting function into portable terminal and button input apparatus of portable terminal using the same
    Patent number: 7817143
    Abstract: A function input method for providing in advance to a user information on a function to be executed when the user presses a button to execute a specific function in a portable terminal, such as a cellular phone, and a button input apparatus using the same. The method includes: receiving a button input when the user presses one of a plurality of buttons; determining whether a mode of the button input is a touch mode or a click mode; and displaying a preview image of a function corresponding to the pressed button if the button input mode is the touch mode and executing the function corresponding to the pressed button if the button input mode is the click mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-seok Soh, Seong-woon Kim, Chang-kyu Choi, Jun-ho Park, Kwon-lu Lee
  • Method of inputting function into portable terminal and button input apparatus of portable terminal using the same
    Publication number: 20070129046
    Abstract: A function input method for providing in advance to a user information on a function to be executed when the user presses a button to execute a specific function in a portable terminal, such as a cellular phone, and a button input apparatus using the same. The method includes: receiving a button input when the user presses one of a plurality of buttons; determining whether a mode of the button input is a touch mode or a click mode; and displaying a preview image of a function corresponding to the pressed button if the button input mode is the touch mode and executing the function corresponding to the pressed button if the button input mode is the click mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-seok Soh, Seong-woon Kim, Chang-kyu Choi, Jun-ho Park, Kwon-lu Lee