Patents by Inventor Minuk Kim
Minuk 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).
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Publication number: 20240118763Abstract: An electronic device includes: a hinge structure; a first housing connected to the hinge structure and including a first surface and a second surface; a second housing connected to the hinge structure and including a third surface and a fourth surface; a flexible display; a touch sensor; memory; and a processor, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to cause, when executed by the processor, the electronic device to, identify first coordinate information of at least one object on a first area of the flexible display and second coordinate information of the at least one object on a second area of the flexible display by using the touch sensor; and on the basis of the identified first coordinate information and the identified second coordinate information, identify three-dimensional coordinate information of the at least one object in the space formed by the first surface and the third surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mansung KIM, Minuk KIM, Bongjun KO, Jaeho LEE, Yoondo JUNG
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Patent number: 11941215Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a touch layer in which a sensor may be disposed below a designated area, wherein the touch layer comprises: a first touch line including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode arranged in a first direction in the designated area; a second touch line including a third touch electrode and a fourth touch electrode arranged in a second direction while crossing the first touch line in the designated area; a first opening formed in the area where the first touch line and the second touch line cross each other; and a first connection wiring disposed in the peripheral portion of the first opening and connecting the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode to each other. Various other embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aram Song, Sangheon Park, Hoondo Heo, Minuk Kim, Jongdae Park, Ilyong Yu
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Patent number: 11861121Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device comprising a metal mesh touch electrode. The electronic device may include: a display panel comprising an active area in which data is displayed, and an edge area formed along the outer peripheral surface of the active area; a substrate positioned on the display panel, the substrate comprising a first area corresponding to the active area and a second area corresponding to the edge area; a metal mesh electrode pattern formed in the first area and the second area; and multiple trace wires positioned on the substrate and electrically connected to the metal mesh electrode pattern. The metal mesh electrode pattern may comprise a first electrode pattern having a lattice structure, and a second electrode pattern having a lattice structure, the second electrode pattern being positioned on top of the first electrode pattern and disposed so as to crisscross the first electrode pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minuk Kim, Jihwan Kim, Hoondo Heo
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Publication number: 20230388401Abstract: An electronic device may include a body having a cylindrical shape as a cylindrical housing. The body may include: a first side surface portion extending from one end; and a second side surface portion extending from the other end of the body and disposed in parallel with the first side surface portion. The body may include a rollable display disposed to be rolled in an inner space of the cylindrical housing, and pulled from the inside of the housing to the outside and pushed into the inside of the housing. The electronic device may include radio frequency (RF) transmission lines disposed to traverse an active area of the rollable display on the rear surface of the rollable display. The electronic device may include a plurality of antennas disposed on one side of the rollable display and electrically connected to a first side of the plurality of RF transmission lines. The electronic device may include a flexible circuit board electrically connected to a second side of the RF transmission lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Minuk KIM, Kyunggu KIM, Jihwan KIM, Kyungmoon SEOL, Yongjae SONG, Byungduk YANG, Kyungtae KIM, Kwangtai KIM, Donghyun YEOM, Jaebong CHUN
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Patent number: 11822741Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device and an operation method thereof. The electronic device may comprise: a display comprising a touch screen; a memory; and at least one processor electrically connected to the display and the memory. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: store, in the memory, information associated with a plurality of algorithms for identifying the location of an input; identify, among the plurality of algorithms, a first algorithm corresponding to a first screen region which is a portion of a screen region of the touch screen; identify a first input on the first screen region; and using the first algorithm, acquire touch coordinate information, corresponding to the location corresponding to the first input, on the touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hoondo Heo, Jongdae Park, Minuk Kim, Jungwon Kim
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Publication number: 20230371340Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus. One or more embodiments relate to display apparatuses. One or more embodiments include a display apparatus having good color reproducibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Hoyong Shin, Kanguk Kim, Junhwi Lim, Kangsoo Han, Minuk Kim, Seonuk Lee
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Publication number: 20230341965Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel that displays an image through pixels and a window located above the display panel and through which light emitted from the display panel is transmitted. The display panel may include a light emitting area including the plurality of pixels; a plurality of organic light emitting elements located in the light emitting area to form the plurality of pixels; a thin film encapsulation layer covering the plurality of organic light emitting elements; a plurality of color filters arranged to overlap with the plurality of organic light emitting elements; and a plurality of light blocking portions located between the color filters to block the light. A plurality of first touch electrodes disposed between the plurality of light blocking portions and the thin film encapsulation layer and a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed between the thin film encapsulation layer and the window may be included.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Minuk KIM, Jungbae BAE, Hoondo HEO, Kwangtai KIM
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Publication number: 20230305596Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a first housing; a second housing configured to be received inside the first housing, and configured to be movable within the first housing to be exposed outside of the first housing; a flexible display including a first area and a second area; a first digitizer module provided in the first housing below the flexible display; a second digitizer module provided in the second housing below the first digitizer module based on the second housing being received inside the first housing; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the first digitizer module, the second digitizer module, and the memory, and configured to: detect a movement of the second housing with respect to the first housing; and configure a touch filter corresponding to each area of the flexible display based on the movement of the second housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Minuk KIM, Bongjun KO, Sungho AHN, Bowon JUNG, Jihyung JUNG, Joungmin CHO, Sungdae CHOI, Kwangtai KIM, Donghyun YEOM, Changryong HEO
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Publication number: 20230280875Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing foldably connected to the first housing through a hinge device, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the second housing from the first housing through the hinge device, a touch sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to operate a partial region of the touch sensor in a first mode in a folded state in which the first housing is folded with respect to the second housing, detect sliding motion in the folded state on the basis of the flexible display, confirm, in response to the sliding motion, a first display area in which the flexible display is exposed to the outside, and switch the touch sensor corresponding to the confirmed first display area from the first mode to a second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Minuk KIM, Jongkon BAE, Kyungtae KIM, Kwangtai KIM, Donghyun YEOM
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Patent number: 11747880Abstract: Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device, the device comprising a touch sensing module, a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a touch input while a low-power display mode is driven, store, in the memory, touch data corresponding to the detected touch input, change the low-power display mode to another designated mode, reset a touch baseline of the touch sensing module in response to the mode change, and compensate for the touch strength of the stored touch data at least on the basis of the designated mode. Various embodiments are possible.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongdae Park, Hoondo Heo, Minuk Kim, Jungwon Kim
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Publication number: 20230247119Abstract: An electronic apparatus may include: a housing including a first housing, which forms the side surfaces and rear surface of the electronic apparatus, and a second housing, which is connected to the first housing so as to be able to move relative to the first housing; a flexible display including a first region, which is exposed to the outside of the housing, and a second region, which extends from the first region and is inserted into or drawn out of the housing as the second housing slides relative to the first housing; a first digitizer coupled to the first region of the flexible display; a plate located inside the electronic apparatus; and a second digitizer disposed on the plate, wherein, in a state in which the second region has been drawn out of the housing, the second digitizer can be positioned corresponding to the drawn out second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Jihyung JUNG, Minuk KIM, Sungho AHN, Bowon JUNG, Joungmin CHO, Sungdae CHOI, Kwangtai KIM, Donghyun YEOM
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Patent number: 11709564Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: one or more first electrodes; one or more second electrodes arranged in at least a different direction from the one or more first electrodes; one or more third electrodes arranged between the one or more second electrodes, respectively, in the same direction as the second electrodes when viewed from above; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to detect touch information related to an external object, at least on the basis of a change in a capacitance value between at least a part of the one or more first electrodes and at least a part of the one or more second electrodes, and detect hovering information related to the external object, at least on the basis of a capacitance value related to at least a part of the one or more third electrodes. Various other embodiments are possible.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hoondo Heo, Sangheon Park, Seunghoon Ko, Minuk Kim, Keunsik Lee
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Publication number: 20230205384Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a touch layer in which a sensor may be disposed below a designated area, wherein the touch layer comprises: a first touch line including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode arranged in a first direction in the designated area; a second touch line including a third touch electrode and a fourth touch electrode arranged in a second direction while crossing the first touch line in the designated area; a first opening formed in the area where the first touch line and the second touch line cross each other; and a first connection wiring disposed in the peripheral portion of the first opening and connecting the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode to each other. Various other embodiments are also possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Aram SONG, Sangheon PARK, Hoondo HEO, Minuk KIM, Jongdae PARK, Ilyong YU
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Publication number: 20230122323Abstract: An electronic device includes a display module including a first region and a second region which extends from the first region and tactically senses an input via a conductive layer, a first structure facing the display module, a second structure slidably connected to the first structure, and slidable together with the display module along the first structure, and a back cover forming a rear surface of the electronic device and including a window region, and the conductive layer which is on the window region. The second structure which slides towards and away the first structure respectively closes and opens the electronic device, the electronic device which is closed defines the front surface including the first region, together with the second region tactically exposed at the window region, and the electronic device which is open defines the front surface including the first region and a portion of the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Myunghoon KWAK, Minuk KIM, Byounguk YOON, Hyunju HONG
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Patent number: 11604553Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a touch layer in which a sensor may be disposed below a designated area, wherein the touch layer comprises: a first touch line including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode arranged in a first direction in the designated area; a second touch line including a third touch electrode and a fourth touch electrode arranged in a second direction while crossing the first touch line in the designated area; a first opening formed in the area where the first touch line and the second touch line cross each other; and a first connection wiring disposed in the peripheral portion of the first opening and connecting the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode to each other. Various other embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aram Song, Sangheon Park, Hoondo Heo, Minuk Kim, Jongdae Park, Ilyong Yu
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Publication number: 20230023401Abstract: An electronic device includes a cover window defining a front surface of the electronic device; a first sensor provided under the cover window and configured to detect a pressure applied to the cover window; a second sensor provided on a same layer as the first sensor and configured to detect the pressure applied to the cover window; a first adhesive member provided on at least one area under the second sensor, wherein the second sensor is less deformed than the first sensor by the pressure applied to the cover window provided by the first adhesive member; and a processor configured to: acquire a first pressure change amount detected by the first sensor and a second pressure change amount detected by the second sensor; and detect the pressure applied to the cover window based on the first pressure change amount and the second pressure change amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hoondo HEO, Minuk KIM, Kyungtae NAM, Valeriy PRUSHINSKIY, Sanggon SHIN, Sunmyung LEE, Suk HYUN
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Publication number: 20220368786Abstract: A portable communication device in an embodiment may include a housing which forms an exterior of the portable communication device; a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and bendable with respect to a bending axis, the flexible display including at least one layer, an opening formed in the at least one layer; and an image sensor module at least partially positioned in a space formed by the opening, wherein the at least one layer may include a first inner side surface positioned in a first direction based on the image sensor module and a second inner side surface positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the image sensor module, as the flexible display is at least partially bent, the first inner side surface may be moved in the second direction, and if the flexible display is substantially flat, a first separation distance between a first side surface of the image sensor module facing the first inner side surface of the at least one layer and the first iType: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Minuk KIM, Harksang KIM, Jiyoung KWAK, Soonik PARK, Sungho AHN, Sangyong EOM, Hyunwoong CHUNG, Joungmin CHO, Kwangtai KIM, Donghyun YEOM, Changryong HEO
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Publication number: 20220350446Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a touch layer in which a sensor may be disposed below a designated area, wherein the touch layer comprises: a first touch line including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode arranged in a first direction in the designated area; a second touch line including a third touch electrode and a fourth touch electrode arranged in a second direction while crossing the first touch line in the designated area; a first opening formed in the area where the first touch line and the second touch line cross each other; and a first connection wiring disposed in the peripheral portion of the first opening and connecting the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode to each other. Various other embodiments are also possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Aram SONG, Sangheon PARK, Hoondo HEO, Minuk KIM, Jongdae PARK, Ilyong YU
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Patent number: 11467603Abstract: A moving robot and a control method thereof according to the present invention create a cleaning map including information on a travelable area of a cleaning area based on obstacle information, create a create a manufactured user map by changing forms and outlines by area with respect to a plurality of area configuring the cleaning map, and create a user map having a form similar to that of the cleaning are in a real indoor space by changing a form and an outline of a map including information on the travelable area according to an arear, so that a user easily recognizes a position of each area to input a cleaning command through the map, and a cleaning command with respect to an area which the moving robot cannot run is prevented from being input. Since the moving robot does not unnecessarily move an area, operation power consumption is reduced. The moving robot may run a cleaning area with limited power to efficiently clean the cleaning area.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Minuk Kim, Suuk Choe
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Publication number: 20220300042Abstract: Electronic devices include a first housing, a second housing, a display arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and a hinge structure of which at least a portion is arranged between the first housing and the second housing to support a hinge operation. A hinge housing is provided in which at least a portion of the hinge structure is receivable. At least one cavity structure defines at least one cavity in at least a partial region of at least one of the hinge housing, the first housing, and the second housing to prevent flowing or diffusion of incoming foreign matter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Changryong HEO, Valeriy PRUSHINSKIY, Minuk KIM, Junghyeon KIM, Byounguk YOON, Hoondo HEO, Suk HYUN