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).

  • Patent number: 11442587
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aram Song, Sangheon Park, Hoondo Heo, Minuk Kim, Jongdae Park, Ilyong Yu
  • Publication number: 20220257075
    Abstract: According to a moving robot and a method of controlling the same of the present disclosure, a shape of a ceiling is extracted from an image captured during traveling on the basis of a map generated by detecting an obstacle, a shape of an area corresponding to the shape of the ceiling is extracted, an actual shape of the area and a map to which a detection result of the obstacle is reflected are generated, and a map having a shape close to an actual shape of an indoor shape is provided to a user. Accordingly, the user can easily divide the plurality of areas, can input a correct cleaning command based on the map, and can easily check a current state or a cleaning state of the moving robot for each area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Minuk KIM, Hyeshin LEE
  • Patent number: 11392247
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a foldable electronic device and a method for detecting a touch input by a foldable electronic device. The method may include: detecting an angle between a first housing and a second housing; and adjusting a touch-sensing sensitivity on at least a portion of a third side adjacent to a first side to be lower than a touch-sensing sensitivity on the first side based on a touch input being detected on the first side where the angle is smaller than a specified angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Hoondo Heo, Jiyong Kim, Keunsik Lee
  • Publication number: 20220147193
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Minuk KIM, Jihwan KIM, Hoondo HEO
  • Publication number: 20220147179
    Abstract: A method and an electronic device are provided for compensating for changed touch sensitivity of a touch panel of the electronic device. It is detected whether a rollable display of the electronic device is expanded. It is detected whether the touch sensitivity of the touch panel of the rollable display is changed, in case that the rollable display is expanded. A rolling direction and a length of extension of the rollable display is changed, in case that the touch sensitivity is changed. It is detected whether a resistance of an expansion area of the rollable display is changed. The touch sensitivity of the touch panel is compensated for, in case that the resistance is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Minuk KIM, Sungho AHN, Bowon JUNG, Jihyung JUNG, Joungmin CHO, Sungdae CHOI, Kwangtai KIM, Donghyun YEOM, Changryong HEO
  • Patent number: 11324371
    Abstract: To successfully deal with a problem to be solved by the present invention, a cleaner for performing automatic driving according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; a driving unit for moving the body; a detecting unit for acquiring information relating to an environment around the body while the body runs in a cleaning area; and a control unit which generates map information corresponding to the cleaning area on the basis of the information acquired by the detecting unit, configures a driving cost value for each of multiple grids included in the map information, and configures a driving route of the body on the basis of the configured driving cost value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong Park, Minuk Kim, Gwanryong Baek
  • Patent number: 11322089
    Abstract: A display is disclosed. A display according to various embodiments may comprise: a panel comprising a first pixel line comprising multiple first pixels formed in a first direction and a second pixel line comprising multiple second pixels formed in the first direction; a first wire for supplying power to the multiple first pixels included in the first pixel line; a second wire for supplying power to the multiple second pixels included in the second pixel line; and a compensation circuit electrically connected to the second wire, and compensating for an impedance corresponding to the difference in number between the multiple first pixels and the multiple second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changryong Heo, Chihyun Cho, Minuk Kim, Hyoseok Na
  • Patent number: 11249578
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device and a method for changing a condition for determining a touch input to be a pressure input store, in a memory, at least one piece of information relating to a sensed touch input that satisfies a designated condition in a designated time, when the touch input sensed by a sensor module satisfies a pressure input condition, and change the pressure input condition at least on the basis of the stored information, wherein the at least one piece of information can comprise information regarding at least one of speed, strength, or location of the input, and additional various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mansung Kim, Aram Song, Changjin Kim, Minuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20220043530
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hoondo HEO, Jongdae PARK, Minuk KIM, Jungwon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220045148
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a circuit with improved characteristics and including a thin-film transistor includes a first interlayer insulating layer arranged on a substrate, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the first interlayer insulating layer and including an oxide semiconductor material, a first gate electrode arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a second interlayer insulating layer arranged on the first gate electrode, and a first electrode layer arranged on the second interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer through a first contact hole penetrating the second interlayer insulating layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes an opening corresponding to the first contact hole, and the first electrode layer contacts an inner surface of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bohwa KIM, Younggil PARK, Minuk KIM, Sungwook WOO, Nari AHN
  • Publication number: 20220004244
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jongdae PARK, Hoondo HEO, Minuk KIM, Jungwon KIM
  • Publication number: 20210357079
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Aram SONG, Sangheon PARK, Hoondo HEO, Minuk KIM, Jongdae PARK, Ilyong YU
  • Publication number: 20210318789
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hoondo HEO, Sangheon PARK, Seunghoon KO, Minuk KIM, Keunsik LEE
  • Patent number: 11145687
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present document relate to a display and, particularly, relate to a display including infrared elements, and an electronic device including the same. The display according to various embodiments of the present document includes a substrate; a first element for outputting light of a first visible light band and a second element for outputting light of an infrared band, the elements being formed on the substrate; and a third element for outputting light of a second visible light band, wherein at least a portion of the third element is arranged to overlaps the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Changryong Heo, Minuk Kim, Valeriy Prushinskiy, Chihyun Cho
  • Publication number: 20210265005
    Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller that individually controls a plurality of memory units includes reading respective segments from the plurality of memory units based on a plurality of control signals; generating an output codeword based on the segments; performing error correction decoding on the output codeword; when a result of the error correction decoding indicates success, updating at least one of a plurality of accumulated error pattern information respectively corresponding to the plurality of memory units based on the result of the error correction decoding; and when the result of the error correction decoding indicates failure, regulating at least one of the plurality of control signals based on at least one of the plurality of accumulated error pattern information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: MINUK KIM, BOHWAN JUN, HONG RAK SON, DONG-MIN SHIN, KIJUN LEE
  • Patent number: 11073866
    Abstract: An foldable electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes: a foldable housing rotatable about a hinge, enabling folding of a flexible display. The device further includes a touch sensor, a first processor and a second processor. The processors implement the method, including: by the first processor, detecting an external object contacting the flexible display and requesting activation of the second processor based on the detection; and by the second processor: activating and outputting a notification warning of potential damage to the flexible display if the device is folded closed with the external object present on the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Jiyong Kim, Jongdae Park, Keunsik Lee, Hoondo Heo, Changryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11037646
    Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller that individually controls a plurality of memory units includes reading respective segments from the plurality of memory units based on a plurality of control signals; generating an output codeword based on the segments; performing error correction decoding on the output codeword; when a result of the error correction decoding indicates success, updating at least one of a plurality of accumulated error pattern information respectively corresponding to the plurality of memory units based on the result of the error correction decoding; and when the result of the error correction decoding indicates failure, regulating at least one of the plurality of control signals based on at least one of the plurality of accumulated error pattern information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Bohwan Jun, Hong Rak Son, Dong-Min Shin, Kijun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210149542
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a foldable electronic device and a method for detecting a touch input by a foldable electronic device. The method may include: detecting an angle between a first housing and a second housing; and adjusting a touch-sensing sensitivity on at least a portion of a third side adjacent to a first side to be lower than a touch-sensing sensitivity on the first side based on a touch input being detected on the first side where the angle is smaller than a specified angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Hoondo Heo, Jiyong Kim, Keunsik Lee
  • Publication number: 20210116959
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing comprising a front plate facing in a first direction, a rear plate facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member disposed to surround a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a rigid display disposed between the front plate and the rear plate of the housing, for externally displaying information in the first direction; a flexible display extending from one side of the rigid display and bending relative to the rigid display, thereby forming a curved surface, or disposed in parallel to the rigid display, thereby forming a flat surface; a plurality of magnets arranged at a specified interval in the flexible display; and a first sensor disposed in the rigid display and configured to sense the degree of bending of the flexible display by sensing magnetic forces provided by the plurality of magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Changryong HEO, Valeriy PRUSHINSKIY, Mijeong SONG, Minuk KIM, Hajoong PARK
  • Patent number: 10946520
    Abstract: A mobile robot system and a related control method sets a virtual wall as a specific area so that a mobile robot cannot approach within a cleaning area to restrict a traveling of the mobile robot, registers the virtual wall on a map when the virtual wall for restrict the approach of the mobile robot is set by a terminal, calculates a location of the virtual wall for the cleaning area to avoid the virtual wall, and restricts the approach of the mobile robot by matching the virtual wall to the cleaning area, controlling the mobile robot as if an actual physical obstacle exists by setting the virtual wall on the map through the terminal and matching to an actual cleaning area, and achieving an easy cleaning setting and effectively controlling the mobile robot as it can be plurally set at a desired location irrespective of the number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Woochan Jun, Suuk Choe