Patents by Inventor Moo-Young Kim

Moo-Young 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: 10389956
    Abstract: Provided are image sensors. An image sensor includes a pixel array comprising pixels configured to output signal voltages, each of the pixels comprising first and second photodiodes, first and second transfer transistors connected to the first and second photodiodes, respectively, and a floating diffusion node to which the first and second transfer transistors are connected; a ramp voltage generator configured to generate a ramp voltage that decreases with a slope according to a ramp clock to have a first gain; a correlation double sampler (CDS) configured to compare the ramp voltage with the signal voltages to output a comparison signal; a counter configured to count the comparison signal according to a counter clock to output a digital signal; and a digital scaling unit configured to scale the digital signal to have a second gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, Kyoung Min Koh, Woong Joo, Mi Ra Lee
  • Publication number: 20190244395
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a display displaying content and a processor operatively connected to the display. The processor is configured to obtain information about an exterior color, to extract a dominant color from a specified area in an area in which the content is displayed, and to apply a gradation effect for transitioning from the exterior color to the dominant color, to at least part of an edge area of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Seung Jun HYUN, Seung Min CHOI, Min Sik KIM, Min Sung LEE, Song Hee JUNG, Moo Young KIM, Ki Huk LEE
  • Publication number: 20190244586
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise: a display having a content display area logically divided into a plurality of areas; and a processor functionally connected to the display. The processor may be configured to: display a first content in a first area; display, in a second area, a status window for providing an indication of a status of the electronic device or an application executed in the electronic device; move the first area in a predetermined direction in response to a predetermined event; and display a second content corresponding to the status in a third area on the basis of at least the movement of the first area. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are also possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Seung Jun HYUN, Seung Min CHOI, Min Sik KIM, Min Sung LEE, Song Hee JUNG, Moo Young KIM, Ki Huk LEE
  • Patent number: 10362253
    Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel configured to generate a reset signal and an image signal, a comparator configured to compare the reset signal with a reference signal and generate a first comparison signal, a counter configured to generate a first count value corresponding to the reset signal based on a clock signal and the first comparison signal, and a reference signal generator configured to generate the reference signal which changes between a first level corresponding to a maximum reset count value of the counter and a second level corresponding to a minimum reset count value of the counter during a reset signal period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Min Koh, Jae Jin Jung, Moo Young Kim, Jae Cheol Yun, Seung Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10346036
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for executing a plurality of objects displayed on a screen of an electronic device. The plurality of objects are displayed on the screen of the electronic device. Each of the plurality of objects is used to execute an application upon selection of a respective object. Information about a first object, of the plurality of objects, corresponding to a first application and information about a second object, of the plurality of objects, corresponding to a second application, are linked. Link information about the linked first and second objects is stored. The second application is executed upon receipt of a predetermined input value from an input means during execution of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Moo-Young Kim, Hong-Seok Yang
  • Patent number: 10346126
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for streaming audio between a source device and a destination device. An example method may include determining an available bandwidth between the source device and the destination device. The example method may also include determining a bit rate for streaming audio from the source device to the destination device, wherein the bit rate is based on the available bandwidth. The example method may further include determining a preferred audio characteristic for streaming audio from the source device to the destination device, wherein the preferred audio characteristic is based on a user preference. The example method may also include determining encoded audio to be transmitted from the source device to the destination device based on the preferred audio characteristic and the bit rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Nils Günther Peters, Moo Young Kim, Dipanjan Sen
  • Publication number: 20190198028
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described by which to provide priority information for higher order ambisonic (HOA) audio data. A device comprising a memory and a processor may perform the techniques. The memory stores HOA coefficients of the HOA audio data, the HOA coefficients representative of a soundfield. The processor may decompose the HOA coefficients into a sound component and a corresponding spatial component, the corresponding spatial component defining shape, width, and directions of the sound component, and the corresponding spatial component defined in a spherical harmonic domain. The processor may also determine, based on one or more of the sound component and the corresponding spatial component, priority information indicative of a priority of the sound component relative to other sound components of the soundfield, and specify, in a data object representative of a compressed version of the HOA audio data, the sound component and the priority information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, Nils Günther Peters, Shankar Thagadur Shivappa, Dipanjan Sen
  • Patent number: 10324562
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing a user input in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch device detecting a touch input; a pressure device detecting a pressure input; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to if the pressure input is detected, generate an event corresponding to the pressure input, determine if the touch input is detected while the pressure input is detected, if the touch input is detected while the pressure input is detected, update the event to correspond to the pressure input and the touch input, and process the updated event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngho Cho, Jeong-Jin Lee, Iljoo Chae, Chang-Hee Hong, Moo-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20190181539
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, a touch screen display positioned inside the housing, wherein the display comprises a display panel and a touch panel that is separated from or integrated with the display panel, a conductive member (conductor) forming at least a portion of the side surface, at least one substantially transparent conductive pattern that is integrated into the display, a ground member (ground) interposed between the first surface and the second surface, a wireless communication circuit including a port electrically coupled to the conductive member, and a processor electrically coupled to the display and the wireless communication circuit. The substantially transparent conductive pattern is electrically coupled to the port of the wireless communication circuit and/or the ground member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Ki Huk LEE, Moo Young KIM, Min Sik KIM, Ho Saeng KIM, Dong Ryul SHIN, Min Sung LEE, Song Hee JUNG, Jae Bong CHUN, Seung Jun HYUN
  • Patent number: 10304419
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a display driver integrated circuit, a memory and a processor, which implements the method. The method includes outputting a first screen to a display in a first resolution, when a resolution change condition is detected by a processor, changing the first screen to display a second screen in a second resolution different from the first resolutions; and adjusting performance of a system resource of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Sun Park, Won Hee Seo, In Seog Ku, Woo Geun Kim, Il Jung, Dae Hyun Cho, Dae Sik Hwang, Moo Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10298045
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic device is provided which includes electrically connecting a battery with an external power source using a first switch such that a first portion of a first current supplied from the external power source is supplied to a system circuit of the electronic device and a second portion of the first current is supplied to the battery, determining whether a specified condition is satisfied, electrically disconnecting the battery from the external power source using the first switch and electrically connecting the battery with a resistor using a second switch, if the specified condition is satisfied, verifying an electrical characteristic of a current applied to the resistor while the battery is electrically disconnected from the external power source and is electrically connected with the resistor, and determining whether an operation of the battery is abnormal, based at least on a part of the electrical characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hoon Jung, Joo Hoan Do, Min Woo Song, Sung Won Moon, Hyun Seok Lee, Eui Chan Jung, Moo Young Kim, Hyo Seok Na, Ji Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190116440
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for adapting higher order ambisonic audio data to include three degrees of freedom plus effects. An example device configured to perform the techniques includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory may be configured to store higher order ambisonic audio data representative of a soundfield. The processor may be configured to obtain a translational distance representative of a translational head movement of a user interfacing with the device. The processor may further be configured to adapt, based on the translational distance, higher order ambisonic audio data to provide three degrees of freedom plus effects that adapt the soundfield to account for the translational head movement, and generate speaker feeds based on the adapted higher order ambient audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nils Günther Peters, S M Akramus Salehin, Shankar Thagadur Shivappa, Moo Young Kim, Dipanjan Sen
  • Patent number: 10249312
    Abstract: A device for processing audio data obtains data representing quantized versions of a set of one or more spatial vectors. Each respective spatial vector of the set of spatial vectors corresponds to a respective audio signal of the set of audio signals. Each of the spatial vectors is in a Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA) domain and is computed based on a set of loudspeaker locations. The device inverse quantizes the quantized versions of the spatial vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, Dipanjan Sen
  • Publication number: 20190074020
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for signaling layers for scalable coding of higher order ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store the bitstream. The processor may be configured to obtain, from the bitstream, an indication of a number of layers specified in the bitstream, and obtain the layers of the bitstream based on the indication of the number of layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen
  • Patent number: 10218058
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, a touch screen display positioned inside the housing, wherein the display comprises a display panel and a touch panel that is separated from or integrated with the display panel, a conductive member (conductor) forming at least a portion of the side surface, at least one substantially transparent conductive pattern that is integrated into the display, a ground member (ground) interposed between the first surface and the second surface, a wireless communication circuit including a port electrically coupled to the conductive member, and a processor electrically coupled to the display and the wireless communication circuit. The substantially transparent conductive pattern is electrically coupled to the port of the wireless communication circuit and/or the ground member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ki Huk Lee, Moo Young Kim, Min Sik Kim, Ho Saeng Kim, Dong Ryul Shin, Min Sung Lee, Song Hee Jung, Jae Bong Chun, Seung Jun Hyun
  • Patent number: 10212375
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator, a switch, and a counter circuit. The comparator is configured to generate a comparison signal by comparing an analog signal received through a first signal line and a reference signal received through a second signal line. The switch is coupled between the first signal line and the comparator. The switch is open before the analog signal is applied to the first signal line to disconnect the first signal line from the comparator, and is closed after the analog signal is applied to the first signal line to provide the analog signal to the comparator. The counter circuit is configured to generate a digital signal corresponding to the analog signal by performing a count operation in synchronization with a count clock signal based on the comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moo-Young Kim, Kwang-Hyun Lee, Kyoung-Min Koh
  • Patent number: 10176814
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for compression and decoding of audio data are generally disclosed. An example device for compressing higher order ambisonic (HOA) coefficients representative of a soundfield includes a memory configured to store audio data and one or more processors configured to: determine when to use ambient HOA coefficients of the HOA coefficients to augment one or more foreground audio objects obtained through decomposition of the HOA coefficients based on one or more singular values also obtained through the decomposition of the HOA coefficients, the ambient HOA coefficients representative of an ambient component of the soundfield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Moo Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20190007632
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a unit pixel, a first clamp circuit, and a second clamp circuit. The unit pixel outputs a voltage having an output voltage level at a first output voltage level in a first time interval and at a second output voltage level in a second time interval different from the first time interval. The first clamp circuit is configured to clamp the output voltage level from the unit pixel to a first voltage level responsive to the first output voltage level being not greater than the first voltage level in the first time interval. The second clamp circuit is configured to clamp the output voltage level from the unit pixel to a second voltage level responsive to the second output voltage level being not greater than the second voltage level in the second time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, KyoungMin Koh, Woong Joo, Mira Lee, Kyung-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20190007636
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an image signal processor and a memory. The image signal processor receives a signal of a first code value that corresponds to an active pixel included in an active area, calculates a correction value based on a second code value associated with a first area and a third code value associated with a second area, and calculates an output code value based on the first code value and the correction value. The first area and the second area are different from the active area. The correction value includes a component of the third code value in proportion to a distance between the active pixel and the first area and includes a component of the second code value in proportion to a distance between the active pixel and the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Moo Young KIM, KYOUNGMIN KOH, KYUIL KIM
  • Patent number: 10140996
    Abstract: In general, techniques are described for signaling layers for scalable coding of higher order ambisonic audio data. A device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store the bitstream. The processor may be configured to obtain, from the bitstream, an indication of a number of layers specified in the bitstream, and obtain the layers of the bitstream based on the indication of the number of layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Moo Young Kim, Nils Günther Peters, Dipanjan Sen