Patents by Inventor Namkoo LEE

Namkoo 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).

  • Patent number: 11538474
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The electronic device includes a microphone, a memory storing at least one instruction and dialogue history information, and a processor configured to be connected to the microphone and the memory and control the electronic device, in which the processor, by executing the at least one instruction, is configured to, based on a user's voice being input via the microphone, obtain response information for generating a response sentence to the user's voice, select at least one template phrase for generating the response sentence to the user's voice based on the stored dialogue history information, generate the response sentence using the response information and the at least one template phrase, and output the generated response sentence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungtak Choi, Hannam Kim, Sunghwan Baek, Haehun Yang, Kwanho Lee, Namkoo Lee, Daye Lee, Yeseul Lee, Hojung Lee, Jisun Choi, Inchul Hwang
  • Patent number: 11398230
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a microphone, a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor is configured to display a user interface for adjusting voice recognition sensitivity of each of a plurality of voice recognizing devices configured to start a voice recognition service in response to the same start utterance, through the display, to transmit a value of the changed sensitivity to at least part of the plurality of voice recognizing devices when the voice recognition sensitivity is changed through the user interface, to transmit a signal for waiting to receive a first utterance of a user, to the plurality of voice recognizing devices, to receive utterance information corresponding to the first utterance from the plurality of voice recognizing devices, and to update the user interface based on the utterance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jang, Sangki Kang, Namkoo Lee, Euisuk Chung
  • Patent number: 11372907
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an output device, at least one processor operatively connected to the output device, and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions that cause at least one processor to output a natural language response based on main information selected from raw data depending on a context. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hannam Kim, Eunchung Noh, Kwanho Lee, Yeseul Lee, Jisun Choi, Namkoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20210090565
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The electronic device includes a microphone, a memory storing at least one instruction and dialogue history information, and a processor configured to be connected to the microphone and the memory and control the electronic device, in which the processor, by executing the at least one instruction, is configured to, based on a user's voice being input via the microphone, obtain response information for generating a response sentence to the user's voice, select at least one template phrase for generating the response sentence to the user's voice based on the stored dialogue history information, generate the response sentence using the response information and the at least one template phrase, and output the generated response sentence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hyungtak CHOI, Hannam KIM, Sunghwan BAEK, Haehun YANG, Kwanho LEE, Namkoo LEE, Daye LEE, Yeseul LEE, Hojung LEE, Jisun CHOI, Inchul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200327155
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an output device, at least one processor operatively connected to the output device, and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions that cause at least one processor to output a natural language response based on main information selected from raw data depending on a context. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hannam KIM, Eunchung NOH, Kwanho LEE, Yeseul LEE, Jisun CHOI, Namkoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20200105264
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a microphone, a memory, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor is configured to display a user interface for adjusting voice recognition sensitivity of each of a plurality of voice recognizing devices configured to start a voice recognition service in response to the same start utterance, through the display, to transmit a value of the changed sensitivity to at least part of the plurality of voice recognizing devices when the voice recognition sensitivity is changed through the user interface, to transmit a signal for waiting to receive a first utterance of a user, to the plurality of voice recognizing devices, to receive utterance information corresponding to the first utterance from the plurality of voice recognizing devices, and to update the user interface based on the utterance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sungwoon JANG, Sangki KANG, Namkoo LEE, Euisuk CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20170249934
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one communication circuit, a display, a speaker, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit, the display, the memory and the speaker. The processor is configured to receive a message that includes one or more items of a link or content through the at least one communication circuit, parse the message in order to recognize the one or more items, extract or receive content from the one or more items or from an external resource related to the one or more items, convert the message into at least one of a speech, a sound, an image, a video, and data according to at least one of the parsed message and the extracted or received content, and provide at least one of the speech, the sound, the image, the video, and the data to the speaker or the at least one communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Doosuk KANG, Kyungtae KIM, Yongjoon JEON, Minkyung HWANG, Hyelim WOO, Namkoo LEE, Jimin LEE