Patents by Inventor Raetae KIM

Raetae 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: 12354511
    Abstract: An electronic device and its screen control method are disclosed. The electronic device may include a flexible display configured to change a size of a display area and at least one processor. The at least one processor may, based on a first screen being displayed in the display area of a first size, receive an input for changing the display area into a second size The at least one processor may, based on the display area being changed to the second size according to the received input, control the display to display a second screen which changes the first screen in response to the second size in the display area changed into the second size. The second screen may include, among a plurality of elements in content, a first element corresponding to an element in the first screen and a second element of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Raetae Kim, Gyeongtae Park, Dahee Kim, Songyi Lee, Jonghwa Lee, Jihea Park
  • Patent number: 12191934
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising a flexible display and a method of the electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying, based on a sliding of the flexible display, an object related to a wireless charging function or a payment function, in a first region of the flexible display corresponding to a position of a first antenna included in the electronic device, and when the position of the first antenna is changed by the sliding of the flexible display, changing a display position of the object, based on the changed position of the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Raetae Kim, Myunghoon Kwak, Yongyoun Kim, Gisoo Lim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Publication number: 20250008673
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing, a sliding plate configured to slide-out from the housing, a flexible display including a first section coupled to overlap the sliding plate, and a bendable section extending from the first section and configured to be pulled out from an inner space of the housing during the slide-out, a support sheet disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, a first curved portion located inside the housing to correspond to the bendable section, a belt connecting the support sheet and the sliding plate to each other, and a second curved portion located inside the housing to correspond to the belt and spaced apart from the first curved portion in a slide-out direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Gisoo LIM, Myunghoon KWAK, Raetae KIM, Yongyoun KIM, Byunghun CHO, Joongyeon CHO, Byounguk YOON, Hyunju HONG
  • Publication number: 20240427488
    Abstract: An electronic device for controlling a screen is provided. The electronic device includes a virtual keypad and a method for controlling same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Moonjeong KIM, Donghyun JO, Youngrog KIM, Changhan LEE, Raetae KIM, Moonsun KIM, Hoyoung JEONG
  • Patent number: 12167115
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing in a movable manner, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing and having a structure that is changeable with a movement of the second housing, a camera module in which an optical magnification can be set, and a processor. The camera module includes a first camera holder connected to the first housing and including a first lens module disposed along a first optical axis, and a second camera holder connected to the second housing and including at least a second lens module disposed along the first optical axis. The second camera holder is movable along the first optical axis with respect to the first camera holder with the movement of the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Youngmin Ji, Jinwoo Kim, Youngseong Kim, Myunghoon Kwak, Raetae Kim, Changryong Heo
  • Publication number: 20240329914
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising: a housing, a flexible display having a resizable region visible to an outside of the housing by at least a portion being moved from the inside to the outside of the housing, a communication circuit configured to enable transmitting or receiving data to or from an external electronic device, at least one sensor configured to identify a size of a region where the flexible display is visible to the outside of the housing, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a first content on first region of the flexible display visible to the outside of the housing, establish communication connection with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, transmit, based on the establishing of the communication connection, first information on the first content to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the ex
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Jookwan LEE, Yongjin Kwon, Myunghoon Kwak, Raetae Kim, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 12101896
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing, a sliding plate configured to slide-out from the housing, a flexible display including a first section coupled to overlap the sliding plate, and a bendable section extending from the first section and configured to be pulled out from an inner space of the housing during the slide-out, a support sheet disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, a first curved portion located inside the housing to correspond to the bendable section, a belt connecting the support sheet and the sliding plate to each other, and a second curved portion located inside the housing to correspond to the belt and spaced apart from the first curved portion in a slide-out direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gisoo Lim, Myunghoon Kwak, Raetae Kim, Yongyoun Kim, Byunghun Cho, Joongyeon Cho, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Publication number: 20240223686
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a motor; a flexible display having an externally visible screen area configured to be extended or shrunk by driving the motor; a driving level determination unit comprising circuitry configured to determine a driving level for the motor based on one or more pieces of context information related to the electronic device based on the screen area being requested to be extended or shrunk; and a driving control unit comprising circuitry configured to drive the motor according to the determined driving level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Raetae KIM, Moonjeong KIM, Myunghoon KWAK, Jookwan LEE, Duyeong CHOI, Yangwook KIM, Junghyeob LEE, Changryong HEO
  • Patent number: 12014105
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising: a housing, a flexible display having a resizable region visible to an outside of the housing by at least a portion being moved from the inside to the outside of the housing, a communication circuit configured to enable transmitting or receiving data to or from an external electronic device, at least one sensor configured to identify a size of a region where the flexible display is visible to the outside of the housing, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a first content on first region of the flexible display visible to the outside of the housing, establish communication connection with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, transmit, based on the establishing of the communication connection, first information on the first content to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jookwan Lee, Yongjin Kwon, Myunghoon Kwak, Raetae Kim, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 11893303
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes receiving display information of the target device from the target device using a communication module, expanding or reducing a flexible display of the electronic device based on the display information of the target device, generating mirroring data including a content area in which content is displayed and an additional information area in which additional information is displayed based on the display information of the target device, and transmitting the mirroring data to the target device using the communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Raetae Kim, Yangwook Kim, Moonjeong Kim, Jookwan Lee, Jihea Park
  • Patent number: 11886242
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing and that performs a sliding operation, a display, of which a size of a visual exposure area is changed in correspondence to the sliding operation of the second housing, a first variable magnetism member disposed at a first location of the first housing, and of which a magnetic force varies depending on a current or a voltage that is supplied thereto, a second variable magnetism member disposed at a second location of the first housing, and of which a magnetic force varies depending on a current or a voltage that is supplied thereto, a magnet member fixed to an inner surface of the second housing, and that moves between the first variable magnetism member and the second variable magnetism member during the sliding operation, and a processor operatively connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Raetae Kim, Yongyoun Kim, Gisoo Lim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Publication number: 20230316453
    Abstract: An electronic device and a preview control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display, a camera including a lens assembly that moves in conjunction with the movement of the flexible display, and a processor. The processor can detect the movement of the flexible display through a sensor and can adjust a preset preview range on the basis of the detected movement of the flexible display. The processor can adjust a preview range in consideration of the movement of the flexible display, the preview range being a preview range in a captured image acquired through the camera or a preview range in a region captured by an image sensor. A preview image corresponding to the adjusted preview range can be displayed through the flexible display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Raetae KIM, Myunghoon KWAK, Wankyu KIM, Youngmin JI, Jihea PARK
  • Patent number: 11776440
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a housing, a battery, a flexible display including a first area and a second area extending from the first area and configured to move from the housing to change the size of an area visible to the front face of the electronic device, a sensor configured to identify information related to the size of the visible area of the display, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: identify size information of the visible area of the display using the information received from the sensor, and control the display to display information related to an available usage time of the electronic device based on the identified size information and the remaining amount of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wankyu Kim, Raetae Kim, Bohyeon Kim, Byungwoo Min, Joongyeon Cho, Junwoo Choi, Jihea Park
  • Publication number: 20230185420
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise: a housing; a memory configured to store instructions; a display slidable into the housing or slidable out of the housing; and at least one processor, when the instructions are executed, configured to: identify, while an image is displayed in a display area of the display exposed outside the housing, an event in which the display area exposed outside the housing is extended; and change, in response to the identification, a representation of the image based on at least one of a direction in which the display area is extended or a speed at which the display area is extended, while the display area is extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Moonjeong KIM, Raetae KIM, Yangwook KIM, Wankyu KIM, Gyeongtae PARK, Sunghwan PARK, Jookwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20230168854
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes receiving display information of the target device from the target device using a communication module, expanding or reducing a flexible display of the electronic device based on the display information of the target device, generating mirroring data including a content area in which content is displayed and an additional information area in which additional information is displayed based on the display information of the target device, and transmitting the mirroring data to the target device using the communication circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Raetae KIM, Yangwook KIM, Moonjeong KIM, Jookwan LEE, Jihea PARK
  • Publication number: 20230144615
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first housing comprising a first edge having a first length, a second edge having a second length smaller than the first length, a third edge having the first length, and a fourth edge parallel to the second edge and having the second length, a second housing comprising a fifth edge having a third length, the second housing being able to rotate around a hinge corresponding to the third length, a flexible display comprising a first area and a second area corresponding to the first housing, and a third area corresponding to the second housing, the first area being an area corresponding to the second length and the third length, and the second area being a remaining area, and at least one processor electrically connected to the flexible display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Daehyun KIM, Raetae KIM, Moonchul SHIN, Inkuk YUN, Hojin JUNG, Youngmin JI, Hyunju HONG
  • Publication number: 20230092831
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a housing which is at least partially made of a conductive material, and has a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, and at least one side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface; a slide plate coupled to the housing so as to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction; a flexible display which is disposed to be at least partially supported by the slidable plate; multiple conductive parts formed to be electrically segmented by at least one first non-conductive part formed on the at least one side surface along the third direction, and at least one second non-conductive part formed to cross over the first non-conductive part; a substrate disposed in the space; and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate and configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal through the multiple conductive parts in at least one frequency
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongyoun KIM, Myunghoon Kwak, Raetae Kim, Gisoo Lim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Publication number: 20230074701
    Abstract: An electronic device and its screen control method are disclosed. The electronic device may include a flexible display configured to change a size of a display area and at least one processor. The at least one processor may, based on a first screen being displayed in the display area of a first size, receive an input for changing the display area into a second size The at least one processor may, based on the display area being changed to the second size according to the received input, control the display to display a second screen which changes the first screen in response to the second size in the display area changed into the second size. The second screen may include, among a plurality of elements in content, a first element corresponding to an element in the first screen and a second element of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Raetae KIM, Gyeongtae PARK, Dahee KIM, Songyi LEE, Jonghwa LEE, Jihea PARK
  • Publication number: 20230007149
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing in a movable manner, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing and having a structure that is changeable with a movement of the second housing, a camera module in which an optical magnification can be set, and a processor. The camera module includes a first camera holder connected to the first housing and including a first lens module disposed along a first optical axis, and a second camera holder connected to the second housing and including at least a second lens module disposed along the first optical axis. The second camera holder is movable along the first optical axis with respect to the first camera holder with the movement of the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Youngmin JI, Jinwoo KIM, Youngseong KIM, Myunghoon KWAK, Raetae KIM, Changryong HEO
  • Publication number: 20220405037
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising: a housing, a flexible display having a resizable region visible to an outside of the housing by at least a portion being moved from the inside to the outside of the housing, a communication circuit configured to enable transmitting or receiving data to or from an external electronic device, at least one sensor configured to identify a size of a region where the flexible display is visible to the outside of the housing, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a first content on first region of the flexible display visible to the outside of the housing, establish communication connection with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, transmit, based on the establishing of the communication connection, first information on the first content to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the ex
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jookwan LEE, Yongjin KWON, Myunghoon KWAK, Raetae KIM, Yangwook KIM, Jihea PARK, Hyunju HONG