Patents by Inventor Seung Soo Yang

Seung Soo Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20170371201
    Abstract: An optical member for a multi-panel display device includes a first optical member located on a first display device and including optical fibers; a second optical member located on a second display device neighboring the first display device and including optical fibers; and an optical fiber triangular bar located to overlap a region where the first and second optical members are adjacent to each other, and including optical fibers, wherein each of the first and second optical members includes a chamfer portion corresponding to the optical fiber triangular bar at the region where the first and second optical members are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Seung-Soo YANG, Bo-Ra KIM, Mi-Hyung CHIN, Se-Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20170371612
    Abstract: A multi-panel display device includes a first display device including a first display region and a first non-display region surrounding the first display region; a first optical member located on the first display device and including optical fibers; and a first protection film covering an outside of the first optical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Mi-Hyung CHIN, Seung-Soo YANG, Ju-Sang RHIM
  • Publication number: 20170345422
    Abstract: Disclosed are electronic devices having speech recognition functionality and operating methods of the electronic devices. Operating methods may include selectively activating or deactivating speech recognition functionality of one or more electronic devices based on comparing priorities associated with the electronic devices, respectively. Speech recognition functionality of one or more devices may be controlled based on transmitting an activation or deactivation command to the one or more devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-soo YANG
  • Patent number: 9781679
    Abstract: An electronic system includes: a first device configured to generate an output signal in response to current input data and generate a power saving signal based on the current input data; a second device, and a controller. The output signal is perceivable using a physiological sense. The controller is configured to switch the electronic system into one of an inactive state and an active state, operate the second device during the active state in a power saving mode when the power saving signal is activated, and operate the second device during the active state in a normal power mode when the power saving signal is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Publication number: 20170156115
    Abstract: An electronic system includes: a first device configured to generate an output signal in response to current input data and generate a power saving signal based on the current input data; a second device, and a controller. The output signal is perceivable using a physiological sense. The controller is configured to switch the electronic system into one of an inactive state and an active state, operate the second device during the active state in a power saving mode when the power saving signal is activated, and operate the second device during the active state in a normal power mode when the power saving signal is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: SEUNG-SOO YANG
  • Publication number: 20170153921
    Abstract: A resource hotplug managing method of a computing system includes accessing scenario data including a plurality of scenarios, evaluating the plurality of scenarios using context information about the computing system, and controlling hotplug-in or hotplug-out of a resource included in the computing system according to a satisfied scenario among the plurality of scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: SEUNG-SOO YANG
  • Patent number: 9658674
    Abstract: Provided is a method of a mobile system, comprising executing an application at the mobile system, determining an execution condition of the application, and controlling a performance of the mobile system in response to a result of the determined execution condition before the application performs an actual workload. The mobile system optimization method enhances the performance of the mobile system by utilizing the same resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Publication number: 20170110085
    Abstract: In a method of operating an application processor to control a display device including a non-rectangular valid display region, screen information regarding the non-rectangular valid display region is received, and a plurality of pieces of valid pixel data selected based on the screen information and corresponding to the non-rectangular valid display region are output to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-soo YANG
  • Publication number: 20160358642
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile device and an operation method of the mobile device. The operation method controlled by a central processing unit of the mobile device includes, in response to an initialization request with respect to a memory device of the mobile device, setting a first type area of the memory device, which is not initialized as a first value, and processing an operation command with respect to the first type area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Seung-soo YANG
  • Patent number: 9477288
    Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) host includes a power unit and a USB interface unit. The power unit includes a battery and a charging module configured to control the battery. The USB interface unit is configured to interface with a first USB device, and is configured to be controlled based on a remaining amount of power of the battery. The USB interface unit is further configured to maintain a data connection between the USB interface unit and the first USB device when a power supply connection between the USB interface unit and the first USB device is disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Publication number: 20160306567
    Abstract: A method for operating a semiconductor device includes receiving a memory request for a memory; calculating a memory bandwidth such that the memory bandwidth is at least large enough to support allocation of the memory in accordance with the memory request; creating a memory path for accessing the memory using a memory hierarchical structure wherein a memory region that corresponds to the memory path is a memory region that is allocated to support the memory bandwidth; and performing memory interleaving with respect to the memory region that corresponds to the memory path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Seung-Soo YANG
  • Publication number: 20160259557
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile device and a data management method of the mobile device. The data management method that is processed by a central processing unit (CPU) of the mobile device includes: selecting data to be swapped from among data stored in a local memory of the mobile device, in response to a request to perform swapping on the data stored in the local memory; selecting one of at least two external memories which are located outside the mobile device and have different hierarchical levels; and swapping the selected data to the selected external memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-soo YANG
  • Patent number: 9430307
    Abstract: A method of reading data in an electronic system includes detecting whether a trigger signal in the electronic system is enabled, the trigger signal being selectively enabled according to at least one operating condition of the electronic system, as a consequence of detecting that the trigger signal is enabled, changing a size of read-ahead data based on the enabled trigger signal, and performing a read operation based on a read command and the changed size of the read-ahead data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Publication number: 20160173125
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating method of a semiconductor device, including acquiring resource information on a plurality of hardware resources, receiving a compression request or a decompression request for data, acquiring context information on the semiconductor device, in response to receiving the compression request or the decompression request for the data, selecting a compression algorithm for compressing or decompressing the data, based on the context information, selecting, among the plurality of hardware resources, a hardware resource for performing the selected compression algorithm, based on the acquired resource information, and compressing or decompressing the data using the selected compression algorithm and the selected hardware resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Seung-Soo YANG
  • Patent number: 9336022
    Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) device includes a first memory and a second memory. The first memory is configured to store L different function drivers, and during a first operation, the second memory is configured to be loaded with M different function drivers from the first memory and, during a second operation, the second memory is configured to maintain N function drivers among the M function drivers while being loaded with A different function drivers from the first memory, wherein M?L, N<M, and A<L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Patent number: 8943244
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a composite processing unit and a device controller driver. The composite processing unit is configured to provide a plurality of functions including a human interface device (HID) emulator function, select at least one activated function of the plurality of functions and automated operation content based on a connection status between the mobile device and a host, and generate client HID data including the automated operation content. The device controller driver is configured to provide the client HID data to the host, and provide event information to the composite processing unit based on the connection status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Patent number: 8838857
    Abstract: A mobile device and a computational system including same are described. The mobile device includes a sensor unit having a motion sensor and/or a touch sensor that provides sensing information. The sensing information is applied to a universal serial bus user interface (USB UI) data generation unit and is changed into USB UI data before being output as USB UI data using a USB communication technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-soo Yang, Kwang-ho Kim, Yong-suk Kim, Taek-kyun Shin
  • Publication number: 20140258751
    Abstract: Provided is a method of a mobile system, comprising executing an application at the mobile system, determining an execution condition of the application, and controlling a performance of the mobile system in response to a result of the determined execution condition before the application performs an actual workload. The mobile system optimization method enhances the performance of the mobile system by utilizing the same resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Seung-Soo Yang
  • Publication number: 20140143459
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a first function, a second function and a first universal serial bus (USB) port. The first function and the second function are respectively associated with a first host controller driver and a second host controller driver in a host. A composite USB cable connects the first host controller driver and at least a second host controller driver of the host and the mobile device and simultaneously provides a USB interconnection to the first and second functions therethrough depending upon whether a first USB identifier (ID) of the first function and a second USB ID of the second function are identical to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SEUNG-SOO YANG
  • Patent number: 8684587
    Abstract: A backlight unit is capable of preventing generation of mura such bright lines and dark lines. The backlight unit includes a light guide panel divided into a plurality of light guide blocks for local dimming driving, a first block partitioning unit formed as a groove between respective adjacent light guide blocks on a lower surface of the light guide panel, and a point light source received in the first block partitioning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Cheoul Kim, Ji-Geun Nam, Choun-Sung Kang, Jin-Taek Choi, Sang-Hyun Ahn, Jong-Bum Choi, Seung-Soo Yang