Patents by Inventor Seung Wook Kim

Seung Wook 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).

  • Publication number: 20210304770
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Eric LIU, Stefan Johannes Walter MARTI, Seung Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20210297653
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. The display may have a number of independently controllable viewing zones. A eye and/or head tracking system may use a camera to capture images of a viewer of the display. Control circuitry in the electronic device may use the captured images from the eye and/or head tracking system to determine which viewing zones are occupied by the viewer's eyes. The control circuitry may disable or dim viewing zones that are not occupied by the viewer's eyes in order to conserve power. An unoccupied viewing zone and an adjacent, occupied viewing zone may display the same image to increase sharpness in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Ping-Yen Chou, ByoungSuk Kim, Chaohao Wang, Yi Huang, Michael J. Rockwell, Seung Wook Kim, Pretesh A. Mascarenhas
  • Publication number: 20210286502
    Abstract: A computing system displays, via a first display generation component, a first computer-generated environment and concurrently displays, via a second display generation component: a visual representation of a portion of a user of the computing system who is in a position to view the first computer-generated environment via the first display generation component, and one or more graphical elements that provide a visual indication of content in the first computer-generated environment. The computing system changes the visual representation of the portion of the user to represent changes in an appearance of the user over a respective period of time and changes the one or more graphical elements to represent changes in the first computer-generated environment over the respective period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen O. Lemay, Jonathan Ive, William A. Sorrentino, III, Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Alan C. Dye, Gregg S. Suzuki, Peter D. Anton, Richard D. Lyons, Wan Si Wan, Pavel Pivonka, Seung Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 11079995
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays and allows user interaction with content on multiple displays. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays three-dimensional content using coordinated views on multiple displays. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares content while displaying a video conferencing user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the display or keeping private of content on multiple displays. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the display of information from applications using a shared graphical input coordinate space. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents indications of notifications. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content that are related to content presented on the one or more electronic devices. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces including a soft keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Steven Hulbert, Madeleine Cordier, Seung Wook Kim, Brigit E. Lamberson, Gemma Roper, Max L. L. McCarthy, Mikael Silvanto
  • Patent number: 11069360
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20210099692
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method of operating a lenticular display is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, an image sensor, and a lenticular display. The method includes displaying, via the lenticular display, first content at a horizontal angle of a first user and second content, different than the first content, at a horizontal angle of a second user. The method further includes displaying, via the lenticular display, the first content at a second horizontal angle of the first user and the second content at a second horizontal angle of the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Seung Wook Kim, Nicolas V. Scapel, Felipe Bacim De Arujo E Silva
  • Publication number: 20210072556
    Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The louver film may have a plurality of transparent portions separated by opaque walls. The opaque walls may control the emission angle of light from the display, reducing crosstalk. The louver film may be interposed between the lenticular lens film and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Jun Qi, Victor H. Yin, Seung Wook Kim, Nicolas V. Scapel, Yi-Pai Huang
  • Publication number: 20210072555
    Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The louver film may have a plurality of transparent portions separated by opaque walls. The opaque walls may control the emission angle of light from the display, reducing crosstalk. The louver film may be interposed between the lenticular lens film and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Jun Qi, Victor H. Yin, Seung Wook Kim, Nicolas V. Scapel, Yi-Pai Huang
  • Publication number: 20210055799
    Abstract: A finger-mounted device may include finger-mounted units. The finger-mounted units may each have a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have sidewall portions coupled by a portion that rests adjacent to a user's fingernail. The body may be formed from deformable material such as metal or may be formed from adjustable structures such as sliding body portions that are coupled to each other using magnetic attraction, springs, or other structures. The body of each finger-mounted unit may have a U-shaped cross-sectional profile that leaves the finger pad of each finger exposed when the body is coupled to a fingertip of a user's finger. Control circuitry may gather finger press input, lateral finger movement input, and finger tap input using the sensors and may provide haptic output using the haptic output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Michael J. Rockwell, Michael Y. Cheung, Ray L. Chang, Hongcheng Sun, Ian M. Bullock, Kyle J. Nekimken, Madeleine S. Cordier, Seung Wook Kim, David H. Bloom, Scott G. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20210042010
    Abstract: A 3D document editing system and graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a virtual reality and/or augmented reality device and an input device (e.g., keyboard) that implements sensing technology for detecting gestures by a user. Using the system, portions of a document can be placed at or moved to various Z-depths in a 3D virtual space provided by the VR device to provide 3D effects in the document. The sensing technology may allow the user to make gestures while entering text via a keypad, thus allowing the user to specify 3D effects in the document while typing. The system may also monitor entries made using the keypad, apply rules to the entries to detect particular types of entries such as URLs, and automatically shift the detected types of entries forward or backward on the Z axis relative to the rest of the content in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Seung Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10838499
    Abstract: A finger-mounted device may include finger-mounted units. The finger-mounted units may each have a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have sidewall portions coupled by a portion that rests adjacent to a user's fingernail. The body may be formed from deformable material such as metal or may be formed from adjustable structures such as sliding body portions that are coupled to each other using magnetic attraction, springs, or other structures. The body of each finger-mounted unit may have a U-shaped cross-sectional profile that leaves the finger pad of each finger exposed when the body is coupled to a fingertip of a user's finger. Control circuitry may gather finger press input, lateral finger movement input, and finger tap input using the sensors and may provide haptic output using the haptic output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Michael J. Rockwell, Michael Y. Cheung, Ray L. Chang, Hongcheng Sun, Ian M. Bullock, Kyle J. Nekimken, Madeleine S. Cordier, Seung Wook Kim, David H. Bloom, Scott G. Johnston
  • Patent number: 10817126
    Abstract: A 3D document editing system and graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a virtual reality and/or augmented reality device and an input device (e.g., keyboard) that implements sensing technology for detecting gestures by a user. Using the system, portions of a document can be placed at or moved to various Z-depths in a 3D virtual space provided by the VR device to provide 3D effects in the document. The sensing technology may allow the user to make gestures while entering text via a keypad, thus allowing the user to specify 3D effects in the document while typing. The system may also monitor entries made using the keypad, apply rules to the entries to detect particular types of entries such as URLs, and automatically shift the detected types of entries forward or backward on the Z axis relative to the rest of the content in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Seung Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20200260190
    Abstract: A sound vibration actuator includes a casing having an internal space formed by an underside casing part, a side periphery casing part, and a top casing part, a coil part coupled to the top casing part in such a manner as to receive power from the outside, a magnet part disposed in the internal space of the casing, an elastic member whose one surface coupled to the magnet part, and a weight part coupled to the top casing part. The sound vibration actuator is configured to allow the weight part to be coupled to the part for generating vibrations, thereby controlling vibrations in a high frequency resonance band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Seok Jun PARK, Jun Kun CHOI, Yeon Ho SON, Yong Tae KIM, Yong Jin KIM, Seung Wook KIM, Dong Su MOON
  • Patent number: 10656777
    Abstract: One method includes receiving inputs from one or more input devices, and determining a user interest in use of the interface device based on the inputs. In response to the user interest, changing a state of the first interface device from a deactivated state in which the first interface device is concealed behind a surface to an activated state in which the first interface device emits light through the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine N. Boulanger, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Karlin Y. Bark, Seung Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20200136489
    Abstract: A sound vibration actuator includes: a casing having an internal space formed by an underside casing part, a side periphery casing part, and a top casing part; a coil part coupled to the top casing part in such a manner as to receive power from the outside; a magnet part disposed in the internal space of the casing and having a magnet and a weight; an elastic member whose one surface coupled to the magnet part; and a weight part coupled to the coil part. The sound vibration actuator can be varied in coupling ways of the components thereof to generate vibrations in a high frequency band as well as a low frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Seok Jun PARK, Jun Kun CHOI, Yeon Ho SON, Yong Tae KIM, Yong Jin KIM, Seung Wook KIM, Dong Su MOON
  • Publication number: 20190385612
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Eric LIU, Stefan Johannes Walter MARTI, Seung Wook KIM
  • Patent number: 10497096
    Abstract: A method comprising determining a first display angle of a display comprised by an apparatus with respect to gravity, determining a first contiguous subset of a sequential arrangement of information based, at least in part, on the first display angle, performing a first operation based, at least in part, on the first contiguous subset, determining a second display angle of the display with respect to gravity, the second display angle being different from the first display angle, determining a second contiguous subset of the sequential arrangement based, at least in part, on the second display angle, and performing a second operation based, at least in part, on the second contiguous subset is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: David Nguyen, Shigeyuki Seko, Kenton Lyons, Seung Wook Kim, Audrey Desjardins
  • Patent number: 10412334
    Abstract: A system may be provided in which input is gathered from a user with input-output devices. The input-output devices may include physical keyboards, touch screen displays, data gloves, and other input-output devices. Control circuitry in the system may use a head-mounted display, a display on a keyboard, and a display in a tablet computer or other electronic device to display images. Virtual reality content may be presented to a user with the head-mounted display. The virtual reality content may include virtual documents with virtual text, virtual keyboards with virtual keys, and other virtual objects. A virtual keyboard may be overlaid on top of a physical keyboard or on top of a keyboard display or touch screen display in a tablet computer or other electronic device. Virtual key labels may be updated in response to user key press input and other input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Kim, Camille Moussette, Adam S. Meyer
  • Patent number: 10381007
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for processing audio information are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an audio stream. The audio stream may be monitored by a low power integrated circuit. The audio stream may be digitized by the low power integrated circuit. The digitized audio stream may be stored in a memory, wherein storing the digitized audio stream comprises replacing a prior digitized audio stream stored in the memory with the digitized audio stream. The low power integrated circuit may analyze the stored digitized audio stream for recognition of a keyword. The low power integrated circuit may induce a processor to enter an increased power usage state upon recognition of the keyword within the stored digitized audio stream. The stored digitized audio stream may be transmitted to a server for processing. A response received from the server based on the processed audio stream may be rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Liu, Stefan Johannes Walter Marti, Seung Wook Kim
  • Patent number: D876504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Julll Lee, Sung Hoon Jun, Dong Rak Jung, Seung Wook Kim