Patents by Inventor Seunghyun HEO

Seunghyun HEO 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: 20200404362
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display unit, a storage unit configured to store information on a web page, a microphone configured to receive a user's voice command, a network interface unit configured to perform communication with a natural language processing (NLP) server, and a controller configured to transmit text data of the voice command to the NLP server, to receive intention analysis result information corresponding to the voice command from the NLP server, to select, as a final candidate address, one of a plurality of candidate addresses related to a search word included in the received intention analysis result information if the search word is not stored in the storage unit, and to access a website corresponding to the selected final candidate address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chulmin SON, Seunghyun HEO, Jaekyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20200401371
    Abstract: Provided are a display device for more accurately providing a function intended by a user upon reception of the voice command and an operating method thereof. The display device comprises a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external server, a storage unit, a voice recognition unit configured to receive a voice command, a control unit configured to acquire a function corresponding to the voice command, a determination module configured to determine a provider providing the function corresponding to the voice command and an output unit configured to receive data related to the function from the at least one external server or the storage unit according to the determined provider and output the function corresponding to the voice command based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun HEO, Kiwon PARK, Daegun PARK, Sangseok LEE, Yookyoung CHOI, Jaekyung LEE
  • Patent number: 10860273
    Abstract: A display device operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: outputting first content on a screen of the display device; receiving a screen link request for linking a first screen of the display device and a second screen of another display device connected to the display device; and controlling the display device and another display device such that the first content is output on a merged screen in which the first screen and the second screen are merged according to the received screen link request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonghee Han, Donghee Lee, Woojin Choi, Seunghyun Heo, Gahyun Chloe Sun, Sangrok Lee, Hyeongjin Park, Youngjae Jung, Kanghak Han, Jaeho Lee, Hojun Nam, Donguk Lee, Woojin Jeong, Seokho Jang, Changhoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200341730
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a display unit for displaying a content image; a microphone for receiving voice commands from a user; a network interface unit for communicating with a natural language processing server and a search server; and a control unit for transmitting the received voice commands to the natural language processing server, receiving intention analysis result information indicating the user's intention corresponding to the voice commands from the natural language processing server, and performing a function of the display device according to the received intention analysis result information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunki MIN, Kiwoong LEE, Hyangjin LEE, Jeean CHANG, Seunghyun HEO, Jaekyung LEE
  • Patent number: 10796695
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multimedia device capable of processing a speech-based command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Heo, Hyunseung Kim, Hyangjin Lee, Jaekyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10678396
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display device for displaying a pointer and a control method thereof. An image display device according to the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display image information, and a controller configured to display a pointer at a position set on the basis of a region displayed with a first layer based on the first layer displayed as an upper layer in a state that the image information is displayed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seunghyun Heo
  • Publication number: 20200168215
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multimedia device capable of processing a speech-based command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun HEO, Hyunseung KIM, Hyangjin LEE, Jaekyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20200168216
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multimedia device capable of processing a recognized speech-based command. In one embodiment, the device may include a memory to store at least one application therein; an application manager for executing any of the at least one application stored in the memory; and a controller configured to receive from the application manager a list of at least one recognized speech-based command that can be executed by the executed application, wherein the controller is configured: to control a network interface module to transmit any speech-based data received from an outside and the list to the server; and to control the executed application or execute a function non-specific to the currently-executed application, based on a feedback result value received from the server via the network interface module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun HEO, Jeongmin KIM, Kiwon PARK, Junku PARK, Seokwon SEO, Dongyoung LEE, Jieun LEE, Hyangjin LEE, Changwook IM, Yookyoung CHOI
  • Patent number: 10536754
    Abstract: A digital device and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit configured to output a content and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain content information of the content being outputted, obtain at least one associated keyword corresponding to the obtained content information, retrieve at least one piece of associated information related to the content using an associated search term containing the obtained at least one associated keyword, and to output the retrieved at least one piece of the associated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangseok Lee, Sunki Min, Kiwon Park, Daegun Park, Seungshin Lee, Jaekyung Lee, Hyangjin Lee, Jeean Chang, Yookyoung Choi, Seunghyun Heo
  • Publication number: 20190132635
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display unit; a storage unit for storing a reproduction list including a first content provided by a first content provider and a second content provided by a second content provider; and a controller for displaying the reproduction list through the display unit, reproducing the first content included in the displayed reproduction list through an application associated with the first content provider, sensing whether the reproduction of the first content has been completed, and reproducing the second content through an application associated with the second content provider on the basis of a sensing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun HEO, Jaekyung LEE, Jeean CHANG
  • Patent number: 10204439
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present specification are a digital device and a speech to text conversion processing method thereof. The digital device and the speech to text conversion processing method thereof according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: activating a text input field; checking the attribute of the text input field; receiving a request for a speech to text (STT) conversion processing with respect to data to be inputted in the text input field; determining whether or not the attribute type of the text input field is a security attribute (sensitive attribute); and as a determination result, if the attribute type of the text input field is a security attribute, blocking the speech to text conversion processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Heo, Kinam Kim, Jisoo Kim, Hyung Song
  • Patent number: 10115395
    Abstract: A method for operating a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: transmitting a voice acquisition command signal to at least one peripheral device connected to the video display device; receiving at least one voice signal for a user voice acquired by at least one peripheral device having received the voice acquisition command signal, and a voice signal for the user voice acquired by the video display device; comparing the plurality of acquired voice signals with each other; determining a voice signal subjected to voice recognition based on the comparison result; recognizing the user voice based on the determined voice signal; and performing a control operation corresponding to the recognized voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seunghyun Heo
  • Patent number: 10063905
    Abstract: A digital device and a method for controlling the digital device are disclosed in this specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeryoung Jeong, Seunghyun Heo, Joonghee Han, Hyangjin Lee, Mingi Kim
  • Publication number: 20180205983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus and a mobile terminal. The image display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display; an interface unit for exchanging data with the mobile terminal; and a control unit for controlling a mirroring related menu including mirroring related server information or content related to the server information such that the mirroring related menu is displayed on the basis of a user input, receiving a mirroring application item from the mobile terminal through the interface unit, and controlling the received mirroring application item such that the received mirroring application item is displayed in the mirroring related menu. Therefore, the mirroring application item received from the mobile terminal can be simply installed and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunjung LEE, Jaekyung LEE, Seunghyun HEO, Obong AN, Mingi KIM, Gahyun SUN
  • Publication number: 20180129462
    Abstract: A display device operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: outputting first content on a screen of the display device; receiving a screen link request for linking a first screen of the display device and a second screen of another display device connected to the display device; and controlling the display device and another display device such that the first content is output on a merged screen in which the first screen and the second screen are merged according to the received screen link request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonghee HAN, Donghee LEE, Woojin CHOI, Seunghyun HEO, Gahyun Chloe SUN, Sangrok LEE, Hyeongjin PARK, Youngjae JUNG, Kanghak HAN, Jaeho LEE, Hojun NAM, Donguk LEE, Woojin JEONG, Seokho JANG, Changhoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20170339468
    Abstract: A digital device and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The digital device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit configured to output a content and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain content information of the content being outputted, obtain at least one associated keyword corresponding to the obtained content information, retrieve at least one piece of associated information related to the content using an associated search term containing the obtained at least one associated keyword, and to output the retrieved at least one piece of the associated information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangseok LEE, Sunki MIN, Kiwon PARK, Daegun PARK, Seungshin LEE, Jaekyung LEE, Hyangjin LEE, Jeean CHANG, Yookyoung CHOI, Seunghyun HEO
  • Publication number: 20170332128
    Abstract: A digital device and a method for controlling the digital device are disclosed in this specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeryoung JEONG, Seunghyun HEO, Joonghee HAN, Hyangjin LEE, Mingi KIM
  • Publication number: 20170154625
    Abstract: A method for operating a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: transmitting a voice acquisition command signal to at least one peripheral device connected to the video display device; receiving at least one voice signal for a user voice acquired by at least one peripheral device having received the voice acquisition command signal, and a voice signal for the user voice acquired by the video display device; comparing the plurality of acquired voice signals with each other; determining a voice signal subjected to voice recognition based on the comparison result; recognizing the user voice based on the determined voice signal; and performing a control operation corresponding to the recognized voice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seunghyun HEO
  • Publication number: 20160357987
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present specification are a digital device and a speech to text conversion processing method thereof. The digital device and the speech to text conversion processing method thereof according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: activating a text input field; checking the attribute of the text input field; receiving a request for a speech to text (STT) conversion processing with respect to data to be inputted in the text input field; determining whether or not the attribute type of the text input field is a security attribute (sensitive attribute); and as a determination result, if the attribute type of the text input field is a security attribute, blocking the speech to text conversion processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Seunghyun HEO, Kinam KIM, Jisoo KIM, Hyung SONG
  • Publication number: 20160334963
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display device for displaying a pointer and a control method thereof. An image display device according to the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display image information, and a controller configured to display a pointer at a position set on the basis of a region displayed with a first layer based on the first layer displayed as an upper layer in a state that the image information is displayed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seunghyun HEO