Patents by Inventor Shi-Yun Cho

Shi-Yun Cho 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: 12153472
    Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
  • Patent number: 12099714
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing a user interface in a flexible device, the method comprising: determining whether the device is released; displaying at least one user interface on the device on the basis of the determination; and receiving a touch input to the displayed user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
  • Patent number: 12081692
    Abstract: A watch phone and a method for handling an incoming call using the watch phone are provided. In the watch phone, a display device includes a touch screen panel and a display, turns off the touch screen panel in a watch mode, turns on the touch screen panel in an idle mode or upon receipt of an incoming call, and displays at least two areas for call connection and call rejection, upon receipt of the incoming call. A single mode selection key selects one of the watch mode and the idle mode. A controller performs control operations so that the touch screen panel is turned off in the watch mode and is turned on in the idle mode or upon receipt of the incoming call, and connects or rejects the incoming call, when the at least two areas for call connection or call rejection, which are displayed upon receipt of the incoming call, are pointed to or dragged to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-Yun Cho, Ji-Hyun Jung, Ho-Jin Lee, Young-Min Lee, Ho-Seong Seo, Youn-Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20230185338
    Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-seong SEO, Kyung-wan PARK, Ga-eun LEE, Ji-hyun JUNG, Shi-yun CHO
  • Patent number: 11609612
    Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyoung Park, Ho-seung Seo, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Yu-dong Bae, Wataru Kaihotsu, Shi-yun Cho, Dae-myung Kim, Jae-young Huh
  • Publication number: 20230046450
    Abstract: A watch phone and a method for handling an incoming call using the watch phone are provided. In the watch phone, a display device includes a touch screen panel and a display, turns off the touch screen panel in a watch mode, turns on the touch screen panel in an idle mode or upon receipt of an incoming call, and displays at least two areas for call connection and call rejection, upon receipt of the incoming call. A single mode selection key selects one of the watch mode and the idle mode. A controller performs control operations so that the touch screen panel is turned off in the watch mode and is turned on in the idle mode or upon receipt of the incoming call, and connects or rejects the incoming call, when the at least two areas for call connection or call rejection, which are displayed upon receipt of the incoming call, are pointed to or dragged to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shi-Yun CHO, Ji-Hyun JUNG, Ho-Jin LEE, Young-Min LEE, Ho-Seong SEO, Youn-Ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 11567540
    Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
  • Patent number: 11516332
    Abstract: A watch phone and a method for handling an incoming call using the watch phone are provided. In the watch phone, a display device includes a touch screen panel and a display, turns off the touch screen panel in a watch mode, turns on the touch screen panel in an idle mode or upon receipt of an incoming call, and displays at least two areas for call connection and call rejection, upon receipt of the incoming call. A single mode selection key selects one of the watch mode and the idle mode. A controller performs control operations so that the touch screen panel is turned off in the watch mode and is turned on in the idle mode or upon receipt of the incoming call, and connects or rejects the incoming call, when the at least two areas for call connection or call rejection, which are displayed upon receipt of the incoming call, are pointed to or dragged to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-Yun Cho, Ji-Hyun Jung, Ho-Jin Lee, Young-Min Lee, Ho-Seong Seo, Youn-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11516381
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Woo-ram Jeon, Youn-ho Choi, Dae-myung Kim, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh
  • Patent number: 11477365
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Woo-ram Jeon, Youn-ho Choi, Dae-myung Kim, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh
  • Publication number: 20220019266
    Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyoung PARK, Ho-seung SEO, Toshikazu TAKAYANAGI, Yu-dong BAE, Wataru KAIHOTSU, Shi-yun CHO, Dae-myung KIM, Jae-young HUH
  • Patent number: 11157133
    Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus includes a bended display including a front display area and a side display area, and a controller that displays a UI element corresponding to an application on a side display area of the bended display if the cover is closed, and in response to a touch with respect to at least one UI element from among the UI elements and an opening of the cover being detected, executes an application corresponding to a UI element with the detected touch, and controls the bended display so that an execution screen of the application is displayed on the front display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNGN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So-young Kim, Joon-young Lee, Moon-joo Lee, Shi-yun Cho
  • Patent number: 11137801
    Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyoung Park, Ho-seung Seo, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Yu-dong Bae, Wataru Kaihotsu, Shi-yun Cho, Dae-myung Kim, Jae-young Huh
  • Patent number: 11093040
    Abstract: A flexible device includes: a display that may be bent by an external force; a sensor configured to sense at least one motion from the group consisting of a bending motion and a folding motion of the flexible device; and a controller configured to determine outer form information about the flexible device, which is obtained when the flexible device is deformed by the at least one motion, and control an object in a screen, displayed on the display, to be moved based on the outer form information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-myung Kim, Shi-yun Cho
  • Publication number: 20210208777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing a user interface in a flexible device, the method comprising: determining whether the device is released; displaying at least one user interface on the device on the basis of the determination; and receiving a touch input to the displayed user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ji-hyun JUNG, Shi-yun CHO
  • Patent number: 11037132
    Abstract: Provided is a first mobile device having a card shape, the first mobile device including a storage unit configured to store one or more pieces of card payment information; a payment information transmission unit configured to transmit at least one of the one or more pieces of card payment information in a contact or contactless manner to a payment terminal; and a controller configured to determine whether the first mobile device is in a detached state with respect to a second mobile device or a cover of the second mobile device, and to determine whether to transmit the at least one of the one or more pieces of card payment information, based on the determination of whether the first mobile device is in the detached state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, Moon-joo Lee, Hee-seok Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210166001
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-yun CHO, So-young KIM, Woo-ram JEON, Youn-ho CHOI, Dae-myung KIM, Kyung-wan PARK, Jae-young HUH
  • Patent number: 11019189
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes: a flexible display including: a main area; and a sub area comprising a curved portion and extending from the main area to a side portion of the user terminal apparatus; a housing configured to enclose the flexible display; a sound output hole provided between the flexible display and the housing and configured to output a sound from a call function; and a sound input hole configured to receive an input sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-young Huh, Yu-dong Bae, Shi-yun Cho
  • Publication number: 20210141422
    Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
  • Patent number: 10922530
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Woo-ram Jeon, Youn-ho Choi, Dae-myung Kim, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh