Patents by Inventor Sung-bo Oh

Sung-bo Oh 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: 20190215559
    Abstract: A source device and a method of transmitting content are provided. The source device includes a controller configured to check a version of a content protection method supported by a sink device from the repeater, to encrypt the content based on a version of the content protection method applied to the content, and to set a value of type information of the content protection method based on the version of the content protection method applied to the content and the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device, and a communicator including communication circuitry configured to transmit the encrypted content and the type information of the content protection method to the repeater, wherein the type information of the content protection method for determining whether the content received from the source device is output to the sink device from the repeater, based on the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Sung-bo OH
  • Patent number: 10319336
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device receiving content from an external device includes a memory configured to include a first HDMI version of Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) information, a second HDMI version of EDID information, the second HDMI version being an upgraded version of the first HDMI version and, at least one resolution information supportable in the electronic device other than the first HDMI version of EDID information, an external interface configured to communicate with the external device and a processor configured to cause the second HDMI version of EDID information to not be read by the external device, to cause the EDID information of the first HDMI version among the EDID information to be read by the external device, and to cause the at least one resolution information to be read by the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Patent number: 10319334
    Abstract: A image processing apparatus is provided, the image processing apparatus including: a transmitting terminal; a receiving terminal configured to receive an image signal from the transmitting terminal; a sensor configured to sense whether an image format error occurs in the image signal received in the receiving terminal; and at least one processor configured to control the transmitting terminal to recover the image signal transmitted from the transmitting terminal from the image format error in response to the image format error sensed by the sensor, and to control the receiving terminal to receive the recovered image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Publication number: 20190158793
    Abstract: A display apparatus displaying, a method for controlling the display apparatus, and an image providing apparatus. The display apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive image data of an image and brightness information of the image, a processor configured to generate a tone mapping curve by using the brightness information and to apply the tone mapping curve to the image data to provide tone mapped image data, and a display configured to display the image based on the tone-mapped image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Bo OH
  • Patent number: 10298972
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Publication number: 20190149858
    Abstract: Disclosed are a content providing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium thereof, the content providing apparatus including: a transmitter configured to transmit data to a display apparatus; and a processor configured to control the transmitter to transmit content data and additional data, relating to image attributes of the content data and having a fixed value corresponding to at least one section, among a plurality of sections of the content data, to the display apparatus based on a command received from a user to playback image content at a predetermined speed. Thus, it is possible to solve a problem of flickering or an error in brightness of a screen at a variable-speed playback of dynamic HDR content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-bo OH, Byoung-jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190124374
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo OH
  • Patent number: 10271096
    Abstract: A source device and a method of transmitting content are provided. The source device includes a controller configured to check a version of a content protection method supported by a sink device from the repeater, to encrypt the content based on a version of the content protection method applied to the content, and to set a value of type information of the content protection method based on the version of the content protection method applied to the content and the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device, and a communicator including communication circuitry configured to transmit the encrypted content and the type information of the content protection method to the repeater, wherein the type information of the content protection method for determining whether the content received from the source device is output to the sink device from the repeater, based on the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Patent number: 10244273
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Patent number: 10205996
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method which graft and standardize interface technologies to peripheral apparatuses is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a first signal processor configured to process a content image and output the processed content image using a differential pair method through a transmission lane, a second signal processor configured to convert a signal format of the processed content image of the first signal processor into a signal format supportable by an image display apparatus and output the converted content image to the image display apparatus, and a controller configured to change the output features of the first signal process based on a resolution of the image display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Patent number: 10194178
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Publication number: 20180348919
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a source apparatus, and methods of providing content are provided. The display apparatus includes: a receiver which receives content data; a storage which stores frame size information corresponding to a content type; a detector which detects the content type of the content data; a video processor which forms a content frame having a frame size corresponding to the detected content type by using the frame size information stored in the storage; and a display which displays the content frame formed by the video processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-bo OH, Young-taek YOO, Na-rae YUN, Jun-ho LIM, Hyoung-woo JEON
  • Publication number: 20180310055
    Abstract: A video content providing apparatus is provided, the video content apparatus including: an output portion comprising output circuitry configured to transmit a content signal for displaying an image to a relay connected to an image processing apparatus to provide the content signal to the image processing apparatus; and at least one processor configured to receive video formation information about a first video format supported by the image processing apparatus from among a plurality of video formats from the relay, and if it is determined that the relay does not support the first video format, to output the content signal corresponding to a second video format different from the first video format and supportable by the relay from among the plurality of video formats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Young-jo SEO, Sung-bo OH
  • Patent number: 10061465
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a source apparatus, and methods of providing content are provided. The display apparatus includes: a receiver which receives content data; a storage which stores frame size information corresponding to a content type; a detector which detects the content type of the content data; a video processor which forms a content frame having a frame size corresponding to the detected content type by using the frame size information stored in the storage; and a display which displays the content frame formed by the video processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-bo Oh, Young-taek Yoo, Na-rae Yun, Jun-ho Lim, Hyoung-woo Jeon
  • Patent number: 10021453
    Abstract: A video content providing apparatus is provided, the video content apparatus including: an output portion comprising output circuitry configured to transmit a content signal for displaying an image to a relay connected to an image processing apparatus to provide the content signal to the image processing apparatus; and at least one processor configured to receive video formation information about a first video format supported by the image processing apparatus from among a plurality of video formats from the relay, and if it is determined that the relay does not support the first video format, to output the content signal corresponding to a second video format different from the first video format and supportable by the relay from among the plurality of video formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-jo Seo, Sung-bo Oh
  • Publication number: 20180027267
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo OH
  • Patent number: 9848218
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Publication number: 20170359620
    Abstract: A source device and a method of transmitting content are provided. The source device includes a controller configured to check a version of a content protection method supported by a sink device from the repeater, to encrypt the content based on a version of the content protection method applied to the content, and to set a value of type information of the content protection method based on the version of the content protection method applied to the content and the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device, and a communicator including communication circuitry configured to transmit the encrypted content and the type information of the content protection method to the repeater, wherein the type information of the content protection method for determining whether the content received from the source device is output to the sink device from the repeater, based on the version of the content protection method supported by the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Sung-bo OH
  • Patent number: 9832420
    Abstract: A source device that provides contents to a sink device and a communication method thereof are provided. The communication method of the source device includes: transmitting a communication signal including a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) signal to the sink device; determining a communication status with the sink device using an HDCP communication result received from the sink device; and adjusting the communication signal according to the determined communication status. Therefore, the communication method can provide a user with optimized contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh
  • Patent number: 9807430
    Abstract: A source device for transmitting content to a sink device is provided. The source device may include an interface configured to perform high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink device, and a controller configured to determine an HDCP version supported by the sink device, convert the content so as to be encrypted in the HDCP version supported by the sink device in response to a determination that another HDCP version applied to the content is not supported by the sink device, encrypt the converted content in the HDCP version supported by the sink device, and control the interface to transmit the content to the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-bo Oh