Patents by Inventor Sung Jae Hwang

Sung Jae Hwang 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: 20160132127
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising the steps of: acquiring first information on an action performed or a form made by a user and second information on the user's fingernails or toenails, wherein the second information is visual information; and determining the user's input by determining a first element of the user's input on the basis of the first information and determining a second element of the input on the basis of the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160124970
    Abstract: A method for providing an adaptive keyboard interface is provided, which includes searching for at least one candidate message that is expected to be prepared by a user with reference to context information about a situation in which the user prepares a message; and if a first text object of text objects that are included in the at least one searched candidate message is selected by the user, providing at least one replacement text object having a degree of association with the first text object, which is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, based on the first text object
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Patent number: 9314393
    Abstract: A robotic gait training system includes a femoral support unit supporting a thigh of a patient, a hip joint support unit supporting buttocks of the patient, a lower leg support unit supporting a lower leg, an ankle support unit supporting an ankle, a support fixing toe tip positioned at an ankle height of the patient in use, a toe tip pad supporting and wrapping a forefoot of the patient, a tilt sensor, a first linear actuator operation unit rotating the femoral support unit based on the hip joint unit, a second linear actuator operation unit rotating the lower leg supporting unit based on the femoral support unit, a control unit generating a functional electric stimulation (FES) control signal, and an FES unit stimulating the plantarflexor or dorsiflexor of ankle joint based on the FES control signal received from the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Yonsei University Wonju Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Young Ho Kim, Sung Jae Hwang, Jong Sang Son, Jung Yoon Kim, Sun Woo Park, Je Seong Ryu, Min Hyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 9317114
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include an optical element having thereon an information area; an eye tracker configured to detect an activity of at least one pupil within eyes; a processor configured to change a display property of the information area based at least in part on the activity of the at least one pupil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9311965
    Abstract: A touch screen control method for controlling a playback of multimedia content using a timeline-based interface includes detecting a selection at a specific location on the timeline; and selectively zoom-displaying an area around the location where the selection is detected the position on the timeline where the event trigger has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160098084
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a user interface. The method comprises acquiring information on a position where at least one of a first device and a second device contacts a body of a user, and upon the occurrence of a triggering event that causes haptic feedback in at least one of the first device and the second device, controlling properties of haptic feedback provided in at least one of the first device and the second device, with reference to the acquired information on the body contact position, information on a display state associated with the triggering event, and information on contents or functions associated with the triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: FuturePlay Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160098091
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a user interface, comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring information on postures or motions of a first device and a second device, and sensing an input event specified on the basis of a relative relationship between the posture or motion of the first device and that of the second device; and (b) in response to the occurrence of the input event, causing at least some of contents and functions provided on the first device to be provided on the second device, or causing at least some of contents and functions provided on the second device to be provided on the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: FuturePlay Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9281010
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling content based on a timeline in a timeline-based content control apparatus with a touch screen. The method includes generating and displaying a linear timeline bar on the touch screen regardless of the size of content; detecting contact on the timeline bar; nonlinearly distorting a predetermined section of the timeline bar being displayed around the touch-detected position on the timeline bar; and performing a fine search and shifting the distorted section depending on a direction of the user's touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150355722
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a user interface. The method includes when an input event occurs, acquiring information on postures or motions of a first device and a second device associated with the input event in a preset time interval including the time of occurrence of the input event, and determining a command to be carried out in response to the input event with reference to a relative relationship between the posture or motion of the first device and that of the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: FuturePlay Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150334189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for matching multiple devices, and a device and a server system for enabling the matching thereof. According to one aspect of the invention, provided is a matching method comprising the steps of: determining, from a perspective of a first device, characteristic information on a biological state of a user, and independently determining, from a perspective of a second device, characteristic information associated with or generated according to the biological state of the user; and matching the first device and the second device on the basis of the characteristic information determined from the perspective of the first device and the characteristic information determined from the perspective of the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: FuturePlay Inc.
    Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150327316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for matching multiple devices, and a device and a server system for enabling the matching thereof. According to one aspect of the invention, provided is a matching method comprising: determining, from a perspective of a first device, characteristic information on a motion of the first device; determining, from a perspective of a second device, characteristic information on at least one of the motion of the first device, an input to the second device according to the motion of the first device, an operation on the second device according to the motion of the first device, and a location change of the first device caused by the motion of the first device; and matching the first device and the second device based on the characteristic information determined from the perspective of the first device and the characteristic information determined from the perspective of the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: FUTUREPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150254043
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise two or more displays; a storage configured to store one or more contents to be displayed in a pseudo 3D visualization; an image generating unit configured to generate two or more images from one of the one or more contents stored in the storage; and an image displaying unit configured to respectively display each of the two or more images on each of the two or more displays to show the content in the pseudo 3D visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150253884
    Abstract: A flexible device may include a flexible display; a sensor configured to detect at least one physical action applied to the flexible display; a display manager configured to: determine a first area and a second area on the flexible display based, at least in part, on the detected at least one physical action; and determine a first display property of the first area to be different from a second display property of the second area; and a processor configured to instruct the flexible display to display content based, at least in part, on the first and second display properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Patent number: 9122388
    Abstract: A method for controlling a touch screen using a timeline bar is provided. The method includes detecting a first dragging that starts from a bar on a timeline, zooming in the timeline according to a distance between the timeline and a final touch point of the first dragging, and shifting the bar on the zoomed-in timeline by a second dragging. Thus, it is possible to more precisely control the content even on a small touch screen just like on a large touch screen. In addition, the timeline blockage caused by the finger tip may be prevented, so the user may control the content more intuitively in the desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jae Hwang
  • Patent number: 9069391
    Abstract: A method for inputting a Korean character using a touch screen of a mobile device determines a vowel as a neutral vowel according to multi-touches centered around a consonant input key displayed on the touch screen. The method can minimize the number of character input keys arranged on the touch screen utilized in the mobile device, and can combine the Korean characters through the minimal touch action for inputting the Korean character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jae Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150002411
    Abstract: An end device may include a touch screen; a touch screen manager configured to: determine a first area and a second area on the touch screen, and determine at least one of a display property or a touch sensing property of the first area to be different from that of the second area; and a processor configured to: display an image on the first area and the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20140333521
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include an optical element having thereon an information area; an eye tracker configured to detect an activity of at least one pupil within eyes; a processor configured to change a display property of the information area based at least in part on the activity of the at least one pupil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Sung Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20140094345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active robotic gait training system and method which enables more active gait training based on remaining gait ability of patients with gait disorders by estimating the gait cycle through measurement of slope of the lower leg, operating the hip joint and the knee joint by an actuator depending on the gait cycle and operating the ankle joint by functional electric stimulation (FES). The robotic gait training system contains the femoral support unit, the hip joint support unit and the lower leg support unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Yonsei University Wonju Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Young Ho Kim, Sung Jae Hwang, Jong Sang Son, Jung Yoon Kim, Sun Woo Park, Je Seong Ryu, Min Hyeon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140085271
    Abstract: Provided is a system for controlling a user terminal, comprising a sensing unit to sense a motion of an object in a shape of a rod that can be held between fingers of a user, and a control unit to generate a control command for controlling the user terminal based on a motion pattern of the object sensed by the sensing unit, wherein the motion is a spinning motion of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung Jae Hwang, Andrea Bianchi, Ian Oakley, Kwang Yun Wohn, Myung Wook Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140078110
    Abstract: Provided is a sensing apparatus for a user terminal including a camera, including: an image analyzing unit analyzing an image variable of an object taken by the camera; and a touch determining unit determining whether the object touches the user terminal and an intensity of the touch according to the image variable analyzed by the image analyzing unit. According to the present disclosure, without adding additional hardware devices or changing hardware devices, the touch pressure, rotational angle, and the like of the object regarding the user terminal may be sensed by using the camera already provided in the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang