Patents by Inventor Sung-pil HWANG

Sung-pil 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: 20160364094
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a storage; and a controller configured to display a first GUI including a plurality of menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions respectively on the display, perform a function corresponding to a menu item selected by a user among the plurality of menu items, store history information including information on the selected menu item and information on a time when the menu item is selected, and in response to receiving a request for a GUI, display on the display a second GUI including at least one menu item selected based on the history information and a time when the request for the GUI is received. Thus, the user may easily select preferred function that the user uses at a specific time which results in an improvement of a usability of the functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-min SHIN, Sung-pil HWANG, Seung-won KIM, Je-youn DONG
  • Publication number: 20160366075
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method for providing a user preference program notification in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a communicator, and a controller configured to collect a user viewing history, determine a user preference program according to the collected user viewing history, and selectively output, to a user, a notification indicating a start of the broadcasting of the determined user preference program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-youn DONG, Seung-won KIM, Seung-min SHIN, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160034458
    Abstract: There is provided a speech recognition controlling method which includes extracting a keyword by crawling a webpage, adding the keyword to a lexicon in which a plurality of words are registered and updating the lexicon, recognizing, in response to a user speech being input, the speech based on the updated lexicon, performing a search according to the recognized result, and displaying a result of the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook CHOI, Sung-pil HWANG, Ji-won YOO
  • Publication number: 20150189391
    Abstract: A server apparatus is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a text which corresponds to a voice signal input, and a controller configured to, in response to a keyword, which corresponds to the text, not existing from among a keyword included in a mapping table, search for content information belonging to at least one content genre mapped with a synonym of the text, provide a search result to a display apparatus through the communicator, and update the mapping table by adding the synonym as the keyword. Accordingly, the server apparatus may effectively perform search for content information according to voice input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-ran LEE, Yong-wook SHIN, Sung-wook CHOI, Seung-min SHIN, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150189362
    Abstract: A display apparatus, including a microphone configured to receive a voice signal and a controller configured to generate a resulting screen corresponding to the voice signal different from a first displayed screen and according to a status of the content of the first displayed screen; to display the resulting screen on the display. Accordingly, the display apparatus provides a different resulting screen according to a status of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-ran LEE, Hee-Seob Ryu, Sung-wook CHOI, Sung-pil HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150106090
    Abstract: A voice control method and display apparatus are provided. The voice control method includes converting a voice of a user into text in response to the voice being input during a voice input mode; performing a control operation corresponding to the text; determining whether speech of the user has finished based on a result of the performing the control operation; awaiting input of a subsequent voice of the user during a predetermined standby time in response to determining that the speech of the user has not finished; and releasing the voice input mode in response to determining that the speech of the user has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-wook CHOI, Hee-seob RYU, Hee-ran LEE, Sung-pil HWANG