Patents by Inventor Won Young Choi

Won Young Choi 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: 9436753
    Abstract: An update management method and apparatus therefor are provided, the update management method including the operations of storing one or more pieces of update information related to at least one channel from a plurality of channels in a storage unit of a user terminal; and displaying the one or more pieces of update information in the related at least one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-hyun Shim, Won-young Choi, Kuk-hyun Han
  • Publication number: 20160242003
    Abstract: A mobile device and a method performed by the mobile device for receiving a service from a server are provided. The mobile device includes communication circuitry configured to receive a signal transmitted from a wireless transmitter, wherein the mobile device is located within a detectable range from the wireless transmitter; and a processor configured to determine signal intensity information based on an intensity of the received signal, and send, to a server, a request for information based on the determined signal intensity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Tae-young KANG, Hee-chul JEON, Hye-rin KIM, Da-hye PARK, Won-young CHOI, Seung-hwan HONG
  • Patent number: 9337272
    Abstract: A spin transistor includes: an input part that is made of a material exhibiting a spin Hall effect and configured to transfer electrons with a predetermined direction of spin to a connecting part; and the connecting part that receives the electrons with the predetermined direction of spin from the input part, rotates the spin of the electrons in accordance with a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode, and transfers the electrons to the output part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hyun Cheol Koo, Hyung-jun Kim, Joonyeon Chang, Won Young Choi, Suk Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9338620
    Abstract: A method of executing an alarm with respect to a missed received call for a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes determining whether the mobile communication terminal is moving, and determining whether a missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving, and executing an alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time if it is determined that the missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Hoon Kim, Jeong-Gwan Kang, Hyun-Su Hong, Jin Ra, Jong-Hyun Ryu, Yong-Gook Park, Han-Joo Chae, Won-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 9338593
    Abstract: A mobile device and a method performed by the mobile device for receiving a service from a service providing apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a signal which is emitted from the beacon apparatus, wherein the mobile device is located within vicinity of the beacon apparatus; determining an intensity of the received signal; requesting the service providing apparatus for a service based on the determined intensity; and receiving the service from the service providing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tae-young Kang, Hee-chul Jeon, Hye-rin Kim, Da-hye Park, Won-young Choi, Seung-hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20160123288
    Abstract: A multi-stage fuel pump includes a casing having a fuel intake formed on one side thereof and a fuel discharge port formed on the other side thereof, and a plurality of impellers provided within the casing, having a plurality of blades disposed on a circumferential surface in an outward direction of the circumferential surface and having blade chambers formed between the blades and penetrating through upper and lower surfaces of the impellers to allow fuel to be discharged and introduced to and from upper and lower sides of the blades, and formed in multiple stages, wherein fuel intaken through the fuel intake according to rotation of the impellers is discharged to the fuel discharge port through the blade chambers of the impellers, and the numbers of the blades of each of the impellers are different, thereby reducing blade passage frequency (BPF) noise generated according to rotation of the impellers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Gyu Sang Yu, Won Young Choi, In Seok Sohn
  • Publication number: 20150333123
    Abstract: A spin transistor includes: an input part that is made of a material exhibiting a spin Hall effect and configured to transfer electrons with a predetermined direction of spin to a connecting part; and the connecting part that receives the electrons with the predetermined direction of spin from the input part, rotates the spin of the electrons in accordance with a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode, and transfers the electrons to the output part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Cheol KOO, Hyung-jun KIM, Joonyeon CHANG, Won Young CHOI, Suk Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20150269834
    Abstract: A method of providing an activity notification is provided. The method includes registering, by the device, information about the activity notification according to a request for registering the activity notification, and transmitting, by the device, the registered information about the activity notification to a management device, wherein the management device performs a process of providing the activity notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Han-joo CHAE, Hyun-soo NAH, Jong-hyun RYU, Sang-ok CHA, Seung-eok CHOI, Won-young CHOI
  • Patent number: 9100777
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a device are provided. Information regarding a second external device, which was received by a first external device, is received from the first external device. The second external device is authenticated based on the information regarding the second external device. Position information regarding the second external device is detected. Control information regarding the first external device is transmitted to the first external device. The control information is based on the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-gook Park, Tae-young Kang, Jung-ho Kim, Joo-yoon Bae, Ho-jun Lee, Hee-chul Jeon, Sang-ok Cha, Won-young Choi
  • Publication number: 20150111604
    Abstract: A mobile device and a method performed by the mobile device for receiving a service from a service providing apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a signal which is emitted from the beacon apparatus, wherein the mobile device is located within vicinity of the beacon apparatus; determining an intensity of the received signal; requesting the service providing apparatus for a service based on the determined intensity; and receiving the service from the service providing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tae-young KANG, Hee-chul JEON, Hye-rin KIM, Da-hye PARK, Won-young CHOI, Seung-hwan HONG
  • Patent number: 8983404
    Abstract: A method of providing content is provided. The method includes providing an interface for providing a service based on information regarding a wireless transceiver positioned close to an apparatus for providing content, the information being received from the wireless transceiver; requesting a waiting number for providing the service via the interface; and receiving the waiting number for providing the service, a waiting time, and content based on the waiting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-yoon Bae, Tae-young Kang, Jung-ho Kim, Yong-gook Park, Ho-jun Lee, Hee-chul Jeon, Sang-ok Cha, Won-young Choi
  • Publication number: 20150066643
    Abstract: A method and device which provide a recommendation to a user based on the type of device are provided. The device includes: a user input which is configured to receive a user touch input, a communicator which is configured to transmit a recommendation item request including identification information of the device to a server in response to the user touch input and receive at least one recommendation item selected based on the identification information of the device from the server; a display which is configured to display a recommendation panel including the received at least one recommendation item; and a controller which is configured to control the communicator to receive the at least one recommendation item and control the display to display the recommendation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-young CHOI, Nam-wook KANG, Jong-hyun RYU, Hee-chul JEON, Sang-ok CHA
  • Patent number: 8937932
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a service in a service providing device are provided. The method includes receiving, from a terminal, information about a wireless transmitter/receiver whose vicinity the terminal is located within; determining a differentiated service to be provided to the terminal according to the received information about the wireless transmitter/receiver; and providing the determined differentiated service to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tae-young Kang, Hee-chul Jeon, Hye-rin Kim, Da-hye Park, Won-young Choi, Seung-hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20140297647
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for update information management is provided. One or more pieces of update information related to at least one category from a plurality of categories are stored in a storage unit of the user terminal. One or more pieces of notice information regarding the one or more pieces of the update information are displayed within a first information region of a screen of the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jung-hyun SHIM, Won-young CHOI, Kuk-hyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20140273976
    Abstract: A method of executing an alarm with respect to a missed received call for a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes determining whether the mobile communication terminal is moving, and determining whether a missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving, and executing an alarm with respect to the missed received call when it is determined that the mobile communication terminal does not move for a period of time if it is determined that the missed received call occurs while the mobile communication terminal is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Hoon KIM, Jeong-Gwan KANG, Hyun-Su HONG, Jin RA, Jong-Hyun RYU, Yong-Gook PARK, Han-Joo CHAE, Won-Young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140213180
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing service via wireless communication. A device which provides a service includes a wireless communication unit which receives, from an external device, information about at least one content that is being reproduced by the external device; and a controller which is configured to request an object for using a service related to the at least one content from a server, and to receive the object from the server, and to output the object via an output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-ok CHA, Jong-hyun RYU, Hee-chul JEON, Won-young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140214924
    Abstract: A first device for displaying an object related to content reproduced by a second device is provided. The first device including a sensor which senses an exit of the first device from a service zone of the second device during reproduction of the content by the second device; a communication device which requests a management server for an object related to the content, the object including link information for receiving information about the content reproduced by the second device at a point of time when the sensor senses the exit, and for receiving the object related to the content from the management server; and a controller which controls a display to display the received object related to the content on a predetermined screen of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-ok CHA, Jong-hyun RYU, Hee-chul JEON, Won-young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140210754
    Abstract: A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-hyun RYU, Yong-gook PARK, Han-joo CHAE, Won-young CHOI, Jeong-gwan KANG, Nam-hoon KIM, Hyun-su HONG, Jin LA
  • Patent number: 8587893
    Abstract: There are provided a base structure for a device such as a hard disk drive and a hard disk drive having the same. The base structure includes: a base body including components mounted thereon and made of a non-aluminum material; and a base reinforcing part attached to the base body as an additional piece. More specifically, the base body is provided by press-molding a steel sheet and the base reinforcing part is provided by press-molding a steel sheet or is provided as a reinforcing plate separately attached to an outer surface of the base body, and the base structure further includes a reinforcing part processing member additionally provided in the reinforcing plate. The base structure for a device such as a hard disk drive and the like, in which the rigidity thereof is secured or the weight thereof is reduced by using various base reinforcing parts and reinforcing part processing members while the manufacturing costs of the base structure are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Ho Kim, Won Young Choi, Tae Young Choi
  • Publication number: 20130095790
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a device are provided. Information regarding a second external device, which was received by a first external device, is received from the first external device. The second external device is authenticated based on the information regarding the second external device. Position information regarding the second external device is detected. Control information regarding the first external device is transmitted to the first external device. The control information is based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-gook Park, Tae-young Kang, Jung-ho Kim, Joo-yoon Bae, Ho-jun Lee, Hee-chul Jeon, Sang-ok Cha, Won-young Choi