Patents by Inventor Won Min Choi

Won Min 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).

  • Publication number: 20250144520
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Patent number: 12220636
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Publication number: 20220379213
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: NCsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku KANG, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Patent number: 10420190
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, a driving method thereof, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The audio apparatus includes a lighting part configured to provide a lighting effect to at least one direction around the audio apparatus; a detector configured to detect a direction, with respect to the audio apparatus, of a person present in a vicinity of the audio apparatus, and detect a motion of the person; and a processor configured to control the lighting part to provide, to the detected direction, the lighting effect based on the detected motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-youn Won, Won-min Choi, Jung-geun Kim, Ji-hyae Kim, Won-hee Lee, Chang-hoon Park, Se-ran Jeon
  • Publication number: 20170181250
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, a driving method thereof, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The audio apparatus includes a lighting part configured to provide a lighting effect to at least one direction around the audio apparatus; a detector configured to detect a direction, with respect to the audio apparatus, of a person present in a vicinity of the audio apparatus, and detect a motion of the person; and a processor configured to control the lighting part to provide, to the detected direction, the lighting effect based on the detected motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-youn WON, Won-min CHOI, Jung-geun KIM, Ji-hyae KIM, Won-hee LEE, Chang-hoon PARK, Se-ran JEON
  • Publication number: 20160349843
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus, a method of providing a vibration feedback thereof, and a display system are provided. The remote control apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive a user input, a communicator configured to perform transmissions and receptions with an external apparatus that is an object to be controlled, a vibrator configured to generate vibrations, and a controller configured to, in response to a signal for notifying that a preset operation is performed in the external apparatus, being received through the communicator, generate vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hyuk KWON, Chang-soo NOH, Moon-sung NA, Jong-bo MOON, Dong-hun LEE, Won-min CHOI, Jeong-hye CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160302286
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus includes a display unit; a storing unit configured to store audio data; a communication unit configured to transmit the stored audio data to an external device to output the stored audio data from the external device; and a processor configured to extract color information from image data and control the communication unit so that the extracted color information is transmitted to the external device to turn on a lighting according to the extracted color information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hyae KIM, Jung-geun KIM, Yong-jin SO, Won-min CHOI, Jea-hun HYUN
  • Patent number: 8733790
    Abstract: An active safety apparatus for vehicles and a method of controlling the apparatus, which can actively control the operation of a safety device, such as an airbag device or a seatbelt device installed in a vehicle for restraining a passenger behavior and protecting a passenger in a vehicle collision, based on the conditions of a vehicle collision and the passenger behavior which vary depending on the conditions of the vehicle collision, thereby optimally protecting the passenger for the conditions of the vehicle collision and improving passenger safety of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sogang University
    Inventors: Jae Haeng Yoo, Dae Young Kwak, Hyun Yong Jeong, Won Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20130020789
    Abstract: An active safety apparatus for vehicles and a method of controlling the apparatus, which can actively control the operation of a safety device, such as an airbag device or a seatbelt device installed in a vehicle for restraining a passenger behavior and protecting a passenger in a vehicle collision, based on the conditions of a vehicle collision and the passenger behavior which vary depending on the conditions of the vehicle collision, thereby optimally protecting the passenger for the conditions of the vehicle collision and improving passenger safety of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sogang University, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Haeng Yoo, Dae Young Kwak, Hyun Yong Jeong, Won Min Choi