Patents by Inventor Yongseung YI

Yongseung YI 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: 11700324
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed in the specification, an electronic device comprises a battery disposed inside the electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the electronic device; at least one electronic component disposed on the PCB; and a first buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is routed to the battery; and a second buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is selectively electrically connected to the second end of the first buck converter, and the second end is routed to the at least one electronic component, and wherein the first buck converter and the second buck converter are configured to boost a voltage provided from the battery through an electrical path formed from the battery by the first end of the first buck converter, and the second end of the first buck converter, the first end of the second buck converter and the second end of the second buck converter to the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghoon Park, Hyunseok Kim, Hoyeong Lim, Seunggoo Kang, Moonki Yeo, Seungbo Shim, Yongseung Yi, Dongil Son
  • Publication number: 20230044807
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a USB connector connected to a USB plug of an external device; a high-speed interface; a voltage source for supplying a voltage to the high-speed interface; a first circuit portion connected to a ground portion, and has a second impedance higher than a first impedance of the high-speed interface; and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor the external device by using the high-speed interface in a first interval of a first frame, form a disconnection sensing path by forming a connection between the first circuit portion and a second circuit portion of the external device, and use the disconnection sensing path to determine whether the connection between the USB connector and the USB plug has been disconnected. The second circuit portion may have a fourth impedance higher than a third impedance of an external high-speed interface. Various other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jaehwan LEE, Hoyeong LIM, Cheolyoon CHUNG, Hyunseok KIM, Incheol BAEK, Yongseung YI
  • Publication number: 20220386003
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a sound output module. The sound output module includes a sound output housing and a motor unit positioned in an inner space and communicating with an inner space of the speaker unit to generate a vibration force. The motor unit may include a motor body forming a volume space communicating with the inner space of the speaker unit and a vibration body positioned in the motor body to generate a vibration force. A communication hole may be formed in an outer wall of the motor body for the inner space of the speaker unit and the volume space to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Incheol BAEK, Yonghwa KIM, Yongseung YI, Jeonggyu JO, Hoyeong LIM
  • Patent number: 11487377
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, disclosed is an electronic device comprising at least one sensor, a display comprising a touch panel, at least one pressure sensor disposed in the upper or lower layer of the touch panel such that pressure applied to at least a part of a region of the display can be sensed, and at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to: sense whether the electronic device is in a submerged state by using the at least one sensor or the display, receive a user input with respect to the at least a part of a region of the display while the electronic device is sensed to be in the submerged state, acquire the pressure and the position of the user input by using the at least one pressure sensor, and process the user input on the basis of the acquired pressure and the acquired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghoon Park, Hyunseok Kim, Dongyup Lee, Yongseung Yi, Hoyeong Lim, Seunggoo Kang, Dongil Son
  • Patent number: 11431830
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a circuit board included in an electronic device and, according to one embodiment, the circuit board can comprise: at least one wire included on the circuit board, at least one conductive structure arranged on the circuit board in order to reinforce the circuit board, and arranged in order to electrically connect the at least one wire; and at least one conductive member included on the circuit board, and electrically connecting the at least one wire with the at least one conductive structure, and additional other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghoon Park, Dongyup Lee, Hyunseok Kim, Yongseung Yi, Hoyeong Lim, Seunggoo Kang, Dongil Son, Hyangbok Lee
  • Patent number: 11162991
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided including a connector comprising a plurality of terminals, the connector being configured to be connected with an external device; a circuit electrically connected to at least a subset of the plurality of terminals; and a processor electrically connected to the circuit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a connection of the external device through the connector, detect a first impedance of a first electrical path including a first terminal of the plurality of terminals, detect a second impedance of a second electrical path including a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, and determine a connection direction of the external device connected through the connector, based on the first impedance and the second impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehwan Lee, Hoyeong Lim, Kihyun Park, Gihoon Lee, Duhyun Kim, Yongseung Yi, Dongil Son
  • Patent number: 11133535
    Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Du-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Seok Kim, Yongseung Yi, Hoyeong Lim, Dong-Il Son
  • Publication number: 20210126994
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed in the specification, an electronic device comprises a battery disposed inside the electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the electronic device; at least one electronic component disposed on the PCB; and a first buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is routed to the battery; and a second buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is selectively electrically connected to the second end of the first buck converter, and the second end is routed to the at least one electronic component, and wherein the first buck converter and the second buck converter are configured to boost a voltage provided from the battery through an electrical path formed from the battery by the first end of the first buck converter, and the second end of the first buck converter, the first end of the second buck converter and the second end of the second buck converter to the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Junghoon PARK, Hyunseok KIM, Hoyeong LIM, Seunggoo KANG, Moonki YEO, Seungbo SHIM, Yongseung YI, Dongil SON
  • Publication number: 20210044681
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a circuit board included in an electronic device and, according to one embodiment, the circuit board can comprise: at least one wire included on the circuit board, at least one conductive structure arranged on the circuit board in order to reinforce the circuit board, and arranged in order to electrically connect the at least one wire; and at least one conductive member included on the circuit board, and electrically connecting the at least one wire with the at least one conductive structure, and additional other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Junghoon PARK, Dongyup LEE, Hyunseok KIM, Yongseung YI, Hoyeong LIM, Seunggoo KANG, Dongil SON, Hyangbok LEE
  • Publication number: 20210004114
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, disclosed is an electronic device comprising at least one sensor, a display comprising a touch panel, at least one pressure sensor disposed in the upper or lower layer of the touch panel such that pressure applied to at least a part of a region of the display can be sensed, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured so as to: sense whether the electronic device is in a submerged state by using the at least one sensor or the display, receive a user input with respect to the at least a part of a region of the display while the electronic device is sensed to be in the submerged state, acquire the pressure and the position of the user input by using the at least one pressure sensor, and process the user input on the basis of the acquired pressure and the acquired position. Additional various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Junghoon PARK, Hyunseok KIM, Dongyup LEE, Yongseung YI, Hoyeong LIM, Seunggoo KANG, Dongil SON
  • Patent number: 10778017
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device of a metal member and a method therefor. The electronic device includes: a memory; an abnormality detection circuit; and a processor functionally connected with the memory or the abnormality detection circuit, wherein the processor is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in an electric shock prevention circuit or whether a leakage path is formed from a ground of the electronic device to the metal member by using the abnormality detection circuit, and to control charging a battery of the electronic device according to whether there is the abnormality in the electric shock prevention circuit or whether the leakage path is formed. Other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon Park, Jin-Hee Won, Yongseung Yi, Dong-Il Son
  • Patent number: 10641811
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention may include one or more switches, one of more sub-systems, and an interface control unit electrically coupled with the one or more sub-systems and the one or more switches. The interface control unit is configured to: detect a coupling of an external device to the electronic device, identify a type of the coupled external device, when the external device is identified as a current detecting device, generate a first control signal for turning off power to the one or more sub-systems, and a second control signal for setting a first path to supply the one or more sub-systems with power from the current detecting device, and transmit the first control signal to the one or more sub-systems and the second control signal to the one or more switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Du-Hyun Kim, Hoyeong Lim, Yongseung Yi, Dong-Il Son
  • Publication number: 20190312448
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device comprises: a connector, which includes a first terminal and a second terminal and can be coupled to an external electronic device; a battery for supplying power to the electronic device; and a first switch connected to the first terminal, and a second switch connected to the second terminal, wherein the electronic device can be set such that the first switch and/or the second switch are shorted, on the basis of a state in which the electronic device is off and/or a state in which a voltage of the battery is a preset voltage or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Hoyeong LIM, Duhyun KIM, Yongseung YI, Dongil SON
  • Publication number: 20190257869
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided including a connector comprising a plurality of terminals, the connector being configured to be connected with an external device; a circuit electrically connected to at least a subset of the plurality of terminals; and a processor electrically connected to the circuit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a connection of the external device through the connector, detect a first impedance of a first electrical path including a first terminal of the plurality of terminals, detect a second impedance of a second electrical path including a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, and determine a connection direction of the external device connected through the connector, based on the first impedance and the second impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jaehwan LEE, Hoyeong LIM, Kihyun PARK, Gihoon LEE, Duhyun KIM, Yongseung YI, Dongil SON
  • Publication number: 20190006722
    Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Du-Hyun KIM, Hyun-Seok Kim, Yongseung Yi, Hoyeong Lim, Dong-II Son
  • Publication number: 20180351376
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device of a metal member and a method therefor. The electronic device includes: a memory; an abnormality detection circuit; and a processor functionally connected with the memory or the abnormality detection circuit, wherein the processor is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in an electric shock prevention circuit or whether a leakage path is formed from a ground of the electronic device to the metal member by using the abnormality detection circuit, and to control charging a battery of the electronic device according to whether there is the abnormality in the electric shock prevention circuit or whether the leakage path is formed. Other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon PARK, Jin-Hee WON, Yongseung YI, Dong-Il SON
  • Publication number: 20170363672
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention may include one or more switches, one of more sub-systems, and an interface control unit electrically coupled with the one or more sub-systems and the one or more switches. The interface control unit is configured to: detect a coupling of an external device to the electronic device, identify a type of the coupled external device, when the external device is identified as a current detecting device, generate a first control signal for turning off power to the one or more sub-systems, and a second control signal for setting a first path to supply the one or more sub-systems with power from the current detecting device, and transmit the first control signal to the one or more sub-systems and the second control signal to the one or more switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Du-Hyun KIM, Hoyeong LIM, Yongseung YI, Dong-Il SON