Patents by Inventor Yongcheon KANG

Yongcheon KANG 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).

  • Electronic device including rotatable annular member
    Patent number: 10001751
    Abstract: Various example embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device including: a housing including a substantially circular opening and a first surface facing in a first direction; a wearing structure configured to enable the electronic device to be removably worn on a part of a human body and connected to the housing; a display disposed in the opening; an annulus installed on the first surface and configured to be rotatable along a periphery of the opining, the annulus including a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction; at least one spacer interposed between a part of the first surface and the second surface of the annulus; and a circuit configured to detect a rotation of the annular member and to change the display at least in part based on the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wook-Dam Jung, Yongcheon Kang, Dong-Jin Yim, Hyun-Seok Chang, Sanghyuck Jung, Jeongeun Kim, Byoung-Uk Yoon
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ROTATABLE ANNULAR MEMBER
    Publication number: 20170277125
    Abstract: Various example embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device including: a housing including a substantially circular opening and a first surface facing in a first direction; a wearing structure configured to enable the electronic device to be removably worn on a part of a human body and connected to the housing; a display disposed in the opening; an annulus installed on the first surface and configured to be rotatable along a periphery of the opining, the annulus including a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction; at least one spacer interposed between a part of the first surface and the second surface of the annulus; and a circuit configured to detect a rotation of the annular member and to change the display at least in part based on the rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Wook-Dam JUNG, Yongcheon KANG, Dong-Jin YIM, Hyun-Seok CHANG, Sanghyuck JUNG, Jeongeun KIM, Byoung-Uk YOON