Patents by Inventor Yongwon CHO

Yongwon CHO 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: 9360943
    Abstract: An image display device is provided. The image display device comprises a speaker, a camera for receiving a user's gesture, and a controller for outputting sound of the speaker to the user's position. Thereby, feedback for a gesture of the image display device can be efficiently provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soungsoo Park, Sangki Kim, Yongwon Cho, Soungmin Im
  • Patent number: 9201590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and electronic device for a gesture-based key input and, more particularly, to a method and electronic device for a gesture-based key input, wherein an input region corresponding to a virtual keyboard is set according to any one of a single-hand typing mode and a double-hand typing mode and a key input is obtained based on gesture for the set input region. A gesture-based key input method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes displaying a virtual keyboard, setting an input region, corresponding to the displayed virtual keyboard, according to a typing mode selected from among a single-hand typing mode and a double-hand typing mode, recognizing gesture for the input region, and obtaining a key input based on the recognized gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangki Kim, Soungmin Im, Sunjin Yu, Kyungyoung Lim, Yongwon Cho, Taehyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 9189072
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. The display device and the control method include a camera acquiring an image including a gesture made by a user, and a controller extracting an object making the gesture from the image acquired by the camera, and setting a specific spot in the extracted object to be a reference point of a movement of the object, the controller fixing the reference point to a set location regardless of a change in a shape of the extracted object. Accordingly, a reference point is set at a specific spot of an object having made a gesture corresponding to the acquisition of control thereon, thereby allowing for the accurate and effective recognition of a gesture made by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehyeong Kim, Kyungyoung Lim, Sangki Kim, Yongwon Cho
  • Patent number: 9052927
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; an input unit configured to enter an application indicator edit mode for editing application indicators providing information on corresponding applications; a display configured to display a first display region including a plurality of settable application indicators and a second display region including a guide screen indicating at least one of a display location and a display size of the settable application indicators on the guide screen when entering the edit mode; and a controller configured to receive a selection signal indicating a selection of a specific application indicator among the plurality of settable application indicators included in the first display region, and to determine whether the specific application indicator can be set on the guide screen included in the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Songyi Baek, Jina Chang, Hyolin Kim, Hannah Na, Yongwon Cho, Hanseop Kim, Meejeong Kim, Changhee Han
  • Patent number: 9043677
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory controller to control a memory device includes reading a read vector from the memory device and correcting one or more errors in the read vector, where a power consumed at the correcting is varied according to the number of errors in the read vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaePhil Kong, Yongwon Cho, Jong-Uk Song
  • Patent number: 9030487
    Abstract: An electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same, and more particularly, to an electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image and a method of using the same that can provide a user interface for controlling positions of a three-dimensional icon and a virtual layer including the same according to a user gesture are provided. The electronic device for displaying a three-dimensional image includes a camera for photographing a gesture action in three-dimensional space; a display unit for displaying a virtual layer including at least one object with a first depth at three-dimensional virtual space; and a controller for selectively performing one of a first action of changing a depth in which the virtual layer is displayed to a second depth and a second action of changing a position of the object, according to the gesture action based on a gesture input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soungmin Im, Sunjin Yu, Sangki Kim, Kyungyoung Lim, Yongwon Cho, Taehyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 8994675
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and an information processing method for displaying a plurality of virtual key buttons on a touchscreen including one or more touch input nodes generating a touch signal corresponding to touch; receiving a touch signal corresponding to virtual key buttons displayed on the touchscreen; and outputting a key value of at least one of the plurality of virtual key buttons as a key value corresponding to the received touch signal according to touch data calculated based on the received touch signal, wherein the touch data is calculated by expanding the touch signal to a virtual touch input node in proximity to touch input nodes generating the touch signal from among the one or more one touch input nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongwon Cho, Dongsoo Shin, Manho Lee, Younghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8875191
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and an operating method thereof. When a predetermined event occurs while contents are being output, a video and a sound of the contents are controlled to be respectively output through different electronic devices, thus improving a content provision environment for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taehyeong Kim, Yongwon Cho, Sunjin Yu, Sungjin Kim, Soungmin Im
  • Patent number: 8830302
    Abstract: A gesture-based user interface method and corresponding apparatus that includes a light source configured to irradiate light to a user, an image sensor configured to receive light reflected from the user and output a depth image of the user, an image processor configured to recognize a user gesture based on the depth image output from the image sensor, and a controller configured to control the light source and the image sensor such that at least one of an optical wavelength of the light source, an optical power level of the light source, a frame rate of the light source and a resolution of the depth image is adjusted according to a gesture recognition mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Soungmin Im, Sunjin Yu, Kyungyoung Lim, Sangki Kim, Yongwon Cho
  • Publication number: 20140181589
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory controller to control a memory device includes reading a read vector from the memory device and correcting one or more errors in the read vector, where a power consumed at the correcting is varied according to the number of errors in the read vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaePhil KONG, Yongwon CHO, Jong-Uk SONG
  • Patent number: 8719669
    Abstract: An error correction code (ECC) decoder processing data read from a storage media includes a plurality of processing elements for detecting an error in at least one of a plurality of channel data, wherein the plurality of channel data is received via a plurality of channels, and wherein the plurality of processing elements are driven independently from the plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaePhil Kong, Yongwon Cho, Changduck Lee
  • Patent number: 8694858
    Abstract: A controller to control a memory system including a memory device. The controlling the memory system may include calculating an error location polynomial in a received read vector with a key equation solving unit of the memory system to read data from the memory device, estimating the number of errors in the received read vector with a control unit of the memory system according to at least one of the calculated error location polynomial and information on the error location polynomial, searching error locations of the received read vector according to the calculated error location polynomial with a chien search unit of the memory system with the control unit. A cycle-per power consumption of the chien search unit may be adjusted with the control unit. A maximum correction time may be adjusted according to the number of errors of the read vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaePhil Kong, Yongwon Cho
  • Patent number: 8667369
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory controller to control a memory device includes reading a read vector from the memory device and correcting one or more errors in the read vector, where a power consumed at the correcting is varied according to the number of errors in the read vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaePhil Kong, Yongwon Cho, Jong-uk Song
  • Publication number: 20140006997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and electronic device for a gesture-based key input and, more particularly, to a method and electronic device for a gesture-based key input, wherein an input region corresponding to a virtual keyboard is set according to any one of a single-hand typing mode and a double-hand typing mode and a key input is obtained based on gesture for the set input region. A gesture-based key input method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes displaying a virtual keyboard, setting an input region, corresponding to the displayed virtual keyboard, according to a typing mode selected from among a single-hand typing mode and a double-hand typing mode, recognizing gesture for the input region, and obtaining a key input based on the recognized gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangki Kim, Soungmin Im, Sunjin Yu, Kyungyoung Lim, Yongwon Cho, Taehyeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20130307768
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. The display device and the control method include a camera acquiring an image including a gesture made by a user, and a controller extracting an object making the gesture from the image acquired by the camera, and setting a specific spot in the extracted object to be a reference point of a movement of the object, the controller fixing the reference point to a set location regardless of a change in a shape of the extracted object. Accordingly, a reference point is set at a specific spot of an object having made a gesture corresponding to the acquisition of control thereon, thereby allowing for the accurate and effective recognition of a gesture made by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehyeong Kim, Kyungyoung Lim, Sangki Kim, Yongwon Cho
  • Patent number: 8577092
    Abstract: A method for controlling a multimedia device, which uses a plurality of heterogeneous image sensors, comprises the steps of identifying at least one user located in the periphery of the multimedia device under the control of a first image sensor for extracting depth data and a second image sensor for extracting color data; accessing a memory that stores a preference channel per user; extracting information on the preference channel corresponding to the identified user, from the accessed memory; performing a control operation for switching to the preference channel based on the extracted information; and monitoring change of a user located in front of the multimedia device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taehyeong Kim, Yongwon Cho, Sangki Kim, Mingoo Kang, Soungmin Im
  • Publication number: 20130280961
    Abstract: An ear jack of a mobile terminal for preventing a foreign substance from being injected into the mobile terminal includes: a body for forming a passage for inserting an earphone and for housing a plurality of metal terminals; and a foreign substance injection prevention layer made of an elastic material for preventing a foreign substance from being injected into the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongwon CHO
  • Publication number: 20130265226
    Abstract: An image display device is provided. The image display device comprises a speaker, a camera for receiving a user's gesture, and a controller for outputting sound of the speaker to the user's position. Thereby, feedback for a gesture of the image display device can be efficiently provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soungsoo Park, Sangki Kim, Yongwon Cho, Soungmin Im
  • Publication number: 20130194180
    Abstract: A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The device includes a sensing unit, and a controller configured to generate a display signal displaying at least one pointer, to generate a display signal so that the a movement of the at least one pointer depending on a first gesture is performed based on a first set value when obtaining the first gesture through the sensing unit, and to generate a display signal so that the movement of the at least one pointer depending on the first gesture is performed based on a second set value when the first set value changes to the second set value. Accordingly, it may be possible to effectively control movement of the pointer by enabling the pointer to be moved based on a predetermined set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wooseok AHN, Yongwon CHO
  • Publication number: 20130050425
    Abstract: A gesture-based user interface method and corresponding apparatus that includes a light source configured to irradiate light to a user, an image sensor configured to receive light reflected from the user and output a depth image of the user, an image processor configured to recognize a user gesture based on the depth image output from the image sensor, and a controller configured to control the light source and the image sensor such that at least one of an optical wavelength of the light source, an optical power level of the light source, a frame rate of the light source and a resolution of the depth image is adjusted according to a gesture recognition mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Soungmin Im, Sunjin Yu, Kyungyoung Lim, Sangki Kim, Yongwon Cho