Patents by Inventor Yunmi Kwon

Yunmi Kwon 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: 20160337580
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen; a camera; and a controller configured to display a first graphic object on the touchscreen that is linked with an image capture function for capturing an image through the camera, execute the image capture function in response to a first touch input applied to the graphic object, and execute both the image capture function and a linked function corresponding to the image capture function in response to a second touch input applied to the graphic object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunmi KWON, Kiseon LEE
  • Publication number: 20160337612
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a camera; a display; a wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a first signal requesting a video call to provide a virtual reality (VR) image to an external device, the VR image having an angle of view equal to or greater than a preset degree, generate the VR image based on a plurality of images obtained using the camera, control the wireless communication unit to receive a preset second signal from the external device, and control the wireless communication unit to transmit a third signal including the generated VR image to the external device in response to the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Soungmin IM, Yunmi KWON, Kiseon LEE, Byounggi LEE
  • Patent number: 9467648
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a video merging can be performed in the course of a video call to a counterpart terminal. The present invention includes a camera configured to create a first video having a user of the mobile terminal taken therein, a wireless communication unit configured to receive a second video taken by the counterpart terminal, a controller configured to extract a user display region from the first video, and merge the user display region and the second video, and a display unit configured to display the merged video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kwon, Hyemi Jung, Arim Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160259531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of performing simple pay using registered card information after information of a real card is registered at the mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefor. To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, according to one embodiment, a mobile terminal, includes a touch screen capable of outputting at least one card image and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon CHO, Yunmi KWON, Kiseon LEE, Jie SEOL
  • Publication number: 20160260086
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication processor configured to perform communication with a payment terminal; a display; and a controller configured to display a first card image corresponding to a first card to be used for payment on the display in response to a user input, perform user authentication for using the first card for payment, transmit card information corresponding to the first card to the payment terminal via the wireless communication processor, and output a notification indicating whether payment using the first card image is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon CHO, Yunmi KWON, Kiseon LEE, Jie SEOL
  • Patent number: 9414206
    Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal for providing a convenient and effective contact management function by providing differentiated services for two or more connected contacts, respectively. To this end, there is provided an operation control method of a mobile terminal, and the method may include displaying a contact list containing a plurality of contacts; designating a first contact in the contact list as a first recipient according to a user's input; designating at least one second contact as a second recipient when there exists the at least one second contact connected to the first contact; and performing a first operation for the first recipient, and performing a second operation subordinate to the first operation for the second recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Arim Kwon, Sunah Lee, Yunmi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160191680
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal allowing at least part of a display unit to be bent or flexed. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to operate in either a first configuration or a second configuration having different radii of curvature, and a controller configured to switch the display unit from the first configuration to the second configuration based on a call being connected in the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Heonjae JUNG, Hyemi JUNG, Arim KWON, Yunmi KWON
  • Publication number: 20160171006
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a mobile terminal configured to provide an indicator indicating whether location information is included in a search result received from a web search engine and a method of controlling therefor. Specifically, the mobile terminal according to embodiments may include a touch screen configured to output an execution screen of a web browser application and a controller configured to provide a search query to a web search engine based on an input at a search field, to receive one or more web search results from the web search engine in response to the search query, to control the touch screen to display a web search list containing the one or more web search results and a location information indicator, the location information indicator to identify that location information is provided in the web search list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jonghwan KIM, Hyungjin KIM, Yunmi KWON
  • Patent number: 9363359
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. In a state where a message application is executed, when a view mode of the mobile terminal is converted to a landscape view mode, the mobile terminal displays at least one selectable item related to the message application in a partial area of a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunjueng Mhun, Jaeho Choi, Yeonsuk Na, Jian Choi, Joohee Son, Yunmi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160150071
    Abstract: A mobile terminal executing a function providing information using a graphic object including information includes: a display unit; a state sensing unit configured to sense state information of a mobile terminal; a wireless communication unit configured to perform communication with an external server storing a plurality of information; and a control unit configured to, when particular information is selected according to a user's control command, output a graphic object including at least one information among the plurality of information stored in the external server on the display unit on the basis of the particular information and the state information of the mobile terminal, wherein the at least one information is information related to the particular information and the state information of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghwan KIM, Hyungjin KIM, Yunmi KWON
  • Publication number: 20160077718
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to switching between an On state and an Off state, a touch sensor configured to sense touch on the display unit in the On or Off state, and a controller configured to switch at least a portion of the display unit to the On state when displacement of a drag input, dragging a pointer in a predetermined direction, in a first direction reaches a first reference value, output first information in a first area of the display unit when at least the portion of the display unit turns to the ON state, and switch the display unit to the Off state when the pointer, which has dragged in the predetermined direction, is released from the display unit after the display unit is switched to the On state. Further, the display unit is maintained in the On state after the display unit is switched to the On state in response to the drag input while the pointer, which has dragged in the predetermined direction, is touching the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunmi KWON, Jungeun SHIN, Songyi BAEK, Soyeon YIM
  • Patent number: 9258709
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method therein are disclosed, by which a memo can be written and utilized conveniently in a state that an access to the mobile terminal is restricted in part. The present invention includes entering a lock screen for restricting at least one partial function of the mobile terminal, writing a memo on the lock screen in response to an input of a 1st command, and if user authentication is performed in response to an input of a 2nd command, coping with an event occurring until cancellation of the display of the lock screen using the memo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kwon, Hyemi Jung, Arim Kwon
  • Patent number: 9239625
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display and a controller configured to change display of at least one object on the basis of at least one of the attribute of the at least one object and the attribute of a second touch when the second touch applied to at least one point of the display is input while a first touch applied to the at least one object displayed on the display is maintained. Accordingly, display of a selected object can be changed on the basis of at least one of the attribute of the object and the attribute of touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minkyoung Chang, Yunmi Kwon, Arim Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150375395
    Abstract: A robot cleaner including a driving unit configured to move the robot cleaner; a charging unit disposed on an upper surface of the robot cleaner, and configured to wirelessly charge a mobile terminal; and a control unit configured to control the driving unit to move the robot cleaner to a position of the mobile terminal corresponding to a sensed preset signal, control the robot cleaner to execute a wireless charging of the mobile terminal placed on the charging unit according to a charging command, and output a feedback signal when the wireless charging of the mobile terminal is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunmi KWON, Haemin CHOI, Kanguk KIM, Hyoungrock KIM
  • Patent number: 9225957
    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes outputting, via a display of the mobile terminal, a first video; detecting, via a controller of the mobile terminal, an occurrence of an event on the mobile terminal; and automatically displaying or not displaying a first language caption corresponding to the first video in response to the detected event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunmi Kwon, Minkyoung Chang, Arim Kwon
  • Patent number: 9130893
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal displays a group chat area for displaying a group message transmitted to or received from a plurality of another parties and a private chat area for displaying a private message transmitted to or received from one of the plurality of another parties within one chat window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minkyoung Chang, Yunmi Kwon, Sunghye Yoon, Jian Choi, Jaeho Choi, Yunjueng Mhun, Yeonsuk Na
  • Publication number: 20150119007
    Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal for providing a convenient and effective contact management function by providing differentiated services for two or more connected contacts, respectively. To this end, there is provided an operation control method of a mobile terminal, and the method may include displaying a contact list containing a plurality of contacts; designating a first contact in the contact list as a first recipient according to a user's input; designating at least one second contact as a second recipient when there exists the at least one second contact connected to the first contact; and performing a first operation for the first recipient, and performing a second operation subordinate to the first operation for the second recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Arim KWON, Sunah Lee, Yunmi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150074568
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which image data of a counterpart having triggered an event can be displayed. The present invention may include a display unit configured to display information, a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with an external server that stores first image data and to communicate with a counterpart terminal, a memory to store a second image data, and a controller, in response to an event triggered by the counterpart terminal, to extract an image data related to a counterpart from one of the first image data and the second image data, and the controller to output the extracted image data on a portion of the display unit to notify an occurrence of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Yunmi KWON, Hyemi JUNG, Arim KWON
  • Patent number: 8954031
    Abstract: There is disclosed a mobile terminal for providing a convenient and effective contact management function by providing differentiated services for two or more connected contacts, respectively. To this end, there is provided an operation control method of a mobile terminal, and the method may include displaying a contact list containing a plurality of contacts; designating a first contact in the contact list as a first recipient according to a user's input; designating at least one second contact as a second recipient when there exists the at least one second contact connected to the first contact; and performing a first operation for the first recipient, and performing a second operation subordinate to the first operation for the second recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Arim Kwon, Sunah Lee, Yunmi Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150024715
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a communication function with an external device, information acquisition means, and a controller configured to generate a call reception request message when a call transmission request is received, send the generated call reception request message to a called device, generate a preliminary message based on information obtained through the information acquisition means before a call is connected to the called device after receiving the call transmission request, and send the generated preliminary message to the called device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yunmi KWON, Arim KWON, Jiyoung PARK, Hyungtae JANG, Hyemi JUNG