Samsung Electronics Patents

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a Korean electronics manufacturer and a part of the Samsung Group. Samsung Electronics manufactures and sells consumer electronics, including cell phones, televisions, tablets, digital cameras, computers, home appliances and home theater and audio components.

Samsung Electronics Patents by Type
  • Patent number: 11996067
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for differently displaying brightness of virtual objects are provided. The apparatus includes an illuminance sensor, a camera module, a display module, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the illuminance sensor, the camera module, the display module, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to measure illuminance through the illuminance sensor, set the brightness of a first virtual object on the basis of the measured illuminance, identify the distance between the first virtual object and a second virtual object, set the brightness of the second virtual object on the basis of the brightness of the first virtual object and the identified distance, and control the display of the first virtual object and the second virtual object through the display module on the basis of the set brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junwhon Uhm, Yunguk Lee, Seungnyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11997637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein disclose a method for downlink uplink collision handling in a wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lalith Kumar, Kundan Tiwari, Debabrata Das, Anikethan Ramakrishna Vijaya Kumar
  • Patent number: 11996572
    Abstract: A battery module includes: one or more cell assemblies; a main housing comprising a main boundary portion surrounding an accommodation space in which the one or more cell assemblies are positioned; a first plate comprising a first boundary portion coupled with the main boundary portion and a first exposure portion exposed from the main boundary portion and defining a side of a cooling fluid passage for cooling the accommodation space; and a second plate facing the first plate and comprising a second boundary portion coupled with the main boundary portion and a second exposure portion exposed from the main boundary portion and defining an other side of the cooling fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhyung Lee, Daeyeop Park, Heonhee Kim, Jisoon Lim, Sunghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11997676
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for communicating data packets in a cloud cell. In one embodiment, a network node from which data packets are received is identified by the BS. If the data packets are received from a data gateway, a network node to which the data packets to be sent is identified. If the data packets are to be sent to a slave BS, partial processing is performed on the data packets by the master BS. Furthermore, partially processed data packets are transmitted to the slave BS so that the slave BS performs complete processing on the partially processed data packets and transmits the completely processed data packets to the MS. If the data packets are to be sent to the MS, then complete processing of the data packets is performed by the BS and transmitted to the MS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anil Agiwal, Young-Bin Chang
  • Patent number: 11996704
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver receiving power from a wireless power transmitter is provided. The receiver includes a resonance circuit, a rectifier circuit, and a driver circuit. The resonance circuit includes first and second coils and a first capacitor. The rectifier circuit includes first and second rectifier circuits. The first rectifier circuit includes first through fourth MOSFETs. Sources of the first and second MOSFETs are connected to ends of a resonator including the first coil and the first capacitor. Sources of the third and fourth MOSFETs are connected to ground. The driver circuit is connected to gates of the first through fourth MOSFETs, When the driver circuit switches off the first and second MOSFETs and switches on the third and fourth MOSFETs, as currents are induced in the resonator and the second coil, the resonance circuit receives the wireless power, and the current induced in the second coil is rectified by the second rectifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Beomwoo Gu, Jaehyun Park, Chongmin Lee, Bohwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11997705
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangkyu Baek, Anil Agiwal, Soenghun Kim
  • Patent number: 11997225
    Abstract: A portable communication device in an embodiment may include a housing which forms an exterior of the portable communication device; a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and bendable with respect to a bending axis, the flexible display including at least one layer, an opening formed in the at least one layer; and an image sensor module at least partially positioned in a space formed by the opening, wherein the at least one layer may include a first inner side surface positioned in a first direction based on the image sensor module and a second inner side surface positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the image sensor module, as the flexible display is at least partially bent, the first inner side surface may be moved in the second direction, and if the flexible display is substantially flat, a first separation distance between a first side surface of the image sensor module facing the first inner side surface of the at least one layer and the first i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minuk Kim, Harksang Kim, Jiyoung Kwak, Soonik Park, Sungho Ahn, Sangyong Eom, Hyunwoong Chung, Joungmin Cho, Kwangtai Kim, Donghyun Yeom, Changryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11997706
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for receiving, from a user equipment (UE) configured to process a first priority channel using a first monitoring span based on the first priority channel during one or more time periods, at least one parameter indicating a minimum amount of time required by the UE to process the first priority channel using a second monitoring span based on the first priority channel and a second priority channel. The one or more time periods are based on minimum processing capabilities of the UE. Based on the at least one parameter, the UE is caused to be reconfigured with at least one time offset to increase at least one time period of the one or more time periods for processing the first priority channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hamid Saber, Jung Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11997286
    Abstract: A method, performed by an image decoding apparatus, of decoding a motion vector, including obtaining information indicating a motion vector resolution of a current block from a bitstream; selecting a first neighboring block from among neighboring blocks adjacent to the current block, by using the obtained information indicating the motion vector resolution of the current block; based on the current block referring to a reference picture in a list 0, and the first neighboring block referring to the reference picture in the list 0, determining a prediction motion vector of the current block using a motion vector of the first neighboring block; based on the current block referring to the reference picture in the list 0 and the first neighboring block referring to a reference picture in a list 1, selecting a motion vector of a second neighboring block among the neighboring blocks as a basic motion vector, and determining the prediction motion vector of the current block using the determined basic motion vector; a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minwoo Park, Minsoo Park, Kwangpyo Choi, Kiho Choi, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11997856
    Abstract: A photoelectric device includes a first photoelectric conversion layer including a heterojunction that includes a first p-type semiconductor and a first n-type semiconductor, a second photoelectric conversion layer on the first photoelectric conversion layer and including a heterojunction that includes a second p-type semiconductor and a second n-type semiconductor. A peak absorption wavelength (?max1) of the first photoelectric conversion layer and a peak absorption wavelength (?max2) of the second photoelectric conversion layer are included in a common wavelength spectrum of light that is one wavelength spectrum of light of a red wavelength spectrum of light, a green wavelength spectrum of light, a blue wavelength spectrum of light, a near infrared wavelength spectrum of light, or an ultraviolet wavelength spectrum of light, and a light-absorption full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the second photoelectric conversion layer is narrower than an FWHM of the first photoelectric conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Takkyun Ro, Kiyohiko Tsutsumi, Chul Joon Heo, Yong Wan Jin
  • Patent number: 11996420
    Abstract: An image sensor is provided. An image sensor includes: a substrate including an active pixel sensor region, an optical black sensor region, and a boundary region provided between the active pixel sensor region and the optical black sensor region; a photoelectric conversion element provided inside the substrate on the boundary region; a passivation layer provided on the substrate; a grid trench formed on the boundary region of the substrate and extending from an upper surface of the passivation layer toward an inside of the passivation layer; grid patterns, each of the grid patterns being provided on the passivation layer on each of the active pixel sensor region and the boundary region of the substrate, at least a part of a grid pattern being provided inside the grid trench; and a color filter provided between the grid patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Seok Kim, Byung Jun Park, Hyeon Ho Kim, Young Woo Chung
  • Patent number: 11997881
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus including: a substrate; a pixel circuit disposed over the substrate and comprising a thin film transistor and a storage capacitor; an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit; a bridge electrode disposed over the insulating layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit through a contact hole formed in the insulating layer; a pixel electrode disposed over the insulating layer and electrically connected to the bridge electrode; a pixel definition layer disposed over the pixel electrode and including an opening overlapping a portion of the pixel electrode; an opposite electrode over the pixel electrode; and an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, wherein the pixel electrode does not overlap the contact hole of the insulating layer in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhee Lee, Minyeul Ryu
  • Patent number: 11996443
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes; an active region; an isolation region defining the active region; a barrier layer on the active region; an upper semiconductor layer on the barrier layer; and a gate structure covering an upper surface, a lower surface, and side surfaces of the upper semiconductor layer in a first direction. The first direction is a direction parallel to an upper surface of the active region, and the barrier layer is disposed between the gate structure and the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungkeun Lim, Unki Kim, Yuyeong Jo, Yihwan Kim, Jinbum Kim, Pankwi Park, Ilgyou Shin, Seunghun Lee
  • Patent number: 11997885
    Abstract: A display device includes a metal layer between a pixel-defining layer and an opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode. The display device includes subpixels disposed on a substrate. The sub-pixels each include a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, a pixel-defining layer surrounding the emission layer. The display device includes a metal layer disposed between the pixel-defining layer and the opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsu Lee, Deokhoi Kim, Sungin Ro, Soomin Lee, Changyong Lee, Sanghyun Lim, Soonmyung Hong
  • Patent number: 11996457
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor structures disposed on a substrate, a first conductive pattern, a first conductive pattern, a gate insulation pattern, a second conductive pattern and a second impurity region. Each of the semiconductor structures includes a first semiconductor pattern that has a linear shape that extends in a first direction and second semiconductor patterns that protrude from an upper surface of the first semiconductor pattern in a vertical direction. The semiconductor structures are spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first conductive pattern is formed between the first semiconductor patterns. The first impurity region is formed in an opening in the first semiconductor pattern adjacent to a first sidewall of the second semiconductor pattern. The first impurity region includes an impurity diffusion harrier pattern and a polysilicon pattern doped with impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuncheol Kim, Yongseok Kim, Ilgweon Kim, Seokhan Park, Kyunghwan Lee, Jaeho Hong
  • Patent number: 11997887
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate and that includes an inorganic insulating material; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer and that includes an inorganic insulating material; and a third insulating layer disposed on a gate electrode disposed on the second insulating layer and that includes an inorganic insulating material. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a channel region located between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a value in the channel region of the oxide semiconductor layer of HC according to equation (1) is less than 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaebum Han, Younggil Park, Junghwa Park, Nari Ahn, Sooim Jeong
  • Patent number: 11994995
    Abstract: Provided is a method of adjusting prefetching operations, the method including setting a prefetching distance, accessing a prefetching-trigger key, determining a target key is outside of the prefetching distance from the prefetching-trigger key, increasing the prefetching distance, and successfully fetching a subsequent target key of a subsequent prefetching-trigger key from a prefetching read-ahead buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heekwon Park, Ho bin Lee, Ilgu Hong, Yang Seok Ki
  • Patent number: 11997895
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first lower pattern disposed on the substrate, a second lower pattern disposed in a same layer as the first lower pattern and integrally formed with the first lower pattern, an etch stopper disposed on the second lower pattern, a power voltage line disposed on the first lower pattern, and a transfer pattern disposed on the etch stopper, connected to the power voltage line, and contacting the second lower pattern through a contact hole defined through the etch stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changho Yi, Sungho Kim, Seokje Seong, Yoon-Jong Cho, Hyeri Cho
  • Patent number: 11996511
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly wound with a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode; a first exterior material including an opening receiving the electrode assembly and facing a bottom side of the electrode assembly; a second exterior material covering the opening, and combined to the first exterior material to seal an internal side of the first exterior material; and a reinforcing member having greater rigidity than the first exterior material and the second exterior material, disposed between the electrode assembly and the first exterior material, and including a side wall for surrounding a lateral side of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ho Lee, Youmee Kim, Seungjun Myoung, Jeongho Park, Byongchul Woo
  • Patent number: 11997896
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus with a reduced resistance of wirings configured to transfer electric signals to pixels, the display apparatus including: a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate; a first scan line arranged on the substrate and including a first extension portion and a plurality of first branches, the first extension portion extending in a first direction in a plan view and connected to pixels in a same row from among the plurality of pixels, and the plurality of first branches extending in a second direction from the first extension portion; a second scan line arranged on the substrate, extending in the first direction in a plan view, and being spaced apart from the first extension portion in the second direction; and a plurality of first contact plugs connecting the plurality of first branches to the second scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghwan Kim, Daehyun Kim, Eunju Kim, Hyunchol Bang
  • Patent number: 11996552
    Abstract: An anode, a lithium battery including the anode, and a method of preparing the anode. The anode includes a current collector; a first anode layer disposed on the current collector; a second anode layer disposed on the first anode layer; and an inorganic protection layer disposed on the second anode layer, wherein an oxidation/reduction potential of the first anode layer and an oxidation/reduction potential of the second anode layer are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngeal Kim, Ryounghee Kim, Seokgwang Doo, Satoshi Maruyama, Toshinori Sugimoto, Dongmin Im
  • Patent number: 11997901
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display substrate on which a plurality of pad terminals is disposed, and a driving unit having a plurality of driving terminals electrically connected to the plurality of pad terminals. Each of the plurality of pad terminals includes a stepped groove that faces a corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals or each of the plurality of pad terminals includes an opening hole that faces the corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungyong Kim, Seunghwa Ha, Seungsoo Ryu, Sanghyeon Song, Jeongdo Yang, Jungyun Jo, Jeongho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11996406
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including first and second active regions extending in a first direction and isolated from direct contact with each other in the first direction; a device isolation layer between the first and second active regions in the substrate; and first and second gate structures extending in a second direction on the substrate while respectively intersecting end portions of the first and second active regions. The first gate structure includes a first gate electrode. The second gate structure includes a second gate electrode. The first gate structure protrudes further toward the device isolation layer, as compared to the second gate structure, in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions, and a lower end of the first gate electrode is located on a lower height level than a lower end of the second gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junggun You, Sungil Park, Joohee Jung, Sunggi Hur
  • Patent number: 11997917
    Abstract: A device having design film thicknesses, to suppress non-uniformity of a light emitting surface, to provide a quantum dot electroluminescence device with good luminous efficiency and light emitting life-span, and to provide an excellent quantum dot electroluminescence device with luminous efficiency and light emitting life-span. A quantum dot electroluminescence device including a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, and a light emitting layer disposed between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer, wherein the hole transport layer includes a polymer material and a low molecular material, the light emitting layer includes a quantum dot having a core-shell structure, and a residual film ratio of the hole transport layer is greater than or equal to about 95%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Konishi, Takahiro Fujiyama, Fumiaki Kato, Keigo Furuta, Kiyohiko Tsutsumi, Masashi Tsuji, Takao Motoyama
  • Patent number: 11996919
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for a composite beam generation using machine learning. A method includes identifying a narrow beam for a transmission, identifying a composite beam including the narrow beam based on an association between one or more composite beams and one or more narrow beams, identifying one or more beamforming weights for transmitting the composite beam, and transmitting the composite beam using the one or more beamforming weights. The one or more beamforming weights are determined based on machine learning. In some embodiments, the method includes generating a composite beam codebook including information indicating sets of one or more beamforming weights corresponding to composite beam indexes, respectively. The sets of one or more beamforming weights are determined using respective parameters of a machine learning algorithm that are separately updated for coverage regions of composite beams corresponding to the composite beam indexes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianhua Mo, Boon Loong Ng, Vutha Va, Ahmad AlAmmouri
  • Patent number: 11994749
    Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power and a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens having a refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power; a seventh lens having a refractive power; and an eighth lens having a refractive power and a concave object-side surface, wherein the first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Hwa Son, Min Hyuk Im, Ga Young An, Yong Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 11996926
    Abstract: The present invention is for beam selection for communication, and an electronic device may include a housing, at least one antenna array including antenna elements disposed in the housing, or formed in part of the housing, at least one processor electrically or operatively connected with the antenna array, and configured to form a plurality of reception beams (rx beams) having different directions, using the antenna array, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. The memory may stores instructions for causing the processor to measure, by using the plurality of the rx beams, signal strength values of a plurality of tx beams transmitted from at least one base station and having different directions, generate measurement results of (the number of the rx beams)×(the number of the tx beams), and select one of a plurality of methods for selecting one beam pair from among the (the number of the rx beams)×(the number of the tx beams)-ary beam pairs, based at least in part on the measurement results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyoung Woo, Hyoungjoo Lee, Taeyoon Kim, Chaeman Lim, Euichang Jung
  • Patent number: 11994763
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first base layer, a second base layer facing the first base layer, and in order between the first base layer and the second base layer, from the first base layer: an image display layer which provides light, a polarization layer which receives the light from the image display layer and transmits a polarized component of the light toward the second base layer, and a lens layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Gu Kim, Baekkyun Jeon, Jiyun Park, Jongho Son, Hyelim Jang, Kyungseon Tak
  • Patent number: 11996935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transmitter which includes an encoder and a transmission interface circuit. The encoder receives data bits and generates conversion bits, a number of is the conversion bits being more than a number of the data bits, based on the number of the data bits. The encoder detects a risk pattern of the conversion bits to generate detection data and converts the risk pattern into a replacement pattern based on the detection data to generate code bits, a number of is the code bits being equal to the number of the conversion bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Kyongho Kim, Changsik Yoo, Kyungmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11995564
    Abstract: A recommendation method includes determining one or more aspects of a first item based on at least one descriptive text of the first item. The recommendation method also includes updating a knowledge graph containing nodes that represent multiple items, multiple users, and multiple aspects. Updating the knowledge graph includes linking one or more nodes representing the one or more aspects of the first item to a node representing the first item with one or more first edges. Each of the one or more first edges identifies weights associated with (i) user sentiment about the associated aspect of the first item and (ii) an importance of the associated aspect to the first item. In addition, the recommendation method includes recommending a second item for a user with an explanation based on at least one aspect linked to the second item in the knowledge graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin C. Martineau, Christian Koehler, Hongxia Jin
  • Patent number: 11997038
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in RRC_IDLE/INACTIVE state. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first configuration for CSI-RS/tracking reference signal (TRS) reception occasions for idle/inactive UEs. A CSI-RS/TRS reception occasion includes one or more CSI-RS resources, and each of the one or more CSI-RS resources is associated with a spatial reception parameter. The method further includes receiving a second configuration for a paging occasion (PO). The PO includes a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) reception occasions The method further includes receiving an availability indication for one or more CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions from the CSI-RS reception occasions, receiving the one or more CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions in time before the PO; and determining a time or frequency offset based on the one or more CSI-RS/TRS reception occasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiongjie Lin, Hongbo Si
  • Patent number: 11995417
    Abstract: Provided is a neural processing unit that performs application-work including a first neural network operation, the neural processing unit includes a first processing core configured to execute the first neural network operation, a hardware block reconfigurable as a hardware core configured to perform hardware block-work, and at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to distribute a part of the application-work as the hardware block-work to the hardware block based on a first workload of the first processing core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Nam Hwang, Hyung-Dal Kwon, Dae Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11996854
    Abstract: A sub-sampling phase lock loop includes samplers that obtain sampled values by sampling clock signal phases corresponding to a clock signal generated by a voltage controlled oscillator at sampling edges of reference signal phases of a reference signal generated by a reference clock generator over a reference clock cycle; and a phase detector that selects a phase for a particular instant of the reference signal based on at least one sampled value satisfying a predetermined criteria, the phase corresponding to a clock signal phase value and a reference signal phase value respectively selected from the clock signal and reference signal phases, the phase detector tracks the selected phase at every successive instant of the reference signal, and determines a sampled value associated with the selected phase in every successive instant of the reference signal; and a processing unit that acquires frequency information based on the tracking of the selected phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sushrant Monga, Vishnu Kalyanamahadevi Gopalan Jawarlal
  • Patent number: 11996857
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) including a target analog-to-digital converter (ADC) providing second data samples, a first adjacent ADC providing first data samples, and a second adjacent ADC providing third data samples. The ADCs perform an analog-to-digital conversion using a time-interleaving approach in response to clock signals having different phases and including a reference clock signal. A timing calibration circuit includes a relative time skew generator generating a relative time skew and an absolute time skew generator generate an absolute time skew. A clock generator adjusts at least one phase of the clock signals based on the absolute time skew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungno Lee, Heechang Hwang, Yongki Lee, Kyoungjun Moon, Hyochul Shin, Michael Choi
  • Patent number: 11997803
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a rollable display is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunggwang Kang, Hojin Jung, Baekeun Cho, Hyoungtak Cho, Junhyuk Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Changryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11996864
    Abstract: A data processing device includes an average correction processor that corrects input data based on an average value of the input data and outputs average correction data, and reversibly encodes and decodes the average value to generate a decoded average value, an irreversible encoder/decoder that encodes and decodes the average correction data and outputs first and second decoded data, a binary predictor that predicts a magnitude of a restoration error included in the second decoded data based on the first decoded data and the decoded average value and outputs a prediction result as binary data, an error estimator that outputs an estimation error based on the first decoded data, the second decoded data, and the decoded average value, and an operation circuit that outputs output data based on the second decoded data, the binary data, the estimation error, and the decoded average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Shinkaji, Masahiko Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11996523
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a body including a solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode disposed with the solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes respectively disposed on one surface and the other surface of the body, opposite to the one surface, and respectively connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material layer and a first electrolytic mixing portion disposed at an interface of the positive electrode in contact with the solid electrolyte layer. The first electrolytic mixing portion is a mixture of a positive electrode active material and a liquid phase and/or gel phase electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Mi Kim, Tai Young Kim, Kwang Wook Bae
  • Patent number: 11995122
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device for providing a recognition result for an external object by using recognition information for an image, similar recognition information related to recognition information, and hierarchy information, and an operating method thereof. The electronic device may include a camera, a display, a memory, and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sihyoung Lee, Youngil Shin, Daehee Kim
  • Patent number: 11996608
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that includes a first housing including a first side facing a first direction, a second side facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first lateral side surrounding at least part of a space between the first side and the second side, wherein the first lateral side includes a first conductive portion and a first non-conductive portion; a second housing including a third side facing a third direction, a fourth side facing a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, a second lateral side surrounding at least part of a space between the third side and the fourth side and a ground member, wherein the second lateral side includes a second conductive portion and a second non-conductive portion; a flexible display disposed in the first housing and the second housing; a connecting member which connects the first housing and the second housing such that the first housing and the second housing are folded to face each other, wherein when the first housing
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae-Ho Lim, Kyung-Jong Lee, Hosaeng Kim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11995156
    Abstract: A system and method for confidence aided upsampling of categorical maps. In some embodiments, the method includes: determining a category of a first pixel of an image, the first pixel having a plurality of neighboring pixels, each of the neighboring pixels having a category; and processing the image based on the determined category. The determining may include: calculating a confidence weighted metric for each of the neighboring pixels, the confidence weighted metric being based on a maximum confidence value among each of the neighboring pixels; and determining the category of the first pixel based on the confidence weighted metric of each of the neighboring pixels and based on the category of one of the neighboring pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rama Mythili Vadali, Oleg Sergeyevich Khoruzhiy, Maiyuran Wijay
  • Patent number: 11997739
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device for RRC idle mode uplink transmission. The method may include: receiving a parameter and resource configuration for RRC idle mode uplink transmission; and, transmitting, in a RRC idle mode, uplink data according to preconfigured at least one of a parameter or a resource. The method can improve system transmission efficiency and reduce user equipment power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Wu, Feifei Sun, Miao Zhou, Chen Qian
  • Patent number: 11996171
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system for helping a user reach a health goal. Various embodiments of the disclosure disclose receiving various data that relate to the user and comparing the received data to monitored user health data to provide recommendations on steps to take to achieve the health goal. The various embodiments also determine when the user has achieved the user's desired health goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Divya Shah, Alireza Aliamiri, Euan S. Thomson, Tejash Prakash Shah
  • Patent number: 11997744
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of a first UE comprises: receiving, from a second UE, a first PSCCH and a first PSSCH, wherein the first PSCCH and the first PSSCH include SCI comprising a source ID, a destination ID, and SL DRX time information indicating when the first UE monitors or skips at least one of a second PSCCH and a second PSSCH for the SL DRX operation; configuring SL DRX timers per pair of the source ID and the destination ID; configuring a value of at least one of the SL DRX timers based on information of the SCI; and receiving the at least one of the second PSCCH and the second PSSCH based on the SL DRX timers when the SL DRX operation is applied to a SL communication identified by the pair of the source ID and destination ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyeongin Jeong, Emad N. Farag
  • Patent number: 11995856
    Abstract: A method of depth detection based on a plurality of video frames includes receiving a plurality of input frames including a first input frame, a second input frame, and a third input frame respectively corresponding to different capture times, convolving the first to third input frames to generate a first feature map, a second feature map, and a third feature map corresponding to the different capture times, calculating a temporal attention map based on the first to third feature maps, the temporal attention map including a plurality of weights corresponding to different pairs of feature maps from among the first to third feature maps, each weight of the plurality of weights indicating a similarity level of a corresponding pair of feature maps, and applying the temporal attention map to the first to third feature maps to generate a feature map with temporal attention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoyu Ren, Mostafa El Khamy, Jungwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11997801
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: a core portion including a cavity in one surface thereof; first and second penetration holes disposed in a bottom surface of the cavity and penetrating through the core portion; an electronic component disposed in the cavity; and an insulating material filling the cavity and each of the first and second penetration holes, wherein a sidewall of the cavity is higher than the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Seok Yang, Jae Han Park, Jung Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11996242
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes stacked on each other having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and external electrodes including electrode layers positioned externally on the body and connected to the internal electrodes, respectively, wherein the body includes a first surface and a second surface, opposing each other, and to which the plurality of internal electrodes are respectively exposed, and a third surface and a fourth surface which are connected to the first surface and the second surface, and oppose each other in a direction in which the plurality of internal electrodes are stacked on each other, each of the electrode layers including a first region covering the first or second surface and a second region covering the third or fourth surface and having surface roughness lower than that of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Guk Choi, Dong Yeong Kim, Chung Hyeon Ryu, Seung Been Kim
  • Patent number: 11997403
    Abstract: An image sensor including: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels and a row driver configured to drive the pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes at least one photodiode, a transmission transistor, a selection transistor, a device isolation structure, and a bulk area, and the row driver is configured to adjust, for each of preset periods, sizes and application timings of a negative voltage applied to the device isolation structure and a bulk control voltage applied to the bulk area while a first pixel is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taesub Jung, Kyungho Lee
  • Patent number: 11996244
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes: a body including internal electrodes alternately disposed with dielectric layers in a first direction, wherein when a region in which the internal electrodes overlap each other in the first direction is a capacitance forming portion, the internal electrodes include internal electrodes that are curved at end portions thereof in the capacitance forming portion and internal electrodes that are flat in the capacitance forming portion, and in a cross-section of the body in the first and second directions, (F1+F2)/D1×100 is 35 or less, where F1 is a maximum distance from an uppermost internal electrode to an uppermost flat internal electrode in the first direction, F2 is a maximum distance from a lowermost internal electrode to a lowermost flat internal electrode in the first direction, and D1 is a size of the capacitance forming portion in the first direction at the center thereof in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon Jae Mun, Gi Long Kim, Kyoung Jin Cha, Tae Gyeom Lee, Byung Rok Ahn, Jong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11997804
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a module supporter below the display module. The module supporter includes a support layer, and a plurality of support bars in the support layer and arranged in a first direction. The plurality of support bars extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction. At least one groove having a predetermined shape is formed on lateral surfaces of at least one of the plurality of support bars. The lateral surfaces are opposite to each other in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beomjin Kim, Jonghwa Lee, Dongwon Choi, Jin Hwan Choi, Taewoong Kim
  • Patent number: RE49988
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a first transistor having a first channel between a first source/drain, and a second transistor having a second channel between a second source/drain. The first transistor operates based on a first amount of current and the second transistor operates based on a second amount of current different from the first amount of current. The first and second channels have fixed channel widths. The fixed channel widths may be based on fins or nanowires included in the first and second transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung-Gil Kang, Sung-Bong Kim, Chang-Woo Oh, Dong-Won Kim