公开(公告)号：US11250287B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16640934

申请日：2018-07-31

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jinhyun Kim ,  Misu Kim ,  Jeong-In Choe ,  Ju-Yong Choi ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G06K9/32 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device and a character recognition method thereof. The electronic device may include a housing, a touchscreen display exposed through a first portion of the housing, an image sensor exposed through a second portion of the housing, a wireless communication circuit located in the housing, a processor operatively coupled to the touchscreen display, the image sensor, and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to display a user interface including an image acquired from the image sensor or stored in the memory, and recognize a region including a text in the image for optical character recognition by detecting a boundary of the region, comparing a size of the region with a predetermined size, and selecting the region for the optical character recognition based at least in part on the comparison result. Other various embodiments are also possible.

公开(公告)号：US10826550B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15381740

申请日：2016-12-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyun-Suk Choi ,  Jae-Ahn Ryu ,  Hyun-Tae Jung

IPC: H04W52/18 ,  H04B1/3827 ,  H04W52/36

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing; a wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing; a battery positioned inside the housing; a display exposed through a part of the housing; and a processor positioned inside the housing and electrically connected to at least one of the wireless communication circuit, the battery, and the display, wherein the processor is configured to collect at least one piece of state information that indicates a state of a user, determine at least one piece of specific absorption rate (SAR) characteristic information, which is related to a SAR, based on collected state information, confirm communication power information corresponding to the determined at least one piece of SAR characteristic information, and adjust communication power of the wireless communication circuit based on confirmed communication power information.

公开(公告)号：US11416139B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16492332

申请日：2018-01-25

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Soyoung Kim ,  Daehyun Kim ,  Minsik Kim ,  Jongmoo Lee ,  Geon-Soo Kim ,  Jin-Wan An ,  Ji-Woo Lee ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a screen display method of the electronic device. More specifically, provided are an electronic device for providing an extension function to a second area according to a characteristic of a characteristic area in first and second areas of an extended touch screen, and a screen display method of the electronic device. Some of the disclosed embodiments provide an electronic device for providing an extension function to a second area according to a characteristic of a characteristic area of an application screen in first and second areas divided by a trigger in an extended touch screen. In addition thereto, various other embodiments are also possible.

公开(公告)号：US09658770B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14316066

申请日：2014-06-26

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: Methods and electronic apparatuses for repeatedly inputting a character or number are described. The method includes identifying a predetermined gesture relating to a soft key on a soft keyboard displayed on a touch screen of an electronic apparatus, using the identified predetermined gesture to determine the number of times the at soft key was input, and processing input of the at soft key the determined number of times.

公开(公告)号：US10943563B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16475622

申请日：2017-10-25

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyu-Chul Kong ,  Songgeun Kim ,  Tae-Kyoung Kim ,  Hyesoon Jeong ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G09G5/14

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for processing displaying of a display which includes a main region and a sub region in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, it includes a display including a main region of a front and a sub region of at least one side extending from the main region and displaying an image based on at least part of the main region and the sub region, a memory, and a processor functionally coupled with the display and the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to sense at least part of the main region, generate imitation information for an extension screen based on the sensed region, and display the extension screen in the sub region in association with a main screen of the main region based on the imitation information. Various embodiments are possible.

公开(公告)号：US10198176B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US15054865

申请日：2016-02-26

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jae-Ho Lee ,  Kyu-Chul Kong ,  Hye-Soon Jeong ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04M19/04

Abstract: A method for displaying information by an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a first information display area on a touch screen in response to a first user input received through a first part in some areas of the touch screen including the first part and a second part connected or adjacent to the first part, displaying a second information display area on the touch screen in response to a second user input received through the second part, displaying first information received from outside of the electronic device in the first information display area, the first information being associated with first contact information, and displaying second information received from the outside of the electronic device in the second information display area, the second information being associated with second contact information.

公开(公告)号：US11379009B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16641218

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Jiseob Hyun ,  Jicheng Zheng ,  Beom-Mun Kim ,  Seung-Hun Kim ,  Choel-Hwi Kwon ,  Jaehyung Seo ,  Yongmin Shin ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G01R31/52 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G01R31/56 ,  H01R12/73 ,  H01R12/79 ,  H01R13/648 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/04

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate, a back plate disposed to the opposite side of the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, wherein at least a part of the back plate is constructed of a conductive material, and the side member includes an opening, a touch screen display disposed between the front plate and the back plate, a female connector disposed inside the opening, constructed to house a meal connector an external male connector, and including a plurality of pins, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed inside the space and including a ground plane, a circuit electrically coupled to the ground plane and/or mounted thereon to cut off leak current from the PCB, a first conductive path constructed between the circuit and a first point of at least part of the back plate, and a second conductive path constructed between at least one of the pins and a second point of at least part of the back plate. In addition, various other embodiments are also possible.

公开(公告)号：US11016603B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16322021

申请日：2017-06-26

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyucheol Kong ,  Hyesoon Jeong ,  Dae-Sik Hwang ,  Songgeun Kim ,  Jeong-Jin Lee ,  Hoondo Heo ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for preventing a user's unintentional touch input in an electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a display for displaying a user interface; a memory; and a processor functionally connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to set a touch blocking area in the edge area of the display, determine an exception area in the touch blocking area on the basis of the user interface, remove the determined exception area from the touch blocking area, so as to set a final touch blocking area, and process a touch event on the edge area on the basis of the final touch blocking area. Various embodiments are possible.

公开(公告)号：US10412476B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15643715

申请日：2017-07-07

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ji-Young Lim ,  Junho Ko ,  Wonwoo Yoo ,  Jang-Hoon Hong ,  Youngjun An ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H04R1/40 ,  H04R3/12 ,  H04R7/16 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed that may include a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction, and a third surface, the first and second direction being generally opposed to one another, the third surface being positioned between the first and second surfaces and being generally orthogonal relative to the first and second directions; at least one speaker arranged in at least a part of the housing; and a speaker enclosure protecting the speaker. The speaker enclosure may include an upper speaker enclosure arranged to face the first surface; and a lower speaker enclosure arranged to face the second surface, and confronting the upper speaker enclosure. Each of the upper and lower speaker enclosures may be at least partially made with magnetic materials that shield a magnetic flux generated in the speaker.

公开(公告)号：US09900894B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15416539

申请日：2017-01-26

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyun-Tae Jung ,  Jae-Ahn Ryu ,  Hyun-Suk Choi

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/0404 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W72/0493 ,  H01Q1/245 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H04B7/0404 ,  H04M1/026 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for managing a specific absorption rate (SAR). In the present disclosure, even if an antenna for second communication is activated while the electronic device transmits/receives wireless signals of a plurality of frequency bands for first communication, an increase in an SAR value by frequency overlapping can be reduced or suppressed.