Patents by Inventor Cheol Se Kim

Cheol Se Kim 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: 8780078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an in-cell type touch panel includes first and second substrates opposite to each other, gate and data lines crossed each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a pixel electrode at each of the pixel region, a pixel thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, and a pixel overlapped with the pixel electrode to have a common electrode, formed in a surface of the first substrate, a sensor electrode on a back side of the second substrate, and a touch sensor between the sensor electrode and the pixel, and a capacitance change between the sensor electrode and a touch object over the sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Man-Hyeop Han
  • Publication number: 20140160061
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a timing controller temporally dividing one frame period and driving the display panel such that a display mode for displaying an image in the display panel and a touch mode for sensing the user touch are alternately driven, a gate driver, and a data driver. Some of the gate lines and some of the data lines overlap each of a plurality of touch electrodes that are units for sensing a user touch. The gate driver simultaneously turns on a plurality of switching elements respectively connected to the gate lines overlapping each touch electrode in the touch mode. The data driver outputting display data having the same level to the respective data lines overlapping each touch electrode when the switching elements are turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Bae KIM, Cheol Se KIM, Sungsu HAN
  • Patent number: 8749515
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a touch sensor embedded therein is disclosed. The present invention includes a liquid crystal layer between first and second substrates, a pixel on the second substrate to apply a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a touch sensor on the second substrate, the touch sensor detecting a touch by forming a touch capacitor with a touch object for touching the first substrate, and a readout line outputting a sensing signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a sensing electrode on the second substrate to form the sensing capacitor with the touch object, first and second sensor gate lines, a first sensor thin film transistor supplying a sensing driving voltage to the sensing electrode in response to a control of the first sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor supplying electric charges of the sensing electrode as the sensing signal in response to a control of the second sensor gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Ji-Hyun Jung
  • Patent number: 8749521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having touch sensors embedded therein. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between upper and lower substrates, pixels, each of which includes pixel and common electrodes applying a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a pixel thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode, and a common thin film transistor to drive the common electrode, touch sensors, each of which forms a sensing capacitor between an object and the common electrode, sensor power lines, readout lines, and sensor gate lines. Each touch sensor includes the common electrode, a first sensor thin film transistor charging the common electrode with the sensing driving voltage in response to control of the previous sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor outputting the sensing signal to the readout line in response to control of the current sensor gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol-Se Kim
  • Patent number: 8717337
    Abstract: A touch panel embedded liquid crystal display device is disclosed. A touch panel embedded liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a plurality pixels defined in a matrix, a second substrate comprising first, second and third color filters to form a first, second and third color sub-pixels. A second substrate is opposed to the first substrate. A first photo-sensor is provided on the first substrate in a region corresponding to the first color sub-pixel and a second photo-sensor is provided on the first substrate in a region corresponding to the second or third color sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Wook Jeon, Jae-Won Shin
  • Patent number: 8654063
    Abstract: A photo-sensing type touch panel embedded liquid crystal display device and a method for driving same are disclosed, where the device includes a liquid crystal panel includes a touch sensor provided in each of n pixels, where n is a Natural Number; a ROIC readout part which receives a readout voltage value from readout lines provided in the touch panel embedded liquid crystal panel; an ADC conversion part which converts an analog voltage value transmitted to the ROIC readout part into a digital value; a calculation part which calculates a calculated value by subtracting a corresponding value detected from the ADC conversion part when no-backlight is applied from a value detected from the ADC conversion part when a backlight is applied; and a position detection part for detecting a touch point on the photo-sensing type touch panel if the calculated value from the calculation part is beyond a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Ji-Hyun Jung, Min-Jae Lee, Hoon-Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20140009442
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having touch sensors embedded therein. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between upper and lower substrates, pixels, each of which includes pixel and common electrodes applying a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a pixel thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode, and a common thin film transistor to drive the common electrode, touch sensors, each of which forms a sensing capacitor between an object and the common electrode, sensor power lines, readout lines, and sensor gate lines. Each touch sensor includes the common electrode, a first sensor thin film transistor charging the common electrode with the sensing driving voltage in response to control of the previous sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor outputting the sensing signal to the readout line in response to control of the current sensor gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Cheol-Se Kim
  • Patent number: 8553013
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having touch sensors embedded therein. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between upper and lower substrates, pixels, each of which includes pixel and common electrodes applying a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a pixel thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode, and a common thin film transistor to drive the common electrode, touch sensors, each of which forms a sensing capacitor between an object and the common electrode, sensor power lines, readout lines, and sensor gate lines. Each touch sensor includes the common electrode, a first sensor thin film transistor charging the common electrode with the sensing driving voltage in response to control of the previous sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor outputting the sensing signal to the readout line in response to control of the current sensor gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol-Se Kim
  • Patent number: 8487851
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is configured to improve display quality by minimizing flickers and residual images through inversion. The inversion may include changing the polarity of the data voltages. A first liquid crystal cell may be charged with a potential difference between a first data voltage supplied to a first pixel electrode and a second data voltage supplied to an adjacent second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Se Kim
  • Patent number: 8451241
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to realize soft touch and sense touch regardless of illumination of external light or reflected light. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an infrared sensor arranged on the first substrate, an infrared filter arranged corresponding to the infrared sensor arranged on the second substrate facing the first substrate, a first polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the first substrate, a second polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the second substrate, a light guiding plate arranged under the first polarizing plate, a first light source arranged on one side of the light guiding plate to emit white light, and a second light source arranged on the other side of the light guiding plate to emit infrared light to the light guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Ji-Hyun Jung, Min-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8304281
    Abstract: A driving TFT for an organic light-emitting display device includes a gate electrode on a portion of a substrate, a gate insulation layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulation layer and covering the gate electrode, the semiconductor layer including an n-type impurity layer, and source and drain electrodes overlapping portions of the semiconductor layer at respective sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Se Kim
  • Publication number: 20120274603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an in-cell type touch panel includes first and second substrates opposite to each other, gate and data lines crossed each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a pixel electrode at each of the pixel region, a pixel thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, and a pixel overlapped with the pixel electrode to have a common electrode, formed in a surface of the first substrate, a sensor electrode on a back side of the second substrate, and a touch sensor between the sensor electrode and the pixel, and a capacitance change between the sensor electrode and a touch object over the sensor electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Man-Hyeop Han
  • Patent number: 8247834
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, a light-emitting layer on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the light-emitting layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer is partially exposed through the second semiconductor layer and the light-emitting layer, a first electrode on the exposed first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode on the second semiconductor layer, the second electrode having a grid shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Se Kim, Hoe Sup Soh
  • Patent number: 8232974
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device is for recognizing a variation in liquid crystal capacitance according to a touch to be capable of sensing whether or not the device is touched and the position of a touched region and includes a first substrate and a second substrate being opposite to each other; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other on the first substrate to define pixel regions; pixel transistors respectively disposed at the intersections of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and pixel electrodes respectively disposed in the pixel regions; a common electrode disposed on the entire surface of the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer filling a gap between the first and second substrates; liquid crystal capacitors between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode; first storage capacitors disposed between the pixel electrodes and first storage electrodes on the first substrate; second storage capacitors and sensing capacitors in series be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Se Kim
  • Patent number: 8179352
    Abstract: A gate driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display panel with liquid crystal cells, thin film transistors, gate lines, and data lines includes a plurality of shift registers on the liquid crystal display panel to apply scanning signals to the gate lines, and a gate driving integrated circuit connected to the liquid crystal display panel to generate a plurality of control signals for controlling the shift registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Ho Jang, Cheol Se Kim
  • Publication number: 20120038585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having touch sensors embedded therein. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between upper and lower substrates, pixels, each of which includes pixel and common electrodes applying a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a pixel thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode, and a common thin film transistor to drive the common electrode, touch sensors, each of which forms a sensing capacitor between an object and the common electrode, sensor power lines, readout lines, and sensor gate lines. Each touch sensor includes the common electrode, a first sensor thin film transistor charging the common electrode with the sensing driving voltage in response to control of the previous sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor outputting the sensing signal to the readout line in response to control of the current sensor gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: CHEOL-SE KIM
  • Patent number: 8110829
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) for a liquid crystal display device includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, an active region including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer interposed within the first semiconductor layer, and an ohmic contact layer formed on the active region, wherein the source and drain electrodes are formed on the ohmic contact layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Soo Cho, Chan Ki Ha, Byoung Ho Lim, Cheol Se Kim, Kyo Ho Moon, Kwang Sik Oh, Eung Do Kim, Jae Hyung Jo, Min Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8098219
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a driving method thereof capable of improving image quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a gate driver; and a data driver. The liquid crystal display panel includes pixel regions arranged in a matrix, each being defined by a gate line and first and second data lines crossing the gate line. The gate driver supplies a scan signal to the gate line. The data driver alternately supplies a data voltage and a common voltage to the first and second data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Se Kim
  • Publication number: 20110316809
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a touch sensor embedded therein is disclosed. The present invention includes a liquid crystal layer between first and second substrates, a pixel on the second substrate to apply a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a touch sensor on the second substrate, the touch sensor detecting a touch by forming a touch capacitor with a touch object for touching the first substrate, and a readout line outputting a sensing signal from the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a sensing electrode on the second substrate to form the sensing capacitor with the touch object, first and second sensor gate lines, a first sensor thin film transistor supplying a sensing driving voltage to the sensing electrode in response to a control of the first sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor supplying electric charges of the sensing electrode as the sensing signal in response to a control of the second sensor gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Ji-Hyun Jung
  • Publication number: 20110227858
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrode patterns being serially connected by a plurality of first connection patterns; a plurality of second electode patterns being serially connected by a plurality of second connection patterns; and a plurality of routing lines; wherein at least two of the plurality of first electrode patterns are connected to at least one of the plurality of routing lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Su-Chang An, Cheol-Se Kim, Sang-Soo Hwang, Gang-Seob Jung