Patents by Inventor Dong-Kyoon Han

Dong-Kyoon Han 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: 20210043169
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Patent number: 10878532
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo Lee, Jong-ho Kim, Hyun-Hee Park, Jae-hun Cho, Ho-jin Kim, Yong-man Lee, Won-hee Choe, Dong-kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 10854132
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel that outputs content through a plurality of pixels, a display driver integrated circuit configured to transmit a driving signal for driving the display panel, and a processor configured to transmit image data and/or a control signal to the display driver integrated circuit. In the case where the display driver integrated circuit receives first image data transmitted together with a command of a first command group from the processor, the display driver integrated circuit is configured to store the first image data in a first memory area. In the case where the display driver integrated circuit receives second image data transmitted together with a command of a second command group from the processor, the display driver integrated circuit is configured to store the second image data in a second memory area different from the first memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Kyoon Han, Min Su Han, Hong Kook Lee
  • Patent number: 10838228
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, a three-dimensional imaging device and/or an electronic device may comprise: a stand for supporting an electronic device including a display panel; a half mirror disposed on one surface of the stand in such a way as to slantingly face the display panel of the electronic device supported by the stand; and a retro-reflection member disposed on the stand in such a way as to incline toward the half mirror, wherein the half mirror reflects an image (hereinafter, “a first output image”) output from the display panel to introduce the reflected image into the retro-reflection member, and allows the image reflected by the retro-reflection member to transmit therethrough, so as to form an image (hereinafter, “a first aerial image”) corresponding to the first output image, on a space at another side of the half mirror. Such an electronic device may exist in various forms according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hanyuool Kim, Matheus Farias Miranda, Jong-Kon Bae, Yo-Han Lee, Dong-Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20200357361
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, disclosed is an electronic apparatus comprising: a first surface; a second surface opposite the first surface; a housing including a side surface member which encases the space between the first surface and the second surface; a display panel arranged on at least a portion of the housing; a substrate including a first layer, a second layer, and at least one inner layer arranged between the first layer and the second layer; a display driving circuit which is electrically connected to the display panel and the substrate; and a power regulator which is electrically connected to the display driving circuit through the substrate, wherein the power regulator supplies power to the display driving circuit through the at least one inner layer so that the display driving circuit generates a gray scale voltage. Other various embodiments identified through the specification are also enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hyun Jun PARK, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20200342202
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Yun Pyo HONG, Dong Hwy KIM, Han Yu Ool KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Kwang Tai KIM
  • Patent number: 10818270
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20200294185
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a processor generating image data, a graphic random access memory (GRAM) storing the image data, and a display driver integrated circuit for driving the display. The display driver integrated circuit is configured to select a part of the image data and to output the selected part to a specified area of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Yo Han LEE, Han Yu Ool KIM, Matheus Farias MIRANDA, Tae Sung KIM, Ho Jin KIM, Dong Hyun YEOM
  • Publication number: 20200296319
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data received from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data based on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Yo Han LEE, Hong Kook LEE, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20200279522
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected with the display and configured to generate external reference time information, a display driver integrated circuit configured to periodically or randomly receive the external reference time information from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to generate internal time information based on an internal clock, to output a clock image corresponding to the internal time information on the display, and if a time error between the external reference time information and the internal time information occurs during the outputting of the clock image, to output the internal time information, the time error of which is corrected, on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Sang Woo KIM, Jung Hee YUN, Yo Han LEE, Dong Kyoon HAN, Yun Pyo HONG, Hong Kook LEE
  • Publication number: 20200279526
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a sensor and methods for operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display disposed on a surface of the housing, a sensor mounted under the display inside the housing to detect light received through the display, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to determine an illuminance of an outside of the housing using detection data obtained by the sensor while the display displays an image and relevant information between the display and the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Eun-Taek JANG, Eun-Sook SEO, Dong-Kyoon HAN, Tae-Woong LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Hong-Kook LEE, Kwang-Tai KIM, Dong-Hyun YEOM
  • Patent number: 10762839
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit may include a controller configured to receive first image data from an application processor positioned outside the display driver integrated circuit and a data driver configured to receive the first image data from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20200265784
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Dong Hwy KIM, Seung Hoon KO, Tae Sung KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Patent number: 10747489
    Abstract: A method for displaying content by an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating converted data by encoding a plurality of screen data according to first clocks, restoring the screen data by decoding the converted data based on second clocks separate from the first clocks, and displaying the restored screen data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Kon Bae, Dong-Kyoon Han, Dong-Hui Kim
  • Publication number: 20200234631
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display driver module configured to, in response to receiving display data, divide the display data into a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of display regions, compare the display data in the plurality of segments to determine whether the display data in at least one segment is substantially same as the display data in another segment, and based on the comparison outcome, selectively amplify a first display signal generated from the display data in the at least one segment or a second display signal generated from the display data in the another segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hui KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Tae Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 10694139
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data that the processor transfers, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data depending on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Yo Han Lee, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20200193894
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel including a plurality of source line groups selectively connected with a plurality of source amplifiers and panel switches located between the plurality of source line groups and the plurality of source amplifiers and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) configured to drive the display panel and including the plurality of source amplifiers, decoders respectively connected to the plurality of source amplifiers, a logic circuit configured to provide display data to the decoders, a gamma generator configured to supply a gamma voltage to the decoders, and at least one switch configured to selectively connect the plurality of source amplifiers with the plurality of source line groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Hong Kook LEE, Dong Kyoon HAN, Yun Pyo HONG
  • Publication number: 20200177875
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image data compression method including determining whether image data can be compressed by a target compression ratio using one of at least one lossless compression scheme for compressing image data, when the image data can be compressed by the target compression ratio using the one of the at least one lossless compression scheme, encoding the image data using the one of the at least one lossless compression scheme, and when the image data cannot be compressed by the target compression ratio using the one of the at least one lossless compression scheme, encoding the image data by the target compression ratio using one of at least one lossy compression scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jong-Kon BAE, Dong-Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20200175914
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a first power regulator to supply first power to an anode of light emitting diode and to supply second power to a cathode of the light emitting diode, and a DDI including a second power regulator to supply third power to the anode of the light emitting diode and to supply fourth power to the cathode of the light emitting diode, and connected with the first power regulator, and a processor. The processor outputs first content based on the first power and the second power, in a first operating mode, outputs second content based on the third power and the fourth power, in a second operating mode, and controls the third power is maintained to be higher than the first power, and the fourth power is maintained to be higher than the second power when an operating mode is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Hyun Jun PARK, Hong Kook LEE, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Patent number: 10672097
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a processor generating image data, a graphic random access memory (GRAM) storing the image data, and a display driver integrated circuit for driving the display. The display driver integrated circuit is configured to select a part of the image data and to output the selected part to a specified area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Yo Han Lee, Han Yu Ool Kim, Matheus Farias Miranda, Tae Sung Kim, Ho Jin Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom