Patents by Inventor Kyung-Wan Park
Kyung-Wan Park 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).
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Publication number: 20190278412Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing that comprises a first surface which faces a first direction and a second surface which faces a second direction opposite to the first direction, and that comprises a first transparent plate which forms at least a portion of the first surface of the housing; a display that is disposed between the first transparent plate and the second face of the housing, and comprises a second transparent plate which faces the first direction, and a third transparent plate which faces the second direction; a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode that are disposed between the second transparent plate and the third transparent plate; and a control circuit that is electrically connected to the first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode, and the fourth electrode, wherein the control circuit may be configured to detect the position of touch input with respect to the first transpareType: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Hyung-Sup BYEON, Jung-Won KIM, Han-Vit KANG, Ho-Kyung KANG, Kwang-Tai KIM, Byeong-Cheol KIM, Kyung-Wan PARK, Yo-Han LEE, Jeong-Sik JEONG, Eun-Sung CHO, Hyun-Ju HONG
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Patent number: 10394282Abstract: A foldable electronic device including: a first body; a second body; a connection part configured to connect the first body to the second body so that the first body and the second body are rotatable to a first state in which the first and second bodies are unfolded and to a second state in which the first and second bodies overlap each other; a flexible display element that passes over the connection part and is supported by the first and second bodies; and a roller that is rotatably installed at an end of the first body and connected to an end of the flexible display element, wherein the flexible display element is located at an outer circumference of the first body, the second body, and the connection part in the second state, and wherein a part of the flexible display element is rolled around the roller in the first state.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ga-eun Lee, Hee-seok Jeong, Kyung-wan Park, Yong-jun Lim, Shi-yun Cho
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Publication number: 20190228208Abstract: A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Woo-ram Jeon, Youn-ho Choi, Dae-myung Kim, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh
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Patent number: 10255481Abstract: A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shi-yun Cho, So-young Kim, Woo-ram Jeon, Youn-ho Choi, Dae-myung Kim, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh
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Publication number: 20190025887Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-seong SEO, Kyung-wan PARK, Ga-eun LEE, Ji-hyun JUNG, Shi-yun CHO
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Patent number: 10133381Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel; an image processing board configured to output a video signal to the display panel; and a support member provided between the display panel and the image processing board and configured to support the display panel, the support member including: at least two plates arranged along one side of the display panel; and at least one artificial muscle connecting the at least two plates and configured to be deformed to change a shape of the support member in accordance with a voltage applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Young Huh, Kyung Wan Park, Hee Seok Jeong, Seung Soo Kang
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Patent number: 10120415Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
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Publication number: 20180191391Abstract: A bendable user terminal device provided with a flexible display controls the flexible display to display information on a first area while the user terminal device is maintained in a bent state based on a detected bending state of the user terminal device, and, in response to the user terminal device changing from the bent state to an unbent state, controls the flexible display not to display the information on the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-churl KIM, Kyung-wan PARK, Jin-hyoung PARK
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Patent number: 9941918Abstract: A bendable user terminal device provided with a flexible display controls the flexible display to display information on a first area while the user terminal device is maintained in a bent state based on a detected bending state of the user terminal device, and, in response to the user terminal device changing from the bent state to an unbent state, controls the flexible display not to display the information on the first area.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-churl Kim, Kyung-wan Park, Jin-hyoung Park
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Patent number: 9942979Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) has stretchability and durability. The flexible PCB includes: a first polymer substrate having flexibility, stretchability, or elasticity; a second polymer substrate having flexibility, stretchability, or elasticity; a conductive track disposed between the first and second polymer substrates and including metal nanowires; and a cured silane coupling agent which bonds the conductive track to at least one of the first and second polymer substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Kyung-wan Park, Shi-yun Cho, Hyo-young Lee, Hyun-jung Kim, Mee-ree Kim, Ik-joon Kim
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Patent number: 9935279Abstract: A plurality of panels include: a display panel; and a protective panel that is disposed outside the display panel, and includes a transparent substrate and an outer hard coating layer and an inner hard coating layer that are respectively formed on an outer surface and an inner surface of the transparent substrate, and each have a hardness greater than a hardness of the transparent substrate. A thickness of the outer hard coating layer is greater than a thickness of the inner hard coating layer, and a stress neutral surface of the flexible display device is configured so that a compressive stress is applied to the inner hard coating layer when the flexible display device is bent.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun-hwa Lee, Kyung-wan Park, Yu-su Kim, Jin-hyoung Park, Ho-seong Seo, Ga-eun Lee, Shi-yun Cho
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Patent number: 9857832Abstract: A foldable electronic apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a first cover and a second cover configured to support a rear surface of the flexible display panel and be interconnected by a hinge member, and a first slider and a second slider configured to be installed on the first cover and the second cover and vary a curvature of the flexible display panel by an operation of sliding along the first cover and the second cover, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-churl Kim, Jin-hyoung Park, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh
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Publication number: 20170364123Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-seong SEO, Kyung-wan PARK, Ga-eun LEE, Ji-hyun JUNG, Shi-yun CHO
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Patent number: 9798359Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
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Patent number: 9766659Abstract: A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho-seong Seo, Kyung-wan Park, Ga-eun Lee, Ji-hyun Jung, Shi-yun Cho
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Publication number: 20170205957Abstract: A curved touch panel and a display device including the same are provided. The touch panel includes a flat region in which first sensing cells are arranged; and a curved region in which second sensing cells are arranged that are different from the first sensing cells in terms of at least one of an arrangement pattern and a shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung-wan PARK, Shi-yun CHO, In-kwon KANG, Ga-eun LEE, Ji-hyun JUNG
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Patent number: 9600118Abstract: A method for preventing a touch misrecognition includes counting a total number of touch detection values of a touch panel which is greater than or equal to a first threshold value; comparing the total number of touch detection values with a second threshold value; and when the total number of the touch detection values is greater than or equal to the second threshold value, determining that bending of the touch panel has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Kyung-Wan Park, Seok-Myong Kang, Ho-Seong Seo, Dae-Kwang Jung, Ji-Hyun Jung, Shi-Yun Cho, Youn-Ho Choi
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Patent number: 9563320Abstract: Provided is a flexible display apparatus. A shape deformation sensor is formed in at least one of a first plurality of connection lines of a flexible display panel and a second plurality of connection lines of a touch screen panel. The shape deformation sensor is configured to sense a shape deformation of the flexible display panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ga-eun Lee, Yong-jun Lim, Kyung-wan Park, Shi-yun Cho
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Publication number: 20160378203Abstract: A foldable electronic apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a first cover and a second cover configured to support a rear surface of the flexible display panel and be interconnected by a hinge member, and a first slider and a second slider configured to be installed on the first cover and the second cover and vary a curvature of the flexible display panel by an operation of sliding along the first cover and the second cover, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-churl KIM, Jin-hyoung PARK, Kyung-wan PARK, Jae-young HUH
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Publication number: 20160364055Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel; an image processing board configured to output a video signal to the display panel; and a support member provided between the display panel and the image processing board and configured to support the display panel, the support member including: at least two plates arranged along one side of the display panel; and at least one artificial muscle connecting the at least two plates and configured to be deformed to change a shape of the support member in accordance with a voltage applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Young HUH, Kyung Wan PARK, Hee Seok JEONG, Seung Soo KANG