Patents by Inventor Min-Soo Choi

Min-Soo Choi 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: 20230317005
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; a current compensation circuit executing a current compensation operation in which a load is calculated based on input image data, and output compensation image data is generated by compensating for the input image data based on the load; a data driver converting the compensation image data into a data voltage based on a gamma reference voltage and a data driving voltage, and outputting the data voltage; a current sensing circuit sensing a driving current of the display panel and comparing the driving current with a preset reference current to output a protection signal; a voltage generator generating a driving voltage, the gamma reference voltage, and the data driving voltage; and a voltage control circuit generating a first voltage control signal to control a first target compensation value of the gamma reference voltage or the data driving voltage in response to the protection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: KIHYUN PYUN, Min-Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 11714466
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver which transmits a data voltage to the display panel, a first flexible printed circuit board attached to the display panel and including an input side wiring electrically connected to the data driver, a first printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the input side wiring to transmit a high-speed driving signal to the data driver, and a metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in a plan view and attached on the first flexible printed circuit board, where a part of the metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in the plan view defines an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon-Sun Na, Min-Soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20230154420
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of light source data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of light source emission lines, a plurality of feedback lines and a plurality of light source blocks. At least one of the light source blocks is connected to the light source gate line, the light source data line, the light source emission line and the feedback line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kihyun PYUN, Moonshik KANG, Dae-Sik LEE, Jun Pyo LEE, Min-Soo CHOI, Songyi HAN
  • Publication number: 20230079534
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver which transmits a data voltage to the display panel, a first flexible printed circuit board attached to the display panel and including an input side wiring electrically connected to the data driver, a first printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the input side wiring to transmit a high-speed driving signal to the data driver, and a metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in a plan view and attached on the first flexible printed circuit board, where a part of the metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in the plan view defines an opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yeon-Sun NA, Min-Soo CHOI
  • Patent number: 11587980
    Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate, a light emitting element layer disposed on a surface of the display substrate and including display pixels, a sensing substrate having a surface attached to another surface of the display substrate, a sensing element layer disposed on another surface of the sensing substrate and including sending pixels that each sense light of a color, and a photorefractive layer disposed on the sensing element layer and including micro lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeon Gu Cho, Min Soo Choi, Seok Gyu Yoon, Jae Jin Lyu
  • Patent number: 11580917
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of light source data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of light source emission lines, a plurality of feedback lines and a plurality of light source blocks. At least one of the light source blocks is connected to the light source gate line, the light source data line, the light source emission line and the feedback line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Moonshik Kang, Dae-Sik Lee, Jun Pyo Lee, Min-Soo Choi, Songyi Han
  • Patent number: 11568795
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel, a printed circuit board on which a timing controller is mounted, and a connection film on which a data driver is mounted. Pixels and a gate driving circuit are disposed in a display area of the display panel. The connection film includes output lines connecting the data driver and the display panel, and first connection lines connecting the printed circuit board and the display panel. The first connection lines overlap the first area on which the data driver is mounted and are disposed between the output lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Tae Gon Im, Min Soo Choi, Ji Hyun Kim, Jun Pyo Lee
  • Patent number: 11520384
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver which transmits a data voltage to the display panel, a first flexible printed circuit board attached to the display panel and including an input side wiring electrically connected to the data driver, a first printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the input side wiring to transmit a high-speed driving signal to the data driver, and a metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in a plan view and attached on the first flexible printed circuit board, where a part of the metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in the plan view defines an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon-Sun Na, Min-Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 11353731
    Abstract: A curved display module includes a curved display panel curved with a first curvature in a first direction. A plurality of flexible circuit films are connected to a side portion of the curved display panel. A plurality of driving chips are each mounted on the flexible circuit films. A printed circuit board is connected to the flexible circuit films and is curved with a second curvature in the first direction. Two sides parallel to each other of each of the flexible circuit films are in direct contact with the curved display panel at first and second contact points, respectively, and are in direct contact with the printed circuit board at third and fourth contact points, respectively. A distance between the first and third contact points is different from a distance between the second and fourth contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoseok Yun, Min-soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20220151058
    Abstract: An embodiment of a printed circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a metal layer disposed above the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed above the metal layer, and signal lines disposed above the second insulating layer, the signal lines extending in a first direction and having line widths in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The metal layer has open areas overlapping the signal lines in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. In another embodiment, the open areas are replaced with metal meshes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Yeon Sun NA, Min Soo CHOI
  • Patent number: 11313882
    Abstract: A battery management system, a battery pack including same and a method for determining a failure in a current detecting circuit. The system includes the current detecting circuit configured to detect a reference current representing a current flowing through a high current path of the battery pack, a bidirectional switch including a charging FET and a discharging FET installed on the high current path, and a control unit. The control unit detects a first voltage across the charging FET and a second voltage across the discharging FET while a first high level voltage is applied to a gate of the charging FET and a second high level voltage is applied to a gate of the discharging FET. The control unit determines a failure in the current detecting circuit based on at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage and the reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Ho Kim, Min-Soo Choi
  • Publication number: 20220093036
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel, a printed circuit board on which a timing controller is mounted, and a connection film on which a data driver is mounted. Pixels and a gate driving circuit are disposed in a display area of the display panel. The connection film includes output lines connecting the data driver and the display panel, and first connection lines connecting the printed circuit board and the display panel. The first connection lines overlap the first area on which the data driver is mounted and are disposed between the output lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tae Gon IM, Min Soo CHOI, Ji Hyun KIM, Jun Pyo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210278883
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver which transmits a data voltage to the display panel, a first flexible printed circuit board attached to the display panel and including an input side wiring electrically connected to the data driver, a first printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected to the input side wiring to transmit a high-speed driving signal to the data driver, and a metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in a plan view and attached on the first flexible printed circuit board, where a part of the metal tape overlapping the input side wiring in the plan view defines an opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yeon-Sun NA, Min-Soo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210241704
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of light source data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of light source emission lines, a plurality of feedback lines and a plurality of light source blocks. At least one of the light source blocks is connected to the light source gate line, the light source data line, the light source emission line and the feedback line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kihyun PYUN, Moonshik KANG, Dae-Sik LEE, Jun Pyo LEE, Min-Soo CHOI, Songyi HAN
  • Publication number: 20210165265
    Abstract: A curved display module includes a curved display panel curved with a first curvature in a first direction. A plurality of flexible circuit films are connected to a side portion of the curved display panel. A plurality of driving chips are each mounted on the flexible circuit films. A printed circuit board is connected to the flexible circuit films and is curved with a second curvature in the first direction. Two sides parallel to each other of each of the flexible circuit films are in direct contact with the curved display panel at first and second contact points, respectively, and are in direct contact with the printed circuit board at third and fourth contact points, respectively. A distance between the first and third contact points is different from a distance between the second and fourth contact points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Hyoseok YUN, Min-soo CHOI
  • Patent number: 11004405
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of light source data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of light source emission lines, a plurality of feedback lines and a plurality of light source blocks. At least one of the light source blocks is connected to the light source gate line, the light source data line, the light source emission line and the feedback line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Moonshik Kang, Dae-Sik Lee, Jun Pyo Lee, Min-Soo Choi, Songyi Han
  • Publication number: 20210090512
    Abstract: A method of driving a light-source module includes adjusting a frequency of a boosting switching signal based on a dimming signal which controls luminance of a light-emitting diode (“LED”) string of the light-source module, where the LED string comprises a plurality of LEDs connected to each other in series, and controlling a main transistor in response to the boosting switching signal to transfer a driving voltage to the LED string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Seung-Wan KIM, Min-Soo CHOI, Gwang-Teak LEE, Tae-Gon IM, Myoung-Soo KIM, Hwan-Woong LEE, Seung-Young CHOI
  • Patent number: 10948754
    Abstract: A curved display module includes a curved display panel curved with a first curvature in a first direction. A plurality of flexible circuit films are connected to a side portion of the curved display panel. A plurality of driving chips are each mounted on the flexible circuit films. A printed circuit board is connected to the flexible circuit films and is curved with a second curvature in the first direction. Two sides parallel to each other of each of the flexible circuit films are in direct contact with the curved display panel at first and second contact points, respectively, and are in direct contact with the printed circuit board at third and fourth contact points, respectively. A distance between the first and third contact points is different from a distance between the second and fourth contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoseok Yun, Min-soo Choi
  • Patent number: 10930630
    Abstract: A backlight unit and a display device including the same are provided. The backlight unit includes a first substrate on which at least one transistor is disposed; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a heat dissipation sheet which is disposed on the second substrate and at least a part of which is in contact with the first substrate; and at least one light source disposed between the heat dissipation sheet and the first substrate and electrically connected to the transistor. The heat dissipation sheet includes a first region in contact with the first substrate and a second region separated from the first substrate, the second region being a region other than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Soo Choi, Jun Pyo Lee, Jin Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20210036060
    Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate, a light emitting element layer disposed on a surface of the display substrate and including display pixels, a sensing substrate having a surface attached to another surface of the display substrate, a sensing element layer disposed on another surface of the sensing substrate and including sending pixels that each sense light of a color, and a photorefractive layer disposed on the sensing element layer and including micro lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeon Gu CHO, Min Soo CHOI, Seok Gyu YOON, Jae Jin LYU