Patents by Inventor Seon-deok Hwang

Seon-deok Hwang 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: 11152548
    Abstract: A display module is provided. The display module includes a plurality of substrates; a plurality of light-emitting devices mounted on each of the plurality of substrates; a plurality of transparent resins that surrounds the plurality of light-emitting devices; and an opaque molding layer that is disposed on the plurality of substrates between the plurality of transparent resins and covers partial surfaces of the plurality of transparent resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon Deok Hwang, Tae Soon Park
  • Patent number: 10942490
    Abstract: A hologram reproducing apparatus is provided that includes a display configured to emit a write beam corresponding to a hologram pattern, a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to write the hologram pattern according to the write beam and modulate the reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams corresponding to the hologram pattern if a reproduction beam is incident, a light guide plate disposed in a front surface of the SLM, and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM, a filter configured to filter the plurality of diffraction beams, a lens configured to focus the plurality of diffraction beams filtered through the filter, and a plurality of optical fibers arranged in order to dispose at least one optical fiber to correspond to each of a plurality of pixels included in the display, and configured to transmit the write beam to the SLM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sergey Shestak, Dae-sik Kim, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Patent number: 10838359
    Abstract: A hologram reproducing apparatus is provided that includes a display configured to display a hologram pattern and emit a write beam corresponding thereto, a relay lens disposed at a front surface of the display and comprising an array of microlenses each focusing the write beam, a spatial light modulator (SLM) disposed at a front surface of the relay lens, configured to write the hologram pattern according to the focused write beam and modulate a reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams if the reproduction beam is incident, a light guide plate disposed between the relay lens and the SLM and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM, a filter disposed at a front surface of the SLM and configured to filter the plurality of diffraction beams and the write beam, and a lens configured to focus the plurality of diffraction beams filtered through the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sergey Shestak, Dae-sik Kim, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Patent number: 10750159
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display a 3D image; a light guide panel disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to emit light to the display panel; a first light source configured to irradiate light toward the light guide panel; a second light source configured to irradiate light toward the light guide panel; and a controller configured to control the first light source and the second light source to emit light alternately, wherein the light guide panel includes a first pattern which responds to the first light source and does not respond to the second light source, and a second pattern which responds to the second light source and does not respond to the first light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-deok Hwang, Seung-jun Jeong, Kyung-hoon Cha, Farid Mukhtarov
  • Patent number: 10715792
    Abstract: A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a plurality of sub pixels; a prism panel at one side of the display panel and including a prism array and a liquid crystal; a prism panel driver configured to apply voltage to the prism panel; and a controller configured to display a plurality of image frames on the display panel and to control a driving state of the prism panel variably while the plurality of image frames is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Farid Mukhtarov, Ki-hyung Kang, Seung-jun Jeong, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Publication number: 20200161514
    Abstract: A display module is provided. The display module includes a plurality of substrates; a plurality of light-emitting devices mounted on each of the plurality of substrates; a plurality of transparent resins that surrounds the plurality of light-emitting devices; and an opaque molding layer that is disposed on the plurality of substrates between the plurality of transparent resins and covers partial surfaces of the plurality of transparent resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon Deok HWANG, Tae Soon PARK
  • Patent number: 10146060
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a backlight configured to irradiate visible ray to the display panel in a 2D mode, and configured to irradiate ultraviolet ray to the display panel in a 3D mode; and a 3D film disposed between the display panel and backlight, wherein the 3D film comprises: a pattern formed by a plurality of lines distanced from one another by a predetermined distance; and a coating layer that is formed on one side of the plurality of lines pattern and transmits or reflects light patterned by the plurality of lines pattern, per line. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent deterioration of resolution of a screen image, provide a simple structure and enable a change to and from a 2D mode and a 3D mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-deok Hwang, Farid Mukhtarov
  • Publication number: 20180341219
    Abstract: A hologram reproducing apparatus is provided that includes a display configured to display a hologram pattern and emit a write beam corresponding thereto, a relay lens disposed at a front surface of the display and comprising an array of microlenses each focusing the write beam, a spatial light modulator (SLM) disposed at a front surface of the relay lens, configured to write the hologram pattern according to the focused write beam and modulate a reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams if the reproduction beam is incident, a light guide plate disposed between the relay lens and the SLM and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM, a filter disposed at a front surface of the SLM and configured to filter the plurality of diffraction beams and the write beam, and a lens configured to focus the plurality of diffraction beams filtered through the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Sergey SHESTAK, Dae-sik KIM, Seon-deok HWANG
  • Publication number: 20180341223
    Abstract: A hologram reproducing apparatus is provided that includes a display configured to emit a write beam corresponding to a hologram pattern, a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to write the hologram pattern according to the write beam and modulate the reproduction beam into a plurality of diffraction beams corresponding to the hologram pattern if a reproduction beam is incident, a light guide plate disposed in a front surface of the SLM, and configured to guide the reproduction beam toward the SLM, a filter configured to filter the plurality of diffraction beams, a lens configured to focus the plurality of diffraction beams filtered through the filter, and a plurality of optical fibers arranged in order to dispose at least one optical fiber to correspond to each of a plurality of pixels included in the display, and configured to transmit the write beam to the SLM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Sergey SHESTAK, Dae-sik KIM, Seon-deok HWANG
  • Patent number: 10136125
    Abstract: A curved multi-view image display apparatus is provided. The curved multi-view image display apparatus includes: a curved display panel which includes a plurality of sub-pixels and has a curvature; a viewing zone divider provided on in front of the display panel and configured to divide a viewing zone and provide a plurality of optical views; a renderer configured to render a multi-view image to be output to the display panel; and a controller configured to determine a rendering pitch for each of the plurality of optical views based on the curvature, and control the renderer so that at least some of the plurality of sub-pixels to output a pixel value corresponding to a plurality of multi-view images based on the determined rendering pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-hoon Yoon, Ki-hyung Kang, Keun-bae Jeon, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Patent number: 9967552
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image frame that includes a right-eye image and a left-eye image, and a touch panel configured to sense a user touch, wherein the touch panel includes a polarizing switch panel configured to switch a direction of polarization of light emitted from the display panel, and a parallax realization layer which is formed on one side of the polarizing switch panel and is configured to provide a binocular disparity image by using light emitted from the polarizing switch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-hak Na, Ki-hyung Kang, Soo-bae Moon, Jung-hoon Yoon, Hyun-seung Cho, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Patent number: 9832458
    Abstract: A multi view image display device is provided, which includes a depth estimator configured to estimate depth of an input image, a renderer configured to perform rendering of multi view image based on the estimated depth, a display configured to display the rendered multi view image, and a controller configured to control the rendering of the multi view image by controlling the number of rendering viewpoints according to a depth value of at least one object region included in the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-yeol Kim, Seon-deok Hwang, Ho-young Lee
  • Patent number: 9678354
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels including a plurality of sub-pixels, and arranges and displays a multi-view image in an arrangement pattern. The display panel includes a polarizing film disposed on a back surface of the display panel and which transmits, to the display panel, light having a first polarization direction to an area corresponding to a first part of each of the sub-pixels, and light having a second polarization direction to an area corresponding to a second part of the sub-pixels. a polarizing panel disposed on a back surface of the polarizing film and configured to adjusts the first and second polarization directions of the light transmitted by the polarizing film, and a controller configured to control a driving state of the polarizing panel to sequentially provide the first and second polarization directions for one image frame section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-seung Cho, Jung-hoon Yoon, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160337637
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display a 3D image; a light guide panel disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to emit light to the display panel; a first light source configured to irradiate light toward the light guide panel; a second light source configured to irradiate light toward the light guide panel; and a controller configured to control the first light source and the second light source to emit light alternately, wherein the light guide panel includes a first pattern which responds to the first light source and does not respond to the second light source, and a second pattern which responds to the second light source and does not respond to the first light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-deok HWANG, Seung-jun JEONG, Kyung-hoon CHA, Farid MUKHTAROV
  • Publication number: 20160301918
    Abstract: A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a plurality of sub pixels; a prism panel at one side of the display panel and including a prism array and a liquid crystal; a prism panel driver configured to apply voltage to the prism panel; and a controller configured to display a plurality of image frames on the display panel and to control a driving state of the prism panel variably while the plurality of image frames is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Farid MUKHTAROV, Ki-hyung KANG, Seung-jun JEONG, Seon-deok HWANG
  • Patent number: 9437030
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying a two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) image, and apparatus to execute the same, the method including determining whether an input image sequence having a first frame rate is a 2D image sequence or a 3D image sequence, wherein, if the input image sequence is a 2D image sequence, generating a 2D output image sequence having a second frame rate, the 2D output image sequence including the input image sequence and a 2D intermediate image generated from the input image sequence, and wherein, if the input image sequence is a 3D image sequence, generating a 3D output image sequence having a third frame rate, where a left-viewpoint intermediate image, a right-viewpoint intermediate image and the input image sequence are repeatedly included in the 3D output image sequence, the left-viewpoint intermediate image is determined from at least one left-viewpoint image in a left-viewpoint image sequence included in the input image sequence, and the right-viewpoint int
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-moo Park, Yong-tae Kim, Seon-deok Hwang, Dae-sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20160021367
    Abstract: A curved multi-view image display apparatus is provided. The curved multi-view image display apparatus includes: a curved display panel which includes a plurality of sub-pixels and has a curvature; a viewing zone divider provided on in front of the display panel and configured to divide a viewing zone and provide a plurality of optical views; a renderer configured to render a multi-view image to be output to the display panel; and a controller configured to determine a rendering pitch for each of the plurality of optical views based on the curvature, and control the renderer so that at least some of the plurality of sub-pixels to output a pixel value corresponding to a plurality of multi-view images based on the determined rendering pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-hoon YOON, Ki-hyung KANG, Keun-bae JEON, Seon-deok HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150334370
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using header information of stereoscopic image data is provided. The method includes using three-dimensional reproduction period information related to three-dimensionally reproduced stereoscopic image data of image data recorded in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream, in a header region of the stereoscopic image bitstream; recording camera information related to cameras used for obtaining a stereoscopic image, in the header region; recording parallax information between base and additional images of the stereoscopic image in the header region; and recording the image data in the payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-tae KIM, Jae-seung KIM, Seon-deok HWANG
  • Patent number: 9172942
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using header information of stereoscopic image data is provided. The method includes using three-dimensional reproduction period information related to three-dimensionally reproduced stereoscopic image data of image data recorded in a payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream, in a header region of the stereoscopic image bitstream; recording camera information related to cameras used for obtaining a stereoscopic image, in the header region; recording parallax information between base and additional images of the stereoscopic image in the header region; and recording the image data in the payload region of the stereoscopic image bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-tae Kim, Jae-seung Kim, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Publication number: 20150301350
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels including a plurality of sub-pixels, and arranges and displays a multi-view image in an arrangement pattern. The display panel includes a polarizing film disposed on a back surface of the display panel and which transmits, to the display panel, light having a first polarization direction to an area corresponding to a first part of each of the sub-pixels, and light having a second polarization direction to an area corresponding to a second part of the sub-pixels. a polarizing panel disposed on a back surface of the polarizing film and configured to adjusts the first and second polarization directions of the light transmitted by the polarizing film, and a controller configured to control a driving state of the polarizing panel to sequentially provide the first and second polarization directions for one image frame section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-seung CHO, Jung-hoon YOON, Seon-deok HWANG