Patents by Inventor Seung-Hwan Moon

Seung-Hwan Moon 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: 8842228
    Abstract: An LCD with an integrated touch panel that prevents sensor malfunction by eliminating coupling noises includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the insulating substrate so as to extend in a first direction, a plurality of data lines formed in a second direction so as to intersect the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), each formed at an area defined by the gate lines and the data lines, a plurality of sensor lines formed in the same directions as the gate lines and the data lines, and a plurality of dummy lines formed in the same directions as the sensor lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8810606
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pixel including a first subpixel and a second subpixel; a first signal line connected to the first subpixel and transmitting a first signal; a second signal line connected to the second subpixel and transmitting a second signal; a third signal line intersecting the first and the second signal lines, connected to at least one of the first and the second subpixels, and transmitting a third signal; and a fourth signal line intersecting the first and the second signal lines and transmitting a fourth signal, wherein the first subpixel and the second subpixel are supplied with data voltages having different magnitude, and the data voltages applied to the first and the second subpixels are originated from a single image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Dong-Gyu Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon, Seung-Woo Lee, Seung-Soo Baek
  • Publication number: 20140204006
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns and including pixels having switching elements positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of each pixel row and positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of and alternately at a corner near a left and a right side of each pixel column; multiple pairs of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; and multiple data lines transmitting data voltages, wherein each pair of gate lines are disposed at the upper and lower sides of each pixel row with the pixels in each row connected to the gate line positioned nearest the respective switching element, and each data line is disposed between adjacent pairs of pixel columns and connected to pairs of pixels where one pixel of the pair has a switching element positioned nearest the respective data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nam-Soo Kang, Seong-Young Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8754674
    Abstract: In a gate drive circuit including stages which are cascaded and which output gate signals each of the stages includes a first node, an output part, a first holding part and a second holding part. A voltage of the first node is converted to a high voltage in response to one of a vertical start signal and a carry signal of one of previous stages. The output part outputs a first clock signal as a gate signal through an output terminal in response to the high voltage of the first node. The first holding part applies a first low voltage to the output terminal, in response to a gate signal output from at least one of following stages. The second holding part applies a second low voltage, which is less than the first low voltage, to the first node in response to a gate signal output from at least one stage among following stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8730206
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first insulation substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a transparent conductive layer disposed on the upper surface of the first insulation substrate; a gate line disposed on the lower surface of the first insulation substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line; a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; a data line disposed on the semiconductor layer and connected to a source electrode and a drain electrode facing the source electrode; and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, where the gate line, the gate insulating layer, the semiconductor layer and the data line are sequentially disposed on the lower surface of the first insulation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Su-Bin Park, Seung Hwan Moon, Byoung Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 8711073
    Abstract: A display system includes a display panel having a plurality of pixel units, each of the pixel units having first and second divided pixel parts; a first driver for applying a first gate signal to the first divided pixel part; and a second driver for applying a second gate signal to the second divided pixel part, wherein the first and second drivers are integrally formed in the display panel and apply the first and second gate signals to be at least partially time-overlapped through independent driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Cheol Lee, Seung Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8692819
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and method for driving the liquid crystal display are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8681083
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns and including pixels having switching elements positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of each pixel row and positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of and alternately at a corner near a left and a right side of each pixel column; multiple pairs of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; and multiple data lines transmitting data voltages, wherein each pair of gate lines are disposed at the upper and lower sides of each pixel row with the pixels in each row connected to the gate line positioned nearest the respective switching element, and each data line is disposed between adjacent pairs of pixel columns and connected to pairs of pixels where one pixel of the pair has a switching element positioned nearest the respective data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Soo Kang, Seong-Young Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8674927
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display (Lcd) and a method of driving the same. The LCD includes a timing controller which receives a first image signal corresponding to a first frame frequency and outputs a second image signal corresponding to a second frame frequency; a liquid crystal panel which receives the second image signal and displays an image using the second frame frequency; and a plurality of light-emitting blocks which provide light to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the light-emitting blocks are divided into a plurality of light-emitting groups, each group including at least one of the light-emitting blocks, and, in a first operation mode, a frame, which corresponds to the second frame frequency, includes an off section in which at least one of the light-emitting groups is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Jae Park, Hyun-Seok Ko, Mun-Soo Park, Seung-Hwan Moon, Kyung-Uk Choi
  • Patent number: 8624812
    Abstract: A liquid crystal includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix format. The plurality of gate lines transmit a gate signal to the pixels. The plurality of data lines cross the gate lines and transmit data voltages respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels a plural number of times. A voltage that is the same as that of the data lines neighboring the first and last data lines is applied to the first and last data lines among the plurality of data lines at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Jun Lee, Jang-Hyun Yeo, Hyun-Su Lee, Seung-Hwan Moon, Yong-Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 8610179
    Abstract: An amorphous-silicon thin film transistor and a shift resister shift resister having the amorphous-silicon TFT include a first conductive region, a second conductive region and a third conductive region. The first conductive region is formed on a first plane spaced apart from a substrate by a first distance. The second conductive region is formed on a second plane spaced apart from the substrate by a second distance. The second conductive region includes a body conductive region and two hand conductive regions elongated from both ends of the body conductive region to form an U-shape. The third conductive region is formed on the second plane. The third conductive region includes an elongated portion. The elongated portion is disposed between the two hand conductive regions of the second conductive region. The amorphous-silicon TFT and the shift resister having the amorphous TFT reduce a parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Moon, Back-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20130328750
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes; a data driver integrated in one chip and which outputs data signals; a gate driver which sequentially outputs gate signals, a display panel which includes; a plurality of data lines which receive the data signals, a plurality of gate lines which receive the gate signals, and a plurality of pixels connected to a corresponding gate line and a corresponding data line, a voltage generator which generates a common voltage and a storage voltage and provides them to the display panel, and a voltage compensator which receives the storage voltage fedback from the display panel and generates a compensation signal, wherein the display panel further includes a feedback line which provides the voltage compensator with the storage voltage, and wherein the feedback line is electrically connected to the voltage compensator through the data driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Moon MOH, Han-Jin RYU, Hong-Sig CHU, Kwang-Jae KIM, Sang-Don BAE, In-Jae HWANG, Seung-Hwan MOON, Sang-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 8593444
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating a gate on voltage, generating first and second gate off voltages based on an external voltage in a first operating mode, and first and second gate off voltages based on the gate on voltage in a second operating mode, generating a clock signal based on the gate on voltage and the second gate off voltage and outputting a gate voltage generated based on the clock signal and the first and second gate off voltages to a gate line of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Whee-Won Lee, Seung-Hwan Moon, Jae-Hoon Lee, Jun-Yong Song
  • Publication number: 20130286301
    Abstract: An LCD with an integrated touch panel that prevents sensor malfunction by eliminating coupling noises includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the insulating substrate so as to extend in a first direction, a plurality of data lines formed in a second direction so as to intersect the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), each formed at an area defined by the gate lines and the data lines, a plurality of sensor lines formed in the same directions as the gate lines and the data lines, and a plurality of dummy lines formed in the same directions as the sensor lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Seung-hwan MOON
  • Patent number: 8564523
    Abstract: In a shift register and an LCD having the same, the shift register includes plural stages having odd stages for receiving a first clock signal and a first control signal and even stages for receiving a second clock signal and a second control signal. Each of the plural stages includes a pull-up section for providing one of first and second clock signals to an output terminal, a pull-down section for providing a first power voltage to the output terminal, a pull-up driving section for turning on/off the pull-up section in response to an output signal of a front stage and turning off the pull-up section in response to the first and second control signals, a first pull-down driving section for outputting a third control signal, and a second pull-down driving section for turning off the pull-down section in response to the input signal and turning on the pull-down section in response to the third control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Publication number: 20130265244
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first surface, on which a touch by an external object occurs, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of driving signal lines positioned on the second surface of the first substrate, where the plurality of driving signal lines transmits a driving signal for displaying an image, a plurality of pixels including a plurality of switching elements connected to the plurality of driving signal lines, a sensing signal line positioned on one of the first surface and the second surface of the first substrate, where the sensing signal line transmits a sensing signal generated based on the touch by the external object, and a touch sensor unit including a sensing capacitor defined by at least one driving signal line of the plurality of driving signal lines and the sensing signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul KIM, Su Bin PARK, Ji Woong KIM, Seung Hwan MOON, Nam-Hee GOO, Seok-Hyun JUNG
  • Patent number: 8542180
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating a gate on voltage, a first gate off voltage and a second gate off voltage. A clock signal is generated based upon the gate on voltage and the second gate off voltage. A first panel gate off voltage substantially the same as the first gate off voltage and a second panel gate off voltage substantially the same as the second gate off voltage are generated in a first operating mode. A first panel gate off voltage greater than the first gate off voltage and a second panel gate off voltage greater than the second gate off voltage are generated in a second operating mode. A gate signal is generated based upon the clock signal and the first and second panel gate off voltages to a gate line of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Kwang Park, Sang-Heon Park, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 8537101
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image display device includes a luminance controller receiving a three-dimensional enable signal, a backlight data signal and at least one starting signal of a scan starting signal, a vertical blank starting signal and a backlight starting signal. The luminance controller outputs a backlight control signal and a backlight unit is operated based on the backlight control signal and is coupled to the luminance controller. The backlight data signal is based on a previous pulse of the starting signal and is applied from a first time when a current pulse of the starting signal starts to a second time when a next pulse of the starting signal starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Jae Kim, Byoung Jun Lee, Kyung-Uk Choi, Seung Hwan Moon, Nam-Hee Goo, Myoung-Chul Kim, Bo-Ram Kim, Jong-Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8537176
    Abstract: A method and apparatus capable of reducing or preventing dithering noises in 3D dither for displaying stereoscopic or 3D images are provided. The method entails generating image data in which two consecutive frames have the same dithered image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Ko, Seung-Hwan Moon, Jung-Hwan Cho, Myeong-Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20130215097
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel assembly having a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels, gate lines having a first group of gate lines and a second group of gate lines that are connected with the first group of pixels and the second group of pixels, respectively, and data lines each of which is connected with one of the first group of pixels and one of the second group of pixels in every row. Further including a signal controller that receives input image signals and generates two groups of image data, a data driver that receives the two groups of image data, and a gate driving unit including a first gate driver that provides first gate-on signals to the first group of gate lines and a second gate driver that provides second gate-on signals to the second group of gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.,
    Inventor: Seung-Hwan MOON