Patents by Inventor Sung Ku Kang

Sung Ku Kang 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: 9557865
    Abstract: A touch location sensing panel including horizontal location sensing electrodes and vertical location sensing electrodes, which are arranged in two dimensions on one surface of a base layer and are electrically isolated from each other. A conductive layer is formed within the electrode and on at least a part of the electrode. The electrodes are connected to separate channels of a circuit sensing a touch of a user, respectively, and the conductive layer and the sensing electrodes have a difference in color, so that an image is expressed in an entire region of the sensing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Woong Park, Sung Ku Kang, Jin Hwan Kim, Joo-Han Bae, Byeong Kyu Jeon
  • Publication number: 20160357330
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device is provided. The touch-sensitive display device includes a touch sensing unit and a display panel. A plurality of sensing electrodes is formed in the touch sensing unit. A plurality of driving electrodes to which driving voltages are applied is formed in the display panel. The plurality of sensing electrodes is formed in predetermined patterns on one side of the touch sensing unit, and the patterns of the plurality of sensing electrodes are different in a first sensing region and a second sensing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Mi-Ae Park, Sung Ku Kang
  • Patent number: 9515128
    Abstract: A display device includes: a supporting member including a body, and a supporter rotatably coupled to a side surface of the body; a display substrate on the supporting member, the display substrate including a first region, and a second region at an outer periphery of the first region; an emission layer on the first region and the second region of the display substrate; a polarizer on the emission layer and on the first region of the display substrate; a touch panel on the polarizer; and a window on the touch panel. The supporter is configured to support the second region of the display substrate such that the second region of the substrate is in a bent-state in a non-display region of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ku Kang, Sang Wol Lee, Tae Hyeong Jung, Gyeong Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 9501181
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a substrate comprising a major surface and divided into an active area and a non-active area when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; a plurality of driving electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and generally arranged along a first direction; a plurality of first sensing electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and generally arranged along a second direction; and a plurality of second sensing electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and arranged along the second direction. The shapes of the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Kang, Hak-Sun Kim, Tae-Hyeog Jung
  • Patent number: 9489094
    Abstract: A touch sensing panel includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes in a touch sensing area to sense a touch, the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes are separated from each other. The touch sensing panel further includes a plurality of first connectors coupling the first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second connectors coupling the second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, a first connecting wire between a second touch electrode of the second touch electrodes and a first touch electrode of the first touch electrodes that are adjacent to each other, the first connecting wire being coupled to the first touch electrode or the corresponding first connectors, and a shield pattern adjacent to the first connecting wire and extending along the first connecting wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Yun Kim, Sung Ku Kang
  • Publication number: 20160320872
    Abstract: A touch sensor device including a first conductive pattern disposed on a substrate and a first polymer layer disposed on the first conductive pattern. The first polymer layer includes a first conductive region and a first non-conductive region. The touch sensor device also includes a second polymer layer disposed on the first polymer layer. The second polymer layer includes a second conductive region and a second non-conductive region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Byeong-Jin LEE, Sung Ku KANG, Jung-Yun KIM
  • Publication number: 20160313826
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate including a touch area and a non-touch area adjacent to the touch area, a conductive polymer layer disposed on the substrate, and a touch sensor unit disposed between the conductive polymer layer and the touch area of the substrate. The conductive polymer layer includes a polymer wiring pattern disposed in the non-touch area of the substrate and includes a conductive polymer connected to the touch sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Jung-Yun KIM, Sung Ku KANG, Byeong-Jin LEE
  • Patent number: 9471161
    Abstract: A touch screen panel including a transparent substrate; a background layer including a color printing layer along an edge of a surface of the transparent substrate; an overcoating layer on the surface of the transparent including the upper portion of the background layer; conductive sensing cells on the overcoating layer; and position detection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choon-Hyop Lee, Mikiya Itakura, Sung-Ku Kang, Jung-Mok Park
  • Publication number: 20160291710
    Abstract: A touch sensor device includes a touch sensing area including touch sensors sequentially disposed in a first direction extending away from an imaginary central point, in which an area of each touch sensors gradually increases as a distance thereof away from the imaginary center point increases, at least one of the touch sensors includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode adjacent to each other, a width of the first touch electrode decreases along a second direction, and a width of the second touch electrode increases along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Sung Ku KANG
  • Patent number: 9430108
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device is provided. The touch-sensitive display device includes a touch panel and a display panel. A plurality of sensing electrodes is formed in the touch panel. A plurality of driving electrodes to which driving voltages are applied is formed in the display panel. The plurality of sensing electrodes is formed in predetermined patterns on one side of the touch panel, and the patterns of the plurality of sensing electrodes are different in a first sensing region and a second sensing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-Ae Park, Sung Ku Kang
  • Publication number: 20160246415
    Abstract: A touch panel and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch panel includes a substrate, a first touch electrode line formed over the substrate and including a plurality of first touch electrodes which are electrically connected to each other, and a second touch electrode line formed to cross the first touch electrode line and being electrically insulated therefrom. The second touch electrode line can include a plurality of second touch electrodes which are electrically connected to each other. The touch panel can also include a plurality of connecting wires respectively connected to the first and second touch electrode lines. At least one of the first touch electrode line, the second touch electrode line, and the connecting wires can include at least one photosensitive conductive layer having a metal nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joo-Han BAE, Sung Ku Kang, Jin Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20160245464
    Abstract: A lighting device may be provided to include a heat sink which includes a receiving recess and a top surface including a hole; a light source module which includes a substrate disposed on the heat sink, a light emitting device disposed on the substrate and a pad disposed on the substrate; a power supplier which is disposed in the receiving recess of the heat sink and includes a projection outputting a power signal for driving the light source module; and a connector which is coupled to the hole of the heat sink, includes a contacting part electrically connected to the pad of the light source module, and is electrically connected to the projection of the power supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ji Hoo KIM, Tae Young CHOI, Do Hwan KIM, Sung Ku KANG, Chan Hyung JUNG
  • Patent number: 9423915
    Abstract: A flexible touch screen panel includes a window substrate, a polarizing functional layer, sensing patterns and sensing lines. The window substrate is flexible. The polarizing functional layer is attached on a first surface of the window substrate, and is divided into an active area and an inactive area positioned outside of the active area. The sensing patterns are formed in the active area on a first surface of the polarizing functional layer. The sensing lines are formed in the inactive area on the first surface of the polarizing functional layer, and are connected to the sensing patterns. In the touch screen panel, the polarizing functional layer has a laminated structure in which a polarizer and a retardation compensation film are attached on the first surface of the window substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Kang, Tae-Hyeog Jung, Kyu-Taek Lee, Choon-Hyop Lee, Jeong-Heon Lee, Gui-Nam Min
  • Publication number: 20160239131
    Abstract: A circular touch panel disposed on a circular display panel including a plurality of pixels, the circular touch panel including: a plurality of sensing electrodes; a plurality of connection wirings connecting the plurality of sensing electrodes to a signal processing circuit; and an insulator insulating the plurality of sensing electrodes from each other. The circular touch panel includes a circular boundary region patterned in an optical pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Sung Ku Kang
  • Publication number: 20160224153
    Abstract: A touch panel and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch panel includes a substrate including a touch area, a photosensitive lower layer formed over the substrate and a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of connecting lines formed over the photosensitive lower layer positioned in the touch area of the substrate. The touch panel also includes a pad formed over the photosensitive lower layer positioned outside the touch area of the substrate and connected to one end of the connecting line and a photosensitive upper layer positioned over the touch electrodes and the connecting lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joo-Han Bae, Sung Ku Kang, Yun Ha Kim
  • Publication number: 20160216827
    Abstract: A touch sensor device includes first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes disposed on a substrate, and a polymer layer including a polymer material disposed on the first and second touch electrodes and on a substantially entire area of the substrate, in which the polymer layer includes conductive and non-conductive regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Byeong-Jin LEE, Sung Ku KANG, Jung-Yun KIM, Joo-Han BAE, Dong Eun LEE, In Nam LEE
  • Publication number: 20160195979
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area, sensing cells disposed in the active area, the sensing cells comprising a first transparent conductive layer, and connection lines disposed in the non-active area, the connection lines comprising a lower pattern comprising the first transparent conductive layer and an upper pattern disposed on the lower pattern and comprising a metal layer, in which an ionicity of the metal layer is greater than an ionicity of the first transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: In-Nam LEE, Choon-Hyop LEE, Sung-Ku KANG, Heung-Seok GO, Young-Kuil JOO
  • Patent number: 9377887
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a flexible display device, comprising: forming a concavo-convex area comprising a first concavo-convex pattern on one surface of a carrier substrate; forming a flexible substrate on the one surface of the carrier substrate; forming a display element configured to display an image on the flexible substrate; and separating the flexible substrate from the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Ku Kang
  • Publication number: 20160178821
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes an anti-reflection film. The anti-reflection film includes a base film, a retardation coating layer disposed on a first side of the base film so as to delay a phase of transmitted light, and a polarizer coating layer disposed on a second side of the base film so as to allow a polarization component of the transmitted light in a specific direction to pass through, wherein the retardation coating layer and the polarizer coating layer are formed by applying a liquid crystal on the base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Suk CHOI, Sung Ku KANG, In Nam LEE, Heung Seok GO, Young Do KIM, Jeong Heon LEE, Choon-Hyop LEE, Young Kuil JOO
  • Patent number: 9360970
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate having a screen area, a black matrix area adjacent to an outside of the screen area, and a decoration pattern area in the black matrix area. The touch screen panel also includes a plurality of conductive sensing cells in the screen area, and a black matrix corresponding to the black matrix area. The black matrix is on one surface of the transparent substrate, and the black matrix has one or more openings formed in the decoration pattern area. The touch screen panel further includes a conductive decoration pattern in the opening of the black matrix, and the conductive decoration pattern is grounded through a ground line connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Ku Kang