Patents by Inventor Baek-Woon Lee
Baek-Woon Lee 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: 20240296795Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display system comprises an OLED array and a power management system that includes at least one voltage generator for the OLED array. A timing microcontroller comprises a decoder/encoder configured to receive HDR pixel data and output display pixel data. A portion of the HDR pixel data is sampled and a luminance index value of the sampled portion is determined, where the luminance index value corresponds to a maximum luminance of the sampled portion. The luminance index value is used to control the at least one voltage generator to reduce power consumption of the OLED display system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Baek Woon LEE, Ying ZHENG, Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO
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Patent number: 12008958Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display system comprises an OLED array and a power management system that includes at least one voltage generator for the OLED array. A timing microcontroller comprises a decoder/encoder configured to receive HDR pixel data and output display pixel data. A portion of the HDR pixel data is sampled and a luminance index value of the sampled portion is determined, where the luminance index value corresponds to a maximum luminance of the sampled portion. The luminance index value is used to control the at least one voltage generator to reduce power consumption of the OLED display system.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nobuyuki Suzuki, Baek Woon Lee, Ying Zheng, Samu Matias Kallio, Kari Jussi Ropo
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Publication number: 20240038166Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display system comprises an OLED array and a power management system that includes at least one voltage generator for the OLED array. A timing microcontroller comprises a decoder/encoder configured to receive HDR pixel data and output display pixel data. A portion of the HDR pixel data is sampled and a luminance index value of the sampled portion is determined, where the luminance index value corresponds to a maximum luminance of the sampled portion. The luminance index value is used to control the at least one voltage generator to reduce power consumption of the OLED display system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nobuyuki SUZUKI, Baek Woon LEE, Ying ZHENG, Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO
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Patent number: 11818321Abstract: A method for calibrating the color space on multiple displays in a computing system includes determining a native color space for each of multiple displays; dynamically selecting a target color space to implement on each of the multiple displays based at least in part on the determined native color space of each one of the multiple displays; and instructing one of the multiple displays to map the associated native color space to the target color space.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Samu Matias Kallio, Kari Jussi Ropo, Baek-Woon Lee
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Publication number: 20230200178Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to mitigating a piezoelectric response of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display from static charge. One example provides an electronic device, comprising an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, the OLED display comprising an organic light emitting layer, a thin film transistor (TFT), a polyimide layer disposed on an opposite side of the TFT as the organic light emitting layer, a buffer layer between the TFT and the polyimide layer, and a conductor positioned to mitigate a piezoelectric response of the polyimide layer to static charge on the OLED display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Younghun PAIK, Baek Woon LEE, Hyungsoo KIM, Ying ZHENG
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Publication number: 20230045264Abstract: The display substrate includes: a first electrode located in a first display region and a second electrode located in a second display region; a first light emitting layer located in the first display region and a second light emitting layer located in the second display region; and a third electrode located in the first display region and a fourth electrode located in the second display region. By optimizing patterned design of the third electrode, a first electrode wiring mode in the first display region is optimized, so that a display effect in the first display region is improved, glare interference is reduced, the transmittance of the first display region is optimized and improved, and a photographing effect of an under-screen camera configured in the first display region is ensured.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Yangpeng WANG, Baek Woon LEE, Baolei HUO, Tinglan ZHU, Yuanyuan CHAI
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Publication number: 20220353387Abstract: A method for calibrating the color space on multiple displays in a computing system Includes determining a native color space for each of multiple displays; dynamically selecting a target color space to implement on each of the multiple displays based at least on part on the determined native color space of each one of the multiple displays; and instructing one of the multiple displays to map the associated native color space to the target color space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Samu Matias KALLIO, Kari Jussi ROPO, Baek-Woon LEE
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Patent number: 10269295Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels, a memory to store degradation data of the pixels, a group-setting portion to classify the pixels into degradation regions according to a degradation degree and based on the degradation data, perform a contour-simplifying process with respect to the degradation regions, classify the degradation regions into labeling regions according to proximity of adjacent ones of the degradation regions, and set one of the degradation regions as a reference region, a sensor to sense electric characteristics of the degradation regions and the reference region as they separately emit light, a compensation amount controller to compare the electric characteristics of the degradation regions with electric characteristics of the reference region, and calculate a per-position compensation data corresponding to a position of the labeling regions, and a converter to convert a first image data into a second image data based on the per-position compensation data.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Myeon Han, Dong Sup Jin, Chang Kyu Seol, Baek Woon Lee, Jun Jin Kong, Hong Rak Son
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Patent number: 9955146Abstract: A display device comprises a signal processor configured to generate left-eye and right-eye image data according to an input image signal, a frame rate controller configured to generate a plurality of left-eye and right-eye image data from the left-eye and right-eye image data according to an output frequency, a data formatter configured to alternately organize the plurality of left-eye and right-eye image data generated by the frame rate controller, and a display unit configured to sequentially display the plurality of left-eye and right-eye image data organized by the data formatter.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soo-Ran Park, Sang-Myeon Han, Kwang-Sub Shin, Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 9911385Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a display unit that includes pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, and data lines; a control line driver for providing control signals to the respective pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power to the pixels of the display unit; and a second power driver for applying a second power to the pixels of the display unit, wherein the first power and/or the second power is applied to the pixels of the display unit, having voltage values at different levels, during periods of one frame, and the control signals and the first and second powers are concurrently provided to all of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 9881558Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a control unit configured to scale image data provided from the outside based on an image load factor and to output the scaled image data, and a data driver configured to supply data signals corresponding to the scaled image data to a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels, wherein the control unit includes a load factor calculating unit configured to calculate a load factor of the image data; and a data scaler configured to scale a gray level of the image data based on a scaling ratio corresponding to a load factor.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Baek-Woon Lee, Jung-Taek Kim, Jae-Woo Song, Hae-Goo Jung
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Patent number: 9875687Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a display device, and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a display unit including pixels included in one or more deterioration region groups and pixels included in one or more reference groups corresponding to the deterioration region groups, a sensing unit configured to sense a current flowing through an organic light emitting diode of each of the deterioration region groups and each of the reference groups and provide current information about the deterioration region group and current information about the reference group.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 9837018Abstract: A display panel includes input power supply line coupled to a power supply at one or more edge portions of the display panel, and an output power supply line coupled to the input power supply line at a predetermined portion of the display panel. The input power supply line receives the power supply voltage, and the output power supply line receives the power supply voltage from the input power supply line. The power supply is coupled to the output power supply line at the one or more edge portions of the display panel, and receives the power supply voltage from the output power supply line to adjust a voltage level of the power supply voltage based on the power supply voltage from the output power supply line. The predetermined portion is at a location different from an edge of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Jong-Man Bae, Byeong-Doo Kang, Jin-Woo Kim, Do-Hyung Ryu, Jae-Woo Song, Byung-Hyuk Shin, Baek-Woon Lee, Hae-Goo Jung
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Patent number: 9779667Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting display device including: a display panel including data lines, scan lines, and pixels coupled to the data lines and the scan lines; a digital data converter configured to calculate a panel load utilizing digital video data, and to convert the digital video data such that peak luminance of the pixels have a maximum value when the panel load is equal to or less than a limit value; a data driver configured to convert digital conversion data, which has been converted by the digital data converter, into data voltages, and to supply the data voltages to the data lines; and a scan driver configured to provide scan signals to the scan lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chai-Hoon Lim, Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 9728126Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a light emitting device and a driving transistor configured to supply a driving current to the light emitting device based on a scan signal and a data signal; and a plurality of power lines configured to transfer a power voltage supplied from a global power line to the driving transistor of each of the pixels, wherein a level of a gate voltage of the driving transistor when the light emitting device emits light is determined by a distance between a corresponding one of the pixels and the global power line.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 9691323Abstract: The organic light emitting display may include a plurality of pixels for generating light components with predetermined brightness components while controlling the amount of current that flows from a first power source to a second power source via organic light emitting diodes (OLED), a first power source controller for extracting data of the highest gray level among input data items of one frame and for outputting a control value having voltage information corresponding to the highest gray level data, and a first power source generator for generating a controlled voltage value corresponding to the control value and outputting the controlled voltage value to the first power source.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Baek-Woon Lee, In-Hwan Ji
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Patent number: 9693045Abstract: An organic light emitting display is driven in a simultaneous (or concurrent) emission scheme. The organic light emitting display includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, and data lines; a control line driver for providing control signals to the pixels through the control lines; and a power driver for applying a power at different levels to the pixels of the display unit during a plurality of periods of one frame. The control signals and the power are concurrently provided to the pixels included in the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 9584799Abstract: A method of driving a display device including a plurality of pixels, the method including transmitting a plurality of data signals to first group pixels during a first scan period, simultaneously emitting light through the first group pixels according to a programmed data signal during a first light emitting period adjacent to the first scan period, transmitting a plurality of data signals to second group pixels, different from the first group pixels, during a second scan period, and simultaneously emitting light through the second group pixels according to a programmed data signal during a second light emitting period adjacent to the second scan period. A first field including the first scan period and the first light emitting period and a second field including the second scan period and the second light emitting period are temporally divided.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Baek-Woon Lee
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Publication number: 20160343302Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels, a memory to store degradation data of the pixels, a group-setting portion to classify the pixels into degradation regions according to a degradation degree and based on the degradation data, perform a contour-simplifying process with respect to the degradation regions, classify the degradation regions into labeling regions according to proximity of adjacent ones of the degradation regions, and set one of the degradation regions as a reference region, a sensor to sense electric characteristics of the degradation regions and the reference region as they separately emit light, a compensation amount controller to compare the electric characteristics of the degradation regions with electric characteristics of the reference region, and calculate a per-position compensation data corresponding to a position of the labeling regions, and a converter to convert a first image data into a second image data based on the per-position compensation data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Sang Myeon Han, Dong Sup Jin, Chang Kyu Seol, Baek Woon Lee, Jun Jin Kong, Hong Rak Son
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Patent number: 9489892Abstract: A method of gamma correction for an organic light emitting display device includes calculating a high-power voltage to be supplied in an emission period of the organic light emitting display device based on a gray-level range of an input image data for each frame, generating a gamma correction curve for the calculated high-power voltage based on a predetermined minimum gamma correction curve and a predetermined maximum gamma correction curve, performing a gamma correction on image data based on the gamma correction curve to generate gamma-corrected image data, and displaying the gamma-corrected image data on the organic light emitting display device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Baek-Woon Lee, Sang-Myeon Han