Patents by Inventor Beom-Shik Kim

Beom-Shik Kim 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: 12348701
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a plurality of sub-pixels in a display area, an optical member attached to the display panel and that includes stereoscopic lenses, and a display driver that receives information on relative positions of the sub-pixels for each stereoscopic lens of the optical member from an optical member bonding apparatus, and corrects image data based on the relative positions of the sub-pixels so that 3D images are displayed in a display area of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Hee Won, Beom Shik Kim, Jeong Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20250044607
    Abstract: A display device includes a display layer generating light. The display layer includes a plurality of pixels. A polarizing layer polarizes the light generated by the display layer. A first optical layer is disposed on the polarizing layer. The first optical layer includes a first lens array and a first electrode on the first lens array. A liquid crystal layer is disposed on the first optical layer. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules. A second optical layer is disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The second optical layer includes a second lens array and a second electrode disposed on the second lens array. The first optical layer and the second optical layer are symmetrical to each other with respect to the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Beom Shik KIM, Eun Kyoung NAM, Jeong Woo PARK
  • Patent number: 12217357
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display device includes rendering a plurality of viewpoint images, generating a plurality of sub-images based on the plurality of viewpoint images and a plurality of mapping pattern images corresponding to the plurality of viewpoint images, generating a single light-field image based on the plurality of sub-images, and outputting the single light-field image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rang Kyun Mok, Ji Young Choi, Gi Seok Kwon, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Jae Wan Park
  • Publication number: 20250014489
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display 2D images, an optical member configured to display the 2D images displayed on the display panel by maintaining display light paths of the 2D images during a 2D image display period, and to display 3D stereoscopic images by refracting the display light paths of the 2D images during a 3D stereoscopic image display period, and a display driver configured to drive the display panel so that the display panel displays multi-view images in the 2D image display period and the 3D stereoscopic image display period, and to apply driving voltages to the optical member to control operations of the optical member for displaying the 2D images or 3D stereoscopic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Su Jung HUH, Jeong Woo PARK, Beom Shik KIM, Eun Kyoung NAM, Rang Kyun MOK, Sung Chan JO
  • Patent number: 12126789
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a lens array disposed on a surface of the display panel. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses and a light transmission characteristic control layer disposed on a valley of each of the lenses. The light transmission characteristic control layer includes a light absorbing material. A stacked thickness of the light transmission characteristic control layer is smaller than a height of each of the lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Park, Beom Shik Kim, Young Chan Kim, Su Bin Jung, Young Sang Ha
  • Publication number: 20240323333
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including sub-pixels; a viewpoint separation unit configured to separate viewpoint images displayed by the display panel for each viewpoint; and a control unit configured to determine a left eye viewpoint image provided to a left eye viewpoint corresponding to a left eye position of a viewer and a right eye viewpoint image provided to a right eye viewpoint corresponding to a right eye position of the viewer, wherein the control unit converts left eye adjacent viewpoint images provided to viewpoints adjacent to the left eye viewpoint into the left eye viewpoint image, and converts right eye adjacent viewpoint images provided to viewpoints adjacent to the right eye viewpoint into the right eye viewpoint image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun Jin CHO, Beom Shik KIM
  • Publication number: 20240250225
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including sub-pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and including light emitting surfaces in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and lenses that overlap the sub-pixels in the third direction and to have a long side having an angle greater than 0 degree with respect to the second direction. A first lens includes a first curved surface and a first side surface connected to one edge of the first curved surface. A second lens includes a second curved surface and a second side surface connected to one edge of the second curved surface. The first lens and the second lens share a common lower surface. A flat surface connects the first side surface and the second side surface and extends parallel to the common lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Park, Beom Shik Kim, Rang Kyun Mok, Byeong Hee Won, Young Sang Ha
  • Publication number: 20240233247
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display device includes rendering a plurality of viewpoint images, generating a plurality of sub-images based on the plurality of viewpoint images and a plurality of mapping pattern images corresponding to the plurality of viewpoint images, generating a single light-field image based on the plurality of sub-images, and outputting the single light-field image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Rang Kyun MOK, Ji Young CHOI, Gi Seok KWON, Jae Joong KWON, Beom Shik KIM, Jae Wan PARK
  • Patent number: 11994697
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including an active region, an inactive region disposed adjacent to the active region, and a first alignment mark, wherein a plurality of sub-pixels are disposed in the active region, and the first alignment mark is positioned at a first distance in a first direction from an alignment reference pixel disposed adjacent to a boundary of the active region; and an optical member including a plurality of lenses and a second alignment mark, wherein the plurality of lenses are disposed to be inclined at a first angle with respect to a direction in which the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged, and wherein the second alignment mark is positioned at the first distance in the first direction from the alignment reference pixel and is positioned at a second distance in a second direction, crossing the first direction, from the first alignment mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Park, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Young Sang Ha
  • Publication number: 20240168360
    Abstract: A display assembly includes a display device having an upper surface on which an image is output, and a lens device detachably connected to the upper surface of the display device. The lens device includes a lens panel that refracts the image from the display device, and a connection layer disposed on a lower surface of the lens panel facing the display device and detachably connected to the upper surface of the display device. The upper surface of the display device includes first contact interfaces, and the connection layer includes second contact interfaces detachably connected to the first contact interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Su Jung HUH, Byeong Hee WON, Hyun Jin CHO, Beom Shik KIM, Sung-Chan JO
  • Patent number: 11961177
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display device includes rendering a plurality of viewpoint images, generating a plurality of sub-images based on the plurality of viewpoint images and a plurality of mapping pattern images corresponding to the plurality of viewpoint images, generating a single light-field image based on the plurality of sub-images, and outputting the single light-field image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., MAXST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rang Kyun Mok, Ji Young Choi, Gi Seok Kwon, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Jae Wan Park
  • Patent number: 11910640
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a lens array disposed on a first surface of the display panel and including a plurality of lenses, and an optical filter disposed on the first surface of the display panel. The optical filter includes a plurality of first portions and a plurality of second portions which are alternately arranged in a first direction parallel to the first surface of the display panel. Each of the plurality of first portions has a first transmittance value. Each of the plurality of second portions has a symmetric light transmittance distribution in which a transmittance value increases from the center having a second transmittance value to each of opposite ends having a third transmittance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Shik Kim, Jae Joong Kwon, Hyun Jin Cho, Jeong Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20240049503
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; thin-film transistors disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; light emitting elements connected to corresponding ones of the thin-film transistors, respectively, and disposed on the thin-film transistors; and a lens array including lenses disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface of the first substrate, wherein the light emitting elements emit light toward the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Beom Shik KIM, Jung Hun NOH
  • Publication number: 20230408246
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a depth of a three-dimensional (3D) object includes a control unit generating the 3D object by adjusting parameters of a 3D pattern. A 3D display unit displays the 3D object with a preset depth. An input unit generates an input signal based on an input received from a user. A rail extends in a front and a rear of the 3D display unit. A moving body is movable on the rail. Movement of the moving body is adjusted based on the input signal. A distance sensor measures a distance to the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Young Sang HA, Ju Hyeong LEE, Sung Jun JOO, Beom Shik KIM, Young Chan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230412790
    Abstract: A method for providing a stereoscopic image of a display device includes receiving, by a display panel that includes first to N-th sub-pixels, wherein N is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to 2, first to M-th view input data that correspond to first to M-th view images, wherein M is a positive integer that satisfies M>N, allocating the first to M-th view input data to the first to N-th sub-pixels as corresponding first to N-th view image data in a first mode, and displaying, by plurality of lenses disposed on the display panel, a light field image in the first to N-th sub-pixels according to the first to N-th view image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Hee WON, Beom Shik KIM, Su Bin JUNG
  • Patent number: 11825688
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; thin-film transistors disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; light emitting elements connected to corresponding ones of the thin-film transistors, respectively, and disposed on the thin-film transistors; and a lens array including lenses disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface of the first substrate, wherein the light emitting elements emit light toward the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Beom Shik Kim, Jung Hun Noh
  • Publication number: 20230344980
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a pixel, a variable light transmission layer disposed on the display panel and that includes liquid crystal molecules, and a lens layer disposed on the variable light transmission layer and that includes lenses and a polarization pattern. The polarization pattern overlaps a boundary area between adjacent lenses. The display device operates in a 2D image mode that provides a 2D image or a 3D image mode that provides a 3D image, and the polarization pattern transmits light when the display device operates in 2D image mode, and blocks light when the display device operates in 3D image mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: BEOM SHIK KIM, Jeong Woo Park, Hyun Jin Cho, Su Jung Huh
  • Publication number: 20230336705
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes pixels that emit light to a front surface of the display panel, a lens array that extends in a first direction and includes lens elements arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a roller that moves the lens array in the second direction. Each of the lens elements includes a support body that extends in the first direction, and a lens body that includes a lower portion in contact with the support body and a convex upper portion, and support bodies of the lens elements are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: YOUNG SANG HA, Beom Shik KIM
  • Publication number: 20230328221
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a plurality of sub-pixels in a display area, an optical member attached to the display panel and that includes stereoscopic lenses, and a display driver that receives information on relative positions of the sub-pixels for each stereoscopic lens of the optical member from an optical member bonding apparatus, and corrects image data based on the relative positions of the sub-pixels so that 3D images are displayed in a display area of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: BYEONG HEE WON, Beom Shik Kim, Jeong Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11782289
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a display driver configured to drive a partial portion of the plurality of pixels that are positioned in an alignment mark area to display an alignment mark in the alignment mark area. A stereoscopic lens including a base is disposed on the display module. A plurality of lenses is disposed on the base and includes at least one flat portion surrounded by the plurality of lenses and overlapping the alignment mark area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., JASTECH
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Park, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Jin Cheol Seo, Young Sang Ha, Joo Young Oh, Jae You Yi