Patents by Inventor Bo Gun Seo

Bo Gun Seo 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).

  • Publication number: 20260179551
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including one or more pixels and a display panel driver configured to, when performing a scene change from a previous image to a target image, repeatedly write target data, which is for implementing the target image, in a target pixel during a plurality of refresh frames continuously arranged, and then, hold the target data in the target pixel during a plurality of skip frames, wherein, in a first refresh frame immediately after the scene change among the plurality of refresh frames, pre-setting data corresponding to the target data is written in the target pixel a plurality of times before the target data is written in the target pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Kyu SANG, Bo Gun SEO, Moon Soo CHUNG
  • Patent number: 12666791
    Abstract: A display device and a mobile terminal including the display device are discussed. The display device can include a display panel including a first pixel area and a second pixel area, a cover glass disposed on a first surface of the display panel in the second pixel area, an optical module disposed under a second surface of the display panel to face the second pixel area and configured to direct infrared light towards a light transmitting part of the second pixel area, and a diffractive optical element disposed on or in at least one of the cover glass and the display panel at a position corresponding to the light transmitting part of the second pixel area. The diffractive optical element can separate the infrared light from the optical module into a plurality of dot beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Bo Gun Seo, Guen Sik Lee, Kyu Jin Kim, Bo Yun Jung
  • Publication number: 20250386703
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a display device. The display device may include a display panel, and an optical element disposed below the display panel and configured to emit light to the outside of the display device and detect light from the outside of the display device, in which the display panel includes a substrate, a encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate, and an optical filter layer disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation layer and configured to filter the emitted light and/or the detected light. The display device has an advantage of increasing the probability that light having a specific wavelength range reaches an object disposed inside or outside the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Yong Woo Yun, Bo Gun Seo, Seung Taek Oh
  • Patent number: 12494170
    Abstract: A display device can include a first display region including a plurality of first pixels, a second display region including a plurality of second pixels, and a boundary region disposed between the first display region and the second display region. The boundary region includes the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels. Also, the plurality of first pixels respectively include a plurality of first pixel circuits, the plurality of second pixels respectively include a plurality of second pixel circuits, and a transmittance of each of the plurality of second pixel circuits is higher than a transmittance of each of the plurality of first pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Ah Kim, Bo Gun Seo, Joung Mi Choi
  • Patent number: 12437694
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes a display panel with a plurality of pixels, a power supply configured to apply a pixel driving voltage and a low-potential supply voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a timing controller configured to adjust the low-potential supply voltage when a maximum grayscale represented by pixel data to be applied to the plurality of pixels is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gun Lee, Bo Gun Seo, Kyu Jin Kim, Seung Taek Oh, Bo Yun Jung
  • Patent number: 12374300
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display panel of the display device includes at least a first block, a second block, a third block, and a fourth block from the left. A data driver includes a first drive IC disposed to be biased to the left end of the display panel within the first block of the display panel; and a second drive IC disposed to be biased to the right end of the display panel within the fourth block of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo Kyu Sang, Bo Gun Seo
  • Publication number: 20250118267
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display panel of the display device includes at least a first block, a second block, a third block, and a fourth block from the left. A data driver includes a first drive IC disposed to be biased to the left end of the display panel within the first block of the display panel; and a second drive IC disposed to be biased to the right end of the display panel within the fourth block of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Woo Kyu Sang, Bo Gun Seo
  • Publication number: 20250120258
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same. Between first and second pixel areas having different pixels per inch, a third pixel area is provided to have the same pixels per inch as the first pixel area. In the third pixel area, some of pixels emit light as ON pixels, and remaining background pixels except for the ON pixels are driven as OFF pixels or low luminance pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Seung Taek OH, Seong Ho CHO, Min Sung KANG, Bo Gun SEO
  • Patent number: 12225274
    Abstract: An embodiment discloses a display device including a display panel including a first display area and a second display area, a first image capturing assembly and a second image capturing assembly disposed below the second display area, and a rotating assembly configured to rotate the second image capturing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Taek Oh, Bo Yun Jung, Bo Gun Seo
  • Patent number: 12167635
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same. Between first and second pixel areas having different pixels per inch, a third pixel area is provided to have the same pixels per inch as the first pixel area. In the third pixel area, some of pixels emit light as ON pixels, and remaining background pixels except for the ON pixels are driven as OFF pixels or low luminance pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Taek Oh, Seong Ho Cho, Min Sung Kang, Bo Gun Seo
  • Patent number: 12130984
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including a sensing region where pixels are disposed at a first pixels per inch (PPI) and a display region where pixels are disposed at a second PPI; a touch sensor unit disposed on the pixel unit, and including a first touch sensor region where touch sensors are disposed at a first electrode density and a second touch sensor region where touch sensors are disposed at a second electrode density higher than the first electrode density; a display panel driver configured to drive the pixel unit; and a touch sensor driver configured to change at least one of a voltage level of a driving pulse applied to the first touch sensor region and an accumulated number of the touch signals sensed from the first touch sensor region based on the touch signals sensed from the first touch sensor region overlapping with the sensing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hee Hwang, Bo Gun Seo, Kyoung Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240221581
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes a display panel with a plurality of pixels, a power supply configured to apply a pixel driving voltage and a low-potential supply voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a timing controller configured to adjust the low-potential supply voltage when a maximum grayscale represented by pixel data to be applied to the plurality of pixels is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Gun LEE, Bo Gun SEO, Kyu Jin KIM, Seung Taek OH, Bo Yun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240221656
    Abstract: A display device can include a first display region including a plurality of first pixels, a second display region including a plurality of second pixels, and a boundary region disposed between the first display region and the second display region. The boundary region includes the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels. Also, the plurality of first pixels respectively include a plurality of first pixel circuits, the plurality of second pixels respectively include a plurality of second pixel circuits, and a transmittance of each of the plurality of second pixel circuits is higher than a transmittance of each of the plurality of first pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Ah KIM, Bo Gun SEO, Joung Mi CHOI
  • Patent number: 11735109
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same, and includes a first region where pixels are disposed, and a second region where pixels having a lower pixel density (pixels per inch: PPI) compared to the first region are disposed. Each of the pixels of the first region includes a first pixel circuit. Each of the pixels of the second region includes a second pixel circuit. The second pixel circuit includes fewer transistors compared to the first pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Yun Jung, Bo Gun Seo
  • Publication number: 20230176684
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including a sensing region where pixels are disposed at a first pixels per inch (PPI) and a display region where pixels are disposed at a second PPI; a touch sensor unit disposed on the pixel unit, and including a first touch sensor region where touch sensors are disposed at a first electrode density and a second touch sensor region where touch sensors are disposed at a second electrode density higher than the first electrode density; a display panel driver configured to drive the pixel unit; and a touch sensor driver configured to change at least one of a voltage level of a driving pulse applied to the first touch sensor region and an accumulated number of the touch signals sensed from the first touch sensor region based on the touch signals sensed from the first touch sensor region overlapping with the sensing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hee HWANG, Bo Gun SEO, Kyoung Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230137445
    Abstract: A display device and a mobile terminal including the display device are discussed. The display device can include a display panel including a first pixel area and a second pixel area, a cover glass disposed on a first surface of the display panel in the second pixel area, an optical module disposed under a second surface of the display panel to face the second pixel area and configured to direct infrared light towards a light transmitting part of the second pixel area, and a diffractive optical element disposed on or in at least one of the cover glass and the display panel at a position corresponding to the light transmitting part of the second pixel area. The diffractive optical element can separate the infrared light from the optical module into a plurality of dot beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hun KIM, Bo Gun SEO, Guen Sik LEE, Kyu Jin KIM, Bo Yun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230133190
    Abstract: An embodiment discloses a display device including a display panel including a first display area and a second display area, a first image capturing assembly and a second image capturing assembly disposed below the second display area, and a rotating assembly configured to rotate the second image capturing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Seung Taek OH, Bo Yun JUNG, Bo Gun SEO
  • Patent number: 11594582
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a display device and a mobile terminal device including the same, wherein the display device includes a display panel including a display area in which a first plurality of pixels are disposed, and a sensing area in which a plurality of photosensors and a second plurality of pixels are disposed. The first plurality of pixels of the display area and the second plurality of pixels of the sensing area may emit light by receiving a data voltage of an input image in a display mode. At least some of the second plurality of pixels in the sensing area may emit light in a fingerprint recognition mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Man Hyeop Han, Bo Gun Seo, Seung Taek Oh
  • Publication number: 20220122535
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same, and includes a first region where pixels are disposed, and a second region where pixels having a lower pixel density (pixels per inch: PPI) compared to the first region are disposed. Each of the pixels of the first region includes a first pixel circuit. Each of the pixels of the second region includes a second pixel circuit. The second pixel circuit includes fewer transistors compared to the first pixel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Bo Yun JUNG, Bo Gun SEO
  • Publication number: 20220115456
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same. Between first and second pixel areas having different pixels per inch, a third pixel area is provided to have the same pixels per inch as the first pixel area. In the third pixel area, some of pixels emit light as ON pixels, and remaining background pixels except for the ON pixels are driven as OFF pixels or low luminance pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Taek OH, Seong Ho CHO, Min Sung KANG, Bo Gun SEO