Patents by Inventor Bonkee Kim
Bonkee 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).
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Patent number: 11709573Abstract: A touch input device is disclosed that may comprise a display panel and/or a touch sensor. The touch sensor may include a driving electrode and/or a receiving electrode that may be disposed on the display panel and/or inside the display panel. The touch input device may comprise an electrode pattern that may be disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel. The touch input device may comprise a controller that may be configured to provide a first driving signal to the driving electrode of the touch sensor. The controller may be configured to receive a touch detection signal from the receiving electrode of the touch sensor. The controller may be configured to detect a touch position, perhaps for example based on the touch detection signal. The controller may be configured to provide a second driving signal different from the first driving signal to the electrode pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230195273Abstract: Disclosed is a touch input device including: a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes; a drive unit configured to apply a driving signal to at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; a touch signal detection unit configured to detect a touch-position-related signal related to a touch position of an object inputted to the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; and an LGM disturbance signal detection unit configured to detect an LGM-disturbance-signal-related signal related to an LGM disturbance signal generated from the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: HiDeep Inc.Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Jongsik KIM, Young Ho CHO
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Patent number: 11675446Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device for sensing a position of a stylus including a resonance circuit, including: a plurality of electrode; and a touch controller configured to receive a sensing signal from the electrodes to determine a position of the stylus, wherein the electrodes includes electrodes in which directions of currents induced in the electrodes by the resonance circuit are opposite to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Hojun Moon, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Youngho Cho
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Publication number: 20230168771Abstract: A touch input device according to an embodiment comprises: a touch sensor including a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of receiving electrodes forming mutual capacitance with the plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of receiving dummy electrodes not forming mutual capacitance with the plurality of driving electrodes; and a touch detector including a plurality of receivers composed of a plurality of first terminals for receiving a plurality of first sensing signals, and a plurality of second terminals for receiving a plurality of second sensing signals. The touch detector detects a touch input of an object by subtracting at least one second sensing signal output through at least one second terminal from at least one first sensing signal output through at least one first terminal of at least one receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventor: Bonkee KIM
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Patent number: 11662837Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230125764Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including: a loop coil; a display unit configured to include a plurality of pixels; a display driver configured to apply a data signal and a scan signal to the pixels depending on a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a plurality of touch electrodes positioned on the display unit; a driving receiver configured to apply a driving signal to the loop coil during a first period and to receive a sensing signal from at least one of the touch electrodes during a second period after the first period; and a controller configured to generate touch information by using the sensing signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized to at least one pulse of the vertical synchronization signal and the horizontal synchronization signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG, Hwanhee LEE, Wonwoo LEE, Kyeonghan PARK, Sein LEE, Jeongwon SEO, Jongsik KIM, Inuk JEONG, Hojun MOON, Beomkyu KO
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Patent number: 11614844Abstract: Disclosed is a touch input device including: a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes; a drive unit configured to apply a driving signal to at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; a touch signal detection unit configured to detect a touch-position-related signal related to a touch position of an object inputted to the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; and an LGM disturbance signal detection unit configured to detect an LGM-disturbance-signal-related signal related to an LGM disturbance signal generated from the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Jongsik Kim, Young Ho Cho
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Patent number: 11609653Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; and a touch controller that operates in a resonance driving mode during which a first driving signal is output for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch sensor and an idle mode during which the driving signal output to the touch sensor is stopped, and obtains first touch coordinate information from a detection signal input from the touch sensor during the resonance driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Patent number: 11599232Abstract: A touch sensor panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, in which a touch window area includes a first number of consecutive first electrodes in a first direction among the plurality of first electrodes and a second number of consecutive second electrodes in a second direction with respect to the first number of first electrodes, respectively, and a pair of a predetermined first electrode among the first electrodes included in the touch window area and a predetermined second electrode among the second electrodes do not exist in other window areas other than the touch window area.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Bonkee Kim, Seyeob Kim, Jongsik Kim
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Publication number: 20230067179Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel; a touch electrode layer disposed on the display panel and comprising at least one touch electrode; and a conductive wire disposed on the display panel, disposed on the same layer as the touch electrode layer, and generating a magnetic field signal for driving a stylus pen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kyeonghan PARK, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO, Sein LEE, Hwanhee LEE, Kiryoung JUNG, Wonwoo LEE, Jeongwon SEO, Jongsik KIM, Inuk JEONG, Beomkyu KO, Hojun MOON
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Patent number: 11579723Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch sensor; and a touch controller that operates in a resonance driving mode during which a first driving signal is output for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch sensor and an idle mode during which the driving signal output to the touch sensor is stopped, and obtains first touch coordinate information from a detection signal input from the touch sensor during the resonance driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20230037637Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO, Sein LEE
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Patent number: 11556208Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a touch apparatus including: a touch panel configured to include a plurality of touch electrodes; a touch driver configured to apply a first driving signal to a first touch electrode of the touch electrodes during a first period, and a second driving signal to the touch electrodes during a second period subsequent to the first period; and a touch controller configured to determine a detection signal as a valid touch signal based on whether a signal strength of the detection signal received in response to the first driving signal exceeds a first threshold during the first period, wherein the detection signal include at least one of a first detection signal generated by a first touch object and a second detection signal generated by a second touch object, and the first detection signal is determined as a valid touch signal, while the first threshold is set to filter the second detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Bonkee Kim
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Patent number: 11537248Abstract: A touch sensor panel according to the present invention includes: a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, in which a touch window area includes a first number of consecutive first electrodes in a first direction among the plurality of first electrodes and a second number of consecutive second electrodes in a second direction with respect to at least one of the first number of first electrodes to correspond to each other, and a value acquired by multiplying the number of unit cells constituting at least one first electrode connected to a first trace among the first electrodes included in the touch window area and the number of unit cells constituting at least one second electrode connected to a second trace among the second electrodes included in the touch window area is less than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Jongsik Kim, Sein Lee
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Patent number: 11481047Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a resonance circuit portion positioned in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Kiryoung Jung, Hyoungwook Woo, Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim
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Patent number: 11481065Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vType: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee
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Publication number: 20220276761Abstract: A touch sensor panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a touch sensor panel in which a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes are arranged on the same layer, in which the plurality of receiving electrodes is arranged along a plurality of rows and columns, the plurality of driving electrodes is arranged such that at least one driving electrode is disposed at each of both sides with respect to each receiving electrode, and the driving electrode arranged at the left side and the driving electrode arranged at the right side with the receiving electrode interposed therebetween are electrically connected with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: HiDeep Inc.Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Jongsik KIM
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Publication number: 20220261099Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a ground portion configured to be electrically connected to a user; and a resonant circuit portion in the body portion, electrically connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion, and including one or more resonance circuits that resonate with electrical signals of different frequencies transferred from the conductive tip to output resonance signals of different frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hyoungwook Woo, Kyeonghan Park, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20220253178Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that includes a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and a touch driver that applies a first driving signal for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch panel in a first section, and receives a detection signal from the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes in a second section that is next to the first section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Jeongwon Seo, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
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Publication number: 20220253173Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch input device, and more particularly, to a touch input device including a touch sensor, which is capable of accurately detecting whether a touch input to a touch surface is input by an object or/and a touch position even in a situation where the touch input device is in a floating state. The touch input device includes a touch surface, including: a touch sensor which is disposed under the touch surface and includes a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of receiving electrodes, and a plurality of dummy receiving electrodes; and a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch position of an object input to the touch surface based on a detection signal output from the plurality of receiving electrodes of the touch sensor, in which the touch detection unit detects the touch position of the object input to the touch surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: HiDeep Inc.Inventors: Bonkee KIM, Seyeob KIM, Jongsik KIM, Sein LEE