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).

  • Publication number: 20220244806
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Hojun Moon, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Youngho Cho
  • Publication number: 20220214771
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20220206598
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11353976
    Abstract: Technologies for manufacturing a touch input device are disclosed. The method includes: forming, on a single carrier substrate, a flexible display for each of a plurality of display devices, cutting the flexible display into individual pieces, and separating the flexible display from the carrier substrate; a separate structure different from electrodes may be used to detect touch position forming step of forming, under a single substrate, a separate structure different from electrodes may be used to detect touch position for each of the plurality of display devices and cutting the substrate for the separate structure into individual pieces; and adhering each of the individual pieces of the separated flexible display to an individual piece of the substrate for the separate structure. The substrate for the separate structure may not be relatively easily bent as compared to the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: HiDeep Inc.
    Inventors: Bonkee Kim, Seyeob Kim
  • Publication number: 20220173091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device, and more particularly, to an Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display device including a Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO
  • Patent number: 11347335
    Abstract: A touch device includes: a touch panel including a plurality of touch electrodes; a driver/receiver for applying a first driving signal to the touch panel while driven in a first mode, and applying a second driving signal that is different from the first driving signal to the touch panel while driven in a second mode; and a controller for comparing first detection signals received from the touch panel with a first threshold value to obtain first touch data while driven in the first mode, and comparing second detection signals received from the touch panel with a second threshold value to obtain second touch data while driven in the second mode, wherein the controller determines the second threshold value based on at least part of the first detection signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Hwanhee Lee, Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung
  • Publication number: 20220164081
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including: a touch sensor configured to sequentially transfer an electromagnetic signal having two or more frequencies to a stylus pen, and to receive an electromagnetic signal corresponding to the electromagnetic signal from the stylus pen; and a touch controller configured to operate the touch sensor by determining one of the two or more frequencies as the frequency of the electromagnetic signal depending on a change in the received electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hwanhee LEE, Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG, Wonwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20220147177
    Abstract: a touch device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a plurality of touch electrodes; and a driver/receiver that applies driving signals, each having a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of a stylus pen, to the plurality of touch electrodes, and receives detection signals from the plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the driving signals may include a first driving signal and a second driving signal, each having a different phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Youngho CHO
  • Patent number: 11327582
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kyeonghan Park, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11314361
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Jeongwon Seo, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11301103
    Abstract: A touch input device includes an organic light emitting display module; a pressure sensor including a pressure electrode outputting a first sensing signal for detecting a touch pressure and which is attached under the organic light emitting display module; a touch sensor including drive electrodes to which a driving signal is applied and receiving electrodes outputting a second sensing signal for detecting a touch position; and a substrate located under the organic light emitting display module. The substrate is spaced apart from the organic light emitting display module and includes a reference potential layer. A controller detects a magnitude of the touch pressure based on the first sensing signal. The organic light emitting display module is bent by the touch pressure. A distance between the pressure electrode and the reference potential layer is changed according to a bending of the organic light emitting display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11301062
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20220091687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch pad device and a portable computer including the same, and more particularly, to a touch pad device capable of sensing an inputted push of an object, and a portable computer including the same. A touch pad device according to one embodiment includes: a touch pad cover; a substrate disposed under the touch pad cover and including a pressure sensor; and a frame configured to support the substrate, in which a magnitude of a pressure inputted to the touch pad cover is detected on the basis of a change in electrical characteristics outputted from the pressure sensor in response to bending of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hyukjae CHOI, Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM
  • Publication number: 20220083174
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Bonkee KIM, Seyeob KIM, Jongsik KIM
  • Patent number: 11269441
    Abstract: A touch device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a plurality of touch electrodes; and a driver/receiver that applies driving signals, each having a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of a stylus pen, to the plurality of touch electrodes, and receives detection signals from the plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the driving signals may include a first driving signal and a second driving signal, each having a different phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho
  • Publication number: 20220027011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hwanhee LEE, Bonkee KIM
  • Publication number: 20210349572
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Jongsik KIM, Sein LEE
  • Patent number: 11150764
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20210311590
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hwanhee LEE, Jongsik KIM, Jeongwon SEO, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG, Bonkee KIM
  • Publication number: 20210278931
    Abstract: A touch input device includes an organic light emitting display module; a pressure sensor including a pressure electrode outputting a first sensing signal for detecting a touch pressure and which is attached under the organic light emitting display module; a touch sensor including drive electrodes to which a driving signal is applied and receiving electrodes outputting a second sensing signal for detecting a touch position; and a substrate located under the organic light emitting display module. The substrate is spaced apart from the organic light emitting display module and includes a reference potential layer. A controller detects a magnitude of the touch pressure based on the first sensing signal. The organic light emitting display module is bent by the touch pressure. A distance between the pressure electrode and the reference potential layer is changed according to a bending of the organic light emitting display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim, Bonkee Kim