Patents by Inventor Byeongseong So

Byeongseong So 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: 11195472
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, a gate driving circuit, and a timing controller, each pixel of the display panel includes a light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, second to sixth switching transistors, and a storage capacitor, and at a sensing step at which the light-emitting diode does not emit light, a conduction path that is connected through the sixth switching transistor, the driving transistor, the second switching transistor, and the third switching transistor is formed, and an electrical signal reflecting a threshold voltage of one of the second to fourth switching transistors is transferred to a data line through the conduction path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngsung Cho, Byeongseong So, Hyunguk Jang
  • Publication number: 20210142735
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, a gate driving circuit, and a timing controller, each pixel of the display panel includes a light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, second to sixth switching transistors, and a storage capacitor, and at a sensing step at which the light-emitting diode does not emit light, a conduction path that is connected through the sixth switching transistor, the driving transistor, the second switching transistor, and the third switching transistor is formed, and an electrical signal reflecting a threshold voltage of one of the second to fourth switching transistors is transferred to a data line through the conduction path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngsung CHO, Byeongseong SO, Hyunguk JANG
  • Patent number: 10497334
    Abstract: A display device is provided that includes a display panel divided into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks including a plurality of lines of pixels and configured to be driven in a time-division manner with a touch sensing period interposed between two display periods, the two display periods corresponding to display periods for two adjacent blocks of the plurality of blocks. The display device further includes a display driving circuit, and a touch sensing unit configured to receive a sync signal for synchronizing the display driving circuit with the touch sensing unit. The display device is configured to change the sync signal every predetermined period of time so as to shift the touch sensing period interposed between the two display periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Byeongseong So, Jiah Kim
  • Patent number: 10474265
    Abstract: A touch sensor integrated type display device includes: a display panel including first and second panel blocks (PBs), each including a pixel array with embedded touch sensors, a display driving circuit providing image data to pixels of the first and second PBs during a display period, and a touch sensing circuit driving the touch sensors of the first and second PBs during a touch sensing period, the display driving circuit including a shift register sequentially providing gate pulses (GPs) to gate lines, the shift register including: a first stage group (SG) applying a GP to gate lines in the first PB, a bridge stage connected in cascade to a last stage of the first SG, and providing a first carry signal, and a second SG applying a GP to gate lines in the second PB, a first stage of the second SG operating in response to the first carry signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongseong So, Kitae Kwon, Kyujin Kim, Seungwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10446070
    Abstract: Provided are a display device, a scan driver, and a method of manufacturing the same. A scan driver includes: a level shifter configured to output a power and a signal, and a scan signal generating circuit configured to generate a scan signal based on the power and the signal supplied from the level shifter, the scan signal generating circuit including a buffer configured to transmit a clock signal to a stage of a shift register, the buffer including two inverters, one of the two inverters being included in a multi-buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., Ewha University—Industry Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Jiah Kim, Juyoung Lee, Byeongseong So, Seungjun Lee
  • Patent number: 10319284
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel array including pixels at intersections of data lines and gate lines, a shift register including stages connected as a cascade, the shift register sequentially supplying gate pulses to the gate lines, and a node controller controlling nodes in the shift register, a first stage including: a pull-up transistor charging the output based on a Q node for a first gate pulse, a pull-down transistor discharging the output to a gate-low voltage based on a QB node voltage, a start controller pre-charging the Q node, and a QB node discharge controller discharging the QB node to a first low-potential voltage based on a first reset signal input line (IL), the node controller including a first reset signal generator that, during a vertical blanking interval of each frame, charges the first reset signal IL in response to a turn-on voltage applied to a gate-low voltage IL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongseong So, Youngsung Cho
  • Patent number: 10261625
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch sensor integrated display device capable of preventing generation of a defective image between touch/common electrodes, which includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of touch/common electrodes and a plurality of touch/common lines. The plurality of pixel electrodes are respectively disposed in regions defined by intersections of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines and provided with data voltages. The plurality of touch/common electrodes are arranged to generate electric fields with the plurality of pixel electrodes and to correspond to parts of the plurality of pixel electrodes. The plurality of touch/common lines are respectively connected to the plurality of touch/common electrodes. Each touch/common electrode overlap with at least one gate line shared by neighboring touch/common electrodes arranged in a data line arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwan Cho, Kwangjo Hwang, Sungho Hong, Byeongseong So, Ruda Rhe
  • Patent number: 10248239
    Abstract: A touch sensor integrated type display device includes: a display panel including: pixels connected to data lines and gate lines and division-driven into a plurality of panel blocks, and a plurality of touch sensors connected to the pixels, a display driving circuit providing data of an input image to the pixels in multiple display periods divided from one frame period, and a touch sensing circuit driving the touch sensors and sensing a touch input in a touch sensing period allocated between the display periods of the frame period, adjacent panel blocks being division-driven in the display periods that are separated from each other with the touch sensing period, in which the touch sensors are driven, interposed therebetween, the display driving circuit including a shift register: shifting a gate pulse in accordance with a shift clock timing, and sequentially supplying the gate pulse to the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongseong So, Kyujin Kim, Taehun Kim, Seungjin Yoo
  • Patent number: 10216319
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display driving circuit, and a touch sensing circuit. The display panel includes first and second panel blocks, each including pixel arrays including touch sensors. The display driving circuit includes a shift register for sequentially outputting a gate pulse applied to a gate line. The shift register includes first and second shift registers and a compensation stage. The first shift register applies a gate pulse to gate lines arranged in the first panel block, and the second shift register applies a gate pulse to gate lines arranged in the second panel block during at least a portion of the display period when a node of the second shift register is charged to a predetermined level. The compensation stage charges the node of the second shift register upon receiving a bridge clock during a touch sensing period of the first panel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwan Cho, Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: 10180752
    Abstract: A display device and a gate driver circuit of the display device are disclosed. The display device includes a shift register that shifts a gate pulse in accordance with a shift clock and sequentially supplies the gate pulse to gate lines. At least one stage of the shift register includes a discharge blocking node connected to a source terminal of the second transistor, and a discharge blocking circuit configured to charge the discharge blocking node when the Q node is charged, and discharge the discharge blocking node when the Q node is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiah Kim, Byeongseong So
  • Publication number: 20180095572
    Abstract: A touch sensor integrated type display device includes: a display panel including first and second panel blocks (PBs), each including a pixel array with embedded touch sensors, a display driving circuit providing image data to pixels of the first and second PBs during a display period, and a touch sensing circuit driving the touch sensors of the first and second PBs during a touch sensing period, the display driving circuit including a shift register sequentially providing gate pulses (GPs) to gate lines, the shift register including: a first stage group (SG) applying a GP to gate lines in the first PB, a bridge stage connected in cascade to a last stage of the first SG, and providing a first carry signal, and a second SG applying a GP to gate lines in the second PB, a first stage of the second SG operating in response to the first carry signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongseong SO, Kitae KWON, Kyujin KIM, Seungwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20180033391
    Abstract: A display device is provided that includes a display panel divided into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks including a plurality of lines of pixels and configured to be driven in a time-division manner with a touch sensing period interposed between two display periods, the two display periods corresponding to display periods for two adjacent blocks of the plurality of blocks. The display device further includes a display driving circuit, and a touch sensing unit configured to receive a sync signal for synchronizing the display driving circuit with the touch sensing unit. The display device is configured to change the sync signal every predetermined period of time so as to shift the touch sensing period interposed between the two display periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Byeongseong SO, Jiah KIM
  • Patent number: D962917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D975696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D980203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D980224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D982568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D983182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D1025091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So
  • Patent number: D1025092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongseong So