Patents by Inventor Byoung-Han Kim

Byoung-Han 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: 7324068
    Abstract: A chained image display apparatus having a mutual examining function where a plurality of image display apparatuses, controlled by a central control unit and connected in series, recognize interruption of power to an image display apparatus and correspondingly notify the central control unit. The chained image display apparatus may include a control signal driving unit converting a control signal inputted to the image display apparatuses into a control signal having a predetermined level and buffering the control signal having the predetermined level, and an examining unit transmitting an alert signal, in response to a power supply to an image display apparatus among the plurality of image display apparatuses being interrupted, to next and previous image display apparatuses which are connected to the image display apparatus to which the power supply was interrupted, indicating that the power supply to the image display apparatus is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-han Kim
  • Publication number: 20040125045
    Abstract: A chained image display apparatus having a mutual examining function by which a plurality of image display apparatuses, controlled by a central control unit and connected in series, recognize any interruption of power supply to one of the plurality of image display apparatuses and inform the central control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Byoung-han Kim
  • Patent number: 6219023
    Abstract: A video signal converting apparatus converts a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a memory for storing the digital video signals and a horizontal output generator. The horizontal output generator receives first and second data signals and a horizontal synchronization signal and generates a horizontal output signal for enabling the digital video signals corresponding to each horizontal line of the second display to be stored or read from the memory. A number of pixels per cycle of the horizontal output signal is equal to a value of the first data signal, and a number of pixels per pulse width of the horizontal output signal is equal to a value of the second data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 6037925
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 6034673
    Abstract: An information display device for video display equipment comprises a memory for storing predetermined codes and attribute data of information to be displayed on a screen of the video display equipment; and an information display unit coupled to the memory for receiving desired ones of the predetermined codes and attribute data from the memory, decoding the received code, generating font data in accordance with the decoded result and adjusting an attribute of the generated font data in response to the received attribute data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: RE40201
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: RE38568
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: RE40905
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: RE40906
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: RE41564
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim
  • Patent number: RE41600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal converting apparatus and a display device having the same which may convert a low-resolution video signal from a host into a different-resolution video signal capable of being displayed on the entire screen of a high-resolution supporting display device. The apparatus has a detector for detecting a first resolution signal indicative of a resolution of the first display signal using horizontal and vertical synchronization signals related to the first display, a comparator for comparing the first resolution signal with a second resolution signal indicative of a reference resolution; and a converter for converting the first display signal into the second resolution signal, if there is a difference between the first and the second resolution signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Han Kim