Patents by Inventor Byung-chan Min

Byung-chan Min 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: 20150355749
    Abstract: A display device, touch screen device, and touch driver for the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display substrate including a plurality of pixels and having a front surface, a touch substrate formed over the front surface, a flexible printed circuit substrate electrically connected to the touch substrate, and a touch driver formed over the flexible printed circuit substrate. The touch driver includes a touch controller configured to receive a touch control signal, a clamping circuit configured to substantially block an overcurrent voltage having a voltage level substantially equal to or higher than a predetermined clamping voltage, and at least one transient voltage suppressor (TVS) electrically connected to at least one voltage source including a voltage applied to the touch controller. The at least one TVS is also electrically connected to an electrical ground so as to discharge the overcurrent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Byung Chan Min
  • Patent number: 9092955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser apparatus for inducing a photo-mechanical effect. More particularly, the present invention relates to a laser apparatus for outputting a pulsed laser beam and inducing a photo-mechanical effect by controlling pulse energy of the pulsed laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CORP
    Inventors: Soon Cheol Chung, Jae Hoon Jun, Jong Rak Park, Seungmoon Choi, Gu In Jung, Byung Chan Min, Hyung Sik Kim, Sung Phil Kim
  • Publication number: 20150130726
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a substrate and a thin film display layer formed over the substrate, wherein a plurality of OLEDs are formed in the thin film display layer. The OLED display also includes an encapsulation substrate formed over the thin film display layer, a touch sensing layer formed over the encapsulation substrate, and a flexible printed circuit board connected to the substrate and the touch sensing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chan MIN, Hyun-Wook Cho, Je Young Park
  • Patent number: 8884999
    Abstract: A gamma voltage generator, which can improve display quality, and an organic light emitting device including the gamma voltage generator are provided. The gamma voltage generator includes a voltage divider that generates first to nth voltages sequentially arranged in descending order of electric potential, and a gamma voltage output unit that receives the first to nth voltages and outputs first to nth gamma voltages sequentially arranged in descending order of electric potential, wherein in a first mode, the first to nth voltages are equal to the first to nth gamma voltages, respectively, and in a second mode, the ath to nth gamma voltages are higher than the ath to nth voltages, respectively, where 1<a<n, and each of a and n is a natural number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung Chan Min
  • Publication number: 20140285328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser apparatus for inducing a photo-mechanical effect. More particularly, the present invention relates to a laser apparatus for outputting a pulsed laser beam and inducing a photo-mechanical effect by controlling pulse energy of the pulsed laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp
    Inventors: Soon Cheol CHUNG, Jae Hoon JUN, Jong Rak PARK, Seungmoon CHOI, Gu In JUNG, Byung Chan MIN, Hyung Sik KIM, Sung Phil KIM
  • Publication number: 20130271505
    Abstract: A gamma voltage generator, which can improve display quality, and an organic light emitting device including the gamma voltage generator are provided. The gamma voltage generator includes a voltage divider that generates first to nth voltages sequentially arranged in descending order of electric potential, and a gamma voltage output unit that receives the first to nth voltages and outputs first to nth gamma voltages sequentially arranged in descending order of electric potential, wherein in a first mode, the first to nth voltages are equal to the first to nth gamma voltages, respectively, and in a second mode, the ath to nth gamma voltages are higher than the ath to nth voltages, respectively, where 1<a<n, and each of a and n is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung Chan Min
  • Patent number: 8497961
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided that has improved compensation using a single type of wide view film. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor (TFT); a second substrate including a color filter; a first liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates and including a plurality of pole-shaped liquid crystal molecules twisted in a first direction; a second liquid crystal layer including a plurality of disk-type liquid crystal molecules arranged to perform wide view compensation matching with the plurality of pole-shaped liquid crystal molecules; wherein a first rubbing direction of a first alignment layer and a second rubbing direction of a second alignment layer cross at a crossing angle greater than about 90 degrees and less than or equal to about 94 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Chan Min, Hyoung-Sik Moon
  • Publication number: 20110249224
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided that has improved compensation using a single type of wide view film. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor (TFT); a second substrate including a color filter; a first liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates and including a plurality of pole-shaped liquid crystal molecules twisted in a first direction; a second liquid crystal layer including a plurality of disk-type liquid crystal molecules arranged to perform wide view compensation matching with the plurality of pole-shaped liquid crystal molecules; wherein a first rubbing direction of a first alignment layer and a second rubbing direction of a second alignment layer cross at a crossing angle greater than about 90 degrees and less than or equal to about 94 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Byung-Chan Min, Hyoung-Sik Moon
  • Publication number: 20080303964
    Abstract: Provided are a display substrate capable of improving an afterimage phenomenon and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the display substrate. The display substrate includes a substrate, a low-voltage pad which is formed on the substrate, a ground pad which is formed on the substrate and to which a ground voltage is applied, and a discharge pattern which is formed on the substrate and connects the low-voltage pad and the ground pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Kwang-sae Lee, Jin-oh Kwag, Byung-chan Min