Patents by Inventor Changnoh YOON

Changnoh YOON 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: 20230215337
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first pixel connected to a first initialization scan line and a first compensation scan line and a second pixel connected to a second initialization scan line and a second compensation scan line, a scan driving circuit which provides a first initialization scan signal to the first initialization scan line and the second initialization scan line in common and provides a first compensation scan signal and a second compensation scan signal to the first compensation scan line and the second compensation scan line, and a driving controller which controls the scan driving circuit. A delay time from a time point at which the first initialization scan signal transitions from an active level to an inactive level to a time point at which the first compensation scan signal transitions from the inactive level to the active level is less than one horizontal period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Publication number: 20230196959
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first partial panel region and a second partial panel region, and a panel driver which drives the display panel. The panel driver determines a first driving frequency for the first partial panel region and a second driving frequency for the second partial panel region. In a case where the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency are different from each other, the panel driver sets a boundary portion including a boundary between the first partial panel region and the second partial panel region, and determines a third driving frequency for the boundary portion to be between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, HUI NAM, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Publication number: 20230186833
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a scan driver, and a light emitting driver. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area. The display panel displays a first image on the first display area and the second display area in a first mode, and displays a second image on the first display area in a second mode. The light emitting driver activates emission control signals applied to the first display area and the second display area in the first mode. The light emitting driver activates emission control signals applied to the second display area during a first partial frame in the second mode, and maintains the emission control signals applied to the second display area in a deactivation state during a plurality of second partial frames in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: TAEHOON KIM, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, HUI NAM, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Publication number: 20230129065
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a power supply unit, and a low frequency offset compensator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The power supply unit generates a first initialization voltage and a second initialization voltage and provides the first initialization voltage and the second initialization voltage to the pixels. The low frequency offset compensator selectively applies an offset to the second initialization voltage when the display panel is driven at a low frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: CHANGNOH YOON, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM
  • Publication number: 20230104904
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a voltage generator providing an anode initialization voltage to the pixels. The display panel is divided into a first display area operating at a first operating frequency and a second display area operating at a second operating frequency. While pixels, which correspond to the first display area, from among the plurality of pixels are driven, the anode initialization voltage has a first voltage level. While pixels in the second display area from among the plurality of pixels are driven, the anode initialization voltage has a second voltage level different from the first voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Publication number: 20230086572
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region and a second display region, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit so as to operate the first display region and the second display region at different frequencies when an operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller changes the operation mode to a normal mode when a difference between an image signal of a current frame of the first display region and an image signal of a previous frame of the first display region is equal to or greater than a reference value during the multi-frequency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Sangan KWON, Sonn-Dong KIM, Taehoon KIM, Hui NAM, Junhee MOON, Eun Sil YUN, Changnoh YOON
  • Publication number: 20230087545
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, a data driving circuit which drives the data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the scan lines, and a driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions, controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive the first display region at a first driving frequency and to drive the second display region at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency, and sets third driving frequencies respectively corresponding to horizontal lines in a boundary region, which is defined by a portion of the second display region adjacent to the first display region, during a multi-frequency mode. Each of the third driving frequencies has a frequency level between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: CHANGNOH YOON, SOON-DONG KIM, SANGAN KWON, SEUNGJAE LEE, JUNHEYUNG JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230077512
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel in which a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area are defined, a data driving circuit which drives the plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which receives an image signal and a control signal, and controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit based on an operation mode, where the driving controller includes a luminance deviation compensation unit which compensates for luminance deviation of the first display area and the second display area when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode in which the first display area is driven at a first frequency and the second display area is driven at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, SANGAN KWON, CHANGNOH YOON, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Publication number: 20230073348
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a scan driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area, which operate at different frequencies from each other in a multi-frequency mode. The driving controller controls the data driver and the scan driver. The driving controller generates boundary compensation data by compensating for boundary image signals, which are input to correspond to a boundary area of the first display area in the multi-frequency mode and drives the data driver based on a compensation image signal including the boundary compensation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: CHANGNOH YOON, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, EUN SIL YUN
  • Publication number: 20230067214
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in m rows and n columns, where the pixels receive write scan signals, data voltages and compensation scan signals, a plurality of write scan lines which provides the write scan signals to the pixels, a plurality of data lines which provides the data voltages to the pixels, and a plurality of compensation scan lines which provides the compensation scan signals to the pixels, wherein in h-th to p-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels arranged in first to i-th rows, and in h-th to (h+k)-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels of a row unit by increasing sequentially the number of the row unit to which the data voltages are applied in at least one row unit from an i-th row to an (i+1)-th row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, HUI NAM, SOON-DONG KIM, CHANGNOH YOON, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Patent number: 11580886
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first partial panel region and a second partial panel region, and a panel driver which drives the display panel. The panel driver determines a first driving frequency for the first partial panel region and a second driving frequency for the second partial panel region. In a case where the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency are different from each other, the panel driver sets a boundary portion including a boundary between the first partial panel region and the second partial panel region, and determines a third driving frequency for the boundary portion to be between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230026979
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of first scan lines and a plurality of second scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive a first display area of the display panel at a first operating frequency and drive a second display area of the display panel at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency while an operating mode is a multi-frequency mode. During the multi-frequency mode, first scan signals provided to first scan lines, which correspond to the second display area, of the plurality of first scan lines are maintained at inactive levels in predetermined frames, and second scan signals provided to the plurality of second scan lines transition to active levels at least twice in each of the predetermined frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Patent number: 11514866
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region and a second display region, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit so as to operate the first display region and the second display region at different frequencies when an operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller changes the operation mode to a normal mode when a difference between an image signal of a current frame of the first display region and an image signal of a previous frame of the first display region is equal to or greater than a reference value during the multi-frequency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Junhee Moon, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220375412
    Abstract: Provided is a scan driver of a display device, and the scan driver includes a driving circuit and a masking circuit. The driving circuit includes a control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit. The control circuit outputs a first control signal and a second control signal. The first output circuit is connected to a first output terminal which outputs a first scan signal and a first voltage terminal and operates in response to a first control signal. The second output circuit is connected to a first output terminal and a second voltage terminal and operates in response to a second control signal. The masking circuit outputs a second scan signal to a second output terminal in response to the first control signal and the second control signal and is connected to an input terminal to which a masking signal is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: TAEHOON KIM, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, HUI NAM, BONGHYUN YOU, CHANGNOH YOON, JAEKEUN LIM
  • Patent number: 11508313
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, a data driving circuit which drives the data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the scan lines, and a driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions, controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive the first display region at a first driving frequency and to drive the second display region at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency, and sets third driving frequencies respectively corresponding to horizontal lines in a boundary region, which is defined by a portion of the second display region adjacent to the first display region, during a multi-frequency mode. Each of the third driving frequencies has a frequency level between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Seungjae Lee, Junheyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11501682
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a first body portion, a second body portion and a driving controller. The first body portion includes a first display area, and the second body portion includes a second display area. The second display area is connected to the first display area. The driving controller is configured to determine a first driving frequency of the first display area and a second driving frequency of the second display area based on a folded angle between the first body portion and the second body portion along a folded line disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Sil Yun, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11495181
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel in which a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area are defined, a data driving circuit which drives the plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which receives an image signal and a control signal, and controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit based on an operation mode, where the driving controller includes a luminance deviation compensation unit which compensates for luminance deviation of the first display area and the second display area when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode in which the first display area is driven at a first frequency and the second display area is driven at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Changnoh Yoon, Seungjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11495175
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in m rows and n columns, where the pixels receive write scan signals, data voltages and compensation scan signals, a plurality of write scan lines which provides the write scan signals to the pixels, a plurality of data lines which provides the data voltages to the pixels, and a plurality of compensation scan lines which provides the compensation scan signals to the pixels, wherein in h-th to p-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels arranged in first to i-th rows, and in h-th to (h+k)-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels of a row unit by increasing sequentially the number of the row unit to which the data voltages are applied in at least one row unit from an i-th row to an (i+1)-th row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Hui Nam, Soon-Dong Kim, Changnoh Yoon, Seungjae Lee
  • Publication number: 20220351659
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed that comprises a display panel. The display panel includes a display region that includes a first display area and a second display area. A data driver is configured to provide a data voltage to the display region. A gate driver is configured to provide a compensation gate signal and an initialization gate signal to the display region. The gate driver includes a first stage and a second stage. A driving controller is configured to control the gate driver and the data driver. The driving controller is configured to determine a first driving frequency for the first display area and a second driving frequency for the second display area. The second stage is configured to provide the compensation gate signal having a pulse duration shorter than a pulse duration of the compensation gate signal provided to the display region by the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Patent number: 11488542
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows each including first pixel groups alternating with second pixel groups; a gate driver configured to provide a first group gate signal to the first pixel groups, and to provide a second group gate signal to the second pixel groups; a data driver configured to output data voltages to a plurality of output line groups; and a connection controller configured to connect the output line groups to a first data line group in response to a first connection control signal, and to connect the output line groups to a second data line group in response to a second connection control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Jin-Wook Yang