Patents by Inventor Choong-sun Shin

Choong-sun Shin 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: 9450567
    Abstract: A noise-removing circuit includes a first capacitor to charge a first voltage supplied to a first node during a first period in which a first switching control signal is supplied, a second capacitor to charge a second voltage supplied to a third node during the first period, a third capacitor to charge the first voltage during a second period in which a second switching control signal is supplied, and to charge the second voltage charged in the second capacitor as a third voltage during a third period in which a third switching control signal is supplied, a fourth capacitor to charge the second voltage during the second period, and to charge the first voltage charged in the first capacitor as a fourth voltage during the third period, and a differential amplifier to output a voltage difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Boo-Dong Kwak, Choong-Sun Shin, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Patent number: 9443470
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, current measuring circuits, and a timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel blocks. The current measuring circuits measure driving currents of pixels in the pixel blocks. The timing controller adjusts data signals applied to the pixels based on values measured by the current measuring circuits. One of the current measuring circuits measure driving currents of the pixels in a corresponding one of the pixel blocks, and also a driving current of at least one overlapped pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeon-Kyoo Kim, Kyung-Youl Min, Choong-Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20160240144
    Abstract: A gate driver for a display device and a display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes first through N-th scan drivers configured to respectively output first through N-th scan signals, where N is an integer greater than 1. The gate driver also includes first through N-th sensing drivers configured to respectively output first through N-th sensing signals, wherein an M-th one of the first through N-th sensing drivers is configured to activate an M-th one of the first through N-th sensing signals K times during an active period of an (M+1)-th one of the first through N-th scan signals, where M is an integer greater than 0 and less than N and K is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jun-Yong Song, Oh-Jo Kwon, Ji-Woong Kim, Choong-Sun Shin, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20160209953
    Abstract: A touch device includes first electrodes, second electrodes intersecting the first electrodes, and a touch controller configured to apply a first driving signal to first ends of the first electrodes, selectively apply a second driving signal to the second electrodes, detect self capacitances of at least one of the first electrodes and a first portion of the second electrodes intersecting the at least one of the first electrodes, the at least one of the first electrodes configured to receive the first driving signal and the first portion of the second electrodes configured to receive the second driving signal, and detect mutual capacitances between the at least one of the first electrodes and a second portion of the second electrodes intersecting the at least one first electrode, the second portion of the second electrodes configured not to receive the second driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ji Woong KIM, Jun Yong SONG, Choong Sun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160155380
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes: pixels; and a data driver including a plurality of current measurers connected to the pixels via at least one data line, each of the current measurers including: a first measurement circuit including: a first operational amplifier including a non-inverted input terminal to which a first reference voltage is applied, and an inverted input terminal connected to a first pixel from among the pixels; and a first feedback capacitor connected between the inverted input terminal and an output terminal of the first operational amplifier; and a second measurement circuit including: a second operational amplifier including a non-inverted input terminal to which a second reference voltage is applied, and an inverted input terminal connected to a second pixel from among the pixels; and a second feedback capacitor connected between the inverted input terminal and an output terminal of the second operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Youl Min, Choong Sun Shin, Young Uk Won
  • Patent number: 9355596
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including a display including data lines, scan lines, sense lines, and pixels electrically coupled to the data, scan, and sense lines, a compensator for sensing first and second driving currents flowing to the pixels corresponding to first and second test data in a compensation mode, to compare first and second reference currents with the first and second driving currents, respectively, and to update compensation data, a signal controller for compensating input data according to the compensation data to generate image data, and for changing the input data into the first and second test data in the compensation mode; and a data driver for generating a plurality of data signals by using one of the image data, the first and second test data, and to supply the data signals to the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choong-Sun Shin, In-Bok Song, Jeong-Kyoo Kim, Young-Uk Won
  • Patent number: 9318076
    Abstract: A pixel luminance compensating unit is disclosed. In one aspect, the disclosed pixel luminance compensating unit includes an uncompensated gray-level region processing unit configured to generate first output-data by processing first input-data corresponding to a first portion of an input luminance curve corresponding to an uncompensated gray-level region. The disclosed unit further includes a compensated gray-level region processing unit configured to generate second output-data by processing second input-data corresponding to a second portion of the input luminance curve corresponding to a compensated gray-level region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boo-Dong Kwak, In-Bok Song, Choong-Sun Shin
  • Patent number: 9297703
    Abstract: A temperature sensing device includes a first frequency generator for generating a first clock signal having a first frequency that is constant regardless of a temperature; a second frequency generator for generating a second clock signal having a second frequency that is changed according to the temperature; and a data holding unit for outputting a temperature code indicating a number of pulses of the second clock signal counted for a reference time at which a number of pulses of the first clock signal reaches a predetermined threshold. The temperature sensing device does not require a reference clock signal input from the outside and is insensitive to the change in the process, thereby being capable of improving the performance of the temperature sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., LDT INC.
    Inventors: Gil-Jae Lee, Choong-Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20160035280
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, current measuring circuits, and a timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel blocks. The current measuring circuits measure driving currents of pixels in the pixel blocks. The timing controller adjusts data signals applied to the pixels based on values measured by the current measuring circuits. One of the current measuring circuits measure driving currents of the pixels in a corresponding one of the pixel blocks, and also a driving current of at least one overlapped pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jeon-Kyoo KIM, Kyung-Youl MIN, Choong-Sun SHIN
  • Patent number: 9153175
    Abstract: A display device and an image compensation method are disclosed. One inventive aspect includes a controller and a data driver. The controller processes image data signal based on at least one of pixel information, a reference brightness condition, a present brightness of the display device and a target luminance and generate final compensated data. The pixel information is measured under the reference brightness condition. The data driver transmits the final compensated data to an activated driving pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Bok Song, Choong-Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20150138177
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels, each being coupled to a corresponding data line among a plurality of data lines and a corresponding scan line among a plurality of scan lines; a scan driver to supply a scan signal to the scan lines; a sensor coupled to the pixels and the data lines and configured to detect a sensing current according to a test signal input to the data lines; and a controller configured to detect a pixel current of a pixel corresponding to a scan line to which the scan signal is supplied, by using a first sensing current corresponding to a first pixel and a second sensing current corresponding to a second pixel, when the scan signal is selectively supplied to a first scan line coupled to the first pixel and a second scan line coupled to the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Choong Sun Shin, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Publication number: 20150130780
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels and a compensation unit. Each of the pixels includes a driving transistor to control an amount of current supplied to a corresponding organic light emitting diode. The compensation unit is coupled to the pixels by data lines and includes at least one sensing unit. The sensing unit extracts threshold voltage information from the pixels corresponding to respective driving transistors. The sensing unit receives noise currents from a plurality of data lines, offset the noise currents, and extracts the threshold voltage information after offset of the noise currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Oh-Jo KWON, Boo-Dong KWAK, Choong-Sun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20150116384
    Abstract: A display device and an optical compensation method for the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes displaying a test image on the display panel, wherein the display panel comprises first, second, and third areas. The method also includes photographing the first and second areas together to generate first photographed data, photographing the second and third areas together to generate second photographed data, and extracting luminance data from each of the first and second photographed data. The method further includes respectively applying different weights to the luminance data of the second area extracted from each of the first and second photographed data to generate compensated luminance data, and generating a compensation parameter for each pixel based at least in part on the compensated luminance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Kyoo Kim, Kyung Man Kim, In Bok Song, Choong Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20150103062
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pixel configured to emit light according to a data signal supplied to a data line, a power source voltage supplier configured to supply a power source voltage to the pixel, a driving transistor configured to drive the pixel to be emitted according to the data signal and the power source voltage, and a sensor configured to supply a test signal to a data line and to detect a sensing current flowing to the data line through the driving transistor according to the test signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicants: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Youl Min, Choong Sun Shin, Hee Sun Ahn, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Publication number: 20150091784
    Abstract: A non-linear gamma compensation current mode digital-analog converter includes: a first digital-analog converter block configured to: receive a digital signal, a first reference voltage, and a gamma adjustment voltage, and provide a reference current to a ground, wherein a first current flowing to a first current output terminal is determined according to the digital signal and the gamma adjustment voltage; and a second digital-analog converter block configured to: receive the digital signal, a second reference voltage, and a ground voltage, and provide the first current to the first digital-analog converter, wherein a second current flowing to a second current output terminal is determined according to the digital signal and the first current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Youl Min, Choong Sun Shin, Hee Sun Ahn, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Publication number: 20150077314
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of data lines respectively connected to the pixels, and a compensation unit connected to at least one the data lines. The compensation unit includes a first capacitor storing a leakage current of a pixel connected to the data line, a second capacitor storing a difference current, where the difference current is the difference between a reference current and a pixel current measured when a data signal of a reference gray signal is applied to the pixel. The compensation unit also includes a comparator outputting a difference value between the voltages stored in the first and second capacitors. According to embodiments, is possible to measure an accurate pixel current regardless of a leakage current and accurately detect deterioration of a pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Yeon KIM, Oh Jo KWON, Choong Sun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20150048881
    Abstract: A noise-removing circuit includes a first capacitor to charge a first voltage supplied to a first node during a first period in which a first switching control signal is supplied, a second capacitor to charge a second voltage supplied to a third node during the first period, a third capacitor to charge the first voltage during a second period in which a second switching control signal is supplied, and to charge the second voltage charged in the second capacitor as a third voltage during a third period in which a third switching control signal is supplied, a fourth capacitor to charge the second voltage during the second period, and to charge the first voltage charged in the first capacitor as a fourth voltage during the third period, and a differential amplifier to output a voltage difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Boo-Dong Kwak, Choong-Sun Shin, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140347403
    Abstract: A display device and an image compensation method are disclosed. One inventive aspect includes a controller and a data driver. The controller processes image data signal based on at least one of pixel information, a reference brightness condition, a present brightness of the display device and a target luminance and generate final compensated data. The pixel information is measured under the reference brightness condition. The data driver transmits the final compensated data to an activated driving pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Bok Song, Choong-Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20140320475
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including a display including data lines, scan lines, sense lines, and pixels electrically coupled to the data, scan, and sense lines, a compensator for sensing first and second driving currents flowing to the pixels corresponding to first and second test data in a compensation mode, to compare first and second reference currents with the first and second driving currents, respectively, and to update compensation data, a signal controller for compensating input data according to the compensation data to generate image data, and for changing the input data into the first and second test data in the compensation mode; and a data driver for generating a plurality of data signals by using one of the image data, the first and second test data, and to supply the data signals to the data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong-Sun Shin, In-Bok Song, Jeong-Kyoo Kim, Young-Uk Won
  • Publication number: 20140269782
    Abstract: An apparatus for compensating for a skew is provided between data signals supplied through a plurality of data lines and a clock signal supplied through a clock line. A skew compensation apparatus includes a plurality of data receivers each configured to delay a data signal supplied through a corresponding data line based on associated phase difference data and to output the delayed data signal, a clock receiver configured to receive a clock signal supplied through a clock line, and a phase controller configured to select any one of the plurality of data receivers and to output, to the selected data receiver, a phase control signal configured to correct the phase difference data of the selected data receiver based on the phase difference between a data signal output from the selected data receiver and the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Sun Ahn, Jae-Goo Lee, Choong-Sun Shin, Young-Uk Won, In-Bok Song