Patents by Inventor Dae-Young Lee

Dae-Young Lee 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: 12713807
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer; a circuit layer on the base layer; and an element layer on the circuit layer and including a plurality of light emitting elements and a photo-sensing element, wherein the plurality of light emitting elements include: a first emission layer configured to emit a first color light; a second emission layer configured to emit a second color light different from the first color light; and a third emission layer configured to emit a third color light different from the first color light and the second color light, and the photo-sensing element includes a photoelectric conversion layer overlapping at least any one of a part of the first emission layer, a part of the second emission layer, or a part of the third emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonsik Kim, Yong-Han Park, Sangwoo Kim, Dae-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12701855
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second unit pixels adjacent to each other in a first direction. Each of the first and second unit pixels includes a first group disposed in a first row and a second group disposed in a second row spaced apart from the first row. The first group includes a first light emitting area emitting a first light, and a second light emitting area emitting a second light. The second group includes a light receiving area and third and fourth light emitting areas spaced apart from each other with the light receiving area interposed therebetween and emitting the third light. The fourth light emitting area of the first unit pixel and the third light emitting area of the second unit pixel are spaced apart from each other by a distance from about 25 micrometers to about 100 micrometers in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Jung, Kyu Hwan Hwang, Kwang Soo Bae, Seokgyu Yoon, Dae-Young Lee, Duckjung Lee, Da-Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 12701893
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a base layer on which a pixel region, a sensor region, and a peripheral region adjacent to the pixel region and the sensor region are defined, an element layer including a light emitting element having a light emitting layer disposed in the pixel region, and including a light sensing element having a photoelectric conversion layer disposed in the sensor region, a light blocking pattern disposed on the element layer and overlapping a portion of the peripheral region, and an optical pattern disposed on the light blocking pattern, wherein at least a portion of the optical pattern overlaps the photoelectric conversion layer on a plane. Accordingly, the display device of an embodiment may sense the biometric information of a user more precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Han Yoo, Gee-Bum Kim, Kwang Soo Bae, Bokwang Song, Taekyung Ahn, Dae-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20260206437
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and first to third light-emitting elements disposed on the substrate, each being configured to emit light in a different wavelength band. Each of the first to third light-emitting elements includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode. The third light-emitting element further includes at least one light-emitting structure layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including at least one light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are electrically connected with a first driving power line configured to supply a first driving power voltage. The third light-emitting element is electrically connected with a second driving power line configured to supply a second driving power voltage. The second driving power voltage may have a value greater than that of the first driving power voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: HYUN SUP LEE, DAE-YOUNG LEE
  • Patent number: 12672423
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer including a light emitting area, a sensing area, and a non-light-emitting area disposed between the light emitting area and the sensing area; a light emitting element disposed in the light emitting area; an optical sensing element disposed in the sensing area; a capping layer disposed on the light emitting element and the optical sensing element and overlapping the light emitting area, the sensing area, and the non-light-emitting area; an inorganic layer disposed on the capping layer and including a first opening overlapping the sensing area; and a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the inorganic layer and including a first encapsulation inorganic layer, an encapsulation organic layer disposed on the first encapsulation inorganic layer, and a second encapsulation inorganic layer disposed on the encapsulation organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Young Lee, Sangwoo Kim, Hyeonsik Kim, Kwang Soo Bae
  • Patent number: 12652942
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel to display an image; and a light blocking layer over the display panel. The display panel includes: a base layer; and an element layer over the base layer, the element layer including a light emitting element, a light receiving element, and an element defining film between the light emitting element and the light receiving element. The light blocking layer includes: a light blocking portion overlapping with the element defining film in a plan view, the light blocking portion having a first light blocking opening overlapping with the light emitting element, and a second light blocking opening overlapping with the light receiving element; and a protrusion protruding from the light blocking portion toward the element defining film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gee-Bum Kim, Bokwang Song, Kwang Soo Bae, Dae-Young Lee, Min Oh Choi
  • Patent number: 12648288
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a window disposed on the display module. The display module includes a base layer, a light emitting element disposed on the base layer, an optical sensing element disposed on the base layer, a thin film encapsulation layer that covers the light emitting element and the optical sensing element, an insulating layer disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, a light blocking pattern disposed on the insulating layer, and a color filter disposed on the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes a first area that overlaps the light emitting element and a second area that overlaps the optical sensing element, and the second area has a thickness greater than a thickness in the first area. The light blocking pattern includes a first opening that corresponds to the light emitting element and a second opening that corresponds to the optical sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae, Gee-Bum Kim, Bokwang Song, Dae-Young Lee, Min Oh Choi
  • Patent number: 12640096
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer; a display element layer on the base layer, and including a light emitting element, a light detection element, and a photovoltaic element adjacent to one another; a light shielding layer on the display element layer, and having a plurality of opening parts; and a color filter layer on the display element layer, and covering the plurality of opening parts. The light detection element and the photovoltaic element are located at the same layer as each other, the light detection element is to detect an external input based on incident light from the outside, and the photovoltaic element is to generate electrical energy based on the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae, Gun Hee Kim, Hyoeng-Ki Kim, Dae-Young Lee, Sun Hee Lee, Sanghwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20260141746
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device which includes a base layer having a display area and a non-display area defined therein, a circuit layer disposed on the base layer, an element layer that is disposed on the circuit layer and that includes light emitting elements and light receiving elements disposed to correspond to the display area, and a wavelength conversion layer that is disposed on the element layer and that overlaps some of the light receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: DAE-YOUNG LEE, SUJUNG HUH, YONGJO KIM, RANGKYUN MOK, JAEHO YOU, TAEHO LEE, HYUN SUP LEE
  • Patent number: 12598891
    Abstract: A display device includes a circuit layer and an element layer including a light-emitting element, a light sensing element, and an element defining layer. The light-emitting element includes a pixel anode electrode, a pixel hole injection layer disposed on the pixel anode electrode, an emissive layer disposed on the pixel hole injection layer, and a pixel cathode electrode disposed on the emissive layer. The light sensing element includes a sensing anode electrode, a sensing hole injection layer disposed on the sensing anode electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the sensing hole injection layer, and a sensing cathode electrode disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The pixel hole injection layer and the sensing hole injection layer are electrically insulated from each other, and the pixel cathode electrode and the sensing cathode electrode are electrically connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeonsik Kim, Dae-Young Lee, Sangwoo Kim, Kwang Soo Bae, Taekyung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20260030919
    Abstract: A display device including: a display layer including a light emitting device, a photo-detector, and a dummy device; and a circuit layer including a pixel driving part, which is connected to the light emitting device, and a sensor driving part which is connected to the photo-detector, wherein the light emitting device and the dummy device are overlapped with the pixel driving part, and wherein the photo-detector is overlapped with the sensor driving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: TAEKYUNG AHN, SANGWOO KIM, HYEONSIK KIM, DAE-YOUNG LEE, SANGHWAN CHO
  • Publication number: 20250386658
    Abstract: A light sensing pixel of a display device includes a first organic photodiode; a second organic photodiode; and a sensing pixel circuit configured to perform a light sensing operation using the first organic photodiode in response to a first transfer signal, and to perform a light sensing operation using the second organic photodiode in response to a second transfer signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: HYANG-A PARK, DAE-YOUNG LEE, TAEKYUNG AHN, HYUNDAE LEE, Soo Yeong Hong
  • Patent number: 12457847
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate, a light emitting element layer including a central non-emitting area, an emitting area surrounding the central non-emitting area, and a peripheral non-emitting area surrounding the emitting area, an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element layer, and a light blocking layer on the encapsulation layer. The light blocking layer includes a first light blocking layer defining a first opening overlapping the emitting area, and a second light blocking layer in the first opening and spaced apart from the first light blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae, Gee-Bum Kim, Dae-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20250318354
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel that includes a first pixel driving circuit and a first light emitting element, a second pixel that includes a second pixel driving circuit and a second light emitting element, a sensor that includes a sensor driving circuit and a light detection element, a first data line that extends in a first direction and is electrically connected to the first pixel, a second data line that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to the second pixel, and a readout line that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to the sensor. The readout line is disposed on a different layer from at least one of the first data line and the second data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: DAE-YOUNG LEE, SANGWOO KIM, HYEONSIK KIM
  • Patent number: 12382776
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel that includes a first pixel driving circuit and a first light emitting element, a second pixel that includes a second pixel driving circuit and a second light emitting element, a sensor that includes a sensor driving circuit and a light detection element, a first data line that extends in a first direction and is electrically connected to the first pixel, a second data line that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to the second pixel, and a readout line that extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to the sensor. The readout line is disposed on a different layer from at least one of the first data line and the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Young Lee, Sangwoo Kim, Hyeonsik Kim
  • Patent number: 12361747
    Abstract: A display device including: a display layer including a light emitting device, a photo-detector, and a dummy device; and a circuit layer including a pixel driving part, which is connected to the light emitting device, and a sensor driving part which is connected to the photo-detector, wherein the light emitting device and the dummy device are overlapped with the pixel driving part, and wherein the photo-detector is overlapped with the sensor driving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taekyung Ahn, Sangwoo Kim, Hyeonsik Kim, Dae-Young Lee, Sanghwan Cho
  • Patent number: 12315285
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a light emitting element and a photosensitive element; an input sensor comprising a sensing electrode on the display panel; and an anti-reflection layer on the input sensor. The anti-reflection layer includes: a light shielding pattern having a first opening corresponding to the light emitting element and a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive element. The sensing electrode includes a plurality of line portions, the plurality of line portions includes a first line portion overlapping the light shielding pattern and arranged between the first opening and the second opening on a plane. A distance between the first line portion and an edge of the second opening is less than a distance between the first line portion and an edge of the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae, Gee-Bum Kim, Bokwang Song, Dae-Young Lee, Min Oh Choi
  • Publication number: 20250148823
    Abstract: In a method of controlling a display device, the display device including a display panel in which a display area is defined and including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sensors, and an input sensing layer on the display panel and sensing an external input, the method includes allowing a first pixel of a first sensing area to emit a light, sensing first biometric information, matching the first biometric information with stored first authentication information, allowing a second pixel of a second sensing area to emit a light, sensing second d biometric information, matching the second biometric information with stored second authentication information, and driving the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: BYUNG HAN YOO, DAE-YOUNG LEE, GUN HEE KIM, SUNGCHUL KIM, YONGJO KIM
  • Publication number: 20250140192
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer; a display element layer on the base layer, and including a light emitting element, a light detection element, and a photovoltaic element adjacent to one another; a light shielding layer on the display element layer, and having a plurality of opening parts; and a color filter layer on the display element layer, and covering the plurality of opening parts. The light detection element and the photovoltaic element are located at the same layer as each other, the light detection element is to detect an external input based on incident light from the outside, and the photovoltaic element is to generate electrical energy based on the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: KWANG SOO BAE, GUN HEE KIM, HYOENG-KI KIM, DAE-YOUNG LEE, SUN HEE LEE, SANGHWAN CHO
  • Publication number: 20250107421
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pad group including first pads spaced apart in a first direction, a second pad group spaced apart from the first pad group in a second direction crossing the first direction, and including second pads spaced apart in the first direction, inspection lines between the first pads, extending in the second direction, spaced apart in the first direction, and respectively connected to the second pads, and a dummy pad between adjacent ones of the inspection lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: BOKWANG SONG, HYANG-A PARK, KWANG SOO BAE, DAE-YOUNG LEE, YOUNGMIN CHO, Soo Yeong Hong