Patents by Inventor DASOM GU

DASOM GU 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: 20250093912
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area defined therein, a sensor including a plurality of loop portions and a plurality of line portions, and at least one transverse line comprising at least one of the loop portions and the line portions that overlaps substantially all of the first non-foldable area, the foldable area, and the second non-foldable area. The at least one transverse line includes a first rigid portion overlapping the first non-foldable area, a flexible portion overlapping the foldable area, and a second rigid portion overlapping the second non-foldable area. The flexible portion has a first width, the first rigid portion has a second width, the second rigid portion has a third width, with the first width being greater than the second width and the third width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, CHUL HO JEONG
  • Patent number: 12189420
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region, and a digitizer including a base layer, first conductive lines disposed on the base layer, a first cover layer disposed on the first conductive lines, second conductive lines disposed on the first cover layer, a second cover layer disposed on the second conductive lines. Via-holes pass through the first cover layer, a second conductive line of the second conductive lines is electrically connected to a first conductive line of the first conductive lines through the via-holes, and the via-holes overlap the folding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dasom Gu, Jaiku Shin
  • Patent number: 12181921
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area defined therein, a sensor including a plurality of loop portions and a plurality of line portions, and at least one transverse line comprising at least one of the loop portions and the line portions that overlaps substantially all of the first non-foldable area, the foldable area, and the second non-foldable area. The at least one transverse line includes a first rigid portion overlapping the first non-foldable area, a flexible portion overlapping the foldable area, and a second rigid portion overlapping the second non-foldable area. The flexible portion has a first width, the first rigid portion has a second width, the second rigid portion has a third width, with the first width being greater than the second width and the third width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Chul Ho Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240385652
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, EUNGIL CHOI, SOHRA HAN
  • Publication number: 20240341158
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel-defining film in which a plurality of pixel openings is defined, and a light-emitting layer disposed in each of the plurality of pixel openings, an optical layer disposed on the display panel and including at least one of a dye or a pigment, and a scattering layer disposed on the optical layer. Since the scattering layer includes a polymer resin and a plurality of droplets dispersed in the polymer resin, and the plurality of droplets each includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and a reactive mesogen for fixing the plurality of liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: GILYEONG PARK, HEEYOUNG LEE, DASOM GU, SUNGGUK AN, SOYEON HAN
  • Patent number: 12079039
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yonghyuck Lee, Hongkwan Lee, Yongchan Jeon, Chul Ho Jeong, Hyunjun Cho, Eungil Choi, Sohra Han
  • Patent number: 12082483
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel foldable about a folding axis, a window on the display panel, a protective film on the window, and a plurality of adhesive layers between the window and the protective film. The adhesive layers include a first adhesive layer on the window and a second adhesive layer on the first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer includes a side chain crystalline polymer, and the second adhesive layer has a modulus smaller than a modulus of the first adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Chul Ho Jeong, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240220062
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a base layer including first and second non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas and foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction and a plurality of coils disposed on the base layer and including a first coil and a second coil closest to the first coil. Each of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil portion defining an open loop and a line portion extending from the coil portion. The coil portion or the line portion overlaps the folding area, and a distance between the coil portion of the first coil and the coil portion of the second coil or a distance between the line portion of the first coil and the line portion of the second coil, which overlap the folding area, is equal to or greater than about 100 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, CHUL HO JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240160328
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module and a digitizer, the digitizer includes a plurality of engraved patterns in a folding part of a base layer thereof, and liquid metal may be disposed in the plurality of engraved patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: DASOM GU, HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, CHUL HO JEONG, SUNGGUK AN
  • Patent number: 11954297
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a base layer including first and second non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas and foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction and a plurality of coils disposed on the base layer and including a first coil and a second coil closest to the first coil. Each of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil portion defining an open loop and a line portion extending from the coil portion. The coil portion or the line portion overlaps the folding area, and a distance between the coil portion of the first coil and the coil portion of the second coil or a distance between the line portion of the first coil and the line portion of the second coil, which overlap the folding area, is equal to or greater than about 100 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Chul Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11860693
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display layer including a folding area and non-folding areas, a digitizer disposed under the display layer and including first sensing coils, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and data lines connected to the second sensing coils, and a support layer disposed under the digitizer, where openings are defined in a portion of the support layer overlapping the folding area. Each first sensing coil includes a long side extending in the first direction and a short side extending in the second direction, each second sensing coil includes a long side extending in the second direction and a short side extending in the first direction, and a width in the second direction of a portion of the data lines overlapping the folding area is greater than a width in the second direction of a portion of the data lines not overlapping the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dasom Gu, Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Chul Ho Jeong, Jeongil Yoo, Jang Doo Lee
  • Patent number: 11740655
    Abstract: A foldable window includes a first film having a modulus, a second film which faces the first film, is closer to a display panel of the display device than the first film and has a modulus, and an adhesive layer which is between the first film and the second film, bonds the first film to the second film. The modulus of the first film and the modulus of the second film are both equal to or more than about 7 gigapascals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokwon Jang, Chul Ho Jeong, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon
  • Publication number: 20230229194
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area. and a digitizer which faces the display panel, senses a first external input and is foldable together with the display panel. The digitizer includes a substrate including a folding portion corresponding to the folding area of the display panel, the folding portion defining a plurality of openings of the substrate corresponding to the folding area of the display panel, a support portion which corresponds to the non-folding area of the display panel, and a reinforced fiber, and a first conductive pattern layer and a second conductive pattern layer each corresponding to the support portion of the substrate, the first conductive pattern layer and the second conductive pattern layer facing each other with the substrate therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN
  • Patent number: 11693451
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a folding area a non-folding area. The digitizer includes a first base layer, a second base layer disposed on the first base layer, a third base layer disposed on the second base layer, a first sensing line disposed between the first base layer and the second base layer, and a second sensing line substantially perpendicular to the first sensing line, disposed between the second base layer and the third base layer, and including a first sub-line portion and a second sub-line portion disposed in the non-folding area, and a third sub-line portion disposed between the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion and corresponding to the folding area. The third sub-line portion has a fracture strain greater than a fracture strain of the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Sung-Ki Jung, Seungkyun Hong, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230132000
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area defined therein, a sensor including a plurality of loop portions and a plurality of line portions, and at least one transverse line comprising at least one of the loop portions and the line portions that overlaps substantially all of the first non-foldable area, the foldable area, and the second non-foldable area. The at least one transverse line includes a first rigid portion overlapping the first non-foldable area, a flexible portion overlapping the foldable area, and a second rigid portion overlapping the second non-foldable area. The flexible portion has a first width, the first rigid portion has a second width, the second rigid portion has a third width, with the first width being greater than the second width and the third width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, Dasom GU, Chul Ho JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230114397
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel having a folding region, which is foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in one direction, and a first non-folding region and a second non-folding region spaced apart from each other with the folding region therebetween, and a lower member disposed below the display panel. The lower member includes a support layer disposed below the display panel, where the support layer includes a first support portion overlapping the first non-folding region, and a second support portion overlapping the second non-folding region, and a digitizer disposed below the display panel and corresponds to the first support portion and the second support portion. The first support portion and the second support portion each independently include a reinforcement fiber, where the reinforcement fiber includes an aramid fiber or includes a carbon fiber and a glass fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, SUNGGUK AN, YONGHYUCK LEE, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN, SEUNGKYUN HONG
  • Publication number: 20230107534
    Abstract: A digitizer includes a base layer including first and second non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas and foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction and a plurality of coils disposed on the base layer and including a first coil and a second coil closest to the first coil. Each of the first coil and the second coil includes a coil portion defining an open loop and a line portion extending from the coil portion. The coil portion or the line portion overlaps the folding area, and a distance between the coil portion of the first coil and the coil portion of the second coil or a distance between the line portion of the first coil and the line portion of the second coil, which overlap the folding area, is equal to or greater than about 100 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, CHUL HO JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230096996
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, EUNGIL CHOI, SOHRA HAN
  • Patent number: 11614841
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus including a window, a display panel disposed below the window, a digitizer disposed below the display panel and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first adhesive layer disposed on the first surface, and a second adhesive layer disposed below the second surface, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are two-time-cured. Accordingly, an electronic apparatus having improved folding and viewability properties may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230084467
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region disposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region, and a digitizer including a base layer, first conductive lines disposed on the base layer, a first cover layer disposed on the first conductive lines, second conductive lines disposed on the first cover layer, a second cover layer disposed on the second conductive lines. Via-holes pass through the first cover layer, a second conductive line of the second conductive lines is electrically connected to a first conductive line of the first conductive lines through the via-holes, and the via-holes overlap the folding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN