Patents by Inventor Donghee Nam

Donghee Nam 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: 20230359081
    Abstract: A display assembly with dielectric filters is presented herein. The display assembly includes a light source assembly, a dielectric filter array, and a modulation layer. The light source assembly generates laser light in multiple color channels, and each color channel is associated with a different laser emission spectrum. The dielectric filter array includes respective sets of reflective dielectric filters for each color channel. Each set of reflective dielectric filters is matched to the different laser emission spectrum such that reflective dielectric filters in each set transmit light in the different laser emission spectrum and reflect light outside of the different laser emission spectrum. The modulation layer is positioned between a first electrode layer patterned on the dielectric filter array and a second electrode layer. The modulation layer modulates light from the dielectric filter array based on emission instructions applied via the first and second electrode layers to form an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhang Jia, Serhan Isikman, Yang Zhao, Donghee Nam, Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, Li Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230350105
    Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The pixel array may have a diagonal layout and may be covered by vertically oriented lenticular lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Manjap Singh, Cheng-Ho Yu, ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Mathew K. Mathai, Chieh-Wei Chen, Ping-Yen Chou, Donghee Nam, Chaohao Wang, Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20230333380
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode device includes a backplane including drive circuits formed thereon, an array of micro-LEDs bonded to the backplane and electrically coupled to the drive circuits, an array of polarization diffraction micro-lenses bonded to the array of micro-LEDs and including a planar surface, and a cover glass bonded to the planar surface of the array of polarization diffraction micro-lenses. A center of each polarization diffraction micro-lens of the array of polarization diffraction micro-lenses aligns with a center of a respective micro-LED of the array of micro-LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dong CHEN, Yun-Han LEE, Kilbock LEE, Zhiming ZHUANG, Donghee NAM, Hyunmin SONG
  • Patent number: 11774641
    Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The pixel array may have a diagonal layout and may be covered by vertically oriented lenticular lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Manjap Singh, Cheng-Ho Yu, ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Mathew K. Mathai, Chieh-Wei Chen, Ping-Yen Chou, Donghee Nam, Chaohao Wang, Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20230276595
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (µ-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. An air duct is physically coupled to the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. The air duct functions to cool the µ-OLED display panel when air flows through the air duct. A system fan provides air flow to the air duct and dissipates heat away from the display panel. A system fan can be located disconnected from the µ-OLED display panel and can provide air flow to the air duct to dissipate heat away from the display panel. The device can be implemented with a single fan solution or a multiple fan solution (e.g., two or more fans).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Patent number: 11741898
    Abstract: A power supply unit adapts based on an image to be displayed by a display panel. The power supply unit includes a controller circuit for generating a power control signal, and a power supply circuit for generating one or more power supply voltages having a waveform based the power control signal. The controller circuit receives a set of configuration parameters from a display device and generates the power control signal based on the set of configuration parameters. The configuration parameters are stored in a look-up table of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Klement, Aaron Jacob Steyskal, Donghee Nam, Wenhao Qiao, Wonjae Choi
  • Publication number: 20230247811
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (µ-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the µ-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the µ-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the µ-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the µ-OLED display panel. A fan that is integrated with the µ-OLED display panel is placed in the standoff and actively cools the display panel. When the fan provides air flow over the µ-OLED display panel, heat generated by the µ-OLED display is mitigated by cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Publication number: 20230247861
    Abstract: A device includes a micro-organic light emitting diode (?-OLED) display panel and an electronic component. An electrical connector electrically couples the ?-OLED display panel and the electronic component. A standoff is disposed between the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel. The standoff physically couples the electronic component and the ?-OLED display panel with a gap therebetween. The gap thermally decouples the electronic component from the ?-OLED display panel. A U-shaped heat sink can be disposed in the standoff, and heat generated by the ?-OLED display can be mitigated by a system fan when a U-shaped heat sink is disposed in the standoff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Giti Karimi Moghaddam, Douglas Moskowitz, Kyung Won Park, Ryan Fleming, Alexander Klement, Donghee Nam, Yi-Chen Kuo, Mark Shintaro Ando
  • Patent number: 11682663
    Abstract: A display system includes (a) a display element having an organic light emitting diode-containing display active area disposed over a silicon backplane, (b) a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) attached to the display element and electrically connected with the display active area, and (c) a thermal barrier disposed within the silicon backplane, where the thermal barrier is configured to inhibit heat flow through the silicon backplane and into the display active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Young Bae Kim, Donghee Nam, Min Hyuk Choi, Zhiming Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20230011187
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device including two or more sections of pixels in a display area powered by supply voltages in power rails. The display device also includes two or more power detection circuits connected to two or more locations along the power rails to detect local voltages at the locations. Depending on an image being display during a frame, the two or more sections of pixels may cause changes in local voltages at the two or more locations. The detected local voltages are provided to two or more voltage regulators, and the two or more voltage regulators update supply voltages provided to the power rails to compensate for the changes in the local voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Wenhao Qiao, Donghee Nam, Alexander Klement, Min Hyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11355043
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device including pixels arranged in rows and columns, where duty cycles of the pixels are dynamically programmed according to eye tracking information. For a display frame, the display device may determine a gaze region and a non-gaze region based on the eye tracking information. A control circuit of the display device controls a first subset of pixels in the gaze region to operate with a first duty cycle and controls a second subset of pixels in the non-gaze region to operate with a second duty cycle greater than the first duty cycle. The first subset of pixels emits light with greater brightness than the second subset of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Min Hyuk Choi, Wenhao Qiao, Donghee Nam, Wonjae Choi, Zhiming Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20220157798
    Abstract: A display system includes (a) a display element having an organic light emitting diode-containing display active area disposed over a silicon backplane, (b) a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) attached to the display element and electrically connected with the display active area, and (c) a thermal barrier disposed within the silicon backplane, where the thermal barrier is configured to inhibit heat flow through the silicon backplane and into the display active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Young Bae Kim, Donghee Nam, Min Hyuk Choi, Zhiming Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11322095
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device including an active display area with pixels arranged in rows and columns, where a focus area of the active display area is operated in a progressive scanning manner and a non-focus area of the active display area is operated in an interlaced scanning manner. The active display area is driven by a gate driver circuit that supplies gate signals the pixels. First stages of the gate driver circuit are coupled to first rows of the pixels that are in the focus area and output first gate signals in the progressive scanning manner. Second stages of the gate driver circuit are coupled to second rows of the pixels that are in the non-focus area and output second gate signals in the interlaced scanning manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhiming Zhuang, Min Hyuk Choi, Donghee Nam, Wonjae Choi
  • Patent number: 11177329
    Abstract: Display structures for controlling viewing angle color shift are described. In various embodiments, polarization sensitive diffusers, independent controlled cathode thicknesses, filtermasks, touch detection layers, and color filters are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Meng-Huan Ho, Yi Huang, Yi Qiao, David S. Hum, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Yanming Li, Jun Qi, KiBeom Kim, Kwang Ohk Cheon, Cheng Chen, Rui Liu, ByoungSuk Kim, Ying-Chih Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Donghee Nam, Tyler R. Kakuda, Takahide Ishii, Yurii Morozov
  • Publication number: 20210072428
    Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The pixel array may have a diagonal layout and may be covered by vertically oriented lenticular lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Manjap Singh, Cheng-Ho Yu, ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Mathew K. Mathai, Chieh-Wei Chen, Ping-Yen Chou, Donghee Nam, Chaohao Wang, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 10872939
    Abstract: Display structures for controlling viewing angle color shift are described. In various embodiments, polarization sensitive diffusers, independent controlled cathode thicknesses, filtermasks, and color filters are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Meng-Huan Ho, Yi Huang, Yi Qiao, David S. Hum, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Yanming Li, Jun Qi, KiBeom Kim, Kwang Ohk Cheon, Cheng Chen, Rui Liu, ByoungSuk Kim, Ying-Chih Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Donghee Nam, Tyler R. Kakuda
  • Publication number: 20200075693
    Abstract: Display structures for controlling viewing angle color shift are described. In various embodiments, polarization sensitive diffusers, independent controlled cathode thicknesses, filtermasks, and color filters are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Meng-Huan Ho, Yi Huang, Yi Qiao, David S. Hum, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Yanming Li, Jun Qi, KiBeom Kim, Kwang Ohk Cheon, Cheng Chen, Rui Liu, ByoungSuk Kim, Ying-Chih Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Donghee Nam, Tyler R. Kakuda
  • Publication number: 20200075683
    Abstract: Display structures for controlling viewing angle color shift are described. In various embodiments, polarization sensitive diffusers, independent controlled cathode thicknesses, filtermasks, touch detection layers, and color filters are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Meng-Huan Ho, Yi Huang, Yi Qiao, David S. Hum, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Yanming Li, Jun Qi, KiBeom Kim, Kwang Ohk Cheon, Cheng Chen, Rui Liu, ByoungSuk Kim, Ying-Chih Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Donghee Nam, Tyler R. Kakuda, Takahide Ishii, Yurii Morozov
  • Patent number: 10576081
    Abstract: Systems and electronic displays with improved contrast even under bright-light conditions are provided. Such an electronic display may include a self-emissive pixel (e.g., OLED or ?-LED) with a corresponding liquid crystal switchable retarder pixel. A liquid crystal layer of the switchable retarder pixel may be tuned to an “on” state or an “off” state. In the “on” state, the switchable retarder pixel may allow outside light that enters the pixel to reflect back out of the pixel. This may add to the amount of light that appears to be emitted from that pixel. In the “off” state, the switchable retarder pixel may block the outside light that enters the pixel from reflecting back out of the pixel. This may reduce the amount of light that appears to be emitted from that pixel. Selectively controlling the switchable retarder pixels may allow for increased contrast even under bright-light conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, Cheng Chen, Chin-Wei Lin, Donghee Nam, Meng-Huan Ho, Minhyuk Choi, Rui Liu
  • Publication number: 20180315357
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a display cover layer. The display may have an active area with pixels and an inactive area with dummy pixels. The dummy pixels may have structures that are optically matched to the pixels so that the dummy pixels and pixels have similar visual appearances when the display is off. An optical window may be formed in the inactive area. A light-based component such as an ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, or image sensor may be mounted in the electronic device in alignment with the optical window. A polarizer layer may overlap the active and inactive areas of the display. An opening in the polarizer or a bleached unpolarized portion of the polarizer may be aligned with the optical window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Donghee Nam, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Cheng Chen, Meng-Huan Ho, Nathan K. Gupta, Rui Liu, Sebastian Knitter, Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Weibo Cheng