Patents by Inventor Dong Hwy KIM

Dong Hwy KIM 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: 11410454
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Han Yu Ool Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Kwang Tai Kim
  • Publication number: 20220230594
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Dong Hwy KIM, Seung Hoon KO, Tae Sung KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Patent number: 11361734
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11302258
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Dong Hwy Kim, Seung Hoon Ko, Tae Sung Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11216550
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a processor, and a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to drive the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Tae Sung Kim, Kwang Tai Kim
  • Patent number: 11120734
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a first power regulator to supply first power to an anode of light emitting diode and second power to a cathode of the light emitting diode, and a DDI including a second power regulator to supply third power to the anode of the light emitting diode and fourth power to the cathode of the light emitting diode, and connected with the first power regulator, and a processor. The processor outputs first content based on the first power and the second power, in a first operating mode, outputs second content based on the third power and the fourth power, in a second operating mode, and controls the third power to be higher than the first power, and the fourth power to be higher than the second power, when an operating mode is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hyun Jun Park, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20210271849
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Yun Pyo HONG, Dong Hwy KIM, Han Yu Ool KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Kwang Tai KIM
  • Patent number: 11069273
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. According to an embodiment, the electronic device includes a housing that covers at least a portion of a back surface of the electronic device, a plurality of slits being formed in parallel from one end to an opposite end and the at least a portion of the housing being formed of a conductive material, a feeder that is electrically connected with at least one point of the housing, and a ground part that is electrically connected with at least one point of the housing. A part of the plurality of slits includes a section greater in width than another part of the plurality of slits. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11050968
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data received from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data based on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Yo Han Lee, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11017201
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Han Yu Ool Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Kwang Tai Kim
  • Patent number: 11017496
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a processor generating image data, a graphic random access memory (GRAM) storing the image data, and a display driver integrated circuit for driving the display. The display driver integrated circuit is configured to select a part of the image data and to output the selected part to a specified area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Yo Han Lee, Han Yu Ool Kim, Matheus Farias Miranda, Tae Sung Kim, Ho Jin Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 10997895
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a display panel including a plurality of source line groups including a plurality of source lines and a plurality of panel switches for each of the plurality of source lines; and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) configured to drive the display panel, wherein the DDI includes the plurality of source amplifiers, decoders respectively connected to the plurality of source amplifiers, and at least one switch between source amplifier channels, wherein an operation of the at least one switch causes the number of the source line groups corresponding to a source amplifier to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han, Yun Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 10923021
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected with the display and configured to generate external reference time information, a display driver integrated circuit configured to periodically or randomly receive the external reference time information from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to generate internal time information based on an internal clock, to output a clock image corresponding to the internal time information on the display, and if a time error between the external reference time information and the internal time information occurs during the outputting of the clock image, to output the internal time information, the time error of which is corrected, on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., CREPAS Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Sang Woo Kim, Jung Hee Yun, Yo Han Lee, Dong Kyoon Han, Yun Pyo Hong, Hong Kook Lee
  • Publication number: 20210043169
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20200342202
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Yun Pyo HONG, Dong Hwy KIM, Han Yu Ool KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Kwang Tai KIM
  • Patent number: 10818270
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20200294185
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a processor generating image data, a graphic random access memory (GRAM) storing the image data, and a display driver integrated circuit for driving the display. The display driver integrated circuit is configured to select a part of the image data and to output the selected part to a specified area of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Yo Han LEE, Han Yu Ool KIM, Matheus Farias MIRANDA, Tae Sung KIM, Ho Jin KIM, Dong Hyun YEOM
  • Publication number: 20200296319
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data received from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data based on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Yo Han LEE, Hong Kook LEE, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Publication number: 20200279522
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected with the display and configured to generate external reference time information, a display driver integrated circuit configured to periodically or randomly receive the external reference time information from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to generate internal time information based on an internal clock, to output a clock image corresponding to the internal time information on the display, and if a time error between the external reference time information and the internal time information occurs during the outputting of the clock image, to output the internal time information, the time error of which is corrected, on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Dong Hwy KIM, Sang Woo KIM, Jung Hee YUN, Yo Han LEE, Dong Kyoon HAN, Yun Pyo HONG, Hong Kook LEE
  • Patent number: 10762839
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit may include a controller configured to receive first image data from an application processor positioned outside the display driver integrated circuit and a data driver configured to receive the first image data from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong