Patents by Inventor Hee-Kwang Song

Hee-Kwang Song 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: 20160203771
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel, a timing controller, a backlight unit, and a backlight controller. The display panel includes a plurality of display blocks, and receives an image signal and display an image. The backlight unit includes a-numbered red light sources, b-numbered green light sources (a and b are natural numbers, b<a), and a-numbered blue light sources, and provides light to the display panel. The backlight controller calculates a red luminance average, a green luminance average, and a blue luminance average of the block image signals, respectively, controls a duty ratio of the red light sources based on the red and green luminance averages, controls a duty ratio of the green light sources based on the green luminance average, and controls a duty ratio of the blue light sources based on the blue and green luminance averages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yong-hoon KWON, Junghyun KIM, Seokhyun NAM, Hee-kwang SONG, Ho-sik SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160149098
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package includes a body portion including a planar portion and a sidewall portion bent upward from the planar portion to surround an edge of the planar portion, a first light emitting diode disposed on the planar portion and emitting a first light having a first color, and a second light emitting diode disposed on the planar portion to be spaced apart from the first light emitting diode by a predetermined distance and emitting a second light having a second color different from the first color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Hee-Kwang SONG, Jung Hyun KIM, Seokhyun NAM, Juyoung YOON
  • Patent number: 9311893
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image corresponding to input image data and is divided into a display blocks, a light source module which includes a light source blocks respectively corresponding to the display blocks, each of the light source blocks including a first light source which emits light of a first color, and a second light source which emits light of a combination of second and third colors, a dimming controller which outputs a dimming signal, a light source module driver which drives each of the light source blocks based on the dimming signal, where the dimming controller detects block image data corresponding to each of the display blocks from the image data, calculates color data based on the block image data, and provides a first dimming signal and a second dimming signal to the light source module driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hoon Kwon, Hee Kwang Song, Ho Sik Shin, Jung Hyun Kim, Seok Hyun Nam
  • Patent number: 9241379
    Abstract: A method of dimming a light source module including a light guide plate, a first light emitting module including first to k-th light source blocks, wherein the first light emitting module is disposed on a first edge of the light guide plate, and a second light emitting module including first to m-th light source blocks, the second light emitting module being disposed on a second edge of the light guide plate, the second edge disposed opposite the first, the method including; generating a first group of driving signals and a second group of driving signals based on an image signal and driving the first to k-th light source blocks using the first group of the driving signals during a first period in a reference period and driving the first to m-th light source blocks using the second group of driving signals during a second period in the reference period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Sik Shin, Gi-Cherl Kim, Se-Ki Park, Seok-Won Kang, Hee-Kwang Song
  • Publication number: 20150269894
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image corresponding to image data input thereto and be divided into a plurality of display blocks, a backlight unit configured to supply light to the display panel and including a light guide panel and a main light source module which supplies light to the light guide panel, and a luminance boosting unit configured to supply boosted light to the plurality of display blocks based on the image data and including a plurality of light source modules arranged to correspond to the plurality of display blocks, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ho Sik SHIN, Eui Jeong KANG, Yong Hoon KWON, Jung Hyun KIM, Hee Kwang SONG
  • Patent number: 9140842
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a light guide plate which is disposed under the display panel and includes a first side surface, a second side surface connected to one end of the first side surface, and a third side surface connected to the other end of the first side surface, a first light source disposed to face the first side surface and including a plurality of light emitting devices including a first light emitting device to emit a first color light and a second light emitting device to emit a second color light, and a first reflecting member disposed on the second side surface and having a complementary color to a color of the light emitted from a light emitting device, which is disposed closest to the one end of the first side surface, among the plurality of light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Kim, Hee-Kwang Song, Seokhyun Nam, Juyoung Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150235619
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light source module which includes a plurality of light-emitting blocks; a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels and is divided into a plurality of image blocks corresponding to the light-emitting blocks; a light source module control unit which divides an image signal into the image blocks, generates a color dimming signal corresponding to a first image block among the image blocks, obtains pixel distortion values and pixel improvement values corresponding to each pixel of the first image block by analyzing the first image block, determines whether to perform color dimming or not on a driving signal of a first light-emitting block corresponding to the first image block based on the pixel distortion values and the pixel improvement values, and drives the first light-emitting block based on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Dong Min YEO, Hee Kwang SONG
  • Patent number: 9091798
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light source part, a light guide plate, and a display panel. The light source part includes first light sources and second light sources alternately arranged to emit a light having a color different from a color of a light emitted from the second light sources. The light guide plate includes an incident surface having at least one light incident surface facing the light source to guide the light. The display panel receives the light from the light guide plate to display an image. A distance between end portions of the incident surface and the first and second light sources disposed and corresponding to each end portion of the light incident surface is different from a distance between a center portion of the light incident surface and the first and second light sources disposed and corresponding to the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juyoung Yoon, Hee-Kwang Song, HanMoe Cha
  • Publication number: 20150206507
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image corresponding to input image data and is divided into a display blocks, a light source module which includes a light source blocks respectively corresponding to the display blocks, each of the light source blocks including a first light source which emits light of a first color, and a second light source which emits light of a combination of second and third colors, a dimming controller which outputs a dimming signal, a light source module driver which drives each of the light source blocks based on the dimming signal, where the dimming controller detects block image data corresponding to each of the display blocks from the image data, calculates color data based on the block image data, and provides a first dimming signal and a second dimming signal to the light source module driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Yong Hoon KWON, Hee Kwang SONG, Ho Sik SHIN, Jung Hyun KIM, Seok Hyun NAM
  • Publication number: 20150160512
    Abstract: Reflection plate, backlight unit and liquid crystal display are provided. In one aspect, there is provided a reflection plate comprising a bottom portion and a side wall portion that extends from circumferences of the bottom portion, wherein an upper surface of the bottom portion includes a diffusion reflection surface and an inner surface of the side wall portion includes a mirror reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Min KIM, Byung Seo YOON, Hee Kwang SONG
  • Patent number: 9039269
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a first light source unit including n light emitting members; and a light guide plate including a first side adjacent to the first light source unit, and a first groove adjacent to a first end of the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Seo Yoon, Ju-Young Yoon, Han-Moe Cha, Sang-Il Park, Hee-Kwang Song, Jung-Kyun Kim, Su-Chang Ryu
  • Publication number: 20150062872
    Abstract: Provided are a light source assembly and a backlight assembly including a lens module. The light source assembly includes: a light source module capable of emitting light and a lens module positioned on the light source module. The lens module includes a light collecting lens collecting the light emitted from the light source module, and a diffusion lens positioned on the light collecting lens, and including an inner curved surface in which light from the light collecting lens is incident and an outer curved surface where the light incident on the inner curved surface exits the diffusion lens, and the light emitted from the light source module forms a light collecting region on the inner curved surface by passing through the light collecting lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Kwang SONG, Kang Woo LEE, Seok Hyun NAM, Ju Young YOON, Kwang Wook CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150023057
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a light guide plate which is disposed under the display panel and includes a first side surface, a second side surface connected to one end of the first side surface, and a third side surface connected to the other end of the first side surface, a first light source disposed to face the first side surface and including a plurality of light emitting devices including a first light emitting device to emit a first color light and a second light emitting device to emit a second color light, and a first reflecting member disposed on the second side surface and having a complementary color to a color of the light emitted from a light emitting device, which is disposed closest to the one end of the first side surface, among the plurality of light emitting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun KIM, Hee-Kwang SONG, SEOKHYUN NAM, Juyoung YOON
  • Patent number: 8915605
    Abstract: A light source module includes a receiving container, a light source disposed in the receiving container and a filter filtering the light produced from the light source. A backlight unit includes a plurality of light source modules. The plurality of light source modules include a first light source module with a filter and a second light source module alternately disposed with the first light source module. The filter includes a substrate, a transparent layer disposed on the first metal layer and a second metal layer disposed on the transparent layer. The filter transilluminating light of specific area is disposed on the light source module. Thus, the backlight unit having high color reproducibility may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Kwang Song, Dong-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8902142
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a signal controller which converts a first image signal having a first gray level based on an original gamma coefficient into a second image signal having a second gray level based on a target gamma coefficient; a liquid crystal panel connected to the signal controller and which displays an image based on the second image signal; and a light-emitting unit connected to the signal controller and which provides light to the liquid crystal panel. The target gamma coefficient is less than or equal to the original gamma coefficient, and a luminance of the light provided by the light-emitting unit is adjusted by the signal controller to minimize an amount of luminance distortion of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Young Yoon, Eun-Jeong Kang, Seok-Won Kang, Hee-Kwang Song, Ho-Sik Shin
  • Patent number: 8870402
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a first light emitting unit having a first light emitting diode, a second light emitting unit having a second light emitting diode, a third heat conduction member, and a receiving container accommodating the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit. The first light emitting unit includes a first heat conduction member connected to the first light emitting diode to absorb a heat from the first light emitting diode, and the second light emitting unit includes a second heat conduction member connected to the second light emitting diode to absorb a heat from the second light emitting diode. A third heat conduction member is connected to the first and second heat conduction members to discharge the heats from the first and second light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juyoung Yoon, Hee-Kwang Song
  • Publication number: 20140111972
    Abstract: A light source module includes a receiving container, a light source disposed in the receiving container and a filter filtering the light produced from the light source. A backlight unit includes a plurality of light source modules. The plurality of light source modules include a first light source module with a filter and a second light source module alternately disposed with the first light source module. The filter includes a substrate, a transparent layer disposed on the first metal layer and a second metal layer disposed on the transparent layer. The filter transilluminating light of specific area is disposed on the light source module. Thus, the backlight unit having high color reproducibility may be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Kwang SONG, Dong-Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 8698789
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes; a display panel which displays an image using a light, wherein the display panel is divided into a plurality of display areas corresponding to the image, a plurality of main-light source groups which each have a plurality of light sources, wherein the main-light source groups are arranged respectively corresponding to the display areas to provide the light thereto, a power source circuit is connected to each main-light source groups to provide a corresponding driving power to each of the main-light source groups, and a plurality of sub-light source groups, each of which is arranged between two adjacent main-light source groups and wherein each sub-light group receives the driving power applied to each of the two main-light source groups adjacent thereto to provide a light corresponding to an average brightness of the two adjacent main-light source groups to a border area between two adjacent display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Min Park, Gicherl Kim, Sang-Il Park, Hee-Kwang Song, Ho-Sik Shin
  • Publication number: 20130147364
    Abstract: A back light unit includes a first light source which generates first light in a first wavelength range, a second light source which generates second light in a second wavelength range, and a first wavelength compensating part which adjusts a wavelength of the first light controlling a driving current, which is applied to the first light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Young-Min PARK, Hee-Kwang SONG, Seok-Hyun NAM
  • Patent number: 8373645
    Abstract: A light source driving device includes a resolution analyzing part, a dimming block adjusting part, a local dimming part and a light source unit. The resolution analyzing part obtains an image resolution. The dimming block adjusting part adjusts the size or the number of dimming blocks generating light in a local dimming method in response to the resolution. The local dimming part generates a local dimming signal for individually driving the dimming blocks in response to the image data and the size or the number of dimming blocks. The light source unit is driven by the local dimming signal to generate light. The size or the number of the dimming blocks is adjusted to be optimized for the obtained image resolution, so that regardless of the image resolution, a local dimming signal corresponding to the size and the number of the dimming blocks may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hee-Kwang Song, Gi-Cherl Kim, Dong-Min Yeo, Sang-Il Park, Yong-Hoon Kwon