Patents by Inventor HEE SEOMOON

HEE SEOMOON 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: 12216837
    Abstract: An input device includes: a housing having a transmissive portion; a communicator in the housing and configured to exchange a signal externally; a pressure sensor in the housing along an inner circumferential surface of the housing; and a measurement sensor in the housing and facing the transmissive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehee Lee, Chul Kim, Hee Seomoon, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12135844
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a frame disposed on one surface of the display panel; a vibration generator disposed on one surface of the frame opposite to the one surface of the display panel; and a shielding member which protrudes from the one surface of the middle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kook Park, Suk Kim, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 12056304
    Abstract: A force sensor includes first and second substrates. The second substrate faces the first substrate. A driving electrode is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate. A sensing electrode is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and is spaced apart from the driving electrode. A force sensitive layer is disposed on a first surface of the second substrate, facing the first substrate. The driving electrode includes a main driving protrusion that protrudes from a side surface of the driving electrode, facing the sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Young Seok Seo, Tae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12025519
    Abstract: A test apparatus includes: a stage having a planar surface extending in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction; a mounting portion that is disposed on the stage to place a test member thereon; an angle adjusting portion adjusting a first angle of the mounting portion to incline the mounting portion with respect to the planar surface of the stage; and a pressing guide disposed on the stage and moving a pressing member in the first direction, the second direction, and a third direction normal to the planar surface of the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 12008201
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; a first input sensor disposed on the display panel and configured to generate a first reception signal in response to a user input; a second input sensor spaced apart from the first input sensor on the display panel and configured to generate a second reception signal in response to the user input; and a readout circuit configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the user input in response to the first reception signal and the second reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuna Kim, Hee Seomoon, Soojung Lee, Seungwook Chun, Boram Choi
  • Patent number: 11989363
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel; a pressure sensor disposed under the display panel and including a first protrusion at one side thereof; and a waterproofing member disposed under the display panel and including a first accommodation portion at one side thereof facing the one side. The protrusion of the pressure sensor is disposed to face the first accommodation portion of the waterproofing member, and the first protrusion is inserted in the first accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 11961322
    Abstract: Provided are a force sensor, a display device including the same, and a method of driving the same. The force sensor includes a first base substrate and a second base substrate facing each other; first force sensor electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction on the first base substrate; second force sensor electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction on the second base substrate; and a sensor hole configured to transmit light. Any one of the first force sensor electrodes includes a first sub-force sensor electrode disposed on a first side of the sensor hole and a second sub-force sensor electrode disposed on a second side opposite to the first side of the sensor hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11836312
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first force sensor disposed under the display panel; and a first waterproof member disposed under the display panel and disposed on an outer side of the first force sensor, wherein a height of the first waterproof member is larger than a height of the first force sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon
  • Patent number: 11793465
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first area having a first light transmissivity and a second area having a second light transmissivity higher than the first light transmissivity; a pressure sensor overlapping the first area; a light emitter overlapping the second area; a light receiver overlapping the second area and spaced from the light emitter; and a processor to control the light emitter and the pressure sensor, and to output a blood pressure signal on a basis of a pressure sensing signal from the pressure sensor and a light sensing signal from the light receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Hee Seomoon, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230251733
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a frame disposed on one surface of the display panel; a vibration generator disposed on one surface of the frame opposite to the one surface of the display panel; and a shielding member which protrudes from the one surface of the middle frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Kook PARK, Suk KIM, So Hee PARK, Hee SEOMOON, Tae Hee LEE, Won Ki HONG
  • Publication number: 20230168759
    Abstract: A force sensor includes first and second substrates. The second substrate faces the first substrate. A driving electrode is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate. A sensing electrode is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and is spaced apart from the driving electrode. A force sensitive layer is disposed on a first surface of the second substrate, facing the first substrate. The driving electrode includes a main driving protrusion that protrudes from a side surface of the driving electrode, facing the sensing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: WON KI HONG, SUNG KOOK PARK, SO HEE PARK, HEE SEOMOON, YOUNG SEOK SEO, TAE HEE LEE
  • Patent number: 11641416
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel to display an image, and a blood pressure measuring module including a pressure sensor and a pulse wave sensor, wherein the pressure sensor is configured to sense a pressure that is applied to the display panel, the pulse wave sensor includes an optical sensor, and the pulse wave sensor is configured to generate a pulse wave signal using light that is emitted from a pixel of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11609609
    Abstract: A pressure sensor, includes: a first substrate; a pressure sensing layer on one surface of the first substrate; and a driving electrode and a sensing electrode on the pressure sensing layer and spaced apart from each other, wherein the driving electrode and the sensing electrode are on a same layer, and each of the driving electrode and the sensing electrode is directly on the pressure sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: So Hee Park, Won Ki Hong, Hee Seomoon, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11573654
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a first force sensor, a first vibration generator, and a first electromagnetic wave shielding member. The first force sensor is disposed under the display panel. The first vibration generator is disposed under the display panel and adjacent to the first force sensor. The first electromagnetic wave shielding member surrounds side surfaces of the first vibration generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kook Park, Suk Kim, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 11567601
    Abstract: A force sensor includes first and second substrates. The second substrate faces the first substrate. A driving electrode is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate. A sensing electrode is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and is spaced apart from the driving electrode. A force sensitive layer is disposed on a first surface of the second substrate, facing the first substrate. The driving electrode includes a main driving protrusion that protrudes from a side surface of the driving electrode, facing the sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Young Seok Seo, Tae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11515366
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel comprising a through hole and a pixel area, the pixel area surrounding the through hole and including pixels for displaying an image; a force sensor at a first surface of the display panel and configured to sense force applied from an outside; and a light sensor overlapping the through hole of the display panel in a thickness direction of the display panel, the light sensor being configured to sense light incident on the light sensor through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11474630
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; an input sensing panel; a display flexible circuit board to control the display panel having an input sensing driving circuit electrically connected to the input sensing panel, the display flexible circuit board being connected to the display panel; and a first pressure sensor disposed adjacent to and extending along a first edge of the display panel, wherein the first pressure sensor is electrically connected to the input sensing driving circuit of the display flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 11430360
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display module including a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel, the display panel having a first area including a plurality of pixels and a second area having a transmittance higher than that of the first area; a first sensor disposed below the display module, overlapping the second area, and configured to measure a first signal having biometric information of a user; a second sensor disposed to surround the first sensor, overlapping the first area, and configured to measure a second signal applied from the user; and a driving unit connected to the display module, the first sensor, and the second sensor, the driving unit configured to drive the first sensor and the second sensor together with the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeon Jun Lee, Chul Kim, Hee Seomoon, Taehee Lee
  • Patent number: D985604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Seomoon, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: D1084018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Seomoon, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong