Patents by Inventor Ho-Seok Han

Ho-Seok Han 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: 11081080
    Abstract: A display device includes: a host which transmits a first signal through a first interface, and transmits a second signal through a second interface different from the first interface; a display driver integrated circuit including a first interface unit which receives the first signal through the first interface, and a second interface unit which receives the second signal through the second interface; and a display panel which receives a data signal corresponding to the first signal and the second signal from the display driver integrated circuit, and displays an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Seok Han, Hyun Gu Kim, Jun Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11069857
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Seok Han
  • Patent number: 10984730
    Abstract: A display system includes: a host processor for outputting a data load command and outputting compensated image data obtained by compensating for image data; a non-volatile memory for storing compensation data for image compensation; and a display module controlled by the host processor, wherein the display module includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels, the display panel displaying an image, based on the compensated image data; and a display driver integrated chip (DDI) coupled to the host processor through a first interface, the DDI being coupled to the non-volatile memory through a second interface, the DDI including an interface packet converter for performing packet structure conversion on each of first data compatible with the first interface and second data compatible with the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ho Seok Han, Hyun Gu Kim, Jun Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20210065652
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a host configured to output image data and a timing control signal in response to an image intended to be displayed; a display driver IC coupled to the host through a first interface and a second interface and configured to output a data signal based on the image data; and a display configured to display an image based on the data signal, wherein the host is configured to output the image data and the timing control signal through any one of the first interface and the second interface depending on a display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ho Seok HAN, Jun Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20200365111
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a display driver integrated circuit that is configured to certify whether an application processor and the display driver integrated circuit are genuine products. The display driver integrated circuit includes: an encryptor for generating first encrypted data by encrypting first data; a data converter for converting the first data into a first converted signal expressed with four or more voltage levels; an interface for providing the first converted signal to a host processor, and receiving, from the host processor, a second converted signal corresponding to second encrypted data generated by the host processor; and a determiner for controlling a display panel by comparing the first encrypted data with converted data corresponding to the second encrypted data. The second converted signal transferred through the interface is expressed with the voltage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: HO SEOK HAN, JUN YONG PARK
  • Publication number: 20200357358
    Abstract: A display device includes: a host which transmits a first signal through a first interface, and transmits a second signal through a second interface different from the first interface; a display driver integrated circuit including a first interface unit which receives the first signal through the first interface, and a second interface unit which receives the second signal through the second interface; and a display panel which receives a data signal corresponding to the first signal and the second signal from the display driver integrated circuit, and displays an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ho Seok HAN, Hyun Gu KIM, Jun Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20200320916
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an interface, a timing controller, a gate driver, and data driver. The interface includes a data determiner to determine whether or not input image data has a communication error and to process a packet of a data stream of the input image data, even though the input image data has the communication error. The timing controller receives the processed input image data from the interface and generates a data signal, a gate control signal, and a data control signal. The gate driver generates a gate signal based on the gate control signal. The data driver generates a data voltage based on the data control signal and the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Ho-Seok HAN
  • Patent number: 10762870
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to transmit image data to a display; and a host coupled to the display driver IC through a first interface and a second interface, wherein the host is configured to transmit the image data to the display driver IC through the first interface and transmit a mode switching signal to the display driver IC through the second interface, wherein the mode switching signal indicates whether the image data is to be transmitted in a command mode or in a video mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Seok Han, Jae Myung Jang
  • Publication number: 20200242995
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel coupled to a first data line; a second pixel coupled to a second data line; a first node to receive a first node voltage; a first grayscale voltage generator for generating first grayscale voltages; a second grayscale voltage generator for generating second grayscale voltages; and a data driver configured to apply, to the first data line, a first data signal generated based on one of the first grayscale voltages, and to apply, to the second data line, a second data signal generated based on one of the first node voltage, the first grayscale voltages, and the second grayscale voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ho Seok HAN, Gyung Hyun KO
  • Patent number: 10726808
    Abstract: A display device includes: a host which transmits a first signal through a first interface, and transmits a second signal through a second interface different from the first interface; a display driver integrated circuit including a first interface unit which receives the first signal through the first interface, and a second interface unit which receives the second signal through the second interface; and a display panel which receives a data signal corresponding to the first signal and the second signal from the display driver integrated circuit, and displays an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Seok Han, Hyun Gu Kim, Jun Yong Park
  • Patent number: 10692410
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an interface, a timing controller, a gate driver, and data driver. The interface includes a data determiner to determine whether or not input image data has a communication error and to process a packet of a data stream of the input image data, even though the input image data has the communication error. The timing controller receives the processed input image data from the interface and generates a data signal, a gate control signal, and a data control signal. The gate driver generates a gate signal based on the gate control signal. The data driver generates a data voltage based on the data control signal and the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho-Seok Han
  • Publication number: 20200066226
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to transmit image data to a display; and a host coupled to the display driver IC through a first interface and a second interface, wherein the host is configured to transmit the image data to the display driver IC through the first interface and transmit a mode switching signal to the display driver IC through the second interface, wherein the mode switching signal indicates whether the image data is to be transmitted in a command mode or in a video mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ho Seok HAN, Jae Myung JANG
  • Publication number: 20190334089
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Ho Seok Han
  • Patent number: 10417962
    Abstract: A data compensating device includes a plurality of data compensating blocks. Each of the data compensating blocks includes: a memory cell configured to store an image signal; a one-time programmable (OTP) cell including a program transistor; and a calculator configured to output a compensation signal that is based on an offset signal output from the OTP cell and the image signal stored in the memory cell. The OTP cell is configured to output the output signal from the program transistor. The program transistor includes a gate oxide and is configured to be irreversibly changed based on the image signal. Thicknesses of the gate oxide of the program transistor of the OTP cell in different ones of the data compensating blocks are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Seok Han, Kyung-Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 10355211
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Seok Han
  • Publication number: 20190139510
    Abstract: A display device includes: a host which transmits a first signal through a first interface, and transmits a second signal through a second interface different from the first interface; a display driver integrated circuit including a first interface unit which receives the first signal through the first interface, and a second interface unit which receives the second signal through the second interface; and a display panel which receives a data signal corresponding to the first signal and the second signal from the display driver integrated circuit, and displays an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Ho Seok HAN, Hyun Gu KIM, Jun Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20190130845
    Abstract: A display system includes: a host processor for outputting a data load command and outputting compensated image data obtained by compensating for image data; a non-volatile memory for storing compensation data for image compensation; and a display module controlled by the host processor, wherein the display module includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels, the display panel displaying an image, based on the compensated image data; and a display driver integrated chip (DDI) coupled to the host processor through a first interface, the DDI being coupled to the non-volatile memory through a second interface, the DDI including an interface packet converter for performing packet structure conversion on each of first data compatible with the first interface and second data compatible with the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Ho Seok HAN, Hyun Gu KIM, Jun Yong PARK
  • Patent number: 10090269
    Abstract: A bump structure includes a first bump disposed on a substrate, the first bump including a first metal, at least one antioxidant member surrounded by the first bump, the at least one antioxidant member including a second metal having an ionization tendency greater than an ionization tendency of the first metal, and a second bump disposed on the first bump and the at least one antioxidant member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Seok Han, Nam-Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20180204512
    Abstract: A data compensating device includes a plurality of data compensating blocks. Each of the data compensating blocks includes: a memory cell configured to store an image signal; a one-time programmable (OTP) cell including a program transistor; and a calculator configured to output a compensation signal that is based on an offset signal output from the OTP cell and the image signal stored in the memory cell. The OTP cell is configured to output the output signal from the program transistor. The program transistor includes a gate oxide and is configured to be irreversibly changed based on the image signal. Thicknesses of the gate oxide of the program transistor of the OTP cell in different ones of the data compensating blocks are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ho-Seok Han, Kyung-Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20180138412
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensing line and a data driver. The sensing line is in a display panel. The data driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits. Each of the integrated circuits includes an interface, which includes a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) and a crack detector. The crack detector detects cracks of the panel based on the sensing line and transmits and receives information corresponding to the crack to and from adjacent ones of the integrated circuits using a transmission terminal and a reception terminal in the MIPI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Ho Seok Han