Patents by Inventor Hun-Bae Kim

Hun-Bae 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).

  • Publication number: 20240152188
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a first non-folding region, a folding region, and a second non-folding region arranged in a first direction, a first support plate disposed on the display module, a second support plate disposed on the first support plate, a heat dissipation layer disposed between the first and second support plates, and including a bending portion overlapping the folding region, a first adhesive layer disposed between the first support plate and the heat dissipation layer, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the second support plate and the heat dissipation layer. An opening defined in each of the first and second adhesive layers has a width greater than a width of the bending portion of the heat dissipation layer in a portion overlapping the folding region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: HUN-TAE KIM, JINHYOUNG KIM, DONGHO YOON, GYUMDONG BAE
  • Publication number: 20230154380
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display panel including an emission line and a pixel electrically connected to the emission line; an emission driver configured to output an emission signal to the emission line; and a driving controller configured to determine a light emission cycle, wherein the light emission cycle is a number of light emissions in a single frame of the emission signal, wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a luminance according to a user luminance setting and a grayscale value of input image data, to determine the light emission cycle corresponding to a range of the luminance and to determine an off ratio according to the luminance, wherein the off ratio is a ratio of turned-off gate lines to a total number of the gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: HUN-BAE KIM, GARAM KIM, YONG-GU KANG, JIHOON KIM
  • Patent number: 11244590
    Abstract: A gamma voltage generator included in a display device includes a gamma reference voltage storage block configured to store gamma reference voltage values at reference gray levels, an additional offset storage block configured to store additional offset values for the gamma reference voltage values at the reference gray levels, an additional offset setting block configured to store gamma select information representing whether the additional offset values are to be applied or not, a gamma reference voltage calculation block configured to generate final gamma reference voltage values by selectively adding the additional offset values to the gamma reference voltage values depending on the gamma select information, and a gamma reference voltage generation block configured to generate gamma reference voltages corresponding to the final gamma reference voltage values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Yong-Gu Kang, Jihoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11094259
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel includes a plurality of pixels driven by a first power voltage and a second power voltage. A display panel driving circuit is configured to receive image data from an external device, output a first voltage control signal for generating an analog supply voltage based on an on-pixel ratio (OPR) of the image data, and output a second voltage control signal for generating the first power voltage and the second power voltage. A DC-DC conversion circuit is configured to generate the analog supply voltage based on the first voltage control signal and generate the first power voltage and the second power voltage based on the second voltage control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Hyun-Suk Kang, Jihoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190362675
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel includes a plurality of pixels driven by a first power voltage and a second power voltage. A display panel driving circuit is configured to receive image data from an external device, output a first voltage control signal for generating an analog supply voltage based on an on-pixel ratio (OPR) of the image data, and output a second voltage control signal for generating the first power voltage and the second power voltage. A DC-DC conversion circuit is configured to generate the analog supply voltage based on the first voltage control signal and generate the first power voltage and the second power voltage based on the second voltage control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hun-Bae KIM, Hyun-Suk KANG, Jihoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20190355291
    Abstract: A gamma voltage generator included in a display device includes a gamma reference voltage storage block configured to store gamma reference voltage values at reference gray levels, an additional offset storage block configured to store additional offset values for the gamma reference voltage values at the reference gray levels, an additional offset setting block configured to store gamma select information representing whether the additional offset values are to be applied or not, a gamma reference voltage calculation block configured to generate final gamma reference voltage values by selectively adding the additional offset values to the gamma reference voltage values depending on the gamma select information, and a gamma reference voltage generation block configured to generate gamma reference voltages corresponding to the final gamma reference voltage values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hun-Bae KIM, Yong-Gu KANG, Jihoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9858894
    Abstract: A method of driving a display device includes: calculating a reference luminance corresponding to a light emission intensity and an off-duty ratio corresponding to a non-emission time based on image data; and adjusting at least one selected from a first power voltage and a second power voltage to drive a display panel based on the reference luminance and the off-duty ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hun-Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20160314761
    Abstract: A method of driving a display device includes: calculating a reference luminance corresponding to a light emission intensity and an off-duty ratio corresponding to a non-emission time based on image data; and adjusting at least one selected from a first power voltage and a second power voltage to drive a display panel based on the reference luminance and the off-duty ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Hun-Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 8786814
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel with a pad portion area, the pad portion area having an input pad portion, the input pad portion including a plurality of input pads and a plurality of dummy pads, an output pad portion, and a conducting wire portion, the conducting wire portion electrically connecting two dummy pads of the plurality of dummy pads in the input pad portion, a driving integrated circuit (IC) on the pad portion area, the driving IC including an input bump portion corresponding to the input pad portion and an output bump portion corresponding to the output pad portion, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connected to the driving IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Jong-Seok Chae
  • Publication number: 20130077005
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel with a pad portion area, the pad portion area having an input pad portion, the input pad portion including a plurality of input pads and a plurality of dummy pads, an output pad portion, and a conducting wire portion, the conducting wire portion electrically connecting two dummy pads of the plurality of dummy pads in the input pad portion, a driving integrated circuit (IC) on the pad portion area, the driving IC including an input bump portion corresponding to the input pad portion and an output bump portion corresponding to the output pad portion, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connected to the driving IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Jong-Seok Chae
  • Patent number: 8155704
    Abstract: A display device includes a printed circuit board disposed at a rear of a display panel. The printed circuit board includes a main board portion, an auxiliary board portion and a connection board portion continuously disposed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Jin-Oh Kwag, Ki-Sik Park, Jeong-Il Oh
  • Publication number: 20110267377
    Abstract: A method of driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) that operates by receiving power from a battery includes generating a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for adjusting brightness of a backlight unit of the LCD; detecting a battery voltage of the battery; and adjusting the PWM signal according to the detected battery voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun Bae KIM, Young Seob Kim
  • Publication number: 20090186661
    Abstract: A display device includes a printed circuit board disposed at a rear of a display panel. The printed circuit board includes a main board portion, an auxiliary board portion and a connection board portion continuously disposed with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Jin-Oh Kwag, Ki-Sik Park, Jeong-Il Oh