Patents by Inventor Hyoungwook Woo

Hyoungwook Woo 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: 20220164081
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including: a touch sensor configured to sequentially transfer an electromagnetic signal having two or more frequencies to a stylus pen, and to receive an electromagnetic signal corresponding to the electromagnetic signal from the stylus pen; and a touch controller configured to operate the touch sensor by determining one of the two or more frequencies as the frequency of the electromagnetic signal depending on a change in the received electromagnetic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hwanhee LEE, Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG, Wonwoo LEE
  • Patent number: 11327582
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a ground portion configured to be electrically connected to a user; and a resonant circuit portion in the body portion, electrically connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion, and including one or more resonance circuits that resonate with electrical signals of different frequencies transferred from the conductive tip to output resonance signals of different frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kyeonghan Park, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11314361
    Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that includes a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and a touch driver that applies a first driving signal for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch panel in a first section, and receives a detection signal from the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes in a second section that is next to the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Jongsik Kim, Jeongwon Seo, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11301062
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20210311590
    Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that includes a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and a touch driver that applies a first driving signal for generation of a resonance signal of a stylus pen to the touch panel in a first section, and receives a detection signal from the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes in a second section that is next to the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hwanhee LEE, Jongsik KIM, Jeongwon SEO, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG, Bonkee KIM
  • Patent number: 11112890
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a housing; a conductive tip configured to have at least a portion that is exposed to an exterior of the housing; a resonance circuit disposed in the housing to be connected to the conductive tip and to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and a conductive blocking member disposed to correspond to a portion of the housing in which the conductive tip is exposed to the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Seyeob Kim
  • Publication number: 20210200346
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20210132711
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a resonance circuit portion positioned in the body portion to be connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and a conductive blocking member configured to surround at least a portion of the resonance circuit portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kiryoung JUNG, Hyoungwook WOO, Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM
  • Publication number: 20210089147
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body portion; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body portion to an outside thereof; a ground portion configured to be electrically connected to a user; and a resonant circuit portion in the body portion, electrically connected between the conductive tip and the ground portion, and including one or more resonance circuits that resonate with electrical signals of different frequencies transferred from the conductive tip to output resonance signals of different frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kyeonghan PARK, Bonkee KIM
  • Patent number: 10942587
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 10877576
    Abstract: A stylus pen according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a main body; a holder that is connected to the main body and of which an opening is formed at an end thereof; a stylus tip that is formed by being partially or wholly derived in the opening of the holder, and of which at least a part has a shape of a sphere or a shape of which some area contacting a sense surface has a constant curvature; and a conductive member that is electrically connected to the stylus tip and extends to the holder and the interior of the main body. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a program caused due to tilting of the stylus pen can be solved and touch sensitivity of the stylus tip can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Joohyun Go
  • Publication number: 20200326805
    Abstract: A touch device includes: a touch panel including a plurality of touch electrodes; a driver/receiver for applying a first driving signal to the touch panel while driven in a first mode, and applying a second driving signal that is different from the first driving signal to the touch panel while driven in a second mode; and a controller for comparing first detection signals received from the touch panel with a first threshold value to obtain first touch data while driven in the first mode, and comparing second detection signals received from the touch panel with a second threshold value to obtain second touch data while driven in the second mode, wherein the controller determines the second threshold value based on at least part of the first detection signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hwanhee LEE, Seyeob KIM, Bonkee KIM, Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung JUNG
  • Publication number: 20200310564
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a housing; a conductive tip configured to have at least a portion that is exposed to an exterior of the housing; a resonance circuit disposed in the housing to be connected to the conductive tip and to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip; and a conductive blocking member disposed to correspond to a portion of the housing in which the conductive tip is exposed to the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hyoungwook WOO, Kiryoung Jung, Seyeob Kim
  • Publication number: 20200264712
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20200249791
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a touch apparatus including: a touch panel including a plurality of first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; a driver configured to apply a first driving signal to the first touch electrodes during a first period and a second driving signal to the second touch electrodes during a second period subsequent to the first period; a receiver configured to receive a detection signal from the second touch electrodes during the first period, and a detection signal from the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes during a third period subsequent to the second period; and a controller configured to determine a touch position based on the signal outputted from the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Jongsik Kim, Hwanhee Lee, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Publication number: 20180356911
    Abstract: A stylus pen according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a main body; a holder that is connected to the main body and of which an opening is formed at an end thereof; a stylus tip that is formed by being partially or wholly derived in the opening of the holder, and of which at least a part has a shape of a sphere or a shape of which some area contacting a sense surface has a constant curvature; and a conductive member that is electrically connected to the stylus tip and extends to the holder and the interior of the main body. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a program caused due to tilting of the stylus pen can be solved and touch sensitivity of the stylus tip can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Seyeob KIM, Hyoungwook Woo, Joohyun Go