Patents by Inventor Hyunkyo Lim
Hyunkyo Lim 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).
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Patent number: 11967280Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a data line and a gate line; a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to the data line for an active period and to apply a parking voltage to the data line for a blank period for which the data voltage is not applied; a gate driver for applying a scan signal to the gate line; a light-emission signal generator for applying a light-emission signal to the plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to operate the display device based on a plurality of bands, wherein the plurality of bands have different highest target luminance levels based on operating environments of the display device, wherein in at least one of the plurality of bands, a duty ratio of the light-emission signal is smaller than a duty ratio of the parking voltage. Thus, parking voltage mura is reduced and uniformity of the display panel is improved to improve image quality.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyunkyo Lim, Dongsup Sim
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Patent number: 11934701Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a non-volatile memory device. The method includes outputting a first command including a request for on-chip valley search (OVS) count data of a memory region of the non-volatile memory device to the non-volatile memory device, wherein the OVS count data includes a first count value and a second count value of a first read voltage and a third count value and a fourth count value of a second read voltage, receiving the OVS count data from the non-volatile memory device, determining a distribution type of the memory region to be a predicted distribution type, from among a plurality of distribution types, based on the OVS count data, and determining a subsequent operation, based on the predicted distribution type.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woohyun Kang, Youngdeok Seo, Hyuna Kim, Hyunkyo Oh, Donghoo Lim
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Publication number: 20240087506Abstract: A display device can operate in a first mode for displaying at least a first image including first frames based on a first driving frequency, or in a second mode for displaying a second image including second frames based on a second driving frequency different from the first driving frequency. Further, when the first image displayed on the display panel operating in the first mode is changed to a third image, at least one frame among third frames running after the first image has been displayed among the plurality of frames displaying the third image operates at the second driving frequency based on the second mode. Also, in the first mode, the second image includes reset frames for periodically resetting a voltage of an anode electrode between refresh frames for supplying at least one data signal to at least one of the plurality of pixels for a preset time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: HyunKyo LIM, DongSup SIM
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Publication number: 20240078018Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a storage device which includes a storage controller and a non-volatile memory device. The method includes providing a first request indicating a word line sequential read operation of a target memory block of the non-volatile memory device, providing first word line read data corresponding to memory cells of a first word line of the target memory block based on the first request, providing second word line read data corresponding to memory cells of a second word line of the target memory block based on the first request, the second word line being adjacent to the first word line, calculating a first word line gap value based on the first word line read data and the second word line read data, and performing a first reliability operation of the target memory block based on the first word line gap value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Jinyoung Lee, Woohyun Kang, Youngjoo Seo, Hyunkyo Oh, Heewon Lee, Donghoo Lim, Jin Gu Jeong
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Publication number: 20240013733Abstract: A display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a display panel, a data driver configured to drive by dividing a diving period into an active period and a blank period, and apply a parking voltage during the blank period, and a controller configured to vary a driving frequency in frame units according to an input image, and, according to the driving frequency, to operate a frame as a refresh frame for writing the data voltage, or operate by dividing the frame into the refresh frame and a hold frame, wherein a voltage level of the parking voltage varies according to the driving frequency. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a stripe defects and improve the uniformity of the display panel by reducing the mura of a parking voltage, thereby improving image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: HyunKyo Lim, DongSup Sim
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Patent number: 11837159Abstract: A display device including a display panel, and a method of driving the display device are provided. The display panel can operate in a first mode for displaying an image including a plurality of frames based on a first driving frequency, or in a second mode for displaying the image including the plurality of frames based on a second driving frequency different from the first driving frequency. The image displayed on the display panel operating in the first mode is changed from a first image in which the number of pixels representing a low gray level among the plurality of pixels is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, to a second image in which the number of pixels representing a high gray level among the plurality of pixels is equal to or greater than a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: HyunKyo Lim, DongSup Sim
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Patent number: 11798499Abstract: A display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a display panel, a data driver configured to drive by dividing a diving period into an active period and a blank period, and apply a parking voltage during the blank period, and a controller configured to vary a driving frequency in frame units according to an input image, and, according to the driving frequency, to operate a frame as a refresh frame for writing the data voltage, or operate by dividing the frame into the refresh frame and a hold frame, wherein a voltage level of the parking voltage varies according to the driving frequency. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a stripe defects and improve the uniformity of the display panel by reducing the mura of a parking voltage, thereby improving image quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: HyunKyo Lim, DongSup Sim
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Publication number: 20230215364Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a data line and a gate line; a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to the data line for an active period and to apply a parking voltage to the data line for a blank period for which the data voltage is not applied; a gate driver for applying a scan signal to the gate line; a light-emission signal generator for applying a light-emission signal to the plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to operate the display device based on a plurality of bands, wherein the plurality of bands have different highest target luminance levels based on operating environments of the display device, wherein in at least one of the plurality of bands, a duty ratio of the light-emission signal is smaller than a duty ratio of the parking voltage. Thus, parking voltage mura is reduced and uniformity of the display panel is improved to improve image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Hyunkyo LIM, Dongsup SIM
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Publication number: 20230111627Abstract: A display device including a display panel, and a method of driving the display device are provided. The display panel can operate in a first mode for displaying an image including a plurality of frames based on a first driving frequency, or in a second mode for displaying the image including the plurality of frames based on a second driving frequency different from the first driving frequency. The image displayed on the display panel operating in the first mode is changed from a first image in which the number of pixels representing a low gray level among the plurality of pixels is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, to a second image in which the number of pixels representing a high gray level among the plurality of pixels is equal to or greater than a second threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: HyunKyo LIM, DongSup SIM
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Publication number: 20230096537Abstract: A display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a display panel, a data driver configured to drive by dividing a diving period into an active period and a blank period, and apply a parking voltage during the blank period, and a controller configured to vary a driving frequency in frame units according to an input image, and, according to the driving frequency, to operate a frame as a refresh frame for writing the data voltage, or operate by dividing the frame into the refresh frame and a hold frame, wherein a voltage level of the parking voltage varies according to the driving frequency. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a stripe defects and improve the uniformity of the display panel by reducing the mura of a parking voltage, thereby improving image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: HyunKyo Lim, DongSup Sim
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Patent number: 10663640Abstract: A light guide plate and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The light guide plate having a light incident plane on which light is incident from a light source and a reverse light incident plane facing the light incident plane, includes at least one of corners of the reverse light incident plane having a curvature, a chamfered shape, or a plurality of first step patterns including a first tread and a first riser.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Youngki Song, Hyunkyo Lim, Sunbok Song
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Publication number: 20180156964Abstract: A light guide plate and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The light guide plate having a light incident plane on which light is incident from a light source and a reverse light incident plane facing the light incident plane, includes at least one of corners of the reverse light incident plane having a curvature, a chamfered shape, or a plurality of first step patterns including a first tread and a first riser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Youngki Song, Hyunkyo Lim, Sunbok Song