Patents by Inventor Jang-Hoon Kwak

Jang-Hoon Kwak 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: 20240128557
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction such that long side surfaces of adjacent ones of the battery cells face one another; a plurality of insulation spacers, at least one of the insulation spacers being between each adjacent pair of the battery cells, each of the insulation spacers including a heat-insulating first sheet and a plurality of flame-retardant second sheets respectively adhered to opposite surfaces of the first sheet by an adhesion member; a cover member including an internal receiving space configured to accommodate the battery cells and the insulation spacers; a top plate coupled to the cover member, the top plate including ducts respectively corresponding to vents of the battery cells and having fire extinguishing agent openings respectively corresponding to the insulation spacers; a top cover coupled to the top plate and having discharge openings respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Eun Ok KWAK, Jang Hoon KIM, Jin Bhum YUN, Jong Yeol WOO, Kwang Deuk LEE, Woo Sung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240113382
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Eun Ok KWAK, Jang Hoon KIM, Jin Bhum YUN, Jong Yeol WOO, Kwang Deuk LEE, Woo Sung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240062727
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a current sensor connected to the display panel, a controller including a gray-data voltage storing block, a block load gain extracting block, a block load generating block, a final load generating block, a current control block and a data correction block, and a data driver providing data voltages to the plurality of pixels based on the output image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: KIHYUN PYUN, JANG-HOON KWAK
  • Patent number: 11869419
    Abstract: A display device includes a first source printed circuit board connected to a control printed circuit board through a cable, a second source printed circuit board connected to the first source printed circuit board through a flexible printed circuit board, a display panel connected to the first source printed circuit board and the second source printed circuit board through a connection part, and a timing controller determining predicted power currents based on input image data, determining a target gain based on the predicted power currents and a maximum allowable power current of the flexible printed circuit board, and correcting the input image data corresponding to a gain reduction region of the display panel based on the target gain. Accordingly, the display device may reduce a power current flowing through the flexible printed circuit board and may include a flexible printed circuit board including a small number of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Jang-Hoon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11842696
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a current sensor connected to the display panel, a controller including a gray-data voltage storing block, a block load gain extracting block, a block load generating block, a final load generating block, a current control block and a data correction block, and a data driver providing data voltages to the plurality of pixels based on the output image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Jang-Hoon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11817051
    Abstract: A display device and driving method may include a display panel, a voltage curve controller generating compensated voltage curves including a first compensated voltage curve having a second point with respect to a maximum grayscale and a fourth point with respect to an intermediate grayscale generated by normalizing a first point and a third point of a first reference voltage curve with respect to a peak white grayscale and a full white grayscale based on an entire grayscale, and a driving voltage controller generating a driving voltage from the compensated voltage curves based on a load of the input image data and a maximum grayscale value of the input image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Jang-Hoon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20230360588
    Abstract: A display device includes a first source printed circuit board connected to a control printed circuit board through a cable, a second source printed circuit board connected to the first source printed circuit board through a flexible printed circuit board, a display panel connected to the first source printed circuit board and the second source printed circuit board through a connection part, and a timing controller determining predicted power currents based on input image data, determining a target gain based on the predicted power currents and a maximum allowable power current of the flexible printed circuit board, and correcting the input image data corresponding to a gain reduction region of the display panel based on the target gain. Accordingly, the display device may reduce a power current flowing through the flexible printed circuit board and may include a flexible printed circuit board including a small number of pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: KIHYUN PYUN, JANG-HOON KWAK
  • Publication number: 20230360598
    Abstract: A display device and driving method may include a display panel, a voltage curve controller generating compensated voltage curves including a first compensated voltage curve having a second point with respect to a maximum grayscale and a fourth point with respect to an intermediate grayscale generated by normalizing a first point and a third point of a first reference voltage curve with respect to a peak white grayscale and a full white grayscale based on an entire grayscale, and a driving voltage controller generating a driving voltage from the compensated voltage curves based on a load of the input image data and a maximum grayscale value of the input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kihyun PYUN, Jang-Hoon KWAK
  • Publication number: 20230317018
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a current sensor connected to the display panel, a controller including a gray-data voltage storing block, a block load gain extracting block, a block load generating block, a final load generating block, a current control block and a data correction block, and a data driver providing data voltages to the plurality of pixels based on the output image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: KIHYUN PYUN, JANG-HOON KWAK
  • Publication number: 20230274694
    Abstract: A display device may include first pixels configured to emit light in a first color, second pixels configured to emit light in a second color different from the first color, a data driver configured to supply first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the first pixels, and a sensing circuit configured to receive first sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the first pixels, wherein the data driver supplies second reference voltages different from the first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the second pixels, and the sensing circuit receives second sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the second pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Hoon KWAK
  • Patent number: 11645972
    Abstract: A display device may include first pixels configured to emit light in a first color, second pixels configured to emit light in a second color different from the first color, a data driver configured to supply first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the first pixels, and a sensing circuit configured to receive first sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the first pixels, wherein the data driver supplies second reference voltages different from the first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the second pixels, and the sensing circuit receives second sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20230084383
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including scan lines, first signal lines connected to the scan lines in a first pixel block, second signal lines connected to the scan lines in a second pixel block, third signal lines connected to the scan lines in a third pixel block; a first scan driver supplying a first output signal to the first signal lines based on a first sub-clock signal; a second scan driver supplying a second output signal to the second signal lines based on a second sub-clock signal; a third scan driver supplying a third output signal to the third signal lines based on and a third sub-clock signal; and a timing controller. Changes in pulse widths of the first to third output signals are different in one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: KI HYUN PYUN, Jang Hoon Kwak, Won Jin Seo
  • Patent number: 11514860
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including scan lines, first signal lines connected to the scan lines in a first pixel block, second signal lines connected to the scan lines in a second pixel block, third signal lines connected to the scan lines in a third pixel block; a first scan driver supplying a first output signal to the first signal lines based on a first sub-clock signal; a second scan driver supplying a second output signal to the second signal lines based on a second sub-clock signal; a third scan driver supplying a third output signal to the third signal lines based on and a third sub-clock signal; and a timing controller. Changes in pulse widths of the first to third output signals are different in one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak, Won Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20220319368
    Abstract: A display device may include first pixels configured to emit light in a first color, second pixels configured to emit light in a second color different from the first color, a data driver configured to supply first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the first pixels, and a sensing circuit configured to receive first sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the first pixels, wherein the data driver supplies second reference voltages different from the first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the second pixels, and the sensing circuit receives second sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the second pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20220084469
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including scan lines, first signal lines connected to the scan lines in a first pixel block, second signal lines connected to the scan lines in a second pixel block, third signal lines connected to the scan lines in a third pixel block; a first scan driver supplying a first output signal to the first signal lines based on a first sub-clock signal; a second scan driver supplying a second output signal to the second signal lines based on a second sub-clock signal; a third scan driver supplying a third output signal to the third signal lines based on and a third sub-clock signal; and a timing controller. Changes in pulse widths of the first to third output signals are different in one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Hoon KWAK, Won Jin SEO
  • Patent number: 11145239
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and pixels; a gate driver that provides gate signals to the pixels through the gate lines; a data driver that provides data signals to the pixels through the data lines; and a timing controller that obtains pre-charging gray scale values based on gray scale values of the pixels. The gate driver simultaneously supplies the gate signals to the gate lines in a first period, and sequentially supplies the gate signals to the gate lines in a second period. The data driver supplies data signals corresponding to the pre-charging gray scale values to the data lines in the first period, and supplies data signals corresponding to the gray scale values of the pixels to the data lines in the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11107419
    Abstract: A display device may extract an edge of a data signal based on the data signal and phase conversion clock signals, extract a phase of the data signal based on the edge, and generate a clock phase calibration signal based on the phase of the data signal. The display device may calibrate a phase of a clock signal using the clock phase calibration signal that has a phase corresponding to the phase of the clock signal, thereby improving transmission characteristic of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak, Min Young Park
  • Publication number: 20210125541
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and pixels; a gate driver that provides gate signals to the pixels through the gate lines; a data driver that provides data signals to the pixels through the data lines; and a timing controller that obtains pre-charging gray scale values based on gray scale values of the pixels. The gate driver simultaneously supplies the gate signals to the gate lines in a first period, and sequentially supplies the gate signals to the gate lines in a second period. The data driver supplies data signals corresponding to the pre-charging gray scale values to the data lines in the first period, and supplies data signals corresponding to the gray scale values of the pixels to the data lines in the second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Hoon KWAK
  • Publication number: 20210065634
    Abstract: A display device may extract an edge of a data signal based on the data signal and phase conversion clock signals, extract a phase of the data signal based on the edge, and generate a clock phase calibration signal based on the phase of the data signal. The display device may calibrate a phase of a clock signal using the clock phase calibration signal that has a phase corresponding to the phase of the clock signal, thereby improving transmission characteristic of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Hoon KWAK, Min Young PARK
  • Patent number: 10741133
    Abstract: A display device may include first-type gate lines, second-type gate lines, a data line, and a pixel. The first-type gate lines include a first gate line. The second-type gate lines include a second gate line and traverse the first gate line. The pixel includes a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor. The first switching transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode. The first gate electrode is electrically connected to the first gate line. The first source electrode is electrically connected to the data line. The second switching transistor includes a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The second gate electrode is electrically connected to the second gate line. The second source electrode is electrically connected to the first drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Soo Choi, Eui-Myeong Cho, Jang-Hoon Kwak, Jun Pyo Lee