Patents by Inventor Ji-Myoung Seo

Ji-Myoung Seo 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: 10553166
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a gate line, a storage line adjacent to the gate line, and a pixel, the pixel including a pixel transistor coupled to the gate line, a liquid crystal (“LC”) capacitor coupled to the pixel transistor, and a storage capacitor coupled to the LC capacitor; a first gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the gate line; and a first level switch configured to provide a storage signal to the storage line, the storage signal being synchronized with the gate signal and having a phase opposite to a phase of the gate signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Myoung Seo, Su-Hyeong Park, Soo-Wan Yoon, Hee-Soon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10074327
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a mode determiner configured to compare image signals of a previous frame and a current frame and to determine an image mode of the current frame, a sync signal generator configured to generate a panel sync signal with a low frequency corresponding to the image mode using an original sync signal with a normal frequency, the low frequency being a non-divisor frequency of the normal frequency and lower than the normal frequency, a data driver configured to drive a data line of a display panel using a data sync signal based on the panel sync signal with the low frequency, and a gate driver configured to drive a gate line of the display panel using a gate sync signal based on the panel sync signal with the low frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Myoung Seo, Dong-Won Park, Jae-Wan Park, Sang-Mi Kim, Yong-Doo Park, Kyoung-Won Lee, Joon-Chul Goh, Bonghyun You
  • Patent number: 10043462
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image analyzer that analyzes image data and outputs an interrupt signal at a period during which the image data of a low frequency change to the image data of a high frequency, a frequency detector that detects the high frequency, a frame rate controller that outputs a vertical synch signal of the high frequency in response to the interrupt signal, a polarity compensation controller that determines a last frame of the low frequency based on an interrupt period at which the interrupt signal is generated, generates a reversed polarity signal with respect to a polarity signal of the last frame and outputs the reversed polarity signal during a polarity compensation period close to the interrupt period, and a data driver circuit that outputs a data signal based on the reversed polarity signal to a data line during the polarity compensation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Hyeong Park, Kyoung-Won Lee, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo, Hyun-Dae Lee, Ho-Yong Jung, Hee-Soon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10008161
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating a first driving period having a first driving frequency, generating a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and inserting a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period. A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a display panel driver configured to generate a first driving period having a first driving frequency, to generate a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and to insert a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Won Lee, Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo
  • Patent number: 9934750
    Abstract: A data driver including a power control part configured to control power according to mode signal determined based on an input image, a digital to analog converting part configured to convert a digital data signal into an analog data voltage, a buffering part configured to buffer the data voltage, a first switching part configured to apply the data voltage to a data line in a normal mode, when turned on, and a second switching part configured to apply a blank voltage to the data line in a blank period of a low frequency mode, when turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo, Kyoung-Won Lee, Hee-Soon Jeong
  • Patent number: 9858854
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines, a frequency detector configured to receive an input synchronization signal with an input frequency which is varying in a preset frequency range and to count clock cycles of an input frame in the input synchronization signal, and a synchronization signal generator configured to generate an output synchronization signal which has an insertion frame corresponding to a frame of maximum frequency within the preset frequency range and inset the insertion frame in a vertical blanking period of the input frame, based on the clock count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Myoung Seo, Dong-Won Park, Jae Wan Park, Po-Yun Park, Hong-Kyu Kim, Bonghyun You, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9847063
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a display panel; a signal controller configured to receive an input image signal and an input control signal, output an output image signal and an output control signal, and determine a charge sharing between two or more data lines having voltages in the same polarity; and a data driver configured to convert, based on the output control signal, the image signal into data voltages to be supplied to the data lines connected to the pixels, the data voltages having positive levels and negative levels. The data driver is further configured to perform a first charge sharing by short-circuiting first and second data lines that are adjacent to each other, and a second charge sharing by short-circuiting third and fourth data lines having data voltages in the same polarity, wherein the first charge sharing and the second charge sharing may not temporally overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Hyeong Park, Ung Gyu Min, Ji Myoung Seo, Cheol Woo Park, Ho Yong Jung
  • Patent number: 9824653
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a display panel including data lines, scan lines and a plurality of pixels connected to the data lines and the scan lines; a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the scan lines; a data driver configured to supply data voltages to the data lines; and a timing controller configured to control operation timings of the scan driver and the data driver, where the timing controller is configured to output a plurality of scan output enable signals to the scan driver, and the scan driver is configured to supply odd scan signals to odd scan lines based on a first scan output enable signal of the scan output enable signals and to supply even scan signals to even scan lines based on a second scan output enable signal of the scan output enable signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Hyeong Park, Ji-Myoung Seo, Ho-Yong Jung, Eun-Ho Lee, Cheol-Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20170309237
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating a first driving period having a first driving frequency, generating a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and inserting a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period. A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a display panel driver configured to generate a first driving period having a first driving frequency, to generate a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and to insert a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kyoung-Won Lee, Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo
  • Patent number: 9711094
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating a first driving period having a first driving frequency, generating a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and inserting a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period. A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a display panel driver configured to generate a first driving period having a first driving frequency, to generate a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and to insert a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Won Lee, Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo
  • Patent number: 9653014
    Abstract: A method of driving an electro wetting display panel includes applying a first data voltage to a pixel part of the display panel during a first section of a frame and applying a second data voltage different from the first data voltage to the same pixel part during a second section of the frame. The first data voltage is converted from display data based on a first gamma curve. The second data voltage is converted from the display data based on a second gamma curve. Light transmittance through the pixel part is changed based on movement of a fluid within the pixel part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun-Sik Hwang, Uk-Chul Choi, Yong-Jun Jang, Su-Hyeong Park, Ji-Myoung Seo
  • Patent number: 9613554
    Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: determining each of a plurality of pixel rows of the display device as one of a motion picture display pixel row and a still image display pixel row by comparing image data of each of the pixel rows in a current frame and in a previous frame; and driving the motion picture display pixel row with a motion picture frequency and driving the still image display pixel row with a still image display frequency, which is lower than or equal to the motion picture frequency, where a plurality of still image display pixel rows are driven with at least two still image display frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Gwang Jang, Ung Gyu Min, Seok Ha Hong, Hyun Sik Hwang, Byung Sun Kim, Sang Mi Kim, Bong Hyun You, Ji Myoung Seo
  • Publication number: 20170069256
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines, a frequency detector configured to receive an input synchronization signal with an input frequency which is varying in a preset frequency range and to count clock cycles of an input frame in the input synchronization signal, and a synchronization signal generator configured to generate an output synchronization signal which has an insertion frame corresponding to a frame of maximum frequency within the preset frequency range and inset the insertion frame in a vertical blanking period of the input frame, based on the clock count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: JI-MYOUNG SEO, DONG-WON PARK, JAE WAN PARK, PO-YUN PARK, HONG-KYU KIM, BONGHYUN YOU, JUNG-HWAN CHO
  • Publication number: 20170047028
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a mode determiner configured to compare image signals of a previous frame and a current frame and to determine an image mode of the current frame, a sync signal generator configured to generate a panel sync signal with a low frequency corresponding to the image mode using an original sync signal with a normal frequency, the low frequency being a non-divisor frequency of the normal frequency and lower than the normal frequency, a data driver configured to drive a data line of a display panel using a data sync signal based on the panel sync signal with the low frequency, and a gate driver configured to drive a gate line of the display panel using a gate sync signal based on the panel sync signal with the low frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: JI-MYOUNG SEO, DONG-WON PARK, JAE-WAN PARK, SANG-Ml KIM, YONG-DOO PARK, KYOUNG-WON LEE, JOON-CHUL GOH, BONGHYUN YOU
  • Patent number: 9542877
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to operate based on a first power supply voltage having a negative voltage level. The display panel is configured to generate at least one feedback voltage corresponding to an ohmic drop of the first power supply voltage. An analog-to-digital converter is configured to generate at least one digital feedback signal based on the at least one feedback voltage. An adaptive voltage controller is configured to generate a voltage control signal based on input image data, the at least one digital feedback signal, a distribution of the input image data and the ohmic drop of the first power supply voltage. A voltage converter is configured to generate the first power supply voltage based on an input voltage and the voltage control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su-Hyeong Park, Ji-Myoung Seo, Hee-Soon Jeong, Soo-Wan Yoon, Ji-Woong Jeong, Jun-Woo Hong, Joon-Chul Goh
  • Patent number: 9412321
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a gate driver, and a signal controller. The display panel includes a pixel connected to the gate and data lines, and the pixel includes a liquid crystal capacitor. The signal controller obtains compensation data and normal data based on input data for a still image. The signal controller apples the compensation data and normal data to the pixel during different periods of a frame. The compensation data has a value that reduces a difference of operation characteristics of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal capacitor when a data voltage for the display panel changes between different polarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Ha Hong, Dae-Gwang Jang, Gi Geun Kim, Sang Mi Kim, Ji Myoung Seo
  • Publication number: 20160180763
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to operate based on a first power supply voltage having a negative voltage level. The display panel is configured to generate at least one feedback voltage corresponding to an ohmic drop of the first power supply voltage. An analog-to-digital converter is configured to generate at least one digital feedback signal based on the at least one feedback voltage. An adaptive voltage controller is configured to generate a voltage control signal based on input image data, the at least one digital feedback signal, a distribution of the input image data and the ohmic drop of the first power supply voltage. A voltage converter is configured to generate the first power supply voltage based on an input voltage and the voltage control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Su-Hyeong Park, Ji-Myoung Seo, Hee-Soon Jeong, Soo-Wan Yoon, Ji-Woong Jeong, Jun-Woo Hong, Joon-Chul Goh
  • Publication number: 20160049136
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a gate line, a storage line adjacent to the gate line, and a pixel, the pixel including a pixel transistor coupled to the gate line, a liquid crystal (“LC”) capacitor coupled to the pixel transistor, and a storage capacitor coupled to the LC capacitor; a first gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the gate line; and a first level switch configured to provide a storage signal to the storage line, the storage signal being synchronized with the gate signal and having a phase opposite to a phase of the gate signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Ji-Myoung Seo, Su-Hyeong Park, Soo-Wan Yoon, Hee-Soon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160005368
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image analyzer that analyzes image data and outputs an interrupt signal at a period during which the image data of a low frequency change to the image data of a high frequency, a frequency detector that detects the high frequency, a frame rate controller that outputs a vertical synch signal of the high frequency in response to the interrupt signal, a polarity compensation controller that determines a last frame of the low frequency based on an interrupt period at which the interrupt signal is generated, generates a reversed polarity signal with respect to a polarity signal of the last frame and outputs the reversed polarity signal during a polarity compensation period close to the interrupt period, and a data driver circuit that outputs a data signal based on the reversed polarity signal to a data line during the polarity compensation period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Su-Hyeong PARK, Kyoung-Won LEE, Sang-Mi KIM, Ji-Myoung SEO, Hyun-Dae LEE, Ho-Yong JUNG, Hee-Soon JEONG
  • Patent number: 9208712
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a first switching element and a second switching element. The first switching element applies first pixel data to a first pixel connected with a first data line of a display panel during a first sub frame period. The first switching element is connected with a data channel of a data driving part. The second switching element applies second pixel data having a level higher than a level of the first pixel data to a second pixel connected with a second data line of the display panel during a second sub frame period. The second switching element is connected with the data channel. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Sik Hwang, Dae-Gwang Jang, Byung-Sun Kim, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo, Seok-Ha Hong