Patents by Inventor Jong-kon Bae

Jong-kon Bae 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: 20240046885
    Abstract: A display driving integrated circuit performs an adaptive frame operation. An operation method of the display driving integrated circuit includes outputting current frame data to an external display panel, starting to receive next frame data from an external device after a first time point, the first time point being a time point when a first time period elapses, the first time period immediately following a second time point at which the current frame data are completely output, and generating a vertical synchronization signal at a third time point synchronized with a cycle of an emission control signal, in response to starting to receive the next frame data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SEONGMIN CHEON, JIHYUN AHN, DONGHWY KIM, JONG-KON BAE, YUNPYO HONG
  • Patent number: 11810519
    Abstract: A display driving integrated circuit performs an adaptive frame operation. An operation method of the display driving integrated circuit includes outputting current frame data to an external display panel, starting to receive next frame data from an external device after a first time point, the first time point being a time point when a first time period elapses, the first time period immediately following a second time point at which the current frame data are completely output, and generating a vertical synchronization signal at a third time point synchronized with a cycle of an emission control signal, in response to starting to receive the next frame data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Cheon, Jihyun Ahn, Donghwy Kim, Jong-Kon Bae, Yunpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11410454
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Han Yu Ool Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Kwang Tai Kim
  • Publication number: 20220230594
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Dong Hwy KIM, Seung Hoon KO, Tae Sung KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN
  • Patent number: 11361734
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (DDI) an electronic device including the same, and a display driving method by the same are provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a receive interface that receives image data from a processor at a first frame rate, a memory that stores the image data received at the first frame rate, and a display timing controller that detects a variation of the image data stored in the memory, changes a frame rate for the image data, which is stored in the memory, based on the variation of the image data, and outputs the image data on the display at the changed frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11335239
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel that outputs content through a plurality of pixels, a display driver integrated circuit configured to transmit a driving signal for driving the display panel, and a processor configured to transmit image data and/or a control signal to the display driver integrated circuit. In the case where the display driver integrated circuit receives first image data transmitted together with a command of a first command group from the processor, the display driver integrated circuit is configured to store the first image data in a first memory area. In the case where the display driver integrated circuit receives second image data transmitted together with a command of a second command group from the processor, the display driver integrated circuit is configured to store the second image data in a second memory area different from the first memory area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Kyoon Han, Min Su Han, Hong Kook Lee
  • Patent number: 11302258
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Dong Hwy Kim, Seung Hoon Ko, Tae Sung Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11303882
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image data compression method including determining whether image data can be compressed by a target compression ratio using one of at least one lossless compression scheme for compressing image data, when the image data can be compressed by the target compression ratio using the one of the at least one lossless compression scheme, encoding the image data using the one of the at least one lossless compression scheme, and when the image data cannot be compressed by the target compression ratio using the one of the at least one lossless compression scheme, encoding the image data by the target compression ratio using one of at least one lossy compression scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jong-Kon Bae, Dong-Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20220051631
    Abstract: A display driving integrated circuit performs an adaptive frame operation. An operation method of the display driving integrated circuit includes outputting current frame data to an external display panel, starting to receive next frame data from an external device after a first time point, the first time point being a time point when a first time period elapses, the first time period immediately following a second time point at which the current frame data are completely output, and generating a vertical synchronization signal at a third time point synchronized with a cycle of an emission control signal, in response to starting to receive the next frame data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: SEONGMIN CHEON, JIHYUN AHN, DONGHWY KIM, JONG-KON BAE, YUNPYO HONG
  • Patent number: 11216550
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a processor, and a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to drive the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Tae Sung Kim, Kwang Tai Kim
  • Patent number: 11164285
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) electrically coupled with the display, a memory that stores an image, and a processor. The processor is configured to analyze at least one feature of the image and to determine at least one of a movement range, a movement interval, and a movement period of the image based on the at least one feature. The DDI is configured to display the image in the display when at least part of the processor is deactivated, and to change a display location of the image within the movement range depending on the movement interval and the movement period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Yu Ool Kim, Matheus Farias Miranda, Yo Han Lee, Jong Kon Bae, Dong Kyoon Han, Kwang Tai Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 11120734
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a first power regulator to supply first power to an anode of light emitting diode and second power to a cathode of the light emitting diode, and a DDI including a second power regulator to supply third power to the anode of the light emitting diode and fourth power to the cathode of the light emitting diode, and connected with the first power regulator, and a processor. The processor outputs first content based on the first power and the second power, in a first operating mode, outputs second content based on the third power and the fourth power, in a second operating mode, and controls the third power to be higher than the first power, and the fourth power to be higher than the second power, when an operating mode is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hyun Jun Park, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Publication number: 20210271849
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Kon BAE, Yo Han LEE, Yun Pyo HONG, Dong Hwy KIM, Han Yu Ool KIM, Dong Kyoon HAN, Kwang Tai KIM
  • Patent number: 11106307
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch sensor; a touch sensor integrated circuit (IC) to detect a touch sensed by the touch sensor, a display panel, a host processor, and a display driving integrated circuit (IC) to drive the display panel such that an image received from a host processor is displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Han Yu Ool Kim, Matheus Farias Miranda, Yun Pyo Hong, Ha Young Kim, Ji Eun Yang
  • Patent number: 11094246
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display driver module configured to, in response to receiving display data, divide the display data into a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of display regions, compare the display data in the plurality of segments to determine whether the display data in at least one segment is substantially same as the display data in another segment, and based on the comparison outcome, selectively amplify a first display signal generated from the display data in the at least one segment or a second display signal generated from the display data in the another segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hui Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Tae Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11069273
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. According to an embodiment, the electronic device includes a housing that covers at least a portion of a back surface of the electronic device, a plurality of slits being formed in parallel from one end to an opposite end and the at least a portion of the housing being formed of a conductive material, a feeder that is electrically connected with at least one point of the housing, and a ground part that is electrically connected with at least one point of the housing. A part of the plurality of slits includes a section greater in width than another part of the plurality of slits. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11050968
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data received from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data based on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Yo Han Lee, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11049434
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a substantially circular or oval display, a processor configured to generate content, a display driving unit comprising display driving circuitry including a first driver and a second driver, wherein the display driving unit is configured to control driving of the display, to identify a shape of an area of content which is displayed in the display, to identify the shape of the display, to determine a first area of the display in which the content is to be displayed, to determine a second area of the display in which the content is not to be displayed based on at least a result of the identification, to deactivate at least part of the display driving unit, corresponding to the second area, while activating the display driving unit corresponding to the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Kon Bae, Yo-Han Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Dong-Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11024693
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a housing and a display received in at least a portion of the housing, wherein the display comprises: a flexible substrate; a first light-emitting unit which is disposed on a first area of the substrate, has a first attribute, and includes a plurality of first pixels; and a second light-emitting unit which is disposed on a second area of the substrate, has a second attribute different from the first attribute, and includes a plurality of second pixels. Various other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung-Min Cho, Jong-Kon Bae, Kyongrok Kang, Dong Hun Kim, Taesung Kim, Hyunchang Shin, Jungchul An, Song Hee Jung, Kwang-Tai Kim, Hyungsup Byeon
  • Patent number: 11017201
    Abstract: According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Yun Pyo Hong, Dong Hwy Kim, Han Yu Ool Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Kwang Tai Kim