Patents by Inventor Jung-hwan Cho

Jung-hwan Cho 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: 10997938
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driving part, a data driving part and an off voltage controlling part. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. The off voltage controlling part is configured to receive a first off voltage and a second off voltage applied to the gate driving part to generate the gate signal, measure a leakage current of the gate driving part, and control the first off voltage based on the leakage current. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus including the gate driving part may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Kyu Kim, Po-Yun Park, Gwang-Soo Ahn, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20190108812
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driving part, a data driving part and an off voltage controlling part. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. The off voltage controlling part is configured to receive a first off voltage and a second off voltage applied to the gate driving part to generate the gate signal, measure a leakage current of the gate driving part, and control the first off voltage based on the leakage current. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus including the gate driving part may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hong-Kyu KIM, Po-Yun PARK, Gwang-Soo AHN, Jung-Hwan CHO
  • Patent number: 10163417
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driving part, a gate driving part and an off voltage controlling part. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. The off voltage controlling part is configured to receive a first off voltage and a second off voltage applied to the gate driving part to generate the gate signal, measure a leakage current of the gate driving part, and control the first off voltage based on the leakage current. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus including the gate driving part may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Kyu Kim, Po-Yun Park, Gwang-Soo Ahn, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10121404
    Abstract: A data driver includes a receiver, a transition minimization coding (“TMC”) decoder, a dithering adder and a voltage generator. The receiver receives a clock signal and first image data which is generating by removing a dithering from a dithered original image data and performing a TMC. The TMC decoder removes the TMC from the first image data to generate second image data. The dithering adder restores the removed dithering based on the clock signal and the second image data to generate third image data. The voltage generator generates a plurality of data voltages based on the third image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Whee-Won Lee, Ga-Na Kim, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10121423
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an over-driving part, where the over-driving part is configured to receive first image data, and to output second image data using first over-driving data and second over-driving data, the first over-driving data is generated according to previous frame data and present frame data for a minimum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, the second over-driving data is generated according to the previous frame data and the present frame data for a maximum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, and a high display quality of a display apparatus may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Hyun Yeo, Po-Yun Park, Dong-Won Park, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9916812
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first timing controller, a second timing controller and a third timing controller. The first timing controller controls an operation of a first region in the display panel, and generates a reference clock signal. The second timing controller controls an operation of a second region in the display panel, and receives the reference clock signal. The third timing controller controls an operation of a third region in the display panel, and receives the reference clock signal. The first, second and third timing controllers are synchronized with one another in response to the reference clock signal and a state synchronization signal, and operate in one of a plurality of states depending on an operation of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwan-Young Oh, Sil-Yi Bang, Kyoung-Won Lee, Jae-Ho Choi, Sangsu Han, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170098431
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first timing controller, a second timing controller and a third timing controller. The first timing controller controls an operation of a first region in the display panel, and generates a reference clock signal. The second timing controller controls an operation of a second region in the display panel, and receives the reference clock signal. The third timing controller controls an operation of a third region in the display panel, and receives the reference clock signal. The first, second and third timing controllers are synchronized with one another in response to the reference clock signal and a state synchronization signal, and operate in one of a plurality of states depending on an operation of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: KWAN-YOUNG OH, SIL-YI BANG, KYOUNG-WON LEE, JAE-HO CHOI, SANGSU HAN, JUNG-HWAN CHO
  • Publication number: 20170092179
    Abstract: A data driver includes a receiver, a transition minimization coding (“TMC”) decoder, a dithering adder and a voltage generator. The receiver receives a clock signal and first image data which is generating by removing a dithering from a dithered original image data and performing a TMC. The TMC decoder removes the TMC from the first image data to generate second image data. The dithering adder restores the removed dithering based on the clock signal and the second image data to generate third image data. The voltage generator generates a plurality of data voltages based on the third image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Whee-Won LEE, Ga-Na KIM, Jung-Hwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20170084235
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an over-driving part, where the over-driving part is configured to receive first image data, and to output second image data using first over-driving data and second over-driving data, the first over-driving data is generated according to previous frame data and present frame data for a minimum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, the second over-driving data is generated according to the previous frame data and the present frame data for a maximum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, and a high display quality of a display apparatus may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jang-Hyun Yeo, Po-Yun Park, Dong-Won Park, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • 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: 20170011700
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driving part, a data driving part and an off voltage controlling part. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. The off voltage controlling part is configured to receive a first off voltage and a second off voltage applied to the gate driving part to generate the gate signal, measure a leakage current of the gate driving part, and control the first off voltage based on the leakage current. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus including the gate driving part may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hong-Kyu KIM, Po-Yun PARK, Gwang-Soo AHN, Jung-Hwan CHO
  • Patent number: 9460683
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driving part, and a timing control part. The display panel includes gate lines extending in a first direction, data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and first and second pixel groups. The first and second pixel groups are disposed at opposing sides of a data line and are alternately connected to the data line. The data driving part includes channels connected to the data lines. The channels output a data signal to the data lines, the data signal has a first polarity or a second polarity, and the second polarity has an inversed phase to the first polarity. The timing control part outputs a data inverse control signal and first and second polarity control signal, which control the polarity of the data signal based on the data inverse control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Won Jeong, Kwan-Young Oh, Po-Yun Park, Youn-Jin Jung, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20160140892
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a timing controlling part, a data driving part and a gate driving part. The timing controlling part outputs a first line data of an image data, and determines whether the first line data and a second line data next to the first line data are the same. The data driving part outputs a first line data signal based on the first line data to a data line corresponding to a first line, and outputs the first line data signal based on the first line data to a data line corresponding to a second line, when the first line data and the second line data are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Po-Yun PARK, Myeong-Su Kim, Sil-Yi Bang, Gwang-Soo Ahn, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9305501
    Abstract: A method to drive a display device includes: transmitting at least one data voltage to one or more of a plurality of data lines, scanning one or more of a plurality of gate lines to enable transmission of a gate signal in association with a first frame of a first hold section of a first still image section associated with display of a still image, and scanning one or more of the plurality of gate lines to enable transmission of the gate signal every frame of a first refresh section. The first still image section comprises the first refresh section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Hyun Seok Ko, Po-Yun Park, Min Joo Lee, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9196184
    Abstract: Provided is a method of driving a display panel, including: outputting first data voltages representing a left-eye image or a right-eye image to first signal lines among a plurality of signal lines of the display panel during a first period of a frame for rendering the left-eye or right-eye image of a three-dimensional (3D) image; outputting second data voltages representing the left-eye image or right-eye image for second signals among the plurality of signal lines of the display panel during a second period of the frame for rendering the left-eye or right-eye image of the 3D image; and stopping the data voltages from being outputted to the display panel during a third period of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeong-Ub Moon, Hyun-Seok Ko, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9113158
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a data voltage of a first-eye data frame to a plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first normal frame, and outputting a partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame to a first partial line of the plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first partial frame, where a polarity of the partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame in the first partial frame is substantially the same as a polarity of the data voltage of the first-eye data frame outputted to the first partial line of the plurality of data lines in the first normal frame, and where an interval of the first partial frame is less than an interval of the first normal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Hyun Yeo, Jae-Wan Park, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 8797244
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second pixels, first and second gate lines which transfer first and second gate-on voltages, respectively, to the first and second pixels in a first frame and a second frame, respectively, a first data line which transfers a first data voltage to the first pixel in the second frame and a second data line which transfers a second data voltage to the second pixel in the first frame. The first pixel stores the first data voltage as a first stored data voltage in response to the first gate-on voltage and discharges the first stored data voltage in response to the second gate-on voltage. The second pixel stores the second data voltage as a second stored data voltage in response to the second gate-on voltage and discharges the second stored data voltage in response to the first gate-on voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Pyo Lee, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 8723894
    Abstract: A method of processing data for driving a display panel including a pixel structure including red, green, blue and white (RGBW) sub-pixels includes receiving red, green and blue (RGB) data at a first frame frequency. The method further includes generating RGBW data at a second frame frequency, greater than the first frame frequency, using the RGB data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Sung Bae, Jung-Hwan Cho, Hyun-Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8648788
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of frame rate controllers that generate a motion interpolated intermediate image. The frame rate controllers exchange image information with adjacent frame rate controllers. According to the display apparatus, each frame rate controller displays the intermediate image on a corresponding display area based on the image information provided from the adjacent frame rate controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Sung Bae, Jung-Hwan Cho, Bong-Hyun You, Jun-Pyo Lee, Jung-Won Kim, Sang-Soo Kim, Seon-Ki Kim, Hee-Jin Choi