Patents by Inventor Keunhee Choi

Keunhee Choi 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: 20230345764
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel including a display region and a non-display region adjacent to the display region, the display region including a first display region, and a second display region more adjacent to the non-display region than the first display region, and including an edge region and a corner region, the edge region and the corner region each including a first region and a second region continuously defined, wherein the display panel includes a first pixel disposed in the first display region, a second pixel disposed in the second display region, and a driving part disposed in the second region, the driving part includes a first driving part disposed in the edge region and a second driving part disposed in the corner region, and a shape of the first driving part and a shape of the second driving part are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KYUNGHOE LEE, JI-SUN KIM, YOUNGWAN SEO, KEUNHEE CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230284489
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a central area, a corner area including an extension area extending in a direction away from the central area, and an intermediate area between the central area and the corner area; a first wiring line disposed in the intermediate area; a second-first wiring line extending along one of opposite edges of the extension area, a second-second wiring line extending along the other one of the opposite edges of the extension area, a first-first connection wiring line, which electrically connects the second-first wiring line and the second-second wiring line to the first wiring line, a plurality of second connection wiring lines connecting the second-first wiring line to the second-second wiring line in the extension area, and a third connection wiring line connecting the plurality of second connection wiring lines to each other in the extension area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Keunhee CHOI, Jisun KIM, Youngwan SEO, Kyunghoe LEE
  • Publication number: 20230225163
    Abstract: A display panel of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a plurality of main pixel circuits, a plurality of first auxiliary pixel circuits, a first data line, a second data line, and a first scan line. The substrate includes a main display area and a first strip portion extending from the main display area in a first direction. The plurality of main pixel circuits are arranged in a matrix in the main display area. The plurality of first auxiliary pixel circuits are arranged in a line in the first direction in the first strip portion. The first data line is connected to first main pixel circuits in a first column and (1-1)th auxiliary pixel circuits. The second data line is connected to second main pixel circuits in a second column and (1-2)th auxiliary pixel circuits. The first scan line is connected to one of the (1-1)th auxiliary pixel circuits and one of the (1-2)th auxiliary pixel circuits. The plurality of first auxiliary pixel circuits includes the (1-1)th auxiliary pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Jisun Kim, Youngwan Seo, Kyunghoe Lee, Keunhee Choi
  • Publication number: 20230209892
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first display area, and a second display area adjacent to the first display area, and a panel driver overlapping the second display area of the display panel. The display panel further includes light emitting reference units each including light emitting elements and being disposed in the second display area, and driving reference units each including driving circuits and being electrically connected to a corresponding light emitting reference unit among the light emitting reference units. An arrangement order of the light emitting reference units is different from an arrangement order of the driving reference units corresponding to the light emitting reference units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JI-SUN KIM, KYUNGHOE LEE, YOUNGWAN SEO, KEUNHEE CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230134423
    Abstract: The invention provides a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a main display area and a corner area. The corner area includes: a middle area adjacent to a first display area; and a plurality of extension areas extending from the middle area in a direction away from the middle area. The plurality of extension areas each have a straight-line shape and the extension areas are apart from each other. The middle area includes a plurality of sub-areas corresponding to the plurality of extension areas, respectively, and the plurality of sub-areas each have a radial shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kyunghoe Lee, Jisun Kim, Youngwan Seo, Keunhee Choi
  • Publication number: 20230110613
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a center area, a corner area, and a middle area arranged between the center area and the corner area, where the corner area includes an extension area extending in a direction away from the center area; a first line arranged in the middle area; a second line electrically connected to the first line and including a first portion and a second portion which extend from the middle area to the extension area; a first pixel circuit arranged in the extension area; a first connection line electrically connected to the first pixel circuit and extending from the corner area to the middle area and disposed between the first portion and the second portion of the second line; and a first display element electrically connected to the first connection line and arranged in the middle area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Keunhee Choi, Jisun Kim, Youngwan Seo, Kyunghoe Lee
  • Publication number: 20230080818
    Abstract: A display panel includes a circuit layer including first, second, and third intermediate insulating layers, first and second conductive patterns, and a light emitting element layer disposed on the circuit layer, and including first and second light emitting elements in a first area and a second area of a base layer. The first light emitting element is electrically connected to one of the first conductive patterns through a first through-hole formed through the second intermediate insulating layer and the third intermediate insulating layer. The second light emitting element is electrically connected to one of the second conductive patterns through a second through-hole formed through the third intermediate insulating layer. A smallest width of the first through-hole and a smallest width of the second through-hole are substantially equal in a cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KYUNGHOE LEE, JI-SUN KIM, YOUNGWAN SEO, KEUNHEE CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230071490
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base layer having a first region, a second region, and a third region defined between the first region and the second region, the first region, the second region, and the third region being partitioned when viewed in plan, a driving circuit disposed in the second region, a first pixel disposed in the first region and a second pixel including a second light emitting device disposed in the second region to overlap the driving circuit when viewed in plan, and a shielding component disposed in the second region, and interposed between the driving circuit and the second light emitting device to receive a substantially constant voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: JI-SUN KIM, YOUNGWAN SEO, KYUNGHOE LEE, KEUNHEE CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230046092
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes a substrate including an auxiliary circuit area and an auxiliary display area, an auxiliary pixel circuit on the auxiliary circuit area, an auxiliary display element on the auxiliary display area, and a connection line extending from the auxiliary circuit area to the auxiliary display area and configured to connect the auxiliary pixel circuit to the auxiliary display element. The connection line includes a first sub-line and a second sub-line which are on different layers, and the first sub-line is electrically connected to the second sub-line through a contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Youngwan Seo, Jisun Kim, Kyunghoe Lee, Keunhee Choi
  • Publication number: 20220328590
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including a main display area, a round display area disposed at a corner portion of the main display area, and a middle display area between the main display area and the round display area, a round display element area arranged in the round display area and including round display elements, and a round pixel circuit area arranged in the middle display area and including round pixel circuits connected to the round display elements and emitting light of a same color. Round display element areas are arranged in different rows and round pixel circuit areas are arranged in different rows. One edge of the round pixel circuit area arranged in a first row from arranged in a same direction is spaced apart from one edge of the round pixel circuit area arranged in a second row by a first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jisun Kim, Kyunghoe Lee, Youngwan Seo, Keunhee Choi
  • Publication number: 20220310736
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area and a second area disposed adjacent to the first area; a first pixel arranged in the first area; a first pixel circuit arranged in the first area, electrically connected to the first pixel, and overlapping at least a portion of the first pixel; and a second pixel arranged in the second area and electrically connected to the first pixel circuit, wherein the first pixel circuit includes a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor that are connected in parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Youngwan Seo, Jisun Kim, Kyunghoe Lee, Keunhee Choi