Patents by Inventor Ki Duk Kim

Ki Duk Kim 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: 9727183
    Abstract: A method of operating a touch screen sensor integrated circuit includes: receiving a plurality of current signals through a plurality of pins, wherein each current signal is generated according to mutual capacitance in response to a modulation signal; sensing the current signals and generating a plurality of sensed current signals corresponding to each of the current signals; and generating a plurality of subtracted current signals, wherein each subtracted current signal is generated by performing a subtraction on sensed current signals corresponding to a pair of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: San Ho Byun, Jun Chul Park, Ki Duk Kim, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20170030836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spectroscopic sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. A spectroscopic sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a fiber layer including a plurality of flexible fibers and a surface plasmon active layer formed on the surface of the fibers. The surface plasmon active layer is densely formed and enables highly reliable spectroscopy. The fiber layer is flexible and facilitates the collection of a target sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Plexense, Inc.
    Inventor: Ki Duk KIM
  • Patent number: 9292125
    Abstract: A touch sensing device including digital filter is provided. The touch sensing device includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to sensing a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes a digital filter configured to generate a valid filtered value at a time and invalid filtered value at other times by performing an operation on a plurality of input digital samples and a plurality of filter coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Duk Kim, Yoonkyung Choi, Junchul Park, San-Ho Byun, Minchul Lee, Ji-Sung Jung
  • Publication number: 20160062542
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal device in which a locking mode is released based on a touch intensity in order to prevent an unlocking operation by an unintended touch, and a driving method thereof, wherein the driving method includes detecting a touch intensity for each touch when a plurality of touches occur in a locking mode, and releasing the locking mode on the basis of the plurality of touch intensities detected, or executing a function corresponding to the plurality of touch intensities detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Eun Jung Kim, Ki Duk Kim, Sung Yong Cho, Ki Seon Kim
  • Publication number: 20160034094
    Abstract: A programmable gain amplifier (PGA) circuit includes a first input resistor coupled between a first input node and a first summing node and a second input resistor coupled between a second input node and a second summing node. The PGA circuit further includes a first variable reference resistor coupled between a third input node and the first summing node, a second variable reference resistor coupled between a fourth input node and the second summing node, and an operational amplifier having first and second inputs coupled to respective ones of the first and second summing nodes and first and second outputs coupled to respective ones of the first and second output nodes. At least of the first and second reference resistors may include an R-2R ladder circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Sang-Hyub Kang, Ki-Duk Kim, Jun-Chul Park, Ho-Jin Park, Kyung-Hoon Lee, Min-Chul Lee, Jin-Chul Lee, Choong-Hoon Lee, Michael Choi, Yoon-Kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20150370353
    Abstract: An optical touch display device which is advantageous in high-speed driving, large-area touch sensing, and multi-touch sensing because of use of an image map and which can improve touch sensing performance and a driving method thereof are provided. The optical touch display device includes a display device configured to display a display image based on input source image data and an image map for touch sensing, an optical touch pen configured to detect map information of the image map displayed on the display device, and a position detector configured to detect position information (coordinate information) on a screen based on the map information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jung Hee KIM, Ki Duk KIM, Jong Hee HWANG, Seung Seok OH
  • Publication number: 20150370356
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a touch panel and a method of operating the touch panel. The touch panel includes first electrodes and second electrodes separated from and intersecting the first electrodes. The first electrodes are applied with a touch driving pulse during a first sensing mode and a second sensing mode. The second electrodes sense a first touch sense signal responsive to the touch driving pulse in the first sensing mode. A subset of the second electrodes senses a second touch sense signal responsive to the touch driving pulse in the second sensing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jong Hee HWANG, Ki Duk KIM, Sung Yong CHO, Eun Jung KIM
  • Patent number: 9207823
    Abstract: The inventive concept discloses a capacitive touch system and a coordinate extraction method thereof. The coordinate extraction method has operations of phases 1 and 2. First and second axis coordinates of a first frame are obtained by providing driving signals in a first direction selected in the first phase and performing a sensing in a second direction different from the first direction. First and second axis coordinates of a second frame are obtained by providing driving signals in a second direction selected in the second phase and performing a sensing in the first direction. First and second axis coordinates having a relatively high coordinate precision among the first and second axis coordinates may be finally determined as a touch coordinate. According to the inventive concept, since a touch sensing precision is improved to be strong against a noise, a touch coordinate is more precisely obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gun Baek, Ki-duk Kim
  • Patent number: 9195353
    Abstract: An operating method of a touch controller includes receiving a plurality of currents through a plurality of channels, respectively, sensing a first current among the plurality of currents and extracting the sensed first current as a first control current and converting a charge corresponding to a difference between the first control current and a second current among the plurality of currents into an output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: San-Ho Byun, Ki-Duk Kim, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Patent number: 9195342
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a sensor circuit capable of processing a second input signal received via a sensing line by using a demodulation path for performing a demodulation operation or processing the second input signal by using a non-demodulation path that does not perform the demodulation operation, according to a level of a first input signal, for example, a noise signal, received via the sensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Duk Kim, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20150212643
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes a touch panel and a receiving unit. The touch panel generates first to third receiving signals corresponding to a touch occurring at the touch sensing device. The receiving unit is connected to the touch panel through first to third receiving lines to receive the first to third receiving signals through the first to third receiving lines, respectively. The receiving unit includes a differential signal generator for excluding a first common signal common to the first and second receiving signals from each of the first and second receiving signals to generate first differential signals when a first touch sensing operation is performed. The differential signal generator excludes a second common signal common to the second and third receiving signals from each of the second and third receiving signals to generate second differential signals when a second touch sensing operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: JIN-CHUL LEE, KI-DUK KIM, HO-JIN PARK, YOON-KYUNG CHOI, MICHAEL CHOI, CHOONG-HOON LEE, SANG-HYUB KANG, KYUNG-HOON LEE
  • Publication number: 20150185928
    Abstract: One embodiment of a touch panel comprises a substrate; a sensing electrode formed over the substrate, the sensing electrode configured to sense finger touch input and to provide haptic feedback; and an antenna formed over the substrate, the antenna configured to sense pen touch input; wherein a first mode in which the finger touch input is sensed, a second mode in which the haptic feedback is provided, and a third mode in which pen touch input is received are time-divisionally performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Ji Eun SON, Ki Duk KIM, Jong Hee HWANG, Jong hyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20150138145
    Abstract: A touch screen controller, a touch screen system, and a display apparatus including the same includes a touch data generator that supplies a first transmission signal to a first sensing line, supplies a second transmission signal to a second sensing line adjacent to the first sensing line, receives differential touch signals from the first and second sensing lines, and performs an arithmetic operation on the differential touch signals to generate a single-ended touch signal, and a control logic that calculates touch coordinates by using the single-ended touch signal from the touch data generator. At least one of phases and frequencies of the first and second transmission signals have different values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-chang Hwang, Yoon-kyung Choi, Ki-duk Kim, Jong-seon Kim, Jong-kang Park
  • Publication number: 20150102827
    Abstract: A method of operating a touch screen sensor integrated circuit includes: receiving a plurality of current signals through a plurality of pins, wherein each current signal is generated according to mutual capacitance in response to a modulation signal; sensing the current signals and generating a plurality of sensed current signals corresponding to each of the current signals; and generating a plurality of subtracted current signals, wherein each subtracted current signal is generated by performing a subtraction on sensed current signals corresponding to a pair of the pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: San Ho Byun, Jun Chul Park, Ki Duk Kim, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Patent number: 9001092
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter includes a first decoder, a second decoder and a voltage summing buffer. The first decoder receives upper bits of a digital signal and upper reference voltages to output an upper voltage corresponding to the upper bits. The second decoder configured to receive lower bits of the digital signal and lower reference voltages to output a lower differential voltage corresponding to the lower bits. The voltage summing buffer generates an output voltage based on the upper voltage and the lower differential voltage, such that the output voltage corresponds to the digital signal including the upper bits and the lower bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ki-Duk Kim
  • Patent number: 8957840
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a timing controller, a compensation unit and a panel drive circuit. The liquid crystal panel has a plurality of color pixels, each of the color pixels including two sub-pixels which represent two different colors. The timing controller generates a sub-pixel data stream of two sub-frame format. The sub-pixel data stream of two sub-frame format includes a first sub-pixel data for a first sub-frame and a second sub-pixel data for a second sub-frame. The first sub-pixel data and the second sub-pixel data have different gamma characteristics. The compensation unit is operable to compensate the first sub-pixel data and the second sub-pixel data with different rates. The panel drive circuit drives the sub-pixels on the liquid crystal panel and supplies the sub-pixels with the compensated first sub-pixel data for the first sub-frame and the compensated second sub-pixel data for the second sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Ho Shin, Ki Duk Kim
  • Patent number: 8854285
    Abstract: A detachable liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal module and a cradle. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel, an optical sheet provided on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, an interface disposed on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, a power receiver disposed on the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, a memory card and a timing controller for receiving second image data from external devices and permitting the first image data stored in the memory card to be displayed in the liquid crystal panel. The cradle includes a lamp emitting light, an inverter for supplying alternating current to the lamp, a connector for receiving third image data from external equipment, and an interface converter for applying the third image data to the interface of the liquid crystal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-Yeol Oh, Nam-Yong Kong, Ki-Duk Kim, Seong-Man Jeon, Tae-Ho You, Hee-Jeong Park
  • Publication number: 20140253496
    Abstract: The inventive concept discloses a capacitive touch system and a coordinate extraction method thereof. The coordinate extraction method has operations of phases 1 and 2. First and second axis coordinates of a first frame are obtained by providing driving signals in a first direction selected in the first phase and performing a sensing in a second direction different from the first direction. First and second axis coordinates of a second frame are obtained by providing driving signals in a second direction selected in the second phase and performing a sensing in the first direction. First and second axis coordinates having a relatively high coordinate precision among the first and second axis coordinates may be finally determined as a touch coordinate. According to the inventive concept, since a touch sensing precision is improved to be strong against a noise, a touch coordinate is more precisely obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Min Gun BAEK, Ki-duk KIM
  • Publication number: 20140240256
    Abstract: A touch sensing device including digital filter is provided. The touch sensing device includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to sensing a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes a digital filter configured to generate a valid filtered value at a time and invalid filtered value at other times by performing an operation on a plurality of input digital samples and a plurality of filter coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Ki-Duk Kim, Yoonkyung Choi, Junchul Park, San-HO Byun, Minchul Lee, Ji-Sung Jung
  • Publication number: 20140240278
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to control the touch panel and sense a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines respectively. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes at least an operational amplifier whose polarity varies in response to a clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Ki-Duk Kim, Junchul Park, San-Ho Byun, Minchul Lee, Ji-Sung Jung, Yoonkyung Choi