Patents by Inventor Ki-Hyun Pyun

Ki-Hyun Pyun 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: 11948532
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display area including a plurality of pixels, a peak driving determination part determining peak driving based on an input image signal, a normal driving compensation part including a first luminance lookup table having a first luminance as a peak luminance, a peak driving compensation part including a second luminance lookup table having a second luminance higher than the first luminance as a peak luminance, a compensation adjusting part that generates a peak driving gamma curve by smoothing a first and second luminance gamma curves corresponding to the first and second luminance lookup tables and generates a peak driving lookup table according to the peak driving gamma curve, and a signal controller generating an image data signal by applying one normal driving lookup table to a portion of the display area and applying the peak driving lookup table to an other portion of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Eun Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20240105105
    Abstract: A display device including: pixels connected to data lines; a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the data lines; and a timing controller connected to the data driver through a clock training line and a clock data line, wherein the timing controller provides a clock training pattern to the clock data line when the timing controller provides a clock training signal having a first logic level to the clock training line, and provides a clock data signal to the clock data line when the timing controller provides the clock training signal having a second logic level to the clock training line, and wherein the timing controller provides a first configuration signal for a next clock training pattern when the clock training signal having the second logic level is provided to the clock training line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Deok Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 11942016
    Abstract: A display device includes: a gain provider configured to set a time point elapsed by a set period from a time point at which a first region of an input image is detected as a still region, as a set time, and to gradually decrease a gain value from the set time; and a grayscale converter configured to generate an output image by applying the gain value to the first region and a second region including a peripheral region of the first region among the input image, wherein the gain provider is configured to set the set period differently according to size of grayscale values in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Sook Park, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20240096258
    Abstract: A display device includes blocks each including two or more pixels commonly coupled to a first power line, and a first power voltage controller for determining a margin value of a first power voltage supplied to the first power line, based on load values of the blocks. The first power voltage controller determines the load values based on grayscale values of the pixels included in each of the blocks. The magnitude of the first power voltage is determined to become smaller as the margin value becomes larger. The margin value includes a first margin value. The first power voltage controller determines the first margin value according to a degree of distribution of load values of first blocks arranged in a first direction among the blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Hee Sook PARK
  • Patent number: 11935488
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a power supply a current measurer, a controller, and a sensor. The display panel includes pixels connected between first and second power lines. The power supply applies power voltages to the first and second power lines. The current measurer measures a current applied to the display panel from the power supply through the first and second power lines. The controller outputs a first sensing control signal indicating whether to sense a voltage-current characteristic of the light emitting element of at least one of the pixels based on a measured current. The sensor senses the voltage-current characteristic of the light emitting element in response to the first sensing control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Publication number: 20240071313
    Abstract: A display device for performing a sensing operation according to an embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a pixel unit including pixel circuits each including a light emitting element, a driving transistor, a switching transistor, and a sensing control transistor connected between an anode electrode and an initialization power source; a scan driver connected to the pixel circuits through horizontal lines and sequentially outputting scan signals and sensing control signals; and a sensing unit configured to sense voltages or current of first nodes each disposed between an anode electrode and a driving transistor. The scan driver simultaneously outputs the sensing control signals to the horizontal lines at every predetermined discharge cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jin Won LEE
  • Patent number: 11915668
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a display panel driver, and a zone compensating circuit which divides the display panel into a plurality of unit blocks, obtains load values of input image data for the unit blocks, and generates corrected image data by correcting the input image data based on the load values. Each of the load values corresponds to one of the unit blocks. The display panel driver generates a data signal for displaying an image on the display panel based on the corrected image data. When grayscale values included in the input image data are the same, a luminance of the image displayed on the display panel is decreased moving away from a center of a reference block having a largest load value among the unit blocks based on the corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun, Sung In Kang
  • Patent number: 11908365
    Abstract: A display device including: a display area including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, the display area including a plurality of signal output lines connected to each of the scan lines through a contact; a data driver including a first data driving circuit at a side of the display area; a scan driver disposed at the side of the display area; and a timing controller, wherein the first data driving circuit includes: output buffers which respectively output data signals to first to k-th data lines (k is an integer greater than 2) of the data lines; and an output delay controller which transmits the data signals to the output buffers through first to k-th transmission lines, and controls delay times of the data signals output to the first to k-th transmission lines based on position information of a pixel row to which the data signals are supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11908433
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel part partitioned into blocks; a scale factor provider which calculates a first load value of input image data for the pixel part, calculates a second load value of the input image data for each block, and generates a scale factor based on the first and second load values; and a timing controller which generates image data by scaling gray values of the input image data based on the scale factor. The scale factor provider generates a first scale factor for commonly controlling the gray values for the blocks based on the first load value, when the first load value is greater than or equal to a reference load value, and generates a second scale factor for controlling gray value for each block based on the first and second load values, when the first load value is less than the reference load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11881152
    Abstract: A display device includes a power supply generating a first power voltage, a second power voltage, and a third power voltage. The display device further includes a first power line to which the first power voltage is applied, a second power line to which the second power voltage is applied, and a readout line to which the third power voltage is applied. The display device further includes a display panel, which includes a pixel. The pixel includes a light emitting element connected between the first power line and the second power line, and a switching transistor connected between one electrode of the light emitting element and the readout line. The power supply changes a voltage level of the third power voltage based on a total current flowing from the power supply to the display panel according to the first and second power voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee
  • Patent number: 11881165
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes a gain provider for gradually decreasing a gain value from a first time when a first period elapses from a time at which an enable signal is generated, and a plurality of pixels for receiving data voltages determined by the gain value and the input grayscale values. The gain provider determines a length of the first period according to a first load value based on the input grayscale values at the time at which the enable signal is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Patent number: 11875740
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and partitioned into a plurality of blocks including at least one of the pixels, a timing controller configured to receive input image data from an outside source and generate scaled image data by scaling the input image data using a scale factor, a data driver configured to generate a data signal corresponding to the scaled image data and supply the data signal to the pixels, and a logic circuit configured to generate the scale factor based on the input image data, first weight data, and second weight data different from the first weight data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Patent number: 11875732
    Abstract: A screen saver controller includes a load calculator for generating load data of each of a plurality of panel blocks included in a display panel based on input image data, a life calculator for generating life data of each of the panel blocks based on a deterioration stress value accumulated in the display panel, a first logic circuit for receiving the load data and the life data, and generating operation data based on the load data and the life data and a second logic circuit for receiving the input image data and the operation data, and generating screen saver data based on the input image data and the operation data. The screen saver controller adjusts a luminance of the display panel based on the screen saver data when operating in a screen saver mode for performing a screen saver operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Sook Park, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20230419881
    Abstract: A display device of the disclosure includes a grayscale converter which converts input grayscales into output grayscales based on a scale factor, a data driver which converts the output grayscales into data voltages, a plurality of pixels which receives the data voltages and displays an image based on the data voltages, and a current sensor which provides a sensing current by sensing a first power current supplied to the plurality of pixels to display the image. When a load corresponding to the input grayscales is greater than a minimum load, the grayscale converter adjusts a change amount of the scale factor based on a current difference between a target current corresponding to the load and the sensing current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Won Jin SEO
  • Patent number: 11854454
    Abstract: A display device includes blocks each including two or more pixels commonly coupled to a first power line, and a first power voltage controller for determining a margin value of a first power voltage supplied to the first power line, based on load values of the blocks. The first power voltage controller determines the load values based on grayscale values of the pixels included in each of the blocks. The magnitude of the first power voltage is determined to become smaller as the margin value becomes larger. The margin value includes a first margin value. The first power voltage controller determines the first margin value according to a degree of distribution of load values of first blocks arranged in a first direction among the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Publication number: 20230410714
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller, a data driver and a scale factor. The timing controller calculates a frame load value corresponding to an image frame of input image data and generates image data by scaling grayscale values of the input image data using a scale factor. The data driver generates a data signal corresponding to the image data and supplies the data signal to the pixels. The scale factor generating circuit sets a reference range based on a temperature of the display panel and a global current value that flows through the pixels, and generates the scale factor included within the reference range based on the frame load value and the global current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Hee Sook PARK
  • Patent number: 11837148
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels grouped into blocks divided into block rows extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, wherein each block includes two or more pixels connected to a first power source line, and each pixel is assigned with a grayscale value in a range of grayscale values that is divided into a plurality of grayscale sections; and a first power source voltage adjuster selecting a reference block row, and determining a magnitude of a first power source voltage supplied to the first power source line based on a number of blocks in the reference block row having a grayscale section that is same as a maximum grayscale section of the reference block row. The maximum grayscale section corresponds to a grayscale section that includes a largest grayscale value having a grayscale value ratio greater than a minimum ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Won Jin Seo, Eun Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20230386414
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensor, a timing controller, and a data driver. The sensor senses characteristic values of an element included in a pixel of the display device using input initialization and data voltages in a sensing period of one frame period. The timing controller calculates compensation data voltage using the characteristic values, and calculate adjusted initialization and data voltages in the sensing period by using the compensation data voltage. The data driver output the adjusted initialization and data voltages to the pixel during the sensing period in response to a control signal output from the timing controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jung Eon AN
  • Publication number: 20230360589
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first interface; a data driver providing first reference data to a first transmitter of the first interface; and a timing controller receiving second reference data through a first receiver of the first interface and comparing the first reference data with the second reference data to inspect signal transmission quality of the first interface for an error, wherein the first reference data is transmitted from the first transmitter to the first receiver via the first interface, wherein the timing controller changes a transmission state of the first interface when an error is detected in the signal transmission quality of the first interface, and wherein the transmission state of the first interface includes at least one of a transmission frequency, a driving current, or a termination resistance of the first interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jung Eon AN, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Patent number: 11790849
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a timing controller configured to generate image data based on input image data; a data driver configured to generate a data signal corresponding to the image data and supplying the data signal to the pixels; a power supply configured to supply a first power supply voltage to the display panel; and a power controller configured to calculate a load value and a peak grayscale of the entire display panel based on the input image data, receive feedback voltages of the first power supply voltage from relatively lower quality areas in which IR drop of the first power supply voltage occurs relatively more frequently, and generate a power control signal for changing the level of the first power supply voltage based on the load value, the peak grayscale, and the feedback voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park