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).

  • Publication number: 20230084383
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including scan lines, first signal lines connected to the scan lines in a first pixel block, second signal lines connected to the scan lines in a second pixel block, third signal lines connected to the scan lines in a third pixel block; a first scan driver supplying a first output signal to the first signal lines based on a first sub-clock signal; a second scan driver supplying a second output signal to the second signal lines based on a second sub-clock signal; a third scan driver supplying a third output signal to the third signal lines based on and a third sub-clock signal; and a timing controller. Changes in pulse widths of the first to third output signals are different in one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: KI HYUN PYUN, Jang Hoon Kwak, Won Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20230052687
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Eun Jin CHOI
  • Patent number: 11539501
    Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes the following elements: a phase detector for outputting a phase adjustment signal by comparing a clock signal of a first node and an input signal; a charge pump for adjusting a charge amount of a second node according to the phase adjustment signal; a first switch including one end coupled to the second node and including another end coupled to a third node; a second switch including one end which receives a bias voltage and including another end coupled to the third node; a capacitor including a first electrode coupled to the third node; third switches; and voltage control oscillators including control terminals coupled to the third node and including output terminals coupled to the first node through the third switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Min Young Park, Jong Min Shim
  • Patent number: 11538384
    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: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11514860
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including scan lines, first signal lines connected to the scan lines in a first pixel block, second signal lines connected to the scan lines in a second pixel block, third signal lines connected to the scan lines in a third pixel block; a first scan driver supplying a first output signal to the first signal lines based on a first sub-clock signal; a second scan driver supplying a second output signal to the second signal lines based on a second sub-clock signal; a third scan driver supplying a third output signal to the third signal lines based on and a third sub-clock signal; and a timing controller. Changes in pulse widths of the first to third output signals are different in one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak, Won Jin Seo
  • Patent number: 11514849
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed, and the display device includes a first pixel connected to a first data line, a first scan line, and a first power source line, emitting light in a first period, and not emitting light in a second period following the first period; a second pixel connected to a second data line, the first scan line, and the first power source line, not emitting light in the first period, and emitting light in the second period; a current sensor sensing a current flowing through the first power source line in the first period to provide a first sensing current value, and sensing the current flowing through the first power source line in the second period to provide a second sensing current value; and a memory storing a first block target current value corresponding to the first sensing current value and a second block target current value corresponding to the second sensing current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Myoung Seop Song, Myung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20220375413
    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: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jung Eon An
  • Publication number: 20220366831
    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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Won Jin SEO, Eun Jin CHOI
  • Patent number: 11488562
    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: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11482164
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including pixels, a compensator which generate compensation image data by scaling grayscale values of input image data based on temperature data corresponding to an ambient temperature of the pixel unit, a timing controller which generates image data based on the compensation image data, and a data driver which generates a data signal corresponding to the image data and supply the data signal to the pixels. The compensator scales the grayscale values of the input image data in a way such that the grayscale values of the input image data decrease when the ambient temperature is greater than a reference temperature. The compensator scales the grayscale values of the input image data in a way such that the grayscale values of the input image data increase when the ambient temperature is less than the reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Won Jin Seo, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20220319439
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Hee Sook PARK
  • Publication number: 20220319368
    Abstract: A display device may include first pixels configured to emit light in a first color, second pixels configured to emit light in a second color different from the first color, a data driver configured to supply first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the first pixels, and a sensing circuit configured to receive first sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the first pixels, wherein the data driver supplies second reference voltages different from the first reference voltages to data lines coupled to the second pixels, and the sensing circuit receives second sensing voltages from sensing lines coupled to the second pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20220301508
    Abstract: A gamma measurement method of a display device includes: storing a current value that is measured during gamma tuning of a display panel; resetting a target current of global current management (GCM) by referring to the current value; and measuring gamma of the display panel while applying the target current of the GCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Geon Hwi PARK, Jung Eon AN, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Publication number: 20220295636
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a first flexible printed circuit board attached to the display panel and electrically connected thereto; a first printed circuit board attached to the first flexible printed circuit board and electrically connected thereto; a data driver which applies a data voltage to the plurality of pixels, receives a voltage flowing to the plurality of pixels and generates mobility sensing information based on the voltage flowing to the plurality of pixels; and a timing controller which detects a first misalignment between the first printed circuit board and the first flexible printed circuit board, and a second misalignment between the display panel and the first flexible printed circuit board, based on the mobility sensing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Myoung Seop SONG
  • Publication number: 20220277707
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a display device. The display device may include a display panel including a plurality of unit blocks disposed in a display area, the plurality of unit blocks including a first area displaying a logo or a banner, a second area having largest load value and a third area disposed between the first area and the second area, a display panel driver configured to generate data voltages based on input image data, and a zonal compensator configured to receive the input image data , to calculate load values of the input image data for the plurality of unit blocks, respectively, and to control luminance of each of the first area and the third area based on a location difference between the first area and the second area and a load value difference between the first area and the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Jin CHOI, Won Jin SEO, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Publication number: 20220277687
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit 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 supply the data signal to the pixels, a power supply configured to supply a power voltage to the pixel unit, and a power controller configured to calculate a load value and a peak grayscale value based on the input image data, and to generate a power control signal to change a voltage level of the power voltage based on the load value and the peak grayscale value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Mi LEE, Eun Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220262307
    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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Hee Sook PARK
  • Publication number: 20220262327
    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: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun, Sung In Kang
  • Publication number: 20220254300
    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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, JANG MI LEE
  • Patent number: 11403989
    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: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Won Jin Seo, Eun Jin Choi