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: 11398182
    Abstract: A display device may include a pixel set, a timing controller, a data driver, and a scale factor provider. The pixel set that may include pixels. The pixels may be divided into pixel groups. The timing controller may calculate first load values corresponding to an image frame of input image data and may generate image data by scaling gradation values of the input image data using scale factors. The data driver may generate data signals corresponding to the image data and may supply the data signals to the pixel set. The scale factor provider may calculate the first load values and one or more second load values based on temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the pixel set and may generate the scale factors based on the one or more second load values and a common current value of a current received by the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Geon Hwi Park, Young Woon Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20220230578
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel unit including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, and signal output lines, where at least one signal output line of the signal output lines is connected to each of the scan lines through a contact point; a data driver disposed at one side of the pixel unit to drive the data lines; a scan driver disposed at the one side of the pixel unit together with the data driver to drive the scan lines; and a timing controller controlling the data driver and the scan driver. The data driver includes: output buffers outputting data signals to the data lines, respectively; and a slew rate controller adjusting a slew rate of the data signals by controlling a bias value supplied to the output buffers in units of pixel rows based on positions of the pixels and a change in the data signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Min Young Park, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11393374
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving the same are provided. The display device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of pixel rows, a data driver configured to provide first data voltages which correspond to first line grayscale data to pixels disposed in an (N?1)-th pixel row, provide second data voltages which correspond to second line grayscale data to pixels disposed in an N-th pixel row, and provide third data voltages which correspond to third line grayscale data to pixels disposed in an (N+1)-th pixel row, and a data compensator configured to compensate for the second line grayscale data by using one of a first compensation and a second compensation based on the first line grayscale data, the second line grayscale data, and the third line grayscale data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Won Jin Seo, Eun Jin Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20220215789
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being categorized as a first block or a second block, a sensor configured to generate first sensing data for at least two of the first pixels in each of the plurality of blocks during a first period, and a sensing controller configured to generate interpolated data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor by interpolating the first sensing data, for the first block, and configured to forgo interpolation of the first sensing data, for the second block. The sensor generates second sensing data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor, for the second block, during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Su Min YANG, Wook LEE, Hye Ji KIM, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Publication number: 20220215803
    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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Hee Sook Park
  • Patent number: 11368159
    Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes a phase-locked loop circuit generating a multi-phase clock signal based on input data, the phase-locked loop circuit including a multi-rate phase detector being operable at an initial rate among a plurality of rates in an initial period; a lock detector generating a lock-enable signal by detecting a lock state of the phase-locked loop circuit; a dead zone calibration circuit determining an operational rate corresponding to a data rate of the input data among the plurality of rates in response to the lock-enable signal; and a digital block controlling the multi-rate phase detector to operate at the operational rate, and generating a calibration-enable signal. The dead zone calibration circuit determines whether the multi-phase clock signal is locked within a dead zone in response to the calibration-enable signal, and changes a phase of the multi-phase clock signal based on the multi-phase clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Patent number: 11361709
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels divided into blocks, a timing controller to generate image data based on input image data, a data driver to generate a data signal corresponding to the image data and supply the data signal to the pixels, and power supply to supply a power voltage to the pixels. In addition, the display device includes a power controller to calculate a first load value corresponding to the pixels, second load values corresponding to each of the blocks, and first peak grayscale values corresponding to each of the blocks based on the input image data. The power controller generates a power control signal to change a voltage level of the power voltage based on the first load value, the second load values, and the first peak grayscale values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11361731
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Won Jin Seo, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 11348532
    Abstract: The display device includes a first pixel connected to a first scan line and a first data line, a second pixel connected to a second scan line and the first data line, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the first scan line and the second scan line, and a data driver connected to the first data line. The data driver provides a first data signal to the first pixel when the scan signal is applied to the first scan line, the data driver provides a second data signal to the second pixel when the scan signal is applied to the second scan line, and a length of a first period in which the first data signal is provided is different from a length of a second period in which the second data signal is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Young Soo Sohn
  • Patent number: 11350528
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Myoung Seop Song
  • Publication number: 20220165203
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Hee Sook PARK, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Patent number: 11341932
    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: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun, Sung In Kang
  • Publication number: 20220157232
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Myoung Seop SONG, Myung Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20220157225
    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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Jin CHOI, Won Jin SEO, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Publication number: 20220157224
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels divided into blocks, a timing controller to generate image data based on input image data, a data driver to generate a data signal corresponding to the image data and supply the data signal to the pixels, and power supply to supply a power voltage to the pixels. In addition, the display device includes a power controller to calculate a first load value corresponding to the pixels, second load values corresponding to each of the blocks, and first peak grayscale values corresponding to each of the blocks based on the input image data. The power controller generates a power control signal to change a voltage level of the power voltage based on the first load value, the second load values, and the first peak grayscale values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Mi LEE, Eun Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220148479
    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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Jang Mi LEE, Eun Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220139299
    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: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Myoung Seop SONG
  • Publication number: 20220139289
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a controller configured to determine a peak luminance based on a target luminance and a black duty ratio that is a ratio of a black insertion period to a sum of an image display period and the black insertion period, to determine gray-luminance information representing a plurality of luminances respectively corresponding to a plurality of gray levels based on the peak luminance and a target gamma value, and to generate gray-voltage information representing a plurality of voltage levels respectively corresponding to the plurality of gray levels based on a target white color coordinate and the gray-luminance information, a gray voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of gray voltages having the plurality of voltage levels based on the gray-voltage information, and a data driver configured to provide the plurality of gray voltages corresponding to output image data as data voltages to the plurality of pixels in the image display
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Hee Sook PARK
  • Publication number: 20220122563
    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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Chol
  • Publication number: 20220122517
    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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Hee Sook Park, Ki Hyun Pyun