Patents by Inventor Ki-hyung Kang
Ki-hyung Kang 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).
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Publication number: 20240105616Abstract: Various embodiments generally relate to a power distribution network and a semiconductor device, which may include: a plurality of chip pads; a first distribution layer in which a plurality of first conductive lines having rectangular shapes of different sizes, respectively, are disposed; a second distribution layer in which a plurality of second conductive lines including a central cross-shaped conductive line and L-shaped conductive lines open toward respective corners of the second distribution layer are disposed; and a redistribution layer electrically coupling chip pads to which power is applied among the plurality of chip pads and the first conductive lines of the first distribution layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Ki Bum KANG, Myeong Jin KIM, Jin Hyun KIM, Yun RA, Gyu Sun PARK, Sei Hyung JANG
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Patent number: 11385398Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light guide plate; a light source provided on a side surface of the light guide plate, and configured to inject light into the light guide plate; a circular polarizing reflective layer provided on a front surface of the light guide plate, and configured to reflect a first polarizing component and transmit a second polarizing component among components of light emitted from the light guide plate; and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer provided on the front surface of the circular polarizing reflective layer and including a plurality of regions, and configured to reflect or transmit the second polarizing component that has passed through the circular polarizing reflective layer according to a voltage applied to each of the plurality of regions.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Hyun Cho, Ki Hyung Kang
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Publication number: 20220050240Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light guide plate; a light source provided on a side surface of the light guide plate, and configured to inject light into the light guide plate; a circular polarizing reflective layer provided on a front surface of the light guide plate, and configured to reflect a first polarizing component and transmit a second polarizing component among components of light emitted from the light guide plate; and a cholesteric liquid crystal layer provided on the front surface of the circular polarizing reflective layer and including a plurality of regions, and configured to reflect or transmit the second polarizing component that has passed through the circular polarizing reflective layer according to a voltage applied to each of the plurality of regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Hyun CHO, Ki Hyung KANG
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Patent number: 10802342Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a backlight unit for providing two or more different colors of light over time and a liquid crystal panel for representing colors by having the light efficiently penetrate the backlight unit. In an embodiment, the display device includes a backlight unit, a liquid crystal panel configured to create an image by passing or blocking light emitted from the backlight unit, and a controller configured to control the backlight unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first color film in at least one of red, green, and blue colors, a second color film in a mixture of at least two of red, green, and blue colors, and a white film.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ki Hyung Kang
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Patent number: 10795177Abstract: The present invention relates to a prism sheet for auto-stereoscopic 3D display that is installed on the top of a liquid crystal display panel. The prism sheet for auto-stereoscopic 3D display according to the present invention, comprises a plurality of prisms disposed parallel to each other, each of which includes a central portion of which the upper and lower surfaces are parallel to each other, the central portion having a width corresponding to a plurality of subpixel columns of the liquid crystal display panel; a left inclined portion that is installed on a left side of the central portion and refracts light such that a user can view the left half of the plurality of subpixel columns covered by the central portion, wherein the left half subpixel column is visible to a user; and a right inclined portion that is installed on a right side of the central portion and refract light such that the user can view the right half of the plurality of subpixel columns covered by the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Farid Mukhtarov, Ki-hyung Kang
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Patent number: 10715792Abstract: A display device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a plurality of sub pixels; a prism panel at one side of the display panel and including a prism array and a liquid crystal; a prism panel driver configured to apply voltage to the prism panel; and a controller configured to display a plurality of image frames on the display panel and to control a driving state of the prism panel variably while the plurality of image frames is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Farid Mukhtarov, Ki-hyung Kang, Seung-jun Jeong, Seon-deok Hwang
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Patent number: 10678093Abstract: A backlight unit capable of implementing matrix local dimming using cholesteric liquid crystal and a polarizing portion, and a display apparatus including the backlight unit are provided. A display apparatus may include: a backlight unit; and an image forming unit configured to create an image by performing at least one from among transmitting and blocking light emitted from the backlight unit. The backlight unit may include: a waveguide plate; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer disposed in front of the waveguide plate, and configured to perform at least one from among transmitting and circularly polarizing the light emitted from the waveguide plate, to generate at least one from among transmitted light and circularly polarized light; and a polarizing portion disposed in front of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and configured to transmit the transmitted light in a front direction, and to block the circularly polarized light.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwan Sik Min, Ki Hyung Kang, Seung Jun Jeong
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Patent number: 10677976Abstract: A mobile device is provided which is capable of displaying a hologram. The mobile device includes a main body including a screen; a light guide member disposed above the screen; an entrance optical member disposed on a surface of the light guide member; and an image hologram disposed on a surface of the light guide member and laterally spaced apart from the entrance optical member. When an area of the screen corresponding to the entrance optical member emits a light, a holographic image stored in the image hologram is displayed above the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Farid Mukhtarov, Ki-hyung Kang
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Patent number: 10459286Abstract: A display device including quantum rods is provided. The display device includes a light source generating light, a lightguide plate changing a path of the light generated from the light source and outputting the light to a front surface, a first polarizing plate arranged on top of the lightguide plate and generating first polarized light, a liquid crystal panel arranged on top of the first polarizing plate and displaying an image by using the first polarized light, a second polarizing plate arranged on top of the liquid crystal panel and generating second polarized light, and a quantum rod layer arranged on top of the second polarizing plate, divided into a plurality of pixels, and containing quantum rods in at least one of the pixels. A polarizing axis of the second polarized light is perpendicular to a polarizing axis of polarized light emitted by the quantum rod layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Woo Kang, Ki Hyung Kang, Joo-won Lee
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Patent number: 10324351Abstract: An electrochemical mirror is provided. The electrochemical mirror includes a first transparent electrode; a second transparent electrode spaced apart from the first transparent electrode; and an electrolyte layer formed of an electrolyte, and disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, wherein the electrolyte includes an electro-depositable metal ion; a halogenated ionic liquid; and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a compound having a sulfonate functional group and derivatives thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Soo Kim, Ki Hyung Kang, Tae Soon Park
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Patent number: 10321118Abstract: A 3D display device includes: a data processor configured to generate at least one frame by combining a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a panel including pixels, each of the pixels including three sub pixels; a barrier configured to form a light blocking region and a light transmitting region on the panel on a basis of two sub pixel units; and a controller configured to control the data processor to generate the at least one frame by placing the left-eye image and the right-eye image alternately on the basis of two sub pixels, and to control the panel to display at least one frame generated by the data processor.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang-moo Park, Ki-hyung Kang, Jung-hoon Yoon, Dong-choon Hwang
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Publication number: 20190163010Abstract: Disclosed is a reflective display device including: two plates arranged to be separated from each other; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the two plates; a reflective plate arranged under the liquid crystal layer; and a color filter arranged on the top of the liquid crystal layer and configured to selectively transmit a predetermined color of light, wherein the color filter has a bandwidth wider than a half width of light that passes the color filter. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the reflectivity is increased by widening a passage bandwidth of the color filter instead of adjusting the thickness of the color filter, so that the power efficiency is improved and an image with high color purity may be expressed. Furthermore, it is possible to select between reflective mode and transmissive mode depending on the ambient environment, thereby providing goo quality of images to the user in a more stable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Sang Hyun SOHN, Ki Hyung KANG
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Patent number: 10302997Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a backlight; and a display panel configured to create an image by selectively blocking light emitted from the backlight, the backlight including a light regulator configured to regulate emission of incident light; a light guide plate arranged behind the light regulator; and a plurality of adhesives arranged to bond the light regulator and the light guide plate, respective cross-section areas of the plurality of adhesives increasing as distance from a light source increases.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Woo Kang, Seung Jun Jeong, Ki Hyung Kang
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Publication number: 20190018288Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a backlight unit for providing two or more different colors of light over time and a liquid crystal panel for representing colors by having the light efficiently penetrate the backlight unit. In an embodiment, the display device includes a backlight unit, a liquid crystal panel configured to create an image by passing or blocking light emitted from the backlight unit, and a controller configured to control the backlight unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first color film in at least one of red, green, and blue colors, a second color film in a mixture of at least two of red, green, and blue colors, and a white film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ki Hyung KANG
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Publication number: 20180356682Abstract: A display device including quantum rods is provided. The display device includes a light source generating light, a lightguide plate changing a path of the light generated from the light source and outputting the light to a front surface, a first polarizing plate arranged on top of the lightguide plate and generating first polarized light, a liquid crystal panel arranged on top of the first polarizing plate and displaying an image by using the first polarized light, a second polarizing plate arranged on top of the liquid crystal panel and generating second polarized light, and a quantum rod layer arranged on top of the second polarizing plate, divided into a plurality of pixels, and containing quantum rods in at least one of the pixels. A polarizing axis of the second polarized light is perpendicular to a polarizing axis of polarized light emitted by the quantum rod layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Woo KANG, Ki Hyung KANG, Joo-won LEE
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Patent number: 10136125Abstract: A curved multi-view image display apparatus is provided. The curved multi-view image display apparatus includes: a curved display panel which includes a plurality of sub-pixels and has a curvature; a viewing zone divider provided on in front of the display panel and configured to divide a viewing zone and provide a plurality of optical views; a renderer configured to render a multi-view image to be output to the display panel; and a controller configured to determine a rendering pitch for each of the plurality of optical views based on the curvature, and control the renderer so that at least some of the plurality of sub-pixels to output a pixel value corresponding to a plurality of multi-view images based on the determined rendering pitch.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung-hoon Yoon, Ki-hyung Kang, Keun-bae Jeon, Seon-deok Hwang
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Patent number: 10025020Abstract: A 3D image display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display a multiview image, a light guide plate disposed in a rear of the display panel and spaced apart from the display panel, a main pattern repeatedly formed and spaced at a preset interval, and a light source configured to irradiate light to the light guide plate. A height of a sub pattern disposed in a light incident portion of the light guide plate near the light source among sub patterns constituting the main pattern is smaller than that of a sub pattern disposed in a central portion of the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung-hoon Yoon, Ki-hyung Kang
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Publication number: 20180136518Abstract: A backlight unit capable of implementing matrix local dimming using cholesteric liquid crystal and a polarizing portion, and a display apparatus including the backlight unit are provided. A display apparatus may include: a backlight unit; and an image forming unit configured to create an image by performing at least one from among transmitting and blocking light emitted from the backlight unit. The backlight unit may include: a waveguide plate; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer disposed in front of the waveguide plate, and configured to perform at least one from among transmitting and circularly polarizing the light emitted from the waveguide plate, to generate at least one from among transmitted light and circularly polarized light; and a polarizing portion disposed in front of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and configured to transmit the transmitted light in a front direction, and to block the circularly polarized light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwan Sik MIN, Ki Hyung KANG, Seung Jun JEONG
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Publication number: 20180136517Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a backlight; and a display panel configured to create an image by selectively blocking light emitted from the backlight, the backlight including a light regulator configured to regulate emission of incident light; a light guide plate arranged behind the light regulator; and a plurality of adhesives arranged to bond the light regulator and the light guide plate, respective cross-section areas of the plurality of adhesives increasing as distance from a light source increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Woo KANG, Seung Jun JEONG, Ki Hyung KANG
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Patent number: 9967552Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image frame that includes a right-eye image and a left-eye image, and a touch panel configured to sense a user touch, wherein the touch panel includes a polarizing switch panel configured to switch a direction of polarization of light emitted from the display panel, and a parallax realization layer which is formed on one side of the polarizing switch panel and is configured to provide a binocular disparity image by using light emitted from the polarizing switch panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-hak Na, Ki-hyung Kang, Soo-bae Moon, Jung-hoon Yoon, Hyun-seung Cho, Seon-deok Hwang