Patents by Inventor Kyoungho LIM

Kyoungho LIM 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: 20240046886
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a compensation area, an image processing device, a timing controller which includes an average luminance decrease rate calculator which calculates an average luminance decrease rate, a luminance decrease rate calculator which calculates a luminance decrease rate for the compensation area, and a data compensator which generates output image data by applying the luminance decrease rate for the compensation area to the input image data, and a data driver which provides data voltages generated based on the output image data to the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: HEESOOK PARK, DAYE MOON, KYOUNGHO LIM, SEULKI SON
  • Publication number: 20240038133
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel divided into panel blocks including pixels, and a display panel driver which drives the display panel, sets a time point to which a set time elapses from a time point when input image data is determined to be a still image as an operation time point, decreases a luminance gain from the operation time point, determines the set time based on accumulated deterioration amounts of the panel blocks, and applies the luminance gain to the input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: HEESOOK PARK, KYOUNGHO LIM, DAYE MOON
  • Patent number: 11854499
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a display panel, a controller, and a data driver. The controller is configured to determine first luminances with respect to a reference grayscale in a second frame when the reference grayscale is displayed in the second frame after the reference grayscale is displayed in a first frame. The controller is configured to determine second luminances with respect to the reference grayscale in the second frame when the reference grayscale is displayed in the second frame after a minimum grayscale is displayed in the first frame. The controller is further configured to temporally and spatially arrange first data corresponding to the reference grayscale and second data corresponding to the minimum grayscale to generate a data signal. And, the controller is configured to drive the display panel with a digital driving method in a first grayscale section, and drive the display panel with an analog driving method in a second grayscale section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Kyoungho Lim
  • Publication number: 20230368743
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a display panel, a controller, and a data driver. The controller is configured to determine first luminances with respect to a reference grayscale in a second frame when the reference grayscale is displayed in the second frame after the reference grayscale is displayed in a first frame. The controller is configured to determine second luminances with respect to the reference grayscale in the second frame when the reference grayscale is displayed in the second frame after a minimum grayscale is displayed in the first frame. The controller is further configured to temporally and spatially arrange first data corresponding to the reference grayscale and second data corresponding to the minimum grayscale to generate a data signal. And, the controller is configured to drive the display panel with a digital driving method in a first grayscale section, and drive the display panel with an analog driving method in a second grayscale section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: KIHYUN PYUN, KYOUNGHO LIM
  • Patent number: 11817031
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, respectively; a scan driver, which provides a scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines; a data driver, which provides a data voltage to the pixels through the data lines; and a controller, which controls the scan driver and the data driver, and receives input image data at a variable input frame frequency. The controller determines whether a gray scale value of the input image data is included in any range of a first gray scale range and a second gray scale range different from the first gray scale range, and dithers the input image data when it is determined that the gray scale value of the input image data is included the first gray scale range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinho Lee, Sungjae Park, Seunghwan Park, Youngwoon Choi, Seungho Park, Kyoungho Lim, Namjae Lim
  • Patent number: 11749186
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a correction area in which a correction image including a logo image and a logo background image is displayed, and a panel driving block. The panel driving block includes a luminance correction block which corrects a luminance of the correction image, and the luminance correction block includes a first correction block which divides the correction area into a plurality of sub-areas, based on a distance from the logo image and generates an area correction signal for correcting the luminance of the correction image, a second correction block which generates a luminance correction signal for correcting the luminance of the correction image displayed in each of the sub-areas, based on a grayscale of the image signal and the area correction signal, and a third correction block which corrects the luminance of the correction image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DongHyun Noh, Wonwoo Jang, Kyoungho Lim
  • Publication number: 20230274706
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The controller receives image data including data representing a logo, detects a logo region including the logo in the image data, determines a correction gain based on a quotient of a second gray level of a peripheral region adjacent to the logo region and a first gray level of the logo region, and generates corrected image data by correcting the image data based on the correction gain. The data driver provides data signals to the plurality of pixels based on the corrected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: WONWOO JANG, SEUNGHO PARK, KYOUNGHO LIM
  • Patent number: 11721271
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and a driver to drive the display panel based on input image data. The driver performs a sensing operation for the pixels, to selectively perform the sensing operation by comparing grayscale values of the input image data and a reference grayscale value, to selectively perform a luminance control operation for controlling luminance of the display panel in response to a luminance control signal, and to adjust the reference grayscale value when the luminance control operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Woong Jeong, Boyoung An, Kyoungho Lim
  • Publication number: 20230245625
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel to display an image, a panel driver to drive the display panel, and a controller to control a driving of the panel driver. The controller includes a first circuit to receive frame data during an active period in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal determining a start time point of a frame having the active period and a variable blank period, to shift a position of the frame data in response to a shift start signal to generate shift data, and to provide the shift data to the panel driver. A number of active periods of the vertical synchronization signal included in one period of the shift start signal differs from the number of active periods of the vertical synchronization signal included in another period of the shift start signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: JaeHoon LEE, Kyoungho Lim
  • Patent number: 11676543
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The controller detects a logo region including a logo in image data, determines a correction gain based on a first average gray level of the logo region and a second average gray level of a peripheral region adjacent to the logo region, and generates corrected image data by correcting the image data based on the correction gain. The data driver provides data signals to the plurality of pixels based on the corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonwoo Jang, Seungho Park, Kyoungho Lim
  • Patent number: 11657765
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel to display an image, a panel driver to drive the display panel, and a controller to control a driving of the panel driver. The controller includes a first circuit to receive frame data during an active period in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal determining a start time point of a frame having the active period and a variable blank period, to shift a position of the frame data in response to a shift start signal to generate shift data, and to provide the shift data to the panel driver. A number of active periods of the vertical synchronization signal included in one period of the shift start signal differs from the number of active periods of the vertical synchronization signal included in another period of the shift start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Lee, Kyoungho Lim
  • Publication number: 20230126636
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and a driver to drive the display panel based on input image data. The driver performs a sensing operation for the pixels, to selectively perform the sensing operation by comparing grayscale values of the input image data and a reference grayscale value, to selectively perform a luminance control operation for controlling luminance of the display panel in response to a luminance control signal, and to adjust the reference grayscale value when the luminance control operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: JI-WOONG JEONG, BOYOUNG AN, KYOUNGHO LIM
  • Publication number: 20220366843
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a correction area in which a correction image including a logo image and a logo background image is displayed, and a panel driving block. The panel driving block includes a luminance correction block which corrects a luminance of the correction image, and the luminance correction block includes a first correction block which divides the correction area into a plurality of sub-areas, based on a distance from the logo image and generates an area correction signal for correcting the luminance of the correction image, a second correction block which generates a luminance correction signal for correcting the luminance of the correction image displayed in each of the sub-areas, based on a grayscale of the image signal and the area correction signal, and a third correction block which corrects the luminance of the correction image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: DongHyun NOH, WONWOO JANG, KYOUNGHO LIM
  • Publication number: 20220309979
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver, a driving controller and a power voltage generator. The display panel displays an image. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the display panel. The driving controller controls an operation of the data driver. The power voltage generator outputs a power voltage of the display panel. The data driver outputs a clock recovery signal representing whether a clock recovery operation is normal or abnormal to the driving controller. The driving controller generates an overcurrent signal representing an overcurrent based on the clock recovery signal and outputs the overcurrent signal to the power voltage generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: KIHYUN PYUN, KYOUNGHO LIM
  • Publication number: 20220093048
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel to display an image, a panel driver to drive the display panel, and a controller to control a driving of the panel driver. The controller includes a first circuit to receive frame data during an active period in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal determining a start time point of a frame having the active period and a variable blank period, to shift a position of the frame data in response to a shift start signal to generate shift data, and to provide the shift data to the panel driver. A number of active periods of the vertical synchronization signal included in one period of the shift start signal differs from the number of active periods of the vertical synchronization signal included in another period of the shift start signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jaehoon Lee, Kyoungho Lim
  • Publication number: 20220076635
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The controller detects a logo region including a logo in image data, determines a correction gain based on a first average gray level of the logo region and a second average gray level of a peripheral region adjacent to the logo region, and generates corrected image data by correcting the image data based on the correction gain. The data driver provides data signals to the plurality of pixels based on the corrected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: WONWOO JANG, Seungho Park, Kyoungho Lim
  • Patent number: 10909941
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method of the liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels coupled to the gate lines and the data lines, a gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the pixels through the gate lines, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the pixels through the data lines and a timing controller configured to receive an image data provided from an external device and generate control signals that control the gate driver and the data driver. The timing controller analyzes a pattern of the image data by every frame, and changes an inversion driving method and gamma voltages of the image data based on a pattern analyzing result from the analysis of the pattern of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehyeong An, KyoungHo Lim, Soo-Yeon Lee, Jaehoon Lee, Nam-Gon Choi
  • Patent number: 10861360
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel column including first to n-th pixels connected to a same data line and different gate lines from each other, a data driving chip which outputs a test data voltage in a test mode and outputs image data voltages in a normal mode, a sensing circuit which is electrically connected to the data line and the data driving chip in the test mode, senses a current output to the first pixel during a first period, and senses a current output to an i-th pixel during a second period, and a signal controller which compares a reference charge amount calculated based on the current sensed during the first period to a first charge amount calculated based on the current sensed during the second period and compensates for a level of an image data voltage applied to the i-th pixel among the image data voltages based on the compared result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Lee, Kyoungho Lim, Seokha Hong
  • Patent number: 10803784
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, the display panel including a first display area and a second display area, a first image processor which receives a first image data to be provided to the first display area, convert the first image data to a first convert data, and generate a first compensation data provided to the first display area using a first average filter, and a second image processor which receives a second image data to be provided to the second display area, converts the second image data to a second convert data, and generates a second compensation data provided to the second display area using a second average filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinpil Kim, Gyusu Lee, Moonshik Kang, Jaesung Bae, Jaehoon Lee, Kyoungho Lim, Namjae Lim, Seokha Hong
  • Patent number: 10803812
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of sensors, a signal control unit, and a backlight unit. A plurality of dimming regions is defined in the display panel. The signal control unit determines a plurality of representative luminance values corresponding to the plurality of dimming regions based on image data signals received from an external device and illuminance values of an external light measured by the plurality of sensors. The backlight unit provides lights having the representative luminance values to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokha Hong, Nam-gon Choi, Moonshik Kang, Jaehoon Lee, Kyoungho Lim