Patents by Inventor Kyu-Jin Kim

Kyu-Jin Kim 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: 12266316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data driving circuit and a display device including the same, and the data driving circuit includes a plurality of data input terminals to which pixel data of an input image is input, and a plurality of voltage input terminals to which gamma tab voltages for each color having different voltage levels, and common gamma tab voltages having different voltage levels are each input. When the input image includes pixel data having different grayscale values for each color, a data voltage of a corresponding color is changed when any one of the gamma tab voltages for each color is changed, and data voltages of all colors are changed when any one of the common gamma tab voltages is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin Kim, Bo Yun Jung
  • Publication number: 20250044554
    Abstract: An optical system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first lens having positive (+) refractive power, a second lens; and a third lens having a negative (+) refractive power, wherein: the first to third lenses are successively arranged from an object side to an image side; the first to third lenses are made of a plastic material; and the center thickness of each of the first to third lenses in the optical axis direction is greater than 0.9 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yong Hak RYU, Kyu Jin KIM, Jn Young PARK
  • Publication number: 20240331645
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel configured to display an input image across a first subpixel region and a second subpixel region, a display panel driver configured to supply pixel data of the input image to subpixels of the display panel, and a light source disposed under the display panel in an area overlapped by the second subpixel region. Also, the display device can further include a controller configured to drive the light source in an emission permitting section set within a non-driving period of a group of subpixels among the subpixels that are disposed in at least a portion of the second subpixel region, in which a scan pulse is supplied to subpixels in the first and second subpixel regions during the emission permitting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin KIM, Seung Taek OH, Dong Gun LEE
  • Patent number: 12094420
    Abstract: Provided are a gate driving circuit and a display device including the same. The gate driving circuit includes a first outputter for outputting a first scan pulse that swings between a gate-on voltage and a first gate-off voltage, a second outputter for outputting a second scan pulse that swings between the gate-on voltage and a second gate-off voltage, and a controller for controlling the first and second outputters. The first gate-off voltage is set to be higher or lower than the second gate-off voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin Kim, Moon Soo Chung
  • Publication number: 20240257689
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, a gamma correction circuit, and a display driving method that are capable of reducing a level at which a boundary between a normal area and an optical area is perceived by a user by correcting image data based on a gamma curve selected based on an area where a subpixel to which image data is to be supplied is disposed among a first gamma curve for the first driving area, a second gamma curve for the second driving area, and a third gamma curve for the boundary driving area, and outputting corrected image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Boyun JUNG, BoGun SEO, Kyu-Jin KIM, SeungTaek OH, Donggun LEE
  • Patent number: 12039942
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel to display an input image across a first subpixel region and a second subpixel region; a display panel driver to supply pixel data of the input image to subpixels of the display panel; a light source disposed under the display panel in an area overlapped by the second subpixel region; and a controller to drive the light source in an emission permitting section set within a non-driving period of a group of subpixels among the subpixels that are disposed in at least a portion of the second subpixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin Kim, Seung Taek Oh, Dong Gun Lee
  • Patent number: 12039935
    Abstract: A pixel circuit can include a driving element connected to a first node, a second node and a third node; a first switch element supplying an initialization voltage to the second node; a second switch element supplying a data voltage to a fourth node; and a capacitor connected between the third node and the fourth node. Also, the pixel circuit can further include a third switch element supplying a reference voltage to the third node; a fourth switch element supplying a pixel driving voltage to the first node; a fifth switch element electrically connecting the fourth node with the second node; a light emitting element driven to emit light based on a current supplied through the driving element; and a sixth switch element configured to electrically connect the third node with a fifth node connected to an anode electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin Kim, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240221581
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes a display panel with a plurality of pixels, a power supply configured to apply a pixel driving voltage and a low-potential supply voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a timing controller configured to adjust the low-potential supply voltage when a maximum grayscale represented by pixel data to be applied to the plurality of pixels is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Gun LEE, Bo Gun SEO, Kyu Jin KIM, Seung Taek OH, Bo Yun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240221645
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display device including the same are discussed. The pixel circuit can include a first pixel circuit arranged in a first area of a screen at a first resolution and including a first driving element to supply a current to a first light-emitting element and a first storage capacitor disposed between a gate electrode of the first driving element and a power line to which a high-potential supply voltage is applied, and a second pixel circuit arranged in a second area of the screen at a second resolution and including a second driving element to supply a current to a second light-emitting element and a second storage capacitor disposed between a gate electrode of the second driving element and the power line to which the high-potential supply voltage is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gun LEE, Kyu Jin KIM, Ji Ah KIM
  • Publication number: 20240221661
    Abstract: A display panel according to an embodiment and a display device including the same are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel circuits each configured to selectively drive a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element, a shift register configured to output a mode control signal for driving each of the pixel circuits sharing a data line on a line basis according to a clock signal, an output circuit configured to output the mode control signal output from the shift register according to a line control signal, and a multiplexing switch unit configured to output a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage to the pixel circuits of a corresponding line on the basis of the mode control signal output from the output circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyu LEE, Kyu Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20240203345
    Abstract: A pixel circuit can include a driving element connected to a first node, a second node and a third node; a first switch element supplying an initialization voltage to the second node; a second switch element supplying a data voltage to a fourth node; and a capacitor connected between the third node and the fourth node. Also, the pixel circuit can further include a third switch element supplying a reference voltage to the third node; a fourth switch element supplying a pixel driving voltage to the first node; a fifth switch element electrically connecting the fourth node with the second node; a light emitting element driven to emit light based on a current supplied through the driving element; and a sixth switch element configured to electrically connect the third node with a fifth node connected to an anode electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin KIM, Dong Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240185784
    Abstract: A pixel circuit for a display device can include a light-emitting element configured to emit light based on driving current, a driving transistor to control the driving current, and a storage capacitor. The driving transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, where a data voltage is applied to the source electrode. An anode electrode of the light-emitting element is coupled to the drain electrode. Further, the storage capacitor has a first electrode connected to a high-potential voltage and a second electrode coupled to the gate electrode of the driving transistor. During an initialization period of a refresh period of the display device, the pixel circuit applies a first initialization voltage to the second electrode of the storage capacitor, applies a second initialization voltage to the anode electrode of the light-emitting element, and applies an on bias stress voltage to the source electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Jin KIM, Taehun KIM
  • Patent number: 11830442
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gamma voltage generating circuit and a display device including the same. The gamma voltage generating circuit may include: a first output terminal to output a first gamma voltage set as a black grayscale voltage; a second output terminal to output a second gamma voltage set as a higher grayscale voltage than the black grayscale voltage; a third output terminal to output a third gamma voltage set as a highest grayscale voltage of the first pixel area; and a fourth output terminal to output a fourth gamma voltage set as a highest grayscale voltage of the second pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Taek Oh, Kyu Jin Kim, Bo Yun Jung
  • Patent number: 11715760
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a device isolation layer defining an active region; a first trench in the device isolation layer; a second trench in the active region; a main gate electrode structure filling a portion of the first trench and including a first barrier conductive layer and a main gate electrode; a pass gate electrode structure filling a portion of the second trench and including a second barrier conductive layer and a pass gate electrode; a support structure filling another portion of the second trench above the pass gate electrode; a first capping pattern filling another portion of the first trench above the main gate electrode; and a second gate insulating layer extending along a bottom and sidewall of the second trench, wherein the second barrier conductive layer is between the second gate insulating layer and the pass gate electrode and extends along a bottom and sidewall thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui-Jung Kim, Kyu Jin Kim, Sang-Il Han, Kyu Hyun Lee, Woo Young Choi, Yoo Sang Hwang
  • Patent number: 11696436
    Abstract: A includes an element isolation region, a first active region bounded by the element isolation region and that extends in a first direction and includes first and second parts disposed at a first level, and a third part disposed at a second level located above the first level, and a gate electrode disposed inside each of the element isolation region and the first active region and that extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The second part is spaced apart in the first direction from the first part, and the third part contacts each of the first and second parts. A first width in the second direction of the first part is less than a second width in the second direction of the third part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Seok Lee, Jae Hyun Yoon, Kyu Jin Kim, Keun Nam Kim, Hui-Jung Kim, Kyu Hyun Lee, Sang-Il Han, Sung Hee Han, Yoo Sang Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230178033
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data driving circuit and a display device including the same, and the data driving circuit includes a plurality of data input terminals to which pixel data of an input image is input, and a plurality of voltage input terminals to which gamma tab voltages for each color having different voltage levels, and common gamma tab voltages having different voltage levels are each input. When the input image includes pixel data having different grayscale values for each color, a data voltage of a corresponding color is changed when any one of the gamma tab voltages for each color is changed, and data voltages of all colors are changed when any one of the common gamma tab voltages is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin KIM, Bo Yun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230137445
    Abstract: A display device and a mobile terminal including the display device are discussed. The display device can include a display panel including a first pixel area and a second pixel area, a cover glass disposed on a first surface of the display panel in the second pixel area, an optical module disposed under a second surface of the display panel to face the second pixel area and configured to direct infrared light towards a light transmitting part of the second pixel area, and a diffractive optical element disposed on or in at least one of the cover glass and the display panel at a position corresponding to the light transmitting part of the second pixel area. The diffractive optical element can separate the infrared light from the optical module into a plurality of dot beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hun KIM, Bo Gun SEO, Guen Sik LEE, Kyu Jin KIM, Bo Yun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230119029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gamma voltage generating circuit and a display device including the same. The gamma voltage generating circuit may include: a first output terminal to output a first gamma voltage set as a black grayscale voltage; a second output terminal to output a second gamma voltage set as a higher grayscale voltage than the black grayscale voltage; a third output terminal to output a third gamma voltage set as a highest grayscale voltage of the first pixel area; and a fourth output terminal to output a fourth gamma voltage set as a highest grayscale voltage of the second pixel area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Taek OH, Kyu Jin KIM, Bo Yun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230103617
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for providing training content. A method may comprise displaying a question card including a first area and a second area; determining a recommended question using an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on the basis of training data of a user; displaying, on the first area of a screen of a learner terminal, a plurality of prediction values for information obtained by analyzing a correlation between the training ability of the user and the recommended question using the AI model, together with the recommended question; displaying summary information about the recommended question on the second area of the screen of the learner terminal; and displaying a question object of the recommended question on the screen of the learner terminal when the user decides to solve the recommended question on the basis of the plurality of prediction values and the summary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Young Duck CHOI, Yun Ah SUN, Min Sung NOH, Young Jik YOON, Yoon Ho NA, Kyu Jin KIM, Jae We HEO, Jin Eon BAEK, Dong Min SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230096265
    Abstract: Provided are a gate driving circuit and a display device including the same. The gate driving circuit includes a first outputter for outputting a first scan pulse that swings between a gate-on voltage and a first gate-off voltage, a second outputter for outputting a second scan pulse that swings between the gate-on voltage and a second gate-off voltage, and a controller for controlling the first and second outputters. The first gate-off voltage is set to be higher or lower than the second gate-off voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Jin KIM, Moon Soo CHUNG