Patents by Inventor Kyun-ho KIM

Kyun-ho 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: 11527202
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of source boards connected to the display panel; a power control board connected to the source board and configured to supply a power voltage to the plurality of pixels; and a control board configured to control an output of voltages supplied to the source board according to a control signal transmitted by the power control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Jong-Keun Kim, Min Young Park, Jong Min Shim
  • Patent number: 11508316
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method of operating the same. The method of operating the display device, which includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a data driver configured to provide data signals having different voltage levels to all data lines connected to pixels, comprises steps of applying a data signal having a first data voltage to all the data lines, determining whether a preset sensing current flows in a target wire, and applying a data signal having a second data voltage to all the data lines, wherein the second data voltage is offset from the first data voltage by a certain voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Kyun Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11475845
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel connected to each of a first scan line, a second scan line, and a data line; a scan driver supplying a first scan signal to the first scan line and a second scan signal to the second scan line; a controller dividing one frame period into an active period and a blank period and generating a count signal in which a time duration of the blank period is counted and a power control signal; a data driver supplying a data signal to the data line; and a power supply controlling a source driving voltage supplied to the data driver according to a duration of the blank period based on the power control signal. When the count signal reaches a reference value, the controller supplies a start signal for output of the first scan signal to the scan driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Hong Kyu Kim, Hyung Keun Park, Joon Suk Baik, Young Soo Sohn, Yong Jin Shin, Se Keun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220294342
    Abstract: A power voltage generator includes a booster, a voltage sensor, a constant voltage controller and a constant current controller. The booster is configured to boost an input voltage to an output voltage based on an on-off operation of a switch. The voltage sensor is configured to generate a sensing voltage by sensing the output voltage. The constant voltage controller is configured to generate a first switching signal to control the switch by comparing the sensing voltage with a reference voltage. The constant current controller is configured to generate a gain based on a ratio of an electrode signal of the switch and a target signal by comparing the electrode signal of the switch with the target signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kyun Ho KIM, Jung-taek KIM, Joon Suk BAIK, Sang Su HAN, Jae Woo RYU, Myung Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 11423848
    Abstract: A display device comprises a timing controller which provides data comprising a pre-emphasis value and an image data value, and a data driver which supplies to data lines a pre-emphasis voltage generated based on the pre-emphasis value during a first period of a horizontal period, and supplies to the data lines a data voltage generated based on the image data value during a second period of the horizontal period. The timing controller provides data based on which the pre-emphasis value is changed in correspondence with one screen mode selected from a plurality of screen modes having different target color coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang An Kwon, Kyun Ho Kim, Woo Mi Bae, Jun Woo Son
  • Publication number: 20220208085
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver supplying a scan signal to the scan lines and to supply a control signal to the control lines; a data driver supplying an image data voltage or a low grayscale data voltage to the data lines; and a power supply supplying a reference voltage to the pixels, wherein the pixels are configured to receive the image data voltage during a first scan period of a frame, and to receive the low grayscale data voltage during a second scan period of the frame, and the reference voltage supplied to a first pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period is different from the reference voltage supplied to a last pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Taek KIM, Sang Su HAN, Kyun Ho KIM, Hyung Keun PARK, Joon Suk BAIK, Se Keun LEE
  • Patent number: 11349392
    Abstract: A power voltage generator includes a booster, a voltage sensor, a constant voltage controller and a constant current controller. The booster is configured to boost an input voltage to an output voltage based on an on-off operation of a switch. The voltage sensor is configured to generate a sensing voltage by sensing the output voltage. The constant voltage controller is configured to generate a first switching signal to control the switch by comparing the sensing voltage with a reference voltage. The constant current controller is configured to generate a gain based on a ratio of an electrode signal of the switch and a target signal by comparing the electrode signal of the switch with the target signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Jung-taek Kim, Joon Suk Baik, Sang Su Han, Jae Woo Ryu, Myung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11348505
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to scan lines connected to the pixels and supplies a sensing signal to sensing lines connected to the pixels; a data driver which supplies a data signal corresponding to image data to data lines connected to the pixels; a sensing part which senses a threshold voltage of a first transistor included in each of the pixels through receiving lines connected to the pixels, and corrects the sensed threshold voltage based on a voltage drop corresponding to at least one of an internal resistance of the data lines and an internal resistance of the receiving lines; and a timing controller which generates the image data by changing input image data based on the corrected threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jin Shin, Kyun Ho Kim, Hyoung Wook Kim, Bong Im Park, Uk Jae Jang
  • Publication number: 20220101794
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel connected to each of a first scan line, a second scan line, and a data line; a scan driver supplying a first scan signal to the first scan line and a second scan signal to the second scan line; a controller dividing one frame period into an active period and a blank period and generating a count signal in which a time duration of the blank period is counted and a power control signal; a data driver supplying a data signal to the data line; and a power supply controlling a source driving voltage supplied to the data driver according to a duration of the blank period based on the power control signal. When the count signal reaches a reference value, the controller supplies a start signal for output of the first scan signal to the scan driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Hong Kyu Kim, Hyung Keun Park, Joon Suk Baik, Young Soo Sohn, Yong Jin Shin, Se Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11289018
    Abstract: A display device includes: a net power control circuit configured to analyze a screen load from an input image signal to generate a load signal including a load value corresponding to the screen load; and an overcurrent protection circuit configured to set a set current value at a predetermined ratio with respect to a global current value corresponding to the load value included in the load signal, and to determine whether or not the display device is powered off based on the set current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Yong-Jin Shin, Seong Jun Kim, Jung-Taek Kim, Joon Suk Baik, Se Keun Lee, Uk Jae Jang, Sang Su Han
  • Patent number: 11282441
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver supplying a scan signal to the scan lines and to supply a control signal to the control lines; a data driver supplying an image data voltage or a low grayscale data voltage to the data lines; and a power supply supplying a reference voltage to the pixels, wherein the pixels are configured to receive the image data voltage during a first scan period of a frame, and to receive the low grayscale data voltage during a second scan period of the frame, and the reference voltage supplied to a first pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period is different from the reference voltage supplied to a last pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Taek Kim, Sang Su Han, Kyun Ho Kim, Hyung Keun Park, Joon Suk Baik, Se Keun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220084471
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes: a display panel for displaying an image, based on data signals supplied from data lines; a load controller for determining a scale factor for controlling a target luminance of the image displayed in the display panel, based on a load of first image data input from the outside; and a data driver for outputting data signals to the data lines, corresponding to the first image data corrected using the scale factor. The data driver includes a plurality of data driver chips coupled to at least one data line among the data lines. The load controller determines the scale factor, based on at least one of a total load of the first image data and local loads with respect to the respective data driver chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Sung In KANG, Kyun Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20220084450
    Abstract: A display device includes a processor which supplies grayscale data in active periods of frame periods and stops supply of the grayscale data in blank periods of the frame periods, a timing controller which generates a change signal when a difference between a first blank period of a first frame period and a second blank period of a second frame period is greater than a threshold value, a power supply which supplies a first power voltage having a voltage level changed based on the change signal to a first power line, and pixels commonly connected to the first power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Taek KIM, Kyun Ho KIM, Jae Woo RYU, Joon Suk BAIK, Se Keun LEE, Sang Su HAN
  • Patent number: 11250774
    Abstract: A display device includes: a screen saver operable to cause an image to be displayed with a lowered luminance in a screen save mode by lowering a scale factor from a first value based on the image being displayed as a still image longer than a reference time; and an overcurrent protection circuit operable to detect an overcurrent and cause a power of the display device to be turned off based on a predetermined current value that is reduced according to the scale factor and comparison between the predetermined current value and a driving current supplied provided to a display panel in which the image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Bong Gyun Kang, Kyun Ho Kim, Sung-Mo Yang, Young Soo Sohn
  • Publication number: 20210398494
    Abstract: A display device comprises a timing controller which provides data comprising a pre-emphasis value and an image data value, and a data driver which supplies to data lines a pre-emphasis voltage generated based on the pre-emphasis value during a first period of a horizontal period, and supplies to the data lines a data voltage generated based on the image data value during a second period of the horizontal period. The timing controller provides data based on which the pre-emphasis value is changed in correspondence with one screen mode selected from a plurality of screen modes having different target color coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: SANG AN KWON, Kyun Ho Kim, Woo Mi BAE, Jun Woo SON
  • Patent number: 11189234
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes: a display panel for displaying an image, based on data signals supplied from data lines; a load controller for determining a scale factor for controlling a target luminance of the image displayed in the display panel, based on a load of first image data input from the outside; and a data driver for outputting data signals to the data lines, corresponding to the first image data corrected using the scale factor. The data driver includes a plurality of data driver chips coupled to at least one data line among the data lines. The load controller determines the scale factor, based on at least one of a total load of the first image data and local loads with respect to the respective data driver chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Sung In Kang, Kyun Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11138936
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a controller for dividing the display panel into a plurality of regions, compensating for image data provided from the outside based on a data compensation value set with respect to each of the plurality of regions, and providing the compensated image data to the display panel, and an initialization power supply for supplying an initialization power supply voltage to the display panel, wherein the data compensation value is set with respect to each of the plurality of regions of the display panel based on a difference between a target initialization power supply voltage and the initialization power supply voltage, wherein the target initialization power supply voltage is a voltage that is configured to allow any region to emit light at a target luminance with respect to image data for sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyun Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11138940
    Abstract: A display device includes a scan driver which includes a first stage including a first output terminal connected to a first carry line, a second output terminal connected to a first scan line, and a third output terminal connected to a first sensing line, and a second stage including a first input terminal connected to the first carry line, a fourth output terminal connected to a second scan line, and a fifth output terminal connected to a second sensing line. In a sensing period, signals having a turn-on level are respectively output from the first output terminal, the second output terminal, and the third output terminal during a predetermined delay period before signals having a turn-on level are respectively output from the fourth output terminal and the fifth output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Su Han, Kyun Ho Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Joon Suk Baik, Se Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11132949
    Abstract: A compensation method of a display device includes: sensing a first luminance of the display device when a first pattern is displayed on the display device; calculating a luminance prediction value corresponding to a second pattern to be displayed on the display device based on the first luminance, where the second pattern is different from the first pattern; sensing a second luminance of the display device when the second pattern is displayed on the display device; adjusting a current flowing in a first power line of the display device until the second luminance reaches the luminance prediction value; and storing compensation data corresponding to an adjusted current in a lookup table when the second luminance reaches the luminance prediction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Jae Woo Ryu, Joon Suk Baik, Yong Jin Shin, Uk Jae Jang, Ki Hyun Pyun, Sang Su Han
  • Publication number: 20210287583
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to scan lines connected to the pixels and supplies a sensing signal to sensing lines connected to the pixels; a data driver which supplies a data signal corresponding to image data to data lines connected to the pixels; a sensing part which senses a threshold voltage of a first transistor included in each of the pixels through receiving lines connected to the pixels, and corrects the sensed threshold voltage based on a voltage drop corresponding to at least one of an internal resistance of the data lines and an internal resistance of the receiving lines; and a timing controller which generates the image data by changing input image data based on the corrected threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Jin SHIN, Kyun Ho KIM, Hyoung Wook KIM, Bong Im PARK, Uk Jae JANG