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).

  • Publication number: 20210210019
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Su HAN, Kyun Ho KIM, Jung Taek KIM, Joon Suk BAIK, Se Keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210201781
    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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    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
  • Publication number: 20210201779
    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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    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
  • Patent number: 11049474
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel electrically coupled to the gate line and the data line; a controller configured to calculate a load of input data; a data driver configured to: generate a data signal corresponding to a grayscale value in the input data; and provide the data signal to the data line; a gate driver configured to: generate a gate signal having a pulse, based on a gate-on voltage; and provide the gate signal to the gate line; and a power supply configured to: provide the gate-on voltage to the gate driver; and vary the gate-on voltage based on the load, wherein the gate-on voltage has a voltage level for turning on the first transistor, and wherein a luminance of the display is increased as the load is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Sung In Kang
  • Patent number: 11017729
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a first correction circuit configured to perform, using a gamma correction value, a gamma correction for first image data; a second correction circuit configured to receive the gamma-corrected first image, and to generate second image data by performing gray-scale compensation for the gamma-corrected first image data; and a data driver configured to provide a data signal corresponding to the second image data to the plurality of pixels, wherein the second correction circuit performs the gray-scale compensation based on the gamma correction value and a threshold value measured for each of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Sung In Kang, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20210153343
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; a first substrate attached to a side of the display panel; and a second substrate attached to a side of the first substrate, wherein the display panel includes a first panel test pad and a second panel test pad, the first substrate includes a 1-1 circuit test lead overlapping and connected to the first panel test pad, a 1-2 circuit test lead overlapping and connected to the second panel test pad, a 2-1 circuit test lead overlapping and connected to the second substrate, a 1-1 test lead line connected to the 1-1 circuit test lead, a 1-2 test lead line connected to the 1-2 circuit test lead, and a first test lead line connected to the 2-1 circuit test lead, and the 1-1 test lead line and the 1-2 test lead line are connected to the first test lead line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Jin SHIN, Kyun Ho KIM, Uk Jae JANG, Bong Im PARK
  • Patent number: 10978012
    Abstract: A display device capable of setting an optimal output enable value according to a color pattern and a method for driving the display device. A timing controller is configured to receive an image signal from an external source, identify a color pattern and set an output enable value corresponding to the identified color pattern. A scan driver is configured to receive the output enable value and generate a first scan signal having a first turn-on signal and a second scan signal adjacent to the first scan signal and having a second turn-on signal. The scan driver may adjust an interval between the first turn-on signal and the second turn-on signal based on the output enable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Park, Kyun Ho Kim, Shim Ho Yi, Yong Jin Shin, Yu Chol Kim
  • Publication number: 20210099083
    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 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kyun Ho KIM, Jung-taek KIM, Joon Suk BAIK, Sang Su HAN, Jae Woo RYU, Myung Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20210005146
    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: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: Kyun Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20200357344
    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: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: KI HYUN PYUN, SUNG IN KANG, KYUN HO KIM
  • Publication number: 20200302884
    Abstract: A display device capable of setting an optimal output enable value according to a color pattern and a method for driving the display device. A timing controller is configured to receive an image signal from an external source, identify a color pattern and set an output enable value corresponding to the identified color pattern. A scan driver is configured to receive the output enable value and generate a first scan signal having a first turn-on signal and a second scan signal adjacent to the first scan signal and having a second turn-on signal. The scan driver may adjust an interval between the first turn-on signal and the second turn-on signal based on the output enable value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Jun PARK, Kyun Ho KIM, Shim Ho YI, Yong Jin SHIN, Yu Chol KIM
  • Publication number: 20200302868
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Kyun Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20200273428
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel electrically coupled to the gate line and the data line; a controller configured to calculate a load of input data; a data driver configured to: generate a data signal corresponding to a grayscale value in the input data; and provide the data signal to the data line; a gate driver configured to: generate a gate signal having a pulse, based on a gate-on voltage; and provide the gate signal to the gate line; and a power supply configured to: provide the gate-on voltage to the gate driver; and vary the gate-on voltage based on the load, wherein the gate-on voltage has a voltage level for turning on the first transistor, and wherein a luminance of the display is increased as the load is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kyun Ho KIM, Sung In KANG
  • Publication number: 20200265788
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a first correction circuit configured to perform, using a gamma correction value, a gamma correction for first image data; a second correction circuit configured to receive the gamma-corrected first image, and to generate second image data by performing gray-scale compensation for the gamma-corrected first image data; and a data driver configured to provide a data signal corresponding to the second image data to the plurality of pixels, wherein the second correction circuit performs the gray-scale compensation based on the gamma correction value and a threshold value measured for each of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kyun Ho KIM, Sung In KANG, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Patent number: 10714035
    Abstract: A display device capable of setting an optimal output enable value according to a color pattern and a method for driving the display device. A timing controller is configured to receive an image signal from an external source, identify a color pattern and set an output enable value corresponding to the identified color pattern. A scan driver is configured to receive the output enable value and generate a first scan signal having a first turn-on signal and a second scan signal adjacent to the first scan signal and having a second turn-on signal. The scan driver may adjust an interval between the first turn-on signal and the second turn-on signal based on the output enable value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Park, Kyun Ho Kim, Shim Ho Yi, Yong Jin Shin, Yu Chol Kim
  • Publication number: 20200143745
    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: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Kyun Ho KIM, Jong-Keun KIM, Min Young PARK, Jong Min SHIM
  • Patent number: 10319328
    Abstract: A display device and method is provided that permits selection of a first lookup table or a second lookup table to operate the data driver at respectively different temperatures to prevent heat from damaging the display device. The display device includes a detector which detects the number of toggles in which the amount of change in gray values of successive pixels driven by the same data line in one frame is equal to or greater than a reference gray change amount. A comparator compares the number of toggles detected by the detector with a reference number of toggles, and a lookup table selector which selects any one of a first lookup table and a second lookup table based on the comparison result of the comparator and provides the selected first lookup table or second lookup table to a data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Bong Gyun Kang, Sang An Kwon, Seung Hwan Moon, Yong Jin Shin, Neung Beom Lee, Jun Pyo Lee, Kyung Hwa Lim
  • Publication number: 20180301105
    Abstract: A display device and method is provided that permits selection of a first lookup table or a second lookup table to operate the data driver at respectively different temperatures to prevent heat from damaging the display device. The display device includes a detector which detects the number of toggles in which the amount of change in gray values of successive pixels driven by the same data line in one frame is equal to or greater than a reference gray change amount. A comparator compares the number of toggles detected by the detector with a reference number of toggles, and a lookup table selector which selects any one of a first lookup table and a second lookup table based on the comparison result of the comparator and provides the selected first lookup table or second lookup table to a data driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: KYUN HO KIM, Bong Gyun KANG, Sang An KWON, Seung Hwan MOON, Yong Jin SHIN, Neung Beom LEE, Jun Pyo LEE, Kyung Hwa LIM
  • Patent number: 9984641
    Abstract: A gate protection circuit includes: a clock signal generator to generate a plurality of gate clock signals; a gate driver to output gate signals based on the plurality of gate clock signals, the gate driver including a plurality of gate driving circuits cascaded to each other; and a monitoring line configured to transmit a feedback signal based on the plurality of gate clock signals via the plurality of gate driving circuits to the clock signal generator. The clock signal generator is to block generation of the plurality of gate clock signals in response to the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung In Kang, Kyun Ho Kim, Min Ho Park, Ji Eun Jang
  • Publication number: 20180137828
    Abstract: A display device capable of setting an optimal output enable value according to a color pattern and a method for driving the display device. A timing controller is configured to receive an image signal from an external source, identify a color pattern and set an output enable value corresponding to the identified color pattern. A scan driver is configured to receive the output enable value and generate a first scan signal having a first turn-on signal and a second scan signal adjacent to the first scan signal and having a second turn-on signal. The scan driver may adjust an interval between the first turn-on signal and the second turn-on signal based on the output enable value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Sang Jun Park, Kyun Ho Kim, Shim Ho Yi, Yong Jin Shin, Yu Chol Kim