Patents by Inventor Kyung-Ho Kim

Kyung-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: 9564611
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, a light emitting structure, a light transmitting member, and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a pixel region and a transparent region. The light emitting structure is positioned in the pixel region of the first substrate. The light transmitting member is positioned in the transparent region. The second substrate is disposed on the light emitting structure and the light transmitting member. The light is not refracted in interfaces between the light transmitting member and the first substrate and between the light transmitting member and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Woo Moon, Joon-Youp Kim, Kyung-Ho Kim, Jin-Koo Chung, Jun-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 9557599
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes: a substrate; and a reflection member that is disposed on a surface of the substrate and has a first thickness in a first reflection region corresponding to a light-emitting region and a second thickness in a second reflection region corresponding to a non-light-emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Yim, Seong-Min Kim, Kyung-Ho Kim, Kwan-Hyun Cho, Young-Woo Song
  • Publication number: 20170015205
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling supply of power of a battery is provided. In particular the apparatus supplies battery power to various loads within a vehicle by a release of a door-lock using a key. The battery power is supplied to the loads by rotation of the key for releasing the door-lock when the power of the battery supplied to the various loads is blocked to prevent over-discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyun Young Ahn, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Dong Gun Kim, Do Kyoung Lim, Jin Wook Kim, Jun Ho Bang, Yoon Jun Lee, Hee Tae Yang, Yu Seok Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Suk Hyung Kim, Dong Il Kim, Jin Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9542901
    Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate, on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, a plurality of gate lines arranged in the display area to extend in a first direction, a gate driving unit including a plurality of stages which outputs gate signals to the plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixel rows disposed in the display area and connected to the plurality of gate lines, where a driving area and an electrode area are defined in the display area between two adjacent pixel rows in a second direction among the plurality of pixel rows, at least a part of the plurality of stages is disposed in the driving area, and a compensation electrode is disposed in the electrode area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Kim, Kee Bum Park
  • Publication number: 20170005157
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an encapsulation member facing the substrate, a plurality of pixels between the substrate and the encapsulation member, each pixel including a light emission area and a non-emission area, a first electrode overlapping at least the light emission area, an intermediate layer on the first electrode and including an organic emission layer, a second electrode on the intermediate layer, and a reflective member on a bottom surface of the encapsulation member, the bottom surface of the encapsulation member facing the substrate, and the reflective member including an opening corresponding to the light emission area, and a reflective surface around the opening and corresponding to the non-emission area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon YIM, Seong-Min KIM, Kwan-Hyun CHO, Kyung-Ho KIM, Jun-Ho CHOI, Jin-Koo CHUNG, Young-Woo SONG
  • Publication number: 20170003557
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode electrically connected with a drain electrode through a first contact hole and a second contact hole, respectively. The first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode include a plurality of vertical stems, a plurality of horizontal stems, and a plurality of branch electrodes. The first subpixel electrode is formed above a gate line and the second subpixel electrode is formed below a gate line. The thin film transistor array panel further includes a first protrusion formed in the plurality of vertical stems of the first subpixel electrode and the plurality of vertical stems of the second subpixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hee Hwan LEE, Kyu Su AHN, Kyung Ho KIM, Kee Bum PARK
  • Patent number: 9508748
    Abstract: A thin film transistor display panel includes: a substrate; a gate line and a storage electrode line on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate line; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; a data line, a drain electrode and a divided-voltage reference voltage line on the semiconductor layer; a passivation layer covering the data line, the drain electrode and the divided-voltage reference voltage line; and a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode through a contact hole defined in the passivation layer and including a plurality of pixel branch electrodes, where the divided-voltage reference voltage line divides a first or second sub-pixel area, which is defined by the first or second sub-pixel electrode, into two regions, and each of the two regions has three sides defined by the divided-voltage reference voltage line and an open side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kee-Bum Park, Kyung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9495932
    Abstract: A substantially rectangular display panel includes a first edge extending in a first major axis direction of the rectangular shape and a second edge extending in a second major axis direction of the rectangular shape, the second direction being different from the first direction. The display panel includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in the first direction; and a gate lines driver including a plurality of main stages sequentially connected to each other and configured for outputting gate signals to the gate lines, where the plurality of stages further includes one or more dummy stages arranged in a row along the second edge and not connected to the plurality of gate lines, and where a layout arrangement of a plurality of thin film transistors included in the main stage is different from a corresponding layout arrangement of corresponding thin film transistors included in the at least one dummy stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee-Bum Park, Kyung Ho Kim, Hyuk-Jin Kim, Dong Hee Shin, Byoung Sun Na
  • Publication number: 20160320647
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thin film transistor substrate, including: an insulating substrate having a dummy area and a display area; a signal line formed in the dummy area on the insulating substrate; a switching element positioned in the display area on the insulating substrate; a color filter layer positioned in the display area on the insulating substrate and exposing a portion of the switching element through at least one contact hole; and a dummy color filter layer positioned on the dummy area on the insulating substrate and exposing a portion of the signal line through at least one dummy contact hole, wherein the at least one dummy contact hole formed on the dummy color filter layer and the at least one contact hole formed on the color filter layer are formed on the same position in a plane view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Dong Hee SHIN, Kyung Ho KIM, Ho Kyung KIM, Yoo Mi RA, Kee-Bum PARK
  • Patent number: 9477589
    Abstract: A storage device is provided which includes a nonvolatile memory device configured to store a plurality of reference data, a memory configured to store a hash manage table used to manage a plurality of reference hash keys of each of the plurality of reference data, a hash key generator configured to generate a plurality of hash keys based on write requested data, and a memory controller configured to compare the plurality of hash keys and reference hash keys of each reference data to determine whether to store the write requested data in the nonvolatile memory device. The memory controller selects one of the plurality of reference data according to a similarity between the plurality of hash keys and the plurality of reference hash keys of each reference data and stores the write requested data and the selected reference data in the nonvolatile memory device to refer to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sangkwon Moon, Ji Hong Kim, Ji Sung Park, Hyunchul Park, Kyung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9465263
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate, a data line disposed on the first substrate and intersecting the gate line, and a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel region at least partially defined by the gate line and the data line, and overlapping the data line, the pixel electrode including first and second sub-pixel electrodes separated from each other. Each of the first and second sub-pixel electrodes includes a horizontal stem extending in a direction intersecting the data line, and branches connected to the horizontal stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee Bum Park, Kyung Ho Kim, Hyung Jin Song
  • Patent number: 9466815
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a display substrate including a first substrate and a plurality of pixel light emitting units on the first substrate, and an encapsulation substrate including a second substrate facing the display substrate, and a main reflecting member on the second substrate, the main reflecting member including a light emitting opening at a position corresponding to at least one of the pixel light emitting units, and an auxiliary opening dividing the main reflecting member into a plurality of sub-reflecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Koo Chung, Kyung Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Yim
  • Patent number: 9450201
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an encapsulation member facing the substrate, a plurality of pixels between the substrate and the encapsulation member, each pixel including a light emission area and a non-emission area, a first electrode overlapping at least the light emission area, an intermediate layer on the first electrode and including an organic emission layer, a second electrode on the intermediate layer, and a reflective member on a bottom surface of the encapsulation member, the bottom surface of the encapsulation member facing the substrate, and the reflective member including an opening corresponding to the light emission area, and a reflective surface around the opening and corresponding to the non-emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Yim, Seong-Min Kim, Kwan-Hyun Cho, Kyung-Ho Kim, Jun-Ho Choi, Jin-Koo Chung, Young-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 9448455
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode electrically connected with a drain electrode through a first contact hole and a second contact hole, respectively. The first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode include a plurality of vertical stems, a plurality of horizontal stems, and a plurality of branch electrodes. The first subpixel electrode is formed above a gate line and the second subpixel electrode is formed below a gate line. The thin film transistor array panel further includes a first protrusion formed in the plurality of vertical stems of the first subpixel electrode and the plurality of vertical stems of the second subpixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Hwan Lee, Kyu Su Ahn, Kyung Ho Kim, Kee Bum Park
  • Publication number: 20160254613
    Abstract: A connector module may include: a connector body including an interior space with an empty area therein; and a connector part disposed on one side of the connector body. The connector part may include: a connector protruding from the connector body; and a connector holder seated in the empty area of the connector body and configured to secure the connector thereto. The connector holder may be configured to move the connector in one direction in response to an external force. A fixing part may be connected to one side of the connector body in a hinged fashion and being rotatable relative to the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Wook CHOI, Kyung Ho KIM, Sung Yub KIM, Han Eol PARK, Jeong In LEE, Jae Young CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160240818
    Abstract: An organic light display device includes a first substrate, light emitting structures, a second substrate and a reflective member. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and a reflective region which surrounds the sub-pixel regions. The reflective region excludes the sub-pixel regions. The light emitting structures are respectively disposed in the sub-pixel regions on the first substrate. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The reflective member is disposed in the reflective region on the lower surface of the second substrate. First openings exposing the sub-pixel regions and a second opening exposing at least a portion the reflective region are located in the reflective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jin-Koo CHUNG, Jun-Ho CHOI, Kyung-Ho KIM, Eun-Kyoung NAM, Jeong-Woo MOON
  • Patent number: 9400408
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a thin film transistor array panel; a counter panel opposite to the thin film transistor array panel; a liquid crystal layer between the thin film transistor array panel and the counter panel; and pixel electrodes in the thin film transistor array panel, where each of the pixel electrodes includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode, where each of the first and second sub-pixel electrodes is divided into sub-regions by domain dividers, which controls pretilt angles of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer, vertically adjacent pixel electrodes includes an upper pixel electrode and a lower pixel electrode, and the pretilt angles of the liquid crystal molecules in two bottom sub-regions of the second sub-pixel electrode of the upper pixel electrode and in two top sub-regions of the first sub-pixel electrode of the lower pixel electrode are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kee-Bum Park, Kyung Ho Kim, Ho Kyung Kim, Yoo Mi Ra, Dong Hee Shin
  • Publication number: 20160202571
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display capable of reducing a texture by increasing a liquid crystal control ability. The liquid crystal display includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The first electrode includes a horizontal extension forming a boundary between adjacent subregions and a vertical extension connected to the horizontal extension, and the horizontal extension includes a portion which has a largest width at a position proximate to the vertical extension, and which has a smaller width at a position farther from the vertical extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kee-Bum PARK, Dong Hee SHIN, Kyung Ho KIM, Ho Kyung KIM, Yoo Mi RA
  • Publication number: 20160180790
    Abstract: A substantially rectangular display panel includes a first edge extending in a first major axis direction of the rectangular shape and a second edge extending in a second major axis direction of the rectangular shape, the second direction being different from the first direction. The display panel includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in the first direction; and a gate lines driver including a plurality of main stages sequentially connected to each other and configured for outputting gate signals to the gate lines, where the plurality of stages further includes one or more dummy stages arranged in a row along the second edge and not connected to the plurality of gate lines, and where a layout arrangement of a plurality of thin film transistors included in the main stage is different from a corresponding layout arrangement of corresponding thin film transistors included in the at least one dummy stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Kee-Bum PARK, Kyung Ho KIM, Hyuk-Jin KIM, Dong Hee SHIN, Byoung Sun NA
  • Publication number: 20160161806
    Abstract: A thin film transistor according to the present inventive concept includes: a first and a second pixel electrodes that are electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole and disposed to be adjacent to each other in a column direction, wherein the first pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode that include a vertical stem part, a horizontal stem part, and a plurality of minute branches, the second pixel electrode includes a third sub-pixel electrode and a fourth sub-pixel electrode that include a vertical stem part, a horizontal stem part, and a plurality of minute branches, and the plurality of minute branches of the second sub-pixel electrode and the plurality of minute branches of the third sub-pixel electrode that are adjacent to each other to each other in the column direction form an angle of 45° or more to 135° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Kyu Su AHN, Hee Hwan LEE, Kyung Ho KIM, Kee Bum PARK