Patents by Inventor Masami IGAWA

Masami IGAWA 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: 10777159
    Abstract: Each stage of a gate driver includes a controlling part which increases an electric potential of a boosting line in response to a carry signal of a previous stage and decreases the electric potential of the boosting line in response to the carry signal of a next stage, a first output part which turns on in response to the increased electric potential of the boosting line and receiving a clock signal to output a gate signal of a present stage, and a second output part which turns on in response to the increased electric potential of the boosting line and receiving the clock signal to output the carry signal of the present stage. The boosting line of the present stage is disposed adjacent to a gate line which is connected to one of next stages following the present stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Takeuchi, Masami Igawa, Min soo Kang, Beomjun Kim, YoonHo Kim, Seongyeol Syn, Hong-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 10424262
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages. A k-th stage from among the plurality of stages, the k-th stage includes a first input circuit to receive a (k?1)th gate signal from a (k?1)th stage and to precharge a first node, a second input circuit to receive a (k+2)th gate signal from a (k+2)th stage to transmit the received (k+2)th gate signal to a second node, an output circuit to output a first clock signal as a k-th gate signal in response to a signal of the first node, a discharge circuit configured to discharge the first node through the k-th gate signal in response to a signal of the second node, a first transfer circuit to transfer a second clock signal to the first node, and a second transfer circuit to transfer the first clock signal to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Igawa, Noboru Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10062332
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes a switching element connected to a data line and a gate line, a light source configured to provide the display panel with a light, a light source driver configured to turn the light source on and off, and a panel driver configured to output a data voltage to the data lines and a gate signal to the gate lines during an ON period in which the light source turns on the light, and to block the data voltage to be applied to the data lines and the gate signal to be applied to the gate lines during an OFF period in which the light source turns off the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Sengoku, Masami Igawa
  • Publication number: 20180061353
    Abstract: Each stage of a gate driver includes a controlling part which increases an electric potential of a boosting line in response to a carry signal of a previous stage and decreases the electric potential of the boosting line in response to the carry signal of a next stage, a first output part which turns on in response to the increased electric potential of the boosting line and receiving a clock signal to output a gate signal of a present stage, and a second output part which turns on in response to the increased electric potential of the boosting line and receiving the clock signal to output the carry signal of the present stage. The boosting line of the present stage is disposed adjacent to a gate line which is connected to one of next stages following the present stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Noboru TAKEUCHI, Masami IGAWA, Min soo KANG, Beomjun KIM, YoonHo KIM, Seongyeol SYN, Hong-Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 9837032
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel in response to a first control signal and outputting a data voltage to a data line of the display panel in response to a second control signal using a plurality of data output blocks having driving timings different from one another. A single driving chip includes the plurality of data output blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Igawa
  • Patent number: 9779677
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel that includes pixels for receiving data voltages in response to gate signals, and dummy pixels, a driver for driving the pixels and the dummy pixels, a kickback voltage detector for detecting a kickback voltage of the dummy pixels, and a timing controller. The timing controller calculates a temperature corresponding to the kickback voltage, compares the calculated temperature with a reference temperature, and controls the driver to compensate a display panel image quality based on a temperature variation that corresponds to a difference between the calculated temperature and the reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masami Igawa
  • Publication number: 20170256225
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages. A k-th stage from among the plurality of stages, the k-th stage includes a first input circuit to receive a (k?1)th gate signal from a (k?1)th stage and to precharge a first node, a second input circuit to receive a (k+2)th gate signal from a (k+2)th stage to transmit the received (k+2)th gate signal to a second node, an output circuit to output a first clock signal as a k-th gate signal in response to a signal of the first node, a discharge circuit configured to discharge the first node through the k-th gate signal in response to a signal of the second node, a first transfer circuit to transfer a second clock signal to the first node, and a second transfer circuit to transfer the first clock signal to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Masami IGAWA, Noboru TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170069275
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes a switching element connected to a data line and a gate line, a light source configured to provide the display panel with a light, a light source driver configured to turn the light source on and off, and a panel driver configured to output a data voltage to the data lines and a gate signal to the gate lines during an ON period in which the light source turns on the light, and to block the data voltage to be applied to the data lines and the gate signal to be applied to the gate lines during an OFF period in which the light source turns off the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: OSAMU SENGOKU, MASAMI IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160189598
    Abstract: Each stage of a gate driver includes a controlling part which increases an electric potential of a boosting line in response to a carry signal of a previous stage and decreases the electric potential of the boosting line in response to the carry signal of a next stage, a first output part which turns on in response to the increased electric potential of the boosting line and receiving a clock signal to output a gate signal of a present stage, and a second output part which turns on in response to the increased electric potential of the boosting line and receiving the clock signal to output the carry signal of the present stage. The boosting line of the present stage is disposed adjacent to a gate line which is connected to one of next stages following the present stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Noboru TAKEUCHI, Masami IGAWA, Min soo KANG, Beomjun KIM, YoonHo KIM, Seongyeol SYN, Hong-Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20160027412
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel that includes pixels for receiving data voltages in response to gate signals, and dummy pixels, a driver for driving the pixels and the dummy pixels, a kickback voltage detector for detecting a kickback voltage of the dummy pixels, and a timing controller. The timing controller calculates a temperature corresponding to the kickback voltage, compares the calculated temperature with a reference temperature, and controls the driver to compensate a display panel image quality based on a temperature variation that corresponds to a difference between the calculated temperature and the reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: MASAMI IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150339995
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel in response to a first control signal and outputting a data voltage to a data line of the display panel in response to a second control signal using a plurality of data output blocks having driving timings different from one another. A single driving chip includes the plurality of data output blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Masami IGAWA
  • Patent number: 9093011
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a display panel luminance change storing part, a light source part and a light source driving part. The display panel luminance change data storing part stores a display panel luminance change data indicating a luminance change of a display panel with respect to time. The light source part provides a light to the display panel and outputs a light source luminance. The light source driving part drives the light source part based on the display panel luminance change data so that the light source luminance is decreased when a display panel luminance is increased and the light source luminance is increased when the display panel luminance is decreased. Thus, a display quality of a display apparatus may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Igawa
  • Publication number: 20140347257
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel in response to a first control signal, and outputting a data voltage to a data line of the display panel in response to a second control signal using a plurality of driving chips, where driving timings of the driving chips are different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami IGAWA
  • Patent number: 8878763
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including pixels, a gate driver to sequentially apply a gate signal to gate lines in response to a gate control signal, a first source driver to apply a first data voltage to data lines in response to a data control signal, and a second source driver disposed at an opposite side of the display panel from the first source driver with respect to the display panel. The second source driver is configured to apply a second data voltage to the data lines at every time period, at which the gate signal is applied to the gate lines, in response to the clock signal. The pixels display a gray scale in response to the first and second data voltages, and a time period of a rising edge of the clock signal is the same as a time period of a rising edge of the gate signal. In addition, the high level period of the clock signal is shorter than the high level period of the gate signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Igawa
  • Publication number: 20140028731
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a display panel luminance change storing part, a light source part and a light source driving part. The display panel luminance change data storing part stores a display panel luminance change data indicating a luminance change of a display panel with respect to time. The light source part provides a light to the display panel and outputs a light source luminance. The light source driving part drives the light source part based on the display panel luminance change data so that the light source luminance is decreased when a display panel luminance is increased and the light source luminance is increased when the display panel luminance is decreased. Thus, a display quality of a display apparatus may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masami IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20130293526
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels having gate lines, data lines, dummy pixels each of which is connected to a dummy gate line, a dummy data line or one of a corresponding data line of the data lines, a gate driver configured to drive the gate lines and the dummy gate line, a data driver configured to drive the data lines and the dummy data line, a timing controller configured to control the gate driver to drive the dummy gate line and apply a test data to the data driver during a test mode, a kickback detector configured to output a kickback signal corresponding to a difference between the test data and a digital detecting signal of the dummy pixel during the test mode, and a voltage generator adjusting a level of a common voltage in accordance with the kickback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: MASAMI IGAWA
  • Publication number: 20130257842
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including pixels, a gate driver to sequentially apply a gate signal to gate lines in response to a gate control signal, a first source driver to apply a first data voltage to data lines in response to a data control signal, and a second source driver disposed at an opposite side of the display panel from the first source driver with respect to the display panel. The second source driver is configured to apply a second data voltage to the data lines at every time period, at which the gate signal is applied to the gate lines, in response to the clock signal. The pixels display a gray scale in response to the first and second data voltages, and a time period of a rising edge of the clock signal is the same as a time period of a rising edge of the gate signal. In addition, the high level period of the clock signal is shorter than the high level period of the gate signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami IGAWA