Patents by Inventor Min-Geun CHOI

Min-Geun CHOI 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: 20200174297
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device includes: first to fourth substrates spaced apart from and parallel to each other; a first stack including a first pixel electrode, a first alignment layer, a first common electrode, a second alignment layer and a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer between the first and second alignment layers; a second stack including a second pixel electrode, a third alignment layer, a second common electrode, a fourth alignment layer and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer between the third and fourth alignment layers; a third stack including a third pixel electrode, a fifth alignment layer, a third common electrode, a sixth alignment layer and a third cholesteric liquid crystal layer between the fifth and sixth alignment layers; and a fourth stack including a first mode electrode, an ion storing layer, an electrolyte layer, an electrochromic layer and a second mode electrode sequentially on the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Gi-Hwan Lim, Min-Geun Choi
  • Patent number: 10566575
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting apparatus includes a substrate including a plurality of emission areas and a plurality of non-emission areas surrounding edges of the plurality of emission areas, an overcoat layer disposed on the substrate and having a first non-flat top surface in at least one of the emission areas and a second non-flat top surface in at least one of the non-emission area, an auxiliary electrode disposed on the second non-flat top surface and including a reflective material, a first electrode disposed on the first non-flat top surface in at least one of the emission areas and disposed on the auxiliary electrode in the non-emission areas, an organic emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emitting layer, wherein the auxiliary electrode and the first electrode are in electrical contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Ju Lee, Min-Geun Choi, Jin-Tae Kim, Yong-Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10551648
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switchable liquid crystal display device having a light weight and a thin profile where a viewing angle adjusting panel is formed by using a liquid crystal capsule having an optical isotropy and a number of substrates and polarizing plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Na Jeon, Min-Geun Choi
  • Patent number: 10317741
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate having a pixel including first and second areas; a thin film transistor on the substrate in the pixel; a first pixel electrode in the first area and connected to the thin film transistor; a first common electrode in the first area and spaced apart from the first pixel electrode by a first separation distance; a second pixel electrode in the second area and connected to the first pixel electrode; a second common electrode in the second area and spaced apart from the second pixel electrode by a second separation distance different from the first separation distance; and a liquid crystal layer on the first pixel electrode, the first common electrode, the second pixel electrode and the second common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Wook Lee, Jung-Im Hwang, Min-Geun Choi, Ji-Na Jeon
  • Publication number: 20190165321
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a first substrate including an emissive area; an overcoat layer disposed over the first substrate and including a plurality of protruding portions and a plurality of depressed portions in the emissive area; a first electrode disposed over the overcoat layer and including an electrode portion which corresponds to each of the plurality of protruding portions and an opening which corresponds to each of the plurality of depressed portions; a light-emitting layer disposed over the electrode portion; a second electrode disposed over the light-emitting layer; and a reflective pattern disposed over each of the plurality of depressed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Min-Geun CHOI, Woo-Ram YOUN
  • Publication number: 20190165323
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device comprises a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; an overcoat layer disposed on the thin film transistor; and a light-emitting diode electrically connected to the thin film transistor through the overcoat layer, wherein the light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer on the first electrode and a second electrode on the light-emitting layer, and an emissive area is an area in which the light-emitting layer emits light by the first electrode or the second electrode, wherein the overcoat layer includes a micro lens at a position corresponding to the emissive area, and the light-emitting diode conforms to a morphology of the micro lens, and wherein the first electrode includes a first region and a second region, the first region comprises an electrode layer, and the second region includes the electrode layer and an electrode pattern disposed under the electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: So-Young JO, Ji-Hyang JANG, Min-Geun CHOI, Woo-Ram YOUN
  • Publication number: 20190155074
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that may include a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of first inclined planes; a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the first electrode, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including a plurality of nano-sized capsules dispersed in a buffer layer, each of the plurality of nano-sized capsules including nematic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; and a second electrode on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, the second electrode including a plurality of second inclined planes facing the plurality of first inclined planes, wherein the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer is substantially, optically isotropic in a normal state, and is optically anisotropic when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin Kim, Jung-Im Hwang, Ji-Na Jeon, Kyung-Su Ha, Min-Geun Choi
  • Publication number: 20190155073
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate having first, second and third sub-pixels; a thin film transistor in each of the first, second and third sub-pixels on a front surface of the substrate; a pixel electrode and a common electrode in each of the first, second and third sub-pixels on the substrate, the pixel electrode and the common electrode spaced apart from each other; a liquid crystal layer on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal capsule and a binder; an auxiliary adhesive layer on the liquid crystal layer; an optical film on the auxiliary adhesive layer; a first adhesive layer and a first polarizing plate sequentially on a rear surface of the substrate; and a second adhesive layer and a second polarizing plate sequentially on the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Woo LEE, Min-Geun CHOI, Jung-Im HWANG
  • Publication number: 20190155071
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including: a substrate; a thin film transistor on the substrate; a pixel electrode and a common electrode on the substrate; a first liquid crystal pattern in the first sub-pixel on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the first liquid crystal pattern including a first liquid crystal molecule; a second liquid crystal pattern in the second sub-pixel on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the second liquid crystal pattern including a second liquid crystal molecule; and a third liquid crystal pattern in the third sub-pixel on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the third liquid crystal pattern including a third liquid crystal molecule, wherein the first, second and third liquid crystal molecules have different refractive index anisotropies from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Woo LEE, Min-Geun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190103442
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a white pixel region, a blue color filter pattern in a first region of the white pixel region, an overcoat layer covering the blue color filer pattern and including a micro-lens, a first electrode on the overcoat layer, an organic emitting layer covering the first electrode, and a second electrode covering the organic emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon CHOI, So-Young JO, Min-Geun CHOI, Hee-Jung YANG, Soo-Kang KIM
  • Publication number: 20190103587
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting apparatus includes a substrate including a plurality of emission areas and a plurality of non-emission areas surrounding edges of the plurality of emission areas, an overcoat layer disposed on the substrate and having a first non-flat top surface in at least one of the emission areas and a second non-flat top surface in at least one of the non-emission area, an auxiliary electrode disposed on the second non-flat top surface and including a reflective material, a first electrode disposed on the first non-flat top surface in at least one of the emission areas and disposed on the auxiliary electrode in the non-emission areas, an organic emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emitting layer, wherein the auxiliary electrode and the first electrode are in electrical contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Ju LEE, Min-Geun CHOI, Jin-Tae KIM, Yong-Hoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190096976
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device includes a substrate which has a subpixel including a main subpixel and an auxiliary subpixel; a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, the first thin film transistor corresponding to the main subpixel and the second thin film transistor corresponding to the auxiliary subpixel; an overcoat layer on the first and second thin film transistors; a first bottom electrode and a second bottom electrode on the overcoat layer, the first bottom electrode corresponding to the main subpixel and the second bottom electrode corresponding to the auxiliary subpixel; a light-emitting layer on the first bottom electrode and the second bottom electrode; and a top electrode on the light-emitting layer, wherein the main subpixel and the auxiliary subpixel have different color temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyang JANG, Won-Hoe KOO, Min-Geun CHOI
  • Patent number: 10222644
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that may include a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of first inclined planes; a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the first electrode, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including a plurality of nano-sized capsules dispersed in a buffer layer, each of the plurality of nano-sized capsules including nematic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; and a second electrode on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, the second electrode including a plurality of second inclined planes facing the plurality of first inclined planes, wherein the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer is substantially, optically isotropic in a normal state, and is optically anisotropic when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin Kim, Jung-Im Hwang, Ji-Na Jeon, Kyung-Su Ha, Min-Geun Choi
  • Publication number: 20180149894
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate having a pixel including first and second areas; a thin film transistor on the substrate in the pixel; a first pixel electrode in the first area and connected to the thin film transistor; a first common electrode in the first area and spaced apart from the first pixel electrode by a first separation distance; a second pixel electrode in the second area and connected to the first pixel electrode; a second common electrode in the second area and spaced apart from the second pixel electrode by a second separation distance different from the first separation distance; and a liquid crystal layer on the first pixel electrode, the first common electrode, the second pixel electrode and the second common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Wook LEE, Jung-Im HWANG, Min-Geun CHOI, Ji-Na JEON
  • Patent number: 9971184
    Abstract: Discussed is a liquid crystal display device that includes a substrate having a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed thereon, a first polarizing plate on a bottom surface of the substrate, and having a polarizing axis of a first direction, a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and including a buffer layer and nanocapsules, each nanocapsules being filled with liquid crystal molecules, being oil-soluble, and being dispersed in the buffer layer, and a second polarizing plate on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, and having a polarizing axis of a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., IMAGELAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin Kim, Min-Geun Choi, Kyung-Su Ha, Hyun-Ha Hwang, Seung-Gon Kang
  • Publication number: 20180090717
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting diode display device including: a substrate having an emitting area and a non-emitting area; an insulating layer on the substrate, the insulating layer including a plurality of convex portions, a plurality of connecting portions and at least one wall in the emitting area, a height of the at least one wall is greater than a height of the plurality of convex portions; a first electrode on the substrate; an emitting layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the emitting layer, the first electrode, the emitting layer and the second electrode constituting a light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hyun-Soo LIM, Kang-Ju LEE, Soo-Kang KIM, Won-Hoe KOO, Min-Geun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180059451
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switchable liquid crystal display device having a light weight and a thin profile where a viewing angle adjusting panel is formed by using a liquid crystal capsule having an optical isotropy and a number of substrates and polarizing plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ji-Na JEON, Min-Geun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170307917
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that may include a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of first inclined planes; a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the first electrode, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including a plurality of nano-sized capsules dispersed in a buffer layer, each of the plurality of nano-sized capsules including nematic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; and a second electrode on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, the second electrode including a plurality of second inclined planes facing the plurality of first inclined planes, wherein the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer is substantially, optically isotropic in a normal state, and is optically anisotropic when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin KIM, Jung-Im HWANG, Ji-Na JEON, Kyung-Su HA, Min-Geun CHOI
  • Patent number: 9759943
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that may include a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of first inclined planes; a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the first electrode, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including a plurality of nano-sized capsules dispersed in a buffer layer, each of the plurality of nano-sized capsules including nematic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; and a second electrode on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, the second electrode including a plurality of second inclined planes facing the plurality of first inclined planes, wherein the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer is substantially, optically isotropic in a normal state, and is optically anisotropic when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin Kim, Jung-Im Hwang, Ji-Na Jeon, Kyung-Su Ha, Min-Geun Choi
  • Publication number: 20170075154
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that may include a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode including a plurality of first inclined planes; a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer on the first electrode, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including a plurality of nano-sized capsules dispersed in a buffer layer, each of the plurality of nano-sized capsules including nematic liquid crystal molecules having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy; and a second electrode on the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer, the second electrode including a plurality of second inclined planes facing the plurality of first inclined planes, wherein the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer is substantially, optically isotropic in a normal state, and is optically anisotropic when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kyeong-Jin KIM, Jung-Im HWANG, Ji-Na JEON, Kyung-Su HA, Min-Geun CHOI