Patents by Inventor Min-Woo Lee

Min-Woo Lee 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).

  • DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170353689
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display configured to display at least one of an image and a text; a sensing unit configured to sense ambient illuminance; and a processor configured to gradually increase an output luminance value of the display, if a specific condition is satisfied based on the ambient illuminance sensed by the sensing unit and display attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-hee CHOE, Min-woo LEE
  • Positive active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing same
    Patent number: 9825291
    Abstract: A method of preparing a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 (LiwNixCoyMn1-x-y-zMzO2) includes: (a) preparing a metal salt aqueous solution including a lithium raw material, a manganese raw material, a nickel raw material, and a cobalt raw material; (b) wet-pulverizing the metal salt aqueous solution using beads having a particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.30 mm at 2000 to 6000 rpm for 2 to 12 hours to prepare a slurry; (c) adding a carbon source to the slurry; (d) spray-drying the slurry of the step (c) to prepare a mixed powder; and (e) heat-treating the mixed powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jun Ho Song, Young Jun Kim, Jae-Hun Kim, Kyoung Joon Lee, Min-Woo Lee
  • DISPLAY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170293996
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Jong-ho KIM, Hyun-hee PARK, Jae-hun CHO, Ho-jin KIM, Yong-man LEE, Won-hee CHOE, Dong-kyoon HAN
  • Organic light-emitting device
    Patent number: 9755176
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, a first organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a second organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first organic light-emitting layer and the second electrode, a first charge generation layer (CGL) disposed between the first organic light-emitting layer and the second organic light-emitting layer, a second CGL disposed between the first CGL and the second organic light-emitting layer, and a first buffer layer disposed between the first CGL and the second CGL and including fullerene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Woo Lee
  • Backlight device and display device including the same
    Patent number: 9746602
    Abstract: A backlight device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes, a light guide plate including a convex portion and a recess portion, a lower cover including a lateral surface cover part positioned adjacent to the convex portion, the lower cover surrounding the light guide plate, and a fixing member positioned between the light guide plate and the lateral surface cover part of the lower cover, in which the lateral cover part includes an opening, and the fixing member includes a first hook surrounding the convex portion and a second hook protruding through the opening of the lateral surface cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-Young Jung, Jae Sang Lee, Kyu-Tae Park, Yong Hun Jung, Sung Yeon Hwang, Min Woo Lee
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POSITION OF ELECTRODE INSERTED INTO HUMAN BODY
    Publication number: 20170202611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for detecting a position of an electrode inserted into a human body that predict a path through a position sensor in a handle part before the electrode is inserted into the human body and display the path. The device for detecting the position of an electrode inserted into a human body according to the present invention includes: a position signal generator generating a position signal; an electrode needle having an electrode-side position sensor that is provided in an interior of a lance needle thereof and receives the position signal to generate first position information; and a handle connected to the electrode needle and having a handle-side position sensor that is included therein and receives the position signal to generate second position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicants: Taewoong Medical Co., Ltd., STARMED Co.,Ltd., Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation
    Inventors: Kyong Min SHIN, Kyung Hoon SHIN, Dong Un KIM, Jun Hyok LEE, Hyun Chul RHIM, Min Woo LEE
  • Camera module for providing operational convenience
    Patent number: 9703176
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens holder, a base coupled to the lens holder and integrally formed with a cable by being molded with the cable, and a sealing member positioned at a coupled surface between the lens holder and the base. The lens holder includes a lens barrel including a first concave unit formed at a front surface with a hollow hole part to accommodate a first O-ring, and a second concave unit formed at a periphery to accommodate a second O-ring. A lens unit includes a front lens arranged at a front surface of a lens barrel and includes at least one lens arranged at the hollow hole part of the lens barrel, and a retainer including a recess groove configured to accommodate a third O-ring configured to fix the front lens by being formed at a periphery to be coupled at an inner surface to the periphery of the lens barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Park, Sang Yeal Han, Min Woo Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Seung Man Jeong
  • Display device and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9651811
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a cover layer, a liquid crystal layer, at least one electrode, and a sealant layer. The cover layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a tunnel-shaped cavity. The liquid crystal layer is disposed in the tunnel-shaped cavity. The at least one electrode is configured to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer. The sealant layer is configured to seal the tunnel-shaped cavity. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of domains defined by liquid crystal molecules pre-aligned in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nakcho Choi, Jae Cheol Park, Min-Woo Lee
  • Apparatus and method for displaying an enlarged target region of a reproduced image
    Patent number: 9648269
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for selecting and displaying a particular region in a displayed image. A user selects a target region in an image displayed on an image reproduction apparatus, an image of the selected target region is enlarged and displayed in a window, which the user can adjust a generation position, a size, a zoom magnification, and a resolution thereof. The image reproduction apparatus tracks a target object in the target region, and enables the user to continuously view the target object in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Hee Park, Jong-Man Kim, Min-Woo Lee, Yun-Je Oh, Sung-Dae Cho
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170059933
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a TFT disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected with the TFT and disposed on the TFT; a common electrode positioned on the pixel electrode and separated from the pixel electrode by a microcavity; a roof layer disposed on the common electrode; an injection hole disposed in the common electrode and the roof layer along a long-axial direction of the substrate to expose a part of the microcavity; a liquid crystal layer filling the microcavity; a first polarizer having a polarization axis in a short-axial direction of the substrate on the roof layer; and a second polarizer having a polarization axis in a long-axial direction of the substrate below the substrate, in which heights of edges in the long-axial and short-axial directions of the substrate are larger than a height of the center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Min-Woo Lee, Dae Ho Song, Woo Jae Lee
  • Data compensator and display device including the same
    Patent number: 9570012
    Abstract: A data compensator includes first logic, second logic, third logic, fourth logic, and fifth logic. The first logic calculates block compensation coefficients for blocks in a first frame based on first pixel data of the first frame. The second logic generates first gamma applied pixel data based on the first pixel data of the first frame and to generate second gamma applied pixel data based on the first gamma applied pixel data and second pixel data of a second frame adjacent the first frame. The third logic selects a number of the block compensation coefficients based on a pixel coordinate. The fourth logic generates a pixel compensation coefficient corresponding to the second pixel data by interpolating the selected block compensation coefficients based on the pixel coordinate. The fifth logic generates output pixel data based on the second gamma applied pixel data and the pixel compensation coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Woo Lee, Seong-Kyun Kim
  • User interface apparatus and method in user terminal with a capacitive touch input scheme
    Patent number: 9557861
    Abstract: A user interface apparatus and method in a user terminal that uses a capacitive touch input scheme are provided. The method includes monitoring an input signal that is generated by a touch on a touch panel; and in response to detecting an input signal generated by the touch, determining an area of the touch based on the input signal, and differently processing a selected command depending on the determined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Hee Park, Jong-Ho Kim, Ji-Young Yi, Hak-Gyun Bae, Gun-Shik Shin, Min-Woo Lee, Seul-Ki Jang, Seung-Ah Ha, Jeong-Hoon Park
  • Display method and device for optimizing screen brightness
    Patent number: 9552754
    Abstract: A display method and a display device for optimizing screen brightness of a mobile terminal are provided. The display method includes: determining an external illuminance value based on a sensor signal by detecting by the sensor signal for determining a brightness value of a screen; determining the brightness value of the screen corresponding to the external illuminance value; and outputting an image signal by using the brightness value of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Seok Min, Yong Kim, Eun-Hyun Kim, Jong-Man Kim, Jong-Ho Kim, Se-Hyeok Park, Jeong-Hoon Park, Hyun-Hee Park, Min-Woo Lee, Ji-Young Yi
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170011692
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Han-tak KWAK, Won-hee CHOE
  • Apparatus and method for displaying screen according to intensity of brightness of ambient light
    Patent number: 9524695
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for display of a screen according to brightness intensity of ambient light. One or more characteristic values configuring display data is set to be higher than a preset color characteristic value when measured brightness intensity of ambient light is higher than preset brightness intensity of ambient light, and one of the set color characteristic values is converted to a contrast characteristic value and is displayed. Therefore, even when brightness intensity of ambient light is high, the user can accurately view a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong-Man Kim, Sung-Dae Cho, Hyun-Hee Park, Young-Min Jeong, Min-Woo Lee, Yun-Je Oh
  • Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9523881
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a TFT disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected with the TFT and disposed on the TFT; a common electrode positioned on the pixel electrode and separated from the pixel electrode by a microcavity; a roof layer disposed on the common electrode; an injection hole disposed in the common electrode and the roof layer along a long-axial direction of the substrate to expose a part of the microcavity; a liquid crystal layer filling the microcavity; a first polarizer having a polarization axis in a short-axial direction of the substrate on the roof layer; and a second polarizer having a polarization axis in a long-axial direction of the substrate below the substrate, in which heights of edges in the long-axial and short-axial directions of the substrate are larger than a height of the center of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Woo Lee, Dae Ho Song, Woo Jae Lee
  • Apparatus and method for combining three dimensional ultrasound images
    Patent number: 9504450
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for combining three-dimensional ultrasound images are provide. The method involves obtaining a plurality of three-dimensional ultrasound image data that corresponds to a Region of Interest (ROI); detecting one or more landmarks, using a parameter for detection; outputting the detection result and receiving a response from a user; registering each of one or more selected landmarks as link information according to a received response from the user; and generating a combined three-dimensional ultrasound image by combining at least two pieces of three-dimensional ultrasound image data using at least one of the one or more selected landmarks registered as the link information, wherein the at least two pieces of three-dimensional ultrasound image data commonly comprise the at least one of the one or more selected landmarks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Life and Welfare Foundation
    Inventors: Moon-Ho Park, Ye-Hoon Kim, Yeong-Kyeong Seong, Baek-Hwan Cho, Min Woo Lee
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160320648
    Abstract: A display device includes having a display panel, a light source disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, and an optical member disposed between the display panel and the light source. An optical member supporter is configured to support at least one side of the optical member and includes at least one pair of a first hook and a second hook formed on a rear surface. The display device also induces a bottom chassis having a first inserting hole and a second inserting hole into which the first hook and the second hook are respectively inserted, a driving circuit substrate disposed between the bottom chassis and the second hook, and at least one flexible printed circuit board configured to connect the display panel and the driving circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Min Woo LEE
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160314762
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display configured to display content, a sensor configured to sense ambient light, and a processor configured to, in response to the ambient light satisfying a predetermined condition, divide the screen into at least a first area and a second area based on an attribute of the content and individually control a first output luminance of the first area and a second output luminance of the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo LEE, Won-hee CHOE, Seung-hwan CHO, Jae-hun CHO, Jae-won CHOI
  • Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9478768
    Abstract: In an aspect, an organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; at least one color filter formed on the substrate; an overcoat layer covering the at least one color filter; a first passivation layer formed on the overcoat layer; a light scattering layer formed on the first passivation layer; a first electrode formed on the light scattering layer; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer located between the first and second electrodes is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Woo Lee, Young-Mo Koo, Jae-Goo Lee, Woo-Sik Jeon