Patents by Inventor Mun-Chul Kim

Mun-Chul 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: 7656379
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal display panel; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the liquid crystal panel; a data controller having a connection with the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the data controller receives red, green and blue data signals from an external source and provides the signals to the liquid crystal panel; and a data amplifying circuit in the data controller, the data amplifying circuit selecting one of the red, green and blue data signals and then overdriving the selected data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mun-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 7551156
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including an upper substrate, a lower substrate on which a plurality of gate lines and data lines cross each other, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a gate driving circuit for driving the plurality of gate lines; and a MUX circuit disposed at a surplus space portion of the lower substrate, having a plurality of inverters, an input terminal thereof connected to the gate driving circuit and an output terminal thereof connected to the plurality of gate lines corresponding to the gate driving circuit, and sequentially transmitting a gate signal into a plurality of input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mun-Chul Kim, Nam-Wook Cho, Choong-Yong Sohn
  • Patent number: 7403380
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a newly-designed computer case with an optical disk drive mounted on a chassis front, in which an optical disk drive such as a compact disk player (CDP), a digital video disk player (DVDP) and the like is mounted on a chassis front the computer case so as to reduce the front and rear width of the computer case to a size corresponding to the front and rear length of the optical disk drive, to facilitate the use of the optical disk drive, and to improve the image of the product with a unique design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: G. M. Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mun Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20080120629
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a newly-designed computer case with an optical disk drive mounted on a chassis front, in which an optical disk drive such as a compact disk player (CDP), a digital video disk player (DVDP) and the like is mounted on a chassis front the computer case so as to reduce the front and rear width of the computer case to a size corresponding to the front and rear length of the optical disk drive, to facilitate the use of the optical disk drive, and to improve the image of the product with a unique design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: G.M. CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventor: Mun Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20080088558
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal display panel; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the liquid crystal panel; a data controller having a connection with the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the data controller receives red, green and blue data signals from an external source and provides the signals to the liquid crystal panel; and a data amplifying circuit in the data controller, the data amplifying circuit selecting one of the red, green and blue data signals and then overdriving the selected data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventor: Mun-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 7319451
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal display panel; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the liquid crystal panel; a data controller having a connection with the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the data controller receives red, green and blue data signals from an external source and provides the signals to the liquid crystal panel; and a data amplifying circuit in the data controller, the data amplifying circuit selecting one of the red, green and blue data signals and then overdriving the selected data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mun-Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20060146112
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including an upper substrate, a lower substrate on which a plurality of gate lines and data lines cross each other, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; a gate driving circuit for driving the plurality of gate lines; and a MUX circuit disposed at a surplus space portion of the lower substrate, having a plurality of inverters, an input terminal thereof connected to the gate driving circuit and an output terminal thereof connected to the plurality of gate lines corresponding to the gate driving circuit, and sequentially transmitting a gate signal into a plurality of input signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Mun-Chul Kim, Nam-Wook Cho, Choong-Yong Sohn
  • Patent number: 7030947
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart and facing each other, a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate and crossing each other to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate and data lines, a passivation layer covering the thin film transistor, a blocking layer on the passivation layer and corresponding to the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode on the passivation layer and connected to the thin film transistor, a retardation film on an outer surface of the first substrate, a polarizer on the retardation film, an absorption layer on an inner surface of the second substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal color filter layer on the absorption layer, a common electrode on the cholesteric liquid crystal color filter layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein the data line overlaps adjacent pixel electrodes and a overlapping width is over 50%
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Weon Moon, Mun-Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20040150609
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal display panel; a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the liquid crystal panel; a data controller having a connection with the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the data controller receives red, green and blue data signals from an external source and provides the signals to the liquid crystal panel; and a data amplifying circuit in the data controller, the data amplifying circuit selecting one of the red, green and blue data signals and then overdriving the selected data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Mun-Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20040125286
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart and facing each other, a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate and crossing each other to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate and data lines, a passivation layer covering the thin film transistor, a blocking layer on the passivation layer and corresponding to the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode on the passivation layer and connected to the thin film transistor, a retardation film on an outer surface of the first substrate, a polarizer on the retardation film, an absorption layer on an inner surface of the second substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal color filter layer on the absorption layer, a common electrode on the cholesteric liquid crystal color filter layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein the data line overlaps adjacent pixel electrodes and a overlapping width is over 50%
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Jong-Weon Moon, Mun-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 6137913
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for automatically segmenting image objects by applying contour tracking to image objects with segmentation information of previous image object, and according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for segmenting an image object of a moving picture including the steps of: extracting and storing a contour of a previous image object of a previous scene by using a predetermined segmentation information of the previous image object; calculating a motion information by extracting a contour of the previous image object at a current scene; extracting a contour of a current image object by using the motion information and a space domain information of previous and current scenes; and extracting an image object area of the current image object at the current scene by using the contour of the current image object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Suk Kwak, Myoung Ho Lee, Mun Chul Kim, Chie Teuk Ahn, Jin Woong Kim, Jae Gark Choi