Patents by Inventor PIL-SEUNG HEO

PIL-SEUNG HEO 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: 12374267
    Abstract: A method performed by a mura compensation data generation device, the method includes: generating optical information for a plurality of pixels of a display panel operating based on test data; generating, based on the optical information, raw mura compensation data to compensate input video data provided to the display panel; extracting a high spatial frequency component and a low spatial frequency component from the raw mura compensation data; generating a compressed high spatial frequency component, by compressing, based on a first compression algorithm, the high spatial frequency component; generating a compressed low spatial frequency component, by compressing, based on a second compression algorithm, the low spatial frequency component; and storing the compressed high spatial frequency component and the compressed low spatial frequency component in an external storage circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pil-Seung Heo
  • Patent number: 12217721
    Abstract: A mura inspection device may include; an optical meter configured to measure luminance of a display region and generate a first luminance matrix, a luminance preprocessor configured to detect a distortion region of the display region in relation to the first luminance matrix, and generate a second luminance matrix by adjusting luminance of the distortion region, a mura generator configured to generate a mura matrix in relation to a difference between the second luminance matrix and a reference value, and an encoder configured to generate encoding data by applying dimensionality reduction to the mura matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Seung Heo, Se Whan Na
  • Publication number: 20250014499
    Abstract: A method performed by a mura compensation data generation device, the method includes: generating optical information for a plurality of pixels of a display panel operating based on test data; generating, based on the optical information, raw mura compensation data to compensate input video data provided to the display panel; extracting a high spatial frequency component and a low spatial frequency component from the raw mura compensation data; generating a compressed high spatial frequency component, by compressing, based on a first compression algorithm, the high spatial frequency component; generating a compressed low spatial frequency component, by compressing, based on a second compression algorithm, the low spatial frequency component; and storing the compressed high spatial frequency component and the compressed low spatial frequency component in an external storage circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pil-Seung HEO
  • Publication number: 20230148119
    Abstract: A mura inspection device may include; an optical meter configured to measure luminance of a display region and generate a first luminance matrix, a luminance preprocessor configured to detect a distortion region of the display region in relation to the first luminance matrix, and generate a second luminance matrix by adjusting luminance of the distortion region, a mura generator configured to generate a mura matrix in relation to a difference between the second luminance matrix and a reference value, and an encoder configured to generate encoding data by applying dimensionality reduction to the mura matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: PIL-SEUNG HEO, SE WHAN NA
  • Patent number: 11170687
    Abstract: An operation method of a display driving circuit configured to drive a display panel includes receiving input data from an external device, determining a gray level period corresponding to the input data from among a plurality of gray level periods, based on a plurality of thresholds, calculating a final compensation value based on the determined gray level period and a reference look-up table generated based on a reference gray level, performing MURA compensation on the input data based on the final compensation value to generate final data, and controlling the display panel based on the final data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Seung Heo, Sang-Kyo Han
  • Publication number: 20210264833
    Abstract: An operation method of a display driving circuit configured to drive a display panel includes receiving input data from an external device, determining a gray level period corresponding to the input data from among a plurality of gray level periods, based on a plurality of thresholds, calculating a final compensation value based on the determined gray level period and a reference look-up table generated based on a reference gray level, performing MURA compensation on the input data based on the final compensation value to generate final data, and controlling the display panel based on the final data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: PIL-SEUNG HEO, SANG-KYO HAN