Patents by Inventor Sang An KWON

Sang An KWON 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: 11574584
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having first and second display areas. A data driver provides data and bias voltages to data lines. A timing controller controls the data driver and a scan driver based on at least two operation modes. The first mode drives the first and second display areas at a normal frequency, and the second mode drives the first display area at a first frequency substantially equal to or lower than the normal frequency and the second display area at a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The second mode includes an active frame to write a reference voltage to display a black image in the second display area, and blank frames to maintain the reference voltage and apply the bias voltage to the pixels in the second display area. The data driver varies the bias voltage in the blank frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Dong Kim, Sang An Kwon, Jin Wook Yang, Chang Noh Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220375400
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having first and second display areas. A data driver provides data and bias voltages to data lines. A timing controller controls the data driver and a scan driver based on at least two operation modes. The first mode drives the first and second display areas at a normal frequency, and the second mode drives the first display area at a first frequency substantially equal to or lower than the normal frequency and the second display area at a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The second mode includes an active frame to write a reference voltage to display a black image in the second display area, and blank frames to maintain the reference voltage and apply the bias voltage to the pixels in the second display area. The data driver varies the bias voltage in the blank frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Soon Dong KIM, Sang An KWON, Jin Wook YANG, Chang Noh YOON
  • Patent number: 11501688
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the plurality of pixels, a correction data memory configured to store mura correction data, and a controller configured to control the gate driver and the data driver. The controller includes a pattern detection block configured to detect a set pattern in input image data, and a mura correction block configured to perform a mura correction operation that corrects the input image data based on the mura correction data in response to the set pattern not being detected, and to not perform the mura correction operation in accordance with the set pattern being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Keun Kim, Sang An Kwon, Sung Jin Kim, Yong-Bum Kim, Myung Bo Sim, Jin Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11423848
    Abstract: A display device comprises a timing controller which provides data comprising a pre-emphasis value and an image data value, and a data driver which supplies to data lines a pre-emphasis voltage generated based on the pre-emphasis value during a first period of a horizontal period, and supplies to the data lines a data voltage generated based on the image data value during a second period of the horizontal period. The timing controller provides data based on which the pre-emphasis value is changed in correspondence with one screen mode selected from a plurality of screen modes having different target color coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang An Kwon, Kyun Ho Kim, Woo Mi Bae, Jun Woo Son
  • Publication number: 20210398494
    Abstract: A display device comprises a timing controller which provides data comprising a pre-emphasis value and an image data value, and a data driver which supplies to data lines a pre-emphasis voltage generated based on the pre-emphasis value during a first period of a horizontal period, and supplies to the data lines a data voltage generated based on the image data value during a second period of the horizontal period. The timing controller provides data based on which the pre-emphasis value is changed in correspondence with one screen mode selected from a plurality of screen modes having different target color coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: SANG AN KWON, Kyun Ho Kim, Woo Mi BAE, Jun Woo SON
  • Patent number: 11183106
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit. The display unit includes a first display area and a second display area. A first scan line, a first power line, and first pixels connected to the first scan line and the first power line are in the first display area. A second scan line, a second power line, and second pixels connected to the second scan line and the second power line are in the second display area. A scan driver is configured to sequentially provide a scan signal to the first scan line and the second scan line. A power supply is configured to provide a power source voltage that is varied independently to the first power line and the second power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee, Sang An Kwon, Jin Young Roh
  • Publication number: 20210327334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the plurality of pixels, a correction data memory configured to store mura correction data, and a controller configured to control the gate driver and the data driver. The controller includes a pattern detection block configured to detect a set pattern in input image data, and a mura correction block configured to perform a mura correction operation that corrects the input image data based on the mura correction data in response to the set pattern not being detected, and to not perform the mura correction operation in accordance with the set pattern being detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jong-Keun KIM, Sang An KWON, Sung Jin KIM, Yong-Bum KIM, Myung Bo SIM, Jin Sung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200372853
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit. The display unit includes a first display area and a second display area. A first scan line, a first power line, and first pixels connected to the first scan line and the first power line are in the first display area. A second scan line, a second power line, and second pixels connected to the second scan line and the second power line are in the second display area. A scan driver is configured to sequentially provide a scan signal to the first scan line and the second scan line. A power supply is configured to provide a power source voltage that is varied independently to the first power line and the second power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Se Hyuk PARK, Hyo Jin LEE, Sang An KWON, Jin Young ROH
  • Patent number: 10319328
    Abstract: A display device and method is provided that permits selection of a first lookup table or a second lookup table to operate the data driver at respectively different temperatures to prevent heat from damaging the display device. The display device includes a detector which detects the number of toggles in which the amount of change in gray values of successive pixels driven by the same data line in one frame is equal to or greater than a reference gray change amount. A comparator compares the number of toggles detected by the detector with a reference number of toggles, and a lookup table selector which selects any one of a first lookup table and a second lookup table based on the comparison result of the comparator and provides the selected first lookup table or second lookup table to a data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Bong Gyun Kang, Sang An Kwon, Seung Hwan Moon, Yong Jin Shin, Neung Beom Lee, Jun Pyo Lee, Kyung Hwa Lim
  • Publication number: 20180301105
    Abstract: A display device and method is provided that permits selection of a first lookup table or a second lookup table to operate the data driver at respectively different temperatures to prevent heat from damaging the display device. The display device includes a detector which detects the number of toggles in which the amount of change in gray values of successive pixels driven by the same data line in one frame is equal to or greater than a reference gray change amount. A comparator compares the number of toggles detected by the detector with a reference number of toggles, and a lookup table selector which selects any one of a first lookup table and a second lookup table based on the comparison result of the comparator and provides the selected first lookup table or second lookup table to a data driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: KYUN HO KIM, Bong Gyun KANG, Sang An KWON, Seung Hwan MOON, Yong Jin SHIN, Neung Beom LEE, Jun Pyo LEE, Kyung Hwa LIM
  • Patent number: 9262979
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel that includes a first region and a second region. The display device may include a controller that may receive a first gamma value and a second gamma value, use the first gamma value or a third gamma value to generate first image data, use the first gamma value and the second gamma value to generate a fourth gamma value, and use the fourth gamma value to generate second image data. The display device may include a data driver that may use the first image data and the second image data to generate a first data voltage set and a second data voltage set. The first region may use the first data voltage set to display a first portion of an image. The second region may use the second data voltage set to display a second portion of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho In Kim, Kyung Won Kang, Young-Sun Kwak, Sang An Kwon, Hyeon-Do Park, Won Jin Seo, Myung Bo Sim, Yoon Seop Shim
  • Publication number: 20150091949
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel that includes a first region and a second region. The display device may include a controller that may receive a first gamma value and a second gamma value, use the first gamma value or a third gamma value to generate first image data, use the first gamma value and the second gamma value to generate a fourth gamma value, and use the fourth gamma value to generate second image data. The display device may include a data driver that may use the first image data and the second image data to generate a first data voltage set and a second data voltage set. The first region may use the first data voltage set to display a first portion of an image. The second region may use the second data voltage set to display a second portion of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho In KIM, Kyung Won KANG, Young-Sun KWAK, Sang An KWON, Hyeon-Do PARK, Won Jin SEO, Myung Bo SIM, Yoon Seop SHIM