Patents by Inventor Sang-Soo Kim

Sang-Soo 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).

  • Publication number: 20110175865
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of frame rate controllers that generate a motion interpolated intermediate image. The frame rate controllers exchange image information with adjacent frame rate controllers. According to the display apparatus, each frame rate controller displays the intermediate image on a corresponding display area based on the image information provided from the adjacent frame rate controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Sung BAE, Jung-Hwan CHO, Bong-Hyun YOU, Jun-Pyo LEE, Jung-Won KIM, Sang-Soo KIM, Seon-Ki KIM, Hee-Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20110168986
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the thin film deposition apparatus, and an organic light-emitting display device manufactured by using the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Mi Lee, Sang-Soo Kim, Chang Mog Jo, Hyun-Sook Park
  • Publication number: 20110157105
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes: a panel having scan lines and data lines, with pixels positioned at intersection portions of scan lines and data lines, wherein the panel has a generally rectangular shaped display surface with two long sides and two short sides; a scan driver for driving the scan lines; and a data driver for driving the data lines, wherein transistors associated with the pixels pass through a crystallization process, and a laser beam is irradiated onto the panel in a direction parallel with a short sides of the panel in the crystallization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Jun CHOE, Sang-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 7969526
    Abstract: A display device is held together by an upper container section and a lower container section joined together, where the upper and lower container sections interlock with one another by virtue of, for example, each having a shape corresponding to that of a frusto rectangular pyramid shell and the upper container section wrapping over and about the lower container section such that they cannot be readily separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-seok Yang, Sang-soo Kim, Jung-tae Kang, Jin-ho Ha
  • Patent number: 7943932
    Abstract: A flexible display substrate includes: a thin film transistor on the flexible substrate, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer insulating the gate electrode, a channel layer on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode connected with the channel layer, and a drain electrode connected with the channel layer; a first stress absorbing layer below the thin film transistor; a first protection layer on the first stress absorbing layer; a second stress absorbing layer on the thin film transistor; a second protection layer on the second stress absorbing layer; and a pixel electrode on the second protection layer, the pixel electrode being connected with the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong In Park, Seung Han Paek, Sang Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20110109825
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode formed thereon, a second substrate including a third electrode formed thereon, wherein the second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap, and at least one cutout formed in the third electrode, wherein the at least one cutout is aligned with a space between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: DONG-GYU KIM, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7940241
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of frame rate controllers that generate a motion interpolated intermediate image. The frame rate controllers exchange image information with adjacent frame rate controllers. According to the display apparatus, each frame rate controller displays the intermediate image on a corresponding display area based on the image information provided from the adjacent frame rate controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Sung Bae, Jung-Hwan Cho, Bong-Hyun You, Jun-Pyo Lee, Jung-Won Kim, Sang-Soo Kim, Seon-Ki Kim, Hee-Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 7910927
    Abstract: A gate wire and a storage electrode wire extending in a transverse direction are provided, and a data wire extending in a longitudinal direction intersects the gate wire and the storage electrode wire. A plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of TFTs are provided on pixel areas defined by the intersections of the data wire and the gate wire. The storage electrode wire is interconnected by a plurality of storage electrodes connections provided on the pixel areas. In this way, a common bar disposed between gate pads and a display area is omitted or has reduced width. Therefore, the fan-out areas becomes to have sufficient size to reduce the resistance difference between the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20110053300
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus that can be applied to manufacture large-sized display devices on a mass scale and that improves manufacturing yield, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the thin film deposition apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Kwang RYU, Hyun-Sook Park, Yun-Mi Lee, Jong-Heon Kim, Sang-Soo Kim, Ji-Sook Oh
  • Publication number: 20110053301
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus that is suitable for production of large-sized substrates with fine patterns includes: an electrostatic chuck including a body that contacts a substrate that constitutes a deposition target and including a supporting surface supporting the substrate, an electrode installed in the body to generate an electrostatic force on the supporting surface, and a battery that is electrically connected to the electrode in the body; a plurality of chambers that are maintained in vacuum states; at least one thin film deposition assembly disposed in one of the plurality of chambers, separated by a predetermined distance from the substrate, and forming a thin film on the substrate supported by the electrostatic chuck; and a carrier moving the electrostatic chuck through the chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol KANG, Jong-Heon Kim, Ji-Sook Oh, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20110052791
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus used to manufacture large substrates on a mass scale and that allows high-definition patterning, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus using the same, the apparatus includes a loading unit fixing a substrate onto an electrostatic chuck; a deposition unit including a chamber maintained in a vacuum state and a thin film deposition assembly disposed in the chamber, separated from the substrate by a predetermined distance, to deposit a thin film on the substrate fixed on the electrostatic chuck; an unloading unit separating the substrate on which a deposition process is completed, from the electrostatic chuck; a first circulation unit sequentially moving the electrostatic chuck on which the substrate is fixed, to the loading unit, the deposition unit, and the unloading unit; and a second circulation unit returning the electrostatic chuck separated from the substrate to the loading unit from the unloading unit, wherein the first circulation unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Mog JO, Jong-Heon Kim, Yong-Sup Choi, Sang-Soo Kim, Hee-Cheol Kang, Young-Mook Choi
  • Publication number: 20110045617
    Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus and an organic light-emitting display device by using the same. The thin film deposition apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck, an a plurality of chambers; at least one thin film deposition assembly; a carrier; a first power source plug; and a second power source plug. The electrostatic chuck includes a body having a supporting surface that contacts a substrate to support the substrate, wherein the substrate is a deposition target; an electrode embedded into the body and applying an electrostatic force to the supporting surface; and a plurality of power source holes formed to expose the electrode and formed at different locations on the body. The plurality of chambers are maintained in a vacuum state. The at least one thin film deposition assembly is located in at least one of the plurality of chambers, is separated from the substrate by a predetermined distance, and is used to form a thin film on the substrate supported by the electrostatic chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Cheol KANG, Hyun-Sook Park, Jae-Kwang Ryu, Yong-Sup Chol, Yun-Ml Lee, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7876396
    Abstract: A backlight assembly comprises a light source unit emitting light, a heat-blocking plate disposed over the light source unit to prevent heat generated from the light source unit from being upwardly transmitted, and a receiving container receiving the light source unit and the heat-blocking plate. The receiving container includes a bottom plate and a plurality of sidewalls. Each of the sidewalls extends from a side of the bottom plate and has openings formed through each of the sidewalls. The openings are formed over the heat-blocking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Park, Won-Seok Kim, Sang-Soo Kim, Doo-Won Lee, Hea-Chun Lee, Young-Jae Lee, Nam-Heon Kim, Chae-Woo Chung, Sang-Wook Lee, Kwang-Soo Lee, Jin-Ho Cho, Jae-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 7872699
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel is provided, which includes: a plurality of gate lines transmitting gate signals; a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines and transmitting data signals, each data line including first and second data line branches electrically connected to each other and spaced apart from each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to the gate lines and the data lines through thin film transistor and covering edges of the first or the second data line branches; a passivation layer disposed between the data lines and the pixel electrodes; and a light blocking member covering gaps between the first data line branches and the second data line branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7872700
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode formed thereon, a second substrate including a third electrode formed thereon, wherein the second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap, and at least one cutout formed in the third electrode, wherein the at least one cutout is aligned with a space between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7868988
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of signal lines having different length, and a driving circuit for supplying signals to the signal lines. Each signal line includes a connecting portion, and the driving circuit includes a plurality of output terminals electrically connected to the connecting portions of the signal lines and a plurality of resistors connected to the output terminals. The resistors have resistance depending on the length of the signal lines connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Patent number: 7864286
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed, to prevent a parasitic capacitance caused by a metal substrate. The display device comprises a metal substrate including a pixel array provided with a plurality of storage lines to supply a storage voltage, and a supplying line connected to the storage lines; and a voltage source, connected to the supplying line, which generates the storage voltage, wherein the metal substrate is connected to any one of an output terminal of the voltage source, the supplying line and the storage lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Mook Lee, Sung Hwan Kim, Sang Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7812810
    Abstract: An inverter driving apparatus for driving a plurality of lamp units is provided. The inverter driving apparatus includes a plurality of inverter boards for generating driving signals for driving respective lamp units based on a control signal and a voltage signal. Each lamp unit includes at least one lamp, and the plurality of inverter boards are connected in series and include a first outer inverter board receiving the control signal and a second outer inverter board located opposite the first outer inverter board receiving the voltage signal. Each of the plurality of inverter boards transmits the control signal and/or the voltage signal to at least one of the plurality of inverter boards adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Moon-Shik Kang, Jin-Ho Ha, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Publication number: 20100253678
    Abstract: A method for displaying a three-dimensional (ā€œ3Dā€) image includes; dividing the 3D image input from an external device into a first image frame corresponding to a first eye of a viewer and a second image frame corresponding to a second eye of the viewer, and generating a first compensation frame and a second compensation frame subsequent to the first image frame and the second image frame, respectively, and displaying the first compensation frame and the second compensation frame on a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jin CHOI, Jun-Pyo LEE, Jung-Won KIM, Sang-Soo KIM, Bong-Hyun YOU
  • Patent number: 7804093
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes an insulating substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the insulating substrate and insulated from and intersecting each other, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a partition disposed corresponding to the gate line and the data line and defining a color filter filling region, a color filter disposed in the filling region, a passivation layer disposed on the color filter and the partition, and a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole disposed through the passivation layer and the color filter. A plane shape of the color filter filling region is substantially a rectangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang-Soo Kim, Sang-Soo Kim, Shi-Yul Kim, Jang-Sub Kim