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).

  • 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 (“3D”) 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
  • Publication number: 20100173678
    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, via a display on the mobile terminal, a captured or a preview image in a first display portion, displaying, via the display, the same captured or a preview image in a second display portion, zooming, via a controller on the mobile terminal, the captured or preview image displayed in the first display portion, and displaying, via the display, a zoom guide on the image displayed in the second display portion that identifies a zoomed portion of the image displayed in the first display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Jong-Hwan KIM, Young-Jung Yoon, Hyun-Dong Yang, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100164903
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display device adapted to prevent sensing errors and to reduce electric power consumption is disclosed. The electrophoresis display device includes a thin film transistor array substrate and an ink film. The thin film transistor array substrate includes a sensor configured to generate a sensing signal, and an output transistor configured to be connected to the sensor and to control the output of the sensing signal. The ink film includes a common electrode and an ink layer, which are formed on one side surface of a base film, and a floating electrode formed on the other side surface of the base film. The output transistor outputs the sensing signal when a touch current is generated on the floating electrode. The electrophoresis display device only outputs the sensing signal when a substantial touch occurs. Therefore, the electrophoresis display device can prevent sensing errors and reduce electric power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jong Kwon Lee, Seung Seok Nam, Sang Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100156819
    Abstract: A method for detecting a touch position includes integrating a readout current detected at a sensing part to generate an integrated readout voltage, converting the integrated readout voltage into a digital converted readout voltage data and compensating a variation of the digital converted readout voltage data to determine whether the sensing part is touched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiki TAKAHASHI, Satoru SAITO, Sang-Soo KIM, Bong-Hyun YOU, Byoung-Jun LEE, Jai-Hyun KOH
  • Publication number: 20100148180
    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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Soo KIM, Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100149089
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electro phoretic display (EPD) device capable of minimizing the whole thickness and weight by integrally including a photo-sensing touch panel and minimizing the number of lines such as a signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventor: Sang-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20100149148
    Abstract: A method of driving a display device includes: sub-sampling an original image signal; generating a sub-image signal; generating a sub-interpolated image signal from the sub-image signal; generating an interpolated frame by realigning the sub-interpolated image signal; and displaying an image having the interpolated frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weon-Jun CHOE, Byung-Hyuk SHIN, Sang-Soo KIM, Min-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20100128198
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a backlight assembly, panel guides and a liquid crystal panel. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, optical sheets disposed on the light guide plate, a reflective sheet disposed under the light guide plate, light sources disposed along at least one of first sides of the light guide plate, light source covers which cover the light sources, respectively, guide members disposed along at least one of second sides of the light guide plate, and a packing sheet in which the light guide plate, the optical sheets, the reflective sheet, the light source covers, and the guide members are wrapped. The panel guides are disposed on the packing sheet and coupled to the guide members, respectively. The liquid crystal panel is placed on the panel guides. An extension direction of the first sides crosses an extension direction of the second sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok KIM, Sang-Soo KIM, Tae-Seok JANG, Jin-Sung CHOI, Seung-Hwan CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20100123698
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having pixels and divided into first and second display regions; first and second image interpolation chips which receive an original image signal and output interpolated ¼, ½, and/or ¾ frames inserted between a previous (n?1)-th frame and a current n-th frame of the original image signal; a first timing unit which receives the interpolated ¼, ½, and/or ¾ frames from the first image interpolation chip and outputs a first quadruple-speed image signal to pixels in the first display region; and a second timing unit which receives the interpolated ¼, ½, and/or ¾ frames from the second image interpolation chip and outputs a second quadruple-speed image signal to pixels in the second display region. The first timing unit transmits data to the second timing unit, and the second timing unit transmits data to the first timing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Won PARK, Sang-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20100110028
    Abstract: A touchscreen display substrate includes; a plurality of pixel parts including a plurality of first pixel rows arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of pixel columns arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of pixel parts includes a pixel electrode, and a plurality of sensing parts which sense a touch state, the sensing parts being disposed in an area corresponding to the plurality of pixel parts, and being sequentially arranged in the first direction between adjacent pixel parts of first plurality of pixel columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiki TAKAHASHI, Jae-Hoon LEE, Sang-Soo KIM, Bong-Hyun YOU, Byoung-Jun LEE, Sung-Jae MOON, So-Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20100110058
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes; a data driver integrated in one chip and which outputs data signals; a gate driver which sequentially outputs gate signals, a display panel which includes; a plurality of data lines which receive the data signals, a plurality of gate lines which receive the gate signals, and a plurality of pixels connected to a corresponding gate line and a corresponding data line, a voltage generator which generates a common voltage and a storage voltage and provides them to the display panel, and a voltage compensator which receives the storage voltage fedback from the display panel and generates a compensation signal, wherein the display panel further includes a feedback line which provides the voltage compensator with the storage voltage, and wherein the feedback line is electrically connected to the voltage compensator through the data driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Moon MOH, Han-Jin RYU, Hong-Sig CHU, Kwang-Jae KIM, Sang-Don BAE, In-Jae HWANG, Seung-Hwan MOON, Sang-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 7700948
    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: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20100065848
    Abstract: Provided are a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate which can facilitate the formation of contact holes and has improved reliability and a method of fabricating the TFT substrate. The TFT substrate includes a gate wiring formed on an insulating substrate; a data wiring defining a pixel region by intersecting the gate wiring, the data wiring including a source electrode and a drain electrode; a plurality of black matrix barrier ribs formed along the boundaries of the pixel region; a color filter formed to cover the pixel region; a pixel electrode formed on the color filter; and a plurality of contact holes formed through the color filter near the corners of the pixel region through which the pixel electrode and the drain electrode contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Eun-Guk LEE, Jang-Soo KIM, Hyang-Shik KONG, Sang-Soo KIM, Shi-Yul KIM, Yoon-Ho KANG, Hoon KANG, Byung-Duk YANG, Kyoung-Tai KIM, Dong-Yoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20100053507
    Abstract: After increasing the thickness of a gate line and forming a barrier rib that is made of an organic material, a gate insulating layer is formed and then a color filter is formed with an Inkjet method using the barrier rib. By increasing a thickness of the gate line, even if the size of a substrate increases, problems due to signal delay are reduced, and by forming a barrier rib with an organic material, the height of the barrier rib increases, and a taper angle increases and thus a color filter is stably formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Ho SONG, Yang-Ho JUNG, Hoon KANG, Jae-Sung KIM, Jae-Hyoung YOUN, Jong-In KIM, Sang-Soo KIM, Shi-Yul KIM
  • Publication number: 20100051951
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (“TFT”) array panel includes; an insulation substrate, a TFT disposed on the insulation substrate and including a drain electrode, a passivation layer covering the TFT and including a contact portion disposed therein corresponding to the drain electrode, a partition comprising an organic material disposed on the passivation layer, and including a transverse portion, a longitudinal portion, and a contact portion disposed on the drain electrode, a color filter disposed on the passivation layer and disposed in a region defined by the partition, an organic capping layer disposed on the partition and the color filter, and a pixel electrode disposed on the organic capping layer, and connected to the drain electrode through the contact portion of the passivation layer and the contact portion of the partition, wherein a contact hole is formed in the organic capping layer corresponding to the contact portion of the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Ho Lee, Jang-Soo Kim, Hong-Suk Yoo, Sang-Soo Kim, Shi-Yul Kim, Jae-Hyoung Youn
  • Patent number: 7671406
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having a non-volatile memory cell includes forming an insulation layer as an uppermost/outermost portion of the memory cell to enhance the charge retention capability of the memory cell. The insulation layer is formed after the gate structure and integrate dielectric of the non-volatile memory cell, and a gate of a logic transistor are formed. The insulation layer thus enhances the function of the intergate dielectric. Subsequently, a conductive layer is formed on the substrate including over the gate of the logic transistor. A silicide layer is then formed on the gate of the logic transistor and on the substrate adjacent opposite sides of the gate. The insulation layer thus also serves prevent the formation of a silicide layer on the non-volatile memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-soo Kim, Byung-sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100033470
    Abstract: A display device includes a first unit pixel disposed in a first pixel column and a first pixel row, and a second unit pixel disposed in the first pixel column and a second pixel row adjacent to the first pixel row, and first and second gate lines extending in a row direction and having gate voltage input pads at a terminal portion thereof. First and second data lines extend in a column direction and are connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively. A first charge control line extends in the row direction and has a charge control gate voltage input pad disposed at a terminal portion thereof. The first gate line is connected to the first unit pixel and the second gate line is connected to the second unit pixel. The first gate line and the second gate line simultaneously receive a same gate pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Pyo LEE, Sun-Kyu SON, Ok-Kwon SHIN, Jung-Won KIM, Hee-Jin CHOI, Sang-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20100032677
    Abstract: A display device includes gate lines; data lines; charge control lines each including a charge control voltage input pad; first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) each including control and input electrodes connected to the gate and data lines, respectively; a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to an output electrode of the first TFT; a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to an output electrode of the second TFT; a charge control TFT including a control electrode and an input electrode connected to one of the charge control lines and the second pixel electrode, respectively; and a charge-down capacitor connected to an output electrode of the charge control TFT. A duration time of a turn-on voltage pulse applied to the charge control TFT is different from a duration time of a turn-on voltage pulse applied to the first TFT transistor or the second TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Pyo LEE, Sun-Kyu SON, Ok-Kwon SHIN, Jung-Won KIM, Hee-Jin CHOI, Sang-Soo KIM, Hyong-Rae LEE, Duk-Hwan KANG, Kwan-Woo LEE