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: 20100019246
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel includes; forming a gate line including a gate electrode and a height increasing member on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the height increasing member, forming a semiconductor, a data line including a source electrode, and a drain electrode facing the source electrode and overlapping at least a portion of the height increasing member on the gate insulating layer, forming a first insulating layer on the gate insulating layer, a data line and the drain electrode, forming a light-blocking member on a portion of the first insulating layer corresponding to the gate line and the data line, forming a color filter in an area bound by the light-blocking member, forming a second insulating layer on the light-blocking member and the color filter, and patterning the second insulating layer, the light-blocking member or the color filter, and the first insulating layer to form a contact hole exposing a portion of the drain elec
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Soo KIM, Jae-Hyoung YOUN, Sang-Soo KIM, Dong-Gyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20100007650
    Abstract: A display device includes an image signal processing unit to output a high-speed image signal with the aid of an image interpolation unit outputting a low-speed image signal. The display device includes an image signal processing unit to receive a primitive image signal having a first frequency and to output a 4× image signal having a second frequency. The second frequency is four times the first frequency. The display device includes a display panel displaying an image corresponding to the 4× image signal. The primitive image signal includes an (n?1)-th frame (where n is a natural number) and an n-th frame. The image signal processing unit includes a first image interpolation unit and second image interpolation unit, which receive the (n?1)-th frame and the n-th frame and output a 2× image signal including at least one interpolated frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Jin CHOI, Sang-Soo Kim, Dong-Won Park, Po-Yun Park, Bong-Hyun You, Dong-Gyun Ra
  • Publication number: 20100001276
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Soo KIM, Sang-Soo KIM, Shi-Yul KIM, Jang-Sub KIM
  • Publication number: 20100005347
    Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile terminal is provided. The method may include displaying an icon on the mobile terminal indicating that at least one access-failed website is currently accessible by the mobile terminal. The at least one access-failed website may be a website that the mobile terminal previously failed to access. In response to selection of the icon displayed on the mobile terminal, a website list may be displayed o n the mobile terminal. The website list may include information of the access-failed website that is currently accessible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Sang Soo KIM, Rae Hoon Kang, Ha Yang Jung
  • Publication number: 20100002466
    Abstract: In a light guide plate and a backlight unit, a light guide plate includes a light incident surface, an opposite surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of optical path changing units. The optical path changing units are aligned on at least the bottom surface of the top surface and the bottom surface at a predetermined interval while protruding in parallel to a reference line perpendicular to the light incident surface. Accordingly, power consumption used to generate the light may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Sang-Soo Kim, Jin-Sung Choi, Tae-Seok Jang, Sang-Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20090322661
    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 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    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
  • Patent number: 7632723
    Abstract: Gate lines are formed on a substrate. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, an intrinsic a-Si layer, an extrinsic a-Si layer, a lower film of Cr and an upper film of Al containing metal are sequentially deposited, and the upper film and the lower film are patterned to form data lines and drain electrodes. A photoresist is formed, and the upper film is patterned using the photoresist as an etch mask to expose contact portions of the lower film of the drain electrodes. Exposed portions of the extrinsic a-Si layer and the intrinsic a-Si layer are removed, and then the photoresist and underlying portions of the extrinsic a-Si layer are removed. A passivation layer is formed and patterned along with the gate insulating layer to form contact holes exposing the contact portions of the lower film, and pixel electrodes are formed to contact the contact portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd,
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20090296025
    Abstract: A lamp assembly, light supplying module and LCD device using the same are provided. The LCD device includes the light-supplying module for generating a first light, a light distribution-changing module for receiving the first light and changing the optical characteristics of the first light to output a second light, and a display module for receiving the second light having improved optical characteristics, the light distribution-changing module being coupled to the light-supplying module by means of a first engaging member, the display module being coupled to the light distribution-changing module by means of a second engaging member, and the display module, light distribution-changing module and light-supplying module being coupled to each other by means of a third engaging member. Therefore, each component of the LCD device having above structure is easily separated, replaced and easily repaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hea-Chun LEE, Sang-Soo KIM, Jin-Ho HA, Yoon-Soo KWON
  • Publication number: 20090298550
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided including a display module, an acceleration sensor, and a controller. The display module is for displaying first content and second content. The acceleration sensor is for providing measurement data on a direction of gravitational acceleration. The controller is configured to display the first content and the second content in line vertically and to rotate the first content and the second content when the measurement data indicate that the mobile terminal has been rotated to a first position while uniformly maintaining a display direction of the display module. The controller is further configured to display the first content and the second content in line horizontally and to rotate the first content and the second content when the measurement data indicate that the mobile terminal has been rotated to a second position while uniformly maintaining the display direction of the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Rae Hoon KANG, Sang Soo KIM, Ha Yang JUNG
  • Publication number: 20090284673
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line, a data line, a switching element and a pixel electrode. The gate line extends in a first direction on the base substrate. The data line extends in a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, on the base substrate. The switching element is electrically connected to the gate line and the data line. The pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode having first slit patterns formed thereon, and a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel electrode and having second slit patterns formed thereon. The first slit patterns and the second slit patterns are electrically connected to the switching element, the first slit patterns are disposed in parallel with each other in a third direction, and the second slit patterns are disposed in parallel with each other in a fourth direction different than third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu KIM, Sang-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 7615784
    Abstract: Gate lines are formed on a substrate. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, an intrinsic a-Si layer, an extrinsic a-Si layer, a lower film of Cr and an upper film of Al containing metal are sequentially deposited, and the upper film and the lower film are patterned to form data lines and drain electrodes. A photoresist is formed, and the upper film is patterned using the photoresist as an etch mask to expose contact portions of the lower film of the drain electrodes. Exposed portions of the extrinsic a-Si layer and the intrinsic a-Si layer are removed, and then the photoresist and underlying portions of the extrinsic a-Si layer are removed. A passivation layer is formed and patterned along with the gate insulating layer to form contact holes exposing the contact portions of the lower film, and pixel electrodes are formed to contact the contact portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7598139
    Abstract: A device is described comprising a substrate of a first conductivity type having a first dopant concentration, a first well formed in the substrate, a second well of the first conductivity type formed in the substrate and being deeper than the first well, the second well having a higher dopant concentration than the first dopant concentration, and a nonvolatile memory cell formed on the second well. A device is described comprising four wells of various conductivity types with a nonvolatile memory cell formed on the second well. A device is described comprising a plurality of wells for isolating transistors of a plurality of voltage ranges, wherein each one of the plurality of wells contains at least one transistor of a particular voltage range, and wherein transistors of only one of the plurality of voltage ranges are within each of the plurality of wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weon-Ho Park, Sang-Soo Kim, Hyun-Khe Yoo, Sung-Chul Park, Byoung-Ho Kim, Ju-Ri Kim, Seung-Beom Yoon, Jeong-Uk Han
  • Publication number: 20090237590
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD apparatus including a receiving container for receiving a light guide plate and a lamp assembly, a first chassis for fixing the light guide plate and an LCD panel, and a second chassis for fixing the first chassis and the LCD panel. The receiving container and the first and second chassis are made of metal material so that the LCD apparatus may have reduced size and weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Yoon-Soo KWON, Sang-Soo KIM, Jin-Ho HA, Hyun-Chul BAE, Ick-Hwan LEE, Sang-Duk LEE
  • Publication number: 20090231497
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of first light sources disposed below the liquid crystal panel; a first diffusion member disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the first light sources; a plurality of second light sources disposed below the liquid crystal panel and which emit a sensing signal toward the liquid crystal panel; and a plurality of sensors disposed in or below the liquid crystal panel. The sensing signal emitted from the plurality of second light sources toward the liquid crystal panel is reflected by an object disposed above the liquid crystal panel and is detected by the plurality of sensors before transmitting through the first diffusion member away from the liquid crystal panel such that a shape of the object is determined based on the sensing signal reflected from the object and detected by the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiki TAKAHASHI, Bong-Hyun YOU, Hee-Jin CHOI, Sang-Soo KIM, Yong-Hwi KIM
  • Patent number: 7588346
    Abstract: A lamp assembly, light supplying module and LCD device using the same are provided. The LCD device includes the light-supplying module for generating a first light, a light distribution-changing module for receiving the first light and changing the optical characteristics of the first light to output a second light, and a display module for receiving the second light having improved optical characteristics, the light distribution-changing module being coupled to the light-supplying module by means of a first engaging member, the display module being coupled in the light distribution-changing module by means of a second engaging member, and the display module, light distribution-changing module and light-supplying module being coupled to each other by means of a third engaging member. Therefore, each component of the LCD device having above structure is easily separated, replaced and easily repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hea-Chun Lee, Sang-Soo Kim, Jin-Ho Ha, Yoon-Soo Kwon
  • Publication number: 20090225248
    Abstract: A method for forming a display device includes forming a first panel and a second panel. The step of forming a first panel includes forming a black matrix over portions of a first substrate, forming a common electrode over the black matrix, and forming a spacer over the common electrode and the black matrix. The step of forming the second panel includes forming a pixel electrode over a second substrate. The first panel and the second panel are disposed over one another such that the pixel electrode faces the common electrode and the black matrix with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. A vertical distance between the first panel and the second panel is determined by thicknesses of the spacer and the black matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Kim, Shi-Yul Kim, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7583330
    Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD apparatus including a receiving container for receiving a light guide plate and a lamp assembly, a first chassis for fixing the light guide plate and an LCD panel, and a second chassis for fixing the first chassis and the LCD panel. The receiving container and the first and second chassis are made of metal material so that the LCD apparatus may have reduced size and weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Soo Kwon, Sang-Soo Kim, Jin-Ho Ha, Hyun-Chul Bae, Ick-Hwan Lee, Sang-Duk Lee
  • Publication number: 20090161057
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, gate and data lines formed on the substrate to define pixel areas, or collectively a display area. Gate signal interconnection wires are formed at a corner portion of the substrate outside the display area to transmit gate electrical signals, and provided with gate signal interconnection lines and first and second gate signal interconnection pads connected to both ends of the gate signal interconnection lines. A gate insulating layer, and a protective layer are further formed on the substrate, and provided with first and second contact holes exposing the first and second gate signal interconnection pads. Gate and data signal transmission films are attached to the substrate, and provided with first and second gate signal leads and first and second gate signal wires. The first and second gate signal leads are connected to the first and second gate signal interconnection pads through the first and second contact holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Gyu Kim, Sang-Soo Kim, Sang-Wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20090155904
    Abstract: A inhibition method of target mRNA expression includes: (a) obtaining binding energy of a double combination section on a dsRNA sequence of all combination comprising complementary nucleotides to a random target mRNA; (b) dividing the binding energy into four sections on the dsRNA sequence of each combination to obtain a difference of the mean binding energy between each section and convert into a score of a relative combination energy pattern; (c) selecting siRNA whose inhibition efficiency to target mRNA is expected to be high by applying the converted score to the dsRNA sequence with other factors that affect the efficiency of siRNA; and (d) inhibiting target mRNA expression using the selected siRNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Bioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Chul Choi, Han Oh Park, Sorim Choung, Young Joo Kim, Sang Soo Kim, Seong-min Park, Sang-Cheol Kim, Gyuman Yoon, Kyoung Oak Choi, Hyo Jin Kang
  • Publication number: 20090147171
    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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Yong-seok Yang, Sang-soo Kim, Jung-tae Kang, Jin-ho Ha