Patents by Inventor Seok Ha HONG
Seok Ha HONG 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).
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Publication number: 20210366392Abstract: A method for measuring a luminance profile of a display device including pixels divided into blocks, includes: measuring a first reference luminance profile when a partial area of each of the blocks is in a display state and a remaining area of each of the blocks is in a non-display state; measuring a first luminance profile when an entire area of a first block among the blocks is in the display state, the partial area of each of remaining blocks is in the display state, and the remaining area of each of the remaining blocks is in the non-display state; and measuring a second luminance profile when an entire area of a second block among the blocks is in the display state, the partial area of each of remaining blocks is in the display state, and the remaining area of each of the remaining blocks is in the non-display state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventor: SEOK HA HONG
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Publication number: 20210335270Abstract: An nth (where n is a natural number) stage is included in a scan driver of a display. The nth stage includes: a first input circuit for controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a carry signal of a previous stage; a second input circuit for controlling the voltage of the first node in response to a carry signal of a next stage; a first control circuit for controlling a voltage of an output terminal in response to the carry signal of the next stage; an output circuit for outputting an nth scan signal and an nth carry signal in response to the voltage of the first node and a voltage of a second node; and a leakage control circuit for supplying a control voltage to the first input circuit and the second input circuit in response to one of the nth scan signal and the nth carry signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Kuk Hwan Ahn, Seok Ha Hong
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Patent number: 11056058Abstract: An nth (where n is a natural number) stage is included in a scan driver of a display. The nth stage includes: a first input circuit for controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a carry signal of a previous stage; a second input circuit for controlling the voltage of the first node in response to a carry signal of a next stage; a first control circuit for controlling a voltage of an output terminal in response to the carry signal of the next stage; an output circuit for outputting an nth scan signal and an nth carry signal in response to the voltage of the first node and a voltage of a second node; and a leakage control circuit for supplying a control voltage to the first input circuit and the second input circuit in response to one of the nth scan signal and the nth carry signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Kuk Hwan Ahn, Seok Ha Hong
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Publication number: 20210166634Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a power supply configured to provide a power supply voltage to the display panel; and a controller configured to control the power supply, the controller including: a motion calculation block configured to calculate a motion amount of image data based on the image data in a previous frame and the image data in a current frame, and to determine a motion gain based on the motion amount of the image data; a maximum gray determination block configured to determine a maximum gray level of the image data in the current frame; a voltage drop calculation block configured to calculate a voltage drop amount in the display panel; and a power supply voltage determination block configured to determine an initial voltage level of the power supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventor: Seok Ha HONG
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Publication number: 20210125577Abstract: In a method of generating compensation data for a display device, first color, second color, and third color compensation value sets may be obtained by capturing first color, second color, and third color images displayed by the display device, respectively, white, first color, second color, and third color loading luminances may be obtained by capturing white, first color, second color, and third color loading patterns displayed by the display device, respectively, first color, second color, and third color scale factors may be calculated by dividing a luminance decrease ratio of the white loading luminance by luminance decrease ratios of the first color, second color, and third color loading luminances, respectively, and the first color, second color, and third color compensation value sets and the first color, second color, and third color scale factors may be stored in the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Seok Ha HONG, Dong Joon KWAG, Hyung Jin KIM, Ji-Eun PARK, Hye-Sang PARK, Hyun Seuk YOO, Hee Chul HWANG
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Patent number: 10672357Abstract: A stage of a gate driving circuit includes: a first control transistor diode-connected between a first input end of the stage and a first node, biased by a first input signal, and back-biased by a second input signal; a second control transistor including a control end which receives a third input signal, a first end connected to the first node, and a second end connected to a first voltage, and back-biased by a fourth input signal; a first output transistor including a control end connected to the first node, a first end connected to a clock input end of the stage, and a second end connected to a first output end of the stage; and a capacitor connected between the control and second ends of the first output transistor. The second input signal and the fourth input signal have enable levels during different periods.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Soo-Yeon Lee, Seok Ha Hong, Bong Hyun You, Jai-Hyun Koh
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Patent number: 10586507Abstract: A display device may include display pixels configured to emit light at a luminance corresponding to a data signal, at least one auxiliary pixel configured to store an auxiliary voltage, a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to the display pixels and the auxiliary pixel, a data driver configured to convert image data into the data signal, and supply an auxiliary voltage having a preset level to the auxiliary pixel. A sensing circuit is configured to sense a change in the auxiliary pixel for each frame, and generate compensation voltage information. A timing controller is configured to convert an image signal into the image data, and generate a driving voltage control signal. A voltage generation unit is configured to generate a driving voltage corresponding to the driving voltage control signal, and generate the reference gamma voltage based on the driving voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jai Hyun Koh, Heen Dol Kim, Bong Hyun You, Soo Yeon Lee, Seok Ha Hong
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Publication number: 20200066211Abstract: An nth (where n is a natural number) stage is included in a scan driver of a display. The nth stage includes: a first input circuit for controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a carry signal of a previous stage; a second input circuit for controlling the voltage of the first node in response to a carry signal of a next stage; a first control circuit for controlling a voltage of an output terminal in response to the carry signal of the next stage; an output circuit for outputting an nth scan signal and an nth carry signal in response to the voltage of the first node and a voltage of a second node; and a leakage control circuit for supplying a control voltage to the first input circuit and the second input circuit in response to one of the nth scan signal and the nth carry signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Kuk Hwan AHN, Seok Ha HONG
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Publication number: 20180322844Abstract: A display device may include display pixels configured to emit light at a luminance corresponding to a data signal, at least one auxiliary pixel configured to store an auxiliary voltage, a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to the display pixels and the auxiliary pixel, a data driver configured to convert image data into the data signal, and supply an auxiliary voltage having a preset level to the auxiliary pixel. A sensing circuit is configured to sense a change in the auxiliary pixel for each frame, and generate compensation voltage information. A timing controller is configured to convert an image signal into the image data, and generate a driving voltage control signal. A voltage generation unit is configured to generate a driving voltage corresponding to the driving voltage control signal, and generate the reference gamma voltage based on the driving voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Jai Hyun KOH, Heen Dol KIM, Bong Hyun YOU, Soo Yeon LEE, Seok Ha HONG
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Patent number: 10025414Abstract: A tiled display device includes a first display device including a first display panel configured to sense a touch thereon and display an image signal, and a first controller configured to control the first display panel and transmit a reference signal wirelessly, and a second display device including a second display panel configured to sense a touch thereon and display the image signal, and a second controller configured to control the second display panel and transmit a first ACK signal to the first controller after receiving the reference signal, in which the first controller is configured to determine a first latency time of the second display device by using the reference signal and the first ACK signal and synchronize touch information of the first and second display devices according to the first latency time.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Won Park, Bong Hyun You, Nam-Gon Choi, Seok Ha Hong, Jung-Won Kim, Dong Gyu Lee, Jae Hyun Cho, Jae Hyung Cho
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Patent number: 9972237Abstract: A controller controls the driving frequency and voltages for a display device. If image data corresponds to a moving picture, the controller drives a data driver and a gate driver at a moving picture frequency. If image data corresponds to a still image, drives the data driver and the gate driver at a still image frequency lower frequency than the moving picture frequency. When the still image is to be displayed, the signal controller also controls leakage current of a thin film transistor of a pixel based on a representative value of the image data, such that positive leakage current applied for a positive data voltage is equal to negative leakage current applied for a negative data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok Ha Hong, Dae-Gwang Jang, Byung Sun Kim, Sang Mi Kim, Ung Gyu Min, Hyun Sik Hwang, Gi Geun Kim, Kyoung Won Lee
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Patent number: 9972246Abstract: Provided is a pixel including an organic light emitting diode, a driving circuit, and a light receiving circuit. The driving circuit is configured to supply a driving current corresponding to a data signal supplied through a data line during a scan period to the organic light emitting diode during an emission period, and to supply a first sensing current corresponding to threshold voltage/mobility information of a driving transistor or degradation information of the organic light emitting diode to a feedback line during a current sensing period. The light receiving circuit is configured to supply a second sensing current corresponding to luminance of the organic light emitting diode to the feedback line during the emission period.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Won Park, Joon-Chul Goh, Seok-Ha Hong
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Publication number: 20180130435Abstract: A stage of a gate driving circuit includes: a first control transistor diode-connected between a first input end of the stage and a first node, biased by a first input signal, and back-biased by a second input signal; a second control transistor including a control end which receives a third input signal, a first end connected to the first node, and a second end connected to a first voltage, and back-biased by a fourth input signal; a first output transistor including a control end connected to the first node, a first end connected to a clock input end of the stage, and a second end connected to a first output end of the stage; and a capacitor connected between the control and second ends of the first output transistor. The second input signal and the fourth input signal have enable levels during different periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Soo-Yeon LEE, Seok Ha HONG, Bong Hyun YOU, Jai-Hyun KOH
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Patent number: 9928772Abstract: A controller controls the driving frequency and voltages for a display device. If image data corresponds to a moving picture, the controller drives a data driver and a gate driver at a moving picture frequency. If image data corresponds to a still image, drives the data driver and the gate driver at a still image frequency lower frequency than the moving picture frequency. When the still image is to be displayed, the signal controller also controls leakage current of a thin film transistor of a pixel based on a representative value of the image data, such that positive leakage current applied for a positive data voltage is equal to negative leakage current applied for a negative data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok Ha Hong, Dae-Gwang Jang, Byung Sun Kim, Sang Mi Kim, Ung Gyu Min, Hyun Sik Hwang, Gi Geun Kim, Kyoung Won Lee
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Patent number: 9799282Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged substantially in a matrix form, where a part of the plurality of pixels defines a pixel column block, a first scan signal is simultaneously applied to an n-th row pixel and an (n+2)-th row pixel of the pixel column block, a second scan signal, which is applied prior to the first scan signal, is simultaneously applied to an (n+1)-th row pixel and an (n+3)-th row pixel of the pixel column block, a first data voltage is applied to the n-th row pixel and the (n+1)-th row pixel, a second data voltage having a polarity different from a polarity of the first data voltage is applied to the (n+2)-th row pixel and the (n+3)-th row pixel, and the polarities of the first data voltage and the second data voltage are inverted on a frame-by-frame basis.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.Inventors: Sang Ik Lee, Young Soo Yoon, Joon Chul Goh, In Jae Hwang, Byung Sun Kim, Dae Gwang Jang, Seok Ha Hong
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Patent number: 9613554Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: determining each of a plurality of pixel rows of the display device as one of a motion picture display pixel row and a still image display pixel row by comparing image data of each of the pixel rows in a current frame and in a previous frame; and driving the motion picture display pixel row with a motion picture frequency and driving the still image display pixel row with a still image display frequency, which is lower than or equal to the motion picture frequency, where a plurality of still image display pixel rows are driven with at least two still image display frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae-Gwang Jang, Ung Gyu Min, Seok Ha Hong, Hyun Sik Hwang, Byung Sun Kim, Sang Mi Kim, Bong Hyun You, Ji Myoung Seo
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Patent number: 9548037Abstract: A controller for a liquid crystal display includes a data driver and a gate driver. The data driver applies data voltages having different polarities to a first pixel and a second pixel. The gate driver applies different gate-on voltages to a first gate line coupled to the first pixel and a second gate line coupled to the second pixel. The gate-on voltages have at least one of a different width or a different level when at least one of a still image or a moving picture is to be displayed. The different gate-on voltages translate into different pixel charging speeds, which may translate into improvements in the luminance and/or other properties of the display.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae-Gwang Jang, Seok Ha Hong
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Patent number: 9489909Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes detecting a position of a viewer to output a viewer position detection signal, determining whether the position of the viewer is in a first area or in a second area based on the viewer position detection signal to output a viewer position signal, and driving a unit pixel of the display panel using a plurality of gamma values according to the viewer position signal. The first area is less than a reference distance, and the second area is not less than the reference distance. Thus, side visibility of a display apparatus may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seok-Ha Hong, Joon-Chul Goh, Bong-Hyun You, Dae-Gwang Jang
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Patent number: 9483989Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes determining a source voltage level by a vertical portion in a present horizontal line of the display panel based on data of the present horizontal line, the display panel including a plurality of vertical portions extended along a vertical direction and arranged in a horizontal direction (the plurality of vertical portions including a vertical portion), generating correction data of the present horizontal line by the vertical portion utilizing the source voltage level of the present horizontal line determined by the vertical portion, generating a source voltage of the present horizontal line by the vertical portion utilizing the source voltage level of the horizontal line determined by the vertical portion, and driving the display panel by the vertical portion utilizing the correction data and the source voltage of the present horizontal line.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Taek Kim, Young-Soo Yoon, Eun-Ho Lee, Ji-Woong Jeong, Seok-Ha Hong
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Publication number: 20160275852Abstract: A controller controls the driving frequency and voltages for a display device. If image data corresponds to a moving picture, the controller drives a data driver and a gate driver at a moving picture frequency. If image data corresponds to a still image, drives the data driver and the gate driver at a still image frequency lower frequency than the moving picture frequency. When the still image is to be displayed, the signal controller also controls leakage current of a thin film transistor of a pixel based on a representative value of the image data, such that positive leakage current applied for a positive data voltage is equal to negative leakage current applied for a negative data voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Seok Ha HONG, Dae-Gwang JANG, Byung Sun KIM, Sang Mi KIM, Ung Gyu MIN, Hyun Sik HWANG, Gi Geun KIM, Kyoung Won LEE