Patents by Inventor Seong-Il Park

Seong-Il Park 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: 20130002615
    Abstract: A stage circuit includes a progressive driver and a concurrent driver, and a scan driver includes a plurality of stage circuits that are capable of supplying a scan signal to scan lines progressively and concurrently (e.g., simultaneously).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park
  • Patent number: 8310469
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element, a capacitor, a driving transistor, and first to third switching units. The capacitor is connected between a first node and a second node. The driving transistor has an input terminal connected with a first voltage, an output terminal, and a control terminal connected with the second node, and it outputs a driving current to the light emitting element. The first switching unit selects and connects one of a data voltage and a second voltage to the first node. The second switching unit switches a connection between the second voltage and the second node. The third switching unit selects and connects one of the second node and the light emitting element to the output terminal of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee-Chan Park, Shang-Min Yhee, Doo-Hyung Woo, Zhi Feng Zhan, Seong-Il Park, Seung-Kyu Lee, Yang-Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 8289313
    Abstract: In a display device, the anode voltage of an organic light emitting element is periodically reset. The control terminal of a driving transistor is periodically reset, and an input data voltage is connected to the control terminal through an input terminal and an output terminal of the driving transistor. As a result, good control over the displayed luminance is achieved. Other features are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek-Woon Lee, Seong-Il Park, Kyong-Tae Park
  • Patent number: 8284134
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element to emit light having an intensity that varies depending on a magnitude of a driving current, a capacitor connected between a first node and a second node, a driving transistor having an input terminal connected to a first voltage, an output terminal, and a control terminal connected to the second node, a first switching unit to connect a data voltage and a second voltage to the first node, a second switching unit to switch a connection between the second voltage and the second node, a third switching unit to connect the second node and the light emitting element to the output terminal of the driving transistor, and a fourth switching unit to switch a connection between the control terminal and the input terminal of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Il Park, Kyung-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20120182283
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of scan lines and a scan driver. The scan driver includes a plurality of stages for transmitting a scan signal having a first voltage to the plurality of scan lines, and each of the stages includes a sequential switching unit, a sequential output unit, a concurrent switching unit, and a concurrent output unit. The concurrent output unit includes a first transistor for transmitting a second control signal to the output terminal according to a first control signal during a concurrent driving period before the scan signal is converted from a first level to a second level according to the second control signal, and a gate voltage of the first transistor is controlled by a voltage that is different from the first voltage according to the first control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Seong-Il Park
  • Publication number: 20120133626
    Abstract: A scan driver of a display device may include a plurality of scan lines. The scan driver may include a plurality of stages configured to transmit scan signals to the scan lines. Each stage may include an input terminal for receiving a scan signal from a previous stage, an output terminal, an output unit, a sequential switching unit, and a simultaneous switching unit. The output unit may be coupled to the output terminal, and outputs a corresponding scan signal to the output terminal. The sequential switching unit may be coupled to the input terminal, and controls the output unit such that the output unit of each stage sequentially outputs the scan signals having a first voltage in a first period. The simultaneous switching unit may control the output unit such that the output unit of each stage simultaneously output the scan signals having a predetermined voltage in a second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Chung, Seong-Il Park, Dong-Wook Park
  • Publication number: 20120117645
    Abstract: A detection circuit, including a sensing circuit configured to sense whether there is an external attack and generate second data from first data, a data conversion circuit configured to convert the first data to third data, and a comparator configured to compare the second data with the third data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Ji Myung Na, Jung Hyun Kim, Seong Il Park
  • Publication number: 20120105410
    Abstract: A pixel capable of displaying an image with uniform brightness. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source coupled to a first electrode to the OLED, a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and an initial power source to be turned on when a second scan signal is supplied to a second scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power source, and a second capacitor whose first terminal is coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Sang-Moo Choi, Seong-Il Park, Keum-Nam Kim, Dong-Beom Lee
  • Publication number: 20120099155
    Abstract: A method to store a document using an image forming apparatus and a system to perform the same. The method to store a document using an image forming apparatus to perform at least one function includes: converting first data indicating a document to be worked on and having a format to perform at least one function in the image forming apparatus to second data indicating the document to be worked on; storing the first data and synchronization information in the image forming apparatus; and storing the converted second data in at least one of the image forming apparatus and an external apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-il Park, In-cheon Park
  • Publication number: 20120062536
    Abstract: A pixel capable of displaying an image with uniform brightness. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current that flows from a first power source to a second power source via the OLED, and a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and a bias power source, and configured to be turned on when a reset signal is supplied to a reset line, wherein a turn on time of the second transistor is configured to apply the bias power source to the gate electrode of the first transistor for at least 560 ?s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventor: Seong-Il Park
  • Patent number: 8120800
    Abstract: A network print system having plural terminal devices connected to one another through a network, including a first terminal device to create and send print data to the network, a second terminal device connected to the network, and a first network printer to notify the second terminal device of a reception of the print data if the print data is received through the network, and to adjust a number of copies to be printed for the print data if additional printouts of the print data are requested from the second terminal device. Thus, the present invention enables other users to share the print data in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-sung Kim, Seong-il Park, Hyun-jung Park
  • Publication number: 20120019499
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device operates for an initializing period, a scan period and an emission period divided from one frame period. The organic light emitting display device includes: a data driver for supplying data signals to output lines; a connecting unit for selectively coupling a data line of data lines to a corresponding one of the output lines or an initial power supply, and being positioned between the output lines and the data lines; a second power driver for applying second power having a low level and a high level to pixels positioned at crossing regions of scan lines and the data lines; and a first control line commonly coupled to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, and an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode is supplied with a voltage of the initial power supply for the initializing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Yong-Sung Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-IL Park
  • Publication number: 20110310077
    Abstract: A pixel has a simple structure and compensates for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor. An organic light emitting display device includes the pixel, which includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to the organic light emitting diode and a first electrode coupled to a data line; a second transistor between a gate electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a storage capacitor electrically coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Yong-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20110273418
    Abstract: A light emission control driver, including a first circuit unit receiving a clock signal, an input signal, and an input bar signal and generating an output bar signal, the first circuit unit being connected to a first node, a second circuit unit receiving the output bar signal, an input signal, and a clock signal and generating an output signal, the second circuit unit being connected to the first node, and a third circuit unit connected to the first node, the third circuit unit receiving the output signal and maintaining a voltage of the first node by applying a first voltage to the first node during a predetermined period responsive to the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Seong-Il Park
  • Publication number: 20110273434
    Abstract: A scan driving apparatus, includes scan driving blocks, each including a first and a second input terminal where a frame start or a scan signal of an adjacent scan driving block is input during forward and backward direction driving, respectively, wherein each of the scan driving blocks transmits a first scan direction signal instructing forward scan driving to a first transistor adjusting a clock signal in accordance with a signal input to the first input terminal, transmits a second scan direction signal instructing backward scan driving to the first transistor in accordance with a signal input to the second input terminal, and outputs the clock signal as a corresponding scan signal, the even numbered ones of the scan driving blocks receive a first clock signal as the clock signal, the odd numbered ones of the scan driving blocks receive a second clock signal as the clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Seong-Il Park
  • Publication number: 20110055689
    Abstract: A method of performing at least one operation in an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus to perform the method, and a host device. In the method, at least one operation is performed using a workform in an image forming apparatus that can be connected to a host device, the method including selecting a document to be processed, receiving user identification information from a user who is to perform the at least one operation on the document, receiving at least one workform corresponding to the user identification information from the image forming apparatus, and performing an operation according to the received workform on the document in the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chi-tack CHANG, Kee-chang Lee, Seong-il Park
  • Publication number: 20100194716
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof. The display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. Each pixel includes a light-emitting element, a driving transistor including an input terminal connected to a first node, a control terminal connected to a second node, and an output terminal, a capacitor connected between the second node and a driving voltage terminal, a switching transistor to transmit a data voltage to the first node, an emission control transistor connected between the output terminal of the driving transistor and the light-emitting element, a first compensation transistor connected between the second node and the output terminal of the driving transistor, a second compensation transistor to transmit a mobility compensation voltage to the first node, a driving control transistor to transmit a driving voltage to the first node, and a reset transistor to transmit a reset voltage to the emission control transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong-Il Park
  • Publication number: 20100141644
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving the same in which moving image blurring is prevented and a contrast ratio is enhanced by providing a light-emitting element, switching transistors, and a driving transistor with driving signals that include specific voltages at predetermined times, so that the light-emitting element does not emit light for an entire frame and the light output is not influenced by a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Baek-Woon Lee, Doo-Hyung Woo, Kyong-Tae Park, Ji-Hye Eom, Seong-Il Park
  • Patent number: 7688292
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first capacitor connected between a first node and a second node; a driving transistor having an input terminal, an output terminal, and a control terminal connected to the second node where the driving transistor supplies a driving current to the light emitting element to emit light; a first switching unit supplying a first reference voltage to the driving transistor according to a first scanning signal and connecting the first node to a data voltage or the driving transistor; and a second switching unit supplying a driving voltage to the driving transistor according to a second scanning signal and connecting the first node to the data voltage. Accordingly, variations in threshold voltage of the driving transistor can be compensated for so that it is possible to display a uniform image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee-Chan Park, Ho-Suk Maeng, Seong-Il Park, Cheol-Min Kim, Chi-Woo Kim, Soong-Yong Joo, Il-Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 7688330
    Abstract: A color profile generation method and apparatus are provided, in which at least one of a reference color and a color table of the reference color on a display screen of an image forming device is displayed and at least one of the reference color and the color table that is not displayed on the display screen is printed, a similar color is determined using the reference color and the color table, and a color profile is generated corresponding to the determined color. Accordingly, color of an image displayed on a display screen of an image forming device are matched with colors of an image printed on a printing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-hyun Park, Seong-il Park