Patents by Inventor Seong-Mo Hwang

Seong-Mo Hwang 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: 11314363
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a base layer; a first electrode member including first touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a first direction and electrically connected in the first direction, the first touch electrodes including first openings; a second electrode member including second touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a second direction intersecting the first direction and electrically connected in the second direction, the second touch electrodes including second openings; a first strain gauge including first resistance lines disposed in the first openings and electrically connected in the first direction; and a second strain gauge including second resistance lines, which are disposed in the second openings and electrically connected in the second direction, wherein the first electrode member may be insulated from the second electrode member, and wherein the first strain gauge may be insulated from the second strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Mo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11216136
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a base layer; a plurality of electrode members disposed on the base layer, the plurality of electrode members configured to sense a touch; and at least one strain gauge disposed on the base layer, the at least one strain gauge configured to sense a pressure of a touch input, wherein the plurality of electrode members and the strain gauge are disposed in a single layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Mo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11009977
    Abstract: A sensor substrate includes a base substrate, a black matrix pattern, a sensing electrode pattern, a driving electrode pattern, and at least one bridge line. The black matrix pattern is disposed on the base substrate and divides the base substrate into a light transmission area and a light blocking area. The sensing electrode pattern includes a plurality of first unit patterns arranged in association with a first direction. The driving electrode pattern includes a plurality of second unit patterns arranged in association with a second direction and disposed adjacent to the plurality of first unit patterns. The at least one bridge line is connected between at least two of the plurality of first unit patterns or between at least two of the plurality of second unit patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Cheol Kim, Ji-Hong Park, Hyun-Ju Lee, Il-Ho Lee, Moon-Sung Choi, Seong-Mo Hwang, Ki-Hyuk Kim, Seung-Ho Nam
  • Patent number: 10809557
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, a color filter disposed on the first base substrate, and a first alignment layer disposed on the thin film transistor and the color filter. The second substrate includes a second base substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on a first surface of the second base substrate, a touch electrode disposed on a second surface of the second base substrate, a connecting electrode disposed on the second surface, and a connecting line disposed on the second surface. The first surface faces the first substrate, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The touch electrode includes a crystallized indium tin oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Mo Hwang, Jin Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20200293149
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a base layer; a plurality of electrode members disposed on the base layer, the plurality of electrode members configured to sense a touch; and at least one strain gauge disposed on the base layer, the at least one strain gauge configured to sense a pressure of a touch input, wherein the plurality of electrode members and the strain gauge are disposed in a single layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Seong Mo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200150826
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a base layer; a first electrode member including first touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a first direction and electrically connected in the first direction, the first touch electrodes including first openings; a second electrode member including second touch electrodes arranged on the base layer along a second direction intersecting the first direction and electrically connected in the second direction, the second touch electrodes including second openings; a first strain gauge including first resistance lines disposed in the first openings and electrically connected in the first direction; and a second strain gauge including second resistance lines, which are disposed in the second openings and electrically connected in the second direction, wherein the first electrode member may be insulated from the second electrode member, and wherein the first strain gauge may be insulated from the second strain gauge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Seong Mo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200012135
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, a color filter disposed on the first base substrate, and a first alignment layer disposed on the thin film transistor and the color filter. The second substrate includes a second base substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on a first surface of the second base substrate, a touch electrode disposed on a second surface of the second base substrate, a connecting electrode disposed on the second surface, and a connecting line disposed on the second surface. The first surface faces the first substrate, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The touch electrode includes a crystallized indium tin oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Seong Mo HWANG, Jin Woo PARK
  • Patent number: 10495912
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel including forming an upper polarizing layer on an upper base film substrate, cutting the upper base film substrate on which the upper polarizing layer is formed, attaching a cover glass on the upper polarizing layer, forming a touch pattern on the upper base film substrate, forming an insulation layer on the upper base film substrate on which the touch pattern is formed, forming an upper alignment layer on the insulation layer, providing a lower substrate including a thin film transistor, a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a second electrode overlapping the first electrode, a color filter overlapping the first electrode, and a lower alignment layer, and forming a liquid crystal layer between the lower substrate and an upper substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Seong Mo Hwang
  • Patent number: 10451909
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, a color filter disposed on the first base substrate, and a first alignment layer disposed on the thin film transistor and the color filter. The second substrate includes a second base substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on a first surface of the second base substrate, a touch electrode disposed on a second surface of the second base substrate, a connecting electrode disposed on the second surface, and a connecting line disposed on the second surface. The first surface faces the first substrate, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The touch electrode includes a crystallized indium tin oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Mo Hwang, Jin Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20180181246
    Abstract: A sensor substrate includes a base substrate, a black matrix pattern, a sensing electrode pattern, a driving electrode pattern, and at least one bridge line. The black matrix pattern is disposed on the base substrate and divides the base substrate into a light transmission area and a light blocking area. The sensing electrode pattern includes a plurality of first unit patterns arranged in association with a first direction. The driving electrode pattern includes a plurality of second unit patterns arranged in association with a second direction and disposed adjacent to the plurality of first unit patterns. The at least one bridge line is connected between at least two of the plurality of first unit patterns or between at least two of the plurality of second unit patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: In-Cheol Kim, Ji-Hong Park, Hyun-Ju Lee, Il-Ho Lee, Moon-Sung Choi, Seong-Mo Hwang, Ki-Hyuk Kim, Seung-Ho Nam
  • Patent number: 9933871
    Abstract: A sensor substrate includes a base substrate, a black matrix pattern, a sensing electrode pattern, a driving electrode pattern, and at least one bridge line. The black matrix pattern is disposed on the base substrate and divides the base substrate into a light transmission area and a light blocking area. The sensing electrode pattern includes a plurality of first unit patterns arranged in association with a first direction. The driving electrode pattern includes a plurality of second unit patterns arranged in association with a second direction and disposed adjacent to the plurality of first unit patterns. The at least one bridge line is connected between at least two of the plurality of first unit patterns or between at least two of the plurality of second unit patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Cheol Kim, Ji-Hong Park, Hyun-Ju Lee, Il-Ho Lee, Moon-Sung Choi, Seong-Mo Hwang, Ki-Hyuk Kim, Seung-Ho Nam
  • Patent number: 9904422
    Abstract: A mother substrate for touch screen panel includes a plurality of sensing patterns disposed in an active area, a plurality of first pads disposed in an non-active area surrounding the active area, a plurality of position detecting lines disposed in an non-active area and connecting the sensing patterns and the first pads and a plurality of second pads connected to the first pads. The first pads are spaced apart from each other by a first width. The second pads are spaced apart from each other by a second width more than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Won Choi, Seong-Mo Hwang, Seung-Ho Nam, Soo-Guy Rho, Jong-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9880687
    Abstract: A touch screen panel integrated display device includes a first substrate divided into a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area, a gate driving circuit positioned in the non-display area of the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, detection electrodes formed on the second substrate, and electrode wires formed on the second substrate and electrically connected with the detection electrodes. The detection electrodes and the electrode wires are formed without overlapping the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Ho Lee, Jin Woo Park, Ki Seok Cha, Seong Mo Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170307923
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel including forming an upper polarizing layer on an upper base film substrate, cutting the upper base film substrate on which the upper polarizing layer is formed, attaching a cover glass on the upper polarizing layer, forming a touch pattern on the upper base film substrate, forming an insulation layer on the upper base film substrate on which the touch pattern is formed, forming an upper alignment layer on the insulation layer, providing a lower substrate including a thin film transistor, a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a second electrode overlapping the first electrode, a color filter overlapping the first electrode, and a lower alignment layer, and forming a liquid crystal layer between the lower substrate and an upper substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Seong Mo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170168336
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, a color filter disposed on the first base substrate, and a first alignment layer disposed on the thin film transistor and the color filter. The second substrate includes a second base substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on a first surface of the second base substrate, a touch electrode disposed on a second surface of the second base substrate, a connecting electrode disposed on the second surface, and a connecting line disposed on the second surface. The first surface faces the first substrate, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The touch electrode includes a crystallized indium tin oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Seong Mo HWANG, Jin Woo PARK
  • Patent number: 9645661
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing loops and second sensing loops, an insulating layer covering the first and second sensing loops, a plurality of bridges disposed on the insulating layer, a gate line disposed on the insulating layer, and a transistor connected to the gate line, the transistor being disposed on the insulating layer. The first sensing loops are arranged on the substrate in a first direction at a predetermined interval. The second sensing loops are arranged on the substrate in a second direction different from the first direction at a predetermined interval. The second sensing loops are electrically separated from the first sensing loops. Each of the second sensing loops includes passing regions at which the first sensing loops pass through. One side of each of the first sensing loops and one side of each of the second sensing loops are open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euk-Chae Hoang, Dae-Il Kim, Seung-Rae Kim, Jin-Yool Kim, Hyoung-Joon Kim, Se-Ryun Lee, Seong-Mo Hwang
  • Patent number: 9552113
    Abstract: A touch sensing display device includes: a display panel; a capacitive touch panel disposed on a front surface of the display panel; a digitizer disposed on a surface of the display panel; a sensor driving unit which sequentially applies scanning signals to the capacitive touch panel and the digitizer, where each of the scanning signal is applied simultaneously to the capacitive touch panel and the digitizer; and a sensing unit which senses sensing signals of the capacitive touch panel and the digitizer, in which the sensing unit receives the sensing signal of the capacitive touch panel and the sensing signal of the digitizer at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Cheol Kim, Seung Ho Nam, Yoon Gyu Lee, Won-Ki Hong, Seong Mo Hwang
  • Patent number: 9507457
    Abstract: A method of determining a touch coordinate in a touch panel includes detecting a touch cell among a plurality of touch cells, wherein the plurality of touch cells are defined by a plurality of areas in the touch panel in which a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode overlap with each other, detecting a touch position in the detected touch cell based on a first electrical signal measured at least one of a plurality of terminals of the first and second touch electrodes, determining a number of touches based on a distance between a first touch and a second touch, determining expected touch coordinates corresponding to the number of touches, and determining the touch coordinate based on a second electrical signal measured at least one of the plurality of terminals of the first and second touch electrodes and the expected touch coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jee-Hong Min, Seong-Mo Hwang, Il-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9383503
    Abstract: A diffusing unit includes: a polarizing plate; and a diffusing layer integrally provided on a surface of the polarizing plate without an air layer therebetween. By using a display apparatus employing a collimating light guide plate and the diffusing unit, the optical performances such as resolution and viewing angle can be improved. Also, because gray scale inversion and color shifts can be reduced or eliminated using collimated light, image quality of the display apparatus can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-mo Hwang, Jee-hong Min, Moon-gyu Lee, Kyu-min Choe
  • Publication number: 20160139706
    Abstract: A touch screen panel integrated display device includes a first substrate divided into a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area, a gate driving circuit positioned in the non-display area of the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, detection electrodes formed on the second substrate, and electrode wires formed on the second substrate and electrically connected with the detection electrodes. The detection electrodes and the electrode wires are formed without overlapping the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Il Ho LEE, Jin Woo PARK, Ki Seok CHA, Seong Mo HWANG