Patents by Inventor Seong-Mo Seo

Seong-Mo Seo 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: 9703441
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel configured to include a plurality of driving electrodes, which are disposed in parallel in a first direction, and a plurality of sensing electrodes which are disposed in parallel in a second direction, and a touch circuit unit configured to, when a touch type of a previous touch sensing period is a finger touch, sequentially apply a driving pulse to a plurality of second driving electrodes but not to a plurality of first driving electrodes among the plurality of driving electrodes, and receive a plurality of sensing signals based on the driving pulse from the plurality of sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Mo Seo
  • Publication number: 20160246414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel configured to include a plurality of driving electrodes, which are disposed in parallel in a first direction, and a plurality of sensing electrodes which are disposed in parallel in a second direction, and a touch circuit unit configured to, when a touch type of a previous touch sensing period is a finger touch, sequentially apply a driving pulse to a plurality of second driving electrodes but not to a plurality of first driving electrodes among the plurality of driving electrodes, and receive a plurality of sensing signals based on the driving pulse from the plurality of sensing electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Seong Mo SEO
  • Patent number: 9354693
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel configured to include a plurality of driving electrodes, which are disposed in parallel in a first direction, and a plurality of sensing electrodes which are disposed in parallel in a second direction, and a touch circuit unit configured to, when a touch type of a previous touch sensing period is a finger touch, sequentially apply a driving pulse to a plurality of second driving electrodes but not to a plurality of first driving electrodes among the plurality of driving electrodes, and receive a plurality of sensing signals based on the driving pulse from the plurality of sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Mo Seo
  • Patent number: 9342177
    Abstract: A display device with an integrated touch screen includes a panel divided into a display area and a non-display area and including m (m is a natural number) driving electrodes, m signal lines and dummy electrodes; a display driver IC applying a common voltage or a touch scan signal to the m driving electrodes through the m signal lines; and a touch IC generating the touch scan signal and providing the touch scan signal to the display driver IC, wherein the m driving electrodes are disposed in the display area and the dummy electrodes are disposed in the non-display area, and wherein the dummy electrodes are adjacent to the driving electrodes in a peripheral region of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Mo Seo, Tae-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9189097
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen including a panel including a plurality of electrodes; a data driver for converting RGB data inputted from a timing controller into a data voltage, and supplying the data voltage to data lines; a gate driver for sequentially supplying a gate signal to gate lines so as to apply the data voltage to pixels of the panel during a high logic period of a horizontal sync signal; and a touch IC for supplying the touch scan signal to the plurality of electrodes every low logic period of the horizontal sync signal, wherein the touch IC applies the touch scan signal, at least once, to each of the electrodes during one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Kim, Seong Mo Seo
  • Publication number: 20150185810
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel configured to include a plurality of driving electrodes, which are disposed in parallel in a first direction, and a plurality of sensing electrodes which are disposed in parallel in a second direction, and a touch circuit unit configured to, when a touch type of a previous touch sensing period is a finger touch, sequentially apply a driving pulse to a plurality of second driving electrodes but not to a plurality of first driving electrodes among the plurality of driving electrodes, and receive a plurality of sensing signals based on the driving pulse from the plurality of sensing electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Seong Mo SEO
  • Publication number: 20150084912
    Abstract: A display device with an integrated touch screen includes a panel divided into a display area and a non-display area and including m (m is a natural number) driving electrodes, m signal lines and dummy electrodes; a display driver IC applying a common voltage or a touch scan signal to the m driving electrodes through the m signal lines; and a touch IC generating the touch scan signal and providing the touch scan signal to the display driver IC, wherein the m driving electrodes are disposed in the display area and the dummy electrodes are disposed in the non-display area, and wherein the dummy electrodes are adjacent to the driving electrodes in a peripheral region of the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Mo SEO, Tae-Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 8988385
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch panel driving apparatus and a display device including the same, which lead to the enhancement of sensing sensitivity. The touch panel driving apparatus includes a touch control unit and a touch sensing unit. The touch sensing unit is connected to the receiving lines, and generates the digital touch information on the basis of change of a capacitance between two transmitting lines and one receiving line or generates the digital touch information on the basis of change of a capacitance of each of the receiving lines to supply the digital touch information to the touch control unit, according to the sensing control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Seong Mo Seo, Dong Hoon Cha, Oh Kyong Kwon, Ik Seok Yang
  • Patent number: 8884917
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for driving a touch sensor in which a group sensing method per region or a local channel sensing method in a selected region is used depending upon whether touch is made, thereby reducing touch calculation time and power consumption. An apparatus for driving a touch sensor, including a plurality of first conduction lines and a plurality of second conduction lines, includes a touch controller to divide the touch sensor into a plurality of regions, to periodically sense whether touch has been made per region using a group sensing mode, to select a touch region when the touch region is detected, and to sense whether touch has been made per channel using a channel sensing mode only in the selected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-Mo Seo
  • Publication number: 20140160041
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen including a panel including a plurality of electrodes; a data driver for converting RGB data inputted from a timing controller into a data voltage, and supplying the data voltage to data lines; a gate driver for sequentially supplying a gate signal to gate lines so as to apply the data voltage to pixels of the panel during a high logic period of a horizontal sync signal; and a touch IC for supplying the touch scan signal to the plurality of electrodes every low logic period of the horizontal sync signal, wherein the touch IC applies the touch scan signal, at least once, to each of the electrodes during one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Chul KIM, Seong Mo SEO
  • Publication number: 20130038570
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch panel driving apparatus and a display device including the same, which lead to the enhancement of sensing sensitivity. The touch panel driving apparatus includes a touch control unit and a touch sensing unit. The touch sensing unit is connected to the receiving lines, and generates the digital touch information on the basis of change of a capacitance between two transmitting lines and one receiving line or generates the digital touch information on the basis of change of a capacitance of each of the receiving lines to supply the digital touch information to the touch control unit, according to the sensing control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Seong Mo SEO, Dong Hoon CHA, Oh Kyong KWON, Ik Seok YANG
  • Publication number: 20120169660
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for driving a touch sensor in which a group sensing method per region or a local channel sensing method in a selected region is used depending upon whether touch is made, thereby reducing touch calculation time and power consumption. An apparatus for driving a touch sensor, including a plurality of first conduction lines and a plurality of second conduction lines, includes a touch controller to divide the touch sensor into a plurality of regions, to periodically sense whether touch has been made per region using a group sensing mode, to select a touch region when the touch region is detected, and to sense whether touch has been made per channel using a channel sensing mode only in the selected region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Seong-Mo SEO
  • Patent number: 4987325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mode selecting circuit for semiconductor memory device having one or more mode selection signal generating means. Each mode selection signal generating means consists of an inverter means for inverting a reset signal; a mode selector using connecting means between a first power source terminal and a node coupled with the output terminal of the inverter and formed during the manufacturing process; a first latch for latching a low or high signal depending on the circumstance; an output buffer; and a reset signal generator for generating reset signals in synchronization with the leading edge of a chip enable signal, and for delivering the reset signals to the respective mode selection signal generator. The circuit according to the present invention is simple and convenient in design, thereby shortening the turn around time of the memory device. Further, it promises exact and correct circuit operations, and makes it possible to reduce the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-Mo Seo