Patents by Inventor Soon-Dong Kim

Soon-Dong 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: 20230077512
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel in which a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area are defined, a data driving circuit which drives the plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which receives an image signal and a control signal, and controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit based on an operation mode, where the driving controller includes a luminance deviation compensation unit which compensates for luminance deviation of the first display area and the second display area when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode in which the first display area is driven at a first frequency and the second display area is driven at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, SANGAN KWON, CHANGNOH YOON, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Publication number: 20230073348
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a scan driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area, which operate at different frequencies from each other in a multi-frequency mode. The driving controller controls the data driver and the scan driver. The driving controller generates boundary compensation data by compensating for boundary image signals, which are input to correspond to a boundary area of the first display area in the multi-frequency mode and drives the data driver based on a compensation image signal including the boundary compensation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: CHANGNOH YOON, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, EUN SIL YUN
  • Patent number: 11600231
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes: a driving circuit configured to output a scan signal to an output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal; and a masking circuit configured to stop the driving circuit from outputting the scan signal in response to a masking signal and a signal indicating an operating state of the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Joon-Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Hae-Kwan Seo
  • Publication number: 20230067214
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in m rows and n columns, where the pixels receive write scan signals, data voltages and compensation scan signals, a plurality of write scan lines which provides the write scan signals to the pixels, a plurality of data lines which provides the data voltages to the pixels, and a plurality of compensation scan lines which provides the compensation scan signals to the pixels, wherein in h-th to p-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels arranged in first to i-th rows, and in h-th to (h+k)-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels of a row unit by increasing sequentially the number of the row unit to which the data voltages are applied in at least one row unit from an i-th row to an (i+1)-th row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, HUI NAM, SOON-DONG KIM, CHANGNOH YOON, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Patent number: 11580886
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first partial panel region and a second partial panel region, and a panel driver which drives the display panel. The panel driver determines a first driving frequency for the first partial panel region and a second driving frequency for the second partial panel region. In a case where the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency are different from each other, the panel driver sets a boundary portion including a boundary between the first partial panel region and the second partial panel region, and determines a third driving frequency for the boundary portion to be between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230039688
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a pixel to display an image based on input image data, a driving controller which determines a driving frequency of a first display area of the display panel to be a first driving frequency and determines a driving frequency of a second display area of the display panel to be a second driving frequency less than the first driving frequency when the first display area displays a moving image and the second display area of the display panel displays a still image, and an emission driver which outputs a moving image emission signal corresponding to the first driving frequency and a still image emission signal corresponding to the second driving frequency to the display panel. A width of a non-emission period of the still image emission signal is greater than a width of a non-emission period of the moving image emission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, SANGAN KWON, TAEHOON KIM, HUI NAM, JUNHEYUNG JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230040896
    Abstract: A light emission driving circuit includes a driving circuit configured to output a light emission driving signal to a first output terminal and output a switching signal to a first node in response to clock signals and a first carry signal, and a first masking circuit configured to output a second carry signal to a second output terminal in response to a masking clock signal, the light emission driving signal, and the first switching signal. The masking clock signal is a signal which is maintained at a first level during a normal mode and periodically changes during a low power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: SEONGHEON CHO, Joon-Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Bonghyun You
  • Patent number: 11574584
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having first and second display areas. A data driver provides data and bias voltages to data lines. A timing controller controls the data driver and a scan driver based on at least two operation modes. The first mode drives the first and second display areas at a normal frequency, and the second mode drives the first display area at a first frequency substantially equal to or lower than the normal frequency and the second display area at a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The second mode includes an active frame to write a reference voltage to display a black image in the second display area, and blank frames to maintain the reference voltage and apply the bias voltage to the pixels in the second display area. The data driver varies the bias voltage in the blank frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Dong Kim, Sang An Kwon, Jin Wook Yang, Chang Noh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11574578
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the first scan line, a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the second scan line. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are driven during a first scan on time in which the first scan line is driven. Consecutive N?1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group are driven during a first portion of a second scan on time in which the second scan line is driven, and consecutive N?1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group are driven during a second portion of the second scan on time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Soon-Dong Kim, Chang-Noh Yoon, Eun-Gyeong Choe
  • Publication number: 20230026979
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of first scan lines and a plurality of second scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive a first display area of the display panel at a first operating frequency and drive a second display area of the display panel at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency while an operating mode is a multi-frequency mode. During the multi-frequency mode, first scan signals provided to first scan lines, which correspond to the second display area, of the plurality of first scan lines are maintained at inactive levels in predetermined frames, and second scan signals provided to the plurality of second scan lines transition to active levels at least twice in each of the predetermined frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Patent number: 11545060
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a first pixel unit comprising a first portion of the plurality of pixels; a second pixel unit comprising a second portion of the plurality of pixels; and a data driver configured to supply a data voltage to the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, wherein the data driver is configured to generate a data voltage to be supplied to the first pixel unit based on different gamma voltages even when the same grayscale is expressed according to a driving method, and the second pixel unit is configured to be driven or not driven according to the driving method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Dong Kim, Joon Chul Goh, Bong Hyun You, Byung Ki Chun, Seong Heon Cho
  • Patent number: 11514866
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region and a second display region, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit so as to operate the first display region and the second display region at different frequencies when an operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller changes the operation mode to a normal mode when a difference between an image signal of a current frame of the first display region and an image signal of a previous frame of the first display region is equal to or greater than a reference value during the multi-frequency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Junhee Moon, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220375412
    Abstract: Provided is a scan driver of a display device, and the scan driver includes a driving circuit and a masking circuit. The driving circuit includes a control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit. The control circuit outputs a first control signal and a second control signal. The first output circuit is connected to a first output terminal which outputs a first scan signal and a first voltage terminal and operates in response to a first control signal. The second output circuit is connected to a first output terminal and a second voltage terminal and operates in response to a second control signal. The masking circuit outputs a second scan signal to a second output terminal in response to the first control signal and the second control signal and is connected to an input terminal to which a masking signal is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: TAEHOON KIM, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, HUI NAM, BONGHYUN YOU, CHANGNOH YOON, JAEKEUN LIM
  • Publication number: 20220375400
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having first and second display areas. A data driver provides data and bias voltages to data lines. A timing controller controls the data driver and a scan driver based on at least two operation modes. The first mode drives the first and second display areas at a normal frequency, and the second mode drives the first display area at a first frequency substantially equal to or lower than the normal frequency and the second display area at a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The second mode includes an active frame to write a reference voltage to display a black image in the second display area, and blank frames to maintain the reference voltage and apply the bias voltage to the pixels in the second display area. The data driver varies the bias voltage in the blank frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Soon Dong KIM, Sang An KWON, Jin Wook YANG, Chang Noh YOON
  • Patent number: 11508313
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines, a data driving circuit which drives the data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the scan lines, and a driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions, controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit to drive the first display region at a first driving frequency and to drive the second display region at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency, and sets third driving frequencies respectively corresponding to horizontal lines in a boundary region, which is defined by a portion of the second display region adjacent to the first display region, during a multi-frequency mode. Each of the third driving frequencies has a frequency level between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Seungjae Lee, Junheyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11501682
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a first body portion, a second body portion and a driving controller. The first body portion includes a first display area, and the second body portion includes a second display area. The second display area is connected to the first display area. The driving controller is configured to determine a first driving frequency of the first display area and a second driving frequency of the second display area based on a folded angle between the first body portion and the second body portion along a folded line disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Sil Yun, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11495181
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel in which a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area are defined, a data driving circuit which drives the plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives the plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which receives an image signal and a control signal, and controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit based on an operation mode, where the driving controller includes a luminance deviation compensation unit which compensates for luminance deviation of the first display area and the second display area when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode in which the first display area is driven at a first frequency and the second display area is driven at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Changnoh Yoon, Seungjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11495175
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in m rows and n columns, where the pixels receive write scan signals, data voltages and compensation scan signals, a plurality of write scan lines which provides the write scan signals to the pixels, a plurality of data lines which provides the data voltages to the pixels, and a plurality of compensation scan lines which provides the compensation scan signals to the pixels, wherein in h-th to p-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels arranged in first to i-th rows, and in h-th to (h+k)-th frames, the data voltages are applied to pixels of a row unit by increasing sequentially the number of the row unit to which the data voltages are applied in at least one row unit from an i-th row to an (i+1)-th row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Hui Nam, Soon-Dong Kim, Changnoh Yoon, Seungjae Lee
  • Publication number: 20220351687
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit of a display device includes a first output terminal electrically connected to a first scan line, a second output terminal electrically connected to a second scan line, a first masking circuit electrically connecting the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputting, as a first scan signal, a second scan signal to the first output terminal, a driving circuit outputting the second scan signal to the second output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, and a second masking circuit masking the second scan signal to a predetermined level in response to the second masking signal, wherein the first masking circuit electrically disconnects the first output terminal from the second output terminal in response to a first masking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: HAE-KWAN SEO, SEONGHEON CHO, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM
  • Publication number: 20220351659
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed that comprises a display panel. The display panel includes a display region that includes a first display area and a second display area. A data driver is configured to provide a data voltage to the display region. A gate driver is configured to provide a compensation gate signal and an initialization gate signal to the display region. The gate driver includes a first stage and a second stage. A driving controller is configured to control the gate driver and the data driver. The driving controller is configured to determine a first driving frequency for the first display area and a second driving frequency for the second display area. The second stage is configured to provide the compensation gate signal having a pulse duration shorter than a pulse duration of the compensation gate signal provided to the display region by the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON