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).

  • Patent number: 11475838
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Junheyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11468837
    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 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongheon Cho, Joon-Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Bonghyun You
  • Patent number: 11456347
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel and a printed circuit board attached to one end portion of the display panel. The printed circuit board includes a base board, a first driving chip module disposed on the base board, and a second driving chip module spaced apart from the first driving chip module. The first driving chip module includes a timing controller and a data driver, and the second driving chip module includes a plurality of modularized driving chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Soon Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 11423846
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit which drives a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit such that the display panel is divided into a first display region and a second display region during a multi-frequency mode and the first display region and the second display region are respectively operated at different frequencies, where the driving controller changes an operation mode to a normal mode when a still image and a moving image are simultaneously displayed in the first display region during the multi-frequency mode and the duration of the still image reaches a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Eun Sil Yun, Seungjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11423843
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Hui Nam, Bonghyun You, Changnoh Yoon, Jaekeun Lim
  • Patent number: 11410610
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Seongheon Cho, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11380249
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel, 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 determine an operation mode based on an input signal, and configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit in order to drive a first display region of the display panel at a first driving frequency and drive a second display region of the display panel at a second driving frequency while the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller may change the operation mode to a compensation mode in which the second display region is periodically driven at the first driving frequency when the duration of the multi-frequency mode is greater than a reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Sil Yun, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Bonghyun You, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11367400
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first image unit and a second image unit, a data driver which applies data voltages to the display panel, a first scan driver which applies write scan signals to the display panel, a second scan driver which applies compensation scan signals and initialization scan signals to the display panel, and a masking part connected to the second scan driver and which selectively applies the initialization scan signals to the second image unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Soon-Dong Kim, Changnoh Yoon, Sangan Kwon, Eun Sil Yun
  • Publication number: 20220157250
    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: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: TAEHOON KIM, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, HUI NAM, BONGHYUN YOU, CHANGNOH YOON, JAEKEUN LIM
  • Publication number: 20220139330
    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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, HUI NAM, JUNHEE MOON, EUN SIL YUN, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Patent number: 11315457
    Abstract: A display device includes a driving controller which provides a first start signal and a second start signal corresponding to an operation mode to a scan driving circuit. The scan driving circuit includes a first scan driving circuit having first dummy driving stages and first driving stages which sequentially drive scan lines corresponding to a first display region among a plurality of scan lines in synchronization with the first start signal and a second scan driving circuit having second dummy driving stages and second driving stages which sequentially drive scan lines corresponding to a second display region among the plurality of scan lines in synchronization with the second start signal. The first dummy driving stages are disposed on a first side surface of the display panel and the second dummy driving stages are disposed on a second side surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Jinoh Kwag, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Bonghyun You, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11289047
    Abstract: A display device includes: a frame data counter configured to calculate frame information of an image displayed in a display area; a speed controller configured to determine a moving speed of the image; and a scenario determiner configured to determine a moving direction and moving amount of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ki Chun, Soon Dong Kim, Hae Kwan Seo, Seung Jae Lee, Jun Gyu Lee, Bong Ju Jun
  • Publication number: 20220076634
    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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Seungjae Lee, Junheyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20220068195
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel, 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 determine an operation mode based on an input signal, and configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit in order to drive a first display region of the display panel at a first driving frequency and drive a second display region of the display panel at a second driving frequency while the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller may change the operation mode to a compensation mode in which the second display region is periodically driven at the first driving frequency when the duration of the multi-frequency mode is greater than a reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: EUN SIL YUN, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, BONGHYUN YOU, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Publication number: 20220068202
    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: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, SANGAN KWON, TAEHOON KIM, HUI NAM, JUNHEYUNG JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220068220
    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: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: SOON-DONG KIM, SANGAN KWON, CHANGNOH YOON, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Publication number: 20220068216
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit which drives a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit such that the display panel is divided into a first display region and a second display region during a multi-frequency mode and the first display region and the second display region are respectively operated at different frequencies, where the driving controller changes an operation mode to a normal mode when a still image and a moving image are simultaneously displayed in the first display region during the multi-frequency mode and the duration of the still image reaches a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: CHANGNOH YOON, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, HUI NAM, EUN SIL YUN, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Publication number: 20220044631
    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: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: SANGAN KWON, HUI NAM, SOON-DONG KIM, CHANGNOH YOON, SEUNGJAE LEE
  • Publication number: 20220044638
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first image unit and a second image unit, a data driver which applies data voltages to the display panel, a first scan driver which applies write scan signals to the display panel, a second scan driver which applies compensation scan signals and initialization scan signals to the display panel, and a masking part connected to the second scan driver and which selectively applies the initialization scan signals to the second image unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: TAEHOON KIM, SOON-DONG KIM, CHANGNOH YOON, SANGAN KWON, EUN SIL YUN
  • Publication number: 20220044614
    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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: EUN SIL YUN, SANGAN KWON, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM, CHANGNOH YOON