Patents by Inventor Soon-Sung Ahn

Soon-Sung Ahn 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: 20170293378
    Abstract: A touch screen including a substrate that includes an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, the active area including at least one fingerprint recognition area; touch sensing electrodes including first sensing electrodes arranged in the active area, and at least one second sensing electrode arranged in the fingerprint recognition area, the second sensing electrode configured for sensing a touch and recognizing a fingerprint; and a pad portion provided with a plurality of pads which are electrically connected to respective sensing electrodes, wherein the at least one second sensing electrode includes: a plurality of sub electrodes extending in a direction inclined with respect to an edge portion of the active area; and a plurality of fingerprint recognition lines connecting the sub electrodes to the pad portion, and the fingerprint recognition lines arranged in a same fingerprint recognition area extend in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: SOON SUNG AHN, HYOUNG WOOK JANG, HYUN JAE NA, MU GYEOM KIM
  • Patent number: 9746971
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes: a capacitive-type touch sensor, a pressure sensor, a touch coordinate detecting unit, and a direction vector calculating unit. The capacitive-type touch sensor is configured to detect a first aspect of a touch input. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a second aspect of the touch input. The touch coordinate detecting unit is configured to, based on the first and second aspects, determine a touch coordinate associated with the capacitive-type touch sensor and a touch coordinate associated with the pressure sensor. The direction vector calculating unit is configured to determine a direction vector based on the respective touch coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soon-Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 9733761
    Abstract: A touch sensor device includes first electrode patterns arranged in a first direction and physically separated first electrode cells; second electrode patterns arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and includes physically separated second electrode cells; first touch signal lines connected to the first electrode cells; second touch signal lines connected to the second electrode cells; and a touch sensor controller connected with the first touch signal lines and the second touch signal lines. The first electrode cell and the second electrode cell adjacent in the first direction form a channel for generating position information by a mutual capacitive method. The touch sensor controller stores a ghost table including a ghost ratio for each channel for a touch position, and removes a ghost from measured touch data by using the ghost table to generate final touch data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ja Seung Ku, Hassan Kamal, Ji Hye Shin, Soon Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 9704929
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels, where each of the unit pixels has a hexagonal-shape and includes: a first sub-pixel configured to emit a first color light, where the first sub-pixel has a rhombus-shape; a second sub-pixel configured to emit a second color light, where the second sub-pixel has the rhombus-shape; and a third sub-pixel configured to emit a third color light, where the third sub-pixel has the rhombus-shape, where first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels or third sub-pixels of neighboring unit pixels in a same row are arranged to adjoin each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Hyung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9696753
    Abstract: A touch panel with improved optical characteristics, thin-film characteristics, durability, and reliability is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyung Lee, Ja Seung Ku, Hyoung Wook Jang, Soon Sung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20170123518
    Abstract: A stylus includes a pressure detector for detecting applied pressure, a first signal generator for generating a signal of a first frequency, a second signal generator for generating a signal of a second frequency, and a controller for adjusting at least one of the first and second signal generators to control an amplitude ratio of the signal of the first frequency to the signal of the second frequency according to the applied pressure detected by the pressure detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Hyoung-Wook Jang
  • Patent number: 9449547
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes an image display unit having a plurality of pixels, and first and second pixel power lines that receive pixel-driving voltages from first and second power supplies, respectively. The second pixel power lines are interleaved with the first pixel power lines. Adjacent pixels of the same color from among the plurality of pixels provided in the image display unit are coupled to pixel power lines corresponding to different power supplies. This is to solve or mitigate the problem of non-uniform brightness of the entire image display unit due to voltage drops in the pixel power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Soo Kim, Soon-Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 9437134
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display is capable of reducing power consumption. The organic light emitting display includes a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan signals to scan lines, a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines in synchronization with the scan signals, pixels located at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines, a timing controller for determining a normal driving mode for displaying a normal image and a standby driving mode displaying less information than the normal image, and a power source for supplying a first power and a second power to the pixels, wherein a voltage difference between the first power and the second power in the normal driving mode is a first voltage, and a voltage difference between the first power and the second power is a second voltage different from the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Moo Choi, Do-Youb Kim, Soon-Sung Ahn, Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 9405414
    Abstract: A method of sensing a touch is provided, the method including: generating, at a pressure detector, a first sensing signal by detecting a pressure of a touch input by a user; generating, at a position detector, a second sensing signal by detecting a position of the touch input by the user; and removing a noise of the second sensing signal based on the first sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Joo-Hyeon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160195981
    Abstract: A touch panel includes: a first electrode pattern arranged in a first direction, including a plurality of first electrode cells that are physically separated from each other; a second electrode pattern arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, including a plurality of second electrode cells that are physically separated from each other; first touch signal lines connected to the first electrode cells; and second touch signal lines connected to the second electrode cells. The electrode patterns and the touch signal lines are arranged on the same layer on a substrate such that a first virtual connection line for connecting centers of second electrode cells of a first group corresponding to an n-th first electrode cell crosses a second virtual connection line for connecting centers of second electrode cells of a second group corresponding to an (n+1)-th first electrode cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ji Hye SHIN, Soon Sung AHN
  • Publication number: 20160195946
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch sensor device, including: a plurality of first sensing electrodes which includes a plurality of first linear electrodes extending in a first direction and a first connection electrode connecting the plurality of first linear electrodes to each other; and a plurality of second sensing electrodes which includes a plurality of second linear electrodes extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a second connection electrode connecting the plurality of second linear electrodes to each other, in which a disposition density of the plurality of first linear electrodes included in one first sensing electrode is gradually decreased from a center of the first sensing electrode to an outer side of the first sensing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Soon Sung AHN, Hyoung Wook JANG, SEUNG HEUI JEONG, Joo Hyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20160196001
    Abstract: A touch sensor device includes first electrode patterns arranged in a first direction and physically separated first electrode cells; second electrode patterns arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and includes physically separated second electrode cells; first touch signal lines connected to the first electrode cells; second touch signal lines connected to the second electrode cells; and a touch sensor controller connected with the first touch signal lines and the second touch signal lines. The first electrode cell and the second electrode cell adjacent in the first direction form a channel for generating position information by a mutual capacitive method. The touch sensor controller stores a ghost table including a ghost ratio for each channel for a touch position, and removes a ghost from measured touch data by using the ghost table to generate final touch data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ja Seung KU, Hassan Kamal, Ji Hye Shin, Soon Sung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20160197610
    Abstract: A touch panel with improved optical characteristics, thin-film characteristics, durability, and reliability is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Joo Hyung LEE, Ja Seung KU, Hyoung Wook JANG, Soon Sung AHN
  • Publication number: 20160188036
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is provided. A touch sensing apparatus comprises a panel comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, a driving circuit unit simultaneously applying the driving signals to the driving electrodes in a certain interval and a sensing circuit unit sensing a change in capacitance occurring in intersecting points between the driving electrodes having the driving signals applied thereto and the sensing electrodes, wherein, when a driving waveform of the driving signal applied to the driving electrode in a (2k?1)-th interval and a (2k+1)-th interval (k is a natural number greater than 1) of the certain interval is in the same phase, the driving circuit unit applies a reverse driving signal of the driving waveform of the driving signal of the (2k?1)-th interval to the driving electrode in a 2k interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Soon Sung AHN, Joo Hyung LEE, Hyoung Wook JANG
  • Patent number: 9377910
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus includes a touch screen panel including first electrodes along a first direction and second electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction to form capacitances with the first electrodes, a driving circuit configured to supply a driving signal to the first electrodes; and a sensing circuit configured to detect output sensing signals from the second electrodes and recognize a touch input based on the output sensing signals. The sensing circuit includes a switching unit configured to modulate the output sensing signals by providing codes as respective input sensing signals to the second electrodes, an amplifying unit configured to amplify the modulated sensing signals, an analog-digital conversion unit configured to convert the amplified sensing signals into digital sensing signals, and a controller configured to demodulate the digital sensing signals and detect a touch input and its position from the demodulated sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Franklin Bien, Jae-Joon Kim, Sang-Hyune Heo, Kyeong-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 9367168
    Abstract: A touch screen system includes a touch screen panel including first lines, second lines crossing the first lines, a plurality of sensing cells formed at the crossing regions between the first lines and the second lines, a driving circuit for sequentially applying a driving signal to the first lines, a first sensing circuit for receiving capacitance change information sensed by the first lines, and generating a first sensing signal corresponding to the capacitance change information, a selecting unit for selectively coupling the first lines to the driving circuit or the first sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit for receiving the capacitance change information sensed by the sensing cells from the second lines and generating a second sensing signal corresponding to the capacitance change information, and a processing unit for receiving a sensing signal from the first sensing circuit and/or the second sensing circuit and determining a detected touch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Hyoung-Wook Jang, Ja-Seung Ku
  • Publication number: 20160117026
    Abstract: Provided herein is a display device including a display unit for displaying an image, the display unit including light emitting regions; a touch sensor arranged on a rear surface of the display unit; and a coil unit arranged on a front surface of the display unit, and including a plurality of auxiliary coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Soon Sung AHN, Hyoung Wook JANG
  • Patent number: 9323372
    Abstract: A FPD integrated with a touch screen panel includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate facing each other, the upper substrate including a display region and first and second non-display regions surrounding the display region, a plurality of sensing patterns on the display region of the upper substrate, a plurality of sensing lines on the first non-display region of the upper substrate, a sealing material on the second non-display region of the upper substrate, the sealing material connecting the upper and lower substrates, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) bonding pad unit on the second non-display region of the upper substrate, the FPC bonding pad unit including a plurality of bonding pads coupled to the plurality of sensing lines, the bonding pads including a transparent conductive material in regions overlapping the sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Brent Jang, Won-Kyu Kwak, Ja-Seung Ku, Soon-Sung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20160087014
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels, where each of the unit pixels has a hexagonal-shape and includes: a first sub-pixel configured to emit a first color light, where the first sub-pixel has a rhombus-shape; a second sub-pixel configured to emit a second color light, where the second sub-pixel has the rhombus-shape; and a third sub-pixel configured to emit a third color light, where the third sub-pixel has the rhombus-shape, where first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels or third sub-pixels of neighboring unit pixels in a same row are arranged to adjoin each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Soon-Sung AHN, Hyung-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20160066411
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate and conductive patterns disposed inside or on the substrate, in which two neighboring conductive patterns are separated from each other by a gap disposed therebetween, and the conductive pattern includes first cut patterns connected to the gap and disposed toward an inside of the conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jong Ho HONG, Hye Jin Joo, Won Il Choi, Soon Sung Ahn, Hyoung Wook Jang