Patents by Inventor Su-Min YANG

Su-Min YANG 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: 20250056970
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel electrode in a light emission area, a pixel defining layer which is on the pixel electrode and defines the light emission area, a light emitting layer and a common electrode on the pixel electrode, a bank on the pixel defining layer, the bank including a first bank layer defining a lower portion of a bank opening corresponding to the light emission area and a second bank layer which defines an upper portion of the bank opening and a tip of the bank, the tip including upper and lower surfaces of the second bank layer, a lower inorganic encapsulation layer which is on the bank and includes an inorganic pattern on the common electrode and facing and spaced apart from both the upper and lower surfaces of the tip, and an auxiliary pattern between the lower surface of the tip and the inorganic pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hyun Eok SHIN, Su Kyoung YANG, Dong Min LEE, Joon Yong PARK, Byung Soo SO, Yung Bin CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20250055817
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for providing at least one channel group by a server. The method may include in response to an interaction from a user terminal requesting creation of a channel group, creating the channel group; in response to the channel group being created. The method may also include creating a default chat channel included in the channel group. The method may further include in response to an interaction from the user terminal requesting creation of a chat channel, creating the chat channel included in the channel group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: You Jee Won, Ji Sun Lee, Ki Yong Shim, Jin Young Yang, Cho Eun Kim, Young Min Park, Ji Young Lee, Su Na Lee, So Eun Choi
  • Patent number: 12220636
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for targeting an object in a game. The method of targeting an object in a game includes: setting a center point of a first targeting area based on a first input from a user; displaying the first targeting area surrounded by a closed curve around the center point on a screen of a user terminal; displaying a list including at least one object located in the first targeting area on the screen; and moving the first targeting area based on a second input by the user received after the first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NCSOFT Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ku Kang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Sung Heun Bae, Won Jong Son, Hwan Eui Yang, Yong Ki Lee, Su Jae Lim, Sung Won Jang, Woo Young Cho, Won Min Choi, Jung Rok Choi
  • Publication number: 20250031550
    Abstract: A display device that includes a first pixel electrode disposed on a substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate and exposing the first pixel electrode; a first light emitting layer disposed on the first pixel electrode; a first common electrode disposed on the first light emitting layer; a first bank layer disposed on the pixel defining layer; a second bank layer disposed on the first bank layer and including a side surface protruding from a side surface of the first bank layer; and a third bank layer disposed on the second bank layer and including a side surface protruding from the side surface of the first bank layer, wherein the second bank layer and the third bank layer each include a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), and the second bank layer further includes zinc (Zn).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Kyoung YANG, Joon Yong PARK, Hyun Eok SHIN, Dong Min LEE, Ju Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 11972719
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving a display device are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Min Yang, Seung Ho Park, Sung Hoon Bang, Sang Jae Yeo
  • Patent number: 11735092
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being categorized as a first block or a second block, a sensor configured to generate first sensing data for at least two of the first pixels in each of the plurality of blocks during a first period, and a sensing controller configured to generate interpolated data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor by interpolating the first sensing data, for the first block, and configured to forgo interpolation of the first sensing data, for the second block. The sensor generates second sensing data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor, for the second block, during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Min Yang, Wook Lee, Hye Ji Kim, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Publication number: 20230119909
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixels connected to corresponding scan lines, control lines, data lines, and sensing lines, a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to the scan lines, and supplies a control signal to the corresponding control lines, a data driver which supplies one of an image data signal and a sensing data signal to the corresponding data lines, and a sensing driver which senses characteristics of driving transistors of different pixels of the pixels in a previous sensing period and a current sensing period, and determines a final sensing value of a target pixel of the pixels in the current sensing period, based on a difference between a previous sensing value of the target pixel, which is determined based on the sensing in the previous sensing period, and a preliminary sensing value of the target pixel, which is calculated based on the sensing in the current sensing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Su Min YANG, Seung Ho PARK, Sung Hoon BANG, Sang Jae YEO
  • Publication number: 20220215789
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being categorized as a first block or a second block, a sensor configured to generate first sensing data for at least two of the first pixels in each of the plurality of blocks during a first period, and a sensing controller configured to generate interpolated data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor by interpolating the first sensing data, for the first block, and configured to forgo interpolation of the first sensing data, for the second block. The sensor generates second sensing data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor, for the second block, during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Su Min YANG, Wook LEE, Hye Ji KIM, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Patent number: 11282433
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being categorized as a first block or a second block, a sensor configured to generate first sensing data for at least two of the first pixels in each of the plurality of blocks during a first period, and a sensing controller configured to generate interpolated data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor by interpolating the first sensing data, for the first block, and configured to forgo interpolation of the first sensing data, for the second block. The sensor generates second sensing data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor, for the second block, during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Su Min Yang, Wook Lee, Hye Ji Kim, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 11183116
    Abstract: There are provided a display device and a method of compensating for degradation thereof. The display device includes a display panel including pixels, a sensing unit configured to measure threshold voltages of the pixels, respectively, and a timing controller configured to determine grayscale compensation values with respect to the pixels corresponding to the threshold voltages, respectively, and to compensate input image data with respect to the pixels based on the grayscale compensation values, respectively, wherein the grayscale compensation values have a linear relationship with a grayscale of the input image data by using a linear slope value determined based on the threshold voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Min Yang, Bo Young An, Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 11037487
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a power supply configured to generate a gamma power voltage based on a power control signal; a gamma voltage generator configured to generate gamma voltages based on the gamma power voltage and a gamma control signal; a data driver configured to generate a data signal corresponding to a grayscale value included in image data using the gamma voltages and to provide the data signal to the pixels; and a power controller configured to adjust the power control signal and the gamma control signal based on a maximum voltage level of the data signal, wherein a voltage level of the gamma power voltage is proportional to the maximum voltage level of the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Su Min Yang
  • Publication number: 20210150966
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being categorized as a first block or a second block, a sensor configured to generate first sensing data for at least two of the first pixels in each of the plurality of blocks during a first period, and a sensing controller configured to generate interpolated data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor by interpolating the first sensing data, for the first block, and configured to forgo interpolation of the first sensing data, for the second block. The sensor generates second sensing data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor, for the second block, during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Su Min YANG, Wook LEE, Hye Ji KIM, Ki Hyun PYUN
  • Publication number: 20210012705
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a power supply configured to generate a gamma power voltage based on a power control signal; a gamma voltage generator configured to generate gamma voltages based on the gamma power voltage and a gamma control signal; a data driver configured to generate a data signal corresponding to a grayscale value included in image data using the gamma voltages and to provide the data signal to the pixels; and a power controller configured to adjust the power control signal and the gamma control signal based on a maximum voltage level of the data signal, wherein a voltage level of the gamma power voltage is proportional to the maximum voltage level of the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hyun PYUN, Su Min YANG
  • Patent number: 10755635
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device may include a first pixel, a first data line, a first scan line, a data driver, and a scan driver. The first pixel unit may include a sensing transistor and a scan transistor. The data driver may be electrically connected to the scan transistor through the first data line. The scan driver may be electrically connected to the scan transistor through the first scan line. The scan transistor may be turned on during a first period and a second period. The sensing transistor may be turned on during a third period between the first period and the second period. The first period, the second period, and the third period are included in one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Min Yang, Cheol Min Kim, Dong Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20200143739
    Abstract: There are provided a display device and a method of compensating for degradation thereof. The display device includes a display panel including pixels, a sensing unit configured to measure threshold voltages of the pixels, respectively, and a timing controller configured to determine grayscale compensation values with respect to the pixels corresponding to the threshold voltages, respectively, and to compensate input image data with respect to the pixels based on the grayscale compensation values, respectively, wherein the grayscale compensation values have a linear relationship with a grayscale of the input image data by using a linear slope value determined based on the threshold voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Su Min YANG, Bo Young AN, Wook LEE
  • Publication number: 20190096321
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device may include a first pixel, a first data line, a first scan line, a data driver, and a scan driver. The first pixel unit may include a sensing transistor and a scan transistor. The data driver may be electrically connected to the scan transistor through the first data line. The scan driver may be electrically connected to the scan transistor through the first scan line. The scan transistor may be turned on during a first period and a second period. The sensing transistor may be turned on during a third period between the first period and the second period. The first period, the second period, and the third period are included in one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Su Min YANG, Cheol Min KIM, Dong Won LEE
  • Patent number: 9984628
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to the pixels, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the pixels, a sensing circuit configured to sense a sensing current flowing through the pixels according to a sensing reference voltage applied to the pixels, and a controller configured to calculate a sensing current variation from the sensing current, and configured to adjust the sensing current variation based on a variation data of the pixels to compensate an input image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Seok Bae, Su-Min Yang, Jin-Woo Park, Dong-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9812067
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device, including a display unit including a plurality of pixels each having an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a controller configured to accumulate image data of each frame and to generate compensated image data using a degradation compensation method determined, based on the accumulated image data, to compensate for the degradation of the OLED of each of the pixels, and a data driver configured to generate a data voltage according to the compensated image data and to provide the data voltage to the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Min Yang, Sung Hoon Bang, Young Wook Yoo
  • Publication number: 20170084227
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to the pixels, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the pixels, a sensing circuit configured to sense a sensing current flowing through the pixels according to a sensing reference voltage applied to the pixels, and a controller configured to calculate a sensing current variation from the sensing current, and configured to adjust the sensing current variation based on a variation data of the pixels to compensate an input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Min-Seok Bae, Su-Min Yang, Jin-Woo Park, Dong-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9524677
    Abstract: A display panel driver that includes a compensating value generating part, a compensating lookup table and a compensating part. The compensating value generating part generates an offset and a compensating grayscale based on luminances of pixels of a display panel. The compensating lookup table stores the offset and the compensating grayscale. The compensating part compensates an input grayscale of the pixel to generate a data signal using the compensating lookup table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Park, Su-Min Yang