Patents by Inventor Suk Ju Choi

Suk Ju Choi 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: 20160161089
    Abstract: A white light emitting device, including a circuit board; a plurality of light sources mounted on the circuit board, each light source of the plurality of light sources configured to emit monochromatic light; a light converter spaced apart from the circuit board, the light converter configured to convert the monochromatic light emitted from the light sources to white light; and a compensator provided between the circuit board and the light converter, the compensator configured to convert the emitted monochromatic light to white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Pil JEON, Jong-hoi KIM, Kye Hoon LEE, Dae-hee LEE, Byoung-jin CHO, Suk-ju CHOI
  • Patent number: 9201266
    Abstract: A backlight unit is provided which includes: a light guide plate which guides incident light from a lateral side of the light guide plate toward a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel placed in front of the light guide plate; a light source unit which includes a light source which emits the light and a light source supporting member which supports the light source and is arranged adjacent to the lateral side of the light guide plate; a supporting frame which is arranged in the backlight unit; a quantum dot (QD) bar which is arranged between the lateral side of the light guide plate and the light source and changes a color of the light emitted from the light source; and a QD-bar fastening unit which fastens the QD bar to at least one of the light source supporting member and the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gil-tae Hur, Hyeong-sik Choi, Kun-ho Cho, Jeong-phil Seo, Yong-hun Kwon, Kye-hoon Lee, Suk-ju Choi, Young-min Lee
  • Patent number: 9087470
    Abstract: A 3D image display apparatus includes a first display panel which alternately displays a left eye image and a right eye image, a second display panel having a plurality of pixels including a left eye pixel and a right eye pixel, a backlight unit which is disposed at a back side of the second display panel, a lens array which is disposed at a front side of the second display panel and has a plurality of lenticular lenses dividing light emitted from the backlight unit into a left eye visual field and a right eye visual field and emitting the divided light, and a control unit which controls on and off of the left eye pixel and the right eye pixel of the second display panel according to a time when the left eye image and the right eye image are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gil-tae Hur, Kun-ho Cho, Yong-hun Kwon, Kye-hoon Lee, Suk-ju Choi, Young-min Lee
  • Publication number: 20150116852
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display main body having a screen and a bezel that surrounds the screen, and a bezel hiding member mounted on the bezel to cover the bezel. The bezel hiding member includes a body portion configured to refract an image light that emitted from an edge region of the screen, and a plurality of prism projections formed to project from the body portion to change a path of the refracted image light to a front side of the display main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-hoi KIM, Kun-ho CHO, Yong-hun KWON, Yae-kyung SON, Young-min LEE, Suk-ju CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150103288
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel configured to display images; at least one light source configured to supply light to the liquid crystal panel; a front chassis member and a rear chassis member configured to accommodate the liquid crystal panel and the light source module and a circuit board configured to control the liquid crystal display apparatus. The rear chassis member may include a light source supporting portion supporting the at least one light source and a plurality of side surface portions extending from the light source supporting portion to the rear chassis member. The circuit board may be disposed in at least one of the side surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kye-hoon LEE, Jin LIU, Won-yong LEE, Suk-ju CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140354914
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a support member comprising a light source support member having four corner areas; and a light emitter that is disposed on a surface of the light source support member, the light emitter including one or more light emitting modules, wherein each of the light emitting module comprises a strip-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on the light source support member and a plurality of light source packages that is mounted on the strip-shaped PCB and generates light; and four corner side extending portions that configure a portion of any one of one or more the light emitting modules and are extended toward the four corner areas of the light source support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-min LEE, Kye-hoon LEE, Yong-hun KWON, Jong-hoi KIM, Kun-ho CHO, Suk-ju CHOI
  • Patent number: 8888351
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a backlight assembly are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; and a backlight unit disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and discharging light to the display panel, the backlight unit comprising white light emitting diodes (LEDs) and Quantum Dot (QD) LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-min Lee, Kye-hoon Lee, Kun-ho Cho, Jeong-phil Seo, Yong-hun Kwon, Gil-tae Hur, Suk-ju Choi
  • Patent number: 8773617
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Ju Choi, Kun Ho Cho, Yong Hun Kwon, Kye Hoon Lee, Gil Tae Hur, Young Min Lee
  • Patent number: 8773618
    Abstract: A light emitting unit and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the same are provided. The light emitting unit includes a light source unit which generates light, and a driving board which drives the light source unit. The light source unit includes a light source which generates the light, a container member which forms an opening therein and which contains the light source within the opening, and a fluorescent member mounted in the opening of the container member. The light source and the florescent member are spaced apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-phil Seo, Gil-tae Hur, Yong-hun Kwon, Kye-hoon Lee, Young-min Lee, Kun-ho Cho, Suk-ju Choi
  • Patent number: 8665398
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a chassis assembly; a liquid crystal display panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal display panel; a light emitting diode (LED) module including a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of LED packages which are mounted on the PCB and emit light to a lateral side of the light guide plate, and a connector connected to the PCB such that the connector is located behind the light guide plate; and a white strip member disposed between the PCB of the LED module and the light guide plate. An edge portion of a bottom surface of the light guide plate is supported by the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Ju Choi, Kun Ho Cho, Yong Hun Kwon, Kye Hoon Lee, Gil Tae Hur, Young Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20140009718
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate disposed below the liquid crystal panel, and a light source unit which emits light to at least one side surface of the light guide plate. The light source unit includes light source elements which are disposed adjacent to the at least one side surface of the light guide plate, and which emit light that is incident on the at least one side surface of the light guide plate. A printed circuit board is disposed adjacent to a lower surface of the light guide plate and supports the light source elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gil Tae HUR, Kun Ho CHO, Yong Hun KWON, Kye Hoon LEE, Suk Ju CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130278860
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image; a top chassis and a bottom chassis which house the display panel; and a plurality of light-emitting boards which are installed on an inner surface of the bottom chassis, each of the light-emitting boards including a main printed circuit board (PCB) that extends in a longitudinal direction and light source packages installed on the main PCB, and the light source packages are arranged to be farther from a first longitudinal edge of the main PCB than a second longitudinal edge of the main PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk-ju CHOI, Kye-hoon LEE, Yong-hun KWON, Young-min LEE, Kun-ho CHO, Gil-tae HUR
  • Patent number: 8547498
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate disposed below the liquid crystal panel, and a light source unit which emits light to at least one side surface of the light guide plate. The light source unit includes light source elements which are disposed adjacent to the at least one side surface of the light guide plate, and which emit light that is incident on the at least one side surface of the light guide plate. A printed circuit board is disposed adjacent to a lower surface of the light guide plate and supports the light source elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Tae Hur, Kun Ho Cho, Yong Hun Kwon, Kye Hoon Lee, Suk Ju Choi
  • Publication number: 20130050616
    Abstract: A light emitting unit and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the same are provided. The light emitting unit includes a light source unit which generates light, and a driving board which drives the light source unit. The light source unit includes a light source which generates the light, a container member which forms an opening therein and which contains the light source within the opening, and a fluorescent member mounted in the opening of the container member. The light source and the florescent member are spaced apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-phil SEO, Gil-tae HUR, Yong-hun KWON, Kye-hoon LEE, Young-min LEE, Kun-ho CHO, Suk-ju CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130050612
    Abstract: A backlight unit is provided which includes: a light guide plate which guides incident light from a lateral side of the light guide plate toward a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel placed in front of the light guide plate; a light source unit which includes a light source which emits the light and a light source supporting member which supports the light source and is arranged adjacent to the lateral side of the light guide plate; a supporting frame which is arranged in the backlight unit; a quantum dot (QD) bar which is arranged between the lateral side of the light guide plate and the light source and changes a color of the light emitted from the light source; and a QD-bar fastening unit which fastens the QD bar to at least one of the light source supporting member and the supporting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gil-tae HUR, Hyeong-sik CHOI, Kun-ho CHO, Jeong-phil SEO, Yong-hun KWON, Kye-hoon LEE, Suk-ju CHOI, Young-min LEE
  • Patent number: 8358387
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Ju Choi, Kun Ho Cho, Yong Hun Kwon, Kye Hoon Lee, Gil Tae Hur, Young Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20120307518
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a backlight assembly are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; and a backlight unit disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and discharging light to the display panel, the backlight unit comprising white light emitting diodes (LEDs) and Quantum Dot (QD) LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-min LEE, Kye-hoon LEE, Kun-ho CHO, Jeong-phil SEO, Yong-hun KWON, Gil-tae HUR, Suk-ju CHOI
  • Publication number: 20120281165
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Ju CHOI, Kun Ho CHO, Yong Hun KWON, Kye Hoon LEE, Gil Tae HUR, Young Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20120236231
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Ju CHOI, Kun Ho CHO, Yong Hun KWON, Kye Hoon LEE, Gil Tae HUR, Young Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20120236406
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which alternately displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image, a backlight unit which includes a plurality of different types of light sources and which is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to emit light toward the display panel, a driving unit which drives the backlight unit, and a control unit which controls the different types of light sources to be used to display the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gil-tae HUR, Kun-ho CHO, Jeong-phil SEO, Yong-hun KWON, Kye-hoon LEE, Suk-ju CHOI, Young-min LEE