Patents by Inventor Sung Ahn

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).

  • Patent number: 8575628
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display having first pixel power source lines receiving a pixel driving voltage from first power supply sources and second pixel power source lines arranged between the first pixel power source lines and receiving a pixel driving voltage from second power supply sources, the light emitting diode of each of a plurality of pixels included in an image display unit is divided into two, and the divided light emitting diodes are coupled to the different pixel power source lines so that brightness non-uniformity of the image display unit caused by the IR drops of the pixel power source lines is reduced or prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Soo Kim, Soon-Sung Ahn, Do-Ik Kim, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20130249823
    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 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Hyoung-Wook Jang
  • Patent number: 8497461
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a light sensor circuit for a flat panel display which improves resolution at low luminance and increases the range of sensible ambient light by divisionally driving a frame period, in which light is sensed, into a plurality of sub-frames, and a method of driving the light sensor circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Yong-Sung Park, Tae-Jin Kim, Deok-Young Choi, Joo-Hyeon Jeong, Soon-Sung Ahn, In-Ho Choi, Brent Jang, Ki-Ju Im
  • Patent number: 8475080
    Abstract: Provided is a method for remediating arsenic-contaminated soil, including: a collection step of collecting arsenic-contaminated soil; a washing step of adding the collected soil to a washing solution, which is acidic in nature and provides reducing conditions to the soil, so as to remove arsenic from the soil and transfer the removed arsenic to the washing solution; a solid-liquid separation step of separating the soil and the washing solution from each other after the washing step; and a post-treatment step of removing arsenic from the washing solution, which was separated in the solid-liquid separation step, and employing the soil for remediation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Kigam)
    Inventors: Jae-Gon Kim, Jung-Hwa Lee, Yong-Chan Cho, Joo-Sung Ahn, Choon-Oh Lee, Ho-Cheol Song
  • Patent number: 8477120
    Abstract: A touch screen system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch screen panel including a plurality of driving electrodes coupled to a plurality of driving lines that extend in a first direction and a plurality of sensing electrodes coupled to a plurality of sensing lines that extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes being alternately arranged so as not to overlap with each other; and an active stylus separated from the touch screen panel, the active stylus configured to output an electric field in synchronization with driving signals that are applied to the driving lines coupled to the driving electrodes that are adjacent to the active stylus, wherein the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes have different areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Wook Jang, Ja-Seung Ku, Soon-Sung Ahn, Jung-Yun Kim, Choon-Hyop Lee
  • Patent number: 8466904
    Abstract: A light sensing circuit for use in auto brightness control (ABC), and a flat panel display including the light sensing circuit. The light sensing circuit includes a first photodiode; a second photodiode which is electrically connected to the first photodiode and includes a shielding film for shielding externally incident light; a first voltage fixing unit which is connected to the first photodiode and the second photodiode and maintains a voltage applied to the first photodiode at a certain value; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which generates a digital value that depends on a current flowing in the first photodiode and the second photodiode. Accordingly, the light sensing circuit can precisely sense the brightness of a surrounding environment and drive a flat panel display with the most suitable brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Do-Youb Kim, Sung-Un Park
  • Patent number: 8451251
    Abstract: A light sensing circuit includes a photodiode including a cathode electrode and an anode electrode and for receiving light from the outside and generating a current corresponding to the received light, a driving transistor for amplifying the current generated in the photodiode, a capacitor for storing a first initiation voltage transmitted to the driving transistor, a first switching transistor for compensating for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor corresponding to a current scan signal, and a second switching transistor for transmitting the first initiation voltage corresponding to the current scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok-Young Choi, Yong-Sung Park, Do-Youb Kim, Soon-Sung Ahn, In-Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20130014877
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle tire, which can increase fuel efficiency by improving aerodynamic performance and lowering rotation resistance of the tire, and enhances safety by allowing stable contact between the tire and a road when travelling at high speeds. To this end, the vehicle tire having a sidewall section arranged between a shoulder section connected to an edge of a tread section and a bead section to be mounted on a wheel includes a plurality of ridge-type curved protrusions embossed above a side mold base of the sidewall section and successively formed in the clockwise direction along by the sidewall section from a start point placed at one side and starting at an upper rim flange of the bead section to an end point placed at the other side on a parting bottom line placed at a top of the sidewall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Jae Sung AHN, Yoon Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 8334853
    Abstract: A light sensor circuit, includes a light receiving element coupled to a first power supply, a capacitor coupled between the light receiving element and a second power supply, a first transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a first electrode of the capacitor, and a second transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a selection signal line, wherein the first transistor is coupled between the selection signal line and a first electrode of the second transistor, and the second transistor is coupled between a second electrode of the first transistor and an output signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Yong-Sung Park, Deok-Young Choi, Soon-Sung Ahn, In-Ho Choi, Tae-Jin Kim, Joo-Hyeon Jeong, Brent Jang, Ki-Ju Im
  • Patent number: 8309740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for one-pot synthesis of ionic liquid with fluoroalkyl group, more particularly to a method for one-pot synthesis of ionic liquid with fluoroalkyl group represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 by adding and reacting a nitrogen-containing compound, a Brønsted acid of the formula YH and a fluoroolefin compound of the formula CFR1?CR2R3 in a single reactor: wherein represents a nitrogen-containing compound; Y? represents an anion of the Brønsted acid; and R1, R2 and R3, which may be same or different, represent hydrogen, fluorine, C1-C10 alkyl or C1-C10 fluoroalkyl having from 1 to 23 fluorine atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hyun Joo Lee, Dong Jin Suh, Byoung Sung Ahn, Hong Gon Kim, Chang Soo Kim, Hoon Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20120268144
    Abstract: A touch sensing circuit detects a difference in variation of coupling capacitances between mutually adjacent driving electrodes through the use of a differential amplifier, and senses whether or not a touch is made on a touch screen panel, thereby being capable of removing display noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Ahn, Jung-Min Choi, Yong-Suk Kim, Hyung-Seog Oh
  • Publication number: 20120262411
    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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Soon-Sung Ahn, Hyoung-Wook Jang, Ja-Seung Ku
  • Patent number: 8289298
    Abstract: A light sensing circuit, a method of driving the same, and a touch panel including the light sensing circuit, the light sensing circuit including a photodiode generating current according to the brightness of light incident from the outside; a driving transistor having a first electrode to which a first power voltage is applied, a second electrode, and a gate electrode electrically connected to a cathode of the photodiode; a first reset transistor having a first electrode to which an initialization voltage is applied, a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, and a gate electrode to which a previous scan signal is applied; and a shielding capacitor disposed between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the cathode of the photodiode. Accordingly, the brightness of light incident on the photodiode can be accurately determined by initializing the cathode of the photodiode by using a constant voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok-Young Choi, Yong-Sung Park, Do-Youb Kim, Soon-Sung Ahn, In-Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20120229416
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacity type touch screen included in an image display apparatus is provided. The electrostatic capacity type touch screen includes an active touch region on a screen divided into a plurality of regions and a plurality of conductive sensing patterns formed in the divided regions to detect capacitance. Coupling of the conductive sensing patterns among the divided regions is broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Ja-Seung KU, Brent JANG, Do-Youb KIM, Soon-Sung AHN
  • Publication number: 20120182254
    Abstract: A touch screen system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a touch screen panel including a plurality of driving electrodes coupled to a plurality of driving lines that extend in a first direction and a plurality of sensing electrodes coupled to a plurality of sensing lines that extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes being alternately arranged so as not to overlap with each other; and an active stylus separated from the touch screen panel, the active stylus configured to output an electric field in synchronization with driving signals that are applied to the driving lines coupled to the driving electrodes that are adjacent to the active stylus, wherein the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes have different areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Hyoung-Wook Jang, Ja-Seung Ku, Soon-Sung Ahn, Jung Yun Kim, Choon-Hyop Lee
  • Publication number: 20120169631
    Abstract: A touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of driving electrodes including first driving patterns and second driving patterns and arranged on the substrate along a first direction; and a plurality of sensing electrodes including first sensing patterns and second sensing patterns and arranged on the substrate along a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein first sensing cells are formed of the first driving patterns and the first sensing patterns and second sensing cells are formed of the second driving patterns and the second sensing patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Soon-Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 8199104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a character input device for a mobile device or a wearable terminal. A bio radar unit senses the positions of the fingers of a user. A tilt sensor senses the tilt of the hands of the user. A microprocessor calculates the final input information of the user by processing signals received from the bio radar unit and the tilt sensor. A wireless communication module transmits the final input information to the mobile device or the wearable terminal of the user. A speaker device outputs a feedback sound corresponding to the final input information of the user. The character input device is wearable on a wrist of the user. The bio radar unit transmits a signal, measures the distance between the character input device and a finger by measuring the strength of a reflected wave reflected from the finger with which the signal collides, and measures the angle of the finger related to activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyu-Ho Park, Ki-Woong Park, Sung-Ahn Ko
  • Publication number: 20120142177
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring structure and a semiconductor device, the method of manufacturing a wiring structure including forming a first insulating interlayer on a substrate; forming a contact plug in an opening in the first insulating interlayer; forming a second insulating interlayer on the contact plug and the first insulating interlayer; removing a portion of the second insulating interlayer to form an opening therethrough such that the opening exposes the contact plug; filling a portion of the opening to form a wiring such that the wiring is electrically connected to the contact plug; and forming a diffusion barrier layer pattern on the wiring such that the diffusion barrier layer pattern fills a remaining portion of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Jee-Yong Kim, Joon-Hee Lee, Jeong-Hyuk Choi, Jai-Hyuk Song, Seung-Wan Hong, Hwa-Eon Shin, Jong-Hyun Park, Woo-Jung Kim, Jae-Sung Ahn, Jung-Hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20120137369
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal with security functionality and a method of implementing the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal with security functionality includes a storage unit, a first module, a second module, and a third module. The storage unit stores a list of risky function combinations which may cause security risks. The first module monitors functions included in an application to be installed or running in the mobile terminal. The second module assesses security vulnerabilities based on whether a combination of the monitored functions corresponds to a risky function combination and/or security attributes of the mobile terminal. The third module takes countermeasures when a security vulnerability has been found based on the assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INFOSEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Jung Shin, Hyo Sun Yoo, Do Sung Ahn
  • Publication number: 20120137372
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for protecting the confidential information of a mobile terminal. The apparatus for protecting the confidential information of a mobile terminal includes a storage unit and a confidential information management unit. The storage unit stores at least one piece of confidential information which requires security. The confidential information management unit moves the confidential information from the preset unsecured initial storage area of the storage unit, to the preset secured storage area of the storage unit and stores the confidential data in the preset secured storage area, in order to protect the confidential data, and exclusively manages the secured storage area. The secured storage area is set by the confidential information management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INFOSEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Jung Shin, Hyo Sun Yoo, Do Sung Ahn