Patents by Inventor Tae-An Seo

Tae-An Seo 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: 20190312578
    Abstract: A capacitive switch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a switch structure having a first electrode pattern; a substrate having a second electrode pattern and an integrated circuit unit; and an elastic body interposed between the switch structure and the substrate, wherein the integrated circuit unit generates a first output signal by detecting a change in capacitance caused by a user touch input operation through the first electrode pattern, the elastic body, and the second electrode pattern, and generates a second output signal by detecting a change in capacitance caused by a user push input operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SAMBO MOTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Kyu KIM, Tae In SEO, Yong Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20190258296
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable display and a first protection film disposed on a first surface of the rollable display. The first protection film extends beyond a first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device further includes a second protection film disposed on a second surface of the rollable display facing the first surface of the rollable display. The second protection film extends beyond the first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device additionally includes a first adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the first protection film. The rollable display device further includes second adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the second protection film, and a first adhesion part disposed adjacent to the first display edge of the rollable display and between the first protection film and the second protection film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: TAE AN SEO, MIN-SUNG KIM, JUNG HUN LEE, JIN HWAN CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190254180
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a display device including: a display panel configured to include a first area, and a second area and a third area respectively disposed at opposite sides of the first area in a first direction; a first roller unit configured to wind the second area thereon; and a second roller unit configured to wind the third area of the display panel in an opposite direction to that of the first roller unit, wherein a distance between the first roller unit and the second roller unit which are separated from each other in the first direction can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jin Hwan CHOI, Min-Sung KIM, Hyun Woo KOO, Jeong Ho KIM, Tae Woong KIM, Tae An SEO, Jung Hun LEE
  • Patent number: 10353165
    Abstract: A stand includes first to fourth links, first to fourth joints, a front link, first to fifth extension links, and first to fourth extension joints. The first to fourth links are arranged in a parallelogram configuration, wherein the first and third links are arranged on opposite sides and the second and fourth joints are arranged in a diagonal direction. The front link extends from the first link. The first extension link is rotatably connected to the second joint. The second extension link is rotatably connected to the first extension joint. The third extension link is rotatably connected to the second extension joint. The fourth extension link is arranged between the third extension joint and the fourth extension joint. The fifth extension link is arranged between the first joint and the second extension joint. The first, fourth, and fifth extension links are in parallel with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Byung-Ju Yi, Jong-Tae Seo
  • Publication number: 20190214734
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system and communication system is disclosed. A wireless power transmission system and communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a transmission part which includes a first surface wave antenna, installed in a metal wall, for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic surface wave flowing along a surface of the metal wall, and a first monopole antenna connected to the first surface wave antenna in parallel; and a reception part which includes at least one of a second monopole antenna and a second surface wave antenna, installed in a space partitioned by the metal wall, for receiving an electromagnetic surface wave flowing along the surface of the metal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Franklin Don Bien, Sai Kiran Oruganti, Sang Hyun Heo, Woo Jin Park, Seok Tae Seo, Bon Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20190209264
    Abstract: A medical stand may include a first link, a second link parallel to the first link, a third link connected between one end of the first link and one end of the second link, a fourth link parallel to the third link and connected between the other end of the first link and the other end of the second link, a mounting arm extending from the other end of the first link, a variable balancing arm connected to at least one of the second link or the third link, a counterweight provided at a distal end of the variable balancing arm, a detector detecting a displacement of at least one of the first link, the second link, the third link, or the fourth link, and a controller generating the control signal to adjust the center-of-gravity position of the variable balancing arm in accordance with the displacement detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicants: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Jong Tae SEO, Byung Ju YI, Jae Hong WOO
  • Patent number: 10321584
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a display device including: a display panel configured to include a first area, and a second area and a third area respectively disposed at opposite sides of the first area in a first direction; a first roller unit configured to wind the second area thereon; and a second roller unit configured to wind the third area of the display panel in an opposite direction to that of the first roller unit, wherein a distance between the first roller unit and the second roller unit which are separated from each other in the first direction can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Hyun Woo Koo, Jeong Ho Kim, Tae Woong Kim, Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10321583
    Abstract: The display device includes a housing, a first roller portion, a second roller portion, a rail portion, and a flexible display panel. The housing includes a support plate. The first roller portion is disposed at a first side of the support plate and is connected to the housing by a first sliding portion. The second roller portion is disposed at a second side of the support plate and is connected to the housing by a second sliding portion. The rail portion includes fixing rails affixed to the support plate, first moving rails connected to the first roller portion and engaged with the fixing rails, and second moving rails connected to the second roller portion and engaged with the fixing rails. The flexible display panel covers the rail portion. The flexible display panel has ends respectively connected to the first roller portion and the second roller portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10303217
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable display and a first protection film disposed on a first surface of the rollable display. The first protection film extends beyond a first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device further includes a second protection film disposed on a second surface of the rollable display facing the first surface of the rollable display. The second protection film extends beyond the first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device additionally includes a first adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the first protection film. The rollable display device further includes second adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the second protection film, and a first adhesion part disposed adjacent to the first display edge of the rollable display and between the first protection film and the second protection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Min-Sung Kim, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10289164
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes: a panel support including a plurality of support bars arranged in a direction and a plurality of flexible coupling portions between support bars of the plurality of support bars and coupling the plurality of support bars together; and a flexible display panel fixed to respective front sides of support bars of the plurality of support bars, and the plurality of support bars includes a first support bar that is spaced apart from an outermost support bar of the plurality of support bars, and the first support bar includes a pair of first holding bars that are spreadable toward an outside from a rear side of the first support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Min-Sung Kim, Bo Ik Park, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10274995
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes: a panel supporting portion including a plurality of supporters arranged in substantially parallel relationship and a plurality of hinge linking portions rotatably connecting adjacent supporters to one another, and having rolled and unrolled configurations; a flexible display panel having a display area disposed on the panel supporting portion and a non-display area outside the display area; and a driving module including a flexible circuit board having a bent portion and connected to the non-display area, and a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the flexible circuit board. The plurality of supporters includes a housing disposed at an outermost side of the rollable display device. The housing has a hole through which the non-display area passes and a chamber communicating with the hole and receiving the driving module. A sealant is disposed between the flexible display panel and the housing at the outside of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Sun Ho Kim, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10268242
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a flexible display device adhesive that is foldable with respect a folding axis, that has a folding area corresponding to the folding axis, and that has non-folding areas. The flexible display device includes a first substrate configured to be flexible, a second substrate above the first substrate and configured to be flexible, and an adhesive layer between the first substrate and the second substrate to adhere the first substrate to the second substrate. The adhesive layer includes two or more adhesive portions having different adhesive strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10264687
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a roller, a display panel configured to be wound around the roller in a wound-up configuration and to display an image in an unwound configuration, a housing configured to house the display panel in the wound-up configuration and the roller, and a roller controller connected to the roller and configured to change a radius of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Choi, Sun Ho Kim, Jeong Ho Kim, Bo Ik Park, Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10194543
    Abstract: An expandable display device includes: a housing including a fixing portion; a pair of sliding portions provided at respective sides of the fixing portion, each of the sliding portions being configured to be drawn out from the housing along a first direction such that a distance from the respective sliding portion to the fixing portion is changed; and a panel unit including: a fixing display unit on the fixing portion; and a pair of expanding display units on the pair of sliding portions and having a variable exposing area; a flexible display panel including a plurality of pixels and having a screen at a first side thereof; and a support panel attached to a second side of the flexible display panel facing the first side, the support panel including a plurality of slits extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Sun Ho Kim, Sung Hoon Kim, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10193095
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second guide plates facing each other, a pair of first and second guide rails disposed in the first and second guide plates, a first supporting plate disposed between the first guide rails and of the first and second guide plates, the first supporting plate having opposite end portions fixed to a first position of the first and second guide plates, a second supporting plate having opposite end portions coupled to the pair of first guide rails, a third supporting plate having opposite end portions coupled to the pair of second guide rails, and a display panel supported by at least one of the first to third supporting plates. The pair of first guide rails extends from the first position to a second position. The pair of second guide rails extends from the first position to a third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20180368251
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20180368250
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10136524
    Abstract: A sliding display device includes a housing, a flexible display panel, a first roller, and a second roller. The housing includes a display region between a first edge region and a second edge region. The distance between the first and second edge regions changes as the housing is expanded and contracted. The flexible display panel slides into and out from the housing through the first and second edge regions as the housing expands and contracts. The first and second rollers guide panel regions into and out of empty spaces in the housing. An assistant roller assists in moving one of the panel regions along a non-intersecting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Jeong-Ho Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10111346
    Abstract: A display device may include a support plate, a first display unit, a second display unit, a third display unit, a pad, and a circuit board. The first display unit overlaps the support plate. The second display unit is connected to the first display unit. A portion of the second display unit may move relative to the support plate. The third display unit is connected through the first display unit to the second display unit. A portion of the third display may move relative to the support plate. The pad includes a pad electrode that is electrically connected to the first display unit. The circuit board is electrically connected to the pad. A first section of the circuit board is bent relative to a second section of the circuit board and is oriented perpendicular or oblique with respect to the first display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10095272
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel including a main display area including a plurality of main pixel rows, and a sub display area at a side of the main display area and including a plurality of sub pixel rows, a scan driving circuit configured to provide scan signals to the main pixel rows via a plurality of main scan lines, and provide the scan signals to the sub pixel rows via a plurality of sub scan lines, a data driving circuit configured to provide data signals to a plurality of pixels respectively located in the main pixel rows and the sub pixel rows, and a timing controller configured to control the scan driving circuit and the data driving circuit, wherein a number of the sub pixel rows is less than a number of the main pixel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Chan Park, Jin-Taek Kim, Tae-An Seo, Sun-Hee Lee, Pil-Suk Lee