Patents by Inventor Wan-Soon Im

Wan-Soon Im 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: 10317735
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a display substrate which is curved in a first direction in a plan view and includes a display area including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and a peripheral area disposed adjacent to the display area, an opposite substrate which faces the display substrate, the opposite substrate coupled to the display substrate and curved in the first direction along the display substrate, a grayscale control layer interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate, and a coupling member which is disposed in the peripheral area, interposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate, and configured to couple the display substrate to the opposite substrate, and includes a first sealing portion which extends in the first direction and includes a light blocking material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Yongwoo Hyung
  • Patent number: 10295858
    Abstract: A curved display device curved in a first direction includes: a first substrate including a plurality of signal lines, an insulating layer which covers the signal lines, a pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer, and a shielding electrode electrically insulated from the pixel electrode and disposed along a signal line, which extends substantially in a second direction crossing the first direction, among the signal lines; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate and including a common electrode; and a light control layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SuWan Woo, Wan-Soon Im, Kee-Bum Park, Younggoo Song, Heehwan Lee, Yongwoo Hyung
  • Publication number: 20190146261
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate having a flat part and a bending part bent from the flat part; a second substrate facing the first substrate, and having a first part overlapping the flat part in a thickness direction of the first substrate to display a first image, and a second part that is spaced apart from the first part to expose a portion of the bending part, overlaps the bending part in the thickness direction, and displays a second image; and an adhesive layer disposed in a space between the first part and the second part spaced apart from each other to bond the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Wan-soon IM, Shoyeon KIM, Yongtae CHO, Byunghwan CHU
  • Publication number: 20190140028
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first switching element electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, an organic layer disposed on the first switching element, a shielding electrode disposed on the organic layer and overlapping the data line, a pixel electrode disposed on the same layer as the shielding electrode and a light-blocking pattern disposed on the shielding electrode and adjacent to a corner of the pixel electrode
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung-June KIM, Wan-Soon IM
  • Publication number: 20190123064
    Abstract: A transistor display panel including a substrate, a gate line disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction, a gate electrode protruding from the gate line, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line and the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer and an auxiliary layer disposed on the gate insulating layer and spaced apart from each other, a data line disposed on the gate insulating layer and extending in a second direction which is a direction crossing the gate line, a drain electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor layer and spaced apart from the data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, in which the auxiliary layer overlaps an edge of the gate electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Byung Hwan CHU, Sho Yeon KIM, Wan-Soon IM, Yong Tae CHO
  • Patent number: 10261358
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a liquid crystal display panel including white pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the first substrate and representing different colors from each other, in which at least two of the plurality of color filters overlap with each other on the first substrate to form an overlapping portion, and the overlapping portion forms a first spacer; a transparent filter positioned on the first substrate and positioned in a transmitting area of a white pixel; and a second spacer including the same material as the transparent filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Sun Na, Hee June Kwak, Seok Kyu Yoon, Sang-Uk Lim, Seung Soo Baek, Seong Young Lee, Wan-Soon Im
  • Patent number: 10228587
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a liquid crystal display panel including white pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the first substrate and representing different colors from each other, in which at least two of the plurality of color filters overlap with each other on the first substrate to form an overlapping portion, and the overlapping portion forms a first spacer; a transparent filter positioned on the first substrate and positioned in a transmitting area of a white pixel; and a second spacer including the same material as the transparent filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Sun Na, Hee June Kwak, Seok Kyu Yoon, Sang-Uk Lim, Seung Soo Baek, Seong Young Lee, Wan-Soon Im
  • Patent number: 10211262
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first switching element electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, an organic layer disposed on the first switching element, a shielding electrode disposed on the organic layer and overlapping the data line, a pixel electrode disposed on the same layer as the shielding electrode and a light-blocking pattern disposed on the shielding electrode and adjacent to a corner of the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-June Kim, Wan-Soon Im
  • Patent number: 10203572
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including first to fourth color pixel areas, first to fourth thin film transistors disposed on the first substrate, and first to fourth pixel electrodes connected to the first to fourth thin film transistors. Each of the first to fourth pixel electrodes includes a cross stem portion including a horizontal stem portion and a vertical stem portion crossing the horizontal stem portion, and minute branch portions extending from the cross stem portion at a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal direction. A third angle of the minute branch portions of the third pixel electrode is greater than each of first and second angles of the minute branch portions of the respective first and second pixel electrodes. Each of the first and second angles is greater than a fourth angle of the minute branch portions of the fourth pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Sun Hwa Lee, Yun Seok Lee, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20180348571
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first color pixel area, a second color pixel area, a third color pixel area, and a white pixel area on any one of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first color filter is disposed in each of the first color pixel area and the white pixel area, and each of the first, second, third, and white pixel areas includes a plurality of domains, each two adjacent domains having a boundary between them, and the first color filter is disposed at at least one of the boundaries between the domains in the white pixel area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Seok Kyu Yoon, Eun Ju Kim, Hyung June Kim, Byoung Sun Na, Sung Jae Park, Yun Seok Lee, Ik Soo Lee, Jun Pyo Lee, Wan-Soon Im, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 10126602
    Abstract: A curved display device including a plurality of pixels that may be bent in a first direction crossing a second direction. The curved display device may include first and second substrates facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: BongSung Seo, Sejoon Oh, Junwoo Lee, Baekkyun Jeon, Su Jeong Kim, SuWan Woo, Wan-Soon Im, Yongwoo Hyung
  • Patent number: 10082695
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate, which face each other, and each of which includes a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area, a first light-blocking layer disposed in the non-display area, and a dummy color layer, in which a boundary dividing the display area and the non-display area is defined, and which is disposed in the non-display area of the first substrate to be adjacent to the boundary, where the dummy color layer includes a section in which a distribution density of the dummy color layer is decreased from the boundary to the outside of the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Woong Baek, Wan Soon Im, Jang Bog Ju, Seung Hwan Kim, Hyo Seop Kim, Seung Ho Lee, So Mi Jung, Kang Wook Heo
  • Patent number: 10068540
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a curved liquid crystal panel; and a driving device for displaying an image by operating the curved liquid crystal panel, wherein a luminance curve for a gray level for generating a gray-level voltage to be applied by the driving device to a first color pixel disposed in an edge portion of the curved liquid crystal panel is disposed below a luminance curve for a gray level for generating a gray-level voltage to be applied to the first color pixel disposed in a remaining portion of the curved liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Soo Park, Wan-Soon Im
  • Patent number: 10042199
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first color pixel area, a second color pixel area, a third color pixel area, and a white pixel area on any one of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first color filter is disposed in each of the first color pixel area and the white pixel area, and each of the first, second, third, and white pixel areas includes a plurality of domains, each two adjacent domains having a boundary between them, and the first color filter is disposed at at least one of the boundaries between the domains in the white pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Kyu Yoon, Eun Ju Kim, Hyung June Kim, Byoung Sun Na, Sung Jae Park, Yun Seok Lee, Ik Soo Lee, Jun Pyo Lee, Wan-Soon Im, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 10031387
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate on which a plurality of pixel areas are formed; first to fourth color filter layers comprising a plurality of color filters disposed in the pixel areas and having four different colors in four adjacent pixel areas; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the color filter layers corresponding to the respective pixel areas; a second substrate coupled to and facing the first substrate; and a common electrode disposed on one of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first to fourth color filter layers are disposed in a 2×2 matrix, and wherein at least one color filter from among the color filters is wider in a row direction and a column direction of the first substrate than the remaining color filters so as to cover a contact point at which the four adjacent pixel areas meet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Hyung June Kim
  • Publication number: 20180130854
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first switching element electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, an organic layer disposed on the first switching element, a shielding electrode disposed on the organic layer and overlapping the data line, a pixel electrode disposed on the same layer as the shielding electrode and a light-blocking pattern disposed on the shielding electrode and adjacent to a corner of the pixel electrode
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Hyung-June KIM, Wan-Soon IM
  • Patent number: 9964795
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first color pixel area, a second color pixel area, a third color pixel area, and a fourth color pixel area disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate, in which the first substrate and the second substrate each includes a center portion and an edge portion surrounding the center portion, the first, second, and third color pixel areas include a red filter, a green filter, and a blue filter, respectively, the fourth color pixel area include a white filter, and the fourth color pixel area is disposed at the edge portion of the first or second substrate, and is smaller than each of the first, second, and third color pixel areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Joong Gun Chong, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9933651
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including: a first display panel defining a plurality of pixel areas; a second display panel facing the first display panel; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first display panel and the second display panel; and a plurality of color filters disposed in the respective pixel areas, wherein four different color filters are respectively disposed in four adjacent pixel areas, and each of the four color filters includes first and second protrusions formed at first and second edges of the corresponding pixel area and first and second chamfered portions at third and fourth edges thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Soo Park, Wan-Soon Im, Hyung June Kim, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9927659
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels, a lower substrate and an upper substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the lower substrate and including a plurality of sub-regions which differently controls an inclination direction of liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal layer for a pixel of the plurality of pixels, and a gate line disposed on the lower substrate and including a portion which overlaps a boundary between adjacent sub-regions of the plurality of sub-regions of the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Kil Park, Wan-Soon Im, Yong Woo Hyung
  • Publication number: 20180081237
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a liquid crystal display panel including white pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the first substrate and representing different colors from each other, in which at least two of the plurality of color filters overlap with each other on the first substrate to form an overlapping portion, and the overlapping portion forms a first spacer; a transparent filter positioned on the first substrate and positioned in a transmitting area of a white pixel; and a second spacer including the same material as the transparent filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Byoung Sun NA, Hee June KWAK, Seok Kyu YOON, Sang-Uk LIM, Seung Soo BAEK, Seong Young LEE, Wan-Soon IM