Patents by Inventor Won-Jun Choe

Won-Jun Choe 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: 11048901
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a display area including a fingerprint sensing area and a plurality of pixels provided in the fingerprint sensing area; a sensor layer provided on one surface of the display panel overlapping the fingerprint sensing area, the sensor layer including a plurality of photo sensors; a panel driving circuit configured to output a data signal corresponding to image data to the display panel, corresponding to a first mode, and to output a driving signal to the display panel to allow the pixels to emit lights in a form corresponding to a predetermined light pattern, corresponding to a second mode; and a fingerprint detecting circuit configured to receive sensing signals from the photo sensors, corresponding to the second mode, the fingerprint detecting circuit detecting a fingerprint of a user, based on a sensing signal corresponding to the light pattern among the received sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Jin Oh Kwag, Hai Jung In, Won Jun Choe
  • Publication number: 20200175249
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a display area including a fingerprint sensing area and a plurality of pixels provided in the fingerprint sensing area; a sensor layer provided on one surface of the display panel overlapping the fingerprint sensing area, the sensor layer including a plurality of photo sensors; a panel driving circuit configured to output a data signal corresponding to image data to the display panel, corresponding to a first mode, and to output a driving signal to the display panel to allow the pixels to emit lights in a form corresponding to a predetermined light pattern, corresponding to a second mode; and a fingerprint detecting circuit configured to receive sensing signals from the photo sensors, corresponding to the second mode, the fingerprint detecting circuit detecting a fingerprint of a user, based on a sensing signal corresponding to the light pattern among the received sensing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Jin Oh KWAG, Hai Jung IN, Won Jun CHOE
  • Patent number: 10579848
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a display area including a fingerprint sensing area and a plurality of pixels provided in the fingerprint sensing area; a sensor layer provided on one surface of the display panel overlapping the fingerprint sensing area, the sensor layer including a plurality of photo sensors; a panel driving circuit configured to output a data signal corresponding to image data to the display panel, corresponding to a first mode, and to output a driving signal to the display panel to allow the pixels to emit lights in a form corresponding to a predetermined light pattern, corresponding to a second mode; and a fingerprint detecting circuit configured to receive sensing signals from the photo sensors, corresponding to the second mode, the fingerprint detecting circuit detecting a fingerprint of a user, based on a sensing signal corresponding to the light pattern among the received sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Jin Oh Kwag, Hai Jung In, Won Jun Choe
  • Publication number: 20180285619
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a display area including a fingerprint sensing area and a plurality of pixels provided in the fingerprint sensing area; a sensor layer provided on one surface of the display panel overlapping the fingerprint sensing area, the sensor layer including a plurality of photo sensors; a panel driving circuit configured to output a data signal corresponding to image data to the display panel, corresponding to a first mode, and to output a driving signal to the display panel to allow the pixels to emit lights in a form corresponding to a predetermined light pattern, corresponding to a second mode; and a fingerprint detecting circuit configured to receive sensing signals from the photo sensors, corresponding to the second mode, the fingerprint detecting circuit detecting a fingerprint of a user, based on a sensing signal corresponding to the light pattern among the received sensing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kim, Jin Oh Kwag, Hai Jung In, Won Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 9691324
    Abstract: A method for calculating compensation data includes, a first luminance value that is calculated by supplying a first gray scale voltage to pixels and measuring a luminance. A second luminance value is calculated by supplying a second gray scale voltage to the pixels and measuring a luminance. Compensation coefficients are calculated using the first and second gray scale voltages and the first and second luminance values. Compensation data are calculated based on the compensation coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 9336716
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a scan driving unit applying scan signals and light emitting control signals through a plurality of scan lines and light emitting control lines, a data driving unit applying data signals through a plurality of data lines, a power supply supplying an electric power to a plurality of power supply entries, a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels receiving the plurality of scan signals, light emitting control signals, data signals, and the electric power to display an image, the pixel unit being divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of power supply entries, and a current limiting circuit using data current values accumulated region by region in the plurality of regions to output current limiting signals for limiting brightness of the pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Suk Shin, Won-Jun Choe
  • Publication number: 20150262524
    Abstract: A method for calculating compensation data includes, a first luminance value that is calculated by supplying a first gray scale voltage to pixels and measuring a luminance. A second luminance value is calculated by supplying a second gray scale voltage to the pixels and measuring a luminance. Compensation coefficients are calculated using the first and second gray scale voltages and the first and second luminance values. Compensation data are calculated based on the compensation coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 9099035
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method of driving the display are disclosed. The organic light emitting display limits the rate of brightness change so as to reduce undesired visual artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Suk Shin, Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 9099037
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display having improved display quality is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display includes pixels positioned at intersections of scan lines and data lines, an emission control unit for controlling emission times of the pixels according to a second emission width signal indicating emission time information of the pixels, and an emission time controller for dividing the pixels into a plurality of blocks and for generating the second emission width signal according to a brightness history of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Suk Shin, Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 9000814
    Abstract: A coarse lock detector for a delayed locked loop (DLL) is disclosed. The coarse lock detector includes multiple detection cells. Each detection cell receives a delayed clock phase and an output of a previous detection cell as inputs. To increase time for the output of the previous detection cell to propagate, the detection cells are arranged in groups such that the output from the previous detection cell is generated by a detection cell which is more than one detection cell previous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sang Hwang, Won-Jun Choe, Han-Kyu Chi, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 8988401
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. According to some aspects, the display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, data drivers for supplying data signals to the display panel such that the display panel displays an image, and a timing controller for setting the data drivers and 3n (where n is a natural number) ports. The display device is configured to transmit an R transmission signal including R data bits, a G transmission signal including G data bits, and a B transmission signal including B data bits to the data drivers through the 3n ports. According to some aspects, a display device capable of securing a band width required for driving a three dimensional image without unnecessarily increasing ports and without increasing the transmission speed of the ports and a method of driving the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sang Hwang, Won-Jun Choe, Sang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8941891
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. One aspect includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels formed at portions at which scanning lines and data lines intersect with each other; a scan driver for supplying scan signals to the scanning lines. The OLED display further comprises a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines; and a data compensation unit changing the input data using a correction coefficient stored as a unit of a pixel block including a plurality of pixels and supplying the changed input data to the data driver. In such OLED display, the pixel block is divided so that the number of pixel arranged in the first direction is different from the number of pixel arranged in the second direction which intersects with the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 8907872
    Abstract: A data driver includes a holding latch unit including a plurality of holding latches that store data, a signal generator including a plurality of digital-analog converters (DAC) for receiving the data to generate data signals, and a switching unit coupled between the signal generator and data lines to couple the plurality of DACs to the data lines or to commonly couple one of the plurality of DACs to the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hyuk Shin, Won-Jun Choe, Woo-Choul Kim
  • Publication number: 20140312941
    Abstract: A coarse lock detector for a delayed locked loop (DLL) is disclosed. The coarse lock detector includes multiple detection cells. Each detection cell receives a delayed clock phase and an output of a previous detection cell as inputs. To increase time for the output of the previous detection cell to propagate, the detection cells are arranged in groups such that the output from the previous detection cell is generated by a detection cell which is more than one detection cell previous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Moon-Sang Hwang, Won-Jun Choe, Han-Kyu Chi, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140300937
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. One ascpect includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels formed at portions at which scanning lines and data lines intersect with each other; a scan driver for supplying scan signals to the scanning lines. The OLED display further comprises a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines; and a data compensation unit changing the input data using a correction coefficient stored as a unit of a pixel block including a plurality of pixels and supplying the changed input data to the data driver. In such OLED display, the pixel block is divided so that the number of pixel arranged in the first direction is different from the number of pixel arranged in the second direction which intersects with the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 8829969
    Abstract: A level-down shifter includes: a first load device between a first voltage and a first node; a second load device between the first voltage and a second node; a first input device between the first node and a third node, receiving a reference voltage signal, and adjusting a first node voltage of the first node based on the reference voltage signal; a second input device between the second node and the third node, receiving an input signal, and adjusting a second node voltage of the second node based on the input signal; and a current source between a second voltage and the third node, receiving the second node voltage of the second node, and adjusting a third node voltage of the third node and a bias current based on the second node voltage of the second node, wherein a level of the input signal is higher than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sang Hwang, Won-Jun Choe, Hyun-Chang Kim, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140198091
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a scan driving unit applying scan signals and light emitting control signals through a plurality of scan lines and light emitting control lines, a data driving unit applying data signals through a plurality of data lines, a power supply supplying an electric power to a plurality of power supply entries, a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels receiving the plurality of scan signals, light emitting control signals, data signals, and the electric power to display an image, the pixel unit being divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of power supply entries, and a current limiting circuit using data current values accumulated region by region in the plurality of regions to output current limiting signals for limiting brightness of the pixel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Suk SHIN, Won-Jun CHOE
  • Patent number: 8729937
    Abstract: A coarse lock detector for a delayed locked loop (DLL) is disclosed. The coarse lock detector includes multiple detection cells. Each detection cell receives a delayed clock phase and an output of a previous detection cell as inputs. To increase time for the output of the previous detection cell to propagate, the detection cells are arranged in groups such that the output from the previous detection cell is generated by a detection cell which is more than one detection cell previous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sang Hwang, Won-Jun Choe, Han-Kyu Chi, Deog-Kyoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 8723851
    Abstract: The data driver of a flat panel display includes: an output driver configured to output a plurality of amplified data signals for a plurality of channels corresponding to a plurality of data lines, the plurality of channels including: a plurality of amplifiers configured to amplify a plurality of input data signals and to supply the amplified data signals to the data lines; and a plurality of chopping controllers, each of the chopping controllers being coupled connected to a plurality of input terminals of a corresponding amplifier of the amplifiers and configured to receive a first control signal or a second control signal to periodically change signals applied to positive and negative input terminals from among the input terminals of the amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 8587355
    Abstract: A coarse lock detector is disclosed. The course lock detector uses an initial lock range to determine course lock, and once course lock is achieved, uses a modified lock range to determine course lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sang Hwang, Won-Jun Choe, Han-Kyu Chi, Deog-Kyoon Jeong