Patents by Inventor Won-Ki Hong

Won-Ki Hong 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: 20150370380
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a first touch electrode part, a second touch electrode part, a first touch router, a second touch router and plural third touch routers. The first touch electrode part includes plural first touch units. The second touch electrode part is substantially parallel to the first touch electrode part. The second touch electrode part includes plural second touch units. The first touch router is disposed adjacent to the first touch electrode part and is connected to one of an even-numbered first touch unit and an odd-numbered first touch unit of the first touch units. The second touch router is disposed adjacent to the first touch electrode part and is connected to the other of the even-numbered first touch unit and the odd-numbered first touch unit of the first touch units. The third touch routers are connected to each of the second touch units, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Won-Ki HONG, Seung-Ho NAM, Ji-Hong PARK, Moon-Sung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150324052
    Abstract: A touch display device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an image, and a touch screen panel disposed on the display panel and configured to sense at least one touch. The touch screen panel includes a touch substrate at which the touch can be generated; sensing electrodes provided on the touch substrate and spaced apart from one another, each of the sensing electrodes being formed of a piezoresistive material having a resistance value that varies according to an applied force; and a touch processor electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The touch processor extracts a touch coordinate based on time constants of sensing signals applied to the sensing electrodes, and calculates a touch force of the touch based on resistance values of the sensing electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kangwon LEE, Won-ki HONG, Moonsung CHOI, Seungho NAM
  • Patent number: 9141232
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a wave guide; a first transmitter at a first end of the wave guide to output an ultrasonic or light wave into the wave guide; a second transmitter at a second end of the wave guide to output the ultrasonic or light wave into the wave guide; a first receiver at the first end to receive the ultrasonic or light wave from the second transmitter and generate a first receipt signal; a second receiver at the second end to receive the ultrasonic or light wave and generate a second receipt signal; and a controller connected to the first receiver and the second receiver to detect a touch position on the wave guide using a time difference between a time point at which the first receipt signal is varied and a time point at which the second receipt signal is varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Seung-Won Park, Jong Seo Lee
  • Patent number: 9116570
    Abstract: A touch display device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an image, and a touch screen panel disposed on the display panel and configured to sense at least one touch. The touch screen panel includes a touch substrate at which the touch can be generated; sensing electrodes provided on the touch substrate and spaced apart from one another, each of the sensing electrodes being formed of a piezoresistive material having a resistance value that varies according to an applied force; and a touch processor electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. The touch processor extracts a touch coordinate based on time constants of sensing signals applied to the sensing electrodes, and calculates a touch force of the touch based on resistance values of the sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kangwon Lee, Won-ki Hong, Moonsung Choi, Seungho Nam
  • Publication number: 20150236047
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first base substrate, a touch sensing part provided on the first base substrate, an electronic device provided on the first base substrate, a black matrix provided on the first base substrate, a signal line provided on the black matrix to apply a driving signal to the electronic device, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first base substrate and the second base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: INCHEOL KIM, YOUNGJOON CHO, SEONGMO HWANG, SEUNGHO NAM, SOOGUY RHO, SUNGHWAN WON, Hyun-Ju LEE, Won-ki HONG
  • Patent number: 9099723
    Abstract: A battery pack and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A battery pack includes one or more bare cells. A protection circuit module is provided with a circuit portion and disposed parallel to a length direction of at least one of the bare cells. A connection tab is provided with at least one coupling member so as to electrically connect the protection circuit module to the bare cells. The connection tab is integrally formed with a connection end portion connected to the protection circuit module. Accordingly, a certain amount of coupling member is previously coupled to the connection tab, so that it is possible to improve the problem in a welding process and to implement an automated welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won-Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20150212635
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device is provided. The touch-sensitive display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel includes first and second substrates facing each other. The display panel is configured to display images through the second substrate. The touch panel is disposed on the second substrate and is configured to detect a touch event. The touch panel includes sensing electrodes spaced apart from each other, a conductive layer, and a touch processor. The conductive layer is electrically separated from the sensing electrodes. The touch processor is configured to provide sensing signals to the sensing electrodes and to obtain touch coordinates to which the touch event is input based on delay values of the sensing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: KANGWON LEE, Won-Ki Hong, Seungho Nam, Taehyeog Jung
  • Patent number: 9081444
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a light emitting part, a light receiving part and a light transmitting element. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The light emitting part is adjacent to a first side of the first substrate, and generates and emits light to the first substrate. The light receiving part is adjacent to a first side of the second substrate at a same side of the touch display apparatus as the first side of the first substrate, and receives light from the second substrate. The light transmitting element connects a second side of the first substrate opposing the first side of the first substrate to a second side of the second substrate opposing the first side of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-ki Hong, Guk-Hyun Kim, Seung-Ho Nam
  • Patent number: 9075439
    Abstract: A touch tactile display apparatus includes a display panel and a tactile touch portion. The tactile touch portion is configured to sense a touch by a user and provide an electro-tactile feeling to an area in which the touch is sensed. The tactile touch portion includes a first electrode, a touch processor and a tactile processor. The touch processor applies a first signal to the first electrode to extract a touch coordinate. The tactile processor applies a second signal different from the first signal to the first electrode to provide the electro-tactile feeling. The first signal and the second signal are applied at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-ki Hong, Kangwon Lee, Seungho Nam
  • Publication number: 20150172155
    Abstract: Disclosed are application-aware packet transmission methods and apparatuses for a terminal. The application-aware packet transmission method comprises classifying applications according to delay sensitivities of the applications, determining a transmission pattern of packets for the classified applications; and transmitting the packets based on the determined transmission pattern. Thus, a battery of the terminal may be efficiently managed by applying user preferences and configuring transmission patterns of packets to be transmitted for each application differently. In addition, degradation of application performances and user experiences for the uses of applications can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Won Ki HONG, Jian LI, Jin XIAO, Raouf BOUTABA
  • Patent number: 9052770
    Abstract: A display device includes a display element. The display device may include a touch substrate overlapping the display element and may overlap an external object when the external object provides a touch to the display device. The display device may include a first angle sensor disposed at a first corner of the touch substrate for determining a first touch angle related to the touch. The display device may include a second angle sensor disposed at a second corner of the touch substrate for determining a second touch angle related to the touch. The display device may include a force sensor disposed at the first corner of the touch substrate for determining a distance related to the touch. The display device may include a computation part configured to determine a touch coordinate associated with the touch based on the first touch angle, the second touch angle, and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-ki Hong, Seungho Nam, Hyeonyong Jang
  • Patent number: 9041666
    Abstract: A touch panel and a contact information determining method of the touch panel. A touch panel includes a plurality of transmitting members arranged with a predetermined interval therebetween, and a first sensor and a second sensor positioned respectively at a first terminal and a second terminal of a transmitting member, wherein a transmission signal is transmitted to the first sensor and the second sensor, in response to a contact on the transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Seung-Ho Nam, Kang-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9019817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an autonomic network management system which includes: an active measurement unit that measures and analyzes a network state in an active measurement scheme; a passive measurement unit that measures and analyzes the network state in a passive measurement scheme; an autonomic management control unit that respectively receives the measured and analyzed results of the network from the active measurement unit and the passive measurement unit to determine the network state; and a transmission path control unit that receives a transmission path message from the autonomic management control unit to control a transmission path according to the transmission path message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Sung Su Kim, Young Joon Won
  • Patent number: 9019238
    Abstract: An object-sensing device is presented. The device includes a waveguide and a substrate holding a liquid crystal layer, wherein radiation propagates through the waveguide via total internal reflection. A radiation emitting element is positioned along a radiation input surface of the waveguide, and a radiation receiving element is positioned to receive radiation exiting the waveguide. The radiation receiving element may be positioned across the waveguide from the radiation emitting element. Alternatively, the radiation receiving element may be positioned on a surface that contacts the radiation input surface of the waveguide that is optically coupled to the radiation emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Kim, Seong-Mo Hwang, Seung-Ho Nam, Jee-Hong Min, Won-Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20150109259
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a wave guide; a first transmitter at a first end of the wave guide to output an ultrasonic or light wave into the wave guide; a second transmitter at a second end of the wave guide to output the ultrasonic or light wave into the wave guide; a first receiver at the first end to receive the ultrasonic or light wave from the second transmitter and generate a first receipt signal; a second receiver at the second end to receive the ultrasonic or light wave and generate a second receipt signal; and a controller connected to the first receiver and the second receiver to detect a touch position on the wave guide using a time difference between a time point at which the first receipt signal is varied and a time point at which the second receipt signal is varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Ki HONG, Seung-Won PARK, Jong Seo LEE
  • Patent number: 8980452
    Abstract: A battery unit and a battery module having stack battery units. The battery unit includes a battery cell including electrode terminals and a case for housing the battery cell. The case further includes: a spacer that is disposed on facing portions of an edge of the case and protrudes in a thickness direction of the case, an inlet guide portion for guiding air for cooling the battery cell, and an outlet guide portion for guiding air to be discharged toward the electrode terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Seung-Il Kim
  • Publication number: 20150062067
    Abstract: A touch sensor of an electromagnetic resonance type includes a plurality of touch electrodes configured to generate an electromagnetic wave according to an input signal or to transmit an output signal according to a response electromagnetic wave from an approached object, wherein corresponding ones of the plurality of touch electrodes are at a same layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Seung Ho Nam, Byoung Won Choi
  • Publication number: 20150049049
    Abstract: A touch sensing display device includes: a display panel; a capacitive touch panel disposed on a front surface of the display panel; a digitizer disposed on a surface of the display panel; a sensor driving unit which sequentially applies scanning signals to the capacitive touch panel and the digitizer, where each of the scanning signal is applied simultaneously to the capacitive touch panel and the digitizer; and a sensing unit which senses sensing signals of the capacitive touch panel and the digitizer, in which the sensing unit receives the sensing signal of the capacitive touch panel and the sensing signal of the digitizer at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: In Cheol KIM, Seung Ho NAM, Yoon Gyu LEE, Won-Ki HONG, Seong Mo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20140333573
    Abstract: Provided is a haptic panel including a plurality of haptic units. A haptic unit includes a lower electrode, a P-type semiconductor and an N-type semiconductor which are disposed on the lower electrode, a first upper electrode disposed on the P-type semiconductor, and a second upper electrode disposed on the N-type semiconductor. The haptic unit is configured to represent a tactile sense in response to a tactile signal and a thermal sense in response to a thermal signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-ki HONG, Seung-Ho NAM
  • Patent number: 8852548
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing high crystalline nanoporous titanium dioxide, in which the high crystalline nanoporous titanium dioxide, which is harmless to the human body and self-purified through the decomposition of organic matters, is prepared in mass production at the room temperature through a simply synthesis method. The method includes the steps of (a) mixing a titanium precursor and a surfactant in a solvent and performing a sol-gel reaction at a room temperature; (b) maturing a reactant obtained through the sol-gel reaction at the room temperature; (c) filtering the matured reactant and washing the matured reactant; and (d) drying the washed reactant to obtain titanium dioxide having nanopores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Basic Science Institute
    Inventors: Hae-Jin Kim, Jou-Hahn Lee, Soon-Chang Lee, Hyun-Uk Lee, Won-Ki Hong, Hye-Ran Kim, Jung-Hye Seo