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).

  • Steering wheel and vehicle control system including the same
    Patent number: 10793112
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes a wheel frame, and a cover layer covering the wheel frame. The cover layer includes a touch sensor which generates touch information based on a touch of a user, and the touch sensor includes a plurality of sensor pixels which senses a capacitance change corresponding to the touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200310582
    Abstract: A display device includes a bracket, a display panel, a first force sensor, and a main circuit board. The display panel is disposed on the bracket. The first force sensor is disposed between the display panel and the bracket, the first force sensor being adjacent to a first edge of the display panel. The main circuit board is disposed below the bracket such that the bracket is disposed between the display panel and the main circuit board. The bracket includes a first hole exposing the main circuit board. The first force sensor is connected to the main circuit board through the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Tae Hee LEE, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong
  • Display device including a bump member
    Patent number: 10788911
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a central display portion and a first edge display portion extending from the central display portion and including a first bent region. A pressure detection module overlaps the first edge and includes a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode which extend in different directions. A bump member is in direct contact with the pressure detection module. The bump member includes a plurality of first protruding patterns, each of which overlaps a node defined as a region in which the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode cross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee, Won Sang Park
  • Force sensor and display device including the same
    Patent number: 10788916
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a force sensor. The force sensor is disposed adjacent to a first edge of the display panel and extends along the first edge. The force sensor includes a first sensing region, a second sensing region, a first force concentration bump, and a second force concentration bump. The second sensing region is located on a side of the first sensing region and has a larger area than the first sensing region. The first force concentration bump overlaps the first sensing region. The second force concentration bump overlaps the second sensing region and is spaced apart from the first force concentration bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Sung Kook Park, Hee Seomoon, Tae Hee Lee
  • Force sensor
    Patent number: 10782195
    Abstract: A force sensor including a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a first direction; a first protrusion protruded from the first surface toward the second surface; a first electrode on the first protrusion; a first force sensing layer on the first electrode; a second protrusion protruded from the second surface toward the first surface; and a second electrode on the second protrusion, wherein the first protrusion and the second protrusion are not overlapped with each other or are partially overlapped with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Sung Kook Park, Tae Hee Lee
  • Flexible display device and method of driving the same
    Patent number: 10754483
    Abstract: A flexible display device and a method of driving a flexible display device, in which the method of driving the flexible display device includes detecting a capacitance change with respect to at least some coordinates of a display area, determining whether bending is occurring through the detected capacitance change, and setting a driving mode in response to a result of the step of determining whether bending is occurring. The driving mode is converted into a bending mode when it is determined that bending is occurring, and the driving mode is set into a force touch mode when it is determined that bending is not occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Seok Seo, Won-Ki Hong, Jung Hyun Kim, Hyoung Wook Jang
  • DISPLAY DEVICE AND PRESSURE SENSOR STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200264725
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel. A window is disposed on the display panel. A conductive sheet is disposed beneath the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window and the conductive sheet. A pressure sensor is disposed between the display panel and the conductive sheet. The pressure sensor includes a sensing area corresponding to a portion of the pressure sensor. A pressure concentration bump is disposed between the window and the conductive sheet. The pressure concentration bump overlaps the sensing area. The pressure sensor includes a first electrode disposed within the sensing area and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee
  • DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200241696
    Abstract: A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Lyong BOK, Won Ki HONG
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10719160
    Abstract: A display device includes a bracket, a display panel, a first force sensor, and a main circuit board. The display panel is disposed on the bracket. The first force sensor is disposed between the display panel and the bracket, the first force sensor being adjacent to a first edge of the display panel. The main circuit board is disposed below the bracket such that the bracket is disposed between the display panel and the main circuit board. The bracket includes a first hole exposing the main circuit board. The first force sensor is connected to the main circuit board through the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong
  • Display apparatus
    Patent number: 10719158
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a touch sensing unit disposed on the display panel. The touch sensing unit includes a touch sensor and a first pressure sensor. The touch sensor includes a first touch electrode layer and a second touch electrode layer disposed on the first touch electrode layer. The first pressure sensor includes: a transmission pressure electrode, a sensing pressure electrode separated from the transmission pressure electrode, and a piezoresistive pattern contacting each of the transmission pressure electrode and the sensing pressure electrode. Each of the transmission pressure electrode and the sensing pressure electrode is disposed in a same layer as any one of the first touch electrode layer and the second touch electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungkook Park, Taehee Lee, Won-ki Hong, Moonhee Seo
  • Display device including touch sensor and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 10691263
    Abstract: A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Won Ki Hong
  • Touch sensor
    Patent number: 10691245
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a plurality of electrodes; and a plurality of sensing wires connected with the respective electrodes, and formed by extending in a first direction, wherein at least one of the electrodes includes a resistance element which has a shape that is at least partially bent in a unit electrode region and has a resistance value that is changed to correspond to a pressure of a touch. A touch location and pressure can be sensed with the same elements, so that the touch sensor may have increased function yet remain thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Mu Gyeom Kim, Won Ki Hong
  • Display device and pressure sensor structure
    Patent number: 10678365
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel. A window is disposed on the display panel. A conductive sheet is disposed beneath the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window and the conductive sheet. A pressure sensor is disposed between the display panel and the conductive sheet. The pressure sensor includes a sensing area corresponding to a portion of the pressure sensor. A pressure concentration bump is disposed between the window and the conductive sheet. The pressure concentration bump overlaps the sensing area. The pressure sensor includes a first electrode disposed within the sensing area and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee
  • METHOD OF PREDICTING DEMAND OF VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTION RESOURCES TO WHICH MACHINE LEARNING IS APPLIED
    Publication number: 20200167610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique in which demand prediction of resources of virtual network functions (VNFs) that provide a core technology in a network virtualization environment is performed using machine learning technology. In the present invention, in order to predict VNF resource information, not only are the resources of the VNFs as data but also information of surrounding VNFs that are directly or indirectly related are used, and prediction is possible even in a dynamically changed network environment. In addition, service function chain (SFC) data among various pieces of network information is used to reduce a time required for machine learning according to a size of an entire network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Won Ki HONG, Jae Hyoung YOO, Do Young LEE, Hee Gon KIM
  • FORCE SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200159358
    Abstract: A force sensor includes first and second substrates. The second substrate faces the first substrate. A driving electrode is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate. A sensing electrode is disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and is spaced apart from the driving electrode. A three sensitive layer is disposed on a first surface of the second substrate, facing the first substrate. The driving electrode includes a main driving protrusion that protrudes from a side surface of the driving electrode, facing the sensing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Won Ki HONG, Sung Kook PARK, So Hee PARK, Hee SEOMOON, Young Seok SEO, Tae Hee LEE
  • Display device including touch sensor and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 10656765
    Abstract: A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Won Ki Hong
  • ROLLABLE DISPLAY PANEL AND ROLLABLE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200142522
    Abstract: A rollable display panel and a rollable display device, the rollable display panel including a display region configured to display an image; a non-display region surrounding the display region; and a resistor sensor in the non-display region including sensing material of which resistance values are different by location, wherein the resistor sensor outputs a sensing signal that is regularly changed proportional to a rolling length of the rollable display panel, and a sensor driver that determines a driving region of the rollable display panel based on the sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Won-Ki HONG, Young-Jun SEO, Tae-Hee LEE
  • Touch sensor and display device including the touch sensor
    Patent number: 10635212
    Abstract: There are provided a touch sensor and a display device including the touch sensor. A touch sensor includes: first pressure sensors disposed in a first touch region; and second pressure sensors disposed in a second touch region, wherein the second touch region is disposed at least one side of the first touch region and has a curved shape, wherein a first pressure detection sensitivity of the first pressure sensors in response to a touch input that is applied in a direction perpendicular to the first touch region is different from a second pressure detection sensitivity of the second pressure sensors in response to a touch input that is applied in a normal direction of the second touch region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee, Won Sang Park
  • Head mounted display device and fabricating method thereof
    Patent number: 10635244
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes: display part disposed to correspond to two eyes of a user, and including wires and one or more pixels connected to the wires; and a sensor disposed around the display part and configured to sense a touch of the user. The sensor includes sensing electrodes, and at least one of the sensing electrodes is provided on the same layer as a portion of the display part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10613667
    Abstract: A display device may include: a display panel; and a pressure sensor provided on one surface of the display panel, wherein the pressure sensor includes: a first substrate including: a first base substrate; and receiving electrodes disposed on the first base substrate, the receiving electrodes extending in a first direction; a second substrate disposed between the first substrate and the display panel, the second substrate including: a second base substrate; and driving electrodes disposed on a surface of the second base substrate facing the first substrate, the driving electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the receiving electrodes; and a variable resistance layer provided on a surface of one of the driving electrodes and the receiving electrodes, wherein the second base substrate includes a material configured for at least one of blocking light and absorbing light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee