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).

  • Patent number: 10430639
    Abstract: An electronic device including an input sensing module including a sensing surface to which a palm is input, the sensing surface having a three-dimensional shape, and a control module comparing user palm information with input palm information sensed by the input sensing module to output an authentication signal when a number of data points of the user palm information consistent with the stored input palm information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-ki Hong, Jongseo Lee
  • Patent number: 10402033
    Abstract: An input sensor including a substrate, a first pressure sensor disposed on the substrate, and a sensor controller configured to apply a driving signal to the first pressure sensor and calculate a position and an intensity of a touch by using a first detection signal obtained from the first pressure sensor, in which the sensor controller is configured to not apply the driving signal to at least a portion of the first pressure sensor when the substrate is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 10394387
    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: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 10359900
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Young-Jun Seo, Tae-Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20190196649
    Abstract: A display device including a display, a plurality of gripping sensors formed at edges of the display and configured to generate a gripping signal according to a gripping of an edge of the display, a sensing scan driver configured to generate sensing input signals according to a gripping position based on the gripping signal, and a plurality of touch sensors formed on the display and configured to generate a sensing output signal in response to a touch of the display based on the sensing input signals, in which the sensing input signals include a first sensing input signal and a second sensing input signal, the first sensing input signal corresponds to a touched gripping sensor, the second sensing input signal corresponds to a non-touched gripping sensor, and the first sensing input signal has a higher voltage than the second sensing input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190179470
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; and a sensor provided on one surface of the display panel to detect external pressure. The sensor includes: a first base substrate having a sensing region and a non-sensing region; a plurality of first conductive patterns extending in a first direction in the sensing region of the first base substrate; a second base substrate facing opposite to the first base substrate; a plurality of second conductive patterns extending in a second direction intersecting the first conductive patterns disposed on a surface of the second base substrate; a pressure sensitive material layer disposed between the first and second conductive patterns, the pressure sensitive material layer having a resistance that varies in response to pressure; and an adhesive layer connecting the first and second base substrate, the adhesive layer being disposed in the same layer as the pressure sensitive material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 10303280
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a pressure sensor configured to become compressed along a first axis in response to a touch input into a touch area and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a position of the touch and an intensity of the touch by using a detection signal obtained from the pressure sensor. The controller is further configured to calculate a first position, which has a greatest value of compression of the pressure sensor along the first axis, and calculate a position of the touch by correcting the first position by a first correction value corresponding to the greatest value of compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Won Sang Park, Tae Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20190156102
    Abstract: An electronic device including an input sensing module including a sensing surface to which a palm is input, the sensing surface having a three-dimensional shape, and a control module comparing user palm information with input palm information sensed by the input sensing module to output an authentication signal when a number of data points of the user palm information consistent with the stored input palm information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Won-ki HONG, Jongseo Lee
  • Patent number: 10296149
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch sensor, and a conductive layer. The touch sensor is disposed on the display panel, and is configured to detect a pressure of a touch and calculate a position and an intensity of the touch. The conductive layer is disposed on the touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes spaced apart from the plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of elastic members disposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. The display device is configured to calculate a variation a of capacitance between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes that is caused by a transformation of the elastic member in response to the pressure of the touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Jong In Baek, Eun Jin Sung
  • Patent number: 10268271
    Abstract: There are provided a display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a haptic panel configured for a predetermined haptic driving, a haptic driver configured to control supply of a haptic driving voltage to the haptic panel, and a controller configured to receive at least one of user information and user environment information and to determine the haptic driving voltage according to the received user information and user environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Hak Sun Kim, Beom Shik Kim, Jong Seo Lee
  • Patent number: 10262183
    Abstract: An electronic device including an input sensing module including a sensing surface to which a palm is input, the sensing surface having a three-dimensional shape, and a control module comparing user palm information with input palm information sensed by the input sensing module to output an authentication signal when a number of data points of the user palm information consistent with the stored input palm information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-ki Hong, Jongseo Lee
  • Patent number: 10254875
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel, a sensing scan driver, and a sensing signal processor. The display panel includes a plurality of flexible touch input electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of flexible touch output electrodes arranged in a second direction. The sensing scan driver supplies sensing input signals to the flexible touch input electrodes. The sensing signal processor receives sensing output signals through the flexible touch output electrodes. The display panel includes a plurality of touch sensing areas. One of the touch input electrodes and a pair of the touch output electrodes correspond to one of the touch sensing areas when the display panel stretches in the first direction by a predetermined first threshold value or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190102013
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a plurality of touch electrode lines which extends outwardly from a central portion thereof at a predetermined angular interval around the central portion, a vibration sensing element positioned at the central portion, and a touch controller which receives a first touch signal from at least one of the plurality of touch electrode lines, detects a touch angle between a touch position at which a touch occurs and a first direction with respect to the central portion, receives a second touch signal from the vibration sensing element, calculates a touch distance from the central portion to the touch position based on a time difference between a first point of time when the first touch signal is received and a second point of time when the second touch signal is received, and outputs touch coordinates including the touch angle and the touch distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventor: Won-Ki HONG
  • Patent number: 10241608
    Abstract: A display device including a display unit including sensing input signal lines, sensing output signal lines, and touch sensors disposed on the sensing input signal lines and the sensing output signal lines, a sensor unit including gripping sensors corresponding to the sensing input signal lines, the sensor unit configured to generate a gripping signal including touch information of a first gripping sensor and position information of a first sensing input signal line corresponding to the first gripping sensor, and a signal controller configured to control a sensing scan control signal such that a first sensing input signal including a higher voltage than a reference voltage is applied to the first sensing input signal line according to gripping signal, and a sensing scan driver configured to generate a sensing input signal that is applied to the sensing input signal lines according to the sensing scan control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190050106
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The touch panel calculates coordinate information of an input position by an electrostatic capacitive method in a first mode and calculates the coordinate information of the input position by an electromagnetic induction method in a second mode. The touch panel includes scan line groups and source line groups, which are operated as touch electrodes or touch coils on the basis of the operating mode thereof. In addition, the touch panel includes touch electrodes and touch coils, which are individually operated on the basis of the operating mode thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kangwon LEE, Incheol KIM, Ung CHOI, Won-ki HONG, Seungho NAM, Jihong PARK, Chul KIM, Hojin BYUN, Kiseok CHA
  • Patent number: 10191580
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The touch panel calculates coordinate information of an input position by an electrostatic capacitive method in a first mode and calculates the coordinate information of the input position by an electromagnetic induction method in a second mode. The touch panel includes scan line groups and source line groups, which are operated as touch electrodes or touch coils on the basis of the operating mode thereof. In addition, the touch panel includes touch electrodes and touch coils, which are individually operated on the basis of the operating mode thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangwon Lee, Incheol Kim, Ung Choi, Won-Ki Hong, Seungho Nam, Jihong Park, Chul Kim, Hojin Byun, Kiseok Cha
  • Publication number: 20190012029
    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 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: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Won Ki HONG, Tae Hee LEE, Won Sang PARK
  • Patent number: 10175826
    Abstract: A touch device and a display device including the same are provided. The touch device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate, and disposed to be spaced apart from the first substrate by a predetermined interval; a third substrate connecting first end portions of the first and second substrates to each other, and propagating an ultrasonic signal propagated along the first substrate to the second substrate; a plurality of first ultrasonic transducers connected to second portions facing the first end portions in the first substrate, and propagating an ultrasonic signal to the first substrate; and a plurality of second ultrasonic transducers connected to the second portions facing the first end portions in the second substrate, and receiving an ultrasonic signal propagated along the second substrate, wherein a touch point may be detected based on signal intensity variations of ultrasonic signals received by the second ultrasonic transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190004651
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels disposed in a display region; a pressure sensor disposed to overlap with the display panel, the pressure sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a touch region; a bump structure disposed on at least one of a first surface and a second surface of the pressure sensor to be separated from the sensor electrodes; and a housing supporting the display panel, the pressure sensor, and the bump structure. The bump structure includes a plurality of bumps distributed on respective coordinate points at which the sensor electrodes are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Won Ki HONG, Tae Hee LEE, Rang Kyun MOK, Won Sang PARK
  • Publication number: 20180341351
    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 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Won-Ki HONG, Seung-Ho NAM, Ji-Hong PARK, Moon-Sung CHOI