Patents by Inventor Won-Sang Park

Won-Sang Park 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: 20210142029
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, a photo sensor on one surface of the display panel to sense light, and a fingerprint detector configured to control a fake determination image pattern of a fingerprint sensing area of the display panel configured to sense a fingerprint, and to perform fingerprint authentication and fake fingerprint determination, based on a sensing signal supplied from the photo sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Seung Hyun MOON, Yun Ho KIM, Jin Oh KWAG, Won Sang PARK, Bong Hyun YOU, Keum Dong JUNG, Chul KIM, Jun Hee MOON, Deok Hwa WOO, Hee Chul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20210132768
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a substrate that includes active and non-active regions; driving cells disposed on the active region that extend in a first direction; sensing cells disposed on the active region that extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction; a first connection pattern that connects adjacent driving cells; a second connection pattern that connects adjacent sensing cells; and a touch driver disposed on the non-active region that includes thin film transistors that transmit a driving signal to each of the driving cells. The thin film transistor includes: a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween; and source and drain electrodes connected to the semiconductor layer and spaced apart from each other. The first connection pattern is disposed in the same layer as at least one of the source or drain electrodes or the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: IL NAM KIM, Byeong Hee Won, Kyung Tea Park, Won Sang Park
  • Publication number: 20210134927
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate including an opening area which transmits light, an opening peripheral area which is a non-display area surrounding the opening area, and a display area surrounding the opening peripheral area, a thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, a light emitting structure electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a loop-type antenna electrode disposed on the base substrate in the opening peripheral area to surround the opening area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Kyoung KIM, Ki Seo KIM, Won Sang PARK, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Publication number: 20210132722
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate including a touch area and a non-touch area adjacent to the touch area and including a first area and a second area; a touch electrode disposed in the touch area and including a lattice pattern; an antenna electrode disposed in the first area and including a lattice pattern; a first dummy pattern disposed in the first area; and a second dummy pattern disposed in the second area, wherein the second area is disposed between the first area and the touch area, and the lattice pattern of the touch electrode includes openings that are larger than openings of the lattice pattern of the antenna electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Kyoung KIM, Ki Seo KIM, Eun Jin SUNG, Bong Hyun YOU, Won Sang PARK
  • Patent number: 10985332
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of islands and a bridge connecting the plurality of islands to each other. Each of the plurality of islands includes a flexible substrate, a thin film transistor positioned on a first surface of the flexible substrate, a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and a protective mask positioned on a second surface of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Shin, Seung Bae Kang, Jong Ho Hong, Gun Mo Kim, Min Woo Kim, Won Sang Park, Hye Jin Joo
  • Publication number: 20210103354
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image and a touch antenna array disposed on the display panel. The touch antenna array may include a touch electrode, a touch wiring electrically connected to the touch electrode, an antenna electrode including a plurality of antenna elements, a feeder electrically connected to the antenna electrode, and a shielding electrode disposed between the touch wiring and the feeder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Seo KIM, Jae-Kyoung KIM, Won Sang PARK, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Publication number: 20210104582
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a display area with a first folding area, the display area including an upper surface and a lower surface and displaying an image via the upper surface, a cover window disposed on the upper surface of the display area of the flexible display panel and an antenna layer including a first antenna disposed on an upper surface of the first folding area. The upper surface of the display area includes the upper surface of the first folding area. The first antenna is disposed between the upper surface of the first folding area and the cover window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Seo KIM, Jae-Kyoung KIM, Won Sang PARK, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Publication number: 20210073507
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a substrate including a fingerprint area. The fingerprint area includes a first area and a second area. A light-emitting element layer is disposed on the substrate. The light-emitting element layer includes light-emitting elements. A sensor layer is disposed on the substrate, the sensor layer including photosensors. The light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element arranged in the first area and a second light-emitting element arranged in the second area. During a fingerprint sensing period, the first light-emitting element emits light and the second light-emitting element does not emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yun Ho Kim, Keum Dong Jung, Jin Oh Kwag, Won Sang Park, Deok Hwa Woo, Bong Hyun You, Chul Kim, Seung Hyun Moon, Jun Hee Moon, Hee Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 10944068
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a pixel electrode on the substrate; an opposite electrode on the pixel electrode, the opposite electrode transmitting light; an organic light emitting layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, the organic light emitting layer emitting a first light toward the opposite electrode; a light emitting layer on the opposite electrode, the light emitting layer absorbing a portion of the first light and emitting a second light; and a sealing layer on the light emitting layer, the sealing layer sealing the pixel electrode, the opposite electrode, the organic light emitting layer, and the light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-O Cho, Byungchoon Yang, Young-Jun Seo, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 10937944
    Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes: an upper electrode having acoustic transparency; a lower electrode; and a diaphragm disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode and configured of a mesoporous piezoelectric thin film. The upper electrode, the lower electrode, and the diaphragm are electrically insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong-Hee Won, Yi Joon Ahn, Won Sang Park
  • Publication number: 20210055826
    Abstract: A display device includes a fingerprint sensor including a first layer having at least one photo sensor to generate a fingerprint image corresponding to reflected light from a fingerprint contact surface, light emitting elements to transmit light reflected by the fingerprint, and a second layer including pin holes to allow reflected light to be incident upon the at least one photo sensor; and fingerprint detector to receive the fingerprint image from the fingerprint sensor, to extract a first image corresponding to a first region of the fingerprint and a second image corresponding to a second region of the fingerprint, to compare the first and second images to determine similarity, and to perform fingerprint authentication, based on similarity determination, where the fingerprint first region is in contact with the fingerprint contact surface and the fingerprint second region is not in contact with the fingerprint contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Won Sang PARK, Jin Oh Kwag, II Nam Kim, Ji Hun Ryu, Seung Hyun Moon, Bong Hyun You, Jong Hyun Lee, Hee Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210050403
    Abstract: A display device of embodiments of the present disclosure may include a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area adjacent the display area, a circuit element layer on the substrate, and including a plurality of non-transmission areas in which a plurality of signal lines for transferring signals for driving a pixel are positioned, and a plurality of transmission areas for transmitting light and located between the signal lines in a plan view, a light emitting element layer on the circuit element layer, and including light emitting elements, and a light blocking layer between the substrate and the circuit element layer, and including a plurality of first opening portions overlapping the non-transmission area, and a plurality of second opening portions overlapping the transmission area, wherein one of the non-transmission areas and the transmission area are in each of the pixel areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Seong Ryong LEE, Jae Kyoung KIM, Won Sang PARK, Jong In BAEK, Eun Jin SUNG, Jong Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 10915785
    Abstract: A sensor pixel includes a sensor electrode, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the sensor electrode and which controls a current output provided to an output line, a second transistor connected to a first voltage line and a first transistor, a third transistor connected to the first transistor and the output line, and a compensator unit which compensates a threshold voltage of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Seo Kim, Jae Kyoung Kim, Won Sang Park, Byeong Hee Won, Byung Han Yoo
  • Patent number: 10908744
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a substrate that includes active and non-active regions; driving cells disposed on the active region that extend in a first direction; sensing cells disposed on the active region that extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction; a first connection pattern that connects adjacent driving cells; a second connection pattern that connects adjacent sensing cells; and a touch driver disposed on the non-active region that includes thin film transistors that transmit a driving signal to each of the driving cells. The thin film transistor includes: a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween; and source and drain electrodes connected to the semiconductor layer and spaced apart from each other. The first connection pattern is disposed in the same layer as at least one of the source or drain electrodes or the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Nam Kim, Byeong Hee Won, Kyung Tea Park, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 10902773
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels on the substrate; a pixel power supply unit between the plurality of pixels and the substrate, where the pixel power supply unit generates a power source voltage and supplies the power supply voltage to the plurality of pixels; and a display driver which drives the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Shin, Sang Woo Kim, Jong Ho Hong, Min Woo Kim, Won Sang Park, Jun Hyeong Park, Hye Jin Joo
  • Patent number: 10877617
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a touch sensing circuit including a plurality of driving electrode lines and a plurality of sensing electrode lines, which intersect the driving electrode lines. The touch panel further includes a driving signal generation circuit that generates a plurality of driving signals and transmits the driving signals to the driving electrode lines, and a sensing circuit that receives a plurality of sensing signals from the sensing electrode lines. The driving signals have voltages that are not equal to zero during a first time zone, and the sum of driving signals generated at the same time is maintained to be equal to zero during the first time zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Won Sang Park, Seong Mun Kim, Yun Ho Kim, Il Nam Kim, Kyeong Min Park, Franklin Bien, Joo Hyeb Song, Keum Dong Jung, Eun Ho Choi, Sang Hyun Heo
  • Publication number: 20200395433
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area surrounding at least one side of the display area; a light-blocking layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including light transmissive areas to allow incident light to pass therethrough; a circuit-element layer disposed on the light-blocking layer and including a plurality of conductive layers; a light-emitting element layer disposed on the circuit-element layer and including light-emitting elements; and a sensor layer disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposing the first surface to sense the light passing through the light transmissive areas. The light-blocking layer is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Eun Jin SUNG, Seong Ryong Lee, Jae Kyoung Kim, Won Sang Park, Jong In Baek, Bong Hyun You
  • Patent number: 10860127
    Abstract: A display device has a display surface located at a front surface and an auxiliary sensing surface located at a side surface. The display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area. An input sensing unit is on the display panel and an auxiliary sensing unit is on the auxiliary sensing surface. The auxiliary sensing unit is configured to sense a fingerprint or palm print of a user and is formed in the same layer as any one of the display panel and the input sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ik Lim, Jin Woo Choi, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 10845911
    Abstract: A display device and a force sensor member provide an enhanced touch sensitivity. The display device includes: a display panel including a first base, and a light-emitting element disposed on the first base. A force sensor member is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and overlaps with the display panel, wherein the force sensor member includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other, and a conductive polymer pattern disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and spaced apart from the first electrode or the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Ik Lim, Min Woo Kim, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 10824280
    Abstract: A touch sensor may include a base substrate, a sensing unit including a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a same layer of the base substrate and not overlapping with each other, wherein a capacitance of the sensing unit is changed by a user's touch, and a cushion layer disposed on at least one surface of the sensing unit and configured to have a permittivity change in response to a pressure of the user's touch, wherein the cushion layer may include an insulator and conductive particles and the insulator may include an elastic material elastically deformed by the pressure of the user's touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Hong, Mu Gyeom Kim, Won Sang Park, Young Seok Seo, Won Ki Hong