Patents by Inventor Won-Jun Lee

Won-Jun Lee 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: 12380852
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device capable of improving image quality and a method for driving the same. The display device includes a data line; a driving transistor connected to the data line through a first node; a pixel electrode connected to the driving transistor; and an initialization transistor connected between the data line and the pixel electrode, wherein one of a source electrode or a drain electrode of the initialization transistor is directly connected to the data line, and an other one of the source electrode or the drain electrode of the initialization transistor is directly connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Yeon Kyung Kim, Kwi Hyun Kim, Dong Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 12366684
    Abstract: A tiled display device includes a plurality of display devices, and an optical member located on the display devices, wherein the optical member includes a base substrate, a plurality of first lenticular lenses located on a lower surface of the base substrate and extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second lenticular lenses located under the first lenticular lenses and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Se Hyun Lee, Hae Chan Park, Young Su Lim, Jin Joo Ha
  • Publication number: 20250204291
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: a first conductive line; a second conductive line intersecting the first conductive line; a first variable resistance pattern located between the first conductive line and the second conductive line and including a first group 16 element at a first concentration; a second variable resistance pattern located between the first variable resistance pattern and the second conductive line and including a second group 16 element at a second concentration higher than the first concentration; and a diffusion barrier pattern located between the first variable resistance pattern and the second variable resistance pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Beom Seok LEE, Myoungsub KIM, Won Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20250183014
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrostatic chuck capable of precisely controlling the temperature of a peripheral area of a substrate and a plasma processing apparatus including the same. The electrostatic chuck configured to support a substrate in a plasma processing apparatus includes a metal base plate in which a coolant flow path formed and a ceramic puck bonded to an upper surface of the metal base plate. A bonded surface of the metal base plate has a protruding portion, and a bonded surface of the ceramic puck has a portion shaped corresponding to the protruding portion. The protruding portion is formed on a peripheral portion of the metal base plate so as to protrude farther upward than a central portion of the metal base plate. An outer coolant flow path adjacent to the protruding portion has an area expanding farther upward than a center-side coolant flow path located at the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Si Young JO, Ji Yun JEON, Ki Ryong LEE, Soo Woong KIM, Hee Yeon PARK
  • Publication number: 20250157247
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor comprises a read-out line disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, a first sensor transistor controlling a sensing current based on a voltage of a sensor node, a second sensor transistor supplying a reset voltage to the sensor node based on a reset signal, a third sensor transistor electrically connected a first electrode of the first sensor transistor and the read-out line based on a gate signal, and a fourth sensor transistor comprising a gate electrode connected to a bias voltage line, a first electrode connected to the bias voltage line, and a second electrode connected to the sensor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Chol Ho KIM, Sang Yun LIM
  • Patent number: 12301860
    Abstract: There is provided a method of decoding an image, the method comprising: decoding information for motion information prediction of a current block from a bitstream, predicting motion information of the current block based on the information, refining motion information of the current block by using the decoded information and the predicted motion information of the current block and reconstructing the current block based on the refined motion information of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gun Bang, Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Woo Woen Gwun, Tae Hyun Kim, Won Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20250132182
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes aligning light emitting elements in an alignment area between electrodes spaced apart from each other. The aligning of the light emitting elements includes applying a first alignment voltage to the electrodes, applying a second alignment voltage to a first signal line overlapping the alignment area, and applying a third alignment voltage to a second signal line overlapping the alignment area. The first signal line is formed of a first conductive layer, and the second signal line is formed of the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Gyeong SHIN, Dong Woo KIM, Won Jun LEE
  • Patent number: 12278983
    Abstract: There is provided a method of decoding an image, the method comprising: decoding information for motion information prediction of a current block from a bitstream, predicting motion information of the current block based on the information, refining motion information of the current block by using the decoded information and the predicted motion information of the current block and reconstructing the current block based on the refined motion information of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gun Bang, Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Woo Woen Gwun, Tae Hyun Kim, Won Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12266678
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area located around the display area; a circuit element layer including a circuit element in each of the pixel areas and a reference voltage wiring in the non-display area, the reference voltage wiring being electrically coupled to the circuit element; and a display element layer including a first pixel electrode on the circuit element layer in each of the pixel areas, a second pixel electrode located opposite to the first pixel electrode, a plurality of light emitting elements between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and a first wiring on the circuit element layer in the non-display area, wherein the first wiring is directly coupled to the reference voltage wiring in the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Hyo Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20250078732
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a display device including a display panel including a sub-pixel, and a light sensor configured to generate a sensing signal corresponding to a quantity of received light, and including a first sensing transistor configured to generate the sensing signal, and including a back gate electrode configured to receive a sensing gate signal, a second sensing transistor configured to provide the sensing signal to a readout line in response to the sensing gate signal, and a light-receiving element connected to a control node of the first sensing transistor, and a display panel driver configured to drive the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Chol Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20250071271
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus is provided. The method of decoding an image includes decoding at least one of prediction mode information of a neighbor block of a current block and length information of the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block into a predetermined mode using the decoded information, and reconstructing the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Won KANG, Ha Hyun LEE, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM, Gwang Hoon PARK, Tae Hyun KIM, Dae Young LEE, Woo Woen GWUN, Won Jun LEE
  • Patent number: 12236853
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first transistor generating current from a first power source line to a second power source line through a light-emitting element, a second transistor between a third power source line and a gate electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor between a data line and a gate electrode of the second transistor and controlled by a first signal, a fourth transistor between a fourth power source line and a first node and controlled by a second signal, a first capacitor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first node, and a second capacitor between the gate electrode of the second transistor and a sweep voltage line providing a sweep voltage that linearly changes from a first voltage level to a second voltage level, and nonlinearly changes from the second voltage level to a third voltage level when the third transistor is on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Yong Bin Kim, Chol Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20250048884
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device in which lateral leakage current between adjacent pixels can be reduced so that color mixing between the adjacent pixels can be prevented. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a substrate, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, a first light-providing layer disposed on the first pixel electrode, a second light-providing layer disposed on the second pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the first light-providing layer and the second light-providing layer, and a current capture layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Dong Woo KIM, Kyeong Min PARK, Do Yeong PARK, Jin Joo HA
  • Patent number: 12200382
    Abstract: An image sensing device may include one or more pixel groups arranged in rows and columns in an array, each pixel group being arranged at an intersection between a row and a column of the array, wherein each pixel group comprises one or more floating diffusion regions, and one or more groups of an odd number photoelectric conversion units structured to convert incident light to generate electrical charge, each group of the odd number of photoelectric conversion units electrically connected in common to one of the floating diffusion regions for receiving the generated electrical charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Won Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20250017066
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device capable of expanding the range of data voltages. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode on the first electrode; and a first middle layer between the first electrode and the second electrode in a first emission region, wherein the first middle layer includes a plurality of sub-middle layers in the first emission region, and the sub-middle layers of the first middle layer have different thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Dong Woo KIM, Se Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20250006125
    Abstract: A pixel may include: a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode connected to a first power line, and a second electrode connected to a second node, and; a second transistor including a first electrode connected to a data line, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first scan line; a third transistor connected between the data line and a third node, and including a gate electrode connected to a second scan line; a fourth transistor connected between the second node and the third node, and including a gate electrode connected to an emission control line; a first capacitor connected between the second transistor and the first node; a second capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node, and a light emitting element connected between the third node and a second power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Kwi Hyun KIM, Yeon Kyung KIM
  • Patent number: 12179664
    Abstract: A fire alerting apparatus for a vehicle, includes: a temperature sensing device configured to detect a temperature of a bus bar of a high-voltage junction box; and performing a warning by determining at least one of a fire warning state, an overtemperature state, or a vehicle inspection state in accordance with a temperature detection result of the temperature sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Geun Ok Sin, Won Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12170309
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, pixels disposed in the display area of the substrate, each of the pixels including a first electrode, a second electrode, and light-emitting elements electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first voltage wiring disposed in the display area and the non-display area, the first voltage wiring electrically connected to at least some of the pixels. The first voltage wiring includes a first separation wiring disposed in the non-display area, and a second separation wiring disposed in the non-display area and spaced apart from the first separation wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Chol Ho Kim, Hong Bo Kim
  • Patent number: 12166974
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus is provided. The method of decoding an image includes decoding at least one of prediction mode information of a neighbor block of a current block and length information of the current block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block into a predetermined mode using the decoded information, and reconstructing the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Tae Hyun Kim, Dae Young Lee, Woo Woen Gwun, Won Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240355237
    Abstract: A display device include a lens, a light source, a display panel including normal pixels and sensor pixels numbering less than the normal pixels to display an image, a reflective member reflecting display light emitted from the display panel toward the lens, and a processor. The processor controls the light source to emit near-infrared light, receive the near-infrared light reflected by a user's eye, converts information input to the sensor pixels into image data, generates eye feature models similar to the image data using a learning algorithm, determines an eye feature model most similar to an eye area of the image data among the generated eye feature models, tracks movement of a pupil center based on the determined eye feature model, and displays the image in high-resolution in a central vision area and the image in low-resolution in a peripheral vision area, using spatial coordinates of the tracked pupil center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Woo KIM, Kwi Hyun KIM, Se Hyun LEE, Won Jun LEE