Patents by Inventor Wook Cho

Wook Cho 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: 20250151439
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device, including: a pixel array that includes a plurality of unit pixels. A unit pixel in the pixel array may include a plurality of sub-pixels, a first isolation region may be formed in an edge region of a sub-pixel, a second isolation region may extend from the first isolation region toward a central portion of the sub-pixel, the second isolation region may include: a first inner isolation region protruding in a first direction from one region of the first isolation region to the central portion of the sub-pixel, and a second inner isolation region formed on a same straight line as the first inner isolation region and protruding in a second direction from another region of the first isolation region to the central portion of the sub-pixel, and the first inner isolation region and the second inner isolation region may have sharp end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: Sung Wook CHO
  • Publication number: 20250138070
    Abstract: In a method for testing an electronic device, the method includes: providing an electronic device including a display layer and a sensor layer on the display layer and configured to operate at a touch drive frequency, the sensor layer including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes insulatively intersecting the plurality of first electrodes; providing a test signal having a test frequency higher than the touch drive frequency to the plurality of first electrodes; measuring mutual capacitance with the plurality of first electrodes through the plurality of second electrodes; and determining whether or not the sensor layer is defective, based on the mutual capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: EUNSOL SEO, HYUN-WOOK CHO, SANGKOOK KIM, TAEJOON KIM, EUNGKWAN LEE, JAEWOO CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250133854
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device including a pixel array including a unit pixel including sub-pixels. A first isolation region is disposed in an edge region of a sub-pixel, a second isolation region extends from the first isolation region to a central portion of the sub-pixel. The second isolation region includes: a first inner isolation region protruding in a first direction from one region of the first isolation region to the central portion of the sub-pixel, and a second inner isolation region formed on a same straight line as the first inner isolation region and protruding in a second direction from another region of the first isolation region to the central portion of the sub-pixel. A first grid is formed in an upper region located above a region between the first inner isolation region and the second inner isolation region, and the first grid includes an air layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventor: Sung Wook CHO
  • Publication number: 20250124957
    Abstract: A pipeline system includes a first inverter latch configured to receive plural data entries, and plural second inverter latches coupled to each other in parallel for storing the plural data entries input from the first inverter latch in a distributive manner. Plural first switches are arranged between the first inverter latch and the plural second inverter latches, each first switch configured for controlling transmission of each of the plural data entries from the first inverter latch to one of the plural second inverter latches. Plural second switches are configured to output the plural data entries stored in the plural second inverter latches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Young Seung YOO, Ji Seong MUN, Hyeon Cheon SEOL, Sung Hwa OK, Sung Wook CHO, Kyeong Min CHAE, Hyun Kyu KANG, Won Keun SONG
  • Patent number: 12277298
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an input sensing panel. The input sensing panel includes pluralities of first and second sensing electrodes and electrostatic induction patterns, each of which is connected to a sensing electrode from one of the pluralities of sensing electrodes and overlaps another sensing electrode from the other one of the pluralities of sensing electrodes. The input sensing panel includes a first area where deviations of mutual capacitances between the first and second sensing electrodes are small and a second area where the deviations are large. The electrostatic induction patterns include first electrostatic induction patterns disposed in the first area and second electrostatic induction patterns disposed in the second area, the second electrostatic induction patterns having a different area from the first electrostatic induction patterns, or the number of second electrostatic induction patterns being different from the number of first electrostatic induction patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungbae Kim, Hyun-Wook Cho, Sangkook Kim, Taejoon Kim, Jaehyun Park, Jiyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 12260046
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes: a display driver to generate a horizontal synchronization signal and a vertical synchronization signal according to a first clock signal of a first oscillator; a sensor driver to generate a touch signal according to a second clock signal of a second oscillator; and a determination circuit to detect a cycle of at least one of the horizontal synchronization signal or the vertical synchronization signal according to the second clock signal, and output a detection signal when the cycle is out of a range. The determination circuit is a part of the display driver or the sensor driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Young Ko, Tae Hyeon Yang, Han Su Cho, Tae Joon Kim, Hyun Wook Cho, Jae Woo Choi
  • Publication number: 20250075956
    Abstract: An ice maker having a refrigerant preheating unit and a control method thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Wook CHO, Hyun Woo LEE, Gyeong Jong KIM, Gyeong Min LEE, Chung Rae KIM, Chang Min SON
  • Publication number: 20250077034
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of touch cells, and a central area and an edge area. The plurality of touch cells is arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, and is located in the central area and the edge area. The edge area includes first to fourth sub-edge areas. Shapes of touch cells in the central area are different from shapes of touch cells in the edge area. Shapes of touch cells in the first and second sub-edge areas are different from shapes of touch cells in the third and fourth sub-edge areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Eung Kwan LEE, Tae Joon KIM, Ji Yeong LEE, Hyun Wook CHO, Jae Woo CHOI
  • Patent number: 12243457
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for inspecting a defect of a display panel. The apparatus for inspecting includes the display panel that displays an image, an input sensor that is disposed on the display panel and senses an input applied from outside, a sensor driving part that drives the input sensor, and an inspection part that is connected with the sensor driving part, sets a frequency of the input sensor to an inspection frequency, and detects the defect of the display panel based on a change in a jitter occurring when the input sensor is driven at the inspection frequency. The inspection frequency includes a harmonic frequency of a driving frequency of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Hong Kim, Taejoon Kim, Jungmok Park, Bogeun Yuk, Hyun-Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 12236048
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes first touch cells disposed in a first touch sensing area, the first touch cells each including a first touch pattern and a first dummy pattern, and second touch cells disposed in a second touch sensing area, the second touch cells each including a second touch pattern and a second dummy pattern. An area of a first dummy pattern area in which the first dummy pattern is disposed is greater than an area of a second dummy pattern area in which the second dummy pattern is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bae Kim, Min Hong Kim, Sang Kook Kim, Tae Joon Kim, Jae Hyun Park, Ji Yeong Lee, Hyun Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 12223140
    Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a display panel, an input sensor including a first sensing area having a first sub-area and a second sub-area, and a first sensor controller configured to drive the first sensing area. Here, the input sensor includes first sensing electrodes disposed in the first sub-area to receive a first transmission signal from the first sensor controller, second sensing electrodes disposed in the first sub-area and intersected with the first sensing electrodes, third sensing electrodes disposed in the second sub-area to receive a second transmission signal having a phase inverted from that of the first transmission signal from the first sensor controller, and fourth sensing electrodes disposed in the second sub-area and intersected with the third sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungbae Kim, Hyun-Wook Cho, Sangkook Kim, Taejoon Kim, Jaehyun Park, Jiyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 12223132
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device includes a sensor driver receiving firmware from an host in which the firmware is stored, the sensor driver including a second memory storing the firmware supplied from the host and initialized when a reset signal is supplied from the host, and a sensing unit for supplying a recovery signal corresponding to an abnormal state of the sensor driver to the host while sensing at least one of an internal voltage and a clock signal of the sensor driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Hong Kim, Tae Joon Kim, Jung Mok Park, Jin Woo Park, Hyun Wook Cho
  • Publication number: 20250044907
    Abstract: An input sensing part includes a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode that is insulated from the first sensing electrode and crosses the first sensing electrode, a plurality of dummy electrodes that are disposed in dummy areas located between the first and second sensing electrodes, when viewed in a plan view, and a dummy connection pattern that is insulated from the first and second sensing electrodes. The dummy connection pattern crosses the first sensing electrode or the second sensing electrode, when viewed in a plan view, and connects the dummy electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: HYUNGBAE KIM, HYUN-WOOK CHO, SANGKOOK KIM, TAEJOON KIM
  • Patent number: 12216144
    Abstract: In a method for testing an electronic device, the method includes: providing an electronic device including a display layer and a sensor layer on the display layer and configured to operate at a touch drive frequency, the sensor layer including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes insulatively intersecting the plurality of first electrodes; providing a test signal having a test frequency higher than the touch drive frequency to the plurality of first electrodes; measuring mutual capacitance with the plurality of first electrodes through the plurality of second electrodes; and determining whether or not the sensor layer is defective, based on the mutual capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunsol Seo, Hyun-Wook Cho, Sangkook Kim, Taejoon Kim, Eungkwan Lee, Jaewoo Choi
  • Publication number: 20250020533
    Abstract: Proposed is a leak detection method including a mode determination step of determining, by a mode determination part, an operating mode of a cooling system on the basis of information received from the cooling system, a reference level determination step of determining, by a reference level determination part, a reference level in a cooling water storage tank in the operating mode determined in the mode determination step, a leak determination step of determining, by a leak determination part, whether a leak has occurred by comparing the reference level determined in the reference level determination step and a cooling water level in the cooling water storage tank measured in real time, and a notification step of providing, by a leak notification part, leak information to a set terminal when it is determined that the leak has occurred in the leak determination step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Hwan Sik KIM, Hwan Seob Kim, Hyung Kyun Shin, Pill Soo Kang, Young Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 12197268
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system may include a plurality of component circuits. The plurality of component circuits may include rate control circuits the control power consumption in the component circuits based on indications of power allocated to the component circuits. In an embodiment, the rate control circuits may transmit power requests for the component circuits and a floor request representing a minimum amount of power that may ensure reliable operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Doron Rajwan, Inder M. Sodhi, Keith Cox, Jung Wook Cho, Kevin I. Park, Tal Kuzi
  • Publication number: 20250013325
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a display layer; and a sensor layer that includes: first electrodes in a sensing area and having different lengths; second electrodes in the sensing area; first cross electrodes in the sensing area; second cross electrodes in the sensing area and having different lengths; pads in a peripheral area; first lines extended from the first electrodes at a first side of the sensing area towards the pads; second lines extended from the second electrodes at a second side of the sensing area towards the pads; first cross lines extending from the first cross electrodes towards the pads; and second cross lines extending from the second cross electrodes towards the pads, the first lines being different from the second lines in number, and the first cross lines being different from the second cross lines in number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: JUNGMOK PARK, TAE YONG EOM, HYUN-WOOK CHO, DONGJIN MOON, YERI JEONG
  • Publication number: 20250012661
    Abstract: Proposed is a leak detection device including a level measurement means coupled to a cooling water storage tank in which cooling water is stored, and configured to measure a cooling water level in the cooling water storage tank, and a controller configured to detect a leak on the basis of operating mode information of the cooling system recognized on the basis of information received from the cooling system, and cooling water level information received from the level measurement means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Hwan Sik KIM, Hwan Seob Kim, Hyung Kyun Shin, Pill Soo Kang, Young Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 12163558
    Abstract: A constant velocity joint for a vehicle. The constant velocity joint includes: an axle housing fixed to a knuckle by a hub bearing, and a joint assembly inserted into the axle housing to transmit power from a shaft to the axle housing through a plurality of joint balls. In particular, the axle housing includes an extension portion which is extended from an end portion of the axle housing in a radial direction of the axle housing, and the extension portion provides a pressing force to an inner race of the hub bearing in an axial direction of the axle housing. The constant velocity joint further includes a boot surrounding an outer side of the extension portion and coupled to the extension portion so as to form a restraining force between the extension portion and the boot in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI WIA Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Su Yoo, Won Jun Choi, Hee Il Kim, Chang Hee Jeong, Yeong Wook Cho, Bum Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 12162646
    Abstract: A packing box according to an embodiment includes a lower body including a bottom portion and a lower wall portion extending upward from the bottom portion; and an upper body including a cover portion and an upper wall portion extending downward from the cover portion defining an inner space with the lower body in case that combined with the lower body. The upper wall portion includes at least one groove in which an edge portion of a display device is inserted, and the cover portion includes at least one opening abutting with the at least one groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Young Yun, Sung Jin Joo, Ja Huem Koo, Jin-Wook Cho