Patents by Inventor Woon-Rok JANG

Woon-Rok JANG 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: 20250225944
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel at a variable frame frequency, to sequentially apply data voltages to the pixels on a row basis in an active period of a frame period, and to perform a sensing operation on at least one pixel among the pixels in a blank period of the frame period, wherein, within the blank period, the panel driver is configured to change an initialization voltage applied to the at least one pixel according to the variable frame frequency and according to a position of the at least one pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: SEUNG-WOON SHIN, WOON-ROK JANG, TAE-SEOK HA
  • Patent number: 12283252
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the pixels, and a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the pixels. The display device also includes a controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver, and to control the magnitude of a sensing initialization voltage applied to the pixels based on a frame rate value when operating in a variable frame mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Seok Ha, Koung Soo Kim, Kyu Jin Park, Sung Jae Park, Seung Woon Shin, Woon Rok Jang
  • Publication number: 20250006112
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel, a gate driver to provide a scan signal and a sensing signal to the pixel, a data driver to provide a data voltage to the pixel, a power manager to provide an initialization voltage to the pixel, and a controller to control the gate driver, the data driver, and the power manager. The gate driver provides the scan signal and the sensing signal to the pixel in an active period, and provides the sensing signal to the pixel in an initialization period. The controller determines an overlapping period in which the active period and the initialization period overlap each other based on a progress time of the initialization period at a start time point of the active period. The power manager changes a voltage level of the initialization voltage in the overlapping period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: TAE-SEOK HA, WOON-ROK JANG
  • Patent number: 12175924
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels, a timing controller which generates output grayscales based on input grayscales by applying a compensation value corresponding to a driving frequency of a previous frame to the input grayscales, and a data driver which generates data voltages corresponding to the output grayscales and supplies the data voltages to the display unit. When the display unit is driven at a first driving frequency, the timing controller corrects the compensation value corresponding to the first driving frequency in a way such that a luminance of the display unit is lowered on a frame-by-frame basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Seok Ha, Woon Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 12125421
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device including a plurality of pixels and a sensing circuit that senses degradation information of the pixels, and a power supply that supplies a power to the display device or stops a supply of the power to the display device. The sensing circuit senses first degradation information of pixels in a first area in which a logo is displayed after the power supply supplies the power to the display device and before the display device displays a logo image including the logo, and senses second degradation information of pixels in a second area other than the first area in a display area after the display device displays the logo image and before the display device displays a normal image not including the logo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Publication number: 20240212632
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the pixels, and a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the pixels. The display device also includes a controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver, and to control the magnitude of a sensing initialization voltage applied to the pixels based on a frame rate value when operating in a variable frame mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: TAE SEOK HA, KOUNG SOO KIM, KYU JIN PARK, SUNG JAE PARK, SEUNG WOON SHIN, WOON ROK JANG
  • Patent number: 12008946
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a panel driver that drives the display panel, and a driving controller that controls driving of the panel driver. The driving controller compensates first image data corresponding to a first area of the display panel where a still image is displayed during at least a predetermined time period, in a first compensation method to generate first compensation image data for the first area, and compensates second image data corresponding to a second area of the display panel different from the first area in a second compensation method different from the first compensation method that uses a load calculated based on previous image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu-Jin Park, Woon-Rok Jang, Tae-Seok Ha
  • Patent number: 11942045
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the pixels, and a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the pixels. The display device also includes a controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver, and to control the magnitude of a sensing initialization voltage applied to the pixels based on a frame rate value when operating in a variable frame mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Seok Ha, Koung Soo Kim, Kyu Jin Park, Sung Jae Park, Seung Woon Shin, Woon Rok Jang
  • Publication number: 20240062701
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a panel driver that drives the display panel, and a driving controller that controls driving of the panel driver. The driving controller compensates first image data corresponding to a first area of the display panel where a still image is displayed during at least a predetermined time period, in a first compensation method to generate first compensation image data for the first area, and compensates second image data corresponding to a second area of the display panel different from the first area in a second compensation method different from the first compensation method that uses a load calculated based on previous image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: KYU-JIN PARK, WOON-ROK JANG, TAE-SEOK HA
  • Publication number: 20240062697
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels, a timing controller which generates output grayscales based on input grayscales by applying a compensation value corresponding to a driving frequency of a previous frame to the input grayscales, and a data driver which generates data voltages corresponding to the output grayscales and supplies the data voltages to the display unit. When the display unit is driven at a first driving frequency, the timing controller corrects the compensation value corresponding to the first driving frequency in a way such that a luminance of the display unit is lowered on a frame-by-frame basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Seok HA, Woon Rok JANG
  • Patent number: 11900851
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller and a grayscale unit electrically connected to the timing controller. The timing controller may generate first data for a pixel for a previous frame and first data for the pixel for a current frame. The grayscale unit may output a black-corresponding grayscale as second data for the pixel when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The black-corresponding grayscale corresponds to black. The predetermined condition may include that the first data for the pixel for the previous frame is in a predetermined second gray scale range and that the first data for the pixel for the current frame is in a predetermined first grayscale range. The predetermined first grayscale range may be between the predetermined second grayscale range and the black-corresponding grayscale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Seok Ha, Woon Rok Jang
  • Publication number: 20240021130
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller and a grayscale unit electrically connected to the timing controller. The timing controller may generate first data for a pixel for a previous frame and first data for the pixel for a current frame. The grayscale unit may output a black-corresponding grayscale as second data for the pixel when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The black-corresponding grayscale corresponds to black. The predetermined condition may include that the first data for the pixel for the previous frame is in a predetermined second grayscale range and that the first data for the pixel for the current frame is in a predetermined first grayscale range. The predetermined first grayscale range may be between the predetermined second grayscale range and the black-corresponding grayscale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Seok HA, Woon Rok JANG
  • Publication number: 20230386375
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device including a plurality of pixels and a sensing circuit that senses degradation information of the pixels, and a power supply that supplies a power to the display device or stops a supply of the power to the display device. The sensing circuit senses first degradation information of pixels in a first area in which a logo is displayed after the power supply supplies the power to the display device and before the display device displays a logo image including the logo, and senses second degradation information of pixels in a second area other than the first area in a display area after the display device displays the logo image and before the display device displays a normal image not including the logo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TAE-SEOK HA, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11727835
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light emitting element including a first electrode and a second electrode, a first switching element including a control electrode, a second switching element, a third switching element, a sensing resistor and a fourth switching element. The first switching element applies a first power voltage to the first electrode of the light emitting element. The second switching element applies a data voltage to the control electrode of the first switching element. The third switching element senses a signal of the first electrode of the light emitting element. The sensing resistor includes a first end connected to the second electrode of the light emitting element and a second end which receives a second power voltage. The fourth switching element senses a signal of the second electrode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Kyoungsoo Kim, Kyu-Jin Park, Sung-Jae Park, Seung-Woon Shin, Ho Lee, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11657749
    Abstract: A display device includes a controller, a panel driver, and a voltage generator. The controller generates a first control signal and generates image data and a second control signal in response to first and second image signals. The panel driver generates a driving signal in response to the image data and the first control signal to drive a display panel. The voltage generator generates a driving voltage to drive the display panel and changes a voltage level of the driving voltage in response to the second control signal. The first image signal corresponds to a second frame located before a third frame in which the driving voltage is changed. The second image signal corresponds to a first frame located before the second frame. The controller generates image data corresponding to the second frame in response to the first image signal and the second image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Kyoungsoo Kim, Kyu-Jin Park, Sung-Jae Park, Seung-Woon Shin, Ho Lee, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11640791
    Abstract: A pixel includes a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode, a first transistor which generates a driving current, a second transistor which applies a data voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor, a third transistor which applies an initialization voltage to the second electrode of the capacitor, a fourth transistor which generates a leakage current in response to a dimming signal, and a light emitting element which emits light based on a residual driving current, where the residual driving current is obtained by subtracting the leakage current from the driving current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Kyoungsoo Kim, Kyu-Jin Park, Sung-Jae Park, Seung-Woon Shin, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11636821
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes: a plurality of driving stages, each driving stage configured to provide a gate signal to a corresponding gate line among a plurality of gate lines, wherein each of the plurality of driving stages includes: a first transistor electrically connected between a first clock terminal and a gate output terminal, the first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, the first clock terminal to receive a first clock signal; a second transistor configured to transmit a first carry signal to the first node; and a third transistor electrically connected between the first node and a first voltage terminal, the third transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to the first voltage terminal, the first voltage terminal to receive a first voltage, wherein the gate output terminal is electrically connected to the corresponding gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Kyoungsoo Kim, Kyu-Jin Park, Seung-Woon Shin, Woon-Rok Jang, In-Won Jin
  • Publication number: 20230119488
    Abstract: A display panel may include a plurality of pixels, a plurality of initialization lines for providing an initialization voltage to the plurality of pixels, a common line physically separated from the plurality of initialization lines, and a plurality of switching elements each including a first electrode connected to a respective one of the plurality of initialization lines and a second electrode connected to the common line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: TAE-SEOK HA, KYOUNGSOO KIM, KYU-JIN PARK, SUNG-JAE PARK, SEUNG-WOON SHIN, HO LEE, WOON-ROK JANG
  • Patent number: 11508317
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit which includes pixels, an emission driver which applies an emission control signal for allowing the pixels to emit light, and a signal controller which receives a data enable signal including an active period and a blank period during which an image signal is inputted and outputs a control signal for controlling the emission driver such that an emission period of the pixels is changed in response to a blank period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Kyoung Soo Kim, Kyu-Jin Park, Seung-Woon Shin, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Publication number: 20220343825
    Abstract: A display device includes a controller, a panel driver, and a voltage generator. The controller generates a first control signal and generates image data and a second control signal in response to first and second image signals. The panel driver generates a driving signal in response to the image data and the first control signal to drive a display panel. The voltage generator generates a driving voltage to drive the display panel and changes a voltage level of the driving voltage in response to the second control signal. The first image signal corresponds to a second frame located before a third frame in which the driving voltage is changed. The second image signal corresponds to a first frame located before the second frame. The controller generates image data corresponding to the second frame in response to the first image signal and the second image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: TAE-SEOK HA, KYOUNGSOO KIM, KYU-JIN PARK, SUNG-JAE PARK, SEUNG-WOON SHIN, HO LEE, WOON-ROK JANG