Patents by Inventor Woong-Kwon Kim

Woong-Kwon Kim 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: 9946120
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible first substrate including a display area, and a non-display area around the display area, a first piezoelectric material layer—at one side of the first substrate, an intermediate electrode layer contacting the first piezoelectric material layer, a piezoelectric material layer driver coupled to the intermediate electrode layer, and configured to apply a driving voltage to the intermediate electrode layer to form an electric field at the first piezoelectric material layer, a thin film transistor at one side of the first substrate, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Myoung Lee, Woong Kwon Kim, Bum Ki Baek, Seung Ki Song, Kang-Young Lee, Seong Jun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170123281
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible first substrate including a display area, and a non-display area around the display area, a first piezoelectric material layer—at one side of the first substrate, an intermediate electrode layer contacting the first piezoelectric material layer, a piezoelectric material layer driver coupled to the intermediate electrode layer, and configured to apply a driving voltage to the intermediate electrode layer to form an electric field at the first piezoelectric material layer, a thin film transistor at one side of the first substrate, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Sang-Myoung LEE, Woong Kwon KIM, Bum Ki BAEK, Seung Ki SONG, Kang-Young LEE, Seong Jun HWANG
  • Patent number: 9519368
    Abstract: Provided are a touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen panel comprises: a substrate; a first reflection-preventing film formed on the substrate; a first gate wiring formed on the first reflection-preventing film; and a sensing wiring formed above the first gate wiring to be insulated from the first gate wiring and to cross the first gate wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Youn Han, Woong-Kwon Kim, Dae-Cheol Kim, Ho-Jun Lee, Kyung-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 9495041
    Abstract: Touch-related information which cannot be acquired by the naked eye (dubbed here as sub-optical pattern information) has its corresponding sub-optical patterns respectively positioned within the aperture areas of respective domains such that the displayed image, as viewed from different viewing angles is not adversely affected by the embedded sub-optical patterns. One type of touch-related information which can be conveyed is that of touch location of a sub-optical pattern sensing pen positioned over one or more of the sub-optical patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Soo Baek, Woong Kwon Kim, Sang Ho Kim, Jae-Jin Song, Sang Wook Lee, Hea Chun Lee, Young Goo Song, Nam-Heon Kim, Dae Cheol Kim, Sung Ryul Kim, Jung Suk Bang, Ki Hun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9423641
    Abstract: A panel for a display device is provided. The panel includes a first substrate, a touch sensing circuit formed on the first substrate, the touch sensing circuit including at least one sensing thin film transistor and a connection wire, and a shielding electrode formed covering at least a portion of the sensing thin film transistor and the connection wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Suk Bang, Ki-Hun Jeong, Dae Cheol Kim, Sung Ryul Kim, Woong Kwon Kim, Sung Jin Mun, Byeong Hoon Cho, Kun-Wook Han
  • Patent number: 9397120
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction on the substrate, a plurality of data lines including first and second data line pairs separated by cutting portions and a plurality of active patterns electrically connected to the first and second data line pairs. The data lines extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The active patterns overlap the cutting portion and overlap a first gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Ha Hwang, Woong-Kwon Kim, In-Woo Kim, Seong-Young Lee, Kweon-Sam Hong, Dong-Hyun Yoo, Beom-Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9389452
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a base substrate, a light blocking semiconductor pattern disposed on the base substrate and configured to block a visible light and transmit an infrared light, a sensing element disposed on the light blocking semiconductor pattern and configured to detect a touch position using an incident infrared light, a driving element configured to drive the sensing element, a signal line electrically connected with the sensing element or the driving element, and a wiring connecting part disposed under the signal line and including a same material as the light blocking semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Mun, Dae-Cheol Kim, Woong-Kwon Kim, Sung-Ryul Kim, Ki-Hun Jeong, Byeong-Hoon Cho, Jung-Suk Bang, Kun-Wook Han
  • Patent number: 9318505
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate including a switching device array, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, a column spacer maintaining a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes a gate line on a base substrate and extending in a direction, a data line crossing with the gate line, a switching device electrically connected to the gate line and the data line and including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the switching device and a dummy pattern adjacent to the column spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woong-Kwon Kim, Sang-Ho Kim, Joong-Tae Kim, Min-Ha Hwang, In-Woo Kim, Woo-Sung Sohn, Ki-Hun Jeong, Kweon-Sam Hong
  • Patent number: 9274390
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing into each other, a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate, the gate line and the data line defining a pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and disposed at the pixel region, a color filter layer disposed closer than the pixel electrode from the first substrate, the color filter layer corresponding to the pixel electrode, a black matrix over the thin film transistor, a common electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youn-Gyoung Chang, Woong-Kwon Kim
  • Publication number: 20160054857
    Abstract: Touch-related information which cannot be acquired by the naked eye (dubbed here as sub-optical pattern information) has its corresponding sub-optical patterns respectively positioned within the aperture areas of respective domains such that the displayed image, as viewed from different viewing angles is not adversely affected by the embedded sub-optical patterns. One type of touch-related information which can be conveyed is that of touch location of a sub-optical pattern sensing pen positioned over one or more of the sub-optical patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Seung Soo BAEK, Woong Kwon KIM, Sang Ho KIM, Jae-Jin SONG, Sang Wook LEE, Hea Chun LEE, Young Goo SONG, Nam-Heon KIM, Dae Cheol KIM, Sung Ryul KIM, Jung Suk BANG, Ki Hun JEONG
  • Patent number: 9170449
    Abstract: Touch-related information which cannot be acquired by the naked eye (dubbed here as sub-optical pattern information) has its corresponding sub-optical patterns respectively positioned within the aperture areas of respective domains such that the displayed image, as viewed from different viewing angles is not adversely affected by the embedded sub-optical patterns. One type of touch-related information which can be conveyed is that of touch location of a sub-optical pattern sensing pen positioned over one or more of the sub-optical patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Soo Baek, Woong Kwon Kim, Sang Ho Kim, Jae-Jin Song, Sang Wook Lee, Hea Chun Lee, Young Goo Song, Nam-Heon Kim, Dae Cheol Kim, Sung Ryul Kim, Jung Suk Bang, Ki Hun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9087750
    Abstract: A touch screen substrate includes a base substrate, a first switching element and a first sensing element which senses infrared light. The first switching element includes a first switching gate electrode, a first active pattern disposed on the first switching gate electrode, a first switching source electrode disposed on the first active pattern and a first switching drain electrode disposed apart from the first switching source electrode. The first sensing element includes a first sensing drain electrode connected to the first switching source electrode, a first sensing source electrode disposed apart from the first sensing drain electrode, a second active pattern disposed below the first sensing drain electrode and the first sensing source electrode and including a first amorphous layer, a doped amorphous layer and a second amorphous layer, and a first sensing gate electrode disposed on the first sensing drain electrode and the first sensing source electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woong-Kwon Kim, Jung-Suk Bang, Sung-Hoon Yang, Sang-Youn Han, Suk-Won Jung, Byeong-Hoon Cho, Dae-Cheol Kim, Ki-Hun Jeong, Kyung-Sook Jeon, Seung-Mi Seo, Kun-Wook Han, Mi-Seon Seo
  • Patent number: 9081433
    Abstract: A method of processing touch-image data includes calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames, aligning sensing data corresponding to an object detected in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame, generating high-resolution data corresponding to the detected object using the overlapped touch-image data frame and detecting the touch position and generating touch position data of the detected object using the high-resolution touch position data corresponding to the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Takeuchi, Tadashi Amino, Dae-Cheol Kim, Woong-Kwon Kim, Byeong-Hoon Cho
  • Publication number: 20150177862
    Abstract: Provided are a touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen panel comprises: a substrate; a first reflection-preventing film formed on the substrate; a first gate wiring formed on the first reflection-preventing film; and a sensing wiring formed above the first gate wiring to be insulated from the first gate wiring and to cross the first gate wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Sang-Youn HAN, Woong-Kwon Kim, Dae-Cheol Kim, Ho-Jun Lee, Kyung-Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20150162355
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate including a switching device array, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, a column spacer maintaining a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes a gate line on a base substrate and extending in a direction, a data line crossing with the gate line, a switching device electrically connected to the gate line and the data line and including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the switching device and a dummy pattern adjacent to the column spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Woong-Kwon KIM, Sang-Ho Kim, Joong-Tae Kim, Min-Ha Hwang, In-Woo Kim, Woo-Sung Sohn, Ki-Hun Jeong, Kweon-Sam Hong
  • Patent number: 9054266
    Abstract: An IR sensing transistor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a light blocking layer formed on a substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the light blocking layer; a semiconductor formed on the gate insulating layer; a pair of ohmic contact members formed on the semiconductor; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on respective ones of the ohmic contact members; a passivation layer formed on the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode formed on the passivation layer, wherein substantially all of the gate insulating layer lies on the light blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Won Jung, Byeong Hoon Cho, Sung Hoon Yang, Woong Kwon Kim, Sang Youn Han, Dae Cheol Kim, Ki-Hun Jeong, Kyung-Sook Jeon, Seung Mi Seo, Jung-Suk Bang, Kun-Wook Han
  • Publication number: 20150129963
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction on the substrate, a plurality of data lines including first and second data line pairs separated by cutting portions and a plurality of active patterns electrically connected to the first and second data line pairs. The data lines extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The active patterns overlap the cutting portion and overlap a first gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Ha Hwang, Woong-Kwon Kim, In-Woo Kim, Seong-Young Lee, Kweon-Sam Hong, Dong-Hyun Yoo, Beom-Hee Han
  • Patent number: 9007344
    Abstract: Provided are a touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen panel comprises: a substrate; a first reflection-preventing film formed on the substrate; a first gate wiring formed on the first reflection-preventing film; and a sensing wiring formed above the first gate wiring to be insulated from the first gate wiring and to cross the first gate wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Youn Han, Woong-Kwon Kim, Dae-Cheol Kim, Ho-Jun Lee, Kyung-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 8907924
    Abstract: An information detection device includes: a plurality of light sensing units each configured to detect light; a plurality of sensor scanning drivers each configured to apply sensor scanning signals to the light sensing units; a sensing signal processor configured to receive position information detected by the light sensing units; a plurality of bias applying units each configured to apply bias voltages to the light sensing units; wherein each bias applying unit applies a different polarity of bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Youn Han, Dong-Kwon Kim, Kyung-Sook Jeon, Sung-Hoon Yang, Joo-Han Kim, Woong-Kwon Kim, Suk-Won Jung, Byeong-Hoon Cho, Dae-Cheol Kim, Hui-Sung Lee, Ki-Hun Jeong, Seung-Mi Seo, Jung-Suk Bang, Kun-Wook Han, Mi-Seon Seo
  • Patent number: 8901691
    Abstract: A touch sensing substrate includes a substrate, a first light sensing element, a second light sensing element and a first bias line. The first light sensing element includes a first gate electrode, a first active pattern overlapping with the first gate electrode, a first source electrode partially overlapping with the first active pattern and a first drain electrode partially overlapping with the first active pattern. The second light sensing element includes a second gate electrode, a second active pattern overlapping with the second gate electrode, a second source electrode partially overlapping with the second active pattern and a second drain electrode partially overlapping with the second active pattern. The first bias line is connected to the first and second gate electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Jong Yeo, Byeong-Hoon Cho, Ki-Hun Jeong, Hong-Kee Chin, Jung-Suk Bang, Woong-Kwon Kim, Sung-Ryul Kim, Hee-Joon Kim, Dae-Cheol Kim, Kun-Wook Han