Patents by Inventor Yi-Joon Ahn

Yi-Joon Ahn 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: 20200278750
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a bracket disposed on a first surface of the display panel, and a first vibrating device disposed between the first surface of the display panel and a first surface of the bracket which faces the first surface of the display panel. The first vibrating device is configured to output a first sound and provide a haptic feedback by vibrating the display panel and the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Eun Kyung Yeon, Ga Na Kim, Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200233629
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first sound generating device disposed below the display panel, where the first sound generating device generates a sound by causing the display panel to vibrate; and a second sound generating device disposed below the display panel, where the second generating sound generating device generates a sound by causing the display panel to vibrate. The first sound generating device includes: a first vibrator which vibrates in a first direction, which is a thickness direction of the display panel; and a second vibrator which vibrates in the first direction, and the second sound generating device includes: a third vibrator which vibrates in the first direction; and a fourth vibrator which vibrates in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Eun Kyung YEON, Yi Joon AHN, Ga Na KIM, Jung Hun NOH, Jae Been LEE
  • Publication number: 20200209674
    Abstract: A display device that includes a display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a light-emitting element layer. The light emitting layer is disposed between the first and second substrates and is configured to emit light in a direction toward the second substrate. A first sound generator is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate and is configured to vibrate the display panel to output a first sound. A first heat dissipation film is disposed between the first substrate and the first sound generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Byeong Hee WON, Yi Joon AHN, Jung Hun NOH, Jae Woo IM
  • Publication number: 20200209387
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, a vibration generator including a sound output unit which vibrates the display panel to output a sound and a first ultrasonic wave output unit which vibrates the display panel to output ultrasonic waves, and a first ultrasonic wave absorbing film overlapping the first ultrasonic wave output unit in a thickness direction of the display panel, where the first ultrasonic wave absorbing film absorbs the ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Eun Kyung YEON, Yi Joon AHN, Ga Na KIM, Jung Hun NOH
  • Publication number: 20200213737
    Abstract: A method of providing sounds matching an image displayed on a display panel includes: calculating a first object in the image by analyzing digital video data corresponding to the image, and calculating first gain values based on a location of the first object, and applying first gain values to a plurality of sound data; displaying the image on the display panel based on the digital video data; and outputting the plurality of sounds by vibrating the display panel based on the plurality of sound data to which the first gain values applied, using a plurality of sound generating devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Byeong Hee WON, Jin Oh KWAG, Sung Chan JO, Yi Joon AHN, Jae Been LEE
  • Patent number: 10694274
    Abstract: A panel bottom member structure includes a panel bottom member including a light absorbing member, a top bonding layer disposed on the light absorbing member, an acoustic vibration element disposed beneath the light absorbing member and generating a vibration in response to an acoustic signal, and a buffer member disposed beneath the light absorbing member and non-overlapping the acoustic vibration element, and an element circuit board connected to the acoustic vibration element and provided with an acoustic element driving chip for generating the acoustic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200183637
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a light emitting element layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and outputting light to the second substrate, a first sound generator which is disposed on a surface of the first substrate and outputs sound by vibrating the display panel, and a first buffer member which is disposed on the surface of the first substrate, where a height of the first buffer member is smaller than that of the first sound generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Ga Na KIM, Byeong Hee WON, Jae Been LEE, Jae Woo IM
  • Patent number: 10679538
    Abstract: A haptic display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a plurality of scan lines disposed over a substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal and a plurality of data lines electrically insulated from the scan lines and configured to transfer a data signal, wherein the data lines cross the scan lines. The device also includes a plurality of haptic control lines electrically insulated from the scan lines or the data lines and configured to transfer a haptic signal and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines, wherein the thin film transistor is formed in each of a plurality of pixels. The device further includes a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a second electrode facing the first electrode and an optical adjustment member disposed between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Seok Yeo, Yi-Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200177999
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a plurality of light emitting elements, a first substrate including a planar coil, and disposed under the display panel, a second substrate including a magnet spaced apart from the planar coil by a predetermined distance, and disposed under the display panel, and a power supply unit configured to supply alternating current power to the planar coil. The display device generates sound using an induced magnetic field generated by the planar coil and a magnetic field generated by the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Yi Joon AHN
  • Patent number: 10671114
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and a bracket disposed below the display panel and including a bottom plate, where a plurality of receiving holes is defined through the bottom plate. The plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed in the plurality of receiving holes, respectively, a vibration space is defined by a portion of the bottom plate defining a receiving hole of the receiving holes, which is recessed from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the bottom plate, and audio frequencies in different frequency bands, respectively, is produced from regions in which the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Chul Kim, Jung Hun Noh, Keun Kyu Song, Hye Yong Chu
  • Publication number: 20200137472
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel having a substrate including a plurality of islands and a plurality of bridges coupling the islands to each other; and a plurality of actuators provided on first surfaces of at least one or more of the islands of the substrate. The actuators may vibrate a first area of the display panel that includes portions overlapping with the respective actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Byeong Hee WON, Yi Joon AHN, Jung Hun NOH, Ji Yeon SEO, Joon Hak OH
  • Publication number: 20200107088
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel configured to display an image; a touch sensing device configured to sense a touch of an object; a sound driver configured to generate and transmit a first sound driving signal and a second sound driving signal according to first sound data and second sound data; and a sound generator configured to generate a sound according to the first and second sound driving signals, such that a sound pressure level in a first frequency range is between first and second sound pressure levels in a first operating mode and a second operating mode, wherein the display device is in the first operating mode in response to the touch sensing device not sensing the touch of the object, and the display device is in the second operating mode in response to the touch sensing device sensing the touch of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: YI JOON AHN, JUNG HUN NOH, JAE WOO IM
  • Publication number: 20200103973
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel displaying an image, a lower frame disposed under the display panel, a first vibration element attached to a lower surface of the display panel and which generates a first vibration based on a first vibration signal, a second vibration element disposed under the lower frame and which generates a second vibration based on a second vibration signal, and a first vibration driver circuit which provides the first vibration signal to the first vibration element, where a phase of the second vibration signal is opposite to a phase of the first vibration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Jung Hun NOH, Jae Woo IM
  • Patent number: 10585285
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a head mounted display device, and a head mounted display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a microlens array that includes a plurality of lenses that respectively overlap the plurality of pixels wherein the plurality of pixels and the plurality of lenses have one-to one correspondence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Joong Kwon, Joo Woan Cho, Yi Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200077169
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image on a first surface thereof; a first sound generating device configured to provide a first sound; and a second sound generating device configured to provide a second sound, wherein the first sound generating device is attached to a second surface of the display panel, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and wherein the first sound generating device is a vibration generating device configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a first sound signal to generate the first sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn, Rang Kyun Mok
  • Publication number: 20200057475
    Abstract: A sound generator for a display device, including: a first vibration generation unit having a first electrode and a second electrode; a second vibration generation unit having a third electrode and a fourth electrode; and a vibration layer including: a first sub-vibration layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second sub-vibration layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, wherein the first vibration generation unit is configured to contract and expand the first sub-vibration layer based on a first driving voltage applied to the first electrode and a second driving voltage applied to the second electrode, and wherein the second vibration generation unit is configured to contract and expand the second sub-vibration layer based on a third driving voltage applied to the third electrode and a fourth driving voltage applied to the fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Jung Hun Noh
  • Publication number: 20200059713
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; and first and second sound generating device configured to generating sounds and vibrate the display panel, wherein the first sound generating device may have a higher sound pressure level than the second sound generating device in a first frequency range, and the second sound generating device may have a higher sound pressure level than the first sound generating device in a second frequency range lower than the first frequency range. A method of driving a display device in sound generating and haptic modes also is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN
  • Publication number: 20200043991
    Abstract: The display device comprises: a display panel; a sound generator under the display panel; a frame disposed under the display panel and the sound generator; and a porous layer disposed adjacent to the sound generator between the display panel and the frame and having a plurality of air pockets, wherein the porous layer has a porosity of about 90% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon Ahn, Jae Woo Im
  • Publication number: 20190392748
    Abstract: A display device having a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to scan lines extending in a first direction and data lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction and a panel moving unit for reciprocating the display panel in a third direction with respect to the first direction and the second direction. Each of the plurality of pixels my include a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a sub-sampled structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Jae Joong KWON, Jong In BAEK
  • Publication number: 20190341433
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area including: a stretchable display area at which the display panel is stretchable, disposed at an outer edge of the display device, and a normal display area having flexibility less than that of the stretchable display area, the normal display area disposed further from the outer edge of the display device than the stretchable display area; a cover window disposed on the display panel, including a peripheral portion and a central portion which is disposed further from the outer edge of the display device than the peripheral portion; and a vibration member disposing the normal display area having the flexibility less than that of the stretchable display area between the central portion of the cover window and the vibration member along a thickness direction of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jae Woo IM, Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN, Sung Chan JO