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: 20190324596
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a rear chassis. The display panel is configured to display an image. The backlight unit is provided on a rear surface of the display panel. The rear chassis includes a protruding region, a vibration plate, and at least one acoustic element. The protruding region is protruded in a rear direction. The at least one acoustic element is provided in the vibration plate and includes a pair of electrodes and a vibration material layer provided therebetween. The protruding region and the vibration plate are made of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: TAE HEE LEE, Yong Chang Park, Yi Joon Ahn
  • Patent number: 10386967
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a rear chassis. The display panel is configured to display an image. The backlight unit is provided on a rear surface of the display panel. The rear chassis includes a protruding region, a vibration plate, and at least one acoustic element. The protruding region is protruded in a rear direction. The at least one acoustic element is provided in the vibration plate and includes a pair of electrodes and a vibration material layer provided therebetween. The protruding region and the vibration plate are made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Lee, Yong Chang Park, Yi Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20190253697
    Abstract: In a method of operating a light field three-dimensional (3D) display device having an RGBG pixel structure, multi-view image data including RGB data at multiple points of view are received, RGB rearrangement data including R sub-pixel data, G sub-pixel data, and B sub-pixel data are generated from the multi-view image data by extracting two adjacent ones of the R sub-pixel data at a same pixel row at a same point of view, by extracting two adjacent ones of the G sub-pixel data at a same pixel row at different points of view, and by extracting two adjacent ones of the B sub-pixel data at a same pixel row at a same point of view, RGBG data are generated by performing RGB-to-RGBG data conversion on the RGB rearrangement data, and a 3D image is displayed using the RGBG data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: BEOMSHIK KIM, YI JOON AHN, JAEJOONG KWON
  • Publication number: 20190227603
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a vibration sound device disposed below the display panel, a lower panel sheet disposed adjacent to the vibration sound device below the display panel and including a functional layer and a bottom coupling layer disposed on a lower surface of the functional layer, and a bracket disposed below the vibration sound device and the lower panel sheet and coupled with the bottom coupling layer, wherein the bottom coupling layer partially exposes the lower surface of the functional layer, a separation space is defined between the bracket and the lower surface of the functional layer where the bottom coupling layer is exposed, and the separation space is partially connected with the vibration sound device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN, Myung Im KIM, Keun Kyu SONG, Jae Woo IM
  • Publication number: 20190196298
    Abstract: A bottom member includes a light-absorbing element; a top coupling layer disposed on the light-absorbing element; a first buffer element disposed under the light-absorbing element, where a first opening is defined in the first buffer element; a filling layer disposed in the first opening; and a vibrating acoustic element disposed below the first buffer element, where the vibrating acoustic element overlaps with the first opening and the light-absorbing element when viewed from a top, and the vibrating acoustic element is coupled with the first buffer element via the filling layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN, Myung Im KIM, Han Na MA, Jae Woo IM
  • Publication number: 20190116406
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image and a vibration member attached to a surface of the display panel, where the vibration member receives a sound signal, generates a vibration in response to the sound signal, and transfers the vibration to the display panel to allow the display panel to output a sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: YI JOON AHN, YONGCHANG PARK, WonSang PARK, JONGIN BAEK, Yong-Suk YEO, TAEHEE LEE
  • Publication number: 20190116405
    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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN
  • Patent number: 10243026
    Abstract: A display device may include a pixel and a light shutter. The pixel may include a first region and a second region. The light shutter may be disposed in the second region. The light shutter may include a first electrode, a heat generation layer disposed on the first electrode, and a phase change layer disposed on the heat generation layer. The phase change layer may include a phase change material of which optical property is changed depending on temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rang-Kyun Mok, Yi-Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20190064991
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch sensing member which is disposed on the display panel and comprises a touch sensing area and a vibration area disposed around the touch sensing area and generating vibrations in response to a first audio signal, and a window which is disposed on the touch sensing member and outputs sound in response to the vibrations generated in the vibration area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Sung Chul KIM, Keun Kyu SONG, Yi Joon AHN, Hye Yong CHU
  • Publication number: 20190064875
    Abstract: A display device includes: a stretchable display panel which displays an image at a display surface thereof; and an optical module which is disposed on a surface of the stretchable display panel opposite to the display surface thereof. The optical module is visible or non-visible from outside the stretchable display panel by expansion or contraction of the stretchable display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Sung Chul KIM, Jung Hun NOH
  • Publication number: 20190050024
    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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Sung Chul KIM, Jung Hun NOH, Keun Kyu SONG, Hye Yong CHU
  • Patent number: 10200772
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image and a vibration member attached to a surface of the display panel, where the vibration member receives a sound signal, generates a vibration in response to the sound signal, and transfers the vibration to the display panel to allow the display panel to output a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Yongchang Park, WonSang Park, Jongin Baek, Yong-Suk Yeo, Taehee Lee
  • Patent number: 10191351
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and a lens panel disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of lenses when operating in a 3D mode. The lens panel is partitioned into a plurality of domains. The lens panel includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an optical modulation layer. The first electrode and the second electrode face each other and the optical modulation layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The optical modulation layer includes liquid crystal molecules forming the lenses. The first electrode includes first openings and the second electrode includes second openings. At least one of a first opening, of the first openings, and a second opening, of the second openings, has a shape corresponding to a shape of a plurality of unit figures overlapping each other at their edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jung Huh, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Yi Joon Ahn, Yeon-Mun Jeon, Joo Woan Cho
  • Publication number: 20190014402
    Abstract: A panel bottom member includes a light absorbing member, a top bonding layer which is positioned at the top of the light absorbing member, a first vibration sound element which is positioned below the light absorbing member and bonded to the light absorbing member, a buffer member which is positioned below the light absorbing member and does not overlap with the first vibration sound element, and an interlayer bonding layer which is positioned between the light absorbing member and the buffer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Sung Chul KIM, Jung Hun NOH, Keun Kyu SONG, Hye Yong CHU
  • Patent number: 10133143
    Abstract: A lens panel according to an exemplary embodiment includes an area that is divided into a plurality of domains in a plan view. The area includes an optical modulation layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode in a sectional view, the first electrode and the second electrode facing each other interposing the optical modulation layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of first openings, and the second electrode includes a plurality of second openings. One of a first opening among the plurality of first openings and a second opening among the plurality of second openings is disposed in each of the plurality of domains in the plan view. The first opening is disposed in a first domain among the plurality of domains, and the second opening is disposed in a second domain that is adjacent to the first domain among the plurality of domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Jung Huh, Yi Joon Ahn, Jae Joong Kwon, Keun Kyu Song
  • Patent number: 10134365
    Abstract: An image processing method and image processing device for performing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the image processing method includes transmitting a content image having a visual condition to a display unit. The method also includes periodically changing the visual condition from a first visual condition to a second visual condition according to a modulation timing such that the content image to be displayed after the modulation timing has the second visual condition different from the first visual condition before commencement of the modulation timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hoon Lee, Il-Nam Kim, Jong-In Baek, Yi-Joon Ahn, Won-Sang Park
  • Patent number: 10116912
    Abstract: A method of display an image and a display device for performing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving image data for a content image, determining a modulation region and a peripheral region in the content image and generating a left-eye content image and a right-eye content image based on the image data for the content image such that the modulation region has a three-dimensional depth. The method further includes displaying the left-eye content image and the right-eye content image and periodically changing the three-dimensional depth of the modulation region by changing a modulation distance between the modulation region in the left-eye content image and the modulation region in the right-eye content image based at least in part on a periodic modulation reference timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hoon Lee, Hak-Sun Kim, Jong-In Baek, Yi-Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20180275406
    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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jae Joong KWON, Joo Woan CHO, Yi Joon AHN
  • Publication number: 20180165999
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Yong-Seok Yeo, Yi-Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20180120668
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and a lens panel disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of lenses when operating in a 3D mode. The lens panel is partitioned into a plurality of domains. The lens panel includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an optical modulation layer. The first electrode and the second electrode face each other and the optical modulation layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The optical modulation layer includes liquid crystal molecules forming the lenses. The first electrode includes first openings and the second electrode includes second openings. At least one of a first opening, of the first openings, and a second opening, of the second openings, has a shape corresponding to a shape of a plurality of unit figures overlapping each other at their edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Su Jung HUH, Jae Joong KWON, Beom Shik KIM, Yi Joon AHN, Yeon-Mun JEON, Joo Woan CHO