Patents by Inventor Yong-hun Kwon
Yong-hun Kwon 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).
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Patent number: 11762073Abstract: A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-gu Jin, Young-chan Kim, Chang-rok Moon, Yong-hun Kwon, Tae-sub Jung
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Patent number: 11525922Abstract: An image sensor may include a first photo gate and a second photo gate each extending substantially in parallel in a first direction, the first photo gate and the second photo gate isolated from direct contact with each other in a second direction, the second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, a first overflow gate between the first photo gate and the second photo gate, the first overflow gate extending in the first direction, a first charge collection region on the first photo gate, a second charge collection region on the second photo gate and isolated from direct contact with the first charge collection region in the second direction, a first floating diffusion region that may receive first charge from the first charge collection region and output the first charge, and a second floating diffusion region that may receive second charge from the second charge collection region and output the second charge.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Gu Jin, Young Chan Kim, Tae Sub Jung, Yong Hun Kwon, Sung Young Seo, Moo Sup Lim, Sung Ho Choi
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Patent number: 11456327Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, a first surface, and a second surface opposing the first surface, a plurality of transistors adjacent to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in each of the plurality of pixel regions, a microlens on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of conductive patterns in contact with the semiconductor substrate and closer to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate than to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in each of the plurality of pixel regions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Gu Jin, Young Chan Kim, Yong Hun Kwon, Eung Kyu Lee, Chang Keun Lee, Moo Sup Lim, Tae Sub Jung
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Publication number: 20220082673Abstract: A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-gu JIN, Young-chan KIM, Chang-rok MOON, Yong-hun KWON, Tae-sub JUNG
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Patent number: 11204415Abstract: A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-gu Jin, Young-chan Kim, Chang-rok Moon, Yong-hun Kwon, Tae-sub Jung
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Patent number: 11054688Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel; a light source configured to emit light toward the display panel; a diffuser plate configured to diffuse incident light and disposed between the light source and the display panel; an optical lens configured to diffuse the light emitted by the light source; and at least one support provided adjacent to an edge of the optical lens and protruding toward the diffuser plate, the optical lens being integrally formed with the at least one support.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Hun Kwon, Youngchol Lee, Keunbum Lee, Seungjae Lee
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Publication number: 20210088833Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel; a light source configured to emit light toward the display panel; a diffuser plate configured to diffuse incident light and disposed between the light source and the display panel; an optical lens configured to diffuse the light emitted by the light source; and at least one support provided adjacent to an edge of the optical lens and protruding toward the diffuser plate, the optical lens being integrally formed with the at least one support.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Hun KWON, Youngchol Lee, Keunbum Lee, Seungjae Lee
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Patent number: 10950640Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, at least one of the pixels comprising: a photodiode configured to generate charges in response to light; and a pixel circuit disposed on the substrate, and including a storage transistor configured to store the charges generated by the photodiode, and a transfer transistor connected between the storage transistor and a floating diffusion node, wherein a potential of a boundary region between the storage transistor and the transfer transistor has a first potential when the transfer transistor is in a turned-off state, and has a second potential, lower than the first potential, when the transfer transistor is in a turned-on state.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Gu Jin, Yong Hun Kwon, Young Chan Kim, Sae Young Kim, Sung Young Seo, Moo Sup Lim, Tae Sub Jung, Sung Ho Choi
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Publication number: 20200286942Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of pixel regions, a first surface, and a second surface opposing the first surface, a plurality of transistors adjacent to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in each of the plurality of pixel regions, a microlens on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of conductive patterns in contact with the semiconductor substrate and closer to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate than to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate in each of the plurality of pixel regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Gu JIN, Young Chan Kim, Yong Hun Kwon, Eung Kyu Lee, Chang Keun Lee, Moo Sup Lim, Tae Sub Jung
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Publication number: 20200286938Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, at least one of the pixels comprising: a photodiode configured to generate charges in response to light; and a pixel circuit disposed on the substrate, and including a storage transistor configured to store the charges generated by the photodiode, and a transfer transistor connected between the storage transistor and a floating diffusion node, wherein a potential of a boundary region between the storage transistor and the transfer transistor has a first potential when the transfer transistor is in a turned-off state, and has a second potential, lower than the first potential, when the transfer transistor is in a turned-on state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Gu JIN, Yong Hun KWON, Young Chan KIM, Sae Young KIM, Sung Young SEO, Moo Sup LIM, Tae Sub JUNG, Sung Ho CHOI
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Publication number: 20200103511Abstract: A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-gu Jin, Young-chan Kim, Chang-rok Moon, Yong-hun Kwon, Tae-sub Jung
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Patent number: 10394063Abstract: A display apparatus, particularly a display apparatus having a supporter member to improve the cooling efficiency, is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a light source configured to emit a light to the display panel; a bottom chassis in which the light source is installed; and a supporter member configured to support the display panel, wherein the supporter member includes a cooling flow path configured to allow an air to flow to the inside of the supporter member.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Shan Na, Yong-Hun Kwon, Jong Bin Kim, Hyung Jin Lee
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Patent number: 10379399Abstract: A display device including a backlight unit; and an image forming unit configured to transmit or block light emitted from the backlight unit to create an image, wherein the backlight unit includes a light source, a reflector sheet configured to absorb light having a predetermined wavelength range among light emitted from the light source, and to reflect non-absorbed light, and an optical sheet configured to absorb light having the predetermined wavelength range among the light emitted from the light source, and to transmit non-absorbed light.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Ho Choi, Yong-Hun Kwon, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Chun Soon Park, Young Chol Lee, Jong Cheol Lee, Jae Hak Cho, Seung Hun Chae, Hyung Jin Ha
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Patent number: 10133119Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a support member comprising a light source support member having four corner areas; and a light emitter that is disposed on a surface of the light source support member, the light emitter including one or more light emitting modules, wherein each of the light emitting module comprises a strip-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on the light source support member and a plurality of light source packages that is mounted on the strip-shaped PCB and generates light; and four corner side extending portions that configure a portion of any one of one or more the light emitting modules and are extended toward the four corner areas of the light source support member.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-min Lee, Kye-hoon Lee, Yong-hun Kwon, Jong-hoi Kim, Kun-ho Cho, Suk-ju Choi
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Patent number: 10108045Abstract: This is provided a display apparatus. The display apparatus a light source configured to emit a light; and a reflective diffusion lens configured to emit a light emitted from the light source to an upper direction or a lower direction with respect to a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the light source through an incident surface, a lateral surface, and a reflective diffusion surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Chol Lee, Yae Kyung Son, Yong-hun Kwon, Jong Cheol Lee, Jae Hak Cho
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Patent number: 10067385Abstract: A display device having a structure capable of improving brightness “Mura” and color “Mura” that may be generated in a direct type backlight unit has a structure in which a plurality of light sources are arranged in a pattern similar to a square arrangement along the edges of the backlight unit, and in a pattern similar to a triangle arrangement within an intermediate region of the backlight unit, and a connector for connecting a cable disposed on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is disposed on the rear side of the PCB such that the connector does not influence “Mura” of the backlight unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Pil Jeon, Suk-Ju Choi, Jong-Hoi Kim, Yong-Hun Kwon, Kun Ho Cho
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Publication number: 20170307938Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a support member comprising a light source support member having four corner areas; and a light emitter that is disposed on a surface of the light source support member, the light emitter including one or more light emitting modules, wherein each of the light emitting module comprises a strip-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on the light source support member and a plurality of light source packages that is mounted on the strip-shaped PCB and generates light; and four corner side extending portions that configure a portion of any one of one or more the light emitting modules and are extended toward the four corner areas of the light source support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-min LEE, Kye-hoon LEE, Yong-hun KWON, Jong-hoi KIM, Kun-ho CHO, Suk-ju CHOI
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Patent number: 9733516Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a support member comprising a light source support member having four corner areas; and a light emitter that is disposed on a surface of the light source support member, the light emitter including one or more light emitting modules, wherein each of the light emitting module comprises a strip-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on the light source support member and a plurality of light source packages that is mounted on the strip-shaped PCB and generates light; and four corner side extending portions that configure a portion of any one of one or more the light emitting modules and are extended toward the four corner areas of the light source support member.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-min Lee, Kye-hoon Lee, Yong-hun Kwon, Jong-hoi Kim, Kun-ho Cho, Suk-ju Choi
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Patent number: 9709783Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display main body having a screen and a bezel that surrounds the screen, and a bezel hiding member mounted on the bezel to cover the bezel. The bezel hiding member includes a body portion configured to refract an image light that emitted from an edge region of the screen, and a plurality of prism projections formed to project from the body portion to change a path of the refracted image light to a front side of the display main body.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-hoi Kim, Kun-ho Cho, Yong-hun Kwon, Yae-kyung Son, Young-min Lee, Suk-ju Choi
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Patent number: RE48053Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a cover assembly; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate configured to guide light to the liquid crystal panel; a printed circuit board (PCB) to which the light guide plate is mounted; and a light emitting diode (LED) package which is mounted on the PCB and emits light to a lateral side of the light guide plate. The PCB includes a base substrate; a connecting hole which is formed in the base substrate to couple the base substrate to the cover assembly with a connecting member; an insulating layer which is coated on the base substrate while avoiding a head part of the connecting member; and a spacer tape which is provided on an upper side of the insulating layer so that the light guide plate is evenly mounted on the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Suk Ju Choi, Kun Ho Cho, Yong Hun Kwon, Kye Hoon Lee, Gil Tae Hur, Young Min Lee