Patents by Inventor Yong Jun Choi

Yong Jun Choi 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: 9672792
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Won Jeong, Jae-Suk Choi, Seung-Ho Baek, Joo Seok Yeom, Young-Su Han, Myeong-Su Kim, Yun-Jae Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Seung Hwan Moon, Po-Yun Park, Jae Wan Park, Kwan-Young Oh, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20170062242
    Abstract: A chemical liquid supply apparatus includes a nozzle unit including a nozzle arm and an injection nozzle mounted in an end of the nozzle arm, a chemical liquid supply unit including a first chemical liquid tank accommodating a first chemical liquid and a second chemical liquid tank accommodating a second chemical liquid, and supplying the first chemical liquid and the second chemical liquid to the nozzle unit, and a mixer unit provided in the nozzle unit and discharging a process fluid by mixing the first chemical liquid and the second chemical liquid, wherein the mixer unit includes an in-line mixer mixing the first chemical liquid and the second chemical liquid that are continually injected from the chemical liquid supply unit, and a mixer pipe extending from the in-line mixer to the injection nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: YOUNG-HOO KIM, IL-SANG LEE, IN-GI KIM, KYOUNG-HWAN KIM, HYO-SAN LEE, SANG-WON BAE, TAE-HONG KIM, YONG-JUN CHOI
  • Patent number: 9478184
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating compensated grayscale data by increasing grayscale data corresponding to an N-th gate line of a plurality of gate lines of the display panel, where N is a natural number, generating a data voltage based on the compensated grayscale data, outputting the data voltage to the display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of data lines, where each of the plurality of data lines is alternately connected to the plurality of pixel electrodes in a first pixel column and the plurality of pixel electrodes in a second pixel column, generating a storage voltage having a first level and a second level, where the second level is lower than the first level, and applying the storage voltage to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 9322004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a fatty acid alkyl ester using microorganisms having the ability to produce oil, and more particularly to a method of producing a fatty acid alkyl ester, the method comprising culturing microorganisms having the ability to produce oil, thus accumulating a large amount of oil in the microorganisms, inducing the autolysis of the produced oil in the microorganisms to produce a free fatty acid, and converting the free fatty acid into an alkyl ester. According to the method of the present invention, oil accumulated in microorganisms, such as triacylglycerol that is typical oil produced by microorganisms, can be converted into a fatty acid alkyl ester with high efficiency using a metabolic engineering approach. Thus, the method of the present invention is useful for the industrial production of a fatty acid alkyl ester which has been recently found to be effective as biodiesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Yup Lee, Yong Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 9305501
    Abstract: A method to drive a display device includes: transmitting at least one data voltage to one or more of a plurality of data lines, scanning one or more of a plurality of gate lines to enable transmission of a gate signal in association with a first frame of a first hold section of a first still image section associated with display of a still image, and scanning one or more of the plurality of gate lines to enable transmission of the gate signal every frame of a first refresh section. The first still image section comprises the first refresh section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Hyun Seok Ko, Po-Yun Park, Min Joo Lee, Jung-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9299301
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel for displaying a still image and for displaying a motion picture. The display panel includes a gate line, a data line, a storage electrode line, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the date line, a storage connected to the switching element and the storage electrode line. The display device further includes a signal controller for providing controlling signals to drive the display panel. The display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed. The display panel is driven at a second frequency lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed. When the display panel is driven at the second frequency, a common voltage inputted to the storage electrode line changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Suk Choi, Po-Yun Park, Jung Hwan Cho, Min Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 9292942
    Abstract: Provided are an image signal compensation apparatus and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the same. The image signal compensation apparatus includes a lookup table (LUT) and an image signal compensation unit. The LUT includes reference data that corresponds to each combination of first and second reference gray levels and is arranged in a matrix. The image signal compensation unit receives first and second image signals, receives reference data corresponding to the first and second image signals from the LUT, and compensates the second image signal using the reference data. The reference data includes diagonal reference data located on a diagonal line in the matrix, and at least one diagonal reference data from among the diagonal reference data has a different value from a corresponding combination of the first and second reference gray levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Im Park, Bong-Ju Jun, Yun-Jae Kim, Jae-Won Jeong, Yong-Jun Choi, Dong-Beom Cho, Woo-Jin Jung, Kang-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 9251756
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; and a signal controller configured to control signals to drive the display panel. The signal controller includes: an image data converter configured to convert image data of “m” bits into image data of “n” bits; a gray voltage generator configured to generate a gray voltage corresponding to the image data of “n” bits; a control signal generator configured to generate a gate control signal; and a luminance change controller configured to control a luminance change period of an image displayed via the display panel to be greater than or equal to one second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Hyun Seok Ko, Po-Yun Park, Min Joo Lee, Youn Jin Jung, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20150371609
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Yong-Jun CHOI, Jae-Won JEONG, Jae-Suk CHOI, Seung-Ho BAEK, Joo Seok YEOM, Young-Su HAN, Myeong-Su KIM, Yun-Jae KIM, Jin-Soo KIM, Seung Hwan MOON, Po-Yun PARK, Jae Wan PARK, Kwan-Young OH, Min Joo LEE, Jung Hwan CHO
  • Patent number: 9208736
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having gate lines and data lines, a signal controller driving the display panel, a graphic processing unit transmitting input image data to the signal controller, a gate driver driving the gate lines, and a data driver driving the data lines. The display panel is driven at a first frequency when displaying a moving image and driven at a lower frequency when displaying a still image. The signal controller includes a frame memory storing the input image data, a calculator calculating a representative value of image data stored in the frame memory, a line memory storing the representative value, and a kick-back corrector generating auxiliary image data by correcting the representative value according to a kick-back voltage. The data driver applies an auxiliary voltage corresponding to the auxiliary image data to the data lines in a vertical blank period when displaying the still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Suk Choi, Yong-Jun Choi, Po-Yun Park, Yun-Jae Kim, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20150337773
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying fuel to a diesel engine provided with an EGR cooler may include a first supply line for introducing fuel supplied from a fuel tank to the EGR cooler through a low pressure pump, a second supply line for introducing the fuel that passes through the EGR cooler to a common rail through a high pressure pump, and a first bypass line for bypassing a part of the fuel that passes through the low pressure pump to a fuel mixing section formed on a front of the high pressure pump of the second supply line so as to be mixed with fuel that is cooled while passing through the EGR cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yong Jun CHOI, In Kyun LEE
  • Patent number: 9165518
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Won Jeong, Jae-Suk Choi, Seung-Ho Baek, Joo Seok Yeom, Young-Su Han, Myeong-Su Kim, Yun-Jae Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Seung Hwan Moon, Po-Yun Park, Jae Wan Park, Kwan-Young Oh, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9135874
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Won Jeong, Jae-Suk Choi, Seung-Ho Baek, Joo Seok Yeom, Young-Su Han, Myeong-Su Kim, Yun-Jae Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Seung Hwan Moon, Po-Yun Park, Jae Wan Park, Kwan-Young Oh, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9135890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. A display device according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a signal controller to process an input image signal and an input control signal to control output of a digital image signal; a gray voltage generator to generate a gray reference voltage; and a data driver to generate gray voltages based on the gray reference voltage from the gray voltage generator, to receive the digital image signal, and to output a portion selected from the generated gray voltages as a data voltage, wherein the gray reference voltage includes a first gray reference voltage for the input image signal and a second gray reference voltage for an insertion gray, and the gray voltage generator generates one of the first gray reference voltage or the second gray reference voltage according to the selection signal included in the control signal to be provided to the data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae Min Ha, Woo-Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 9129572
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel being associated with a positive pixel voltage relative to a data voltage and being associated with a first leakage current, the second pixel being associated with a negative pixel voltage relative to the data voltage and being associated with a second leakage current. The display device further includes a gate driver for providing a first gate-off voltage having a first value to at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel, the first value being in a range determined based on an equality-enabling value, wherein a value of the first leakage current is equal to a value of the second leakage current if the first gate-off voltage having the equality-enabling value is provided to the at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Suk Choi, Seung Hwan Moon, Po-Yun Park, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9116281
    Abstract: Provided are a complex optical film and a light source assembly including the same. The complex optical film includes a first substrate, a light shielding layer formed on a bottom surface of the first substrate, an optical pattern layer formed on a top surface of the first substrate and including concavo-convex portions, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, and a first adhesive layer disposed under the second substrate, wherein the light shielding layer includes a binder and organic particles and inorganic particles dispersed in the binder, the convex portions of the optical pattern layer at least partially penetrate into the first adhesive layer to be combined with the first adhesive layer, and a low-refraction area having a lower refractive index than the optical pattern layer and the first adhesive layer is defined between the first adhesive layer and the optical pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SHINWHA INTERTEK CORP.
    Inventors: Jin-Tae Woo, Jae-Soon Lee, Min-cheol Kook, Jong-Yoon Lim, Sung-Keun Kim, Il-ho Jeon, Yong-Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 9105252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Won Jeong, Jae-Suk Choi, Seung-Ho Baek, Joo Seok Yeom, Young-Su Han, Myeong-Su Kim, Yun-Jae Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Seung Hwan Moon, Po-Yun Park, Jae Wan Park, Kwan-Young Oh, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 8963965
    Abstract: A method for generating data for driving a display panel is provided in which first compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to grayscale data of N bits, is generated, wherein values of N and k are natural numbers. A first gamma curve is applied to the first compensation data of (N+k) bits. Second compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to the grayscale data of N bits, is generated. A second gamma curve is applied to the second compensation data of (N+k) bits. The first compensation data or the second compensation data are selectively output and converted into analog data signals. The analog data signals are output to a data line. Accordingly, the first compensation data and second compensation data includes a multidomain structure which improves display quality. A data driving circuit and a display device including the data driving circuit for performing the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Ju Jun, Bong-Im Park, Hoi-Sik Moon, Jae-Won Jeong, Yong-Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 8928639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device capable of reducing power consumption and preventing flicker, as well as a driving method thereof. An exemplary display device includes: a display panel configured for display of a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller programmed to transmit control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphic processing unit transmitting input image data to the signal controller. The signal controller includes a frame memory storing the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and alternatingly driven at the first frequency and a second frequency when the still image is displayed, the second frequency being lower than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Joo Lee, Po-Yun Park, Sang Su Han, Youn Jin Jung, Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 8922602
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, data and gate driving parts. The display panel includes first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, and displays an image. The timing controller includes a data compensating unit that outputs compensated grayscale data in an n-th pixel row, based upon a coupling capacitance generated according to a grayscale data variation between an (n?1)-th pixel row and the n-th pixel row, n? being a natural number. The data driving part converts the compensated grayscale data to an analog data voltage, and outputs the analog data voltage to data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Suk Choi, Yong-Jun Choi, Woo-Jin Jung