Patents by Inventor Young-Bee Chu

Young-Bee Chu 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: 20080129925
    Abstract: A backlight assembly for an LCD device having a light guide plate that includes at least two thin layers and a plurality of optical sheets sequentially stacked over the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Dong-Cheol Kim, Kyu-Seok Kim, Jeong-Min Seo, Young-Bee Chu, Sang-Min Yi
  • Publication number: 20080094535
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light providing unit, an optical sheet, and a mold frame. The light providing unit generates light. The optical sheet has a main body disposed on the light providing unit and a sheet-guiding portion protruding outward from the main body. The mold frame has a frame shape to receive the light providing unit and the optical sheet and includes a sheet-guiding recess and a securing protrusion adjacent to at least one side of the sheet-guiding recess and protruding with respect to an upper surface of the optical sheet to prevent misalignment of the optical sheet. The sheet-guiding recess receives the sheet-guiding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Woo SUH, Young-Bee CHU, Ik-Soo LEE, Ji-Hwan JANG, Seung-Gyun WOO
  • Patent number: 7360937
    Abstract: A white light generating unit includes an LED structure and a lens structure. The LED structure generates a light. The lens structure has a convex lens or a concave lens. The lens structure has a fluorescent member that receives the light from the LED structure to emit a white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Kyu-Seok Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Sang-Hee Lee, Young-Hee Park, Jong-Nam Lee
  • Patent number: 7360942
    Abstract: A receiving container for a display apparatus receives a light-guiding unit and a light-generating unit disposed adjacent to a side surface of the light-guiding unit. The receiving container includes a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a gap-regulating portion. The light-guiding unit is disposed on the bottom plate. The sidewall faces the side surface of the light-guiding unit and is disposed at a peripheral portion of the bottom plate. The gap-regulating portion is formed at the sidewall or the bottom plate, to reduce a gap between the light-generating unit and the light-guiding unit. Thus, loss of light emitted by the point light source decreases so that power consumption of a backlight assembly and a display apparatus is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeung-Soo Kim, Young-Bee Chu
  • Publication number: 20080074902
    Abstract: An edge type backlight assembly for an LCD includes a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards, each of which has a group of one or more LEDs mounted thereon and disposed adjacent to each other. If one of the LEDs is defective, only the board on which the defective LED is mounted needs to be replaced, thereby simplifying rework of the backlight assembly and reducing its manufacturing cost. Further, by coupling separate sources of power to the separate LED mounting boards, the amount of light emitted by separate regions of the display can be independently controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Seok Oh, Young Bee Chu, Sang Hee Lee, Sung Min Kim, Jeung Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20080049169
    Abstract: In a two-way backlight assembly and a two-way LCD apparatus, the two-way backlight assembly provides light emitted from one light source to a first direction where a main LCD panel is placed and to a second direction where a sub LCD panel is placed. Also, a sub mold part for receiving the sub LCD panel comprises a black-colored material so as to prevent reflection of the light. Accordingly, thickness and power consumption of the backlight assembly may be reduced and display quality may be also improved by preventing leakage of the light at ends of the sub LCD panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Sang-Hee Lee, Jae-Kwang Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Kyu-Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20080043492
    Abstract: A diffusively reflective film includes a base film, a light reflection layer and a light diffusion layer. The base film is flexible. The light reflection layer is disposed on the base film. The light reflection film reflects a first light. The light diffusion layer is disposed on the light reflection layer. The light diffusion layer diffuses the first light to form a second light. The diffusively reflective film may be bent to cover the light guide plate without being broken so as to increase the amount of light. Thus, a display quality is enhanced. Further, the diffusively reflective film covers the first side face, the second side face and the first face of light guide plate at once. Thus, productivity is enhanced and its manufacturing cost is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Kyu-Seok Kim, Jeong-Hwan Lee, Young-Bee Chu
  • Publication number: 20080031010
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a backlight unit may include a light guide plate having a groove with a first shape formed in at least one side thereof, at least one light emitting diode (LED) having a projected lens, the LED being arranged in correspondence to the grove of the light guide plate, a first reflection plate arranged over the LED, and a second reflection plate arranged below the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jeung Soo Kim, Young Bee Chu, Ik Soo Lee, Kyu Seok Kim, Tae Joon Kim, Jeong Seok Oh, Sung Min Kim, Young Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20080020150
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel comprising a first substrate including a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, a second substrate including a common electrode, and a liquid crystal provided between a first surface of the first substrate and a first surface of the second substrate, a first polarizing plate provided on a second surface of the second substrate of the display panel, a second polarizing plate provided on a second surface of the first substrate of the display panel, and a first impact absorbing sheet provided between the second surface of the second substrate and the first polarizing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Wal Hee Kim, Sung Min Kim, Young Bee Chu, Jeong Seok Oh, Jeung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 7306357
    Abstract: A line light source includes an illuminating bar having end portions opposite each other, and a light emitting diode disposed on each end portion of the illuminating bar. The end portions of the illuminating bar are each slant with respect to a vertical axis thereof at a predetermined slant angle. The illuminating bar includes a fluorescent material or a phosphorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Jong-Nam Lee, Young-Hee Park, Sang-Hee Lee, Kyu-Seok Kim, Young-Bee Chu
  • Patent number: 7304693
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a liquid crystal display module and cases are tightly combined. At least one protuberance formed on a top chassis of the liquid crystal display module combines at least one fixing portion formed on a portion of a rear case corresponding to the at least one protuberance. Also, a fixing protuberance formed on a portion of a front case is inserted into between the liquid crystal display module and the rear case, thereby preventing the liquid crystal display module from being moved. Therefore, the liquid crystal display module and the cases are tightly combined, and productivity of the liquid crystal display apparatus can increase by reducing the number of parts demanded for fabrication of the liquid crystal display module and the cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Cheol Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Tae-Gil Kang, Young-Jae Lee, Jung-Ki Kim, Jae-Chang Choi, Jeong-Seok Oh, Yong-Seok Kwak
  • Patent number: 7290918
    Abstract: In a two-way backlight assembly and a two-way LCD apparatus, the two-way backlight assembly provides light emitted from one light source to a first direction where a main LCD panel is placed and to a second direction where a sub LCD panel is placed. Also, a sub mold part for receiving the sub LCD panel comprises a black-colored material so as to prevent reflection of the light. Accordingly, thickness and power consumption of the backlight assembly may be reduced and display quality may be also improved by preventing leakage of the light at ends of the sub LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Woong Han, Sang-Hee Lee, Jae-Kwang Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Kyu-Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20070188681
    Abstract: A transflective sheet for a liquid crystal display includes a porous polyolefin-based polymer resin layer. The porous polyolefin-based polymer resin layer may comprise, for example, polyethylene, polypropylene or a combination thereof. Moreover, the porous polyolefin-based polymer resin layer may be manufactured through, for example, a dry or wet stretch process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuk Young Cho, Young Bee Chu, Dong Cheol Kim, Jeong Min Seo, Byung Woong Han
  • Publication number: 20070171618
    Abstract: A power supply module includes a pad and a fixing unit. The pad includes a plurality of anode power supply terminals and a plurality of cathode power supply terminals. The plurality of the anode power supply terminals and the cathode power supply terminals are alternately disposed. The fixing unit is capable of pressing an anode terminal and a cathode terminal of a printed circuit film from a backlight module to electrically connect the anode and cathode terminals to the anode power supply terminal and the cathode power supply terminal, respectively. Therefore, the backlight module having various types of anode and cathode terminals may be tested easily and efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyu-Seok KIM, Young-Bee CHU, Dong-Cheol KIM, Byung-Woong HAN, Young-Hee PARK
  • Publication number: 20070154199
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a light guiding body, a light-emitting unit and a fluorescent unit. The light-guiding unit has a groove. The light-emitting unit is disposed in a portion of the groove and emits a first light. The fluorescent unit is disposed in a remaining portion of the groove, receives the first light and emits a second light having a different wavelength range than the first light. The fluorescent unit emits the second light to an inner side surface of the groove. Therefore, loss of the first and second light is reduced and light-using efficiency of the light-emitting module is increased. Furthermore, a power consumption of a display device is significantly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Young-Bee Chu
  • Publication number: 20070139590
    Abstract: An apparatus for dual display includes a light unit providing a light and a display panel. The display panel includes a transmissive pixel transmitting the light from the light unit and a reflective pixel reflecting the light from the light unit. The display panel displays a first image on one side of the light unit by using the light transmitted by the transmissive pixel, and displays a second image on an opposite side of the light unit by using the light reflected by the reflective pixel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate combined with the first substrate and disposed adjacent to the light unit, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates. The display panel further includes a reflective layer formed on the first substrate corresponding to the reflective pixel. Therefore, a total thickness of the apparatus for dual display can be reduced considerably by using the light unit as a second display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Sung-Min Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Kyu-Seok Kim, Jeong-Seok Oh, Jeung-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20070139935
    Abstract: A receiving container for a display apparatus receives a light-guiding unit and a light-generating unit disposed adjacent to a side surface of the light-guiding unit. The receiving container includes a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a gap-regulating portion. The light-guiding unit is disposed on the bottom plate. The sidewall faces the side surface of the light-guiding unit and is disposed at a peripheral portion of the bottom plate. The gap-regulating portion is formed at the sidewall or the bottom plate, to reduce a gap between the light-generating unit and the light-guiding unit. Thus, loss of light emitted by the point light source decreases so that power consumption of a backlight assembly and a display apparatus is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeung-Soo KIM, Young-Bee CHU
  • Publication number: 20070030867
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel assembly comprising a plurality of first field-generating electrodes, a second field-generating electrode facing the first field-generating electrodes, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first field-generating electrodes and the second field-generating electrode, and red, green, and blue color filters disposed at positions corresponding to the first field-generating electrodes; and a light source providing light to the liquid crystal panel assembly, wherein the light source emits a light comprising a red component having a central wavelength of about 620-680 nm and a half amplitude of about 25-70 nm, a green component having a central wavelength of about 525-545 nm and a half amplitude of about 20-50 nm, and a blue component having a central wavelength of about 430-480 nm and a half amplitude of about 25-70 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Won-Sang Park, Hyung-Guel Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Kee-Han Uh, Dong-Hwan Kim, Kyu-Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20070008738
    Abstract: A two-directions light transmission transflective prism sheet, a two-directions backlight assembly, and a two-directions liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the two-directions backlight assembly are provided. The two-directions light transmission transflective prism sheet includes a two-directions light transmission transflective film that reflects some incident light irradiated from a light source and transmits the remainder of the light, and a plurality of prism patterns that are formed on one surface of the two-directions light transmission transflective film to have a predetermined height and a predetermined width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-woong Han, Young-bee Chu, Kyu-seok Kim, Dong-cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20070008452
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a liquid crystal display module and cases are tightly combined. At least one protuberance formed on a top chassis of the liquid crystal display module combines at least one fixing portion formed on a portion of a rear case corresponding to the at least one protuberance. Also, a fixing protuberance formed on a portion of a front case is inserted into between the liquid crystal display module and the rear case, thereby preventing the liquid crystal display module from being moved. Therefore, the liquid crystal display module and the cases are tightly combined, and productivity of the liquid crystal display apparatus can increase by reducing the number of parts demanded for fabrication of the liquid crystal display module and the cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Dong-Cheol Kim, Young-Bee Chu, Tae-Gil Kang, Young-Jae Lee, Jung-Ki Kim, Jae-Chang Choi, Jeong-Seok Oh, Yong-Seok Kwak