Patents by Inventor Youngbin Yu

Youngbin Yu 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: 8158337
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical display device producing uniform light distribution and a method of fabricating such devices. The optical display device has waveguides arranged in vertical and horizontal directions. The waveguide has a conical shape whose cross-section decreases towards the light-projection side thereof. At least one of the size, height, spacing, and refraction index of the waveguide is designed to be different for each section, depending on an incident angle and/or intensity of light inputted from a light source. Therefore, the intensity of projected light can be made uniform over all sections of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sekonix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyuhwan Hwang, Youngbin Yu, Hyunsoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20100178019
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical display device producing uniform light distribution and a method of fabricating such devices. The optical display device has waveguides arranged in vertical and horizontal directions. The waveguide has a conical shape whose cross-section decreases towards the light-projection side thereof. At least one of the size, height, spacing, and refraction index of the waveguide is designed to be different for each section, depending on an incident angle and/or intensity of light inputted from a light source. Therefore, the intensity of projected light can be made uniform over all sections of the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Gyuhwan HWANG, Youngbin YU, Hyunsoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20100178613
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical display device producing uniform light distribution and a method of fabricating such devices. The optical display device has waveguides arranged in vertical and horizontal directions. The waveguide has a conical shape whose cross-section decreases towards the light-projection side thereof. At least one of the size, height, spacing, and refraction index of the waveguide is designed to be different for each section, depending on an incident angle and/or intensity of light inputted from a light source. Therefore, the intensity of projected light can be made uniform over all sections of the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Gyuhwan HWANG, Youngbin YU, Hyunsoo LEE
  • Patent number: 7711231
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical display device producing uniform light distribution and a method of fabricating such devices. The optical display device has waveguides arranged in vertical and horizontal directions. The waveguide has a conical shape whose cross-section decreases towards the light-projection side thereof. At least one of the size, height, spacing, and refraction index of the waveguide is designed to be different for each section, depending on an incident angle and/or intensity of light inputted from a light source. Therefore, the intensity of projected light can be made uniform over all sections of the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Sekonix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyuhwan Hwang, Youngbin Yu, Hyunsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 7450814
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical device for a display having a tapered waveguide and a method of fabricating such devices. In order to reduce light absorption inside the waveguide, a light-absorbing material is coated on the front surface only of the optical device Alternatively, a space adjacent to the waveguide is coated with a material having a refraction index different from the waveguide, preferably, lower than that of the waveguide and then filled with a light-absorbing material. In addition, a large- and uniform-sized light-absorbing material may be filled in the space. The optical device has an improved light efficiency, and thus exhibits an excellent luminance, as compared with the conventional ones, when using an identical light source. Furthermore, the fabrication method can produce such optical devices in a simplified manner, thus improving production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sekonix Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Gyuhwan Hwang, Youngbin Yu, Hyunsoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20080260336
    Abstract: Disclosed arm an optical display device producing uniform light distribution and a method of fabricating such devices. The optical display device has waveguides arranged in vertical and horizontal directions. The waveguide has a conical shape whose cross-section decreases towards the light-projection side thereof. At least one of the size, height, spacing, and refraction index of the waveguide is designed to be different for each section, depending on an incident angle and/or intensity of light inputted from a light source. Therefore, the intensity of projected light can be made uniform over all sections of the optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Sekonix Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyuhwan Hwang, Youngbin Yu, Hyunsoo Lee
  • Publication number: 20070223867
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical device for a display having a tapered waveguide and a method of fabricating such devices. In order to reduce light absorption inside the waveguide, a light-absorbing material is coated on the front surface only of the optical device Alternatively, a space adjacent to the waveguide is coated with a material having a refraction index different from the waveguide, preferably, lower than that of the waveguide and then filled with a light-absorbing material. In addition, a large- and uniform-sized light-absorbing material may be filled in the space. The optical device has an improved light efficiency, and thus exhibits an excellent luminance, as compared with the conventional ones, when using an identical light source. Furthermore, the fabrication method can produce such optical devices in a simplified manner, thus improving production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: SEKONIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyuhwan Hwang, Youngbin Yu, Hyunsoo Lee