Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080218656 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an upper panel comprising an alignment layer, the alignment layer attached on an inner surface of the upper panel and a polarizer attached on an outer surface of the upper panel, a lower panel including a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface facing the inner surface of the upper panel, and the lower panel comprising a plurality of metallic lines disposed on the first surface of the lower panel, the plurality of metallic lines disposed substantially parallel to each other and which extend in a first direction and a phase retardation layer, liquid crystal molecules injected between the upper and lower panels and a backlight unit comprising a light source which emits light toward the lower panel and a reflector which reflects light reflected from the lower panel, wherein the phase retardation layer is disposed between the plurality of metallic lines and the second surface of the lower panel. | 09-11-2008 |
20090096978 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a pixel electrode having a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, each sub-pixel electrode defining a domain, and the second substrate includes a common electrode having openings corresponding to the sub-pixel electrodes. Each sub-pixel electrode has a rectangular shape, a maximum of minimum distances between sides of the opening and the corresponding sub-pixel electrode is in the range of about 5 μm to 20 μm, and an area ratio of the openings to the corresponding sub-pixel electrodes is in the range of about 0.12 to 0.2. | 04-16-2009 |
20090190081 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate, a gate line and a data line provided on the first insulating substrate to cross each other, a first sub-pixel electrode coupled to the gate line and the data line, a second sub-pixel electrode capacitively connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second insulating substrate opposite to and facing the first insulating substrate, a common electrode formed on the second insulating substrate, and a cut-out pattern formed on the common electrode. | 07-30-2009 |
20090268574 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method of controlling an optical disc drive to drive a multi-layer optical disc includes acquiring actual optimal aberration correction positions of a first layer and a second layer of the multi-layer optical disc while a position of an aberration correction unit is changed, positioning the aberration correction unit at an intermediate point between the aberration correction position of the first layer and the aberration correction position of the second layer, performing a layer jump from the first layer to the second layer of the optical disc, and positioning the aberration correction unit at the aberration correction position of the second layer. | 10-29-2009 |
20090315880 | METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AN ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In a method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, an array substrate, a method of manufacturing the array substrate and the LCD device having the same, data signals are boosted by a first and a second boost signals up to a first and a second pixel voltages, respectively. The first and the second pixel voltages are applied to a transmissive electrode and a reflective electrode, respectively. As a result, the retardation of light passing through a liquid crystal layer on the transmissive electrode and the retardation of light of the liquid crystal layer on the reflective electrode may be controlled to be substantially equal to each other. Thus, the LCD device is driven in a transflective mode with a mono-cell gap so that the yield of the LCD device may be increased. | 12-24-2009 |
20100014041 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate. Transparent storage electrodes are on the first substrate. An insulating layer is on the transparent storage electrodes. Pixel electrodes are on the insulating layer, each of the pixel electrodes overlapping a respective transparent storage electrode. A second substrate opposes the first substrate. A common electrode is on the second substrate and includes an opening. | 01-21-2010 |
20100053488 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate. Gate lines are arranged on the first substrate, and an insulating layer is arranged on the gate lines. Data lines, first drain electrodes, and second drain electrodes are arranged on the insulating layer. First sub-pixel electrodes and second sub-pixel electrodes are connected to the first drain electrodes and second drain electrodes, respectively. Storage electrode lines are parallel to the gate lines, and traverse at least one of the first sub-pixel electrodes and second sub-pixel electrodes. A first polarizer is disposed on an outer surface of the first substrate, and a second polarizer is disposed on an outer surface of the second substrate. A first λ/4 plate is disposed between the first substrate and the first polarizer, and a second λ/4 plate is disposed between the second substrate and the second polarizer. A diffuser is disposed on an outer surface of the second polarizer. The storage electrode lines receive storage voltages that vary periodically. | 03-04-2010 |
20100066655 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - An LCD device includes a transmissive LCD panel assembly, a backlight assembly for supplying light to the LCD panel assembly, and a selective reflection film provided between the backlight assembly and the LCD panel assembly. A display region of the LCD has a low-resolution area and a high-resolution area, and a pixel formed in the low-resolution area that is larger than a pixel formed in the high-resolution area. | 03-18-2010 |
20100134734 | SUBSTRATE FOR A DISPLAY APPARATUS - A substrate for a display apparatus includes a plate, a switching element, an insulating layer, and a partition wall. The plate has a reflection region on which a light that is provided from an exterior to the substrate is reflected and a transmission region through which a light generated from a backlight assembly passes. The switching element is on the plate. The insulating layer is on the plate having the switching element. The transmission region of the insulating layer is recessed when compared to the reflection region of the insulating layer. The insulating layer has a contact hole through which a first electrode of the switching element is partially exposed. The partition wall divides the transmission region into a plurality of transmission portions. Advantageously, an image display quality of the display apparatus is improved, and manufacturing cost is decreased. | 06-03-2010 |
20100137739 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEARING TEST - A method of conducting a hearing test, and a device to perform the method, the method including configuring multiple test sound sets including multiple sound sources at each included audio frequency, wherein the sound sources, when sequentially arranged according to volume, have a uniform volume difference and a same frequency band, the uniform volume difference indicating a volume difference between neighboring sound sources, outputting the sound sources included in one of the multiple test sound sets, and determining and outputting a following test sound set according to a subject's input sound sources' number one or more times, and determining an auditory threshold of the subject regarding the audio frequency of the output test sound sets based on a result of the subject's input. | 06-03-2010 |
20100149448 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a gate line, a data line crossing the gate line, a transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a first pixel electrode connected to a first output electrode of the transistor and a second pixel electrode connected to a second output electrode of the transistor. The first pixel electrode includes cutting grooves which define a first domain on the first pixel electrode off-axis image quality. | 06-17-2010 |
20100231531 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a touch panel device. A touch panel device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a touch panel and a touch panel controller for controlling the touch panel, wherein the touch panel includes a lower electrode layer, a solid insulating layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, a fluent insulating layer disposed on the solid insulating layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the fluent insulating layer. | 09-16-2010 |
20100296035 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a transparent substrate, a pixel layer, an organic insulating layer, a transparent electrode and a reflective electrode. The pixel layer is formed on the transparent substrate, and includes a plurality of pixel parts. Each of the pixel parts includes a transmission region and a reflection region. The organic insulating layer is formed on the pixel layer. The transparent electrode is formed on the organic insulating layer corresponding to each of the pixel parts. The reflective electrode is formed on the transparent electrode corresponding to the reflection region. The reflective electrode includes a silver alloy that includes silver (Ag) and impurities having a low solubility in the silver. | 11-25-2010 |
20110171921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ACOUSTIC INCIDENT SIGNAL - A method of removing a signal from among received signals, the method including: filtering the received signals; detecting a time band of the filtered received signals where an energy value of the filtered received signals exceeds a reference energy value; and applying a gain value to one or more received signals, from among the received signals, in the detected time band. | 07-14-2011 |
20110184731 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AMPLIFYING SPEECH SIGNALS - A signal processing method is provided. The signal processing method includes extracting a first signal having a first frequency band from a sum signal of a left signal and a right signal, generating a second signal having a second frequency band by using the first signal, generating a third signal by using the first signal and the second signal, and applying a gain, generated by using a rate of a center signal included in the sum signal, to the third signal. | 07-28-2011 |
20120046943 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION QUALITY IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for voice communication of a mobile terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for clearly receiving a counterpart user's voice signal in a mobile terminal positioned at a place where a noise occurs are provided. The apparatus includes an input unit, an extension signal generator, and an adder. The input unit receives a voice signal. The extension signal generator generates, based on a voice signal received via the input unit, a harmonics signal corresponding to a frequency band that represents a reaction sensitive to a sense of hearing. The adder merges the generated harmonics signal with the received voice signal. | 02-23-2012 |
20120177301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING IMAGE BLOCKING ARTIFACT BY USING TRANSFORMATION COEFFICIENT - A method and apparatus for removing an image blocking artifact by using a transformation coefficient are provided. The method includes: detecting a first blocking artifact which is in a flat region of the input image; removing the first blocking artifact using a number of low frequency coefficients from among transformation coefficients for each transformation block of a plurality of transformation blocks of the input image, based on a result of detecting the first blocking artifact; detecting an edge region of the input image; and removing a second blocking artifact, which is in an edge region of an intermediate image obtained from the removing of the first blocking artifact of the input image, based on the detected edge region in the input image. | 07-12-2012 |
20120224130 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH PROTRUDING SUB-PIXEL ELECTRODE - A pixel unit of a liquid crystal display includes a first sub-pixel electrode coupled by a direct current path to a corresponding switching element and a second sub-pixel electrode capacitively connected to the first sub-pixel electrode. The second sub-pixel electrode has a protrusion extending upwardly toward a spaced apart common electrode. The common electrode has a cut-out directly above the protrusion. | 09-06-2012 |
20120300603 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An optical disc apparatus includes an optical pickup unit which reads data recorded on an optical disc and converts the data into a radio frequency (RF) signal. A defect detection unit detects a defect on the optical disc using the RF signal output from the optical pickup unit. A servo signal processing unit holds a servo control signal in a corresponding defective section when the defect is detected on the optical disc. A control unit detects the variance of the servo control signal after the defective section, and uses that as feedback so as to control a servo control signal of a subsequent defective section. | 11-29-2012 |
20120308133 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING CHROMA OF INPUT IMAGE - A method and apparatus for enhancing chroma of an input image by performing chroma conversion on a chroma value of a chroma component of the input image and compensating for a variation in a brightness value of the input image, based on the chroma value on which the chroma conversion is performed. | 12-06-2012 |
20120321200 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGE USING PREDICTION AND STABILIZATION OF HIGH-FREQUENCY INFORMATION OF IMAGE - Image restoration by restoring a high-frequency component of a deteriorated image. A high-frequency image information predicting and stabilizing method includes: determining a shooting area, which is a high-frequency area that includes an overly-restored high-frequency component, in an input image; predicting a high-frequency component of the input image by applying different deterioration models to the shooting area and a remaining area in the input image; and stabilizing a high-frequency component of an edge area by using an edge blur kernel determined to be parallel to an edge direction of the input image. | 12-20-2012 |
20130063656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING IMAGE RATE BY USING IMAGE SCALING - A method of converting an image rate by using image scaling includes changing a resolution of an input original image sequence and generating a changed resolution image sequence; determining a first motion vector by estimating motion of a first image by using a plurality of images from the changed resolution image sequence; determining a second motion vector by modifying the first motion vector of the first image to correspond to a resolution of an original image of the original image sequence, where the original image corresponds to the first image; detecting characteristic information of the original image; determining a third motion vector corresponding to the resolution of the original image by compensating the second motion vector based on the detected characteristic information; and converting an image rate of the input original image sequence based on the detected characteristic information of the original image and the third motion vector. | 03-14-2013 |
20130329911 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME IN TERMINAL - A method terminal includes an apparatus for automatically adjusting volume in the terminal. An automatic volume adjuster extracts a representative volume from individual frame information of an audio file, and adjusts a master volume by a deviation between the extracted representative volume and a reference volume, and a controller plays the audio file with the master volume adjusted by the automatic volume adjuster. | 12-12-2013 |
20140079141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ACOUSTIC INCIDENT SIGNAL - A method of removing a signal from among received signals, the method including: filtering the received signals; detecting a time band of the filtered received signals where an energy value of the filtered received signals exceeds a reference energy value; and applying a gain value to one or more received signals, from among the received signals, in the detected time band. | 03-20-2014 |
20140153376 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical pickup apparatus which includes a light transmitting system is provided. A light source system provides the light transmitting system with light; a light receiving system includes detectors which are configured to detect light reflected from the multilayer optical disk; and a stray light controller is configured to prevent stray light from reaching the detectors. The stray light controller is disposed between the light source system and the light receiving system. The stray light controller includes a light transmitting portion through which light reflected from the multilayer optical disk and the stray light are configured to pass; a light diffraction portion is configured to diffract the light reflected from the multilayer optical disk and the stray light; and a light blocking portion configured to block the light reflected from the multilayer optical disk and the stray light. | 06-05-2014 |