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20100053228 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes; a display panel which displays an image in response to a gate voltage and a data voltage, a panel driver which receives a control signal, and which supplies the gate voltage and the data voltage to the display panel according to the control signal, a backlight which supplies a light to the display panel, an inverter which receives a backlight dimming signal, and which controls a brightness of a light emitted from the backlight according to the backlight dimming signal, and a timing controller which receives a synchronization signal, determines a frame frequency of the display panel according to the synchronization signal, outputs the control signal, and modulates the synchronization signal based on a ratio of a predetermined backlight dimming frequency to the frame frequency, and which outputs the backlight dimming signal according to the modulated synchronization signal. | 03-04-2010 |
20100073384 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DISPLAY SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a display system including the same are provided in one or more embodiments. For example, a liquid crystal display may include for an embodiment a bi-directional channel, a memory in which driving signal generation data including information required to generate a plurality of driving signals and EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) are stored, and a timing controller which receives the driving signal generation data and the EDID from the memory and transmits the EDID to the outside through the bi-directional channel. The driving signal generation data and the EDID may be transmitted from the memory to the timing controller via a single interface. A first time period during which the driving signal generation data is transmitted may not overlap with a second time period during which the EDID is transmitted. | 03-25-2010 |
20100302214 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING A DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A display apparatus includes a driving part and a display panel. The driving part includes a master timing controller and at least one slave timing controller synchronized with the master timing controller using a first data enable signal received by the master timing controller and a second data enable signal received by the slave timing controller. The display panel displays a first image on a first display block, and displays a second image on a second display block using the master timing controller. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309182 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display part, a signal control part, data driving parts, and first and second wiring pairs. The display part includes pixels. The signal control part includes a transmission part that converts an image signal into a multi-level signal. The data driving parts receive the multi-level signal from the transmission part, convert the multi-level signal into a reproduced image signal and provide the pixels with the reproduced image signal. The first and second wiring pairs connect the transmission part and at least one data driving part of the data driving parts. The multi-level signal includes serial data of the image signal and an embedding clock embedded in the serial data. A voltage level of the serial data in the multi-level signal is different from a voltage level of the embedding clock in the multi-level signal. | 12-09-2010 |
20110058024 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus, a display panel displays an image, and a frame rate converter separates an image signal to a first image frame for a left-eye and a second image frame for a right-eye and generates first and second intermediate image frames respectively following the first and second image frames. A timing controller converts the first and second image frames to first and second compensation frames, respectively, and sequentially provides the first compensation frame, the first intermediate image frame, the second compensation frame, and the second intermediate image frame to a data driver. The data driver converts the first and second compensation frames to a left-eye data voltage and a right-eye data voltage, respectively, and converts the first and second intermediate image frames to a predetermined black data voltage. | 03-10-2011 |
20120139882 | METHOD FOR RESTORING A TIMING CONTROLLER AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of restoring a timing controller includes generating an error condition signal from a timing controller by checking abnormality of an image signal and a control signal provided from an image board, feeding back the error condition signal to the image board, and restoring the timing controller based on the error condition signal. | 06-07-2012 |
20120162185 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes converting a first data enable signal including a first cycle based on a compensation parameter to generate a second data enable signal including a second cycle longer than the first cycle, generating a plurality of gate signals based on the second data enable signal to output the gate signals to a plurality of gate lines of the display panel, and generating a plurality of data voltages based on the first data enable signal to output the data voltages to a plurality of data lines of the display panel. | 06-28-2012 |
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20100316963 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING COAGULATION IN EXHAUST PIPE OF BOILER - A method for preventing coagulation in an exhaust pipe of a boiler is provided. The method includes proportionally controlling combustion based on a quantity of supplied fuel with respect to an amount of air supplied to a burner, determining whether to enhance a heating power of a burner, based on a temperature of ambient air introduced into a blower, the temperature of the ambient air being sensed by an air temperature sensor, and enhancing the heating power of the burner to increase a temperature of exhaust gas, when it is determined that the sensed temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature. | 12-16-2010 |
20100326372 | WATER HEATER HAVING A WATER LEAKAGE SENSING DEVICE - A water heater equipped with a leakage detecting device is provided. A flow control valve is disposed at an inlet and controls the flow rate of water flowing into the water heater. A leakage detecting device detects when water which has flowed in the water heater leaks out through pipes in the water heater due to burst of the pipes and is filled at or more than a predetermined level from the floor of a water heater case, and transmits a signal to a controller. A case protects parts in the water heater by shielding the parts from the outside. The controller controls a series of combustion processes and operation of the water heater, and closes the flow control valve, when a leakage detection signal is transmitted from the leakage detecting device. | 12-30-2010 |
20100326646 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HOT WATER TEMPERATURE USING LOW FLUX IN HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling the temperature of hot water in a hot water supply system. The flow rate of water flowing into the hot water supply system is measured. Water is preheated/circulated through an internal circulation path connecting a first diverging point, a second diverging point, and a heat exchanger, after a controller stops the combustion of a heating device when the measured flow rate is an operation flow rate of the water supply system or less. The temperature of the water circulating is measured. Predetermined temperature is settled above user set-temperature as preheating circulation-off temperature and predetermined temperature is settled below the set temperature as preheating circulation-on temperature, and operation of the heating device is started when the temperature is the preheating circulation-on temperature or less, and the operation of the heating device is stopped when the measured temperature is the preheating circulation-off temperature or more. | 12-30-2010 |
20100329650 | HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR CONSTANTLY MAINTAINING TEMPERATURE OF HOT WATER - The present invention relates to a hot water supply system that heats low-temperature water flowing into an inlet at a high temperature by using a heating device and supplies the high-temperature water through an outlet. The hot water supply system according to the present invention includes a heat exchanger that transmits heat of the heating device to the inflow water so as to supply the inflow water at a user set temperature; a flow sensor that measures a flow rate of the water flowing into the hot water supply system; a water tank that stores water discharged from the heat exchanger, a temperature sensor that is installed at a predetermined position on a pipe through which the water flows; and a controller that has an input unit to allow a user to input desired conditions, wherein the controller controls the operation of the heating device by comparing the user set temperature with a temperature measured by the temperature sensor and controls the operation of the heating device depending on variation in the flow rate measured by the flow sensor. | 12-30-2010 |
20110114300 | HEAT EXCHANGER OF UPWARD COMBUSTION TYPE CONDENSING BOILER - A heat exchanger of an upward combustion condensing boiler maximizes latent-heat recovery efficiency by causing the flow direction of exhaust gas to coincide with the flow direction of condensed water in a latent heat exchange unit. The heat exchanger includes a sensible heat exchange unit that absorbs sensible heat generated from an upward combustion burner; a latent heat exchange unit that absorbs latent heat of vapor included in exhaust gas which has been heat-exchanged in the sensible heat exchange unit; and a condensed-water tray that discharges condensed water generated from the latent heat exchange unit. An upward flow of exhaust gas passed through the sensible heat exchange unit is converted into a downward flow that passes through the latent heat exchange unit, and the latent heat exchange unit is installed so that the flow direction of the exhaust gas passing through the latent heat exchange unit vertically coincides with the falling direction of condensed water generated by the latent heat exchange unit. | 05-19-2011 |
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20100079663 | USER INTERFACE MODULE FOR DIGITAL CAMERA AND DIGITAL CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - A digital camera and a user interface module of the digital camera that includes: a front cover which includes a window onto which an image is projected; a touch panel which is disposed at the back of the front cover, and outputs an image on the window while detecting touch manipulations of a user; a button assembly which includes a button pattern that is externally exposed along with the front cover, and detects and converts manipulations of the button pattern into an electric signal; and a first wiring cable which collects and transmits a touch signal generated in the touch panel and a manipulation signal generated in the button assembly to the camera body. The user interface module may be assembled to the camera body as a unit module to form the camera and may have a single wire cable electrically connecting the user interface module to the camera body. | 04-01-2010 |
20120169686 | TIMING CONTROLLER, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A timing controller includes a receiver, an internal clock generator, a first frequency converter, a first selector and a control signal generator. The receiver receives an image signal and a main clock signal having a first spread spectrum frequency from an external system, converts the main clock signal to a converted main clock signal and the image signal to a first converted image signal, and outputs the converted main clock signal as a first clock signal having a plurality of frequencies. The internal clock generator multiplies the frequencies of the first clock signal and generates a second clock signal having a frequency band within the multiplied frequencies of the first clock signal. The first frequency converter converts the second clock signal to a third clock signal having a second spread spectrum frequency. The first selector selects one of the second clock signal and the third clock signal in response to a first selection signal and outputs the selected one of the second clock signal and the third clock signal as a control clock signal. The control signal generator receives the control clock signal to generate a control signal synchronized with the control clock signal. | 07-05-2012 |
20130032800 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a circuit board including a ground portion, and a semiconductor package disposed on the circuit board. The semiconductor package includes an external connecting pad and an exposed pad. The exposed pad and the ground portion are electrically connected at a first surface of the exposed pad. A semiconductor chip is disposed on a second surface of the exposed pad and electrically connected to the external connecting pad. The first surface of the exposed pad is located external to the semiconductor package, and the second surface of the exposed pad is located within the semiconductor package. A test pad is disposed on the semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to the exposed pad. | 02-07-2013 |
20140111564 | TIMING CONTROLLER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A timing controller for a display apparatus includes a dithering unit outputting a first signal in which bit widths of image signals are reduced, an image pattern detector detecting an image pattern of the image signals and outputting a dithering off signal corresponding to the detected image pattern, a dithering selector receiving the first signal and converts the first signal to a second signal in response to the dithering off signal, and a response time compensator generating a present image signal from the second signal and compensates a liquid crystal response time in accordance with a difference between the present image signal and a first previous image signal to output a data signal. | 04-24-2014 |
20140118331 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and pixels each connected to a corresponding gate line and a corresponding data line, a gate driver configured to drive the gate lines, a data driver configured to drive the data lines, and a timing controller configured to generate control signals to control the data driver and to apply a vertical synchronization start signal including a first pulse, a second pulse, a first gate pulse signal, and a second gate pulse signal to the gate driver. The gate driver applies gate driving signals to the gate lines to pre-charge the pixels in response to the first pulse of the vertical synchronization start signal and the first gate pulse signal, and to main-charge the pixels in response to the second pulse of the vertical synchronization start signal and the second gate pulse signal. | 05-01-2014 |
20150035875 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines and a timing controller, in which each pixel includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. In such a display apparatus, the timing controller provides the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel with a first data signal and a second data signal corresponding to one of a high gray scale curve and a low gray scale curve, alternately every frame, when the image signal is a first type of image signal, and the timing controller provides the first sub-pixel with a first data signal corresponding to the high gray scale curve and the second sub-pixel with a second data signal corresponding to the low gray scale curve when the image signal is a first type of image signal. | 02-05-2015 |
20150042631 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel driving apparatus, including a gate driving part configured to output a gate signal to gate lines of a display panel, and a data driving part configured to output a data signal to a data line of the display panel, including a digital-analog converter, wherein the digital-analog converter is configured to convert a common voltage control data of digital format to a common voltage control voltage of analog format. | 02-12-2015 |
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20110187730 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a plurality of gate lines driving circuit parts, a plurality of data lines driving circuit parts and a timing control part. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The gate lines driving circuit parts output gate signals to the gate lines. The data lines driving circuit parts output data signals to the data lines. The timing control part applies a dummy gate signal to at least one dummy gate line, controls a latch sequence of image data and an output sequence of the gate lines driving circuit parts in a reverse sequence, in response to an inverted-mounting mode selection signal for displaying an inverted mount image to the display panel. Because signal lines can be shortened, heat generated by the display apparatus may be decreased and image quality of the display apparatus may be improved. | 08-04-2011 |
20120081410 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Rather than using complex zigzag patterns or the like for counter-compensating for the different lengths of fanout lines used to transmit data line drive voltages from more concentrated source points of the drive voltages to more spread apart data lines of a given display panel, digital data signals that represent the to be output data line drive voltages are automatically adjusted so that the data line drive voltages output from the concentrated source points are pre-adjusted to counter voltage drop difference effects that will be applied to those pre-adjusted data line drive voltages by the difference of resistances among the fanout lines of different lengths. | 04-05-2012 |
20130094434 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING WIRELESS INTERNET COVERAGE - A system for extending coverage of a wireless Internet service by using a mobile communication network is provided. The system includes a wireless access point, a combiner, and a distributor. The combiner is connected to the wireless access point. The combiner includes a filter that isolates a signal band of a wireless Internet signal corresponding to the wireless access point and a signal band of a mobile communication signal corresponding to the mobile communication network. After isolation, the combiner outputs the wireless Internet signal or the mobile communication signal. The distributor is connected to the combiner and at least one antenna. The distributor receives the wireless Internet signal from the combiner and outputs the received wireless Internet signal via the antenna. | 04-18-2013 |