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| 20080238858 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a light source unit which comprises a light source and has a plurality of division areas which are separated and independently driven each other, and is located at the back of the display panel; a drive unit which supplies drive power for the light source unit; and a light source controller which controls the drive unit so that the drive power can be supplied sequentially to the division areas which are divided in a first direction, in synchronization with a scanning period for which one frame of an image signal is displayed, and a lighting period of the division areas can be changed according to the kind of the image signal which is displayed on the display panel. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080252666 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method for adjusting brightness thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a panel unit which displays a video signal, a light emitting unit which provides the panel unit with a ray of light and causes the video signal to be visualized, a light emission control unit which controls the light emitting unit so that the ray of light is provided to each of local areas of the panel unit, and a panel control unit which compensates pixels of the video signal in each of local areas, to remove an artifact which is generated due to the ray of light provided to local areas of the panel unit. Because brightness of a screen is adjusted in each of local areas, contrast ratio is enhanced, and improved image quality is provided. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080303963 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of liquid crystal shutter glasses; a liquid crystal panel which alternately displays a left image and a right image formed in a predetermined scanning direction according to a predetermined scanning cycle; a glasses controller which outputs a control signal to open and close a left glass and a right glass of the liquid crystal shutter glasses synchronizing with the scanning cycle; a light source unit which supplies light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light source driver which supplies driving power to the light source unit to emit light to the liquid crystal panel in the scanning direction posterior to the left and right images. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090002400 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a brightness adjusting method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a panel unit which displays an image signal, a backlight unit which provides a light to the panel unit to visualize the image signal, a luminance value regulator which calculates representative values to be applied for adjusting a brightness of a plurality of partial areas of the backlight unit corresponding to the input image signal, a contrast enhancer which compensates for a brightness of the image signal compromised by the representative value through a contrast enhancement, and a pixel value compensator which compensates for pixel values of the image signal compensated using the contrast enhancement. Accordingly, the contrast ratio of the entire image can be enhanced by compensating for the brightness loss of the image signal caused from the brightness adjustment of the luminous element, and the image quality can be more finely improved. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090244112 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method thereof are provided in order to provide a high quality image. The display apparatus includes a driving unit which drives light sources, and a controller which controls the driving unit. Therefore, it is possible to reduce motion blur and flicker and maximize the gray level difference, so that a user may be provided with a clear image. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090256812 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel having a light emitting device, a sensor which senses an electric current flowing in the light emitting device, and a controller which determines that an external stimulus occurs to the display panel if a change of a sensed current exceeds a preset current change rate, and performs a predetermined operation on the basis of a determination result. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090268977 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of improving image quality and the display apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of sub-frame images using a frame image depending on whether the frame image is a moving image or a still image and displaying the plurality of sub-frame images sequentially for a frame time interval of the frame image. By generating the plurality of sub-frame image which have different pixel values each other and displaying the plurality of sub-frame image sequentially, the sticking phenomenon may be prevented and a life time of the display apparatus may be extended. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090278775 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image; and a signal controller which generates a first sub-frame having a mean brightness by calculating the mean brightness of an original frame input from an outside, generates at least one second sub-frame for compensating the first sub-frame on the basis of the first sub-frame and the original frame, and outputs the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame to be displayed on the display unit in sequence. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090303391 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image; and a signal controller which determines a motion state of a current frame on the basis of a previous frame and the current frame input in sequence, generates a first sub-frame of which brightness is varied according to the motion state of the current frame, generates at least one second sub-frame to compensate the brightness of the first sub-frame on the basis of the first sub-frame and the current frame, and controls the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame to be displayed on the display unit in sequence. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100309120 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus includes a display panel which include a plurality of areas; a communication unit which receive information about brightness sensed by a pointing device; a backlight unit which includes a plurality of light sources; and a controller which controls the backlight unit to change the brightness of the plural areas by a predetermined unit, and determines a pointing position of the pointing device on the basis of relative variation in the information about the brightness. With this, it is possible to detect a pointing position of a pointing device in a display apparatus having a hold-type display panel. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110018882 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVIDING AND RECEIVING APPARATUSES, 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVIDING AND RECEIVING METHODS USING THE SAME, AND 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A 3-dimensional image providing and receiving apparatus, 3-dimensional image providing and receiving methods using the same, and a 3-dimensional image system are provided. A 3-dimensional image receiving apparatus includes a phase conversion unit which converts phases of alternately output image signals, and a control unit which alternately blocks the image signals having the converted phases. Therefore, a viewer can view a 3-dimensional image output by a display apparatus having a polarization property without inconvenience in any positions. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110050865 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a video processor which processes an input video signal including a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a display unit which displays an image based on the video signal processed by the video processor; a backlight unit which emits light to the display unit; and a controller which controls at least one of the display unit and the backlight unit so that a margin period between a scan of the left-eye image and a scan of the right-eye image corresponds to a period during which the left shutter and the right shutter are shifted between opened and closed states. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110090308 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and an image processing method thereof are disclosed. A display apparatus includes a display unit; a signal processor which classifies an image comprising a left eye image and a right image into one of a first image and a second image according to a predetermined brightness level, generates at least two sub frames including a white frame if the image is classified into a first image, generates at least two sub frames comprising a black frame if the image is classified into a second image, and outputs the generated sub frames to the display unit. A signal transmitter outputs, to external shutter glasses, a control signal corresponding to the left eye image and the right eye image. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110102452 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, backlight assembly and method for displaying an image is capable of compensating for non-uniformity of a light guiding plate. The display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel on which an image is displayed; a light guiding unit which is placed adjacent to the LCD panel and includes a plurality of light guide plates for guiding incident light to the LCD panel; a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) modules which are individually arranged at least one lateral side of the plurality of light guide plates and which emit light to the other lateral sides, respectively; and a video processor which changes brightness of an image displayed on a compensation area of the LCD panel that corresponds to an edge region of the light guide plate to compensate brightness at the edge region. The non-uniformity of the divided light guide plates is reduced. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115696 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a backlight unit and a display apparatus. The display apparatus including: an image receiver receiving an image signal; an image processor processing an image signal received by the image receiver; a display panel displaying an image signal processed by the image processor into an image; a plurality of light guide plates disposed corresponding to divided display regions of the display panel respectively and providing light to the display regions respectively; and a light source module selectively disposed between adjacent light guide plates and radiating light to a lateral side of the light guide plates, if the light source module is not disposed between a first light guide plate and a second light guide plate which are adjacent each other among the plurality of light guide plates, light being radiated to the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate in opposite directions. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110164123 | 3D GLASSES DRIVING METHOD AND 3D GLASSES AND 3D IMAGE PROVIDING DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A 3D glasses driving method for driving 3D shutter glasses and 3D glasses and a 3D display apparatus using the same, the 3D glasses driving method including: receiving a sync signal from an external device; determining a duty of a driving signal which opens a left eye glass and a right eye glass of the 3D shutter glasses; and opening and closing the left eye glass and the right eye glass of the 3D shutter glasses alternately based on the sync signal and the determined duty. Accordingly, the user is able to watch the 3D image in a descried brightness without experiencing a crosstalk phenomenon. | 07-07-2011 |
