Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090109166 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of driving the same are provided. The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel; and a plurality of light-emitting blocks providing light to the liquid crystal panel, the light-emitting blocks including light-emitting elements and wherein a peak value of current flowing through each of the light-emitting elements is controlled according to operation modes. | 04-30-2009 |
20090109168 | BACKLIGHT DRIVER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight driver and liquid crystal display device including the same are disclosed. The backlight driver, in accordance with an embodiment, includes a driving-voltage-generating unit supplying a driving voltage to a light-emitting unit, or cutting off the supply of the driving voltage to the light-emitting unit, in response to a pulse width modulation signal; a pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit supplying the pulse width modulation signal to the driving-voltage-generating unit, and stopping its operation when an error occurs in the light-emitting unit; and an automatic reset unit supplying a reset signal to the pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit, when the pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit stops its operation, to restart the operation of the pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit. | 04-30-2009 |
20090134814 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A backlight unit includes a plurality of light source units arranged in a matrix form, a light source controller outputting a dimming signal to control a brightness of the light source units and a latch signal to control a light source unit row of the plurality of light source units to be sequentially driven according to a predetermined scanning period, and a plurality of light source driving units connected to light source unit columns of the plurality of light source units and supplying driving signals corresponding to the dimming signal to the light source units in the light source unit columns. | 05-28-2009 |
20090256499 | POWER SUPPLY, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS - A power supply is provided, which includes a DC-DC converter being supplied with an external DC input voltage and a first switching control signal and outputting a duty sensing signal of which a magnitude is varied in accordance with the first switching control signal, the duty sensing signal being indicative of a duty ratio of the first switching control signal, and the DC-DC converter converting the input voltage into a DC output voltage of a predetermined magnitude based on the first switching control signal; and a feedback controlling unit comparing the duty sensing signal with a first reference signal to adjust the duty ratio of the first switching control signal. | 10-15-2009 |
20090273920 | LIGHT GENERATING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A light-generating device includes a driving substrate and a plurality of light source arrays. The driving substrate has a rectangular planar shape. The plurality of light source arrays is formed on the driving substrate. The light source arrays include at least one light emitting diode to generate light in response to power being applied through the substrate, and the light source arrays are spaced apart from each other. Thus, heat generated from the light-generating device is rapidly dissipated from the light-generating device, improving brightness of the light, brightness uniformity of the light and color reproducibility of the light. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279312 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LENS FOR THE SAME - A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base. In addition, when an obtuse angle formed between a main axis of the lens and a tangent line of a point of the curved centermost surface is A1, and an acute angle formed between a straight line linking the center of the base to the point of the curved centermost surface and the main axis of the lens is A2, the lens satisfies the equation: | 11-12-2009 |
20100033513 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a display device and a method of driving the same capable of improving display quality and reducing the manufacturing cost. A display device includes a display panel displaying images corresponding to image signals, a light-emission block supplying backlight to the display panel, and a backlight driver outputting a light data signal for determining luminance of backlight. One of a plurality of linear gamma curves is selected from a lookup table in accordance with average image luminance during prescribed frames, and the duty ratio of the light data signal is determined on the basis of the selected linear gamma curve. Each of the linear gamma curves represents the relationship between the average image luminance and the duty ratio of the light data signal. | 02-11-2010 |
20100060675 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TIMING CONTROLLER FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a display apparatus for an embodiment comprises a light source module divided into a plurality of light-emitting blocks to provide light to a display panel, a local dimming driving part driving the light-emitting blocks, and a timing controller controlling the driving timing of the display panel and the local dimming driving part. The timing controller transmits a luminance pulse having representative grayscale values of an image corresponding to the light-emitting blocks and a synchronization signal including information of a start position of the representative grayscale values to the local dimming driving part. The local dimming driving part drives the light-emitting blocks using the representative grayscale values obtained from the luminance pulse. | 03-11-2010 |
20100085296 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A backlight assembly includes a light source unit, at least one block driving unit, a controller unit and a noise removing circuit. The light source unit includes a plurality of dimming blocks generating light. The block driving unit drives the dimming blocks. The controller unit controls the block driving unit. The noise removing circuit is connected to the block driving unit and the controller unit to prevent noise from being applied to a reset terminal of the block driving unit | 04-08-2010 |
20110014402 | Styrene-Butadiene Latex Binder For Ink-Jet Paper, Preparation Method Thereof And Coating Liquid Containing The Same - The present invention relates to a styrene-butadiene latex, a preparation method thereof and a coating liquid containing the same, more precisely a styrene-butadiene latex binder for ink-jet paper containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer by 0.1-1.5 weight parts with lowering surface negative charge density, a preparation method thereof and a coating liquid containing the same. The present invention provides a coating liquid for ink-jet paper having excellent price competitiveness and coating work-ability and at the same time reducing energy cost for drying process and thereby provides an ink-jet paper with excellent printing quality. | 01-20-2011 |
20110242820 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LENS FOR THE SAME - A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base. In addition, when an obtuse angle formed between a main axis of the lens and a tangent line of a point of the curved centermost surface is A | 10-06-2011 |
20140043831 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LENS FOR THE SAME - A lens has a refractive index of n, and includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip. A distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base. The lens satisfies A1+A2<90+sin | 02-13-2014 |