Lg Electronics Inc.

Bon Cheol Koo

Seong Ho Kang

Won Tae Kim

Soo Seok Sim

Yong Duek Kim

Bong Koo Kang

Jae Hyuck Lee

Nam Kyu Lee

Ki Sang Hong

Jae Woo Kim

Myung Kwan Ko

Mi Young Cho

Jae Chan Lee

This invention relates to a driving apparatus of a plasma display panel that is capable of being operated stable, regardless of temperature. A driving apparatus of a plasma display panel according to the present invention includes a panel having a scanning electrode for receiving a scanning pulse in an address period and an address electrode for receiving a date pulse synchronized with the scanning pulse in the address period; and a pulse width controller for changing the width of the scanning pulse when the panel is driven at a low temperature.

Apparatus and method for driving plasma display panel

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for calculating an optimal Average Picture Level (APL) in a plasma display of asymmetric cell configuration wherein each red, green and blue cell has asymmetric size and a plasma display using the same.

Method and apparatus for calculating an average picture level and plasma display using the same

This invention relates to a driving apparatus of a plasma display panel that is capable of being operated stable, regardless of temperature. A driving apparatus of a plasma display panel according to the present invention includes a panel having a scanning electrode for receiving a scanning pulse in an address period and an address electrode for receiving a data pulse synchronized with the scanning pulse in the address period; and a pulse width controller for changing the width of the scanning pulse when the panel is driven at a low temperature.

A method may be provided for setting an average picture level. This may include setting an average picture level with a fixed number of steps based on a pre-determined gray level range, deriving a low brightness intensifying coefficient, deriving a high brightness intensifying coefficient, deriving a first constant representing an average increase rate of brightness, and calculating a number of sustain pulses corresponding to a gray level of a video signal currently inputted based on the derived low brightness intensifying coefficient, the derived high brightness intensifying coefficient and the derived first constant.

Setting method for average picture level and method of driving plasma display panel using the same

An optimal light-emission pattern generation method for a plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes steps of determining a plurality of light-emission patterns with respect to an arbitrary gray level; calculating a contour noise degree between a contour noise free gray level being set in advance and the light-emission patterns given to each gray level in plurality; and selecting a light-emission pattern whose contour noise degree is minimal as a light-emission pattern with respect to an arbitrary gray level.

Method of generating optimal pattern of light emission and method of measuring contour noise and method of selecting gray scale for plasma display panel

A line erasing method and apparatus for a plasma display panel that is capable of reducing a brightness difference between lines thereof. In the method and apparatus, a load amount per line is detected for lines including a pair of electrodes for causing a sustaining discharge to control a sustaining interval in accordance with a deviation in the load amount per line.

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Daegu, South Korea

Bon Cheol Koo