Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Lx Semicon Co., Ltd.

Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

Do Hoon Lee

Ji Won Lee

Hyun Kyu Jeon

Min Sik Kim

Seung Jin Ryu

Han Jun Yoon

Jung Eun Baek

Dong Hyun Lee

Dae Sik Choi

Hyung Geun Oh

Tae Ghyoon Kim

Young Han Choi

Jae Chan Cho

Xin Cui

Heung Lyeol Lee

Eun Young Lee

Su Yong Kim

Jung Min Kang

Hyoung Chun Kim

Kyung Jin Park

Chan Yung Kim

Min Ho Noh

Nak Jun Jeong

Jin Ho Lee

In Sung Park

Jin Woo Park

Eung Ki Park

Kang San Kim

Eungki Park

Joo Beom Yun

SoonJwa Hong

Seung Hyun Paek

Jin Seok Yang

Ki Heon Kim

In Sook Jang

A display driving apparatus includes a display panel comprising a first display area displaying a first image and a second display area being maintained in a turn-off state during a hybrid mode; a source driving circuit configured to supply a first source signal to first pixels included in the first display area and supply a second source signal to second pixels included in the second display area to sense electrical characteristics of the second pixels when the display panel operates in the hybrid mode; and a timing controller configured to transfer first image data for the first image and sensing data for sensing to the source driving circuit and compensate for second image data for a second image which is to be displayed after displaying of the first image, based on a target compensation value obtained from the electrical characteristics sensed by the source driving circuit, wherein the target compensation value is determined based on a third image displayed in a previous display mode of the hybrid mode.

Display driving apparatus and method

The present disclosure relates to a technique for selectively reproducing multiple sounds for respective areas of a display through image analysis for each display area. A technique, for individually controlling multiple audio devices by analyzing an image to extract regions of the image and classifying sound types through data learning, can be provided.

Display control circuit for controlling audio/video and display device including the same

An embodiment enables natural and smooth change in the brightness of a backlight unit and is able to reduce flicker by changing a dimming value between frames through a mixed function including a plurality of functions having different characteristics.

Dimming processing device and timing controller

A display driving apparatus includes a source driving circuit supplying a first source signal to a first display area to display a first image and supply a second source signal to a second display area to sense characteristics of a pixels of the second display area when a display panel operates in a hybrid mode, the second display area being in a turn-off state during the hybrid mode, a gate driving circuit supplying a gate pulse to first gate lines of the first display area and supply the gate pulse to target gate lines of the second display area, a timing controller transferring first image data for the first image and sensing data for sensing to the source driving circuit and compensate for second image data for a second image which is to be displayed after the first image, based on a target compensation value obtained from a sensing result.

The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display drive device and a method of driving the same. An image processor of a liquid crystal display device may generate second pixel data by applying a first gain, determined according to a brightness level of each LED element, to first pixel data of each subpixel, may calculate a second gain by using a differential value obtained by differentiating the brightness level of each LED element for a location of each subpixel, and a weight and a compensation coefficient determined according to the brightness level of each LED element, generate third pixel data by applying the second gain to the second pixel data, and output the third pixel data.

Liquid crystal display drive device and method of driving the same, and image processor

Backlight dimming processing device and timing controller for backlight dimming

A display driving device for improving the definition of an image according to one aspect of the present invention includes a brightness calculator for calculating first brightness data corresponding to a first resolution and second brightness data corresponding to a second resolution less than the first resolution using input image data, an offset calculator for calculating an offset on the basis of the first brightness data and the second brightness data, an input image converter for converting the input image data into input image data to which the calculated offset has been applied, a first data output unit for generating output image data for a first panel using the converted input image data and outputting the generated output image data, and a second data output unit for generating output brightness data for a second panel using the second brightness data and outputting the generated output brightness data.

Display driving device and driving method

A display driving device configured to drive a plurality of display panels includes an external illuminance calculation unit configured to calculate external illuminance using measured illuminance input from an illuminance measurement device, and accumulate and store the external illuminance according to a time zone, a weight determination unit configured to determine a weight according to the calculated external illuminance, an image processing unit configured to apply the weight to first output data to generate second output data, and a target panel determination unit configured to determine target panels that are display panels for displaying an image, among the plurality of display panels, using the second output data.

Display driving device, display device, and method of driving display device

An image processing device reduces power consumption of a backlight by lowering a dimming value through brightness distribution for pixels. The image data processing device includes: an image analyzing circuit configured to analyze original image data on a video image divided into a plurality of regions and calculate a representative brightness value for each region; a dimming value calculating circuit configured to calculate a dimming value for each region in order to adjust the brightness of a backlight according to the representative brightness value; a pixel analyzing circuit configured to analyze brightness distribution for a plurality of pixels in each region; a dimming control circuit configured to re-adjust the dimming value for one region according to the brightness distribution; and a dimming output circuit configured to output, to a backlight driving device, a dimming control signal for driving the backlight according to the dimming value.

Image data processing apparatus and method for implementing local dimming

The disclosure provides an image processing device and method capable of removing a halo artifact and increasing contrast enhancement effect when enhancing the contrast of an image. The image processing method includes obtaining a first blurring image by performing interpolation based on a representative value of each of blocks, having a predetermined size, of a previous frame image; obtaining a second blurring image in which boundary information is restored, through a weighted sum of a current frame image and the first blurring image; and performing contrast enhancement on the current frame image by using a difference image between the second blurring image and the current frame image.

Image processing device and method

According to an embodiment, the representative brightness value of image data is determined through an analysis of the image data, the dimming value of a backlight is adjusted according to the representative brightness value, and the image data is converted so as to correspond to the adjusted dimming value such that pixels maintain original brightness. In order to simplify the image data conversion, a characteristic value may be generated according to the adjusted dimming value, and a gamma curve may be generated on the basis of the characteristic value, thereby converting the image data.

Image data processing apparatus and display device for reducing power consumption of backlight

An image-forming apparatus having an internal security paper detection unit and an image-forming method related to the apparatus. The image-forming apparatus controls a paper feed unit so as to feed a single sheet of paper from a paper stack unit when a command for forming an image on RF tag paper is input, controls a paper transfer unit so as to provide the paper fed from a security paper cassette unit to an image-forming unit along a transfer path, and controls the image-forming unit so as to normally form a desired image on the moving RF tag paper when an RF tag detection signal is input from an RF tag, paper detection unit, whereby the image is formed only on the security paper in which an RF tag is inserted and thus illegal leakage of documents may be prevented.

Image-forming apparatus having internal security paper detection unit and image-forming method thereof

An external security paper detection unit, an image-forming apparatus having the external security paper detection unit, and an image-forming method related to the apparatus. The external security paper detection unit includes a paper stack unit in which sheets of paper are stacked in order to feed the paper, a paper feed unit for feeding the paper stacked in the paper snick unit, a security paper detection unit for detecting whether moving paper is security paper or not, and a unit controller for normally supplying the moving security paper to a manual feed tray if the paper feed unit operates and a security paper detection signal is input from the security paper detection unit, whereby an image is formed only on the security paper, thus preventing the illegal leakage of documents.

Image-forming apparatus having external security paper detection unit and image-forming method thereof

An information insertion method, an information extraction method, and an information extraction apparatus using dot-based information are provided herein. The information extraction apparatus includes an identification unit and an extraction unit. The identification unit identifies a set of at least one dot output to a target. The extraction unit extracts information from the set of at least one dot.

Information insertion method, information extraction method, and information extraction apparatus using dot-based information robust to geometric distortion

An apparatus and method for preventing illegitimate outflow of an electronic document. The apparatus includes a taking-out control unit, a taking-out management server unit, and a self-response agent unit. The taking-out control unit generates a virtual disk for storing an electronic document to be controlled, and controls the taking-out of the electronic document. The taking-out management server unit authenticates whether the taking-out of the electronic document is legitimate taking-out. The self-response agent unit performs self-extinction when a result indicating illegitimate outflow is received from the taking-out management server unit.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Do Hoon Lee