Lg Electronics Inc.

Seonghwan Ryu

Kirack Park

Sangjeon Kim

SungWoo Kim

Sungwoo Kim

Jongwoon Bae

Sangtae Park

Bupsung Jung

Soonhyung Kwon

Seungchoon Bae

Buwan Seo

Gyungrae Kim

Jung Gwan Han

Hoyoung Seo

Hanbitt Joo

Dooyong Hwang

Yoonjoo Cho

A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight and a cover. The backlight includes optical sheets that are configured to be mounted to the cover using a plurality of holes provided on the optical sheet that material to corresponding protrusions provided on the cover. The holes and protrusions are configured to reduce damage or misalignment to the optical sheet that may be caused by heat generated inside the liquid crystal display.

Backlight unit and liquid crystal display including the same

A backlight unit and a display device including the backlight unit are discussed. According to an embodiment, the invention provides a light generating device comprising: a first layer; a plurality of light source devices disposed on the first layer and configured to emit light, at least one of the light source devices including a light emitting diode for generating the light; a reflection layer disposed on the first layer and configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source devices; a second layer covering the light source devices and the reflection layer and configured to propagate the light reflected by the reflection layer, the second layer including a plurality of depressed portions, at least one of the depressed portions disposed between two adjacent light source devices among the plurality of light source devices; and at least one third layer disposed on the second layer and configured to diffuse the light propagated by the second layer.

Backlight unit and display device

A method for controlling display of information includes displaying content on a first display device, receiving a signal to share information, generating a message including information corresponding to the displayed content, and transmitting the message for display on at least a second display device. The message is transmitted to a provider of a network-related service, and the first and second display devices have access to the network-related service which may be but is not limited to a social network service.

Method for sharing messages in image display and image display device for the same

A method of driving a plasma display apparatus including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, that are positioned parallel to each other, are disclosed. The method includes supplying a scan signal to the scan electrode during an address period of a first subfield among a plurality of subfields of a frame, supplying a reset signal to the scan electrode during a reset period of a second subfield immediately following the first subfield, supplying a first signal between the scan signal and the reset signal to the scan electrode, and supplying a second signal overlapping the first signal to the sustain electrode. A pulse width of the second signal is smaller than a pulse width of the first signal.

Method of driving plasma display apparatus

A backlight unit and a display device including the backlight unit are discussed. According to an embodiment, a light generating device comprising: arrays of light source devices arranged on a first layer and including a first light source device and a second light source device configured emit light in opposite directions, at least one of the first and second light source devices including: a housing having inclined inner walls that define a cavity, a light emitting diode disposed in the cavity and configured to generate the light, and at least one material filled in the cavity; a reflection layer disposed on the first layer and configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source devices; and a second layer covering the light source devices and the reflection layer.

A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, a sensor unit for detecting a temperature or a peripheral temperature of the panel, and a scan driver for supplying reset signals to the scan electrodes in a reset period of at least one subfield among a plurality of subfields at a predetermined reference temperature so that a first period in which a lowest voltage of the reset signal is supplied is different from a supply period of a lowest voltage when the temperature or the peripheral temperature of the PDP deviates the predetermined reference temperature.

Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same

A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof represent an image by a combination of a plurality of subfields, supply a first pulse to the first electrode in a negative polarity direction before a reset period for initializing in at least one of the plurality of subfields, supply a second pulse to the second electrode in an opposite polarity direction of the first pulse while the first pulse is supplied to the first electrode, and do not supply a sustain pulse to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode in a sustain period after the reset period.

Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof

A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plurality of scan electrodes, a plurality of data electrodes, a scan driver and a data driver. The scan driver scans the plurality of scan electrodes during an address period in one scanning type of a plurality of scanning types having different scanning orders. Further, the scan driver supplies a scan signal, of which the duration of a voltage rising period is different from the duration of a voltage falling period, to the scan electrodes when scanning the scan electrodes. The data driver supplies a data signal to the data electrodes depending on the scanning type selected from the plurality of scanning types.

A method of driving a plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The method includes supplying a data signal to a discharge cell during a-th to b-th subfields, arranged in increasing order of gray level weight, of an n-th frame, and supplying a data signal to the discharge cell during a (b+1)-th subfield of an (n+1)-th frame. The number of sustain signals assigned in the a-th to b-th subfields of the n-th frame is less than the number of sustain signals assigned in the (b+1)-th subfield of the (n+1)-th frame. The number of sustain signals assigned in a (b+1)-th subfield of the n-th frame is less than the number of sustain signals assigned in the (b+1)-th subfield of the (n+1)-th frame.

A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are provided. The plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel, a scan driver, and a data driver. The plasma display panel comprises a scan electrode, a sustain electrode, a first address electrode, and a second address electrode. The scan driver supplies a pulse to the scan electrode between a reset period and an address period. The data driver supplies a data pulse to the first address electrode and the second address electrode at different points of time.

A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, on which an image is displayed, and a filter positioned in front of the plasma display panel. A discharge gas filled in the plasma display panel contains xenon (Xe) equal to or more than 10% based on total weight of the discharge gas. The filter includes a base portion, and a pattern portion formed on the base portion, having a color darker than a color of the base portion.

Plasma display apparatus

A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel and a filter positioned in front of the plasma display panel. The filter includes a near infrared ray shielding layer that absorbs or reflects near infrared rays. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate, and a barrier rib, formed between the front and rear substrates, partitioning a discharge cell. An exhaust unit is omitted in the rear substrate. The discharge cell is filled with a discharge gas containing xenon (Xe) equal to or more than 10% based on total weight of the discharge gas.

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