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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Tae-kyong Kwon, Cheonan, KR;
Im-su Choi, Yangsan, KR;
Tae-Kyong Kwon, Cheonan, KR;
Im-Su Choi, Yangsan, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
The apparatus for displaying plasma display panel (PDP) gray scales includes an automatic power controller for detecting an average signal level (ASL) in each field of video data; first and second frame memories for storing the video data in even and odd frames; a sub-field generator for mapping the video data according to the number of sub-fields, generating gray scale data, and selectively storing them in the frame memories; an address data generator for generating address data and applying them to the PDP; an ASL controller for comparing the numbers of sub-fields in each field with each other, and controlling the number of sub-fields; and a sustain scan pulse generator for receiving the number of sub-fields, generating sustain pulses and scan pulses, and applying them to the PDP.