The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
Takuya Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Seong Ho Kang, Deagu, KR;
Sang Jin Yoon, Geongsangbuk-do, KR;
Soo Seok Sim, Gumi-si, KR;
Takuya Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Seong Ho Kang, Deagu, KR;
Sang Jin Yoon, Geongsangbuk-do, KR;
Soo Seok Sim, Gumi-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for driving a plasma display panel, and more particularly, to a scan drive apparatus and method of a plasma display panel. The present invention includes a data conversion unit converting video data to converted video data suitable for the PDP, a subfield mapping unit mapping a subfield corresponding to the converted video data, a data comparison unit computing a size of a displacement current by comparing video data of a cell bundle including at least one cell situated on a specific scan line to video data of a cell bundle situated in vertical and horizontal directions of the cell bundle according to each scan type of a plurality of scan types, and a scan sequence decision unit deciding a scan sequence according to the scan type having a small displacement current inputted from the data comparison unit.