Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7714907 | Method for processing digital images A portable image capture device, program and method for controlling and managing data captured thereby. A device program residing on the portable image capture device generally associates data processing attributes with image files generated for image data captured ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 6818059 | Method of crystallizing amorphous silicon layer and crystallizing apparatus thereof The present invention is related to a method of crystallizing an amorphous silicon layer and a crystallizing apparatus thereof which crystallize an amorphous silicon layer using plasma. The present invention includes the steps of depositing an inducing substance for... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6812072 | Method for crystallizing amorphous film and method for fabricating LCD by using the same A method for crystallizing an amorphous film for enhancing a crystallinity and minimizing an amount of remaining metal in a polycrystalline silicon thin film, and a method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device (LCD) by using the same. The method for crysta... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6744195 | Flat luminescence lamp A flat luminescent lamp and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed in the present invention. More specifically, a flat luminescent lamp includes first and second substrates each having a plurality of grooves in sides which the first and second substrates ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 7460203 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device with a liquid crystal layer disposed between first and second substrates in which the first substrate is divided into an active region and a pad region outside the active region that includes: gate lines and data lines crossing each o... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7441921 | Backlight unit and method of driving the same A backlight unit includes at least one cold cathode fluorescent lamp arranged at a lower end of a bottom cover, external electrode fluorescent lamps arranged on the bottom cover above the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and inverters disposed on a rear side of the bo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438981 | Indenofluorene compounds and organic electroluminescent devices using the same An organic electroluminescent material and a device using the same wherein the electroluminescent material is a charge transport indenofluorene selected from one of Formula (I) and Formula (II) wher... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7402346 | Organic electroluminescent devices An organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, an electroluminescent region, and a cathode. The luminescent region comprises a light-emitting material of Formula I wherein R1 is independently selected ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403241 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a support main, a lamp housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), a top case and a cover bottom. The support main is a bottom portion of a liquid crystal display device module (LCM). The lamp housing is disposed at sides of the ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399685 | Laser beam pattern mask and crystallization method using the same A laser beam pattern mask includes an opaque substrate and a plurality of transmission portions formed in the substrate to transmit light, wherein each of the transmission portions extend in a first direction while being uniformly spaced apart from one another by a ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389741 | Apparatus of fabricating a display device A display device fabricating apparatus includes a radio frequency generator and a vacuum chamber. A first electrode and a second electrode that receive power from the radio frequency generator form a plasma using a gas inside the vacuum chamber. A power supply line ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391405 | Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display A method and apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display wherein a picture quality can be clearly kept upon conversion of a resolution mode of the liquid crystal display. In the method and apparatus, a reset signal is generated at an enable initiation time of a d... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387701 | Etchant fume exhaust apparatus An etchant fume exhaust apparatus is installed in a system performing an etching process during fabrication of LCDs. The etchant fume exhaust apparatus prevents the contamination and corrosion of the etching system by allowing both gaseous and liquid etchant to be d... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387419 | Backlight of liquid crystal display device A backlight of a liquid crystal display device includes lamps and a conductive board. Each lamp has electrodes, one of which is contacted and retained by a contact terminal on the conductive board. The contact terminals are electrically connected by the conductive b... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388632 | Liquid crystal display device having a second black matrix layer covering surfaces of a first black matrix layer including the sides thereof A TN mode or IPS mode LCD device includes lower and upper substrates that face each other and a liquid crystal disposed therebetween. Pixel regions are defined on the substrates. A multi-layer structure of black matrix layers are formed in regions of one of the subs... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388226 | Liquid crystal display of horizontal electronic field applying type and fabricated method thereof A three-mask horizontal electric field applying type thin film transistor substrate is disclosed in which three conductive layers are formed. The first conductive layer contains a parallel gate and common lines and gate and common electrodes. A semiconductor pattern... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385583 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof An apparatus and a method of driving a liquid crystal display device includes generating a first control signal and a second control signal using a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, respectively; applying a scan pulse to gate l... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382431 | Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device A fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween. A gate line and a data line crossing the gate line define a pixel region on the first substrate. A thin film transisto... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378801 | Driving circuit for inverter A driving circuit for an inverter, including a rectification/smoothing unit rectifying and smoothing a first AC voltage to generate a DC voltage, and a DC/AC inverter inverting the DC voltage from the rectification/smoothing unit to a second AC voltage higher than t... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379147 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes driver integrated circuits for applying a video signal to data lines, output pins and at least one dummy output pin are arranged within each data driver integrated circuit, and a switching pin is arranged within each data driver int... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377049 | Aligning apparatus An aligning apparatus includes a loading plate to load at least one alignment object; first and second alignment bars to align the at least one alignment object loaded on the loading plate, wherein the first and second alignment bars are bent by a force greater than... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379126 | Method of fabricating a liquid crystal display having a dummy region including a single data shorting bar A method of making an LCD device including a displaying unit having a plurality of pixel areas defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines disposed in longitudinal and transverse directions, a thin film transistor (TFT) formed in each of the pixel areas to b... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379038 | Driving circuit for flat panel display A driving circuit for a flat panel display includes a latch unit which is applied a control signal from a shift register to sequentially sample N-bit digital picture signals and to store the picture signals, and simultaneously output the sampled picture signals by a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375718 | Gate driving method and apparatus for liquid crystal display panel A gate driving method and apparatus for a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed that minimizes deterioration of picture quality caused by a variation in a gate low voltage. A liquid crystal cell matrix is defined by intersections between gate lines and data line... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375719 | Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display A driving method and apparatus for a liquid crystal display for minimizing motion blur in a moving picture as well as displaying a fresh and dynamic image is disclosed. In the driving method, data inputted from the exterior are converted into brightness components t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372214 | Apparatus and method for driving lamp of liquid crystal display device A lamp driving apparatus of a liquid crystal display includes a plurality of lamps arranged with a predetermined distance between adjacent lamps; a comparator to compare output voltages of lamps that are separated by more than the lamp distance; and a power intercep... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372212 | Lamp, method of driving the lamp, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the backlight assembly A lamp, a method of driving the lamp, a backlight assembly having the lamp, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the backlight assembly are disclosed. The lamp includes a tube that contains gas and first through fourth electrodes. The first and second el... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368204 | Mask for laser crystallization and crystallization method using the same A mask for laser crystallization includes a transmissive portion defining a crystallization pattern and an alignment pattern. The alignment pattern includes a first pattern group having a size corresponding to the crystallization pattern and a second pattern group h... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368755 | Array substrate of liquid crystal display and fabrication method thereof Provided is an array substrate of an LCD that includes a substrate, an active layer, a first insulating layer, and a gate electrode sequentially formed on the substrate. A source region and a drain region reside in predetermined regions of the active layer and each ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364633 | Device and method for fabricating liquid crystal display device A device for fabricating LCD devices includes a base frame, a lower chamber unit on the base frame, an upper chamber unit over the lower chamber unit and moveable over the base frame, chamber moving means for raising/lowering the upper chamber unit, stages within in... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365560 | Apparatus and method for testing liquid crystal display panel An apparatus and a method testing liquid crystal display panel which are able to test whether or not burr remains on longer sides and on shorter sides of a unit liquid crystal display panel using first to fourth testing bars in a touch method, and able to measure a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365814 | Transflective type liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer made of liquid crystals injected between the first and the second substrates, and a backlight assembly arranged on an outer surface of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362389 | Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof An LCD device and a fabrication method having a reduced number of masks and simplified fabrication processes. The method includes providing a substrate, forming an active pattern on the substrate, forming a first insulating layer on the substrate, forming a gate ele... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362396 | Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between opposing substrates. One of the substrates includes a conductive black matrix layer formed within a display region and formed in non-display region of the device. A black matrix islan... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359016 | Transflective type liquid crystal display device having retardation film and method of fabricating the same A reflective type liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates facing each other and having a transmissive portion and a reflective portion; a first polarizing plate on an outer surface of the first substrate; a transparent electrode over an i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358756 | Method and apparatus for testing liquid crystal display device A method and apparatus for testing a liquid crystal display device are provided to detect a defect location precisely and rapidly without requiring a jig. The method includes providing an inspection apparatus as a removable portion of the liquid crystal display devi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358125 | Method of forming thin film transistor substrate A thin film transistor substrate and a fabricating method thereof wherein a contacting size between an electrode and an active layer can be reduced to provide a small and light panel. In the thin film transistor substrate, a conductive layer is formed on the substra... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354807 | Method of fabricating liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof for reducing the number of data lines and the capacitance of a parasitic capacitor between pixel electrodes are disclosed. A first switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a fi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354784 | Method for fabricating liquid crystal display device of color-filter on transistor type A method for fabricating a color-filter on transistor (COT) type LCD device, to improve the yield by simplifying the fabrication process with diffraction exposure, which includes the steps of forming a gate line, a gate electrode, a gate pad and a data pad on a subs... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355661 | Liquid crystal display module A liquid crystal display module includes a light source that generates light. A light guide panel has a first refractive index. Light from the light source propagates through the light guide panel. A low refractive index layer is disposed on the light guide panel an... | 04/08/2008 |
