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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100062815 | MOBILE PHONE FOR CONTROLLING DIVERSITY A mobile phone includes a controller; a receipt adjusting unit for controlling receipt of the (RF) radio frequency signal and controlling receipt diversity under control of the controller; a first RF signal receiver for converting the RF signal received through the firs... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100060599 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SEARCH FOR AND EXECUTE CONTENT USING A TOUCH SCREEN A method and device to search for and execute content are provided. The method of searching for and executing content includes displaying at least one content icon, and identifying, if an approach to one of the at least one content icon is detected, a content icon of a ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100060181 | AC LED DIMMER AND DIMMING METHOD THEREBY The disclosure relates to an AC LED dimmer and dimming method thereof. The AC LED dimmer includes a rectifier receiving AC voltage from an AC voltage source and full-wave rectifying the AC voltage; a direct current (DC)/DC converter receiving the full-wave rectified vol... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100060147 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY The present invention provides an organic light emitting display (OLED). The OLED includes a substrate, a first electrode arranged on a subpixel area of the substrate, an organic light emitting layer arranged on the first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on th... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100059763 | LUMINOUS ELEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF CELLS Disclosed is a light emitting element comprising a first array having a plurality of vertical light emitting cells connected in series on a single substrate; and a second array that has another plurality of vertical light emitting cells connected in series on the single... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100059735 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE HAVING BARRIER LAYER OF SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURE A light emitting diode (LED) having a barrier layer with a superlattice structure is disclosed. In an LED having an active region between an GaN-based N-type compound semiconductor layer and a GaN-based P-type compound semiconductor layer, the active region comprises a ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100058216 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE TO GENERATE A MENU LIST The present invention relates to a portable terminal that may generate and provide a menu list connected to and executable between selected function elements in various service area items. A method for providing an interface of the portable terminal includes dividing a ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100054499 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO OUTPUT, AND MOBILE TERMINAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME An audio output controlling apparatus and method, and a mobile terminal system using the same control settings of an audio out port according to whether an audio frame includes an audio signal. The audio output controlling method includes receiving an audio frame, deter... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053521 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention relates to compensation films of a vertically-aligned liquid crystal display. Upper and lower compensation films asymmetrically differ in refractive index from each other.... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053504 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate and a light-emitting module. The light guide plate guides light. The light-emitting module is disposed to face an incidence surface of the light guide plate. The light-emitting module includes a printed circuit board (PC... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053488 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate. Gate lines are arranged on the first substrate, and an insulating layer is arranged on the gate lines. Data lines, first drain elect... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053182 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING IMAGE DATA, APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING IMAGE DATA, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME In a method of compensating image data, a lookup table (LUT) memory storing compensating data that corresponds to received image data is disabled when the received image data is substantially the same as previous image data that is stored in a cache memory. Compensating... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053138 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME In a display apparatus and a method of driving the display apparatus, data voltages, which correspond to image data, are supplied to data lines to drive a plurality of pixels arranged in pixel areas defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines, and gate signals a... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053137 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF In a display device, a signal controller compensates for luminance of an input image signal that corresponds to each of a plurality of pixels in accordance with a luminance compensation coefficient depending on a position of each pixel, and generates a compensation imag... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053078 | INPUT UNIT, MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a movement control method and system of a terminal input unit having a plurality of protrusions. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a process and an apparatus for controlling each protrusion s... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100051977 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING ISOLATING INSULATIVE LAYER FOR ISOLATING LIGHT EMITTING CELLS FROM EACH OTHER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Disclosed is a light emitting device having an isolating insulative layer for isolating light emitting cells from one another and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device comprises a substrate and a plurality of light emitting cells formed on the subs... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100049607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPRESSING KNOWLEDGE ADVERTISING A method and system for displaying a knowledge advertisement which can provide a knowledge document that is retrieved in response to a knowledge search request, and also can provide paid advertisement information of an advertiser, and thereby can create advertising effe... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100047943 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention relates to a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device. According to the present invention, the light emitting device comprises a substrate, an N-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, and a P-type sem... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100047482 | PHOTO-REACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME The present invention provides photo-reactive compound. The photo-reactive compound, in which chains are combined to a polymer backbone that is used for a photo-alignment layer compound, is represented by the following Formula 1 or Formula 2. 02/25/2010 | |
| 20100046390 | RATE MATCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RATE MATCHING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM A method for controlling rate matching in a communications system includes calculating a rate matching parameter containing a basic variable for an input bit string, and evaluating an additional parameter reflecting a current channel status of the transport channel rece... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045640 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME The present invention provides a display device which can display a clear stereoscopic image by distinctly separating a left image from a right image, and a method of driving the display device. The display device includes a display panel that sequentially displays a le... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045588 | TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME A timing control apparatus includes a memory part, a multi-timing control part, and a power supply part. The memory part stores data. The multi-timing control part includes a plurality of timing controllers that sequentially read the stored data from the memory part in ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100045154 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE The disclosed light emitting device comprises at least one first light emitting element including at least one light emitting chip for emitting light having a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm and a phosphor; and at least one second light emitting element disposed adjacent to... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100044744 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE HAVING EXTENSIONS OF ELECTRODES FOR CURRENT SPREADING Disclosed is a light emitting diode having extensions of electrodes for improving current spreading. The light emitting diode includes a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer and an active layer, which are formed on a substrate. The upper semiconductor... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100044712 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A thin-film transistor substrate includes a gate line, a capacitor dielectric layer, a gate insulation layer, an active pattern, a data line, a protection layer, and a pixel electrode. The gate wiring including a gate electrode, a lower storage electrode, and a gate met... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100044674 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE HAVING MODULATION DOPED LAYER A light emitting diode (LED) having a modulation doped layer. The LED comprises an n-type contact layer, a p-type contact layer and an active region of a multiple quantum well structure having an InGaN well layer. The n-type contact layer comprises a first modulation do... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100041298 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An organic electroluminescent device and its method of manufacturing are provided. The organic electroluminescent device may include a rear substrate, an organic electroluminescent unit including a first electrode, an organic film, and a second electrode stacked on a su... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100041173 | METHOD OF FABRICATING LIGHT EMITING DIODE CHIP The present invention provides a method of fabricating a light emitting diode chip having an active layer between an N type semiconductor layer and a P type semiconductor layer. The method comprises the steps of preparing a substrate; laminating the semiconductor layers... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039634 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY AND EXPOSING METHOD USING THE SAME Provided is an exposure apparatus, including a plurality of exposure lamps and a luminance changing mechanism disposed between the exposure lamps and an exposure target. The luminance changing mechanism changes the location at which the exposure light generated from the... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF A DISPLAY MODULE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL The present invention provides a method and system to control operations of a display module in a portable terminal. The system may include a display unit, motors connected to the display unit, a motor driving unit, and a controller. The system may control the display u... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039406 | TOUCH SENSOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME A touch sensor is installed inside a liquid crystal display panel to sense a touch operation and includes a light sensing part including a photodiode, a capacitance sensing part including a liquid crystal capacitor, and a sensing signal output part. The light sensing pa... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039363 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME A gate driving circuit that may be capable of improving driving margin and maintaining reliability even after long use, and a display device having the gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit includes a shift register having a plurality of stages dependently conn... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100038649 | MOLD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOLD, METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERNS USING MOLD, AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY USING METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERNS The present invention relates to a mold, a manufacturing method of the mold, and a method of forming patterns using the mold. The mold may include a main body having a convex portion and a recess portion, and a polymer layer formed over the main body by processing a sur... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100035540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING BROADCASTING RECEPTION PERFORMANCE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and to a method and apparatus for improving broadcasting reception performance of the portable terminal by filtering a transmission frequency of a radio frequency unit introduced to a broadcasting reception path with... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100034520 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PICTURES FOR VIDEO COMPRESSION WITH CONTENT-ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION An apparatus and method for compressing a video in a video processing system include an adaptive video analyzing apparatus and method for compressing a video after determining a resolution per each frame or group of frames of the video. The adaptive video analyzing appa... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100033472 | DATA DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL, DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT In a data driving method for driving a display panel, a data driving circuit, and a display apparatus, the data driving method includes receiving a digital driving voltage and an analog driving voltage. The analog driving voltage is switched, after the digital driving v... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100033418 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD includes: a liquid crystal panel that includes a plurality of gate lines; and a gate driver that includes a plurality of stages, which are connected to the gate lines, respectively, and sequentially ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032760 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME The present invention provides a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate, which can be fabricated simply and at reduced cost, and a method of fabricating the TFT substrate. The TFT substrate includes: an insulating substrate; gate wiring that extends on the insulating subs... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032694 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE WITH ITO LAYER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME The present invention relates to a light emitting diode with enhanced luminance and light emitting performance due to increase in efficiency of current diffusion into an ITO layer, and a method of fabricating the light emitting diode. According to the present invention,... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032692 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE FOR AC OPERATION An AC light emitting device, in which a plurality of light emitting cells formed on a substrate are flip-bonded to a submount to be driven under an AC power source is disclosed. The light emitting device comprises a first serial array of light emitting cells, and a seco... | 02/11/2010 |
