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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110122325 | Display device, method of driving the display device, and electronic device A display device, which may achieve low power consumption without disturbing high resolution, a method of driving the display device, and an electronic device having the display device are provided. The display device includes: a display section having sets of light emi... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110122117 | DISPLAY PANEL A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110115769 | HYBRID IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THREROF A hybrid image display system and an operating method thereof. The system has an electro-phoretic display (EPD) element, an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a current generating circuit and a switch. The EPD element has a first and a second terminal. The OLED has an... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115770 | POWER SUPPLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A power supply system includes a control unit comprising a detecting and converting unit that is operable to generate a detected current based on a difference between a set voltage and a voltage representative of a current flow through an energy storage member.... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115771 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME A liquid crystal display includes a reference voltage generator, a voltage selector, a timing controller, a voltage level shifter, a gate driving circuit and a pixel array. The reference voltage generator is employed to provide a first high reference voltage and a secon... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115773 | IMAGE DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD An image display includes: a display panel in which a plurality of pixels including first display elements, respectively, are two-dimensionally arranged; a drive section deriving, from a plurality of pieces of still image data and display times of a plurality of still i... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115774 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC APPARATUS, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROLLER A driving method for driving an electrophoretic display apparatus provided with a display unit, which is configured to include a pair of substrates having electrophoretic components interposed therebetween, pixels that are disposed in a line direction and in a row direc... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115775 | VACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLAY DRIVING APPARATUS The present invention provides a vacuum fluorescent display driving apparatus and a vacuum fluorescent display driving method that may prevent generation of excessive load on power lines employed in driving, without causing an increase in size of the apparatus. The vacu... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115772 | Pixel Circuit and Organic Electroluminescent Display Apparatus Using the Same An improved pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device driven by a drive current according to a voltage applied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor. The pixel circuit also includes a first capacitor, a second transistor for tra... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110109613 | MOBILE DEVICE, BATTERY PACK, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM A mobile device includes a plurality of applications and is driven by a chargeable and dischargeable secondary battery to perform the applications. The mobile device includes a remaining quantity detecting unit which detects a remaining quantity of the secondary battery... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109612 | SHARING SWITCH TFTS IN PIXEL CIRCUITS A circuit and driving technique to improve the display resolution of an AMOLED display. Sharing of switch transistors between several sub-pixels in the display leads to improved manufacturing yield by minimizing the number of transistors used. The method also allows for... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109611 | SURFACE-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE This invention provides a surface-emitting display device comprising a plurality of power supply lines 21 connected to a plurality of pixel circuits, respectively, and a power supply bus 22 having a power supply terminal 23 and connected to end port... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109813 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT A display device includes: pixels each including a light-emitting element; scan lines and signal lines; a scan line drive circuit applying a selection pulse to each of the scan lines in succession; and a signal line drive circuit writing video signals to respective sele... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109607 | DISPLAY MODULE AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME A display module is provided, which includes a first and a second substrates, a transparent type solar cell, a display device, an electric power storage device, a driving circuit and a power supply transfer switch. In the display module, the first substrate, the transpa... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109608 | MULTI DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF A multi-display system, a display device and a driving method thereof are provided. A multi-display system includes: a first display device which determines whether a video signal is input to the first display device, outputs a control signal which indicates whether the... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109610 | Display device and electronic apparatus A display device includes: pixel circuits; a signal electric potential generating unit generating a first signal electric potential used for increasing the number of gray scales of luminance of light emission of the pixel circuits and a second signal electric potential ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109609 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A touch sensitive display device utilizing infrared ray sensing transistors. The transistors are configured, and comprise specified materials, to allow them to be formed with fewer photolithography processes, reducing cost and manufacturing time.... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109582 | DISPLAY DEVICE Provided is a reflective type display device which can display handwritten image at a practical speed regardless of the handwriting input timing, without degrading the display characteristic of electrochemical display elements. The reflective type display device compris... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110102480 | DRIVING METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Disclosed is a method for driving an electrophoretic display device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an electrophoretic element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The method includes a display dr... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102404 | Low Power Driving Method for a Display Panel and Driving Circuit Therefor A low power driving method for a display panel and a driving circuit therefor. When the voltage of a corresponding common electrode of a pixel in a pixel array is changed from one of the first voltage and the second voltage to the other thereof according to a polarity s... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102405 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of common electrodes arranged so as to counter pixel electrodes extending in the row direction on a substrate. First and second voltage supply lines to supply first and second voltages to the common electrodes are con... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102408 | LAYOUT OF LCD DRIVING CIRCUIT A layout of a liquid crystal display driving circuit is capable of minimizing an area which the layout occupies. The layout of the liquid crystal display driving circuit transmits positive analog voltages and negative analog voltages to a liquid crystal display, and inc... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102406 | GATE DRIVER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF A gate driver applied to a LCD apparatus is disclosed. The gate driver includes a pulse modulation controlling module. When a pulse modulation controlling signal received by the pulse modulation controlling module is changed from a high level to a low level, the pulse m... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102403 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME A pixel capable of compensating for the deterioration of an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The pixel includes an OLED coupled between first and second power sources, a pixel circuit including a driving transistor coupled between the first power source and the OLED... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102400 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel on which a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines cross each other and a plurality of liquid crystal cells are formed at crossings of the data lines ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102401 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a common voltage generating circuit, a common voltage compensating circuit, and a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes gate lines parallel to each other, data lines isolated from and intersecting with the... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102402 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An organic light emitting display and a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display are provided. The organic light emitting display includes a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines, data lines, emission control lines, and power lines, a sca... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102407 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE FOR THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A backlight assembly includes first and second backlight units independently operating based on driving modes, and a light blocking member interposed between the first and second backlight units. The first backlight assembly includes a first light source generating and ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102399 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention provides a plasma display panel having a low-cost transparent electrode, without decrease in yield. To achieve above, the panel has a first bus electrode, a second bus electrode, a first transparent electrode, and a second transparent electrode on ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102396 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electrophoretic display apparatus is configured with an electrophoretic element sandwiched between a pair of substrates, and includes a scanning line and a data line extending in mutually intersecting directions and a pixel formed corresponding to the area where the ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110096055 | Light-emitting Diode (LED) Driving Circuit A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit for driving a plurality of first lightbars and a plurality of second lightbars includes a first current mirror, a second current mirror and a control circuit. The first current mirror, if enabled, balances current among the f... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096056 | DRIVE METHOD FOR MEMS DEVICES Embodiments of exemplary MEMS interferometric modulators are arranged at intersections of rows and columns of electrodes. In certain embodiments, the column electrode has a lower electrical resistance than the row electrode. A driving circuit applies a potential differe... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096057 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel that displays a left eye image and a right eye image before and after a crosstalk prevention period during a frame, a first driver that supplies a data signal for the l... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096050 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME A liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel having n gate lines and m data lines intersecting one another to form a frame to display an image; a gate driving unit supplying a scan signal to the n gate lines arranged in rows on the liquid crystal panel; a d... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096053 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electrophoretic includes scanning lines, data lines, power supply lines and enable lines provided in a display section. The electrophoretic display device also includes, in each of pixels, a pixel electrode, a control transistor connected to one of the scanning lines... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096051 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF A driving method for an array substrate of a liquid crystal display, the method comprising: performing a display refresh operation on each pixel unit on the array substrate in a row sequence so as to refresh working storage elements in each pixel unit row by row, until ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096052 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF A display apparatus, a power supply apparatus and a power supply method are provided. The display apparatus display apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit which receives an image signal; a signal processing unit which processes the image signal; a display unit whic... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110096054 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel driving circuit for driving a liquid crystal display panel with a resolution of N bits. N-bit digital data including upper X bits and lower Y bits is inputted. The liquid crystal display panel driving circuit includes a resist... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110090208 | VOLTAGE-DRIVING PIXEL UNIT, DRIVING METHOD AND OLED DISPLAY A voltage-driving pixel unit comprises a voltage-driving pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) driven by the voltage-driving pixel circuit is provided. The voltage-driving pixel circuit comprises a gate line, a data line, a power source line, a ground... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110090209 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS An EL display having high operating performance and reliability is provided. LDD regions 15a through 15d of a switching TFT 201 formed in a pixel are formed such that they do not overlap gate electrodes 19a and 19<... | 04/21/2011 |
