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Class 345/60 - Fluid light emitter (e.g., gas, liquid, or plasma)


Subclass of Class 345 - Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Definition: Subject matter wherein the display element* includes
No. of patents: 1672
Last issue date: 05/29/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8188938Plasma display device configured to change the driving waveform according to temperature and a driving method thereof
A plasma display device including: a display panel for displaying an image according to a driving signal converted from an external image signal; a logic controller for measuring a temperature of the display panel for comparison with a temperature section informatio...
05/29/2012
8184072Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel that can be driven at a low voltage and prevent undesired discharge from being generated under high temperature environment. ...
05/22/2012
8179341Plasma display device with power consumption features
An image signal processing circuit of a plasma display device includes an image data replacement circuit for replacing image data for a predetermined subfield with image data having less power consumption in a data electrode drive circuit; a power calculating circui...
05/15/2012
8159418Plasma display and driving method thereof
A plasma display and a driving method thereof. The plasma display includes a plurality of first electrodes, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a first capacitor. The first switch is connected between a first power source to supply a first voltage a...
04/17/2012
8154475Plasma display and driving method thereof
The present invention relates to a plasma display device and a driving method thereof. The plasma display device includes a first switch, and a second switch. The first switch has a first end electrically connected to a first power source that supplies a first volta...
04/10/2012
8154476Plasma display device
A plasma display device includes plasma display panel and a data driver. Plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate faced to each other to form a discharge space therebetween. The front substrate includes a plurality of display electrodes, ...
04/10/2012
8149184Plasma display device
The initial color temperature setting can change when a plasma display panel (PDP) is driven for a long period of time. One cause is due to the non-uniform deterioration of red, green, and blue fluorescent materials due to the ultraviolet rays discharged during oper...
04/03/2012
8144082Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel that can be driven at a low voltage and prevent undesired discharge from being generated under high temperature environment. ...
03/27/2012
8138994Plasma display and driving method thereof
In a plasma display, an address buffer board converts subfield data, transmitted by a differential method, into a driving voltage using a control signal transmitted by a Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) method and a clock signal, transmitted by a differential metho...
03/20/2012
8138993Control of a plasma display panel
The control of a plasma display panel, successively comprises, at least for all the cells of a current line having to switch state for the next line: a connection of a terminal of application of an intermediary supply voltage to output terminals of column control st...
03/20/2012
8125410Plasma display having latch failure detecting function
A test pattern generation circuit outputs a test pattern during a clock phase adjustment period. A flip-flop circuit latches the test pattern at the fall of a shift clock and outputs it as a test pattern. A latch miss detection circuit outputs a latch miss detection...
02/28/2012
8125411Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof to reduce after-images
A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a driver for applying a plurality of sustain signals to the second electrode ...
02/28/2012
8125412Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same
A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a driver. The driver supplies a ramp-up signal in which a voltage gradual...
02/28/2012
8120549Method for driving a plasma display panel
The present method is to drive a plasma display panel which displays a frame composed of a plurality of sub-fields having different weights of luminance. The method comprises using plural kinds of application voltage waveforms different in light emission luminance, ...
02/21/2012
8115702Plasma display device and driving method thereof
A plasma display device and a method of driving the same, capable of reducing or preventing the deterioration of components such as a switching device, due to an overcurrent. In a reset period, in order to cause the voltage of a scan electrode to ramp down from a fi...
02/14/2012
8115701Sustain device for plasma panel
The present invention concerns a device for generating a rectangular sustain voltage between the line scanning electrodes and the line common electrodes of luminous cells in a plasma panel. The device includes a first sustain amplifier connected to the line scanning...
02/14/2012
8111211Plasma display comprising at least first and second groups of electrodes and driving method thereof
A plasma display includes a plurality of first electrodes divided into at least two groups. In the plasma display, first group cells corresponding to first electrodes of the first group are initialized, and light emitting cells are selected from the first group cell...
02/07/2012
8111212Method for driving plasma display panel
A plasma display driving method in which, in an erase stage of a last sub-field of a one-field display period, a scanning pulse is sequentially applied to one row electrode of each of the row electrode pairs for each scanning line or for each scanning line group hav...
02/07/2012
8111213Plasma display device and driving method thereof
A driving method of a plasma display device including a plurality of first electrodes divided into a plurality of groups including first and second groups, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes that intersect the plurality of first an...
02/07/2012
8098217Driving device and driving method of plasma display panel and plasma display device
Any of first and second sub-field configurations is selected. In the first sub-field configuration, a width of a write pulse of a sub-field with a lowest display luminance is not more than widths of write pulses of the other sub-fields. In the second sub-field confi...
01/17/2012
8098216Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof
A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof represent an image by a combination of a plurality of subfields, supply a first pulse to the first electrode in a negative polarity direct...
01/17/2012
8094092Plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the plasma display apparatus
A method of driving a PDP apparatus to sufficiently suppress the background light emission and improve the dark room contrast, in which first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged adjacently, a first display line is formed between one side of the second elec...
01/10/2012
8089426Plasma display panel drive method of determining a subfield, having a low luminance, for performing an every-cell initialization operation and setting a width of a sustain pulse of the subfield for performing the every-cell initialization operation
A plurality of subfields of a field period includes a subfield for performing an every-cell initialization causing an initial discharge in every discharge cell in an initialization period, and includes a subfield for performing a selective initialization causing the...
01/03/2012
8085219Plasma display device and driving method thereof
A plasma display device and a driving method thereof which can prevent address discharging from low discharging. The driving method of the plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having first to third electrodes divided into a plurality of groups inclu...
12/27/2011
8085220Plasma display apparatus
A plasma display apparatus having a priming discharge region PDC partitioned from a display discharge cell DDC, by a traverse rib, at a side where the second electrode between the display discharge cell DDC adjacent in a row direction is adjacent; a second longitudi...
12/27/2011
8081143Plasma display apparatus
A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including an address electrode, and a data driver. The data driver supplies a data signal having at least three voltage levels to the address electrode during an ad...
12/20/2011
8081144Plasma display panel drive method and plasma display device
A plasma display panel is driven by providing a plurality of subfields within one field period, the subfield having an initializing period in which the initializing discharge is generated in a discharge cell by applying a ramp-waveform voltage that is gradually desc...
12/20/2011
8077119Display panel drive apparatus having a noise reducing driver
A display panel drive apparatus which reduces noise to thereby prevent malfunction. A first switch connects based on pixel data between one of column electrodes of a display panel and a power supply line to which a pulsed supply voltage is applied. A second switch c...
12/13/2011
8077120Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display device
A plasma display panel driving method and a plasma display device capable of reducing initializing spots generated immediately after the start of driving the plasma display panel, and improving the quality of images to be displayed. A plurality of subfields, each in...
12/13/2011
8077121Plasma display panel display device
The present invention sufficiently reduces unwanted radiation in a plasma display panel (PDP) display device. The display device includes a PDP having a pair of electrodes, a first, a second, and a third conductive member, and a pair of driving circuits used to appl...
12/13/2011
8077448Plasma display apparatus
An improved structure of a plasma display apparatus is provided. At least one of an integrated circuit and a driving board is formed over an edge potion of a frame for supporting a plasma display panel. Thus, the plasma display apparatus is manufactured to be thin a...
12/13/2011
8072395Plasma display apparatus and method of driving
A plasma display apparatus includes a data driver and a plasma display panel having a first address electrode and a second address electrode. The data driver is configured to initiate a change in a voltage value of a first data signal supplied to the first address e...
12/06/2011
8068069Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus
Plural subfields are provided in one single field period, where each subfield has an initialization period during which a gradient waveform voltage gently falling is applied to a scan electrode to generate initializing discharge in a discharge cell; a writing period...
11/29/2011
8054246Plasma display apparatus comprising data driver having data arranging unit
A plasma display apparatus comprises a controller, data transmitting unit, data driver, and plasma display panel. The controller outputs m channels of image data and the data transmitting unit transmits the image data through the m channels. The data driver includes...
11/08/2011
8054248Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel
A driving method of a plasma display panel may be provided such that the plasma display panel may be driven stably under a high temperature environment. The method may include applying a scan pulse to the scan electrode during an address period, applying a first DC ...
11/08/2011
8054247Driving method of a display
In a method for driving a display, one frame may be divided into more sub frames than a number of bits of data. A time period of the one frame may be divided into a number of periods corresponding to a number of scan lines multiplied by the number of sub frames. A s...
11/08/2011
8049682Plasma display device
There is provided a plasma display device. The plasma display device includes a plasma display panel (PDP) and a driving unit for generating driving signals for driving the PDP. A period in which sustain signals are supplied to the PDP includes a first period in whi...
11/01/2011
8049681Waveform generator and plasma display device using the same
A waveform generator capable of generating a square wave and a ramp wave using one switching element is provided. A waveform generator includes a first transistor having a drain electrode, a gate electrode, and a source electrode. A first resistor and a first diode ...
11/01/2011
8044888Surface discharge type plasma display panel divided into a plurality of sub-screens
A surface-discharge type PDP includes plural electrode pairs formed of first and second sustain electrodes arranged on a first substrate. Each pair extends along a line direction, and the first and second sustain electrodes are in parallel and adjacent to each other...
10/25/2011
8044886Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus thereof
The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and, more particularly, to a method of driving a plasma display panel. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including a plurality of scan electrodes and sustain electrodes formed on ...
10/25/2011
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