Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of processing an input signal are provided. A display apparatus includes an input reception which receives an input signal from an input; a switching element which switches an output path for the input signal input through the input reception; and a controller which controls a switch operation of the switching element. A display method includes determining whether the display apparatus needs to use an input signal received from an input; identifying a current output path for the input signal received from the input in response to a determination that the display apparatus needs to use the input signal; and outputting an output path control signal for the display apparatus to use the input signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a seal pattern in the non-display area between the first and second substrates, a driver in the non-display area on the first substrate, column spacers in the display area between the first and second substrates, and a first auxiliary spacer between the driver and the second substrate.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of scan stages to output scan pulses to a plurality of gate lines, a first dummy stage to output a first dummy scan pulse to a first of the plurality of scan stages, and a second dummy stage to output a second dummy scan pulse to a last of the plurality of scan stages.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual shift register that includes a first shift register configured to include a plurality of stages which sequentially output scan pulses using at least two clock signals with sequential and circular phases, and a second shift register configured to a plurality of stages which form pair with the respective stages of the first shift register and sequentially output the scan pulses using at least two clock signals. Each stage includes: a scan direction controller configured to respond to the scan pulses from previous and next stages and to selectively output forward and reverse direction voltages with opposite electric potentials to each other; and an output portion configured to respond to the output signal of the scan direction controller, to generate two sequential scan pulses using two of the at least two clock signals, and to distribute the sequential scan pulses to the previous and next stages.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual shift register that includes a first shift register configured to include a plurality of stages which sequentially output scan pulses using at least two clock signals with sequential and circular phases, and a second shift register configured to a plurality of stages which form pair with the respective stages of the first shift register and sequentially output the scan pulses using at least two clock signals. Each stage includes: a scan direction controller configured to respond to the scan pulses from previous and next stages and to selectively output forward and reverse direction voltages with opposite electric potentials to each other; and an output portion configured to respond to the output signal of the scan direction controller, to generate two sequential scan pulses using two of the at least two clock signals, and to distribute the sequential scan pulses to the previous and next stages.

Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a first color filter layer on a substrate, and a second color filter layer on the substrate, the first color filter layer having a thickness different from a thickness of the second color filter layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual shift register that includes a first shift register configured to include a plurality of stages which sequentially output scan pulses using at least two clock signals with sequential and circular phases, and a second shift register configured to a plurality of stages which form pair with the respective stages of the first shift register and sequentially output the scan pulses using at least two clock signals. Each stage includes: a scan direction controller configured to respond to the scan pulses from previous and next stages and to selectively output forward and reverse direction voltages with opposite electric potentials to each other; and an output portion configured to respond to the output signal of the scan direction controller, to generate two sequential scan pulses using two of the at least two clock signals, and to distribute the sequential scan pulses to the previous and next stages.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of driving a flat panel display device is disclosed, to prevent the appearance of afterimages on the flat panel display, the apparatus comprising an image displaying unit which includes a plurality of pixel cells in regions defined by a plurality of gate and data lines on a display panel; and an means formed on the display panel to be connected with the respective gate lines, wherein the means carries out an inspection or discharges electric charges from the image displaying unit when a system power is turned-off, wherein the electric charges are discharged from the image displaying unit by detecting the turning-off point of system power so as to remove the afterimage from the image displaying unit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a seal pattern in the non-display area between the first and second substrates, a driver in the non-display area on the first substrate, column spacers in the display area between the first and second substrates, and a first auxiliary spacer between the driver and the second substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a seal pattern in the non-display area between the first and second substrates, a driver in the non-display area on the first substrate, column spacers in the display area between the first and second substrates, and a first auxiliary spacer between the driver and the second substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual shift register that includes a first shift register configured to include a plurality of stages which sequentially output scan pulses using at least two clock signals with sequential and circular phases, and a second shift register configured to a plurality of stages which form pair with the respective stages of the first shift register and sequentially output the scan pulses using at least two clock signals. Each stage includes: a scan direction controller configured to respond to the scan pulses from previous and next stages and to selectively output forward and reverse direction voltages with opposite electric potentials to each other; and an output portion configured to respond to the output signal of the scan direction controller, to generate two sequential scan pulses using two of the at least two clock signals, and to distribute the sequential scan pulses to the previous and next stages.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display on which an image is displayed, an interface feasible to communicate with an image source and to receive identification information of an authentication device, which is disposed on the image source and includes the identification information, from the image source, a data storage in which at least one registration-recognition information is saved, and a controller to decide whether to display the image corresponding to an image signal received from the image source on the display based on a determination of whether the identification information received through the interface is consistent with the registration-recognition information saved in the data storage.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of scan stages to output scan pulses to a plurality of gate lines, a first dummy stage to output a first dummy scan pulse to a first of the plurality of scan stages, and a second dummy stage to output a second dummy scan pulse to a last of the plurality of scan stages.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of control of a display apparatus selectively displaying one of a plurality of signals provided from a plurality of external signal sources including receiving a selection signal indicating a selection of one of the external signal sources and supplying power to the display apparatus according to the selection signal of the signal source, and displaying a signal provided by the corresponding signal source. The display apparatus and a control method provide a prompt and easy selection of a desired signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, on which a display area and a non-display area are defined, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a seal pattern in the non-display area between the first and second substrates, a driver in the non-display area on the first substrate, column spacers in the display area between the first and second substrates, and a first auxiliary spacer between the driver and the second substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of driving a flat panel display device is disclosed, to prevent the appearance of afterimages on the flat panel display, the apparatus comprising an image displaying unit which includes a plurality of pixel cells in regions defined by a plurality of gate and data lines on a display panel; and an means formed on the display panel to be connected with the respective gate lines, wherein the means carries out an inspection or discharges electric charges from the image displaying unit when a system power is turned-off, wherein the electric charges are discharged from the image displaying unit by detecting the turning-off point of system power so as to remove the afterimage from the image displaying unit.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display on which an image is displayed, an interface feasible to communicate with an image source and to receive identification information of an authentication device, which is disposed on the image source and includes the identification information, from the image source, a data storage in which at least one registration-recognition information is saved, and a controller to decide whether to display the image corresponding to an image signal received from the image source on the display based on a determination of whether the identification information received through the interface is consistent with the registration-recognition information saved in the data storage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display apparatus that receives a broadcast signal and includes a selection input, an on screen display (OSD) generator and a display part to display a video signal thereon, including a memory to store information about broadcast standards corresponding to regional information of the display apparatus; and a controller to control the OSD generator under predetermined conditions to display an OSD menu on the display part to select the regional information, and set the broadcast standards of the display apparatus based on the information about the broadcast standards stored in the memory when a user selects the regional information through the selection input.

Abstract: A video display apparatus having user-selected hotkey functions and a method of using them is disclosed in which a function of the video display system can be changed by a user. Information on a menu item is selected by a user from an OSD menu which the video display apparatus has stored in a memory unit as hotkey button information. The information is read from the memory unit to be executed whenever the user selects a given hotkey button. The hotkey button information may be re-set according to the user's desires, so that the user controls the functions of the video display apparatus with more ease and convenience.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of control of a display apparatus selectively displaying one of a plurality of signals provided from a plurality of external signal sources including receiving a selection signal indicating a selection of one of the external signal sources and supplying power to the display apparatus according to the selection signal of the signal source, and displaying a signal provided by the corresponding signal source. The display apparatus and a control method provide a prompt and easy selection of a desired signal.