Abstract: Disclosed herein are heat treatment apparatuses and methods for liquid crystal display (LCD) cells, which are capable of rapidly transferring heat to liquid crystals injected into an LCD cell, not only to reduce the time taken for the liquid crystals to be changed into a liquid phase, but also to physically promote diffusion of the liquid crystals, thereby achieving a more uniform distribution of the liquid crystals. The apparatus includes a liquid bath, in which a liquid is contained as a medium to transfer heat to the liquid crystals in the LCD cells, a loading device to load or unload the LCD cells into/from the liquid bath, a heater installed in the liquid bath, the heater heating the liquid contained in the liquid bath and transfer heat to the liquid crystals, and a sound wave transmitter installed in the liquid bath and transmitting sound waves to the liquid crystals.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are heat treatment apparatuses and methods for liquid crystal display (LCD) cells, which are capable of rapidly transferring heat to liquid crystals injected into an LCD cell, not only to reduce the time taken for the liquid crystals to be changed into a liquid phase, but also to physically promote diffusion of the liquid crystals, thereby achieving a more uniform distribution of the liquid crystals. The apparatus includes a liquid bath, in which a liquid is contained as a medium to transfer heat to the liquid crystals in the LCD cells, a loading device to load or unload the LCD cells into/from the liquid bath, a heater installed in the liquid bath, the heater heating the liquid contained in the liquid bath and transfer heat to the liquid crystals, and a sound wave transmitter installed in the liquid bath and transmitting sound waves to the liquid crystals.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a flat panel display including inputting an image data signal into the flat panel display, obtaining an image displayed on the flat panel display in response to the input image data signal with a camera, extracting a raw brightness information corresponding to each location from the obtained image, calculating a fitting brightness information corresponding to each location through the curve fitting based on the raw brightness information, calculating a brightness difference corresponding to each location between the raw brightness information and the fitting brightness information, and detecting stain locations with the brightness difference beyond a predetermined permitted limit.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a flat panel display including inputting an image data signal into the flat panel display, obtaining an image displayed on the flat panel display in response to the input image data signal with a camera, extracting a raw brightness information corresponding to each location from the obtained image, calculating a fitting brightness information corresponding to each location through the curve fitting based on the raw brightness information, calculating a brightness difference corresponding to each location between the raw brightness information and the fitting brightness information, and detecting stain locations with the brightness difference beyond a predetermined permitted limit.