Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Long Aldridge & Norman
  • Patent number: 6191937
    Abstract: A portable information processing apparatus includes a lid including a rear case containing a display unit, a body containing a keyboard, and a hinge rotatably coupling the lid to the body. The hinge includes a frame secured to the body, a torque unit, a shaft surrounded by the torque unit, the shaft being fixed to the frame, and an arm secured to the rear case of the lid and rotatably connected to the frame, the arm having an interlocking joint at one end engaging the torque unit to rotate the shaft in response to a rotation of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Un Bang
  • Patent number: 6191836
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal cell and related device includes providing an alignment layer of a light sensitive material on a substrate; and exposing the alighment layer to unpolarized or partially polarized light, to provide pretilt for the molecules of the alighment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: LG Philips LCD, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung Won Woo, Kyeong Jin Kim, Soon Bum Kwon, Ki Hyuk Yoon, Young Seok Choi, Jong Hyun Kim, Jin Hee Jung
  • Patent number: 6191770
    Abstract: A driving circuit testing method that can quickly perform a test of a driving circuit in a liquid crystal display and a repair of defects thereof. In the method, a test signal is applied in parallel to all a plurality of gate lines and a start signal is applied to a first gate driving cell. The start signal and the test signals on a plurality of gate lines is latched into the plurality of gate driving cells. Signals latched into the plurality of gate driving cells, instead of the test signal being applied to the plurality of gate lines, are applied to the plurality of gate lines. Then, an enable state in each gate line is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Gyun Kim
  • Patent number: 6188912
    Abstract: A base station architecture for a Wireless Local Loop (WLL). The architecture provides for use of the base station at the central office and remote location. The base station is designed to support POTS (Plain Old Telephone), ISDN, and direct data service in a point to multi-point configuration. The base station can further provide wired and/or wireless connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: World Access, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Struhsaker, Thomas C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 6188108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor and a fabricating method thereof which improve device characteristics by forming a substance layer such as a vacuum layer or an air layer, which has a remarkable characteristic of insulation, on an active layer. The present invention includes an insulated substrate, an active layer on the insulated substrate wherein the active layer has a source region, a channel region and a drain region, a gate insulating layer having an inner space on the channel region, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer over the channel region. And, the present invention includes the steps of forming an active layer on an insulated substrate, forming a gate insulating layer having an inner space on the active layer, forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer, and forming a source region and a drain region in the active layer by doping the substrate including the active layer with impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Mo Yoon, Dae-Gyu Moon
  • Patent number: 6180111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hyperblebbing strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae which produces large amounts of blebs useful for production of blebosomes containing antigens for use as a vaccine delivery vehicle or as a diagnostic reagent. The invention also relates to a method for producing high levels of a desired protein in purified form using the hyperblebbing strain of N. gonorrhoeae, and to a vaccine delivery systems containing the blebosomes expressing the desired antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Daniel C. Stein, Charles K. Stover
  • Patent number: 6177971
    Abstract: A slim type notebook personal computer mounted with a liquid crystal display module in such a manner to have a thin thickness. In the computer, a top bezel is secured to the edge of a lower glass substrate included in the liquid crystal display module. A buffing member positioned between the edge of the lower glass substrate and the top bezel buffs an impact to be applied to the edge of the lower glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ho Jung, Jin-Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 6177301
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having a drive circuit and a pixel array formed on the same substrate. The method includes forming a polycrystalline silicon layer by growing silicon grains from an amorphous silicon layer using the technique of sequential lateral solidification so that the silicon grains are oriented in a first direction, forming an active layer by patterning the polycrystalline layer, the active layer defining channel directions of the TFTs which are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first direction, and forming the TFTs on the active layer. The method enhances the uniformity of the physical characteristics of the TFTs formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 6174790
    Abstract: A method of dehydrogenating from and crystallizing a hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer by applying a laser beam having an improved profile which can process simultaneously dehydrogenation and crystallization on the amorphous silicon layer. The present invention including the step of scanning a laser beam with a predetermined overlap ratio onto amorphous silicon further includes the steps of carrying out dehydrogenation and crystallization simultaneously by means of controlling a scan length and a profile of the laser beam without damage on the amorphous silicon caused by hydrogen, wherein a variation rate of energy density of the laser beam in an energy density increasing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung-Su Yang
  • Patent number: 6171428
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an automotive door trim includes the steps of: forming a door trim main body which has a core layer, a foam layer, and a skin sheet, having at least one accessory in a predetermined position thereof, and a plurality of grooves for defining the predetermined surface area; placing the door trim main body on a lower die which has at least one hole corresponding to the accessory of the door trim main body; forming a slit in corresponding groove of the door trim main body by fusing the skin sheet and the foam layer with a thermal cutter of a first upper die; providing a second upper die having a cloth cutter; providing a clamping device under the second upper die for holding an ornamental member which has a bonding agent on a corresponding surface of the predetermined surface area; moving the lower die under the clamping device; lowering the clamping device thereby contacting the ornamental member and the door trim main body; lowering the second upper die thereby cutting the ornamental mem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Dongseo Kiyeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Inn-Tae Shon
  • Patent number: 6166785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film transistor and a fabricating method thereof which is applied to a buried bus coplanar type TFT wherein the source and drain wires are located on a substrate. The present invention includes an insulated substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the insulated substrate, a first insulating layer on the insulated substrate wherein the first insulating layer has a predetermined pattern, an active layer on the first insulating layer wherein the active layer has a source region, a channel region and a drain region, a second insulating layer covering the active layer, and a gate electrode on the second insulating layer over the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Min Ha
  • Patent number: 6156645
    Abstract: A wetting layer is formed on a substrate at a relatively high process temperature (e.g., the temperature of the substrate and/or the temperature within a process chamber in which the wetting layer is formed). A metallization layer that is subsequently formed on the wetting layer adheres to the wetting layer better than the metallization layer would adhere to the wetting layer if the wetting layer was formed at a lower process temperature. The high process temperature causes the density of the wetting layer to be increased, so that, consequently, the wetting layer has a smoother surface to which the metallization layer can adhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Sam G. Geha, Ende Shan
  • Patent number: 6153813
    Abstract: A method for transforming rice plants to express heterologous DNA which involves the biolistic bombardment of mature rice seeds (embryo bearing) and results in expression of the heterologous DNA coated on the biolistic particle in the post-bombardment embryo. The heterologous DNA may be introduced as a plastid, as opposed to bare DNA. The transformed rice embryo is regenerated into a rice plantlet which can be transferred from greenhouse to field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Mississippi State University
    Inventors: Nancy A. Reichert, Vanishree Rudraswamy, Liza Ming-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 6151169
    Abstract: A sheet type optical device that perpendicularly stands light beams progressing obliquely with respect to the plane of the sheet includes a transparent sheet made from a transmissive material and prisms formed in parallel on one surface thereof, the prisms having a vertical angle of about 50.degree. to 70.degree.. The light progressing obliquely with respect to the plane is perpendicularly stood by the prisms. The sheet type optical device is used to form a backlighting unit for a liquid crystal display panel or the like. The backlighting unit includes a light source, a light guide, and the sheet type optical device, and optionally includes a reflective plate, a diffusion panel and a protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Wook Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 6150858
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a phase compensation circuit of a DPPLL capable of hitless switching during switching the system clock, by exact matching frequency and phase of the DPPLL about phase difference which is less than minimum differential phase which may be detectable the way of digital and by distinguishing phase difference about the other party clock such that each clock unit commonly has the clock generated from the pair of clock units, alternatively and by switching the system clock in case that there is no difference after distinguishing, in the clock supplying system using the pair of lock units which have the phases that is asynchronized to the reference clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: LG Information & Communications, Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Sik Sung
  • Patent number: 6144645
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing an air interface for a Time Division Duplex (TDD) Code Division multiple Access (CDMA) wireless local loop system that utilizes unique embedded concentrated access and embedded data access in a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) is described. The method and system further provides for dynamic pool sizing of the access channels. The interface is designed to support POTS (Plain Old Telephone), ISDN, and direct data service in a point to multi-point configuration. The interface is inherently flexible so as to provide Enhanced Bandwidth and quality of service (QOS) via CDMA. Channel concatenation (multi-code modulation) provides a multiplicity of channels. The system utilizes frequency division duplex (FDD) operation so as to double capacity. The system further utilizes scaleable architecture for bandwidth expansion and higher data rate services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Nera Wireless Broadband Access AS
    Inventors: Paul F. Struhsaker, Patrick Wilton Quinn, Michael J. Easson, Thomas C. Hudson
  • Patent number: 6144423
    Abstract: A method of mounting a liquid crystal display module thereof which secures an upper sash including the liquid crystal display module to a lower sash in a notebook personal computer. An arm coupled to one end of a fixed rod by a hinge is arranged to be positioned between a side wall of the upper sash and a side wall of the lower sash. A screw goes through from the side wall of the upper sash, via the arm, to the side wall of the liquid crystal display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: LG LCD, Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: RE37057
    Abstract: A digital video signal reception apparatus comprising a multiplexer selection controller for outputting a plurality of control signals according to a format of a compressed input digital video signal, a decoder for decoding the compressed input digital video signal, a frame rate conversion circuit for convening a frame rate of the decoded digital video signal from the decoder into a desired value under the control of the multiplexer selection controller, a multiplexer for selecting one of the decoded digital video signal from the decoder and an output video signal from the frame rate conversion circuit under the control of the multiplexer selection controller, a decimation circuit for performing a decimation operation to convert the number of horizontal scanning lines of an output video signal from the multiplexer into a desired value, a display mode conversion circuit for performing a display mode conversion operation so that an output video signal from the decimation circuit can be displayed in a desired di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dong H. Lee
  • Patent number: RE37070
    Abstract: A HDTV receiver which is improved in its overall performance and is simplified in its configuration, by improving a symbol timing restoring circuit, includes a tuner for selecting a necessary channel from input signals via an antenna, an IF processing & carrier restoring portion for performing an IF process & carrier restoration from the output of the tuner, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for converting the output of the IF processing & carrier restoring portion into a digital signal, a timing restoring portion for restoring a timing from the output of the ADC, a 2:1 down-sampler for 2:1 down-sampling the output of the ADC, a sync detector for detecting a sync from the output of the 2:1 down-sampler, a channel equalizer for performing a channel equalization from the output of the 2:1 down-sampler, a phase controller for correcting the phase error from the output of the channel equalizer, an optimal viterbi decoder for performing a viterbi decoding operation from the output of the phase contr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dae-Jin Kim, Key H. Kim, Hee B. Park, Jung S. Park, Yung G. Kim
  • Patent number: RE36980
    Abstract: A partial response Trellis decoder that performs Trellis coded modulation in a high definition television (HDTV) having a specific and detailed configuration and includes a distance mapper for calculating first, second, third and fourth Euclidean distances between the input signal and a reference value; a Viterbi decoder for Viterbi decoding the first, second, third and fourth Euclidean distances calculated by the distance mapper; a first delay for delaying and outputting the Yiterbi decoded data for each Euclidean distance; a ruler selector for selecting a ruler type signal based on the signals output by the first delay; and a slicer for slicing the selected ruler type signal and the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dae J. Kim, Heung S. Kwak, Ho J. Nam