Abstract: An apparatus for and method of controlling a digital image processing device in order to reduce power consumption by automatically recognizing a state in which power of a display device can be turned off or the display device can operate in a power saving mode, and in that case, turning off the display device or operating the display device in the power saving mode. The apparatus for controlling a digital image processing device includes: a motion sensing unit sensing a motion of the digital image processing device; and a control unit operating the digital image processing device in a power saving mode when it is determined that the digital image processing device moves.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus that displays a histogram showing a number of display cells for each gradation of a displayed image according to the needs of a user. The method includes: displaying a partial area window of a shape selected by a user; moving the partial area window or changing a size of the partial area window according to a manipulation by the user; and displaying the histogram for an entire area of the displayed image and expressing an average brightness value of an area of a current partial area window in the histogram if a confirmation signal for the partial area window is input from by user.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for preparing a transformant which carries a gene encoding benzaldehyde dehydrogenase derived from Sphingomonas aromaticivorans KCTC 2888 and expresses the enzyme, and biological purification of the crude naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, obtained upon the oxidation of 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene with the concomitant production of 2-formyl-6-naphthoic acid, by applying a transformant for the conversion of FNA into naphthalene dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a color filter arranged on at least one of the array substrate and the opposite substrate. The color filter includes at least one diffusion preventing member that extends in a direction in which a combining member overlaps a driver.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a backlight unit, a liquid crystal display panel, and first and second polarizers. The first polarizer is attached to a lower portion of the liquid crystal display panel to face the backlight unit, and the second polarizer is attached to an upper portion of the liquid crystal display panel to correspond to the first polarizer. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first optical layer that partially reflects light provided from the backlight unit, and the first polarizer includes a second optical layer to prevent the light reflected by the first optical layer from being re-reflected to the liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: A method for detecting a storage voltage, a display apparatus using the storage voltage and a method for driving the display apparatus. The method for detecting the storage voltage includes applying a test voltage to a storage line in a display panel having an active layer disposed between the storage line and a data line while varying the test voltage, the active layer being in an active state or an inactive state according to the test voltage, and detecting the storage voltage corresponding to the test voltage in an inactive state of the active layer. Thus, the display panel is driven by using the detected storage voltage, so that an aperture ratio may be increased and current consumption may be decreased.

Abstract: A digital image processing apparatus displaying a histogram. The apparatus includes a face recognition portion recognizing at least one face area in an image, a histogram generation portion generating a histogram of the face area, and a display for displaying the histogram of the face area or an indicator indicating an average value corresponding to the histogram of the face area. Accordingly, a histogram of a face area of a person, which is typically the main object of an image, is displayed. A preferred exposure value can be obtained from a user, the calculated exposure values can be corrected and the exposure of a photograph can be quantitatively seen.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a gate driver which sequentially outputs a gate signal at a high state in response to a gate control signal and a data driver which converts image data into a data signal in response to a data control signal. The display apparatus further includes a display panel which includes a plurality of gate lines which sequentially receive the gate signal, a plurality of data lines which receive the data signal and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate and data lines and which receive the data signal in response to the gate signal to display an image. The polarity of the data signal is inverted after the gate signal transitions to a low state.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes; a substrate, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate, a plurality of data lines disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate lines, wherein the plurality of data liens include a plurality of outermost data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (“TFTs”) connected to the gate and data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of TFTs, and a plurality of dummy patterns connected to the outermost data lines.

Abstract: The hydrocarbon-assisted, selective catalytic reduction of NOx constituents in lean-bum engine exhaust is benefited by passage of the exhaust over a staged catalyst bed comprising a first stage of an alumina-supported silver catalyst for oxidation of NO to NO2 and partial oxidation of added hydrocarbon to an aldehyde. Downstream of the silver catalyst is a second catalyst selected for the reaction of hydrocarbon and aldehyde species with NO2 to reduce it to nitrogen. Gamma-alumina and BaY zeolite are examples of suitable second stage catalysts.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of removing fixed pattern noise in a digital image processing apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a controlling unit adjusting a number of image frames of a same image photographed by an imaging device and an exposure time of a shutter, and controlling a movement direction of the imaging device, which photographs the image; and a signal processing unit which median-combines the image frames of the same image photographed by the imaging device during the adjusted exposure time after moving the imaging device. The total photographing time is reduced by skipping a process of photographing a dark image and fixed pattern noise can be effectively removed by median-combining the image frames photographed while physically moving the imaging device between the photographing of consecutive image frames to remove the fixed pattern noise.

Abstract: A driving circuit for a display device including a plurality of stages connected to each other and sequentially generating output signals, wherein each of the stages comprises a plurality of transistors, wherein each of the transistors comprises: a control electrode; a first insulating layer formed on the control electrode; a semiconductor layer formed on the first insulating layer; an input electrode, at least a portion of which formed on the semiconductor layer; an output electrode, at least a portion of which formed on the semiconductor layer; and a second insulating layer formed on the input and output electrodes, wherein a thickness ratio of the semiconductor layer to the first insulating layer ranges from 0.3 to 1.5.

Abstract: Ozone, preferably produced in an ambient air stream passed through a non-thermal hyperplasma reactor, is added to the hot exhaust gas stream from a lean-burn (oxygen-rich) combustion source. The ozone converts much of the NO in the NOx containing exhaust stream to NO2. The resulting NO2/NOx ratio can be controlled by the input energy density to the plasma reactor. Ammonia and/or urea is added to the ozone treated exhaust in proportion to the NOx content, and the stream passed into contact with a reduction catalyst, such as a base metal-exchanged zeolite, to convert the NOx to nitrogen.

Abstract: A display apparatus has a pixel including a main pixel connected to a main gate line and a data line, and a sub-pixel connected to a sub-gate line and the data line. A main gate driver outputs a main gate pulse to the main gate line during a time period 1H. A sub-gate driver receives the main gate pulse and outputs a sub-gate pulse to the sub-gate line during a first portion of time period 1H. The data driver applies a sub-pixel voltage to the data line during the first portion of time period 1H and applies the main pixel voltage to the data line during a second portion of time period 1H.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described to selectively reduce NOx emissions of an internal combustion engine. An exhaust aftertreatment system comprises an injection device operative to dispense a hydrocarbon reductant upstream of a silver-alumina catalytic reactor device. A control system determines a NOx concentration and hydrocarbon/NOx ratio based upon selected parameters of the exhaust gas feedstream and dispenses hydrocarbon reductant during lean engine operation. Included is a method to control elements of the feedstream during lean operation. The hydrocarbon reductant may comprise engine fuel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a module and method for detecting a defect of a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, which can detect disconnection of a gate line of the TFT substrate having gate drivers provided with a dual structure in which the gate drivers are provided at both sides of the gate lines. There is provided a module and method for detecting a defect of a TFT substrate, wherein gate lines are separated into two portions by cutting a central region of the gate lines, gate power is supplied to the gate lines of which central portions are cut through gate drivers provided at both sides of the gate lines, and a signal of a negative voltage level is supplied to data lines, so that disconnection of the gate lines can be detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed there between. The first substrate is provided with gate lines and data lines thereon. The gate lines and data lines cross with each other and are insulated from each other. Pixel electrodes are stacked on the gate lines and data lines. Each pixel electrode includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes spaced apart from each other and a connection electrode, which connects the first sub-pixel electrode to the second sub-pixel electrode. The second substrate is provided with a common electrode thereon. The common electrode includes a first domain divider formed on the center of the first sub-pixel electrode and a second domain divider formed on the center of the second sub-pixel electrode.

Abstract: A gate driver comprises a shift register that has a plurality of stages connected together and outputs a gate signal comprising a first pulse and a second pulse to a gate line. A stage includes a holding part, a pre-charging part, a pull-up part, and a pull-down part. The holding part discharges an output terminal to an off-voltage in response to a first clock signal. The pre-charging part turns off the holding part and outputs the first clock signal as the first pulse to the output terminal in response to an output signal of a previous stage. The pull-up part outputs a second clock signal as the second pulse to the output terminal in response to the output signal of the previous stage. The pull-down part discharges the first output terminal to the off-voltage in response to an output signal of a next stage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (“LCD”), a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of repairing the same capable of obtaining a wide viewing angle and improving a success ratio of repair. The LCD includes a gate line, a first data line intersecting the gate line, a thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected with the gate line and the first data line, a pixel electrode connected with the TFT, a first conductive pattern partially overlapping with a first end of the pixel electrode, a second conductive pattern partially overlapping with a second end of the pixel electrode, and a storage capacitor, wherein at least one of the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern partially overlaps with the first data line adjacent to the first end of the pixel electrode and a second data line adjacent to the second end of the pixel electrode, respectively.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes stages connected in series. In a stage, a pull-up part pulls up a present gate signal to a level of a first clock signal, and a pull-down part receives a next gate signal from a next stage to discharge the present gate signal to an off-voltage. A pull-up driving part turns on or turns off the pull-up part and the carry part. A holding part holds the present gate signal at the off-voltage and a present inverter turns on or turns off the holding part in response to the first clock signal. A ripple preventing capacitor is connected between a present node and an output terminal of a previous stage's inverter to prevent a ripple at the present Q-node in response to an output signal from the previous inverter.