Abstract: A method of controlling a dimming operation is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes determining the brightness of an input image frame based on input image data, determining an input dimming value based on the brightness of the input image frame, selectively performing the dimming operation is based on a comparison of an absolute value of a difference between the input dimming value and a current output dimming value against a predetermined threshold value, where a value generated by adjusting the current output dimming value by a predetermined adjustment value is output as a next output dimming value when performing the dimming operation, and the input dimming value is output as the next output dimming value when not performing the dimming operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a conductive pattern, comprising the steps of: a) forming a conductive film on a substrate; b) forming an etching resist pattern on the conductive film; and c) forming a conductive pattern having a smaller line width than a width of the etching resist pattern by over-etching the conductive film by using the etching resist pattern, and a conductive pattern manufactured by using the same. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to effectively and economically provide a conductive pattern having a ultrafine line width.

Abstract: Provided are a heating element that includes: a transparent substance; a conductive heating line that is provided on at least one side of the transparent substance; bus bars that is electrically connected to the conductive heating line; and a power portion that is connected to the bus bars, wherein 30% or more of the entire area of the transparent substance has a conductive heating line pattern that is formed of closed figures where a distribution is continuous and a ratio (area distribution ratio) of a standard deviation in respects to an average value of areas of the closed figures is 2% or more, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a schedule management method performed by a schedule management system using a calendar. The schedule management method may comprise: extracting a keyword from schedule information of a user input into multiple schedule input areas in the calendar; and outputting, on a schedule management apparatus of the schedule management system, at least one recommended schedule information selected in consideration of a similarity value between the extracted keyword and a set of multiple keywords classified by category, wherein the recommended schedule information is able to be added to a schedule input area on the calendar by selection of the user.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including scan lines, data lines crossing the scan lines, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; a timing control unit configured to receive first data from an outside; a conversion unit configured to receive the first data from the timing control unit, to extract luminance components of the first data corresponding to the pixels to determine luminance distribution of the first data, to divide the luminance distribution into a plurality of luminance distribution ranges, and to convert the first data into second data by regulating an input gray level of the first data based on a conversion equation corresponding to a variation between data of the luminance distribution ranges; and a data drive unit configured to receive the second data from the conversion unit and to provide the second data to the data lines.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for printing for use in a printing method which uses a silicon-based blanket, including: 1) a binder resin, 2) a low boiling point solvent having a boiling point of less than 100° C., 3) a medium boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 100° C. or more and less than 180° C., and 4) a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point of 180° C. or more, wherein the medium boiling point solvent and the high-boiling solvent have a difference in solubility parameter with the binder resin of 3 (cal·cm)1/2 or less, a difference in solubility parameter with the silicon-based blanket of 4 (cal·cm)1/2 or more, and a swelling parameter for the silicon-based blanket of 2 or less, and a printing method using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dye-sensitized solar cell module and a method of manufacturing the same. The dye-sensitized solar cell module includes a working electrode formed by stacking a collector and a photo-electrode to which a dye is adsorbed on a transparent conductive substrate; a counter electrode formed by stacking a collector and a catalytic electrode on a transparent conductive substrate; and an electrolyte filled in a space between the working electrode and the counter electrode sealed by a sealant. A glass substrate for the working electrode of glass substrates forming the transparent conductive substrates for the electrodes is a thin glass plate substrate thinner than the glass substrate for the working electrode.

Abstract: A data conversion unit includes a gamma conversion unit configured to generate a first gamma data by gamma-converting a first data supplied from an outside thereof, a representative luminance value calculation unit configured to calculate a representative luminance value of an entire panel, based on the first gamma data, a subtraction unit configured to subtract the calculated representative luminance value from gamma conversion values of respective pixels included in the first gamma data, a compensation unit configured to generate a second gamma data by converting the gamma conversion values of the respective pixels, based on the subtracted values corresponding to the respective pixels, and an inverse gamma conversion unit configured to generate a second data by inverse-gamma-converting the second gamma data.

Abstract: A data processing device includes a first reference value generator which generates a first reference value corresponding to a ratio of a chromatic color using image signals or first image signals obtained by gamma-compensating the image signals, a white generator which generates a white image signal and second image signals using the first image signals and a second reference value corresponding to an amount of a white data in use, a third reference value generator which generates a third reference value using a first color coordinate corresponding to a color coordinate of the second image signals, a second color coordinate corresponding to a color coordinate of the white image signal, the first reference value, and the second reference value, and a gamut mapper which maps the second image signals to a color coordinate corresponding to the third reference value to generate third image signals.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a touch screen, comprising the steps of: a) forming a conductive layer on a substrate; b) forming an etching resist pattern on the conductive layer; and c) forming a conductive pattern having a line width smaller than the line width of the etching resist pattern by over-etching the conductive layer by using the etching resist pattern and a touch screen manufactured by the method. According to the present invention, a touch screen comprising a conductive pattern having an ultrafine line width can be economically and efficiently provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first display area displaying a first image and a second display area adjacent to the first display area and displaying a second image and an image corrector generating an image shifted by correcting the first image and the second image where the image corrector may correct the first image and the second image such that the first image is shifted only in the first display area and the second image is shifted only in the second display area.

Abstract: This invention relates to a colorable molding compound, which can be imparted with a predetermined color, and to a device for generating alkaline reduced water molded using the same, wherein alkaline reduced water can be generated without the use of separate means for producing alkaline reduced water. When water is placed in a product obtained by mixing 50-90 parts by weight of a synthetic resin, 2-30 parts by weight of magnesium, and 2-30 parts by weight of potassium; grinding the mixture to a size of 20 meshes; drying the ground mixture in an oven at 80-90 C for 2 hr; compounding the dried mixture at a high speed for 5-30 min using a compounding machine; and then performing extrusion molding, alkaline reduced water can be generated by magnesium and potassium.

Abstract: There is provided an image corrector including a shift determiner configured to determine a shift direction and a shift amount of an image corresponding to first image data, an area determiner configured to divide the image into a plurality of areas and, in accordance with the shift direction, to determine a first area of the plurality of areas as a reduction area and a second area of the plurality of areas as an enlargement area, and an image data generator configured to set second image data corresponding to the shift amount of the image corresponding to the first area.

Abstract: There is provided a method of displaying an image on a display device, the method including moving an image displayed at an image display region of the display device, and reducing a first region and enlarging a second region, the first and second regions included in the image, wherein the image has a smaller size than the image display region.

Abstract: An image shift controller and a display device including the same, the image shift controller including a starting position generator configured to generate image position information using sample data of first image data, and a shift determiner configured to determine a movement direction and a movement amount of an image using the image position information.

Abstract: A touch screen display device includes: an image corrector for converting first image data for displaying on pixels to second image data for displaying on the pixels, and for generating a lookup table based on the conversion; and a processor for correcting second touch positions based on the second image data to first touch positions based on the first image data using the lookup table. A method of driving a touch screen display device includes converting first image data for displaying on pixels to second image data for displaying on the pixels, generating a lookup table based on the conversion, and correcting second touch positions based on the second image data to first touch positions based on the first image data by using the lookup table.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid electrolyte for a dye-sensitized solar cell, which includes a three-dimensional porous thin film made of a hydrophilic polymer material, and a dye-sensitized solar cell using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a high-efficient dye-sensitized solar cell, in which polymer nanofibers having high specific surface area are used in an electrolyte layer to effectively induce an increase in photocurrent, thereby increasing the amount of electrolyte impregnated. When the porous film prepared by the method of the present invention is used as a solid electrolyte for a dye-sensitized solar cell, a process of forming an electrolyte inlet and sealing the inlet is not required, which simplifies the entire process, compared to an existing dye-sensitized solar cell using a liquid electrolyte.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and image processing method are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an image input unit receiving input image data to obtain grayscale values of a display image, a modeling unit calculating a luminance change ratio for each grayscale value according to a change of an on-pixel ratio and a final luminance reflected by the luminance change ratio, a grayscale re-mapping unit determining a compensation grayscale value for compensating a luminance change ratio according to the on-pixel ratio of the input image data to display a target luminance corresponding to a predetermined grayscale value included in grayscale information of the input image data in the on-pixel ratio condition of the input image data, and an image output unit outputting an output image data compensating the input image data by the compensation grayscale value.

Abstract: A color gamut conversion device includes: a target color coordinate converter configured to convert each RGB value of red (R), green (G), blue (B), cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and white (W) of a target color coordinate into a tristimulus value XYZ; a reference conversion matrix generator configured to generate a first reference conversion matrix for converting each tristimulus value XYZ into an R?G?B? value according to a color gamut of a reference display; a low power corrected value calculator configured to calculate a low power corrected value for correcting the R?G?B? value; a lookup table (LUT) generator configured to generate an LUT including an R?G?B? value corresponding to each RGB value by using a second reference conversion matrix that the low power corrected value is applied to the first reference conversion matrix; and a color gamut converter configured to convert image data of the RGB values into image data of the R?G?B? values using the LUT.

Abstract: According to aspects of embodiments of the present invention a touch screen display device includes: a touch sensor; a touch controller configured to detect a position touched on the touch sensor; and a touch correcting unit configured to correct an initial touch position detected by the touch controller to a final touch position, wherein the touch correcting unit comprises: a first computing unit configured to convert the initial touch position to a temporary touch position; a second computing unit configured to compute a touch movement amount between the initial touch position and the temporary touch position; and a third computing unit configured to compute the final touch position by subtracting the touch movement amount from the initial touch position.