Abstract: A 3-dimensional image display device and a driving method thereof, the method including using a first array of a matrix of unit pixels to form an image while a remaining array of the unit pixels displays black, and forming openings in a barrier panel to expose the unit pixels of the first array, the width of the openings ranging from 1.5 to 2 times the width of the exposed unit pixels.

Abstract: A display panel displays a first image during a first subframe and a second image during a second subframe. A display panel driver provides the first and second images to the display panel. A light source part provides light to the display panel. A light converting element is disposed between the display panel and the light source part and includes a barrier part and a lens part disposed on the barrier part. The barrier part has a plurality of independently controllable barrier groups. A position detecting part determines a position of a viewer. A barrier driver controls the barrier part to selectively transmit light from the light source part based on the viewer's position. A single barrier group includes a plurality of barriers, and a single barrier includes a plurality of sub-barriers.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel that displays a second image in a 3D mode, a barrier panel that forms a barrier pattern that separates the second image into a left-eye image and a right-eye image, a touch sensing part that includes third electrodes capacitively coupled to a portion of the electrodes included in the barrier panel, and a coordinate calculator. The coordinate calculator measures a variation of capacitance between the portion of the electrodes included in the barrier panel and the third electrodes.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of driver integrated circuits mounted on the non-display area of the display panel by a COG method, a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to provide a signal to the plurality of driver integrated circuits, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) configured to transfer the signal from the PCB to the plurality of driver integrated circuits. The FPC has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The first end portion is attached on the non-display area of the display panel by a FOG method, and the second end portion is attached on the PCB. A width of the second end portion is different from a width of the first end portion.

Abstract: In a 3D image display apparatus, a display unit includes a plurality of pixels and alternately displays a left-eye image in a first group of the pixels and a right-eye image in a second group of the pixels along a first direction, a barrier unit includes a light blocking portion blocking light received from the display unit and a light transmitting portion transmitting the light received from the display unit, and the light blocking portion and the light transmitting portion are alternately arranged in the first direction. A position information extraction unit determines the distance between the display unit and a viewer watching the display unit, and a control unit controls the display unit and the barrier unit in accordance with the distance information to allow the display unit and the barrier unit to be operated in a first mode or a second mode. Thus, a distance range in which the viewer perceives the 3D image increases.

Abstract: A 3D image display device including a position detector, a display panel, a barrier panel, and a barrier panel controller. The position detector detects a position of a viewer and generates a selection signal. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and alternately displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The barrier panel includes a light transmitting portion and a light blocking portion. The barrier panel controller controls a width of each of the light transmitting portion and the light blocking portion. The barrier panel is operated in one of a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode.

Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: a display panel having a plurality of first blocks, a data driver applying data voltages to pixels of the plurality of first blocks, and a backlight having a plurality of second blocks respectively corresponding to the plurality of first blocks of the display panel, applying the data voltages to the pixels of the plurality of the first blocks during a plurality of data input periods corresponding to the plurality of the first blocks for one frame by the data driver, and a vertical blank period having no applied date voltage is positioned between the plurality of data input periods.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to receive a first-frame image signal for displaying a first-frame image in a first frame. The display panel is further configured to receive a second-frame image signal for displaying a second-frame image in a second frame that immediately follows the first frame such that the display panel appears to display a transition region associated with a boundary between a portion of the first-frame image and a portion of the second-frame image and moving in a moving direction. The display device further includes an optical effect layer and electrode sets. The electrode sets respectively overlap different portions of the optical effect layer and are configured for sequentially starting affecting the different portions of the optical effect layer such that the optical effect layer appears to display a light-blocking section that moves in the moving direction and overlaps the transition region.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to receive a first-frame image signal for displaying a first-frame image in a first frame. The display panel is further configured to receive a second-frame image signal for displaying a second-frame image in a second frame that immediately follows the first frame such that the display panel appears to display a transition region associated with a boudary between a portion of the first-frame image and a portion of the second-frame image and moving in a moving direction. The display device further includes an optical effect layer and electrode sets. The electrode sets respectively overlap different portions of the optical effect layer and are configured for sequentially starting affecting the different portions of the optical effect layer such that the optical effect layer appears to display a light-blocking section that moves in the moving direction and overlaps the transition region.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to receive a first-frame image signal for displaying a first-frame image in a first frame. The display panel is further configured to receive a second-frame image signal for displaying a second-frame image in a second frame that immediately follows the first frame such that the display panel appears to display a transition region associated with a boudary between a portion of the first-frame image and a portion of the second-frame image and moving in a moving direction. The display device further includes an optical effect layer and electrode sets. The electrode sets respectively overlap different portions of the optical effect layer and are configured for sequentially starting affecting the different portions of the optical effect layer such that the optical effect layer appears to display a light-blocking section that moves in the moving direction and overlaps the transition region.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a barrier part, a display panel driver and a barrier driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The barrier part is disposed on the display panel. The barrier part generates N viewpoint images using a plurality of barriers selectively transmitting and blocking a light. N is a natural number. The display panel driver provides image data to the display panel. The barrier driver controls the barrier part such that the different barriers have transmitting statuses in a first subframe and a second subframe.

Abstract: A method of driving an active barrier panel, the active barrier panel comprising an electrode unit which has n barrier electrodes operating as an opening part transmitting light and n barrier electrodes operating as a barrier part blocking the light, the method includes calculating a crosstalk distribution of each of observer's left-eye and right-eye corresponding to each of 2n barrier-shift modes, according to an observer's position, dividing an active area of the active barrier panel into at least one barrier block based on a flat portion of the crosstalk distribution, in which a minimum crosstalk is maintained, determining the barrier-shift mode for each barrier block to maintain the minimum crosstalk, and operating the electrode unit in a corresponding barrier block in the determined barrier-shift mode.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of detecting a biomolecule, which enhances a mass of the target biomolecule by irradiating light to a photocatalytic nanoparticle binding to the target biomolecule. Accordingly, the method can effectively detect a change in mass, and provide economical and rapid detection using a low-priced photocatalyst.

Abstract: A display panel displays a first image during a first subframe and a second image during a second subframe. A display panel driver provides the first and second images to the display panel. A light source part provides light to the display panel. A light converting element is disposed between the display panel and the light source part and includes a barrier part and a lens part disposed on the barrier part. The barrier part has a plurality of independently controllable barrier groups. A position detecting part determines a position of a viewer. A barrier driver controls the barrier part to selectively transmit light from the light source part based on the viewer's position. A single barrier group includes a plurality of barriers, and a single barrier includes a plurality of sub-barriers.

Abstract: A display panel includes a transmit-control portion and a light blocking portion. The pixel-transmit portion may include a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides and transmitting light, the pair of the first sides being inclined with respect to a horizontal-axis direction and substantially parallel with each other, the pair of the second sides being inclined with respect to a vertical-axis direction and substantially parallel with each other. The blocking portion may surround the pixel-transmit portion and block the light.

Abstract: An active barrier panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first opening electrode configured to operate as a first opening transmitting the light and a first barrier electrode configured to as a first barrier blocking the light, the first opening electrode and the first barrier electrode having a step structure. The second substrate includes a second opening electrode configured to operate as a second opening and crossing at a right angle to the first opening electrode, and a second barrier electrode configured to operate as a second barrier and crossing at a right angle to the first barrier electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A display apparatus may enable a viewer to perceive an image. The viewer has a right eye and a left eye, the right eye having a right pupil, the left eye having a left pupil. The display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of subpixels. The display apparatus further includes a position detecting part configured to detect a user location related to the viewer. The display apparatus further includes a light controlling element configured for transmitting light provided from one or more of the subpixels toward one or more of the right eye and the left eye. The display apparatus further includes a display panel driver configured to change subpixel-eye association for at least one of the subpixels in response to a change of the user location detected by the position detecting part.

Abstract: A method of displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image, the method includes determining a shutter electrode of an unit part included in a shutter panel as a left-eye electrode and a right-eye electrode, the unit part including ‘n’ shutter electrodes (herein, n is a natural number), selectively driving the left-eye electrode and the right-eye electrode as an opening part based on an image displayed on a display panel to transmit light through the opening part, and providing light transmitted through the opening part with an observer's two eyes through a lens plate, the lens plate including a plurality of lenses.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to receive a first-frame image signal for displaying a first-frame image in a first frame. The display panel is further configured to receive a second-frame image signal for displaying a second-frame image in a second frame that immediately follows the first frame such that the display panel appears to display a transition region associated with a boudary between a portion of the first-frame image and a portion of the second-frame image and moving in a moving direction. The display device further includes an optical effect layer and electrode sets. The electrode sets respectively overlap different portions of the optical effect layer and are configured for sequentially starting affecting the different portions of the optical effect layer such that the optical effect layer appears to display a light-blocking section that moves in the moving direction and overlaps the transition region.

Abstract: A biosensor and method for detecting a target material using an agglomeration of magnetic nanoparticles are provided.