Abstract: An apparatus and method for driving a hold-type display panel, for example an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel, includes gate lines and data lines intersecting to form a matrix of pixels. An image is displayed corresponding to data signals applied to the data lines according to gate pulses applied to the gate lines. A signal controlling unit generates a gate control signal for selecting the gate lines and image data to be displayed. The signal controlling unit also generates predetermined dummy data during a dummy data display interval set within a blank interval of a vertical synchronization signal. A gate driving unit applies the gate pulses to the gate lines selected according to the gate control signal. A data driving unit generating the data signal corresponding to the image data and applies the data signals to corresponding data lines.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate, an organic light-emitting diode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a photo sensor having a plurality of photo diodes connected to one another in parallel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof for reducing the number of data lines and the capacitance of a parasitic capacitor between pixel electrodes are disclosed. A first switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a first pixel signal that is supplied to a first data line to a first pixel electrode under control of the second control line and the gate line. A second switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a second pixel signal supplied to the second data line to the second pixel electrode under control of the first control line and the gate line. A turn-on current value of wither of the two thin film transistors, in each of the first and second switching parts, is more than that of the other thin film transistor.

Abstract: A mounting system is adapted to couple to the back side of a flat panel monitor to adjust the viewing angle of the monitor. The mounting system includes a plurality of motorized arms that are communicably link to a processor. Based on an input signal from a remote control, the processor extends or retracts each of the plurality of motorized arms to adjust the viewing angle of the monitor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for operating an air conditioner which is capable of achieving the effective operation of a plurality of indoor units. The method comprises the steps of: a) receiving operating state information of the indoor units connected to one outdoor unit; b) determining whether or not the amount of refrigerant to be distributed into the indoor units needs to be regulated, based on the operating state information of the indoor units; and c) regulating the amount of the refrigerant to be distributed into the indoor units.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a multi-air conditioner and a group-unit control method thereof, wherein a plurality of indoor units can be controlled on a group basis. The method comprises the step of grouping the indoor units into a plurality of groups, the step of if an air conditioning operation condition of a specific one of the indoor units is changed, sending, by the specific indoor unit, the changed operation condition to all the other indoor units according to a predefined communication protocol, and the step of by each of the indoor units, receiving an air conditioning operation condition sent from a different one of the indoor units in the same group and performing an air conditioning operation based on the received operation condition. According to the invention, the plurality of indoor units can be more efficiently controlled on a group basis through inter-indoor unit data communication. Further, the group-unit control is not restricted by whether a controller is used or not.

Abstract: A refrigerant bypassing and filtering apparatus of an air conditioner is disclosed which is capable of effectively removing foreign matter such as slag produced in a refrigerant line, not only when the air conditioner is initially operated, but also during normal operation of the air conditioner. The apparatus includes at least one bypass line adapted to guide a refrigerant to bypass a main line through which the refrigerant flows between an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, a strainer arranged at the bypass line, a first valve arranged at the main line between opposite ends of the bypass line connected to the main line, and second valves arranged at the bypass line.

Abstract: A compressor oil recovering apparatus is disclosed which is capable of smoothly re-supplying, to a compressor, oil separated in an oil separator after emerging from the compressor, thereby achieving an enhancement in the reliability of the compressor, and thus, an enhancement in the performance of an air conditioner using the compressor oil recovering apparatus. A multi-unit air conditioner using the compressor oil recovering apparatus is also disclosed. The compressor oil recovering apparatus includes an oil separator adapted to separate oil from a refrigerant discharged from a compressor, an oil recovering port provided at the compressor, and an oil recovering tube having one end connected to the oil separator, and the other end connected to the oil recovering port.

Abstract: An exposure method for an LCD is provided. In the method, a sub-pixel region of an array substrate is divided into a first exposure region and a second exposure region, and the first exposure region and the second exposure region are sequentially exposed.

Abstract: An In-Plane Switching (IPS) mode LCD device is disclosed, to prevent the distortion of transverse electric field in a method of decreasing a line width of a common electrode overlapped with a pixel electrode, which includes intersecting gate and data lines that define a pixel region; thin film transistors at an intersection point of the gate and data lines; pixel electrodes formed in the pixel region and connected with a thin film transistor; and common electrodes arranged between the pixel electrodes of the pixel region; wherein, the outermost common electrode, formed adjacent to the data line, is partially overlapped with the pixel electrode, and the line width of the predetermined portion of the outermost common electrode overlapped with the pixel electrode is smaller than the remaining portions of the outermost common electrode.

Abstract: A transflective type LCD device and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which an aperture ratio of a reflective part is improved, and manufacturing process is simplified by decreasing the number of masks for forming contact holes. The transflective type LCD device includes a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other, defining a plurality of pixel regions; a thin film transistor at a crossing point of the gate and data lines; a lower storage electrode formed by one portion of a preceding gate line, and an upper storage electrode above the lower storage electrode having a gate insulating layer in between; a transmitting electrode in contact the upper storage electrode; and a reflective electrode in contact with the transmitting electrode in the reflective part of the pixel region wherein the transmitting electrode is in between the reflective electrode and the substrate.

Abstract: Lines of a display device are scanning in an overlapping block-wise fashion. For example, gate lines of a display device are driven in an overlapping block-wise fashion. Gate lines may be driven where a block of gate lines are consecutively driven with the same polarity and the polarity inverted to drive a subsequent block of gate lines. The blocks of gate lines overlap in that a range of gate lines of a first block overlaps with a range of gate lines of a second block. Methods and systems for driving gate lines in an overlapping block-wise fashion are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus constructed with a plural of independent reactors for depositing thin films is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber consisting of a base plate, a chamber wall and a chamber cover. A plural of identical and independent reactors are mounted inside the chamber, and each reactor has two parts; a reactor lower body and a reactor upper body, where the reactor upper body is fixed to the chamber cover and the reactor lower body is fixed to the base plate and moves up and down, thereby the up position of the reactor lower body makes a contact with the reactor upper body and thus providing a vacuum-tight processing space. Since a plural of identical and independent reactors are used, the processing steps and conditions developed for a single substrate type of reactor can be used for multiple reactors with minor adjustments, by utilizing a relatively symmetrical process gas supply inlet tube and process gas inlet tube and process gas exhaust tube arrangements.

Abstract: A luggage system for detachably securing and transporting multiple luggage pieces in a side-by-side arrangement. The luggage system has at least a first luggage piece and a second luggage piece, each having a generally oblong rectangular configuration with a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a hollow inner cavity, with the top and bottom walls of the first luggage piece aligning with the top and bottom walls respectively of the second luggage piece. Each luggage piece has at least three wheels extending below a bottom wall of each luggage piece. The luggage system has means for detachably securing the first luggage piece to the second luggage piece when positioned in a side-by-side arrangement to the first luggage piece. The means for detachably securing is located near the front wall and the rear wall of each luggage piece. And a means for handling the luggage system is provided to push, tow, and steer the luggage system.