Abstract:
A polygonal mirror unit is adapted to prevent contamination using a photocatalyst, a light scanning unit, and an image forming apparatus employing the polygonal mirror. The polygonal mirror unit is designed to prevent contamination of organic materials on a reflective surface. The polygonal mirror unit includes a driving device and a polygonal mirror having a reflective surface that is rotated by the driving device and deflects and scans an incident beam. The polygonal mirror has a main body with a plurality of reflective surfaces and photocatalytic layers formed on the plurality of reflective surfaces. The photocatalytic layers are activated by an incident beam of a predetermined wavelength to decompose organic materials on the reflective surfaces.
Abstract:
A light emitting apparatus includes: a plurality of light emitting parts connected in series; a current supplying part supplying current to the plurality of light emitting parts; a plurality of current switches connected in parallel to the plurality of light emitting parts, respectively, and causing the current to flow through the light emitting parts or bypass the light emitting parts; and a controlling part receiving brightness information corresponding to the plurality of light emitting parts and outputting pulse width modulation signals to the current switches so that emission time of the plurality of light emitting parts is separately adjusted based on the received brightness information.
Abstract:
A light emitting apparatus and control method are provided. The light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting part; a power supply which applies a voltage to the light emitting part; a switch which is connected in series with the light emitting part; and a controller which controls the power supply to maintain a current applied to the switch, to apply a first voltage level to the light emitting part for a reserve time when the light emitting part is initially driven, and to apply a second voltage level to the light emitting part after the reserve time elapses. The light emitting apparatus and control method increase the temperature of a light emitting part by supplying power to the light emitting part for a reserve time before the light emitting part is driven normally at an initial stage of driving the light emitting part.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for decoding video, which alternately store lines of a picture in pixel units, and a method of storing a reference picture, n which the apparatus includes a memory that stores M lines of a picture in N interleave lines, wherein M is a natural number and N is a natural number smaller than M, and a decoder that decodes the picture by receiving the interleave lines, wherein pixel data of a part of the lines from among the M lines is alternately stored in each interleave line. Using the method and apparatus for decoding a video and the method of storing a reference picture, the decoding speed can be increased and latency during decoding of a video and a bandwidth can be decreased,
Abstract:
Provided are an apparatus and a method of driving a high-efficiency plasma display panel for quickly eliminating a free-wheeling current, generated due to the parasitic effect in an energy recovery circuit, thereby improving energy recovery efficiency. The sustain-discharge driving device of a high-efficiency plasma display panel (PDP) includes a sustain-discharge switching unit, which connects charging and discharging paths of an energy recovery unit to the PDP according to a sustain-discharge sequence, and includes an energy recovery unit which, according to an energy recovery sequence, discharges energy of the PDP to an energy accumulation device through a resonance path while in discharging mode, charges the PDP with the energy accumulated in the energy accumulation device through a resonance path while in charging mode, and forms a closed circuit in which the voltage difference between both ends of an inductor is greater than a predetermined value so as to eliminate a free-wheeling current, which is generated in the inductor of the resonance path due to a parasitic effect, during mode transition.
Abstract:
A display device and method for supplying stable electric power for a light source are provided. A display device comprises a plurality of light sources, a variable electrical power supply which supplies electric power for the light sources, a switching unit which is connected in series with the light sources, and a controller which controls the variable electrical power supply so that voltage across both ends of the switching unit is consistently held in relation to voltage across both ends of the light sources.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a backlight unit comprising a light source unit divided into a plurality of divisions which are driven independently each other, a light source driving group supplying electric power to the light source unit and comprising a multi-driving part which is connected to the divisions of at least two, and a light source controller controlling the light source driving group so as to selectively supply electric power to the divisions connected to the multi-driving part. The present invention also provides a method of controlling the backlight unit. Thus, the present invention provides a backlight unit and method for controlling a backlight unit comprising a light source unit which is divided into simple configurations and is efficiently driven.
Abstract:
A display apparatus is provided to operate a light emitting unit with a small number of power drivers. The display apparatus has a plurality of light emitting units, a power driver, whose total provided therein is less than the total of light emitting units, that outputs driving power to the light emitting units. A power switch is switched on and off to supply the driving power to one of the plurality of light emitting units, and a controller controls the power switch to sequentially supply the driving power to the plurality of light emitting units.
Abstract:
A dynamic bearing with an improved thrust bearing and a beam deflecting apparatus employing the same are disclosed. The dynamic bearing includes a bearing housing having a hollow cavity. A shaft is provided in the hollow cavity so that the shaft can rotate with respect to the bearing housing. First and second magnets are disposed at one end of the shaft and the hollow cavity, respectively. The first and second magnets are spaced a predetermined gap from each other and face each other. The first and second magnets generate a magnetic, repulsive force and support the shaft, without contact, in the axial and radial directions. The dynamic bearing may be used in a beam deflecting apparatus. In that case, a driving source is installed, in parts, on the bearing housing and the rotating shaft. The driving source drives the rotating shaft to rotate by electromagnetic force. A beam deflecting device is installed on the rotating shaft for deflecting an incident beam and performing a scanning operation.
Abstract:
A plasma display panel sustain driver that has a decreased flywheel current. The plasma display panel sustain driver includes a power recovery capacitor that provides a predetermined voltage to the plasma display panel; a sustain switching unit connected to the plasma display panel and that sustains or discharges the voltage charged in the plasma display panel; a first power recovery unit connected between the power recovery capacitor and sustain switching unit, the first power recovery unit forming a resonant circuit together with the plasma display panel to provide a voltage charged in the power recovery capacitor to the plasma display panel through the sustain switching unit when the sustain switching unit is inactivated, the first power recovery unit blocking the output current of the sustain switching unit when the sustain switching unit is activated; and a second power recovery unit connected between the power recovery capacitor and sustain switching unit, the second power recovery unit forming a resonant circuit together with the plasma display panel to discharge the voltage charged in the plasma display panel to the power recovery capacitor when the sustain switching unit is inactivated, the second power recovery unit blocking a current path to the sustain switching unit when the sustain switching unit is activated.