Abstract:
An ice-making assembly for a refrigerator, which can effectively separate ice from a tray and a power transmission assembly for transmitting power to the tray are provided. The power transmission assembly includes a body unit defining an exterior of the ice-making assembly and a plurality of gear teeth protruding from an outer circumference of the body unit. Each of the gear teeth includes a first end portion protruding from the body unit by a predetermined distance and a second end portion further protruding from the body unit than the first end portion. According to the embodiments, even when the water is infiltrated into the power transmission assembly and frozen, the frozen ice can be removed in a direction by the above-described structures of the gears.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix format. The plurality of gate lines transmit a gate signal to the pixels. The plurality of data lines cross the gate lines and transmit data voltages respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels a plural number of times. A voltage that is the same as that of the data lines neighboring the first and last data lines is applied to the first and last data lines among the plurality of data lines at least once.
Abstract:
There is provided a touch screen apparatus capable of detecting the presence a touch action and a position in a touch region depending on a change in electrical energy of one node of a touch sensor. A touch screen apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels for displaying images and a plurality of touch sensors. Each of the plurality of touch sensors includes a first node being provided an electrical energy; a sensor capacitor for changing the electric potential energy of the first node depending on presence a touch action; a first switch for providing a sensing signal to the touch line controlled by the electrical energy of the first node; and a second switch for providing the electrical energy to the first node.
Abstract:
A display device including a display panel displaying an original image at a first time and a converted image based on the original image at a second time. The average value of the luminance of a first pixel (of the original image) first time and the luminance of the first pixel (of the converted image) at the second time is substantially the same as the average value of luminance of a second pixel (of the original image) at the first time and the luminance of the second pixel (of the converted image) at the second time.
Abstract:
A method of driving shutter glasses of a display system includes generating a display panel driving signal which drives a display panel of the display system, where the display panel displays a left image and a right image, generating a second three-dimensional (“3D”) synchronizing signal based on a first 3D synchronizing signal and the display panel driving signal, generating a third 3D synchronizing signal by adjusting an intensity of the second 3D synchronizing signal, generating a shutter control signal, which controls a left shutter and a right shutter of the shutter glasses, based on the third 3D synchronizing signal, and outputting the shutter control signal to the shutter glasses.
Abstract:
A display device includes: a first insulating substrate; a main pixel which is formed on the first insulating substrate and comprises a plurality of sub-pixels and a single sensing electrode; a second insulating substrate which faces the first insulating substrate; a sensing spacer formed on the second insulating substrate which faces the sensing electrode; and a contact electrode formed on the sensing spacer.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional image display device includes a luminance controller receiving a three-dimensional enable signal, a backlight data signal and at least one starting signal of a scan starting signal, a vertical blank starting signal and a backlight starting signal. The luminance controller outputs a backlight control signal and a backlight unit is operated based on the backlight control signal and is coupled to the luminance controller. The backlight data signal is based on a previous pulse of the starting signal and is applied from a first time when a current pulse of the starting signal starts to a second time when a next pulse of the starting signal starts.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method for driving the same include a timing control unit that outputs a first timing signal including a data signal and a load signal and a second timing signal including a gate selection signal and an output enable signal, a delay unit that delays the output gate selection signal by a predetermined period of time, a data driver that converts the data signal into predetermined data voltages according to the load signal and outputs the data voltage, a gate driver that outputs gate-on/off signals according to the delayed gate selection signal, and a liquid crystal panel that displays an image by driving pixel electrodes according to the data voltages and the gate-on/off signals.
Abstract:
A method of displaying a stereoscopic image includes outputting a left-eye image to a first and a second display block of a display panel during an N-th frame. Light is provided to the first display block during a first period of the N-th frame and light is provided to the second display block during a second period of the N-th frame. A right-eye image is output to the first and second display blocks of the display panel during an M-th frame. Light is provided to the first display block during a first period of the M-th frame and light is provided light to the second display block during a second period of the M-th frame.
Abstract:
An upper substrate for a touch screen panel includes an upper base substrate, a plurality of conductive spacers disposed on the upper base substrate, a height of the conductive spacers substantially adjacent to a center of the upper base substrate being smaller than a height of the conductive spacers substantially adjacent to a periphery of the upper base substrate, a common electrode disposed on the upper base substrate, and a plurality of supporting spacers disposed between the conductive spacers on the common electrode, the supporting spacers having a height greater than the height of the conductive spacers.