MULTI-MODE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT HAVING THE SAME

• US 20130249827A1
• Filed: 02/04/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: PARK, Soo-Ran, JEONG, Yong-Ju, LEE, Sangchul, CHOI, Minsung
• Application Number:
  US13/758,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20130249827A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/36 Visual displays
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 27/00 Lighting arrangements in general F21
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/00 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/0058 on electrical household appliances, e.g. on a dishwasher, a washing machine or a refrigerator
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/00 Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/08 Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, and an impact sensor. The impact sensor senses an external impact and is connected to an input terminal of the timing controller. When the impact is sensed, the display panel displays a white color during a predetermined time period. In addition, an electronic product further includes a body and a door with the display apparatus. The display apparatus is coupled to the door. Accordingly, light leakage, which can occur in a display apparatus due to external impact, may be prevented.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image;

a controller configured to receive an image signal and to control the display panel; and

an impact sensor having an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the controller to sense an external impact, wherein the controller directs the display panel to display a white color during a predetermined time period in response to sensing of the impact.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to convert a white data corresponding to the white color and output the converted white data during a first time period after the impact is sensed, and the controller is further configured to convert the image signal and output the converted image signal during a second time period different from the first time period.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the display panel is transparent or semi-transparent.

4. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image;

a controller configured to receive an image signal and to control the display panel; and

a sensing unit having an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the controller to sense a user input, wherein the controller directs the display panel to display a white color while the user input is sensed.

5. An electronic product comprising:

a body that includes an inner space and an opening through which the inner space is exposed;

a door disposed corresponding to the opening, the door configured to open and shut to respectively expose or close off the inner space from the outside; and

a display apparatus coupled to the door and configured to operate in a first mode or a second mode different from the first mode, wherein the display apparatus displays a white color during operation in the first mode.

6. The electronic product of claim 5, further comprising a light source disposed in the inner space to provide a light to the display apparatus.

7. The electronic product of claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the display apparatus is transparent or semi-transparent.

8. The electronic product of claim 5, wherein the display apparatus is operated in the first mode during a predetermined time period after an external impact is sensed.

9. The electronic product of claim 8, wherein the display apparatus comprises:

a display panel that displays the image;

a controller configured to receive an image signal and to control the display panel; and

an impact sensor having an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the controller to sense the external impact.

10. The electronic product of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to convert a white data corresponding to a white color and output the converted white data during a first time period after the impact is sensed, and the controller is further configured to convert the image signal and output the converted image signal during a second time period different from the first time period.

11. The electronic product of claim 5, wherein the display apparatus is operated in the first mode once the door opens and operated in the second mode once the door shuts.

12. The electronic product of claim 11, wherein the display apparatus comprises:

a display panel configured to display the image;

a controller configured to receive an image signal and control the display panel; and

a switching device having an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the controller.

13. The electronic product of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to convert a white data corresponding to a white color and output the converted white data in the first mode, and is configured to convert the image signal and output the converted image signal in the second mode.

14. The electronic product of claim 13, wherein an input terminal of the switching device receives a switching signal so as to initiate the first mode and to thereby determine an output timing of the white data, and is grounded in the second mode.

15. The electronic product of claim 14, wherein the body comprises a ground portion connected to ground, and wherein the input terminal of the switching device is electrically connected to the ground portion once the door shuts.

16. The electronic product of claim 5, wherein the display apparatus is operated in the first mode when a user input is sensed.

17. The electronic product of claim 16, wherein the display apparatus is operated in the first mode during a time period in which the user input is sensed.

18. The electronic product of claim 17, further comprising a sensing unit disposed on the door to sense the user input.

19. The electronic product of claim 18, wherein the display apparatus comprises:

a display panel configured to display the image; and

a controller configured to receive an image signal and to control the display panel, wherein an output terminal of the sensing unit is connected to an input terminal of the timing controller.