1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel;
at least one fluorescent lamp disposed below the liquid crystal panel for supplying light to the liquid crystal panel;
a bottom cover disposed below the liquid crystal panel to receive the fluorescent lamps and having at least one through-hole;
an inverter board disposed below the bottom cover and applying a voltage to the at least one fluorescent lamp; and
at least one auxiliary optical source mounted on the inverter board and supplying light to the fluorescent lamps through the at least one through-hole of the bottom cover,
wherein the fluorescent lamp is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the auxiliary optical source so that the light from the auxiliary optical source is not supplied to the liquid crystal panel.
2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary optical source is an Ultraviolet (UV) light source.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary optical source is a light emitting diode (LED).
4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3, wherein the LED is one of blue LED and green LED.
5. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel;
a backlight unit behind the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight including at least one fluorescent lamp and an auxiliary optical source substantially adjacent the at least one fluorescent lamp for providing activation energy to the at least one fluorescent lamp; and
a bottom cover behind the backlight unit and housing the backlight unit,
wherein the fluorescent lamp is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the auxiliary optical source so that the light from the auxiliary optical source is not supplied to the liquid crystal panel.
6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5, wherein the auxiliary optical source is mounted on the bottom cover.
7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5, further comprising an inverter board behind the bottom cover, wherein the bottom cover has at least one through-hole and wherein the auxiliary optical source is mounted on the inverter board and extends through the through hole to be substantially adjacent to the at least one fluorescent light tube.
8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 5, further comprising at least one through hole in the bottom cover, thereby the light from the auxiliary optical source is supplied to the fluorescent lamp through the through hole.
9. A method of illuminating a backlight unit having at least one fluorescent light tube of a liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
providing activation energy to the at least one fluorescent light tube; and
subsequently illuminating the at least one fluorescent light tube,
wherein the fluorescent lamp is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and an auxiliary optical source so that the light from the auxiliary optical source is not supplied to the liquid crystal panel.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the activation energy includes illuminating the auxiliary optical source substantially adjacent to the at least one fluorescent light tube.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary optical source is a UV light source.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary optical source is a light emitting diode (LED).
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the LED is one of blue LED and green LED.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein providing activation energy includes providing light in a predetermined wavelength range to the at least one fluorescent light tube.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined wavelength range is the ultraviolet range.
16. The method of claim 14, where in the predetermined wavelength range is the blue to green wavelength range.
17. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
providing a liquid crystal display panel and at least one fluorescent lamp for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel;
installing an auxiliary optical source substantially adjacent to the at least one fluorescent lamp,
wherein the fluorescent lamp is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the auxiliary optical source so that the light from the auxiliary optical source is not supplied to the liquid crystal panel.
18. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising:
providing a liquid crystal display panel in a housing;
providing at least one fluorescent lamp within the housing for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel; and
installing an auxiliary optical source substantially adjacent to the at least one fluorescent lamp,
wherein the fluorescent lamp is disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the auxiliary optical source so that the light from the auxiliary optical source is not supplied to the liquid crystal panel.
19. The method of claim 18, the housing including at least a bottom cover below the liquid crystal display panel, wherein said at least one fluorescent lamp is received in the bottom cover, the bottom cover including a through-hole, such that the auxiliary optical source is mounted to extend through the through-hole from an exterior of the bottom cover.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising mounting the auxiliary optical source on an inverter board disposed below the bottom cover, and inserting the auxiliary optical source through the through-hole.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the auxiliary optical source is an Ultraviolet (UV) light source.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein the auxiliary optical source is a light emitting diode (LED).
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the LED is one of blue LED and green LED.
24. A method of driving a backlight of a liquid crystal display device, the backlight including a plurality of fluorescent lamps and an auxiliary optical source substantially adjacent the at least one fluorescent lamp for providing activation energy to the at least one fluorescent lamp, the method comprising:
lighting the auxiliary optical source to supply the light from the auxiliary optical source to one of the fluorescent lamps when electrons of the fluorescent lamp is disappeared by the darkness;
driving the fluorescent lamp supplied with the light from the auxiliary optical source by activating the electrons thereof; and
supplying the light from the drive fluorescent lamp to other fluorescent lamps to activate the electrons thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method for authorizing product, comprising:
receiving, from a first source, an item serial number (ISN) of a product and an item-specific key (ISK) for the product;
receiving, from a second source, a product-package serial number (PPSN) associated with the product and information about the second source;
storing the received PSN with an authorized indication based on the information about the second source indicating an authorized source;
receiving, from the product, the PSN and the ISN;
determining whether the PSN is the same as the receive PSN with the authorized indication; and
if the PSN is the same as the receive PSN, transmitting the ISK to the product, the ISK enables activation of one or more features of the product.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
if the PSN is not the same as the receive PSN, providing a message to be presented by the product to a user.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ISK comprises geographical information that enables activation of one or more features of the product based on the geographical information.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ISK comprises data associated with the second source that enables activation of one or more features of the product based on the second source.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the ISK does not activate at least one other features of the product.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the ISK comprises rebate information associated with the product.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the ISK matched another ISK embedded with the product.
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for:
receiving, from a first source, an item serial number (ISN) of a product and an item-specific key (ISK) for the product;
receiving, from a second source, a product-package serial number (PPSN) associated with the product and information about the second source;
storing the received PSN with an authorized indication based on the information about the second source indicating an authorized source;
receiving, from the product, the PSN and the ISN;
determining whether the PSN is the same as the receive PSN with the authorized indication; and
if the PSN is the same as the receive PSN, transmitting the ISK to the product, the ISK enables activation of one or more features of the product.
9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the ISK comprises geographical information that enables activation of one or more features of the product based on the geographical information.
10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the ISK comprises data associated with the second source that enables activation of one or more features of the product based on the second source.
11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the ISK does not activate at least one other features of the product.
12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the ISK comprises rebate information associated with the product.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the ISK matched another ISK embedded with the product.
14. At least one computing device comprising storage and a processor configured to perform:
receiving, from a first source, an item serial number (ISN) of a product and an item-specific key (ISK) for the product;
receiving, from a second source, a product-package serial number (PPSN) associated with the product and information about the second source;
storing the received PSN with an authorized indication based on the information about the second source indicating an authorized source;
receiving, from the product, the PSN and the ISN;
determining whether the PSN is the same as the receive PSN with the authorized indication; and
if the PSN is the same as the receive PSN, transmitting the ISK to the product, the ISK enables activation of one or more features of the product.
15. The at least one computing device of claim 14, further comprising:
if the PSN is not the same as the receive PSN, providing a message to be presented by the product to a user.
16. The at least one computing device of claim 14, wherein the ISK comprises geographical information that enables activation of one or more features of the product based on the geographical information.
17. The at least one computing device of claim 14, wherein the ISK comprises data associated with the second source that enables activation of one or more features of the product based on the second source.
18. The at least one computing device of claim 14, wherein the ISK does not activate at least one other features of the product.
19. The at least one computing device of claim 14, wherein the ISK comprises rebate information associated with the product.
20. The at least one computing device of claim 14, wherein the ISK matched another ISK embedded with the product.