US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 25 for "Display device and method for blocking EOS defect thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,797, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display device and method for blocking EOS defect thereof" was invented by Seok Heon Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a display device capable of preventing electrical over stress (EOS) defects by detecting and grounding EOS flowing in through an interface when a cable of external device is connected and a method for preventing EOS defects thereof. When a cable in an inactive mode exists in a plurality of cables, an EOS grounding unit may be controlled so that at least one connection pin corresponding to th...