盘点：柯达留下的企业后代

LG 公司

    2009年，柯达将其有机发光二极管（OLED，organic light-emitting diode）业务出售给了韩国的LG电子有限公司（LG Electronics）。在此之前，柯达一直抱怨LG和其他手机厂商侵犯了其数码相机专利。柯达1987年发明了OLED技术。它采用的是一层通电后能发光的有机薄膜。这项技术主要用于数字显示设备，如电视机屏幕、电脑显示器和手机屏幕。业界普遍认为，这项技术比液晶（LCD）和等离子屏幕更先进，利用它能生产更轻更薄，能效更高，显示效果更好的屏幕。2012年1月，LG发布了一款OLED电视的原型机，网络媒体公司CNET.com称其为“十几年来电视技术最重大的进展”和“平板显示技术的未来”。至少就目前而言，柯达还持有相当一部分与OLED相关的专利。

    译者：清远

LG

    In 2009, Kodak sold its organic OLED (or organic light-emitting diode) business to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. Prior to the sale, Kodak had complained that LG and other mobile phone manufacturers infringed on its digital camera patents. Invented by Kodak in 1987, OLED utilizes an organic film that emits light in response to an electric current. The tech is used in digital displays such as TV screens, computer monitors, and mobile phones. Considered superior to LCD and plasma screens, OLED allows for thinner, lighter, more efficient, and better quality displays. When LG revealed an OLED TV prototype in January 2012, CNET.com called it "the most important advancement in TV technology in more than a decade" and "the future of flat-panel tech." At least for now, Kodak holds quite a few OLED-related patents.