盤點：柯達留下的企業后代

LG 公司

????2009年，柯達將其有機發光二極管（OLED，organic light-emitting diode）業務出售給了韓國的LG電子有限公司（LG Electronics）。在此之前，柯達一直抱怨LG和其他手機廠商侵犯了其數碼相機專利。柯達1987年發明了OLED技術。它采用的是一層通電后能發光的有機薄膜。這項技術主要用于數字顯示設備，如電視機屏幕、電腦顯示器和手機屏幕。業界普遍認為，這項技術比液晶（LCD）和等離子屏幕更先進，利用它能生產更輕更薄，能效更高，顯示效果更好的屏幕。2012年1月，LG發布了一款OLED電視的原型機，網絡媒體公司CNET.com稱其為“十幾年來電視技術最重大的進展”和“平板顯示技術的未來”。至少就目前而言，柯達還持有相當一部分與OLED相關的專利。

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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.