Patent ID: 8635538

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a displaying unit; a signal processing unit which performs signal processing for displaying images on the displaying unit; a first controlling unit which controls the signal processing unit to perform signal processing; a first storing unit which saves a first control program for operating the first controlling unit; a connecting unit to which an outer storing apparatus is connected; a second controlling unit which compares reference information related to the first control program saved in the first storing unit with reference information related to a first control program saved in the outer storing apparatus, and updates the first control program saved in the first storing unit to the first control program which is saved in the outer storing apparatus and received through the connecting unit if the first control program saved in the first storing unit needs to be updated; and a second storing unit, wherein the second controlling unit compares reference information related to a second control program saved in the second storing unit with reference information related to a second control program saved in the outer storing apparatus, and updates the second control program saved in the second storing unit to the second control program which is saved in the outer storing apparatus and received through the connecting unit if the second control program saved in the second storing unit needs to be updated, and wherein the first storing unit and the second storing unit save micro controller unit (MCU) code data.