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Class 345/84 - Light-controlling display elements


Subclass of Class 345 - Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems
Definition: Subject matter in which the matrix display elements* control
No. of applications: 326
Last issue date: 05/24/2012


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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120127066CONTENT OUTPUT DEVICE, CONTENT OUTPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTENT OUTPUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
A content output device for outputting contents to be displayed to users, including: a storage unit storing a plurality of contents, each being associated with its attribute; a first output control unit for outputting a predetermined content among the contents to a scre...
05/24/2012
20110298786Color electronic paper display device and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a color electronic paper display device including: rotating balls; a barrier structure for partitioning the rotating balls; and an electrode structure which is provided in the barrier structure and applies voltages to the rotating balls, w...
12/08/2011
20110298762Driving Device, Driving Method and Portable Electronic Display Device
A driving device for a portable electronic display device for showing a digital content includes a movement sensor installed in the portable electronic display device, for detecting a rotating status of the portable electronic display device to generate a detecting resu...
12/08/2011
20110298695OPTICAL COMPONENT CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR LASER-BASED DISPLAY DEVICE
A laser-based display device includes a plurality of ultraviolet lasers configured to excite a phosphor-containing display screen in order to produce visible light. The laser-based display device also includes a reference laser used for calibration operations. A control...
12/08/2011
20110279357WIRELESS ACCESSIBLE DISPLAY AND METHODS
Changeable displays are described and methods of making and using such displays are described as well. Displays can be made changeable using wireless communications, including through cellular indications networks. GSM modem technology can be used. A changeable display ...
11/17/2011
20110260956ACTIVE MATRIX CONTENT MANIPULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for sharing image data between interconnected pixels in a display device. Some implementations of a display device may include an array of pixels, where each pixel includes a display element, a memory element, one ...
10/27/2011
20110254758Flex Design and Attach Method for Reducing Display Panel Periphery
Various embodiments described herein involve making connections with the display leads on more than one side of the display array, e.g., on 2 sides, 3 sides or all 4 sides of the display array. By making connections with the display leads on more than one side of the di...
10/20/2011
20110234605DISPLAY HAVING SPLIT SUB-PIXELS FOR MULTIPLE IMAGE DISPLAY FUNCTIONS
A display which includes a plurality of sub-pixels each split into a plurality of sub-regions. Each sub-pixel includes a single gate line and a single signal line, and each sub-region within a given sub-pixel includes a corresponding storage capacitor line. An optical e...
09/29/2011
20110187630ACTIVE ELEMENT ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND FLAT DISPLAY USING THE SAME
An active element array substrate includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The data lines are intersected with the scan lines. Each of the pixel transistors is electrically coupl...
08/04/2011
20110169721UPSTREAM SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CLIENT DEVICES IN A SMALL-CELL WIRELESS NETWORK
Methods, apparatuses and program logic in storage media to process media data for quality enhancement. The media data is for rendering at a wireless device. Environmental quantities are accepted from one or more sensors located remote from the wireless device but suffic...
07/14/2011
20110164067CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMS-based light modulators....
07/07/2011
20110156992DISPLAY APPARATUS
In a display apparatus, a plurality of pixels are arranged in first and second directions, and each pixel includes at least one dot. A plurality of data lines are provided between two adjacent dots while extending in the first direction. A plurality of gate lines are pr...
06/30/2011
20110148954IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
For an image display apparatus, cost reduction is enabled to prevent display errors while ensuring operational margin to prevent display errors even when the delay time of gate line driving signals is large. A source driver of a liquid-crystal display apparatus includes...
06/23/2011
20110148948CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS
A method of operating a display including loading image data to pixels in multiple rows of pixels in an array of pixels during a data loading phase, actuating the pixels in the multiple rows during an update phase, and illuminating at least one lamp during an lamp illum...
06/23/2011
20110148747Multi-primary color display and the manufacturing method thereof
A multi-primary color display has pixels, and each pixel includes at least four sub pixels which display red primary color, green primary color, blue primary color and cyan primary color, respectively. When the four primary colors are displayed to achieve white balance,...
06/23/2011
20110141150DISPLAY SCREENS HAVING OPTICAL FLUORESCENT MATERIALS
Fluorescent screens and display systems and devices based on such screens using at least one excitation optical beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials and non...
06/16/2011
20110128307METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING COLOR IN A DISPLAY
Embodiments include methods and devices for controlling the spectral profile and color gamut of light produced by an interferometric display. Such devices include illuminating a display with selected wavelengths of light. Embodiments also include a display comprising se...
06/02/2011
20110109529DISPLAY SYSTEMS HAVING SCREENS WITH OPTICAL FLUORESCENT MATERIALS
Fluorescent screens and display systems and devices based on such screens using at least one excitation optical beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials and non...
05/12/2011
20110109533SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY
There is provided a surface light source device having a configuration where light sources are arranged on both of a pair of side surfaces of a light guide plate and allowed to independently form nonuniform light emission intensity distributions in which light emission ...
05/12/2011
20110111807ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FLAT DISPLAY MODULE
Disclosed is electronic device including a case body including a front surface side portion of the case body and a rear surface side portion of the case body; a flat display module accommodated in the case body; a conductive layer formed on an internal wall of one of th...
05/12/2011
20110102308Image display device with imaging unit
An image display unit comprises a display area including pixels, and an imaging unit disposed at its rear side behind the display area. Light transmissive sections are located within the display area and correspond to the pixels. The light transmissive sections are conf...
05/05/2011
20110090156METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCORDING TO QUANTITY OF INCIDENT EXTERNAL LIGHT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME
A method for controlling an operation of a display apparatus according to the quantity of incident external light and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The display apparatus controls an operating mode thereof according to the quantity of external light in...
04/21/2011
20110050668DISPLAY DEVICE
The present invention relates to a display device, which includes: a backlight unit that is divided into a plurality of blocks, driven for each of the divided blocks, and includes at least one optical assembly; a display panel that is disposed above the backlight unit; ...
03/03/2011
20100315442Circuit Configuration and Method for Controlling Particularly Segmented LED Background Illumination
A circuit arrangement for controlling a segmented LED backlight in particular, comprises a generator (50) with a first input (10) to be supplied with a synchronizing signal (SYNC) that comprises image frequency information and/or line frequency information...
12/16/2010
20100309103METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LIGHTING DISPLAYS
Various devices and methods of lighting a display are disclosed. In one embodiment, for example, a display device includes a transmissive display configured to be illuminated through a back surface and a reflective display configured to be illuminated through a front su...
12/09/2010
20100302226LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
A light source device with an improved contrast ratio between a bright portion and a dark portion of a displayed image and a display divide including the light source device. In order to change a reflectance of a portion of a reflection sheet 110, 111 with gradat...
12/02/2010
20100295761ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING COLLAPSIBLE DISPLAY WITH NON-DEFORMABLE ACTIVE AREAS
The invention relates to an electronic apparatus comprising a collapsible electronic display (20) having an active region (21) conceived to be extendable and comprising a substantially deformable area (24a, 24b) and a substantia...
11/25/2010
20100283920LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER
A lighting device 12 of the present invention includes a plurality of light sources 17, a regulator circuit 50 and a driver circuit 40. The regulator circuit 50 is configured to adjust balance of current flow between the light sources ...
11/11/2010
20100271360Bi-Stable Display, Frame Updating Method and Timing Control Method thereof
A bi-stable display, frame updating method and timing sequence controlling method thereof are disclosed. The frame updating method of the bi-stable display includes the steps of comparing a difference of source driver output voltages of adjacent frames of image updating...
10/28/2010
20100253708ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A electro-optical apparatus includes: a plurality of unit circuits arranged to correspond to intersections of scanning lines and data lines; a scanning line driving circuit; and a data line driving circuit. Each unit circuit includes: an electro-optical element which pr...
10/07/2010
20100231566DRIVING OF ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE
The invention relates to a method of driving an electrowetting display device including a display element, the display element having an electrode for applying a voltage and providing a display state in response to a signal level of the voltage. The method comprises the...
09/16/2010
20100225675DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DRIVING CODE GENERATING CIRCUIT
A display device displays a gray scale by applying a voltage to a display element for each of a plurality of subfields. The display device includes a predetermined code storage unit that stores a predetermined code, in which indication values designating the voltage are...
09/09/2010
20100225678DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT
A display driver circuit configured to be shared by three grey-scale voltage generators to be respectively used with red (R), green (G) and blue (B) colors. In particular, two of the three grey-scale voltage generators share first and second resistor strings, gamma volt...
09/09/2010
20100225631FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND SOURCE DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING MUTIPLE DRIVING OPERATIONS WITHIN A UNIT SOURCING PERIOD
A flat panel display device and a source driver circuit for the flat panel display device are provided for performing multiple driving operations within a unit sourcing period. In the flat panel display device, multiple driving operations are performed within the unit s...
09/09/2010
20100220096REFLECTIVE AREA BLOCKING FEATURE FOR DISPLAYS
This invention relates to a display device, a method, a computer program and a system including a display device, wherein said display device includes at least one light transmissive area configured to be coupled to a light source in order to be provided with backlight,...
09/02/2010
20100214199DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PREVENTING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
A display device includes a display panel, a back light module, a printed circuit board and a ground slice. The back light module includes a first frame, a second frame and a light source disposed between the first frame and the second frame. The first frame has a first...
08/26/2010
20100214198DISPLAY DEVICE
A display device includes a display panel, a flexible printed circuit and a back light module. The flexible printed circuit is suitable for supporting the driving element and is electrically connected to the display panel. The back light module includes at least one lig...
08/26/2010
20100201666ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
An electro-optical device is configured to be capable of using a region of a gate line drive circuit efficiently and preventing rising speed of a gate line selection signal from decreasing (rising delay), and a shift register circuit is composed of a single conductivity...
08/12/2010
20100194792ILLUMINATION UNIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE ILLUMINATION UNIT
An illumination unit may include at least one luminous means; a detector, which is configured to be used to detect at least one brightness of an image; at least one controller connected to the at least one luminous means and to the detector, wherein the at least one lum...
08/05/2010
20100194720ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
At a writing time, a first transistor 412 is turned on so that a data signal Xj is supplied to one end of a capacitor 420. At this time, since a second transistor 414 is turned off, driving current does not flow to an organic light emitting diode (O...
08/05/2010
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