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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329592 | Method for screening crystallization conditions using multifunctional substrates A method for producing crystals and for screening crystallization conditions of chemical materials on distinct metallic islands with specific functional groups by using multi-functional substrates comprising a plurality of self-assembled monolayers having at least t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329319 | Method for producing crystals and screening crystallization conditions A method for producing crystals and for screening crystallization conditions of chemical materials on distinct metallic islands with specific functional groups, for preparing and screening the conditions necessary to promote a specific polymorph of a crystal, and a ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330210 | Method and apparatus for repairing a vidicon camera A method and apparatus is provided for repairing damage to a vidicon camera where the damage is indicated on a video display. The damaged photosensitive target of the video camera is illuminated by light from a light source, the light being of a wavelength and inten... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309964 | Floating drive circuit for cold cathode fluorescent lamp A floating driving device for illumination includes a illumination unit having a first terminal and a second terminal. A first driver is electrically coupled to the first terminal of the illumination unit, for applying AC voltages to the first terminal. A second dri... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7269940 | Ion engine grid arcing protection circuit An arcing protection circuit for the screen and accelerator grids of an ion thruster engine includes an impedance, which in one embodiment, is fixed, and in another, is variable, coupled in series between the accelerator grid of the engine and a current return path ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260271 | Digital image data correction apparatus, digital image data correction method and digital image pickup apparatus The present invention discloses a digital image pickup apparatus. The digital image pickup apparatus reads digital image data from a main memory in a horizontal direction. The digital image pickup apparatus corrects an optical distortion component in the horizontal ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7212287 | Providing optical feedback on light color Optical feedback for controlling color of light from a light source is provided. Incident optical energy of the light is detected as a function of discrete steps of wavelength. For each discrete step of wavelength, an X, Y and Z tristimulus subvalue is produced. All... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7126652 | Light source device including a planar light source having a single, substantially continuous light emission area and display device incorporating the light source device A red light source comprising an array of LEDs 102R that emit light of a red color, a green light source comprising an array of LEDs 102G that emit light of a green color, and a blue light source comprising an array of LEDs 102B that emit light ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119852 | Apparatus for processing signals The invention relates to an apparatus for processing signals, comprising parameter control means for controlling parameters of said signals in response to manual adjustments by the user as well as automatically generated adjustments based on current ambient factors ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113181 | Display device and method of changing the display settings thereof A method of changing display settings of a device (5) for displaying a video signal includes generating new display settings by varying the value of a first display parameter defining the display settings, between a first limit and a second limit; displaying ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110002 | Image displaying system of environment-adaptive type, presentation system, and image processing method and program To provide an environment-compliant image display system, a presentation system, an image processing method, and a program, a colored-light information processing section 140 is used to create XYZ values that take into account a visual environment, based on c... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098434 | Method for extracting measuring signals from a multi-channel photomultipier and corresponding circuit The invention relates to a method for extracting measuring signals from a multi-channel photomultiplier, characterised by the following steps: a measuring signal which is integral for the channels of the photomultiplier is extracted at the dynode in order to record ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7059486 | Plastic container with rounded shoulders A plastic container for the storage and transport of liquids, particularly aggressive liquids, comprising a practically rectangular bottom, a top wall with a filling or pouring hole, and standing walls which each connect to the circumferential seam of both the botto... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057359 | Method and apparatus for controlling driving current of illumination source in a display system The present application describes a programmable current controller for regulating an operating driving current flowing through an illumination source. The driving current is regulated according to a digital reference corresponding to a predetermined operating curre... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6987362 | CRT display apparatus and control method thereof A CRT display apparatus having an FBT amplifying an inputted voltage and outputting the amplified voltage to an anode of a CRT, a vertical regulator to regulate a V-size of a screen, and a vertical deflector to vertically deflect a scanning line, further comprises a... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6918697 | Light treatment device and method, imaging cassette, dose measuring module and radiology apparatus Device and method of treatment of light obtained from X-rays, comprising a means of filtering the light with a cutoff frequency such that a first part of the spectrum of the light emitted by a light emitter is preserved, the first part of the spectrum being independ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6744185 | Beam-index-type cathode ray tube A beam-index-type cathode ray tube includes a vacuum tube defined by a panel and a funnel having a neck; a phosphor screen provided with index stripes to provide color selection, the phosphor screen being formed on an aluminum metal back layer; an electron gun mount... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6545435 | Cathode ray tube and signal detecting method in cathode ray tube A capacitor for outputting a reference signal is formed by using a part of an envelope. A reference signal according to an anode voltage is output from the capacitor for outputting a reference signal. An unnecessary signal component included in an index-d... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6456019 | Real time measurement of leakage current in high voltage electron guns A method and a apparatus are provided for operating an E-beam system including an E-beam source for generating an E-beam directed along a column axis and an electrode aligned with the column axis direct the E-beam towards means for measuring the E-beam. A... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6417633 | Tracking cathode ray tube circuit having a modulator demodulator A tracking index cathode ray tube circuit includes a tracking circuit connected to a shadowmaskless tracking cathode ray tube for deriving a tracking signal therefrom. The tracking circuit comprises a modulator demodulator circuit. The tracking signal fro... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6400085 | Beam index type cathode ray tube A beam index type cathode ray tube for preventing distortion of index signals due to high frequency noises by protecting an optical detector and an index circuit part from the influence of high frequencies which are generated during the operation of the c... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6304034 | Cathode ray tube and image correcting method With the cathode ray tube and image correcting method of the invention, inside the cathode ray tube, an index electrode for outputting an electric detection signal according to an incidence of electron beams is provided in an over-scan region of the elect... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6294885 | Beam index type color cathode ray tube Disclosed is a display device having a beam index type color CRT that includes an index signal controller for controlling input and output of index signals, an index memory for temporally saving the index signals in units corresponding to of a screened im... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5977711 | Method and system for optimizing cathode output for aging a cathode ray tube during manufacture The present invention relates to a method and system for optimizing the output of at least two electron guns in a cathode ray tube for aging the cathode ray tube during manufacture. The system comprises at least two electron guns located in the cathode ra... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5959414 | Moire reducing apparatus Scanning lines are automatically shifted by using a test signal for detecting a screen display height, a detector which detects information of the screen display height from the test signal, a calculator which calculates a scanning-line shift amount, a mo... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5801496 | Color cathode ray tube display device and method of adjusting color purity in the display device A color cathode ray tube display device has a cathode ray tube 1, a convergence purity assembly 10 mounted on a neck portion 29 of the tube 1 at a position behind a deflection yoke 8, a two pole coil unit 12 near the convergence purity assembly 10 to form... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5777441 | Moire reducing apparatus Scanning lines are automatically shifted by using a test signal for detecting a screen display height, a detector which detects information of the screen display height from the test signal, a calculator which calculates a scanning-line shift amount, a mo... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5694003 | Plural gun color CRT with inclined index phosphor layers A color cathode-ray tube comprises a phosphor screen formed on an inner surface of a face plate and having a plurality of three-color phosphor layers. A plurality of first index phosphor layers are provided on the phosphor screen and extending in parallel... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5661608 | Light box for optical valve A system of retro-illumination for optical valves integrated into a system of projection is constituted by a plane array of slotted fluorescent tubes, parallel to one another, associated with a plane array of longitudinal lenses parallel to the tubes and ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5432404 | Apparatus for detecting a geometric distortion of an image on a display device For the purpose of detecting a geometric distortion of an image on a screen of a CRT display device, i.e., the deviation of the positional coordinates at a high speed and with a high accuracy, the positions of window images having about 10 rows and 10 col... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5414330 | Cathode ray tube control apparatus A cathode ray tube control apparatus includes phosphor display screen, three electron guns for emitting R, G, B electron beams to the display screen, a shadow mask placed between the electron guns and the display screen, and index phosphors deposited on t... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5359266 | System for generating triggering pulses for use in beam indexing type color cathode ray tubes A single gun color cathode ray tube (CRT) having a screen consisting of alternating red, blue and green vertical phosphor strips in groups of three, with strips of conductive or photovoltaic material overlaying each phosphor strip, or placed between adjac... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5343119 | Index type CRT having a photosensor with a function of amplifier A display device includes a beam index type cathode ray tube having a fluorescent screen on which red, green and blue fluorescent materials are formed in strip configurations and further index fluorescent materials are formed in strip configurations with ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5334911 | Apparatus for and method of measuring beam spot luminescence distribution The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring a luminescence distribution within a beam spot of an electron beam irradiated on a tube surface of a color cathode ray tube. The measuring region is fixed within the specific fluorescent substan... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5270818 | Arrangement for automatically controlling brightness of cockpit displays An automatic brightness control provides automatic compensation for the effects of ambient light on a display. A microprocessor interfaced to ambient light sensors, pilot selected brightness controls and a harmonization gain potentiometer, implements a co... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5268615 | Device for the [servo-] control of the cut-off voltage of a cathode-ray tube by measurement of luminance The disclosure relates to cathode-ray tubes that have to be used at a low level of luminance. A zone of the screen of the tube is covered with a luminophore of high sensitivity and is associated with a luminance sensor by an optic fiber that measures the ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5266872 | Device for the dual loop servo-control of the cut-off voltage of a cathode-ray tube The disclosure relates to cathode-ray tubes that have to be used at a low level of luminance. The cut-off voltage of the tube is modified by using two servo-control loops, the first one as a function of the value of the cathode current and the second one ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5237246 | Process and device for adjusting pictures A system for adjusting the position and size of a picture generated by deflecting a light source in response to a deflection current and displayed in a picture area larger than the picture includes sensors for sensing the picture arranged outside the pict... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5179314 | Non-sequential raster scanning apparatus and method A cathode ray tube non-sequential raster scanning method maintains a more uniform screen luminescence. This raster scanning method scans and stores electrical signals representing the locations of non-sequential blocks of adjacent raster lines or reordere... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5111110 | Method of determining a display parameter in a picture display tube and method of improving a picture display in a picture display tube A method of determining display parameters of an electron beam picture tube. An image pattern is produced on the display screen of the tube by frequency modulating the electron beam. The frequency component of the image pattern having a frequency equal to... | 05/05/1992 |
