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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8081430 | Microperforated and backlit displays having alternative display capabilities A visual display having microperforations, backlighting and contrasting surface finishes is disclosed. The visual display includes an opaque base object having a front surface and a plurality of microperforations therethrough from the front surface to a back surface... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7778015 | Microperforated and backlit displays having alternative display capabilities A visual display having microperforations, backlighting and contrasting surface finishes is disclosed. The visual display includes an opaque base object having a front surface and a plurality of microperforations therethrough from the front surface to a back surface... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7394396 | Electrical apparatus, image forming apparatus and operation program product An operation section (28) of an image forming apparatus main body (2) comprises an operation display panel (30) for displaying letters and/or symbols representing various functions with respect to an image forming operation to allow an operator ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7350429 | Custom vehicular monitoring device The present invention discloses a method and system for providing custom vehicular monitoring gauges for individuals. The custom vehicular monitoring gauges include a display face having an upper show surface and a lower surface. A sensor scale and a display area ar... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337565 | Display unit A display unit comprises a display region constituted of twenty-four display segments each of which has a triangular display surface. The display region consists of a quadrangular central region and a quadrangular and annular peripheral region surrounding the entire... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336195 | Light emitting array apparatus and method of manufacture This invention provides a light emitting array apparatus for use in a video screen display or lighting device incorporating a panel having a plurality of LEDs. Such a panel provides a plurality of LEDs on the front face of the panel in close thermal proximity to the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7265681 | Light emitted diode driving apparatus A driving apparatus includes a DC-to-DC converter, a first LED series, a second LED series, a first constant-current circuit, a second constant-current circuit, and a feedback circuit. The DC-to-DC converter respectively outputs a direct-current voltage to one termi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247821 | Cooking device with luminous display A cooking device containing a housing with a cooking chamber and a door to close off the cooking chamber and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display. The control and display panel can display the different operation modes of the cooki... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7193606 | Wearable electronic device A wearable electronic device which includes a base, a display mounted to the base, a user-controllable cursor, a cursor controller for allowing the user to control the position of the cursor on the display, wherein the cursor controller is responsive to a control st... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183939 | Shining fan structure for displaying images A shining fan structure for displaying images of patterns or characters by reflection mainly includes a fan. A plurality of blades of the fan are provided with reflective patterns or characters. Light-emitting elements are provided on the periphery of the fan base. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7161256 | Automatic power generation light-image fan device An automatic power-generation light-image fan device is described. It has a fan motor, a vane set, a circuit board, a programmable chip, an automatic power-generation component, a rectifier filter circuit, a magnetic sensor and a positioning magnet. In this device, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134354 | Display for process transmitter A transmitter for use in a process control system for monitoring an industrial process includes a housing having a top and a bottom and a height extending therebetween. A parallelogram display is mounted to the housing. Sides of the parallelogram display are arrange... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131226 | Display device with rail support Disclosed is a display device, elongate mount, and display module for displaying alphanumeric information to passengers of a mass transit vehicle. The display modules are mounted along a single edge to a elongate mount. The elongate mount includes at least one end c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7096046 | Luminescent and illumination signaling displays utilizing a mobile communication device with laser A wireless mobile communication device is provided with a light source arrangement configured to be able to output at least one of a steady or sweeping light pulse. The former may be used as a light pointer. The later may be used to facilitate spatial painting of il... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7030420 | Swing-type display device A linear array of red LEDs 10R is provided so as to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which a swing-type display device is swung, and a linear array of green LEDs 10G is further provided, the red LEDs 10R and gr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6972689 | Portable sign system A portable sign system being self-contained and having a digital display panel which can be hydraulically raised to a suitable height and subsequently be rotated by a worm gear which is manually driven or electrically driven by a motor. A broad based upper assembly ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6956561 | Keypad backlighting of mobile terminal A keypad backlighting apparatus includes an electroluminescence layer for lighting an input device of an electronic apparatus. The input device may be a keypad and the electronic apparatus may be a mobile communications terminal. The terminal includes an upper case ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6943772 | Magnetic display device A magnetic display device comprising a pair of flat-sheet display members formed of a non-magnetic material having transparency at least on its display surface, and a dispersion medium and magnetic particles held between the flat-sheet display members, wherein the d... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6909377 | Illumination device with light emitting diodes (LEDs), method of illumination and method for image recording with such an LED illumination device Illumination device with light emitting diodes (LED) and an LED support element on which a number of light pixels are arranged which emit light are disclosed. The light pixels each comprise a number of LEDs with emission wavelengths suitable for additive color mixin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906633 | Program-controlled household appliance The optical indicator unit of a program-controlled household appliance includes one or more indicator elements for the display of information in plain text. Each indicator element includes a matrix with 5×8 pixels for the display of a character. Each indicator elem... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6882285 | PDA watch A personal data assistant (“PDA”) watch uses a “character wheel,” or a “data dial,” to enter information, or characters, into the PDA watch. Such a dial makes the entering of data much quicker by taking advantage of the flexibility of the human wrist. A ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6870655 | Rearview mirror with display A mirror includes a housing, a mirror subassembly including a reflector layer with a portion defining an opening, and an indicia panel covering the opening and configured to form a visual display. At least one light source is positioned in the housing to pass light ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6816137 | Visual message display device An alphanumeric and graphic symbol display device in which an LED array is rotated and controlled to project a display onto a translucent surface. The electrical power for the array is provided by way of a rotating contactless transformer independently of the contro... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813853 | Sectional display system Electronic alpha-numeric or symbol sectional display system featuring readily accessible access to internally located modular display and other components for quick changeout of modular and other components. Display panels, which are modular, are readily and quickly... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6744374 | Setting device with rotating actuator and illuminated index display A setting device includes a rotating actuator, a switch, an illuminated index display on which a value which is manually set at the rotating actuator is assigned to the rotating actuator and, by actuating the switch, the manual setting at the rotating actuator can b... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6605784 | Display unit for a measuring instrument A display unit for a measuring instrument, particularly for a weighing balance (1), has at least one line-shaped pointer element (25, 27) presented as an image on a display screen composed of individually controllable image dots. The image dots are aligne... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6558021 | Light emitting diode modules for illuminated signs A light emitting diode module for attaching to a surface of a sign, which includes a mounting plate having top and bottom surfaces, a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted to the top surface of the mounting plate, a housing having top and bottom surf... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6480116 | Method and apparatus for showing special characters or figures on a rotating disk The present invention is a method and apparatus for showing special characters or figures on a rotating disk. A sensor (e.g. spectrum sensor, metal sensor, magnetic field sensor, mechanical contact sensor and sound sensor) and a plurality of light fitting... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6473002 | Split-phase PED head signal A split-phase pedestrian head traffic signal having directional light beams and a variable beamwidth. The pedestrian heads are selectively controlled such that half-way through a control cycle, a pedestrian half-way across the street may see a "walk" sign... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6429791 | Parked vehicle locator A hand-held device which is used to record the site of a vehicle that is parked in a marked location in a lot or garage. The device may be applied to record the level, section and row in which the vehicle is parked. An array of alpha-numeric indicia is ad... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6344800 | Vending machine display An improved display module for a vending machine is described. An implementation includes an enhanced display means, an inverter connected to a CLOCK input signal, and a flip-flop connected to the inverter and to a DATA input signal. The inverter and the ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6329926 | Visual display devices The invention provides visual displays, and methods of operating such visual displays, in which use is made of a plurality of light emitting diode elements which are arranged to emit a respective colour when suitably energised. Diode elements having diffe... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6314669 | Sectional display system Electronic alpha-numeric or symbol sectional display system featuring readily accessible access to internally located modular display and other components for quick changeout of modular and other components. Display panels, which are modular, having side-... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6294983 | Emergency exit light The present invention relates to an emergency exit light having an installation body having a light fitting and a power supply device inside thereof and an indicating board made of transparent material, words or figures sculptured on the indicating board ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6265984 | Light emitting diode display device A pre-programmed device and method for forming and displaying images includes: electrically powered light emitters in one or more rows that can be moved in a path generally perpendicular with the row of lights; a microprocessor(s) controlling the lights; ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6243021 | Indicating and measuring instrument An electronic instrument has a display with a group of light emitting diode elements, the elements of a first portion of the group being of a first color when energized, and the elements of a second portion being of a second color when energized. The elem... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6222459 | Method of word screen formation by laser light projection and the structure for the same The present invention relates to a method of word screen formation by laser light projection and the structure of word formation by laser light projection, and in particular, relates to a plurality of laser production devices arranged in a single column a... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6211784 | Object detector and object detector system An object detector including a detector, a setting device, a comparator and a display. The detector outputs a detected quantity based on a presence or absence of an object to be detected. The setting device sets a threshold, The comparator compares the de... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6121890 | Electronic indicator with adjustable ratio of spindle displacement to displayed value An electronic indicator that includes a means for a scaling the actual displacement of the spindle by a user-adjustable scale factor representing the ratio of the actual displacement of a spindle to the value displayed. The indicator includes a body, tran... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6101750 | Portable message sign A changeable portable, solar powered message sign is disclosed which offers reduced power consumption and enhanced visibility to intended observers especially during the difficult hours about dawn and dusk. The system features character matrices and two i... | 08/15/2000 |
