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| 8144077 | Visual display structure with fade resistant surface finish Methods and apparatuses for a visual display structure having a fade resistant surface finish. The visual display structure is three-dimensional and may be used to recreate a naturally occurring structure, such as rocks, coral or vegetation. The visual display struc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7817105 | Image forming method and charged particle beam apparatus An image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus suitable for suppressing the inclination of charging when scanning a two-dimensional area with a charged particle beam. A third scanning line located between a first scanning line and a second scanning li... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7696956 | Apparatus for video graphics array testing An apparatus for video graphics array (VGA) testing includes a connector, a switch, and an output. The connector has at least one signal output pin. The signal output pin of the VGA connector is connected to the output via the switch. The output can be coupled with ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7421375 | Organic electroluminescent device and driving method thereof The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device and a driving method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device according to the present invention comprises a plurality of scan lines in a first direction, a plurality of data lines in a seco... | 09/02/2008 |
| RE40422 | Device and methods for repeatedly updating the function of a LCD monitor A monitor control system capable of reprogramming the function of a LCD monitor. The monitor control system utilizes VGA signal lines for video signal transmission during normal mode of operation and the same VGA signal lines for transmitting erase/record commands a... | 07/08/2008 |
| RE40325 | Device and method for repeatedly updating the function of a monitor A device and a method for updating the function of a monitor according to the invention. By using the USB signal lines directly for data transmission and recording the data of a monitor controller to the erasable programmable read only memory, data update can be ach... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7362044 | Electron gun for cathode ray tube and cathode ray tube with the same A CRT includes an electron gun that includes a cathode adapted to emit thermal electrons, a first electrode and a second electrode adapted to form a triode portion together with the cathode, a plurality of focusing electrodes, an anode electrode and a subsidiary ele... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362295 | Apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal display and for determining type of image represented by image data An apparatus of driving a liquid crystal display includes a signal controller. The signal controller has a frame memory and an image type detector. The signal controller compares image data for a present frame from an external device with image data for a previous f... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355611 | Method and arrangement for improving image quality on a display of an imaging device In the method and arrangement, a value of at least one image parameter of a liveview scene that is displayed on an imaging device display is determined. Based on the determined image parameter value, compensation value for the image parameter is determined, and the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348993 | System and method for obtaining accurate image content A method and system for allowing a computer system platform the ability to create image content is provided. Captured image data of an original image is received and information corresponding to colorimetric points is measured. Automatic determinations are made as t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349030 | Segment buffer loading in a deinterlacer A display processor integrated circuit includes a display processor portion and an on-chip programmable logic portion. The programmable logic portion can be configured to implement custom video and/or image enhancement functions. The display processor portion perfor... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338877 | Multicomponent fiber including a luminescent colorant The present invention is directed to multicomponent fibers having a non-luminescent first polymeric component and a second polymeric component comprising a luminescent colorant. The second component comprises less than about 50 percent of the total cross-section of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330184 | System and method for recognizing connector gestures A touch system includes a touch panel having a touch surface and a projector presenting images onto the touch surface. A computer executing an applications program is coupled to the touch panel and the projector. The computer is responsive to contact output generate... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321389 | Image processing apparatus and method An image processor which forms a composite image of at least two images includes a storage unit which stores first and second image data, and a display unit which reads and displays the stored first and second image data in modes adapted to display forms of the firs... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318002 | Method and apparatus for automated testing of display signals A method and apparatus for automated testing of display signals from video graphics circuitry includes capturing display signals that are provided from a processing device to the display device. The method and apparatus further includes converting the display signal... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317453 | Video graphics array color signal generator A video graphics array color signal generator is provided. The signal generator includes an FPGA (field program gate array) device (1), a PROM (programmable read only memory) (2), a PLL (phase locked loop) circuit (3), a D/A (digital/analog) con... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312830 | Decoding information for interlaced to progressive scan conversion A method of converting interlaced video to progressive video can include a series of steps. The method can include receiving a video signal representative of at least one picture and determining whether the picture is progressive. If the picture is progressive, a ve... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313756 | Schema editor extensions A method of providing an extension mechanism to an schema editor such that custom properties may be defined for nodes within an XSD schema. The custom properties allow the schema editor to define characteristics of non-XML data within XSD schemas in a standard fashi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293851 | Liquid discharging head drive device and drive method A drive device drives a liquid discharging head to discharge, in accompaniment with the application of a drive signal voltage to a drive element, recording droplets from a nozzle disposed with the drive element. The drive device includes: a fundamental waveform data... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289377 | Internal voltage generator capable of regulating an internal voltage of a semiconductor memory device An internal voltage generator maintains stable level of an internal voltage without increasing physical area. The internal voltage generator includes an active level detector for detecting a level of an internal voltage by comparing the level of the internal voltage... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7265764 | System and method for providing a hardware icon with magnification and security A compositor for providing a pixel value corresponding to a current pixel is implemented on a chip. A desktop pixel logic circuit supplies a desktop pixel value. A cursor logic circuit supplies a cursor pixel value. A hardware icon logic circuit provides an icon pix... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7253792 | Video generation and capture techniques Method for controlling stroke video generation components by creating a program to command the video generation components to provide video signals and integrating high level software constructs into the program. Integration of the high level software constructs int... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254776 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is provided that inputs and outputs images of different resolutions. When a resolution of a line drawing input via an interface is lower than the resolution of the monitor and the resolution of an image input via the interface is ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245295 | Device and method of dynamic driving for liquid crystal display A dynamic driving device is disclosed. The device enhances the display effect of a dynamic image on a liquid crystal display by dynamically adjusting the driving voltage applied to a liquid crystal display's Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) or Central Processing Unit (... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226164 | Method and apparatus for testing sleepiness A method and apparatus are provided for authenticating a measure of sleepiness in a person in which a measure of the person's sleepiness and an authentication step are performed substantially simultaneously on substantially the same physical attribute of the person.... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7187345 | Image forming method and charged particle beam apparatus An image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus suitable for suppressing the inclination of charging when scanning a two-dimensional area with a charged particle beam. A third scanning line located between a first scanning line and a second scanning li... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187414 | Circuit for stabilizing high tension voltage of CRT, and method thereof Disclosed is a circuit for stabilizing a high tension voltage of a CRT and a method thereof. A feedback unit receives a cutoff voltage from the CRT. A compensating unit calculates a variation quantity of the cutoff voltage on the basis of the cutoff voltage from the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180477 | Portable automatic test instrument for video displays and generators Portable automatic video device tester including a programmable video generator and analyzer, a signal conditioner/switching device, a command module, a portable computer (laptop) with an integral monitor and a portable VXI chassis for housing the video generator an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176912 | Image display apparatus with driving modes and method of driving the same An image display apparatus includes an image display section in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a matrix at intersections of a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines. A control circuit selects one of modes as an operation ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158127 | Raster engine with hardware cursor An improved raster engine adapted to render video data from a frame buffer to one of a plurality of disparate displays is disclosed which comprises an integral bounded video signature analyzer, a hardware cursor apparatus supporting dual scanned displays, programmat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158130 | Method and apparatus for preventing residual image in liquid crystal display An adaptive method and apparatus prevents the formation of residual images in a liquid crystal display caused by a discharge of liquid crystal cells upon power-off. When an off-time of a ramp voltage is sensed, a white data signal may be generated. The white data si... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151520 | Liquid crystal driver circuits A liquid crystal driver circuit is equipped with a memory circuit that temporarily stores inputted image data, a first selector circuit that successively selects image data of multiple channels that are read from the memory circuit and outputs the same in a time-div... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7133015 | Apparatus and method to improve quality of moving image displayed on liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprises a panel having pixel electrodes arranged at intersections of a plurality of signal lines via switching elements for transmitting display data and a plurality of scanning lines for transmitting control signals, and a control ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129936 | Display unit and electronic device including the same A display unit of which inspection process to inspect a connector for faulty connection can be automated. The display unit comprises a display section, a display driver IC among a plurality of types of display driver ICs capable of driving and controlling the displa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119803 | Method, apparatus and article for display unit power management A method to manage the power consumption of a display unit is provided. The method determines if a graphics-intensive event is occurring, uses a first refresh rate if the graphics-intensive event is occurring, and uses a second refresh rate different than the first ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102654 | Driving circuit A driving circuit of this invention has a comparator that compares an input signal with a sampling signal to perform a pulse width modulation to the input signal, a driving transistor circuit that switches according to an output signal of the comparator, and a filte... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100050 | Secured signal modification and verification with privacy control A watermarking scheme is provided that allows the watermarked image to be authenticated by an authentication agent without revealing the human-readable content of the image. There is disclosed an approach that combines privacy control with watermarking and authentic... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088372 | Image display apparatus, image display method and computer-readable recording medium storing image display program An image display apparatus in which image signals of a plurality of primary colors are transformed by an image processing section into color space that includes lightness and chromaticity. When the chromaticity (color vividness) in this color space is being correcte... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075540 | Information display device and system displaying a plurality of information independently In order to simultaneously and effectively display main information and advertisement information, there is provided an information display device including an information receiver receiving information having at least first and second information, an information co... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7053889 | Circuit for detecting active video area for display device, method for detecting active video area for display device and coordinate mapping method using detected active video area A circuit for detecting an active video area for a display device, a method for detecting an active video area for a display device, and a coordinate mapping method using the detected active video area are provided. The circuit for detecting an active video area for... | 05/30/2006 |
