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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432671 | Method and apparatus for a level-shift inverter for cathode ray tube blanking A level-shifting inverting circuit provides a blanking signal to Grid 1 of a CRT. The circuit provides the blanking signal from a blanking logic signal according to a voltage transfer characteristic that is substantially similar to the voltage transfer charac... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7268751 | Image display apparatus A scanning wiring driving unit for generating a signal of a frequency Fb applies a scanning signal to a plurality of scanning wirings which are a part of a plurality of scanning wirings. In a next selection period following a predetermined selection period, by shift... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268750 | Method of controlling image display This invention discloses an arrangement for suppressing an erroneous display and suppressing damage to an image display apparatus when a power source is turned on, the power source is turned off, an outlet is removed, or power fails. Particularly, this invention dis... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248233 | Control circuit and process for a cathode ray tube display control apparatus A control circuit of a power supply delivering a supply current to an inductor connected in series with the horizontal deflection yoke of a cathode ray tube display, the inductor being the primary coil of a transformer operatively connected for delivering a rectifie... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236145 | CRT display device and method A CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, and method, having a FBT (Fly Back Transformer) with a conductive coil, and a step-up circuit supplying a predetermined power to the FBT The CRT includes a high voltage sensor sensing a voltage applied to the step-up circuit ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233807 | Device and method for displaying data in mobile terminal equipped with camera A device and method for displaying image data and user interface (UI) data in a mobile terminal. A camera outputs captured image data to be displayed and a synchronous signal. The mobile terminal generates UI data. In response to the synchronous signal from the came... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7196733 | Apparatus for receiving broadcast data, method for displaying broadcast program, and computer program A data broadcasting receiver apparatus includes a receiver for receiving image data of the image of an object and size information relating to the object, transmitted through data broadcasting, an input unit for inputting screen information relating to a display scr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7136056 | Image quality analysis method and system for a display device An image quality analysis method and an image quality analysis system for a display device are provided. The image quality analysis method and image quality analysis system provides a quantitative determination of image quality for display devices, thereby providing... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7109957 | Digital display driving circuit for light emitting diode display A digital display driving circuit is provided for driving a light emitting diode (LED) display to generate video images. The digital display driving circuit comprises a digital gamma-correction circuit for performing a digital gamma-correction process on the digitiz... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7082398 | Media wall for displaying financial information A system dynamically displays graphic identifier information, such as corporate logos, and value information for financial instruments, such as recent trade information, on a video wall having several monitors arranged to form a larger display. The system has input ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7058748 | ATA device control via a packet-based interface ATA devices, such as mass storage units, have increasingly larger storage sizes that use larger configuration register sizes. A command block format allows the USB/ATA bridge circuit to be used with ATA devices with larger registers and at the same time operates wit... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053864 | Hot-plugging method of display apparatus A hot-plugging method for a display apparatus is disclosed which includes the steps of reading information pertaining to a display apparatus by a predetermined data communication upon recognizing that a display apparatus has been newly connected while a controller p... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7009331 | Carbon nano-tube field emission display having strip shaped gate A carbon nano-tube field emission display has a plurality of strip shaped gates, wherein the strip shaped gate of the triode structure is in place of the conventional hole shaped gate, and morecover, a plurality of cathode electrons are induced by the electric force... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6992682 | Method for color management on a display device Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling color displayed on a color monitor. The method includes, in one embodiment, the steps of: activating a first color scheme on the monitor; responsive to the activating of the first color scheme, measuring a first co... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6963329 | Portable computer system and controlling method thereof A portable computer system comprises a main body and an LCD apparatus having an LCD panel and a back light for illuminating the LCD panel. The system further comprises: a DC/AC inverter for supplying AC power to the back light; a contrast sensing part for sensing co... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6950097 | Video display interface controller for host video display unit A video display interface controller for a host video display unit in which control signals multiplexed with component video signals are extracted and routed according to included address information. Control data associated with one or more local addresses is used ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6934734 | Method and apparatus for managing and presenting changes to an object in a data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for presenting changes to data are provided. User input is received through a first program in a first instance of a browser. The user input is placed in a variable. The user input is retrieved from the vari... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927767 | Picture display apparatus A picture display apparatus for displaying a picture in response to inputted picture signals of an arbitrary format. The apparatus includes a picture display unit having an arranged matrix of dots for picture display, a picture display unit drive for converting inpu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918045 | System, method and computer program product for selecting a power management mode in an information handling system A power management mode selection system includes a video controller and a switching circuit. The switching circuit is configured to receive an input signal associated with an operating system processable by the system and provide a first power signal or a second po... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906688 | System and method for controlling horizontal size of monitor screen A system and method for controlling the horizontal size of a monitor screen are provided. The provided system for controlling the horizontal size of a monitor screen includes a processor, a driving circuit, and a microcomputer. Here, the processor generates a calibr... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6879303 | Aperture grill type display device and method for controlling luminance An aperture grill type display device is provided that displays a picture including two areas whose luminance values are different from each other without vertical stripes. The aperture grill type display device includes an aperture grill to which plural wires are a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6862029 | Color display system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling color displayed on a color monitor. The method includes, in one embodiment, the steps of: activating a first color scheme on the monitor; responsive to the activating of the first color scheme, measuring a first co... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6850211 | Method for aligning a lens train assembly within a head-up display unit A method of compensating for distortion errors within a head-up display by mapping default pixel locations within a control environment, storing the default pixel locations to a storing means, recalling the stored default pixel locations while the head-up display is... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847337 | Driving apparatus and driving method for an electron source and driving method for an image-forming apparatus With the present invention, there is provided a driving method that favorably drives an electron source, which is driven in a passive matrix manner, without being affected by a disturbance. There is also provided an image-forming apparatus that uses this electron so... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6819306 | Color correcting and ambient light responsive CRT system A light-emitting color display system is provided having an optical sensor system in which a plurality of photosensors are directed towards the light source of the light-emitting color display system to provide outputs proportional to the light energy associated wit... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6795043 | Clock generation circuit having PLL circuit A first PLL circuit (100) receives a flyback pulse (VFB) as a reference signal and outputs a clock signal (CLK1), and a delay circuit (200) outputs a flyback delay signal (VFBD) having a predetermined delay time corresponding to the amount of ho... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6690339 | Method and circuit arrangement for controlling the operating point of a cathode ray tube A method and a circuit arrangement for controlling the operating point of a cathode ray tube (3) for use in image technology applications. A video signal (1) is supplied to both the tube (3) and to a cathode ray tube model (2), which the model (2) uses to... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6657623 | Method and apparatus for transmitting a video signal In a method and apparatus for transmitting a video signal, parallel digital video signals output from a graphic controller of a computer are transmitted to a driver of a cathode ray tube monitor by converting the parallel digital video signals to serial d... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6625666 | Operation-recording type system for a DDC monitor and related method An operation-recording type system for controlling a display data channel (DDC) monitor utilizes a control method wherein information of externally inputted signals is recorded in a storage device upon receipt of externally inputted signals; an operation ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6577285 | Gamma corrector and image display device using the same A gamma corrector inputs a primary color signal as an image signal to each of the differential amplifiers which are connected in parallel to each other and mixes a plurality of output signals which are outputted from the four differential amplifiers to ou... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6570546 | Video display configuration detector Monitors for use in a tiled monitor system include adjacent monitor detectors arranged to detect the presence of corresponding adjacent monitor detectors on adjacent monitors so that the physical arrangements of the tiled monitors can be determined withou... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6559609 | Raster center control circuit for CRT-type display device A raster center control circuit for a CRT-type display device that automatically determines a correct horizontal center position of a raster, regardless of a horizontal sync frequency input from a video card. The raster center control circuit includes a h... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6515639 | Cathode ray tube with addressable nanotubes A cathode ray tube (CRT) display includes a display panel having a matrix of addressable carbon nanotubes, in which each individual nanotube can be selected to help draw a corresponding electron beam from a red, green, or blue electron gun to the desired ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6448963 | Device for and method of coding error generated in processing sync signals A device for coding an error generated in processing sync signals is adapted to code an error caused the incompatibility between a video card and a display monitor so that the user can analyze the cause of the error in the sync signals more effectively fr... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6449517 | Factory mode free setting apparatus and method thereof A technique for collectively setting a factory mode of operation of a monitor offers adjustments or modifications for particulars of mode data to meet user requirements, by transmitting a set of factory mode timing data from an external controller to an e... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6437761 | Monitor status information storage and display A method for storing status information prior to shutdown of a video monitor due to a failure. An indication of an operational parameter is obtained. Based on the indication, it is determined if the failure occurs warranting shutdown. If the failure occur... | 08/20/2002 |
