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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179388 | System, method and computer program product for adjusting a refresh rate of a display for power savings A display refresh system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, a refresh rate is adjusted for power saving purposes, and/or any other purpose(s) for that matter. Further, various embodiments are provided for reducing visual manifestations associ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179390 | Light emitting display A light emitting display includes a substrate, a pixel area, a first power source line to supply a first power signal to each pixel on a first side of the pixel area, a second power source line to supply the first power signal to each pixel on a second side of the p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179389 | Compact layout structure for decoder with pre-decoding and source driving circuit using the same Provided is a decoder for receiving a digital data and outputting an analog voltage. The decoder comprising a main switch array, a first pre-decoding switch array, and a second pre-decoding switch array. The main switch array receives the digital data and outputs a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169429 | Driving power-supply circuit The object of the present invention is reducing power consumption of a driving power supply circuit. In the case where the driving voltage Vi is higher than the reference voltage ViH, The signal S3P, S3N of the differential amplifier 30P, 30 | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164587 | LCD power supply An LCD (liquid crystal display) power supply includes an AC to DC converter circuit, a transformer, a DC to AC converter, and a feedback circuit. The AC to DC converter circuit couples an AC power supply to generate a DC signal. The DC to AC converter couples the DC... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159485 | Customer pole display and interface A method of using a customer pole display, point-of-sale pole display, point-of sale display, or pole display includes connecting a Universal Serial Bus, inputting a power signal from the Universal Serial Bus, translating the power signal to a display power signal, ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159486 | Level converter circuit and a liquid crystal display device employing the same A display device includes a pixel driver circuit. Each of level converter circuits in the pixel driver circuit has an input terminal supplied with a signal swinging between a first voltage and a second voltage lower than the first voltage; a first first-conductivity... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159487 | Plasma display device A plasma display device includes a scan electrode drive circuit including a sustain pulse generating circuit, which includes an electric power recovery capacitor, a first recovery switch and a first recovery inductor connected in series so as to form an electric cur... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154541 | Display device, driving method thereof and electronic appliance A display device is provided where fluctuation of current values of a light-emitting element caused by the ambient temperature change and degradation with time is suppressed. According to the invention, a monitoring element driven with a constant current is provided... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149230 | Light emitting display A light emitting display includes a substrate, a pixel area, a first power source line to supply a first power signal to each pixel on a first side of the pixel area, a second power source line to supply the first power signal to each pixel on a second side of the p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149231 | Apparatus for supplying power source The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying power source for providing certain voltage to a first display device and a second display device. The apparatus for supplying power source includes a boosting circuit, a boosted voltage detecting circuit an... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144142 | Drive circuit and display device A first impedance control circuit includes a plurality of capacitors connected in parallel with a first transistor, and a second impedance control circuit includes a plurality of capacitors connected in parallel with a second transistor. Capacitors in the first impe... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144143 | Liquid crystal display and charge pump thereof A charge pump with limited peak current and improved application flexibility and an LCD having the same. The charge pump has more than three switches in a charge path and more than three switches in a pump path. Furthermore, the charge pump has a voltage detector de... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139056 | Plural power generating units for use in a liquid crystal display and control thereof A power generating module is provided in an LCD where the power generating module includes a first driving voltage generator, a second driving voltage generator and an output deviation controller. The first driving voltage generator generates and outputs a first set... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134548 | DC-DC converter switching transistor current measurement technique A method is described comprising conducting a first current through a switching transistor. The method also comprises conducting a second current through a pair of transistors whose conductive channels are coupled in series with respect to each other and are togethe... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134549 | Image processing apparatus and method of reducing power consumption of self-luminous display An image processing apparatus and a method to reduce power consumption of a self-luminous display. The image processing apparatus includes a parameter selection unit to select a parameter to adjust a degree to which power consumption is reduced; a scale factor setti... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130217 | Display panel driving apparatus The present disclosure provides a display panel driving apparatus that can make the circuit layout surface area smaller, and prevent circuit damage. The display panel driving apparatus includes a source amplifier, a sink amplifier, a switch and the like. The source ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125477 | Plasma display and driving method thereof In a plasma display, a drain of a first transistor is connected to a scan electrode, and a source of the first transistor is connected to a power source supplying a first voltage. First and the second resistors are connected in series with the scan electrode and the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125476 | Electronic device including display device, and driving method thereof An electronic device including a display device, and a driving method thereof. The electronic device including the display device includes a central processing unit, a display device, and a feedback unit. The central processing unit provides image signals and input ... | 02/28/2012 |
| RE43202 | Power-saving circuit and method for a digital video display device A power-saving circuit for a digital video display device includes a TMDS driving unit converting a TMDS data signal and a TMDS clock signal, a display driving unit driving a display unit based on the horizontal/vertical synchronous signals and the digital video sig... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120602 | Flat panel display with clock being generated insider the data driver using XOR logic with the data signal and a second signal generated from the data signal using a encoding scheme as the two inputs that are transmitted to a clock generator inside the data driver The plasma display panel device according to the present invention includes a the data driver that includes a data IC applying a driving signal to at least one address electrode and a data driver applying a driving data signal to the data IC to reduce EMI and... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115755 | Reducing power consumption associated with high bias currents in systems that drive or otherwise control displays Provided herein are methods and configurations for use with systems that drive or otherwise control displays (e.g., LCD displays). Such systems often include devices (e.g., buffers, DACs, ADCs, etc.) that require a sufficiently high bias current to enable the device... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115757 | Display device, it's driving circuit, and driving method One embodiment of the present invention discloses a display device which can use a display element having a relatively large difference between a minimum gradation voltage and a maximum gradation voltage. A first selection period and a second selection period are in... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115756 | Display driver integrated circuit using ping-pong type sample and hold circuit A display driver integrated circuit using a ping-pong type sample and hold circuit is provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a data counter, a comparison unit, a gray voltage generation unit, and a sample and hold circuit. The data counter outputs ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106900 | Control method for information display device and an information display device A method of controlling an electro-optical element that includes a memory type electro-optical layer between a pixel electrode and a common electrode is described. The method includes suspending supplying power to a display driving circuit and a latch circuit and su... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106901 | Power circuit and liquid crystal display device using same A power circuit includes a PWM circuit for generating a pulse wave, a first control signal and a second control signal, a switching mode voltage stabilizer circuit, a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The PWM circuit includes a pulse wave pin, a fi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098241 | Display device, electronic device, and method of driving display device A display device is provided having improved reliability compared with the related art. The display device includes, for each pixel: a photo-emission element and a first MOS transistor connected in series between a first power source line and a second power source l... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085259 | Display apparatus The present invention improves the reliability of a display apparatus by suppressing the temperature rise of the display apparatus mounted on a wall. The display apparatus is provided with a wall mount switch to detect a wall mount member if the wall mount member is... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085258 | Organic electroluminescence display apparatus, driving circuit for driving organic electroluminescence light emitting portion, and driving method for organic electroluminescence light emitting portion A driving circuit for driving an organic electroluminescence light emitting portion includes: a driving transistor of the n channel type having source/drain regions, a channel formation region and a gate electrode; an image signal writing transistor having source/dr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085260 | Simple matrix addressing in a display An addressing mechanism for charging and discharging quasi-capacitive elements in an X-Y matrix. The addressing mechanism may be configured to toggle a resistor-capacitor (RC) time constant between large and small values such as by opening or closing a circuit path ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085257 | Negative step-up charge pump circuit, LCD driver IC, and liquid crystal display device In a negative step-up charge pump circuit according to the present invention, of a plurality of stages of charge transfer transistors and an output transistor, the former-stage transistors are P channel type field effect transistors, and the later-stage transistors ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077170 | Electronic painting An electronic painting comprising a display unit which is provided with a display element, an energy supply and a control unit, having a rigidly installed, non-replaceable storage medium, wherein non-changeable information which is used to control the display unit i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059113 | Display having illumination function A display includes a display circuit, a power module connected to the display circuit to supply power thereto, a display card chip, and a switch. The power module is connected to a power pin of the display card chip via the switch. A driving pin of the display card ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054306 | Circuit providing common voltage for panel of display A circuit providing a common voltage for a panel of a display includes a first operational amplifier, a second operational amplifier, a third operational amplifier, a capacitor and a switch circuit. The first operational amplifier outputs a first voltage. The second... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049744 | Method and apparatus for selectable display mode for intelligently enhancing battery life A method and system for enhancing the life of a battery within a portable or otherwise battery operated electronic device. The method and system provide selectable display modes, e.g., from color to monochrome, that can be changed in order to enhance the life of the... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044949 | Light emitting device and electronic apparatus for displaying images To solve degradation with time of a light emitting element by a new method. When the potential of an electrode of a monitor pixel is sampled and fed back to a light emitting pixel, degradation with time of a light emitting element can be corrected. In addition, when... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044950 | Driver circuit usable for display panel A driver circuit usable for a display panel can generate an output signal in response to an input pulse signal supplied to only one input signal terminal thereof. The driver circuit includes a pulse generating circuit for generating an output signal at the output te... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040339 | Optimized rowoff voltage Circuitry for controlling a display matrix formed of light-emitting diodes arranged in rows and columns, diodes in each row being connected to common row lines, and diodes in each column being connected to common column lines, each of the column lines being selectiv... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040340 | Control circuit having a comparator for a bandgap circuit A control circuit for a start-up circuit that induces current flow in a bandgap circuit during a start-up phase is disclosed. A comparator passes a power supply to the start-up circuit according to an internal node of the bandgap circuit after the start-up phase. An... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035633 | Organic electro-luminescence display and driving method thereof An organic electro-luminescence display is disclosed. The display includes a pixel unit configured to display at least a portion of an image, a first regulator configured to generate first and second power voltages and to transmit the first and second power voltages... | 10/11/2011 |
