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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144075 | Display system for outputting analog and digital signals to a plurality of display apparatuses, system and method There are provided a display apparatus, a display system and a display method. The display apparatus includes: a first input unit through which a first image signal having a first type is inputted; an image processing unit which processes the first image signal for ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8026866 | Method for applying the same dithering table to different flat panels and display panel driving method using the same A method for applying the same dithering table to different flat panels and a display panel driving method using the same. The method for applying the same dithering table to different flat panels is mainly to set different dot counts between different panels on the... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7956820 | Combined single/multiple view-display The present invention relates to a display device comprising an outer display stacked with an inner display and being arranged to be operable in a first, multiple view mode and a second, single view mode. An idea of the invention is to arrange an electrophoretic dis... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7911409 | Independent views generated for multiple display devices by a software application Systems and techniques to display an electronic document to multiple display devices simultaneously. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: identifying, by a software application in a computing system, display characteristics of multiple display ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903047 | Mode indicator for interferometric modulator displays A method and apparatus for displaying data on bi-stable and non-bi-stable displays is provided. The apparatus includes a controller chip capable of being connected to a non-bi-stable display through a first interface channel and also capable of being connected to a ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903046 | Signal transmitter and a driving method thereof A transmitter includes an output module coupled to an output port for outputting an output signal to the output port according to a detection signal, and a detect module for detecting the output port to generate the detect signal. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7864137 | Burning system having print interface for liquid crystal display An exemplary burning system (20) for a liquid crystal display includes a VGA (video graphics array) interface (230), a DVI (digital visual interface) (240), an interface-inverting circuit (220) configured for selectively switching between... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7796095 | Display specific image processing in an integrated circuit An image processing circuit, such as a graphics accelerator chip or any other suitable circuit, includes display output control logic that is operative to receive a current frame of information from a frame buffer and is operative to process a current frame, such as... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7755568 | Video muting device for digital video signal and muting method therefor A video muting device for a digital video signal, and a video muting method thereof. The video muting device includes a scaler which determines according to a clock (CLK) signal of an inputted digital video signal whether a mode has changed, and generates an interru... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7633461 | Graphics system including a plurality of heads The graphics display system comprises a plurality of heads. Each of the heads includes a VGA controller and each of the heads is adapted for a display. The display system also includes a host coupled to the heads, wherein all the standard VGA settings for each of th... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7561117 | Display controller architecture for portable computers A dual display mode portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a flat-panel display, and a display controller for outputting an internal video signal to the flat panel display. The portable computer further includes means for receiving an externa... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554510 | Method and apparatus for configuring multiple displays associated with a computing system A method and apparatus for configuring multiple displays associated with a computing system begins when display preferences regarding at least one of the multiple displays are received. The display preferences indicate desired selections of which images are to be di... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7532174 | Programmable drivers for display devices A display device (panel) is made recognizable by an application (11) in an electronic apparatus. This enables the application to use otherwise dummy lines (L1 . . . L22) during start up to be used to program configuration parameters (parameters ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7522126 | Video display appliance and signal processing apparatus detachably connected thereto Disclosed is a video display appliance from which a video signal processing unit and a PC signal processing unit are separated and to which the separated signal processing units are detachably connected or connected by a communication cable. The video display applia... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7508355 | Method for recognizing video signal timing of analog input The present invention relates to a method applied on displays for recognizing video signal timing of analog input. The present invention employs the horizontal-synchronized-signal interrupt value to distinguish among its inputted video signal timing, allowing to rec... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7499002 | Retractable string interface for stationary and portable devices An interface for a small form factor electronic device by enabling explicit measurement of extension or retraction of a retractable cord by monitoring the amount of string that passes by sensors, as the string exits the enclosure of the device. Input to such small f... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7482995 | Control device for a plurality of display devices A data transfer controller for transferring display data to N individual (where N is an integer, N≧2) display devices is disclosed. The data transfer controller includes a clock signal generating means, and a timing control means. The clock signal generating means... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7460086 | Multiple and hybrid graphics display types A display interface device and method for an individual personal computer, workstation, or embedded system comprising one or more display interfaces; a video library; and driving any one of a plurality of video displays of a plurality of types connected to the one o... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7446732 | Display control device A display control device comprises: a cathode ray tube (CRT) control unit for transferring, to a CRT display, a CRT transfer clock signal, a video data signal and a synchronous signal in accordance with the CRT transfer clock signal generated from a first clock sign... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7429111 | Two-panel color management system The invention provides a two-panel color management system for projection display applications, wherein color sequencing is accomplished using achromatic beam switching and static color separation. In a preferred embodiment, a liquid-crystal polarization switch alte... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429963 | Image processing device and method An image processing device includes a frame buffer, a first display engine, a clock signal generator, a spread spectrum clock generator, a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer and a reset signal generator. The FIFO buffer receives and stores the pixel digital data from ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425934 | Display panel drive apparatus for driving a display panel A display-panel-drive apparatus having a drive unit that drives the display panel and a control unit that outputs control signals for controlling said drive unit to said drive unit, the display-panel-drive apparatus is provided with: a drive board of the drive unit;... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423610 | Display controller architecture for portable computers A dual display mode portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a flat-panel display, and a display controller for outputting an internal video signal to the flat panel display. The portable computer further includes means for receiving an externa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420549 | Electro-wetting displays The performance of electro-wetting displays can be improved by: (a) providing a concealment member (112) which conceals the moving fluid (108) when that fluid (108) is confined to a small area; (b) using the moving fluid to cover one or more sec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7372699 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus includes a Plasma Display Panel (PDP). A thermal conductive sheet is attached to one side of the PDP, and a chassis base is connected to the side of the PDP on which the thermal conductive sheet has been attached. The chassis base can be a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369672 | Personal audio visual system An audio visual system has a housing with a video display and one or more speakers. The speakers are housed in cavities which limit dispersion of the sound generated, and the video display is preferably a directional LCD display. The housing is preferably mounted to... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370193 | Computing system being able to quickly switch between an internal and an external networks and a method thereof The invention discloses a computing system such as a computer, a Personal Digital Assistant, or a mobile phone, being connected both to an internal network and an external network and being able to quickly and safely switch therebetween without being shut down while... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369099 | Multi-display control system and image display apparatus A multi-display control system enables an operation screen to come up on an operator's front screen when an application performing a display operation changes, without the need for the operator to move the display image. When the conditions for image detectio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366816 | Method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting the bandwidth of a data transmission channel having multiple buffered paths A method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting the bandwidth of a data transmission channel having multiple buffered paths. Each output path includes a buffer for holding respective portions of the data. A value representative of at least the number of buffers that... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365704 | Driving circuit for double display panel A driving circuit for a double display panel is disclosed. The driving circuit drives a first display panel and a second display panel, and includes an ASIC and two pairs of driving ports. The ASIC outputs a driving signal pair including two signals which are opposi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365758 | System and method for scaling data according to an optimal width for display on a mobile device A system and method is included for scaling blocks of data according to an optimal width to increase usability of the data when scaling the blocks of data to fit a screen on a mobile device. The optimal width provides a minimum width to which the block of data may b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358928 | Image display system An MPU storage device 114 stores a device address of an image display device 11, and an MPU identification processing device 113 acquires and retains the device address stored in the MPU storage device 114. The MPU identification processi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358873 | LVDS and TMDS dualfunction device A LVDS and TMDS dualfunction transmitter for both LVDS and TMDS output channels is disclosed, including an encoder and a serializer. The encoder encodes twenty eight bits of LVDS signals to thirty bits of TMDS signals. The serializer includes four serializer channel... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355654 | Character display control circuit A character display control circuit comprises a selection circuit to select and output, as one of the RGB signals, one of a first voltage, a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and one or more third voltages existing between the first and second voltages; a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348936 | Display device and image processing method thereof A display device having an A/D (Analog/Digital) converter receiving a signal from a personal computer (PC) and converting the signal into a digital signal a decoder receiving external input signals from an external signal inputter such as a TV or a Video player that... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339570 | Data signal line drive circuit, drive circuit, image display device incorporating the same, and electronic apparatus using the same An image display device includes two data signal line drive circuits and two scan signal line drive circuits configured differently from each other. Different data signal line drive circuits and scan signal line drive circuit are compatible with different display fo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336271 | Image display system An image display system includes a screen comprising a pair of substrates with transparent electrodes provided thereon, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates, the liquid crystal layer containing a cured resin and being capable of exhibiting a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333071 | Methods of using mixed resolution displays A method of using two or more display units with different resolutions which have been combined such that the geometry of images displayed across the multiple display units is preserved and the image appears to be substantially continuous to a viewer of the image. C... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334054 | Video detection using display data channel A method and apparatus are provided for detecting a connection associated with a display and a system having a first and second video output port. Data channel information associated with the first video output port and the second video output port are read using DD... | 02/19/2008 |
