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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7812786 | User interface for different displays This invention relates to a method for adjusting a graphical user interface for at least two displays, wherein due to an activation of at least one of at least two displays the graphical user interface is informed about the characteristics of said at least one activ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7755569 | Method for adjusting the visual qualities of images displayed on a monitor and related monitor A method is provided. The method includes displaying a first image pixel on a first display pixel of a plurality of display pixels of a monitor, and displaying a second image pixel following the first image pixel on a portion of sub-pixels of the first display pixel... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7675480 | Image display device and image display method An image display device comprises a first clock generator for generating and outputting a first clock based on input horizontal synchronizing signals corresponding to horizontal lines making up input image signals, a second clock generator for generating and outputt... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7430342 | Image processing apparatus and image processing program to perform image data resolution conversion In order to prevent the appearance of gaps in fine lines when image data undergoes resolution conversion, the image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit that inputs image data, a fine line detection unit 113 that detects fine lines from the ima... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7369131 | Multi-display system and method thereof A multi-display system and a method thereof which solves an overloading problem on a memory bus. The multi-display system includes displays which independently display separate images, a main memory which stores input image signals, image signal process units which ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358929 | Tile lighting methods and systems A tile lighting system is provided in which an interior space of a tile is lit by LEDs, such as in a grid or edge-lit formation, and a light diffusing panel is disposed over the interior space. The tile lighting system can be combined with others to tile any surface... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343052 | End-user-navigable set of zoomed-in images derived from a high-resolution master image The invention relates generally to improvements in systems used in the development (“authoring”) of interactive visual media. More particularly, the invention relates to (a) the automatic or semi-automatic generation of a set of files representing “zoomed-in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327355 | LCD monitor with dual interface and control method thereof An LCD monitor with a dual interface, having a DVI-I connector through which digital and analog video signals from a computer main body are input, and digital and analog display modes according to the type of the input video signal. The monitor includes a signal sen... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319470 | Content delivery system, content server, and content delivery method To provide a contents distribution system, a contents server and a contents distribution method that do not need a layout operation at the time of distribution of contents and that enable a check of the content of image data that is hard to browse. When distribution... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7298373 | Method and user interface for modifying at least one of contrast and density of pixels of a processed image An image which has been subjected to image processing wherein contrast amplification and density can be specified independently is displayed on a display screen. An initial density level is specified. The contrast of pixels in the displayed image having a density su... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290042 | Server apparatus and system The present invention provides a server apparatus, which can fetch image data in a desired state and a system including the server apparatus. In the server apparatus, received designation information is analyzed. When specific profile data is designated by profile d... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277090 | Method and apparatus for image and video display The present invention relates to a display configured to display images that includes multiple display elements capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum. The display elements are arranged over a display surface of the display. The display also in... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271780 | Display device and system A display device, system, and method are provided. The display device has a communication interface adapted to communicate with an archival storage device, a content source adapted to acquire content in an acquisition form, a presentation system for presenting conte... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262784 | LCD controller to hold a fixed image aspect ratio A circuit and a method for maintaining the aspect ratio of images when there is a difference in format between image sources and display panels is provided. Lines are added in the vertical direction both at the top and at the bottom of the display panel in order to ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248899 | Portable terminal apparatus having an improved display drive controller A problem of this invention is to satisfy both of securement of visibility of a display unit and suppression of noises at the time of a telephone call etc. using a receiver and a microphone. In a portable terminal apparatus which relates to the invention, a control ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242370 | Display apparatus, method of controlling the same, and multidisplay system In a multidisplay system, an image is displayed without necessitating a display control signal supplied from an external device. Each image display device in the multidisplay system includes an interface for receiving image data and transferring the image data to an... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240287 | System and method for viewing and controlling a presentation A system and method for delivering a presentation electronically. The invention takes advantage of the multiple monitor capabilities of a computer operating system to display a “control panel” on the computer monitor or laptop screen that typically only the pres... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240232 | Connection device capable of converting a pixel clock to a character clock A connection device capable of converting a pixel clock to a character clock comprises a pixel generator, a frequency divider, and a logic unit. The pixel generator generates a pixel clock having a number of cycles that is not an integer multiple of a first number d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224349 | Electronic apparatus The invention efficiently decreases EMI noise occurring with regard to the entirety of an electronic apparatus with a plurality of clocks as references for the operations. The spread spectrum is applied to the clock used by the largest number of ICs, that is, a disp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212174 | Systems and methods for sharing application data in a networked computing environment A system and method for facilitating application sharing in a networked environment is provided. Specifically, the system divides a display area on a host computer into a plurality of regions, with each region comprised of a predetermined number of current pixels. T... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202848 | Liquid crystal display control device There is provided a liquid crystal display control device which can display pictures in a magnification mode by using only a memory having low-speed access and a low storage capacity. When a video signal has intermediate resolution or less, the enlargement processin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7184065 | Flat panel display with brightness correction The present invention is directed to a flat panel display whose brightness is adjusted based on inputted signals. In the flat panel display of the present invention, the pixels of the display panel are formed with capacitors for temporarily storing voltages correspo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180531 | Method and apparatus for enabling application program compatibility with display devices having improved pixel density A method and apparatus are provided for enabling application program compatibility with display devices having an increased pixel density. According to one method, a call including one or more parameters is directed toward an application programming interface for pe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176847 | Electronic interface device An electronic interface device includes (1) a first input receiving signals from a graphics controller of a first electronic device having a display screen, (2) a second input receiving signals form a second electronic device, (3) a multiplexer,... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173598 | Shift register circuit, image display apparatus having the circuit, and driving method for LCD devices A shift register circuit includes a plurality of latch circuits connected in series to sequentially transfer a pulse signal ST from one to another, a clock signal line transmitting a clock signal CLK, and a plurality of switching circuits performing electrical conne... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164416 | System and method for failsafe display of full screen high frequency images on a flat panel without a frame buffer The invention relates to a system and method for visually displaying data and, more particularly, to a system and method for displaying full screen high frequency data on a flat panel without using a frame buffer that would otherwise not be displayed. The system and... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161558 | Calibration system for an electronic sign Electronically programmed signs consist of any array of picture elements (pixels) that can be controlled independently to create an image. Varying the intensity of each pixel and adding multiple colors per pixel will enhance the image quality. It is currently common... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7142187 | Liquid crystal display driving scaler capable of reducing electromagnetic interference An LCD driving scaler capable of reducing electromagnetic interference employs a spread spectrum phase locked loop (PLL) in which a multi-phase voltage controlled oscillator oscillates and outputs a scaler pixel clock signal and a plurality of oscillation signals of... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7123248 | Analog multi-display using digital visual interface A method and interface for controlling a display monitor through a multi-channel coupler detects a type of the display monitor and selects a channel plan defining a connectivity between the channels of the coupler, based on the type of the display monitor. The chann... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116283 | Methods and apparatus for improved display of visual data for point of sale terminals Improved techniques for transmission and display of video data are described. A point of sale terminal includes a processor, memory and software executed by the processor to create frames of data and to analyze the frames of data to create differential data defining... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7091933 | Electronic information display system Methods are provided for distributing a visual presentation. One described method includes storing show data and media referenced by the show data at a data center. The method also includes processing the show data and media to generate a set of visual presentation ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091967 | Apparatus and method for image frame synchronization A source frame signal received at a first frame rate is converted to a destination frame signal output at a second frame rate. By adjusting the clock frequency of the clock signal in the destination frame signal, the second frame rate is made to be the same as the f... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085804 | Method for processing objects of a standardized communication protocol In a method for processing objects of a standardized communication protocol for image and data exchange between devices via a communication network by means of processing devices, the objects are converted with a conversion routine into a pure text file (plain text)... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084837 | Digital image output apparatus, digital image decoding device, and digital image encoding device The digital image output apparatus comprises a digital image decoder (1a) for decoding encoded digital image data and outputting image data update information (V2); an image data transfer area control unit (7) for determining a portion of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079163 | Method and system of color-real adjustment for adjusting a display device A method of color-real adjustment and system for adjusting a display device is disclosed, the system includes a server for outputting an image triggering signal and inputting an image extraction signal, performing a color-real process on the image extraction signal ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053892 | CAD data evaluation method and evaluation apparatus The apparatus has an evaluated value calculating means 102 for calculating the complexity of the object shape and the complexity of the modeling structure of the object CAD data input by the CAD data inputting means 101; a searching means 104 fo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053877 | Liquid crystal display control device There is provided a liquid crystal display control device which can display pictures in a magnification mode by using only a memory having low-speed access and a low storage capacity. When a video signal has intermediate resolution or less, the enlargement processin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7009628 | Method and apparatus for auto-generation of horizontal synchronization of an analog signal to a digital display A method, apparatus, and system for determining a true horizontal resolution of an analog video signal arranged to display a number of features having associated feature edges on a display each of which were created with a true pixel clock is described. For a test h... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006112 | Method for scaling image frame A method for scaling an image frame by an off-screen technology is provided. An image frame consisting of n rows and m columns of data is stored into a storage device. The image frame is divided into a plurality of image portions. Then, the plurality of image portio... | 02/28/2006 |
