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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8125409 | Light emitting display device A light guiding plate is provided on the obverse side of a display for displaying a display image while varying the display image. Unevenness is formed at a predetermined position at a reverse surface of the light guiding plate. A light emitting element is disposed ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8054244 | Method and apparatus for driving multi-segment display device A method and an apparatus for driving multi-segment display device are described. According to the present invention, problems of driving the electrode wire activation mode of the conventional liquid crystal display are solved by the driving waveforms. The driving w... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7724212 | Luminous display for automotive satellite navigation systems A luminous display for automotive satellite navigation systems includes a panel equipped with light sources, for example made up of LEDs, arranged in a pre-ordered configuration of discrete segments, which can be combined with one another according to paths correspo... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7441021 | Methods and apparatus for producing a configuration for components of a network A computerized device displays graphical representations of network components of the network where each graphical representation shows corresponding interconnections (e.g., architecture) of the network components. The computerized device also displays graphical rep... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7408528 | Image processing apparatus and method using evacuated reference images An image processing apparatus and method which displays MPR images at a plurality of image displaying areas including full image displaying areas and at least one evacuating image displaying area. When the number of MPR images exceeds the number of image displaying ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7370806 | Label for an electronic product that provides failure information when the product fails A label on an electronic product may be written electronically and maintains the last display state when power is removed from the label. There are many different types of digital paper and electronic paper known in the art that would be suitable for use as such lab... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348972 | Display panel driving apparatus having efficient oscillators Provided is an apparatus for driving a display panel. The apparatus includes a main display control unit, an icon display control unit, a dot-matrix display control unit, first and second oscillators, an icon driver, and a dot-matrix driver. While the first oscillat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342556 | Display device and method of manufacturing same A lower substrate including a first electrode and an upper substrate including a second electrode are opposed to each other. Partitioned spaces between the two substrates correspond to pixels, each including negatively charged black particles and positively charged ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337565 | Display unit A display unit comprises a display region constituted of twenty-four display segments each of which has a triangular display surface. The display region consists of a quadrangular central region and a quadrangular and annular peripheral region surrounding the entire... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334910 | Decorative optical display A lighted display having a constantly changing image comprises a transparent container holding an aqueous suspension of delaminate vermiculite. A light source is positioned at a first surface of the container so that the light shines through the container and the li... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328358 | High quality and high performance three-dimensional graphics architecture for portable handheld devices A high quality and performance 3D graphics architecture suitable for portable handheld devices is provided. The 3D graphics architecture incorporates a module to classify polygons by size and other characteristics. In general, small and well-behaved triangles can be... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327346 | Electrode and connecting designs for roll-to-roll format flexible display manufacturing The present invention generally is directed to electrode designs suitable for roll-to-roll format flexible manufacturing of an EPD. It is also directed to an EPD having a segment design in a repeated pattern across an entire roll of the display. The EPD preferably i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324071 | Segmented character display A character display comprises fifty-nine segments arranged into rows and columns. Twenty eight of the fifty-nine segments define a periphery of the display, eleven additional segments define horizontal and vertical dividers that define four quadrants, and five addit... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313710 | High quality and high performance three-dimensional graphics architecture for portable handheld devices A high quality and performance 3D graphics architecture suitable for portable handheld devices is provided. The 3D graphics architecture incorporates a module to classify polygons by size and other characteristics. In general, small and well-behaved triangles can be... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7292248 | Technique for storing and displaying computer text A technique for storing displayable computer text comprises a number of steps. Initially, each of a plurality of language characters is assigned to an appropriate sized stick frame, which includes a plurality of vertical and horizontal segments, in order to provide ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7265751 | Display panel driving apparatus having efficient oscillators Provided is an apparatus for driving a display panel. The apparatus includes a main display control unit, an icon display control unit, a dot-matrix display control unit, first and second oscillators, an icon driver, and a dot-matrix driver. While the first oscillat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248229 | Dynamic message sign display panel communication error detection and correction In accordance with the invention, there is described a sign display panel made up of a controller connected in a serial communication network with a set of display units. Each of the display units receives messages from the controller and detects errors in the messa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7223014 | Remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter A remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter device for measuring and reporting a physical quantity of a given medium comprises a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a medium and providing an electrical output as a function of the property measured,... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210809 | Decorative optical display A lighted display having a constantly changing image comprises a transparent container holding an aqueous suspension of delaminate vermiculite. A light source is positioned at a first surface of the container so that the light shines through the container and the li... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7149985 | System and method for navigating within a display having different display sections A system and a method for navigating within a display having one or more display sections are disclosed. A section from the one or more display sections is selected. In response to the selection, a navigational symbol is displayed on a border of the selected section... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145554 | Method for a high-speed writing system and high -speed writing device The invention concerns a high speed writing system and a high speed writing device with special menu selection for entering text by means of a pen and a touch-screen. This method of entering text is suitable for desktop PCs, laptop PCs, palmtop PCs, mobile phones (f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141340 | Lithographic apparatus, programmable patterning structure, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby Pixel element for a programmable patterning structure (e.g. a spatial light modulator) which can simultaneously modulate both phase and amplitude. Use of such a programmable patterning structure with lithographic projection apparatus is also described. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136031 | Reflecting three-dimensional display system The present invention provides a reflection-type three-dimensional display system. The present invention comprises an image providing device that provides elemental images; an image displaying device that displays the elemental images; a projective lens system that ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129911 | Segmented display having uniform optical properties A display comprising: a) a substrate; b) first transparent conductors; d) second conductors patterned to form segments; e) inter-segment material disposed between said second condu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129849 | Analog instrument gauge display An analog instrument gauge display is provided that comprises a lens having a pointing indicia displayed thereon, a back plate having a pattern thereon, and a drive motor coupled to the lens and configured to rotate the lens and pointing indicia relative to the patt... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119764 | Combination indicator assembly in vehicle instrument panel To provide a combination indicator assembly (1) of a minimized size to provide a sporty feeling and easy to view various displayed parameters while having an increased display functionality, the combination indicator assembly (1) includes a generally a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7073714 | Code reader display An improved code reader for reading and displaying OBD II diagnostic codes. The code reader displays textual diagnosis descriptions corresponding to diagnostic codes. The code reader can display both an OBD II code and the textual diagnosis description corresponding... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068253 | Liquid crystal display controller The present invention provides a liquid crystal display controller device and method which provides for a full and/or partial display with good display quality and/or low power consumption based on the scanning period for an active scan line being dependent upon a n... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043235 | Secondary data encoded along with original data for generating responses to requests from wireless devices Encoding secondary data with original data for providing robust responses to requests from wireless devices. As a server receives data from various sources for wireless device users, it saves the data, associates it with the corresponding users, and sets flags to pr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017053 | System for reduced power consumption by monitoring video content and method thereof A system and method are provided for reducing power consumption within a video processing portion of a system based on display content. Display content is monitored to determine whether the display content is changing. New display content is compared to old display ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994448 | Solar powered illuminated devices A solar powered illuminated device is provided with a power module electrically connected to an illuminated module, the power module having a solar cell array electrically connected to a battery array having at least one rechargeable battery, the battery array being... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6975760 | Shared image generation apparatus and method, computer program, and computer readable storage medium A shared image generation apparatus generates a basis matrix on the basis of a graph, the vertex set of which corresponds to a set of a plurality of members to which shared images are to be distributed, and generates a plurality of shared images to be distributed to... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6927749 | LCD display with failure control Liquid crystal display with conductive segments for representing symbols which also has at least one inverse segment that fills at least in part the display area that is not covered by the remaining segments. This liquid crystal display allows a simple, visual detec... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6885386 | Animated display with motor driven film or motor driven mask positioning with automatic raster alignment and operational mode coding in image The invention provides an animated display in which an illumination source projects light through a platen and a transparency that contains alternative translucent images. The invention involves using an electronic processor to drive two highly controllable motors. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6831617 | Display unit and portable information terminal A control section 130 for outputting a selection signal for selecting the display areas of the display section 110 and transferring display data classified in response to the display areas and the display type to both or either of a display data proces... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6812907 | Segmented electronic display An electronic display comprises a plurality of independently operable segments. Each of the plurality of independently operable segments comprises a plurality of picture elements. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6755983 | Thin film formation method, display, and color filter A thin film formation method in accordance with the present invention forms banks (110) where affinity bank layers and non-affinity bank layers are alternately layered by repeating a step of forming an affinity bank layer (111-11n) with a materi... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746884 | Method of manufacturing field-emission electron emitters and method of manufacturing substrates having a matrix electron emitter array formed thereon In a method of manufacturing matrix electron emitter arrays, each array comprising a plurality of scanning lines formed on a glass substrate and arranged in parallel with each other, a plurality of signal lines formed in a direction to cross the scanning lines and a... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6733106 | Ink jet maintenance station with radial orientation An ink jet maintenance station for an ink jet printer with radially arranged printheads around a print drum. The maintenance station is located axially outward of the print drum, and includes a cylinder with caps and wipers at the cylinder periphery. A cam system op... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6724355 | Electronically actuated display array for displaying arithmetic operation symbols An improved multi-segment, electronically-actuated display array that displays (a) a multiplication symbol configured approximately like “×”, and, centered in the same location, (b) one or more of an addition symbol, a subtraction symbol, and a division symbol ... | 04/20/2004 |
