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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044882 | Method of driving active matrix displays A method is applied on an active matrix display. A pixel element includes at least one switching transistor, at least one nonlinear element, and at least one capacitive element. The method includes the following steps: (1) creating multiple rows of enabled pixel ele... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7397460 | Display device including lamp driving circuit A display device includes a display panel; a plurality of lamps facing the display panel and arranged in parallel; and at least one transformer connected to the plurality of lamps, wherein the at least one transformer is disposed at a lower portion of the display de... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391568 | Luminous intensity distribution control device and display having the same A liquid crystal display apparatus including: a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal layer; a backlight apparatus arranged at one side of the couple of substrates of the liquid crystal display element; a polarizer arranged between the liquid crysta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389476 | Display including a plurality of display panels A display allowing further miniaturization when including a plurality of display panels is obtained. This display comprises a first display panel formed on a substrate and a second display panel formed on the same substrate on a region different from that formed wit... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364303 | Image display apparatus At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image display apparatus, which can include multiple color combining elements, multiple light modulating elements, and a projection optical system, operatively connected to reduce the effects of ghost light. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7345654 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7319347 | Bidirectional high voltage switching device and energy recovery circuit having the same Provided are a bi-directional high voltage switching device that includes an N-channel double diffused metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (DMOS FET) and a P-channel DMOS FET, each conducting current bi-directionally, and an energy recovery circuit tha... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7286108 | Display device, method of driving same and electronic device mounting same A liquid crystal panel (2) includes scanning signal lines (31) for supplying scanning signals to gate electrodes (20) of TFTs (14), and data signal lines (32) for supplying data signals to data electrodes (24) of TFTs. The l... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279730 | Light sensing element, array substrate having the same and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same In a light sensing element having simplified structure, an array substrate having the light sensing element and an LCD apparatus having the light sensing element, the light sensing element includes a first electrode, a control electrode and a second electrode. An al... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7250923 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236223 | Liquid crystal display device with curved alignment surface A multi-domain alignment liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned through a simple process and panel gap is maintained in stable fashion includes a first plate having a thin-film transistor provided at each point of intersection of... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7209134 | Liquid crystal display Disclosed is a liquid crystal display which can automatically select channels of signals outputted from a digital signal receiver according to frequencies of input signals, when the input signals are digital signals. According to the liquid crystal display, the liqu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7173760 | Luminous intensity distribution control device and display having the same A liquid crystal display apparatus including: a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal layer between a couple of substrates; a backlight apparatus arranged at one side of the couple of substrates; a polarizer arranged between the liquid crystal displ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161563 | Electronic vehicle registration and license plate A method and apparatus is provided for electronically providing vehicle identification and registration information to a vehicle. The system includes a remote control unit, which receives and stores vehicle identification and registration information. At least one c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7123252 | Liquid crystal display device with multi-timing controller A liquid crystal display device with a multi-timing controller that generates a timing signal according to an individual display standard from a control signal according to various display standards to drive the liquid crystal display device. In the device, a liquid... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116287 | Drive for cholesteric liquid crystal displays Apparatus for driving a cholesteric liquid crystal display wherein the display includes cholesteric liquid crystals having a first planar reflective state and a second transparent focal conic state, which is respectively responsive to different applied fields; an ad... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7075521 | Input-output integrated type display device Input position is accurately detected. In an x-detection period of a non-display period, a source drive circuit simultaneously applies to all signal wiring lines a pulse of a peak value proportional to a distance from a gate drive circuit. A coordinate detection cir... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7021813 | Backlight assembly for liquid crystal display device having diffusive reflector An illuminating apparatus for improving brightness of light, a backlight assembly and an LCD device having the same are provided. The LCD device includes a backlight unit having a lamp for emitting a first light, a light guiding plate for guiding the first light, an... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7002728 | Electrophoretic particles, and processes for the production thereof Copper chromite particles can advantageously be used as black particles in electrophoretic media and displays. Preferably, the copper chromite particles are coated with a silica coating and a polymer coating. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995893 | Electro-optical device, method for manufacturing electro-optical device, apparatus for manufacturing electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus The invention provides an electro-optical device, a method of manufacturing an electro-optical device, an apparatus for manufacturing an electro-optical device, and an electronic apparatus, in which, in the electro-optical device, a gap formed between two substrates... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6970220 | Liquid crystal display having improved contrast ratio and color reproduction when viewed in the lateral direction Pluralities of pixel electrodes having openings and thin film transistors are provided on a lower panel, a common electrode having apertures is provided on an upper panel, and a liquid crystal layer vertically aligned to the two panels is located between the lower a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6906633 | Program-controlled household appliance The optical indicator unit of a program-controlled household appliance includes one or more indicator elements for the display of information in plain text. Each indicator element includes a matrix with 5×8 pixels for the display of a character. Each indicator elem... | 06/14/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6710758 | Spatial light modulators with improved inter-pixel performance A reflective spatial light modulator (SLM) includes a first substrate, a second substrate and an electro-optic material positioned between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a reflective ground layer that acts as a continuous first electro... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6683587 | Switched mode digital logic method, system and apparatus for directly driving LCD glass A digital circuit having a plurality of digital outputs coupled to backplane(s) and segments of a LCD glass in combination with a software program functions as a "switched mode" LCD driver. Alternating in polarity but equal in magnitude RMS voltage pulses... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6633269 | Driving method for plasma display panels A driving method during the reset period of a plasma display, which includes a display panel with a plurality of display units for sealing the inert gas. Each display unit forms an equivalent capacitor and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6600545 | Twist-nematic liquid-crystal display with electrodes surrounded by background A twist-nematic liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to oppose to the first substrate with distance d1 therebetween, either one of the first and second substrates being a transparent substrate; a plurality of p... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6525683 | Nonlinearly converting a signal to compensate for non-uniformities and degradations in a display A digital signal directed to a display (e.g., a plurality of display elements forming an array of display elements) may be converted into an analog signal using a nonlinear relationship. In one embodiment, a drive signal may be provided to at least one di... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6412110 | Electronic program guide with interactive areas A television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel at each time durin... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411270 | Display apparatus capable of selecting display picture or screen sizes for displaying static picture of images written in a spatial light modulator A spatial light modulator includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed with a prescribed gap therebetween and each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer and a photoconductor layer disposed between the substrates, with th... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6334317 | Air conditioner In an air conditioner of the present invention, the contrast of a liquid crystal display provided on an indoor unit can be adjusted by operating a remote control unit. In another air conditioner of the present invention, the condition of the room air is d... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6317110 | Method for representing variable information by combination of liquid crystal displays of different switching times A invention relates to a method for representing variable information on a display device, in particular in a motor vehicle, having a first, dot matrix display having a liquid crystal cell, and having a second display having a liquid crystal cell, the sec... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6297789 | Integrated circuit card with liquid crystal display for viewing at least a portion of the information stored in the card An integrated circuit card contains a liquid crystal display for displaying at least a portion of the information stored therein. The displayed information is stored in a first, or reserved, memory. A second, or additional, memory is used to store further... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6198466 | Multifunctional digital indicator A nonmechanical fully electronic multifunctional digital indicator useful for providing elapsed time indications or as event counters is disclosed. The event counter uses a ChLCD-type matrix array and requires unique steps to properly erase and place new ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6080149 | Method and apparatus for monitoring solid tissue heating Improved methods and apparatus for monitoring the delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy from electrodes disposed in tissue for inducing hyperthermia and other purposes. In one form, an impedance display of a power supply comprises an array of discrete l... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6025817 | Liquid crystal display system using a digital-to-analog converter A liquid crystal display system of the present invention includes: an operation processing apparatus having a digital-analog converter converting a digital video signal to an analog video signal based on predetermined time information and a synchronizatio... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5969628 | Display device for a 7-segment font A display device is disclosed for displaying a character having a font of the "7-segment" type. The display includes segment drivers for activating/deactivating one or various icons from a set of icons formed each by one or various electrically connected ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5861861 | Microcontroller chip with integrated LCD control module and switched capacitor driver circuit Apparatus for providing multiple of discrete voltage levels to drive a liquid crystal display (LCD) from an LCD module on board a microcontroller chip includes a charge pump with a switched-capacitor that develops the discrete voltages as multiples of the... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5703607 | Drive circuit for displaying seven-segment decimal digit A drive circuit for displaying the partition symbol intermittently comprising at least a pair of buffers, a plurality of display units of seven-segment, a partition symbol display buffer, a control circuit, a display unit of partition symbol, is provided.... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5668554 | Radar detector display A radar detector includes a graphical display for displaying a spectral representation of detected signals.... | 09/16/1997 |
