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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144081 | Electronic circuit, electronic device, method of driving electronic device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus An electronic device includes a plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of second wiring lines that intersect the plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of unit circuits that are disposed so as to correspond to intersections between the plurality of first... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7995004 | Display device and display method A display device for displaying an image on a light emitting display, includes addition means for adding a rim to an icon, superimpose means for superimposing the rimmed icon on the image, change means for changing a ratio of superimpose between the icon and the ima... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7639211 | Electronic circuit, electronic device, method of driving electronic device, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus An electronic device includes a plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of second wiring lines that intersect the plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of unit circuits that are disposed so as to correspond to intersections between the plurality of first... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7453419 | Edge lighting system for interactive display surface An edge lighting system has a plurality of light sources, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted at spaced-apart intervals along a rail that is disposed adjacent to an edge of a display surface. Orifices formed in the rail in which the light sources are insert... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7372441 | Burst pulse circuit for signal lights and method A circuit is provided for over-driving a super-luminescent light emitting diode having a maximum forward continuous current rating. A power supply provides a pulse width modulated signal to an analog memory connected to the power supply and a pulse generator. The pu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372430 | Light emitting device and light receiving and emitting driving circuit A light emitting device including a plurality of pieces of LEDs D01, D02 to D16, one or more driving circuit(s) for supplying the plurality of LEDs D01, D02 to D16 with electrical power, the number of the driving circuit(s) ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361876 | Line head and image forming apparatus A line head includes a light-emitting element line in which a plurality of light-emitting elements, each being interposed between one electrode and another electrode, are arranged; and driving circuits that drive the light-emitting elements on the light-emitting ele... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348946 | Energy sensing light emitting diode display A display that includes energy sensors within the display itself is disclosed. An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be made to operate both as a light emitter and as an energy detector. When forward biased with an appropriate driving signal, the OLED emits lig... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7324099 | Image display device In an image display device according to the present invention, means for selecting a pixel to which a display signal current is to be passed has a function of selecting a plurality of pixels simultaneously. Thus, high-precision display can be realized with a number ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319408 | Led net display An outdoor display includes a net formed of intersecting cables and a number of pixel display units disposed on the net at the intersection of a pair of cables. Each pixel unit includes a number of different colored LEDs. The LEDs of the pixel units forming the disp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317429 | Display panel and display panel driving method A display panel includes an optical element which has a pair of electrodes and exhibits an optical operation corresponding to an electric current flowing between the electrodes, and a switch circuit which supplies a memory current having a predetermined current valu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312430 | System, display apparatus and method for providing controlled illumination using internal reflection A system, display apparatus and method for providing illumination uses internal reflection to monitor and control the illumination, which is produced by light from a number of light source devices, such as light emitting diodes. Some of the light generated by the li... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312773 | Illuminated wearable ornament An electronic ornament that can be worn or attached to or suspended from an object has an LED matrix (21) capable of displaying a user-selected message from a preprogrammed set of graphic symbols or a user-programmed arbitrary pattern or animation. A safety p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7298351 | Removing crosstalk in an organic light-emitting diode display A driver includes a plurality of variable resistors each coupled to a corresponding one of the rows of the organic light-emitting diode display panel, generally between Ground (GND) and the cathodes of the OLEDs on the rows. A variable resistor controller in the dri... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7288750 | Light signaling device Light signalling device, in particular intended to be mounted on board an aircraft, includes a plurality of light elements mounted on a support and surrounded by a translucent cover, said device including a means of reflecting the light emitted by the light elements... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281817 | Light-emitting diode based traffic light A traffic light includes a circuit board on which linear arrays of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted in a V-shaped arrangement, an inner cover having a first inner surface facing the LEDs to receive light from the LEDs and an opposite, first outer surface for... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276856 | Light emitting device and drive method thereof The reliability of an EL element is enhanced while the increase of the electric power consumption is suppressed. It becomes possible that in a SES drive, the reverse bias is applied to the EL element driven at a constant electric current. Moreover, the application o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271813 | Rotational display system The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7247076 | Pulse width modulation drive and method for ornaments with movable components A decoration device may include a low-friction drive line and a PWM controlled motor that reduces or eliminates the gearing needed to achieve appropriate speed and torque at the motor output shaft. In preferred embodiments, the decoration device is an ornament that ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248235 | Display, method of manufacturing the same, and method of driving the same A display includes in each of display areas: a reflective area containing a non-light-emitting display element for effecting a display by means of a liquid crystal display element reflecting external light; and a light-emitting area containing a light-emitting displ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236146 | Hand-held display device A display device comprising a first body and a second body, the second body connected to the first body at a rotary connection. A display element, which may include one or more light-emitting diodes, is disposed on the second body. A controller is electrically conne... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236154 | Computer light adjustment A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a light source configured to output light. The computing device also includes a light sensor configured to measure the level of light surrounding the computing device. The computing device further includ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233325 | Structure and method for reducing source line resistance of light emitting diode A structure and a method for reducing source line resistance of a light emitting diode. A light emitting diode display has at least a light emitting diode, a power source and a power source line structure for guiding the power source to provide the required power fo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231060 | Systems and methods of generating control signals Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure between the left channel and the right channel; classifying portions of th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219893 | Gaming machine A gaming machine includes a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal panel and a light guiding plate placed at the rear of the liquid crystal panel and formed with a light deflection pattern for guiding light emitted from illumination means into the liquid cry... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217878 | Performance environments supporting interactions among performers and self-organizing processes A system for supporting performer interactions with a self-organizing chemical reaction based on monitoring and interpretation of a controllable self-organizing chemical reaction contained within a reaction vessel. The self-organizing chemical reaction initially inc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7183481 | Apparatus and method for embedding content within a MIDI data stream A method implemented on a data processing device is described comprising: generating supplemental data defining one or more characteristics of one or more light-emitting diodes (“LEDs”) on the data processing device; embedding the supplemental data within a musi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182482 | Light device, particularly a light panel for road signs or information to the public, or a motor-vehicle light A light device, for example in the form of a light panel for road signals or in the form of a motor-vehicle light, comprises an array of light sources, such as LEDs or the like. Associated to each light source is an optical system consisting of a refractive lens of ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177235 | Timer with selectable alert modes A multi mode alert timer having a timer display, switches for start stop and reset functions and audible, visible, and tactile alert signal selection and a housing where a user may select a timer alert signal including the individual alert signals or any combination... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171327 | Temperature sensor scheme A temperature sensing circuit, and method of using the same. A temperature sensing circuit includes a comparator, a temperature reference circuit and trimmer. The comparator is configured to receive a sense voltage that is indicative of a sensed temperature. The tem... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170479 | Display device and driving method thereof This invention provides a display device in which it is possible to have a light emitting element emitted light with constant luminance without coming under the influence of deterioration over time, and it is possible to realize accurate gray scale express, and yet,... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161256 | Automatic power generation light-image fan device An automatic power-generation light-image fan device is described. It has a fan motor, a vane set, a circuit board, a programmable chip, an automatic power-generation component, a rectifier filter circuit, a magnetic sensor and a positioning magnet. In this device, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7148884 | System and method of driving electro-optical device The invention provides an electronic circuit, an electronic circuit driving method, an electro-optical device, a method of driving the electro-optical device, and an electronic device which are capable of supplying to a capacitor element a charging voltage for reali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142173 | Kinetic device and method for producing visual displays A visual display device is constructed which uses the “persistence of vision” effect of human vision and responds to kinetic motions of the user as the device is held and swung by an operator. Displays may consist of alphanumeric and graphic data with image symm... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131735 | Light source device, optical device, and liquid-crystal display device A light source device, comprising a light guide block that is provided with an inner wall capable of reflecting light and is shaped as a hollow component to form a light guide, and a point light source array that is located opposite one end face of the light guide b... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7112928 | Method for increasing durability of organic light emitting diode panel An organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel device includes an OLED panel for displaying an image data and an OLED panel operation circuit for outputting the image data to the OLED panel and performing a screen saving operation without a memory access in order to i... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106276 | Color display device In a field sequential display device, a desired chromaticity of the white level can be easily achieved and fluctuations in the white level caused by fluctuation factors such as temperature characteristics can be suppressed. A light source comprises red, green, and b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101059 | LED signaling device for road traffic signals The invention describes an optical signal transmitter device, in which a specific, predetermined emission characteristic or light density distribution is achieved solely by the arrangement of two or more light elements on a base plate. This means that there is no lo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098441 | Photoelectric sensor Light emitted from light-projecting elements constituted by LEDs (light-emitting diodes) or the like is transmitted to a light-projecting optical system of a sensor head portion through an optical fiber cable and projected from the light-projecting optical system on... | 08/29/2006 |
