Bizarre Patents
Vehicular Impact Signaling Device
An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312769 | Driving circuit for vacuum fluorescent display A driving circuit for a vacuum fluorescent display having a filament, a grid electrode and a segment electrode, comprising a grid driving unit for pulse-driving the grid electrode, a segment driving unit for pulse-driving the segment electrode, a first controlling u... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304780 | Backplane design for display panels and processes for their manufacture The present invention relates to a backplane design for display panels and processes for their manufacture. The invention provides cost-effective ways to manufacture a display panel because the manufacture does not involve the use of a patterned ITO substrate, flexi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7224324 | Interactive automotive rearvision system A vehicular mirror system includes a mirror assembly with a mirror casing and a reflective element with a rearward field of view when the mirror assembly is mounted to a vehicle. The mirror casing includes a mounting portion that is adapted to mount the mirror casin... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221333 | Display panel with phosphorescent and fluorescent pixels A display panel comprises a plurality of arranged pixels of organic EL devices, each having a pair of electrodes and a luminescent layer containing an organic EL material and sandwiched between the electrodes. The plurality of arranged pixels include fluorescent pix... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7132784 | Fluorescent display tube having provision for preventing short-circuit therein, and method of manufacturing the same A fluorescent display tube including: (a) a substrate having a display surface; (b) anodes formed on the display surface of the substrate, and spaced apart each other; (c) cathodes capable of generating electrons; (d) fluorescent layers each of which is fixed to a c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7086713 | Media detack from an intermediate printing member An inkjet printer for printing on a print medium having an obverse side and a reverse side, including a rotating intermediate transfer member for receiving a print image and transferring the print image to the obverse side of the print medium and a rotating drag for... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075511 | Vehicle interior rearview mirror assembly with display A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a rearview mirror case, which is adapted to mount to a vehicle, and a reflective element. The mirror system further includes a carrier, which has at least either a display screen or a user-actuatable interface ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057811 | Projection system and method comprising a fluorescence projection screen and a radiation source which can emit in the non-visible spectrum A projection system and method are provided, the system includes a radiation source for generating electromagnetic radiation outside the visible wavelength range, an imaging unit, which can be irradiated by the radiation source, and a projection screen having a radi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036025 | Method and apparatus to reduce power consumption of a computer system display screen In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system may determine focus areas and non-focus areas of the display screen. The brightness of non-focus areas may then be reduced with respect to focus areas, thereby reducing power consumption of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6879303 | Aperture grill type display device and method for controlling luminance An aperture grill type display device is provided that displays a picture including two areas whose luminance values are different from each other without vertical stripes. The aperture grill type display device includes an aperture grill to which plural wires are a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6839045 | Display apparatus A display apparatus, that includes current driving type luminescent elements, has a driving system that takes the conduction types of TFTs to control the emission of the luminescent elements into consideration. In order to reduce driving voltage and improve display ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6570326 | Gradation fluorescent display device A fluorescent display device capable of attaining gradation display while minimizing the number of types of phosphors. A glass substrate is formed thereon with anode electrodes, each of which has a phosphor film deposited thereon. The phosphor films inclu... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6535184 | Dynamic driving vacuum fluorescent display A dynamic driving vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) preventing erroneous activation of a phosphor layer by leakage electrons and allowing a simpler wiring structure is disclosed. The VFD has a substrate; a plurality of anodes formed on the substrate, phosp... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6465966 | Field emission display and method of driving the same A field emission display includes a cathode panel having an array of electron source units for emitting electrons and a fluorescent panel distanced by a vacuum inter-space from the cathode panel. A cathode panel driver circuit is connected to the field em... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6340867 | Plasma display panel driving method and apparatus thereof A plasma display panel that is capable of being driven with an analog image signal by an active driving system and a driving method and apparatus thereof driving apparatus are disclosed. In the method, an address voltage corresponding to the image signal ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6294883 | Method and apparatus for fast heating cold cathode fluorescent lamps A method and apparatus are provided for fast heating cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL). Specifically, values corresponding to the actual luminance of a CCFL are compared to a desired luminance level and, if it is determined that the CCFL is operating ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6229258 | Focusing electrode for field emission displays and method A display includes a substrate and an emitter formed on the substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed on the substrate to have a thickness slightly less than a height of the emitter above the planar surface and includes an opening formed about the emi... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6124102 | Methods for determining receptor-ligand binding using probe arrays The invention provides a method for analyzing the binding between a receptor and ligand using a probe array. The method generally involves contacting a labeled receptor with a substrate that includes a plurality of known locations to permit labeled recept... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6118415 | Resonant square wave fluorescent tube driver A driver (10) produces a current to generate traveling waves of voltage for low levels of illumination and an arc voltage for high levels of illumination through a gas discharge lamp (50). At the low illumination levels the traveling waves of voltage are ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6005538 | Vacuum fluorescent display driver A vacuum fluorescent display driver and method for driving a vacuum display device includes a segment selecting circuit which selectively applies a potential of a particular polarity to a segment to illuminate that segment and a grid driver circuit which ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5952985 | Update method for displaying highly dynamic events in multiplexed character displays A method of updating characters within a multiplexed display used for displaying events including dynamic events which occur at a relatively faster rate. The display characters representing dynamic events are refreshed at a higher refresh frequency and mo... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5852432 | Function display controlling method for a composite apparatus of CDG player and VCR and apparatus thereof A function display controlling method and apparatus for a composite apparatus of a compact disc graphics (CDG) player and of a video cassette recorder (VCR) for displaying on a single fluorescent display panel. The control functions are divided into three... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5808419 | Operating section display unit of air conditioning system for vehicle use In the middle of the grid signal wire connecting the grid terminal of the clock drive IC with that of the clock fluorescent display tube, the illumination control circuit is arranged, wherein in accordance with the illumination control signal, the illumin... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5808590 | Fluorescent display device and method for driving same A fluorescent display device capable of setting anode patterns as desired without being restricted by a configuration of grids. A plurality of grids formed into the same rectangular shape are juxtaposed to each other at micro intervals. First single anode... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5764205 | Picture display and selection driver and integrated driver circuit for use in such a picture display device Picture display device comprising a plurality of electron transport ducts or transporting electrons in the form of electron currents, and selection electrodes for withdrawing each electron current at predetermined locations from its transport duct and for... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5739634 | Dot matrix type vacuum fluorescent display tube A dot matrix type vacuum fluorescent display tube includes anode electrodes, first and second wiring groups, an anode driver, light-emitting portions, a grid electrode, cathode electrodes, and an envelope. The anode electrodes are arranged in a matrix on ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5708450 | Fluorescent display device and method for driving same A fluorescent display device capable of setting anode patterns as desired without being restricted by a configuration of grids. A plurality of grids formed into the same rectangular shape are juxtaposed to each other at micro intervals. First single anode... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5475280 | Vertical microelectronic field emission devices A vertical microelectronic field emitter includes a conductive top portion and a resistive bottom portion in an elongated column which extends vertically from a horizontal substrate. An emitting electrode may be formed at the base of the column, and an ex... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5387838 | Fluorescent display device with high duty ratio A fluorescent display device including a laterally elongated matrix-like display section and a plurality of control electrodes arranged in juxtaposition to each other while a longitudinal direction thereof is defined in a short side direction of the displ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5371431 | Vertical microelectronic field emission devices including elongate vertical pillars having resistive bottom portions A vertical microelectronic field emitter includes a conductive top portion and a resistive bottom portion in an elongated column which extends vertically from a horizontal substrate. An emitter electrode may be formed at the base of the column, and an ext... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5331334 | Vacuum fluorescent display device A chip-in-glass type vacuum fluorescent display device includes an integrated circuit chip for driving a display unit in a vacuum glass envelope. The integrated circuit chip is connected to plural number of external terminals to be supplied with an electr... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5099178 | Method and system for controlling the brightness of a vacuum fluorescent display A method and system for providing a wide range of variable brightness levels for a vacuum fluorescent (VF) display by changing the duty cycle of the driving signal beyond the limits of normal driving techniques by varying the frequency as well as the on-t... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5028119 | Aircraft head-up display A head-up instrument display for a vehicle including a light emitting image source for producing imaging illumination and a combiner including a spherical beam-splitter coating for partially reflecting the imaging illumination to produce a virtual image v... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4970441 | Brightness stabilizing control of a VF display A VF display control apparatus operated directly from an automotive storage battery in which the display brightness variation is minimized by controlling the relationship between the anode and grid voltages in relation to the fluctuation of the battery vo... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4835447 | Fluorescent display tube drive apparatus A fluorescent display tube drive apparatus of the type used with a vehicle instrument panel or the like. The apparatus includes a transparent electrode arranged opposite to anodes and filaments. Ac voltages are applied to the filaments for the emission of... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4791337 | Lighting method for vacuum fluorescent display with reduced flickering A lighting method for vacuum fluorescent display which is lighted dynamically with frequency f1 includes applying a time-varying voltage with approximate frequency of (n+1/2)f1 to the cathode of the vacuum fluorescent display, where ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4542379 | Circuit for driving a display device A drive circuit for a display device comprises a first input terminal adapted to be connected to receive a drive signal for driving a display device, a second input terminal adapted to be connected to receive a control signal for controlling the driving o... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4495445 | Brightness control for a vacuum fluorescent display A vacuum fluorescent display is provided with control means for turning on the display elements by means of a control signal which is in phase with the AC voltage supplied to the cathode of the display. The control signal has a duty cycle which is symmetr... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4412213 | Driving circuit for a fluorescent display apparatus having fewer leads A fluorescent display apparatus having a plurality of anodes linearly arranged and divided into consecutive several groups each containing the same number of anodes. Each of the anodes disposed in corresponding positions of the respective anode groups is ... | 10/25/1983 |
