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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7742014 | Task light A technology for illuminating almost an entire console with a simple structure, even when a display is located at the right or left of the center of the console is disclosed. According to this technology, when a display 1 is located at the center of a console... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7609230 | Display method and system using transmissive and emissive components A method and system is provided for creating a display and generating images. Creating the display includes receiving a transmissive display component over an emissive display component and positioning each emissive display pixel with one or more transmissive displa... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7564426 | Location sensitive display device, system, and method of providing animation sequences A location sensitive display device, and method therefor utilized in an entertainment environment. The display device includes a receiver, control circuit, and indication units. Infrared (IR) transmitters are positioned within the entertainment environment and emit ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7417610 | Image display apparatus and image display methods Provided are image display apparatus and image display methods capable of suitably making correction for variation of driving conditions due to an electric resistance of matrix wiring of a display panel by downsized hardware. The apparatus and methods involve a devi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411586 | Light emitting device, method of driving a light emitting device, element substrate, and electronic equipment A display device capable of obtaining a constant luminance without being influenced by temperature change is provided as well as a method of driving the display device. A current mirror circuit composed of a first transistor and a second transistor is provided in ea... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7394195 | Organic EL display device and substrate for the same Scanning electrode circuitous wires are disposed in an area in the vicinity of a left side of a rectangular substrate; data electrode connecting wires, which serve to supply a signal to data electrodes from outside an organic EL display device, are disposed between ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7362322 | Pixel circuit, display apparatus and electronic apparatus equipped with current driving type light-emitting device A display apparatus is provided with a current driving type light-emitting device and a driving device for controlling a driving current flowing through the light-emitting device for each pixel of the display apparatus. The display apparatus consists of power source... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355573 | Residual image display In one of the present invention, a scanning control means and a generating means scan an image by part of light-emitting diodes among a plurality of light-emitting diodes, and generate two-dimensional residual image data enlarged from the image. A light-emission con... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7321459 | Image display device and method In the image display device according to the first aspect of the invention, a liquid powder composed of a solid material stably floating as a dispersant in a gas and exhibiting a high fluidity in an aerosol state is sealed between opposed substrates, at least one su... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310080 | Electrowetting and electrostatic screen display systems, color displays and transmission means Methods and related devices for manipulating ambient light and various light sources for applications including colour displays, screen displays and colored coverings for a multitude of items is disclosed. Methods and related devices for manipulating light for decor... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7275835 | Projector for changing driving frequency for driving light source lamp within allowable frequency range A projector according to the present invention comprises a lamp driving control circuit for driving an ultra-high pressure mercury lamp at a driving frequency which is changed within an allowable frequency range. For example, the lamp driving control circuit may ran... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273286 | Display device and light control method of the same Aspects of the invention can provide a display device capable of providing stable light control with simplified control and structure. A display device can include light sources in which light control can be performed by controlling the operating conditions. The lig... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7259730 | Window, a method for displaying a character on a window, and a visual display panel A window (1) comprising a window pane (3) is provided with a visual display panel (5) laminated to the window (1). The visual display panel (5) comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal medium (15) sandwiched between inner and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7218048 | Display apparatus having photo sensor An electronic display apparatus includes a substrate, pixels and light sensing parts. The substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region adjacent the display region, and the substrate includes a plurality of gate lines extended in a first direction and ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210628 | Dynamic solid state diffractive optics applied for reading a diffractive optics memory The apparatus and method of the present invention employ solid state dynamic diffractive optical elements for reading information from a diffractive optics memory. The diffractive optics memory has stored therein information located at a plurality of points of the m... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7193625 | Methods for driving electro-optic displays, and apparatus for use therein A method for addressing a bistable electro-optic display having at least one pixel comprises applying an addressing pulse to drive the pixel to a first optical state; leaving the pixel undriven for a period of time, thereby permitting the pixel to assume a second op... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183939 | Shining fan structure for displaying images A shining fan structure for displaying images of patterns or characters by reflection mainly includes a fan. A plurality of blades of the fan are provided with reflective patterns or characters. Light-emitting elements are provided on the periphery of the fan base. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7161591 | Driving device for display apparatus This driving device for a display apparatus includes display driving circuit element regions, which are physically separated for a plurality of display data, respectively. In each of the display driving circuit element regions, the driving device includes at least a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148128 | Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof We describe a system of electronically active inks which may include electronically addressable contrast media, conductors, insulators, resistors, semiconductive materials, magnetic materials, spin materials, piezoelectric materials, optoelectronic, thermoelectric o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119763 | Light emitting circuit for organic electroluminescence element and display device A light emitting circuit and a display device capable of providing refresh action to an organic electroluminescence element to which a diode is connected in series, in a comparatively easy structure, in order to improve the average luminance. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7091941 | Color OLED display with improved power efficiency A color OLED display includes an array of light emitting pixels, each pixel having three light emitting elements for emitting red, green, and blue colors of light specifying a gamut and at least one additional element for emitting a color of light within the gamut a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092144 | Mirror assemblies incorporating variable index of refraction materials A mirror assembly including an active lens and a reflective surface. The mirror assembly may change its refractive index when a voltage is applied to the active lens, thereby changing the field of view in the lens. Exemplary applications include a blind spot system ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088334 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof, and drive control method of lighting unit A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, plural pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix on a second substrate, ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077519 | System, apparatus, and method for correcting vision using an electro-active lens An electro-active spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens includes a first lens optic. The disclosed lens also includes a first electro-active zone positioned in a cooperative relationship with the first lens optic. In certain embodiments, the electro-active... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7061394 | Drive circuit for at least one LED strand Drive circuit for at least one LED strand, with a switch being arranged in series with each LED strand and with each LED strand having a supply connection via which it can be connected to a supply voltage, in which case each switch can be driven so as to allow a cur... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049755 | Method for driving plasma display panel A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a first plurality of electrodes, a second plurality of electrodes paired with the first plurality of respective electrodes, and a third plurality of electrodes. The PDP further includes a plurality of cells at crossing portions ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050794 | User-assisted programmable appliance control A universal remote control interacts with a user to assist in training to one or more appliances. If the appliance is activated by a rolling code activation signal, a sequence of different rolling code activation signals is transmitted until the user indicates a suc... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038395 | Organic EL display device At a wire crossover portion, extension wires, which are electrically connected to scanning electrode connecting wires, extend so as to cross over the other scanning electrode circuitous wires without having contact with the other scanning electrode circuitous wires ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039397 | User-assisted programmable appliance control A universal remote control interacts with a user to assist in training to one or more appliances. If the appliance is activated by a rolling code activation signal, a sequence of different rolling code activation signals is transmitted until the user indicates a suc... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027030 | Magnetic display A magnetic display has two non-magnetic substrates, at least one of which is transparent; and a microcapsule coating layer is applied between the non-magnetic substrates. The microcapsules contain and seal light-absorptive black magnetic fine particles and light-ref... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012600 | Methods for driving bistable electro-optic displays, and apparatus for use therein A bistable electro-optic display has a plurality of pixels, each of which is capable of displaying at least three gray levels. The display is driven by a method comprising: storing a look-up table containing data representing the impulses necessary to convert an ini... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009581 | Dynamic diffractive optical transform A dynamic diffractive optical transform. An electric field pattern is created across a body of material, the material being characterized in that it has an optical transmission property which varies in response to of an electric potential applied across a portion th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6989806 | Current limiting device An embodiment of the present invention pertains to an electronic device such as a passive matrix display, an alpha-numeric display, a detector array, or a solar cell array. The electronic device includes multiple organic optoelectronic devices and one or more of the... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6967763 | Display device A display device comprises a plurality of light modulating elements being arranged in an array. In the display device, an image is displayed by driving the light modulating elements and each of the light modulating elements has a pair of substrates which are spaced ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6950082 | Display driving circuit A display driving circuit. The circuit comprises a first electrode from which a data signal is output, a second electrode from which a scan signal is output, a capacitor having a first and second end with a voltage difference therebetween, a light emitting diode hav... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943756 | Device for enhancing contrast in liquid crystal display projection system A device for enhancing contrast for a liquid crystal display (LCD) projection system is provided. The contrast enhancing device includes an image driver supplying an image signal, a LCD panel for converting the input image signal into an optical image signal, and a ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6927750 | External display device of refrigerator and method for controlling the same An external display device of a refrigerator which includes a microprocessor enabling a serial data transmission/reception between the external display device and a control unit included in the refrigerator. The microprocessor is coupled with a second microprocessor... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927894 | Mirror assemblies incorporating variable index of refraction materials A mirror assembly including an active lens and a reflective surface. The mirror assembly may change its refractive index when a voltage is applied to the active lens, thereby changing the field of view in the lens. Exemplary applications include a blind spot system ... | 08/09/2005 |
