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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159253 | Liquid crystal display having common voltage initialization circuit and method for manufacturing same An exemplary method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes providing an LCD panel (201) including a common voltage initialization circuit (2011); testing and inspecting the LCD panel for defects of the LCD panel, and thereby obtainin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7439938 | Multi-display apparatus having an optical path changing device A multi-display apparatus includes flat panel display devices and an optical path changing unit. The flat panel display devices include adjacent sides connected to each other. The optical path changing unit has an inclined surface symmetrical to a boundary surface o... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429971 | Liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof A liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof. Liquid crystal is disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, and first, second, and third color lights are sequentially transmitted for each of a plurality of pixels. A first voltage correspondin... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420550 | Liquid crystal display driving device of matrix structure type and its driving method A liquid crystal display driving device of matrix structure type and its driving method are disclosed in the present invention. The driving device consists of a group of thin film transistors with matrix array, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7379059 | Display apparatus, display method, liquid crystal driver circuit and liquid crystal driving method A display apparatus displays information by changing a state of cholesteric liquid crystal with a first driver applying a bipolar voltage to the first electrode, and a second driver for applying a bipolar voltage to the second electrode, the bipolar voltage being of... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7362304 | Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same A liquid crystal display device of the invention has data drive circuits provided along both of two opposite sides of a rectangular display region, and gate drive circuits provided along the other two opposite sides. With the liquid crystal display section, the gate... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336874 | Display element and display device A display device is constructed with conductive fibers which are coated with a display medium and are woven together with transparent conductive fibers. The conductive fibers coated with a display medium serve as warps and the transparent conductive fibers serve as ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333076 | Method for driving display panel A method for driving a display panel with which the dark contrast can be improved is provided. Each of at least two successive sub-fields including a leading sub-field includes a selective write addressing step for setting the discharge cells to a lighted discharge ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7289115 | LCOS automatic bias for common imager electrode A circuit for automatically biasing a common electrode of a liquid crystal on silicon imager comprising an imager with a common electrode and a plurality of cells. A varying voltage signal is provided to the plurality of cells. A low pass filter is coupled between t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7265747 | Optically based operating device for a household appliance An operating element can be used to operate or control a household appliance, for example a cook top heating element. A seven-segment display is arranged beneath a cover in the region of a contact surface. A light source and a light receiver are arranged inside resp... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256777 | LCD driver power saving during evaluation This invention provides a method and an apparatus for saving power dissipation during the testing and evaluation of liquid crystal display LCD panels. In addition, this invention provides a method and apparatus of the changing of the order of backplane and segment a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256820 | Wireless hand-held digital camera A method and system allow a hand-held digital camera to access and store large volumes of digital image data utilizing a wireless communications link between a host computer and the camera. In an embodiment of the invention, imaging optics and a photosensor array ca... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242575 | Display device having a lateral side input-and-output module A display device includes a side I/O module sandwiched between a front frame and a rear cover to form a casing having a lateral side. The I/O module includes an L-shaped connector including a back plate fastened securely to the rear cover, and a side plate extending... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242380 | Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus having: a panel displaying a picture; a panel driver enabling the panel to display the picture; a scaler transferring an input image signal to the panel driver; a key input part generating a color change execution signal for the input image signa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242384 | Image processing device, and image display device provided with such an image processing device In an image display device, how R, G, and B light is emitted to display an image on a display panel is measured with a sensor, and, according to the measurement value obtained from the sensor, the power with which to drive a light source that supplies light needed f... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7212209 | System and method of representing personal profile in symmetrical graphical form A computer system generates a symmetrical graphical image representative of a personal profile of a subject. Personal attributes of the subject are acquired through an assessment tool. The personal attributes are acquired through website and stored on a computer sys... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195719 | High polarization ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions The invention relates to chiral nonracemic liquid crystal compounds having achiral tails comprising a perfluoroalkyl terminal portion which are useful as components in liquid crystal to impart high polarization to the mixture. The materials of this invention can be ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190417 | Optical address type spatial light modulator An optical address type spatial light modulator has a plurality of optical address type light modulation layers stacked on each other, each having a liquid crystal layer for reflecting visible light in a specific wavelength band or a liquid crystal layer for absorbi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184003 | Personal electronics device with display switching A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs re... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180494 | Method and device for controlling a multiplexed display screen operating in reduced consumption mode The present invention concerns a method and a device (30) for controlling a multiplexed display comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in lines and in columns and coupled to line electrodes and column electrodes, each of the pixels being selectively activa... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7142185 | Liquid crystal display, image data compensation circuit, image data compensation method, and electronic apparatus An interpolation processor interpolates reference compensation data stored in a ROM according to the level, generates compensation data corresponding to levels available to image data for each pair of reference coordinates, and stores the compensation data in a comp... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131584 | Apparatus and means for updating a memory display A display system includes a light writable display associated with an identification code and arranged to receive an image wise pattern of light to form an image on the display; a display writer for producing the image wise pattern of light for writing the image on ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126570 | Liquid crystal device, image processing device, image display apparatus with these devices, signal input method, and image processing method A liquid crystal device having multiple pixels includes an input terminal that receives a display signal including multiple pixel signals to be supplied to the multiple pixels. The display signal has a predetermined signal embedded therein for generating a common si... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119771 | Liquid crystal display apparatus Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal display element composed of a liquid crystal layer and having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern; and a driver for dividing one frame into plural fields and interlace... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7109881 | Electronic floor display with weight measurement and reflective display Embodiments of the present invention relate to a floor display system comprising or associated with a weight measuring device. An output of the weight measuring device may be processed by electronic logic to display corresponding information on an electronic display... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106284 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a signal conversion part (101), a drive pulse generation part (102), a source driver (103), a gate driver (1704), and a multiplexer part (1706). In addition, between the source driver (10... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098900 | Method of driving display elements and electronic apparatus using the driving method Due to a characteristic of a switching element, a current leaks into a display element in an undisplayed region through the switching element to thereby cause a speckled pattern to occur in the undisplayed region. In addition to a supply of scanning signals to scann... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098878 | Semiconductor device and liquid crystal panel driver device A semiconductor device carries out a test utilizing contact with a probe needle without being affected by narrowing of the pitch at which output pads are arranged. The device is equipped with test circuits provided between a plurality of output buffers via which sig... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095213 | Multifunctional complex power supply device A multifunctional complex power supply device has an anti-countercurrent and voltage-regulation circuit with a rechargeable battery connected in conjunction with a solar battery, a generator and a microphone. A first switch is mounted between the solar battery and t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7091697 | System and method for efficiently implementing a battery controller for an electronic device A system and method for effectively managing operating power for an electronic device may include a battery pack coupled to the electronic device for supplying operating power to the electronic device. A battery controller may be configured as a single integrated-ci... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083832 | Partially fluorinated liquid crystal material The invention provides LC compositions that exhibit V-shaped switching when aligned in an analog device configuration and exhibit bistability when aligned in a bookshelf-type device configuration. The invention more specifically provides LC compositions of formula 1... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079830 | Information handling system with wireless LAN and wired LAN activity monitoring apparatus and methodology An information handling system is provided which includes a wired network controller fixedly mounted in the system and an optional wireless network card which is pluggably receivable by a connector in the system. The system includes a first indicator for annunciatin... | 07/18/2006 |
