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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111210 | Light source system for a color flat panel display A system for operating a color flat panel display (FPD) is provided that includes a color FPD, a light source, and a display processing device. The color FPD has an adjustable color depth and is configured to reflect ambient light. The light source transmits light t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7561119 | Screen image display apparatus The present invention accomplishes a screen image display apparatus capable of changing a transfer direction of screen image signal freely. A master control 1 has a plurality of channels, with a signal line 2 being connected for transmitting a screen i... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7518571 | Display device The retaining circuit 110, which retains the digital image signal fed from the drain signal line 61 in response to the signal inputted from gate signal line 51, is formed. The signal selection circuit 120, which selects one of the two sig... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7499003 | Disappearing interface system A disappearing interface system for a device, such as an appliance (e.g., a cooking range) having an interactive user interface, a light-emitting device (e.g., a LED), a microprocessor based LED fader electronic control system that uses a PWM signal to drive an A/D ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7411569 | Display device and method for fabricating the same The display device comprises: a substrate 50 having a plurality of light emitting elements on one surface thereof, and a substrate 10 having a circuit for controlling the plurality of the light emitting elements, bonded to said one surface of the subst... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7362338 | Controllable pixel border for improved viewability of a display device A display device having a display matrix (m+2x by n+2x) including an active, e.g., controllable, pixel border located around the edge locations of a frame buffer matrix for improved character viewability. The border can be several pixels wide, e.g., 1 | 04/22/2008 |
| 7339552 | Dot matrix type display device and information equipment employing the same The present invention is to provide a dot matrix type display device by self light emitting elements in which a display burning phenomenon can be prevented from occurring. With the dot matrix type display device according to the present invention, in the display dev... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7152989 | Bracelet A bracelet includes at least one electronic display unit. Each display unit has a display having a plurality of display elements arranged in a sequence lying along the length of the bracelet and/or arranged in a sequence lying substantially around the perimeter of t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7034811 | Image display system and method A method of displaying an image with a display device including a plurality of display pixels includes receiving image data for the image, the image data including individual pixels of the image; buffering the image data and creating a frame of the image, the frame ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7010412 | Method for calculating parameters in road design of S-type clothoid, complex clothoid and egg type clothoid The present invention relates to a method for calculating parameters in a road design of a S type, a complex type and an egg type clothoid, and in particular to a method for calculating a parameter value capable of determining the size of a clothoid that is inserted... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6972809 | Path shifting optical device having polarization correcting section and optical display system including same An optical device includes an optical path shifter that has at least one optical path shifting section. The optical path shifting section includes: a polarization modulator for changing the polarization state of an incoming light ray; and a birefringent element for ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6937211 | Apparatus and system for abstract visual representation of audio signals An apparatus including a controller having an input for receiving an input signal is disclosed, the input signal having an audio component. A housing having an outer surface on which is fixed a conforming and surface covering light output device is also provided, wh... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934889 | Device with automatic help function A device that carries out a variety of functions or services according to various settings has a memory storing help lists explaining what settings are necessary for each service or function. Another memory stores the addresses of these help lists. When a function o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6909417 | Shift register and image display apparatus using the same A level shifter 13 is provided for each of SR flip flops F1 constituting a shift register 11. The level shifter 13 increases a voltage of a clock signal CK. This arrangement reduces a distance for transmitting a clock signal whose voltage... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6822397 | Method of manufacturing image forming apparatus The present invention relates to the adjustment of luminance. The present invention is a method of manufacturing image forming apparatus including a step of applying characteristic shift voltage comprising a plurality of pulses in which the amplitude of the pulse ob... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6628247 | Display system with latent image reduction A display system reduces latent image formation by shifting an image between a first position and a second position, displaced only a few pixels from the first position. Preferably, the image is displayed briefly simultaneously at the first and second pos... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6595647 | Micro-display element A micro-display element used in displaying original images and reflection control module for optical projection display includes a control chip, a driving circuit, a plurality of metallic mirror surface reflection gate elements. The gate element, the driv... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6571577 | Bracelet A bracelet includes at least one electronic display unit. Each display unit has a display having a plurality of display elements arranged in a sequence lying along the length of the bracelet and/or arranged in a sequence lying substantially around the per... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6567058 | Digital convergence correction device and display device A problem to be solved by the invention is to prevent a digital convergence correction device from lowering in precision of correction performed when a relation between screen raster and effective area of picture varies. A vertical display area detection signa... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6549180 | Plasma display panel and driving method thereof A plasma display panel that is adaptive for shortening an address interval. The PDP is provided with first and second sustaining electrode lines making each row line, and first and second address electrode lines making each column line. The first and seco... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6518942 | Method of forming the images in the systems having objects moving relative to each other The invention relates to the field of forming the images in the systems having objects moving relative to each other. Particularly, it can be used at the transport and in the building for advertisement, designer, entertainment purposes and the like, there... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6492963 | Electronic display apparatus A light display is mounted on the spokes of a rotating bicycle wheel. The display includes a plurality of arrays of lights, each array attached to one of the spokes. A sensor on the wheel, actuated by a magnet mounted on the frame, senses the angular velo... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6476780 | Road image display device A road image display device for displaying an image of a road whereon a vehicle is travelling on a display screen by scrolling the road image at a specified speed as one would feel driving a vehicle thereon viewing the image from a fixed viewing point, wh... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6466182 | Video image displaying apparatus and video image displaying method A video image displaying apparatus and video image displaying method, applicable to the supplying, by arranging a plurality of picture displaying devices for instance on the inner walls of a tunnel, of consecutive articulated images by the plurality of pi... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6417822 | Display device and driving method thereof In an operation of an address period for addressing cells of a display device, such as a plasma display panel, comprising a plurality of cells of three kinds, red (R), green (G), blue (B), which are arranged on a plane for forming a display surface thereo... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6373450 | Method and device for controlling selection using a switch Data, including letters, numerals and marks, are sequentially scrolled on a display. When a switch is pushed, the scroll is interrupted, and then the data being displayed is fixed. An arrangement may be made such that the scroll occurs at a high speed fir... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6348905 | Led display apparatus An LED display apparatus includes an LED display module, an inner frame member, and a supporting unit. The LED display module has an array of light emitting diodes mounted thereon, and a longitudinal axis. The inner frame member is disposed to confine the... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6278419 | Moving display A display of the type in which a mobile unit moves one or more arrays of light sources repeatedly through a sequence of positions in a display zone to create the illusion of a floating image. According to a first aspect of the invention, each array is pro... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6271815 | Handy information display system A handy information display system is disclosed. The system has three main components: a light emitting diodes (LED) array display board, an information server and a portable unit. The LED array display board includes a plurality of light emitting diodes ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6262698 | Method and apparatus for display sign A matrix display sign and system where the displayed image or message can readily be changed. There is an array of pixel units arranged in rows and columns, and each of these pixel units can be selectively activated to display various selected colors. In ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6216490 | Electronic information display bracelet A bracelet comprises at least one electronic display unit. The or each display unit has a display (9) having a plurality of display elements arranged in a sequence lying along the length of the bracelet and/or arranged in a sequence lying substantially ar... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6150996 | Changeable message sign system with reconfigurable sign screen Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a sign system for creating extremely lightweight, reconfigurable, and changeable signs suitable for outdoor use adjacent to roadways. The system provides adjustable message screen size, electronically... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6130968 | Method of enhancing the readability of rapidly displayed text A method of enhancing the readability of rapidly displayed text and with rapid apprehension, at a rate which is greater than the maximum unaided reading capability of that subject using the method. The method comprises a rapid and sequential moving of the... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6088004 | Image display system for bowling lanes An image display system displays images on a plurality of masked monitors, overhead monitors, or both. Images from a plurality of image sources are selected by a controller for display on the monitors. The controller can split up the image so that one ima... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6072446 | Scroll display method and apparatus A definite multiple color image of a large size is scrolling displayed with a small number of light emitting cells. A physical screen which includes sixteen (16) dots in one column and thirty (30) dots in one row is formed from ten (10) light emitting cel... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6073158 | System and method for processing multiple received signal sources A system and method for time slicing multiple received data streams utilizing multiple processors in such a manner as to ensure that all processors are running at full capability and are efficiently timesharing a global memory storage area. The received d... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069595 | Scroll display method and apparatus When a large number of bar-shaped display elements are installed at a site in any of various situations, even if the distances between the bar-shaped display elements are not necessarily fixed, an image of an aspect ratio which is correct over an entire s... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6049323 | Information message display method A method is used in a selective call receiver (SCR) (100) for displaying information messages received by the SCR on a multiline display (124) of the SCR. According to the method, a plurality of information messages is received (405), wherein each of the ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5971546 | Image display device An image display device includes a light source, a flat display panel for forming an image in units of picture elements by using an incident light generated from the light source, and at least one double refraction plate for dividing the picture elements ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5940051 | Display system An improved display system which is able to display both static and moving graphics on a reduced number of pixels. The display system relies upon the beta apparent movement effect to "fill in" the blank spaces between active pixels to give the appearance ... | 08/17/1999 |
