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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188950 | Temperature control for display device A display device includes a display panel, light emitting elements, a temperature detector, and an image processing circuit. The light emitting elements are disposed in a matrix form on the display panel, a luminance of light emitting elements being controlled by a ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174469 | Dynamic driver IC and display panel configuration A display device which can provide configuration information to the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises a display array and a collection of links configured to store informat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159428 | Display methods and apparatus The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154485 | Display element A display element comprising a single layer of porous material and a discrete drop of liquid. Application of a voltage between the liquid and the layer causes movement of the liquid and consequential optical changes to the element. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154486 | Driving of electrowetting display device The invention relates to a method of driving an electrowetting display device including a display element, the display element having an electrode for applying a voltage and providing a display state in response to a signal level of the voltage. The method comprises... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149192 | Optical writing image forming device, control device for optical writing image forming device There is provided an optical writing image forming device including: a positioning section positioning an optically written display medium including a pair of electrodes with at least one of which formed by a group of plural sub-electrodes, a display layer, and a ph... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144088 | Surface lighting device and portable terminal using the same A surface lighting device has one single light source and a light-guide-board. The board includes a light-guiding-section and a light-emitting-section. A shorter side of the light-guiding-section is not more than 8 mm, and an area of the light-emitting-section is no... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130184 | Image pixel transformation Various embodiments for image pixel transformation are disclosed. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8115708 | System and method for the prevention of display burn-in A system and method for the prevention of display burn-in in Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and non-MPEG environments. In one environment, a system may include an image sampler to sample images from a decoded video stream; a static area detector to successively... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115709 | Electro-wetting display device An exemplary electro-wetting display (EWD) device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate opposite to the upper substrate, a plurality of side walls interposed between the upper and lower substrates and cooperating with the upper and lower substrates to form ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106860 | Luminance balancing A composite display may include a paddle configured to sweep out an area and a plurality of pixel elements mounted on the paddle. Selectively activating one or more of the plurality of pixel elements while the paddle sweeps the area may cause at least a portion of a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106861 | Reflective type electro-wetting display device An electro-wetting display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a plurality of side walls interposed between the first and second substrates, the side walls being arranged in a matrix and cooperating with the first a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8089432 | Display device A display device that can prevent linear unevenness (uneven line) generated in one direction of a display image and can provide excellent display qualities includes a pixel including sub-pixels of n-colors (where n is an integer of 4 or more), and a signal line arra... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089431 | Instructions controlling light modulating elements The present invention provides a various methods, systems and devices for controlling light modulating elements and/or spatial light modulators. In some embodiments of the present invention, a recursive feedback method is used to control light modulating elements an... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089433 | Contrast ratio enhancement system using black detector The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method of enhancing a contrast ratio of a display device. An exemplary method comprises determining a quantity of pixels in a frame of video data having a predetermined level of blackness, comparing the quantity of pi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8072402 | Interferometric optical modulator with broadband reflection characteristics An optical device suitable for forming a pixel in a video display. The optical device includes a first layer having a first refractive index; a second layer over the first layer, the second layer having a second refractive index less than the first refractive index;... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8040305 | Constant-weight bit-slice PWM method and system for scrolling color display systems A display system 100 includes a light source 110 and a color wheel 114. An optical section 112 is arranged to receive light from the light source 110 and to direct the light toward a color wheel 114. A digital micromirror de... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026880 | Optical element, and illuminating optical device, display device and electronic device using the same A microlouver includes a periodic structure in which a transparent layer and a light absorption layer are alternately disposed with a constant, repetitive period. The range of the exit direction of a light beam passing through the transparent layer is restricted by ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018410 | Flexible and transparent ground plane for electric paper An improved electric paper structure is provided. A ground plane assembly having discontinuous grounding elements is used to render electric paper applications more flexible. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7999773 | Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof which allow a component to be replaced and repaired simply, rapidly, and stably are provided. The display apparatus comprises a main body which accommodates a light source part, and comprises a display element w... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7969395 | Spatial light modulator and mirror device The present invention discloses a spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixel elements disposed on a substrate. Each of the pixel elements comprises a deflectable micromirror. Specifically, instead of SRAM, the spatial light modulator is implemented with a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965266 | Image display unit and method of detecting object An image display unit and a method of detecting an object which are capable of reliably detecting an object with a simple structure irrespective of use conditions are provided. Invisible light is emitted from a screen of a display portion. The invisible light reflec... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961161 | Display system comprising a mirror device with micromirrors controlled to operate in intermediate oscillating state A display system includes a spatial light modulator for displaying a image by the modulation state of a plurality of micromirrors, and a control device for controlling the spatial light modulator. The control device includes a data conversion device for converting t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7928940 | Drive method for MEMS devices Embodiments of exemplary MEMS interferometric modulators are arranged at intersections of rows and columns of electrodes. In certain embodiments, the column electrode has a lower electrical resistance than the row electrode. A driving circuit applies a potential dif... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928941 | Electro-optical device, driving circuit and electronic apparatus It is possible to suppress the voltage amplitudes of data lines and to prevent deterioration in display quality by a simple configuration. Each of pixels 110 includes a pixel capacitor and a storage capacitor of which one end is connected to a pixel el... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920112 | Electronic paper system, image processing apparatus for electronic paper system storage medium storing image processing program, and image writing method using image processing apparatus An electronic paper system includes: electronic paper having a display unit that can display and retain an image in a no-power state; image generation means for generating a displaying image by combining a scale-down image of at least a part of a document and an ima... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911428 | Method and device for manipulating color in a display Embodiments include methods and devices for controlling the spectral profile and color gamut of light produced by an interferometric display. Such devices include illuminating a display with selected wavelengths of light. Embodiments also include a display comprisin... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903061 | Self illuminating electro wetting display A portable electronics device (110, 210) having a self illuminating display (112, 200, 400, 402, 404, 406, 500, 600, 700) that reduces both the thickness of known displays and processing steps in the fabrication thereof is provided. The portable electr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898512 | Image display device and electronic apparatus An image display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixel display portions arranged in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction thereof, a plurality of slits arranged on the display panel so as to correspond to spaces between the pixel dis... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884787 | Display device and portable information device having a mirror function The invention has an object of providing a display device which can make a full use of a mirror functionality even in a dark environment. A display device comprising: image forming means (50, 60, 70, 71) for displaying information to be displayed during one s... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7876298 | Control timing for spatial light modulator A spatial light modulator clocking method, called fast-clear, which employs embedded clear hardware in the SLM to enable the fast-clear bit to generate least-significant short-bit periods and without any bit ordering restrictions. In this method, fast data clears | 01/25/2011 |
| 7782280 | Display apparatus and method A display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micromirror device or an LCD panel, and a lighting unit that illuminates the spatial light modulator. The lighting unit may include red, green, and blue lamps which emit light that impinges on... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7755582 | Display methods and apparatus The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7733309 | Image display apparatus In a light emitting display apparatus requiring power supply lines, excellent uniformity in display luminance is provided over a relatively large screen by disposing at least one of input terminals for the power supply lines between input terminals for signal lines.... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733310 | Display screens having optical fluorescent materials Fluorescent screens and display systems and devices based on such screens using at least one excitation optical beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials and... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728800 | Method and device for manipulating color in a display Embodiments include methods and devices for controlling the spectral profile and color gamut of light produced by an interferometric display. Such devices include illuminating a display with selected wavelengths of light. Embodiments also include a display comprisin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7719500 | Reflective display pixels arranged in non-rectangular arrays A display is formed with a plurality of reflective display pixels arranged in a curvilinear configuration, and a plurality of electrodes, where each electrode is electrically coupled to two or more reflective display pixels. In some embodiments, the array is at leas... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7663582 | Disordered percolation layer for forming conductive islands on electric paper An exemplary embodiment for an electric paper application is provided. The embodiment utilizes a disordered percolation layer for forming conductive islands on electric paper. The percolation layer is comprised of a disordered mixture of conductive and non-conductiv... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646368 | Spoke recovery in a color display Embodiments of the invention include a method, device and/or system for spoke recovery. A method for spoke recovery in a sequential multi-primary color display may include producing a primary color image component corresponding to a first primary color during a disp... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7619599 | Optical scanning device, method of controlling optical scanning device, and image display apparatus An optical scanning device, which scans a plurality of color light components so as to display an image, includes a light source unit that supplies a plurality of light beams, and a scanning unit that repeatedly scans each light beam from the light source unit in a ... | 11/17/2009 |
