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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4982184 | Electrocrystallochromic display and element A display changes the color of reflected light in response to the value of electrical potential applied to individual pixels of the display. Each pixel includes an array of light reflectors mounted on a corresponding array of electrostrictive elements. In... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4978950 | Grey-scale representation using binary spatial light modulators in coherent optical processor A spatial light modulation technique for a coherent optical processor, permitting binary spatial light modulators to represent a range of grey levels. The technique modulates a coherent input beam at a plurality of spatially separate image pixels, to prod... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4965562 | Electroscopic display device Light losses occurring in an electroscopic display device in which UV radiation (9, 10) is converted into visible light (14, 15, 17) are partly annihilated by making the movable electrodes (7) and the fixed electrodes (4) reflective. The electroscopic dis... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4891635 | Electrostatic display element An electrostatic display element making use of electrostatic force acting between a movable electrode and a pair of fixed electrodes kept oppositely to each other with said movable electrode positioned therebetween. The movable electrode, which is made of... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4862395 | Data display instrument for a bicycle The data display instrument for a bicycle comprises an LCD field having an analog scale field to display the momentary travelling speed and an analog scale field to display the pedalling speed. The scale fields are automatically switchable to two measurin... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4839635 | Signboard for displaying optical images The present invention constitutes a display system (10) for alpha-numeric and graphic images. The system provides a signboard on which varying images of comparably large dimensions can be made to appear. The system comprises an input matrix (12), a displa... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4831372 | Display apparatus A magnetically actuated information display device is disclosed which includes a rigid, permanently magnetized display segment movably mounted in a non-magnetic chamber having a transparent viewing window and containing an opaque fluid whose color contras... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4831371 | Electrostatic pixel module capable of providing size variable pixels An electrostatic pixel module capable of providing size-variable pixels for use in an electrostatic display board. The module is made up of a known electrostatic display elements arranged so as to form a substantially square-faced pixel unit consisting of... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4811006 | Display arrangement with improved drive In order to attain that in an LCD display arrangement (TV) the voltage across the picture element (12) is inverted during each TV field period, two diodes (9, 19) per picture element are used, which are each connected to a separate row electrode (8). Each... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4801932 | Display apparatus A display apparatus using a light-transmitting ceramic having an electrooptic effect. A voltage application head has at least a pair of electrodes which contact the light-transmitting ceramic. The head is driven by a head driver so as to scan across a sur... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4794385 | Display arrangement with improved drive A display arrangement (LCD etc.) in which the control voltage range is enlarged by including in the control lines (13a, 13b) additional diodes (14) which are connected to a common point (15). In order to counteract a capacitive by-ef... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4786898 | Electrostatic display apparatus The present electrostatic display apparatus has its display panel constituted by many electrostatically operated display units arranged along the length and breadth forming a matrix. Each of the display units basically consists of a fixed and a movable el... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4762391 | Graphic input device and method including a fiber optic bundle with electronic means for improving images An optical fiber bundle having a coherent, partially coherent, or non-coherent fiber array is made to exhibit an improved image. The output end of the bundle is abutted against or imaged upon an array of sensors. A beam of light having a diameter small co... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4741599 | Display information exchange device for an electrostatic display apparatus A device for exchanging the display information to be given to an electrostatic display apparatus constituted with many electrostatic display units arranged to form a matrix. The present device comprises a RAM and a backup battery, both mounted on a base ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4740785 | Electroscopic picture display device having selective display of local information Such a device comprises display elements (RC) arranged, for example, in matrix form in rows and columns with, each display element comprising a first (E1) and a second electrode (E2) and an intermediate, movable, third electrode (E3). The first electrode ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4733950 | Display device using electro-optic plate and a membrane switch A display apparatus using a light-transmitting ceramic plate having an electrooptic effect known as Kerr effect is disclosed. The ceramic plate is placed between two parallel polarizers having a same axis of polarization. A transparent flexible sheet face... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4725832 | Electroscopic picture display arrangement The display arrangement is provided with display elements which comprise a first and a second electrode, between which each a displaceable third electrode is present, and with a control voltage source, for selectively situating the third electrode near th... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4720706 | Method and apparatus for electro-optical color imaging Method and apparatus whereby instantly derived emissions of RGB tri-stimulus optical hues are processed into an isotropic field form of radiation for directed transmission through a selected imaging point of an electro-optical imaging screen as a unique p... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4695837 | Electrostatic display device with improved fixed electrode An electrostatic display device of the type which includes a fixed electrode (16) of first reflective properties and a movable flapper (30) of different reflective properties has an improved fixed electrode. In particular, the fixed electrode (16) include... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4638309 | Spatial light modulator drive system The spatial light modulator drive system of the present invention permits useful light modulation, such as employed in a projection display device, with a minimum of required data input. A plurality of charge storage cells with associated charge dependent... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4636786 | Electrooptic ceramic display and method for making same An improved electrooptic ceramic reflective display is depicted utilizing polished plates of PLZT ceramic materials in a specific arrangement of dual polarizers, PLZT plate, dual transparent electrode patterns deposited on each major surface in precise al... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4614415 | Illumination signal processing system Control of illumination with illumination amplifier devices provides a basis for implementing various types of illumination systems. Also illumination amplifiers in closed illumination servo loops provide improved illumination control. An illumination con... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4583087 | Matrix display device with diode switching elements In order to provide a passive electro-optical display medium in a matrix display device with a sufficiently steep threshold with respect to the applied voltage and having a memory, a switching element (9) is placed in series having each picture element. T... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574281 | Image display device An image displaying device uses a thermal head to selectively create a magnetization pattern on an endless belt magnetic recording medium according to a signal applied thereto by heating the magnetic recording medium to its Curie temperature. Polarized li... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4557563 | Two dimensional electro-optic modulator for optical processing A two dimensional electro-optic modulator comprises an electro-optic element and a two dimensional planar array of individually addressable electrodes for spatially modulating a light beam along a plurality of transverse axes or for imparting a geometric ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4547787 | Image forming apparatus with displaying and printing functions An image forming apparatus has both of the function of displaying a toner image recorded on an image bearing member and the function of transferring the recorded toner image to a transfer material and obtaining it as a print. Particularly, the apparatus m... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4527863 | Electronic displays A polar co-ordinate display of full 360° arc comprised of electrode bearing substrates each side of a layer of dyed phase change liquid crystal material. One set of electrodes comprises concentric spirals, the other set comprises radials. The display is ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4520357 | Electroscopic information display and entry system with writing stylus Information is written into a matrix-addressed electroscopic display by means of a writing stylus having a magnetic tip, utilized to attract a moveable plate electrode in a selected one of the display matrix cells. A capacitance detector, connected to seq... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4465999 | Matrix driving method for electro-optical display device A method of cyclically driving an electro-optical display device having a matrix array of a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes, wherein said column electrodes intersect with said row electrodes to provide a plurality of displ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4453160 | Message character image projection control means Message character image projection control means for establishing conditions which simulate the eye glass or contact lens needs of an individual utilizing acousto-optic light refracting principles wherein a pair of acousto-optic cells, positioned in the l... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4429304 | Display driving device In a display device constructed by interposing an electrooptical substance between one group of electrodes and another group of electrodes, a pair of electrodes are time-divisionally and sequentially selected among one group of electrodes, and a train of ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4402062 | Method and apparatus for dielectrophoretic storage and retrieval of information The present invention provides a method and apparatus for storing and retrieving information using the phenomenon of dielectrophoresis. First and second materials are contained within a housing, and a non-uniform electrical field is applied to the materia... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4390875 | Message character image projection control system Message character image projection control system utilizing a matrix array of individually shaped light forming window means, a source of light for illuminating the array of windows and acousto-optic light reflector means for controlling an optical path r... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4336536 | Reflective display and method of making same A variable reflectivity display which defines a plane of display (92) is disclosed. It comprises a fixed electrode (16) which defines a first reflective surface having a first reflectivity. A shield (20) defines a second reflective surface having a second... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4330813 | Illuminating device for large screen Illuminating device for a large screen making it possible to uniformly illuminate said screen by means of a light arriving at a low angle of incidence θ, wherein it comprises n.p light sources and n.p optical focusing elements in matrix form, as well as ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4257041 | Electro optical display device An electronically addressed electro optical display device of the type in which an electrical signal containing intelligence is translated into alphanumeric, graphic and pictorial images on an electro optical display includes an array of short focal lengt... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4233603 | Multiplexed varistor-controlled liquid crystal display Liquid crystal displays allowing high order multiplexing, typically with a multiplexing order N of about 1,000, utilize a thin sheet of a varistor material to provide a high degree of non-linearity in the optical response of the display with respect to th... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4223308 | LCDs (Liquid crystal displays) controlled by thin film diode switches A matrix multiplexed display cell has thin film switch devices at matrix crosspoints to provide a turn-on threshold for the electro-optic liquid used in the cell. Each of the switch devices is a back-to-back pair of diodes. The cell is operated at low cur... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4158201 | Flat electro optic display panel and method of using same A flat PLZT plate is utilized to form erasable images thereon which images may be projected or viewed directly. One embodiment includes electrically conductive islands on one side of the PLZT plate which are surrounded by and electrically isolated from an... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4113360 | Indicating device for illustrating symbols of all kinds An indicating device for projecting symbols of all kinds characterized by a plate of fluorescent synthetic material having metallized edges to create a light trap for the fluorescent light created in the plate, a layer of light dispersing material mounted... | 09/12/1978 |
