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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094194 | Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus having a displaying part, includes a video processing part to process an input video signal into a format which can be displayed on the displaying part, and a controlling part to determine whether a video image displayed on the displaying part is... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8045004 | Display signal control apparatus, and display signal control method The present invention displays a broadcast program without causing discomfort to the viewer caused by a shift in the display position. The burn-in of the display apparatus when displaying EPG and GUI images is prevented. When viewing a channel, the timing of events ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7965315 | Display device capable of reducing afterimage and afterimage reduction method thereof A display device capable of reducing afterimage, and an afterimage reduction method used by the display device. One or more afterimage reduction patterns having one or more opaque areas, and/or one or more semi-transparent areas and one or more non-opaque areas are ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7940303 | Method and system for displaying content while reducing burn-in of a display A method and system for reducing burn-in of a display is disclosed. A plurality of assets containing text, graphics, and video are stored. Some of these assets are then assembled into a video frame or “screen”, which is subsequently output. Some of the assets ar... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7750938 | Method and system for maintaining even tube burn-in An arrangement for maintaining even tube burn-in. The arrangement identifies active and inactive display regions on a display unit when video content is displayed on the display unit. When inactive display regions are identified the arrangement monitors the duration... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7663663 | Burn-in control A burn-in control method and video processor for executing the same. The video processor intelligently recognizes aspects of a video image that are likely to cause burn-in, and responsive to such recognition, modifies the video image to prevent uneven aging of the p... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7643057 | Method and system for displaying content while reducing burn-in of a display A method and system for reducing burn-in of a display is disclosed. A plurality of assets containing text, graphics, and video are stored and then gathered. These assets are then assembled into a template to form a video frame or “screen”, which is subsequently ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7626609 | Method and system for displaying content while reducing burn-in of a display A method and system for reducing burn-in of a display is disclosed. A plurality of assets containing text, graphics, and video are stored and then gathered. These assets are then assembled into a template to form a video frame or “screen”, which is subsequently ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7538790 | Method and apparatus for controlling a video signal processing apparatus to prevent screen aging An apparatus and method for controlling a video signal processing apparatus having a browser feature to protect a display device associated with the apparatus against the premature aging effects of screen burn due to an idle display when the browser feature is activ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7466340 | Method and apparatus for protection against pixel burn-in Embodiments for protecting against pixel burn-in are disclosed. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7440006 | System for gracefully aging inactive areas of a video display When a video display system displays an image having an aspect ratio that differs from the aspect ratio of the system's display monitor, the image spans only an “active” portion of the available display area on the monitor. The display system sets the luminance ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7411605 | Apparatus for preventing image sticking of video display appliance and method thereof Disclosed is an apparatus for preventing image sticking of a video display appliance and method thereof that can effectively remove a black display region appearing on a border part of a display screen of the video display appliance when an image sticking function i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409074 | Information processing apparatus and system using pixel data The present invention relates to an image processing device enabling detection of a mixture ratio indicating the state of mixture between multiple objects. A contour region information generating unit 421 and a normal equation generating unit 422 extra... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400345 | OLED display with aspect ratio compensation A method for uniformly aging an OLED display device, the OLED display device including a display screen with a screen aspect ratio, the method comprising: receiving a first external video signal having a first signal aspect ratio different from the screen aspect rat... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397497 | Display device capable of reducing burn-in on display panel A display device having a prolonged lifetime by preventing deterioration of image quality by reducing a burn-in is provided. A display device includes a still image region detecting unit for detecting still image data from video data, a detecting unit for detecting,... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7385548 | Remote control device with directional mode indicator Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for a remote control device. Means for detecting orientation of the remote control device couples to a processor. The processor is operative to change a mode of operation of the remote control device in response to a chan... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7355654 | Character display control circuit A character display control circuit comprises a selection circuit to select and output, as one of the RGB signals, one of a first voltage, a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and one or more third voltages existing between the first and second voltages; a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352409 | Blue stretch circuit and level detection circuit A blue stretch circuit of this invention has a first voltage detection circuit and a second voltage detection circuit, each of which detects that an amount of each of the first and the second color difference signals are within a predetermined range, a blue stretch ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7317430 | Display panels and methods and apparatus for driving the same Methods and apparatus for mitigating or substantially eliminating pixel burn-in on phosphor-based display panels. A visual display includes a display installation and a computer. The display installation may include a display panel having including a plurality of pi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310808 | Method of and apparatus for supporting and enabling the selection and mixing of multiple streams of audio/video data from multiple sources within a receiving device allowing external control A method of and apparatus for supporting and enabling the selection and mixing of multiple input data streams from multiple sources within a receiving device allowing external control includes a receiving device, a control device and one or more source devices. The ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307668 | Shifting letterbox video to prolong display life A system, a method and an article of manufacture for uncentering an image of a video stream on a video display is provided. The image of the video stream is displayed uncentered on a video display at a position that depends on the aspect ratio of the video stream an... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7295197 | Flat-panel display apparatus and its control method A display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of display elements, and a display controller for controlling the display panel in a normal display mode, a first power saving mode, a second power saving mode and a third power saving mode. A mode tran... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7274382 | Customizable background sizes and controls for changing background size This invention provides systems and methods that allow a user to change the size of a background used with a graphics-based user interface. This enables tailored background sizes based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271828 | Display screen burn-in prevention device and burn-in prevention method A burn-in prevention image signal is generated by subjecting an input image signal to blurring and then to contrast inversion to invert the contrast of the signal luminance level. The burn-in prevention image signal is used when the input image is a still image that... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245316 | Method and system for maintaining even tube burn-in An arrangement for maintaining even tube burn-in. The arrangement identifies active and inactive display regions on a display unit when video content is displayed on the display unit. When inactive display regions are identified the arrangement monitors the duration... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243251 | Method and apparatus for notifying end user of excess power demand A method and apparatus for notifying an end user of a powered device on an Ethernet based network that the powered device will not be reliably powered due to an excess demand condition comprising: detecting an attached powered device; identifying the class of the at... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230613 | Display driver supporting a dimming mode A visual display includes a dimming mode. The dimming mode is provided via analog and digital dimming mode signals. The dimming mode signals can be provided via a digital-to-analog converter. The display can be an OLED or LCD display used in avionic and projection a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224401 | System and method of dynamic interface placement based on aspect ratio A system for dynamically placing textual elements adjacent a video content, based on aspect ratios, includes means for detecting the aspect ratio of the media player content and the aspect ratio of the display device and determining if there are unused positions of ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213926 | Image projection system and method In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a projection subsystem to project an image-containing beam, and an image adjustment element. The image adjustment element is to cause adjustment of the image-containing beam in response to a detection of relative movement of t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209183 | Method of automatically setting image quality Provided is a method of automatically setting image quality, which maintains a brightness and a contrast of an image regardless of a status of an input signal. The method includes: (a) setting a variable range of brightness and a variable range of contrast; (b) conv... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209649 | Combination DVD apparatus and TV set In a combination DVD apparatus and TV set according to the invention comprises a DVD playback section for playing back DVDs, a display section for displaying pictures played back by the DVD playback section and burn-in prevention means for preventing prolonged displ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209180 | Video output device A video output device adds a blank on both left and right sides or both upper and lower sides of an input video to produce a video having the same aspect ratio as that of the display screen of the display device, when an aspect ratio of the input video and an aspect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7173364 | Cathode ray tube and anode button positioned on funnel therefor Disclosed are a cathode ray tube and a funnel therefore. An anode button is installed on the funnel to meet the condition of 2.8≦T, in which T is a B/A ratio, A is a distance on a central axis of the funnel between a seal edge face of the funnel, which abuts a pan... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7158169 | Method and system for displaying content while reducing burn-in of a display A method and system for reducing burn-in of a display is disclosed. A plurality of assets containing text, graphics, and video are stored and then gathered. These assets are then assembled into a template to form a video frame or “screen”, which is subsequently ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152211 | Resolution independent theming Several systems and associated methodologies are provided for rendering a themed image while mitigating pixelation and/or the disproportionate appearance thereof when the image is sized and/or scaled. The systems include at least one sizing module adapted to size co... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7102694 | Apparatus and method for eliminating afterimage state An apparatus and method for eliminating an afterimage state occurring on a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The apparatus includes a memory for storing an input video signal, a data comparator for comparing data read from or written into the memory, a controller ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7075590 | Apparatus for providing television receiver alignment functions A method and apparatus within a television receiver for electronically aligning signals within the receiver by controlling support circuitry for an IF module. A control voltage source controls both video alignment and picture IF (PIF) mute functions. The DAC is coup... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061552 | Method and apparatus to perform automatic digital convergence A method and apparatus for performing autoconvergence is described. An image having a first aspect ratio and a plurality of sides is received. The image is displayed on a display having a second aspect ratio and at least one sensor corresponding to each side of the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058679 | Apparatus for transmitting connecting status and method of displaying connecting status On the basis of information of a topology map, a parent node ID list is generated to show correspondence of ID of each node to that of its parent node. Information given by the parent node ID list is transmitted as connection display data in a predetermined format. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057640 | Method and apparatus for dynamic burnout imprinting protection with shift correction The present invention provides improved burnout imprinting prevention by slowly moving the position of screen content to ensure that no one area of the guns is unused for a long period of time. Optical and/or mechanical elements are provided to redirect the projecte... | 06/06/2006 |
