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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8305374 | Display device having precharge operations and method of driving the same Disclosed are a display and a method of driving the display. The display includes a display panel on which a plurality of data lines are formed, a data driver for supplying data voltages generated by modulating input image data to the respective data lines. The data... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8284187 | Display panel module and electronic apparatus Disclosed herein is a self-light-emission-type display panel module including: a pixel array section including pixel areas laid out to form a 2-dimensional matrix in a display area to serve as pixel areas each having a signal holding capacitor, a device driving tran... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8159489 | Display apparatus and integrated circuit A display apparatus includes an image display unit including electro-optic elements and pixel drive circuits arranged two-dimensionally in row and column directions, a first power supplying line for supplying a first potential to the image display unit, and plural d... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8130218 | Electronic device of a source driver in an LCD device for enhancing output voltage accuracy An electronic device of a source driver in an LCD device, for enhancing accuracy of voltage outputted to an equivalent capacitor of a panel of the LCD device, includes a first node, a second node, an output unit, a first charge sharing switch, a second charge sharin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7773084 | Image display device, image display panel, panel drive device, and method of driving image display panel In the present invention, during an 1H period excluding a blanking period (1HB) constituting a line display period, pixel data pulses of RGB (61B to 61R) are successively supplied for each color to corresponding signal lines for the color... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7667697 | Organic electro-luminescence display device and method of driving the same The present invention relates to an organic electro-luminescence display device and a method of driving the same that is adaptive for reducing power consumption by removing an unnecessary current as well as for improving a uniformity of a display screen. An organic ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7432920 | Method and apparatus for the display of still images from image files An apparatus for displaying digital image files on a standard display device such as a television set is provided in the form of a set-top box. The box includes an integrated circuit and memory buffer for computing an image from a file, a second memory buffer for st... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7408543 | Voltage-supply circuit, voltage-supply method, power-supply circuit, electro-optical unit, and electronic apparatus A power-supply circuit includes a capacitor, which is connected to a terminal at a first end while being grounded at the second end, for supplying a hold voltage between both ends thereof to a load; a capacitor connected, via a diode, to the terminal at a first end;... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7352339 | Diffuse illumination systems and methods The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to sources of diffuse illumination for providing substantially uniform illumination to a surface. The diffuse illumination arises from varying the diffusion angle of light generated by an LED system. To vary the diffus... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7295177 | Display panel driving apparatus A display panel driving apparatus includes a display control section for controlling display on a plasma display panel, a drive section for driving the plasma display panel on the basis of a signal supplied from the display control section, and a transmission line f... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7259758 | System and method for reducing latency in display of computer-generated graphics An interactive display system wherein a projector receives signals from a graphics source in a manner that reduces latency in images projected onto a display surface. The signals include a pixel clock signal, pixel attribute signals, and synchronization signals. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253815 | OLED display and pixel structure thereof An active matrix organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and pixel structure thereof. The pixel structure comprises a first transistor, a storage capacitor, a second transistor, and an OLED. The first transistor has a gate terminal coupled to a scan signal and a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7221344 | Liquid crystal display device and driving control method thereof In a liquid crystal display device of an active matrix type, at first, an initialization signal voltage having a voltage value equal to or higher than the maximum voltage value of a display signal is applied to display pixels in a signal application period in a fiel... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7205973 | Gradual dimming of backlit displays Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for gradually dimming backlit displays. The backlit displays may be gradually dimmed by reducing a level of the backlighting from an initial level to a fi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7079130 | Method for periodic element voltage sensing to control precharge A method to determine and apply a voltage to precharge current-driven elements in a matrix. During ordinary scan cycles, a conduction voltage is sensed while the elements conduct a selected current. While not conducting the selected current, the sensed conduction vo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079131 | Apparatus for periodic element voltage sensing to control precharge An apparatus to determine and apply a voltage to precharge current-driven elements in a matrix. During ordinary scan cycles, a conduction voltage is sensed while the elements conduct a selected current. While not conducting the selected current, the sensed conductio... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071930 | Active matrix display device, video signal processing device, method of driving the active matrix display device, method of processing signal, computer program executed for driving the active matrix display device, and storage medium storing the computer program An active matrix display device includes a pixel array unit having pixels arranged in a matrix pattern, a scanning circuit which sequentially selects pixels in unit of rows, and a signal circuit which receives a video signal containing serial dot data corresponding ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6975312 | Computer system having network connector and method of checking connection state of network cable therefor A computer system having a network connector to which a network cable is connected, including a displaying part displaying a connection state of the network cable; a signal processing part processing a signal inputted through the network connector; and a control par... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970152 | Stacked amplifier arrangement for graphics displays A column driver for a graphics display has reduced power consumption by sharing power between upper and lower column amplifiers. The upper column amplifier operates over an upper supply range, while the lower column amplifier operates over a lower supply range. The ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964205 | Sensor with plurality of sensor elements arranged with respect to a substrate A sensor for measuring a parameter applied to a surface is provided. The sensor includes at least one substrate layer, a plurality of individual sensor elements operatively arranged with respect to the substrate layer, and a conductive trace disposed on the substrat... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954201 | Data bus system and protocol for graphics displays The present invention provides a point-to-point data bus architecture and a protocol for a graphics system. The TCON transmits the data to the column drivers using separate point-to-point data buses. Data may be transmitted to the column drivers during a horizontal ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6914587 | Signal line driving circuit and signal line driving method for liquid crystal display In order to attain an electric power saving for a liquid crystal display having a pre-charging unit, a signal line driving circuit according to the present invention is used in an active matrix type of a liquid crystal display, and it is characterized in that it app... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6836261 | Plasma display driving method and apparatus In a reset period after a sustain discharge period, erase discharges are done by applying pulse voltages having different waveforms in the first erase discharge period for an ON cell turned on in the preceding sustain discharge period and in the second erase dischar... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6806872 | Video signal processing system It cannot be ensured that display setting changes are made at once in a system in which the number of display settings for a display processing apparatus is extremely large, an application is running under an operating system and display setting register change time... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6781581 | Apparatus for interfacing timing information in digital display device A timing information interfacing apparatus in a digital display device is provided to convert a timing information of a video signal generating unit to a timing information which is substantially requested by a display unit and transmit the converted timing informat... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6741238 | Power saving circuit for display panel A power saving circuit for a liquid crystal panel (LCD) and a plasma display panel (PDP) recovers an energy charged in a panel capacitor through one path of a drive IC driving a scan electrode or data electrode for the PDP, and recovers the energy charged in the pan... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6731258 | Fast-working LCD residual display suppression circuit and a method thereto The invention relates to a fast-working residual display suppression circuit for LCD and a method thereto. The method includes the following steps: receiving a control signal; if the control signal is an automatic control signal, comparing a first reference voltage ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6337542 | Organic electroluminescent display device having luminance degradation compensating function In an electroluminescent (EL) display device having a plurality of organic EL elements, variations in luminance among the EL elements are equalized. EL elements to be driven for a required image display are periodically applied with drive voltages and a r... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6243084 | Method for driving plasma display Before applying a pulse (Vp) of the first voltage for uniforming charges between each of the first electrodes X and each of the second electrode Y1 to Yn which are adjacent to each other, a pulse (Vpp) of the fifth voltage which has a reverse polarity to ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6130654 | Driving method of a liquid crystal display device In an active-matrix type liquid crystal display device, a dummy scanning line is provided at a higher position than the top of ordinary scanning liens in the case that a scanning operation is performed from the top of a display region to the bottom thereo... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5986647 | Sting addressing of passive matrix displays An improved technique for driving matrix displays, and in particular, passive matrix displays including row and column configurations of electro-optical display elements (e.g., liquid crystal, LED, plasma, and Electroluminescent). By analyzing illuminatio... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5854540 | Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display panel device therefor A method of driving a plasma display panel for generating picture or image with high quality while suppressing luminance to a low level in the display in black. One field for image display is composed of at least two different types of subfields first and... | 12/29/1998 |
| 4524352 | High frequency pilot In a plasma display panel consisting of gas enclosed between adjacent insulating members having conductors thereon insulated from the gas, a light source in the panel is used to condition all cells to permit selected orthogonal conductors to constitute a ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4386348 | Display panel having memory The disclosure is of a display panel comprising a gas-filled envelope having a first portion including an array of D.C. gas discharge cells, and a second portion including an array of quasi A.C. gas discharge cells, there being one A.C. cell for each D.C.... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4107576 | Panel-type display device A display device comprising a panel structure including a plurality of gas-filled cells and including, within the body of the panel, gas communication channels extending between selected cells to provide a selective flow of excited gaseous particles from ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4105930 | Load and hold means for plasma display devices A plasma discharge display device including at least one channel defined between opposing walls and containing an ionizable medium. Electrodes are employed for the application of potential differences whereby the medium will emit light proximate the elect... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4047169 | Display panel having improved arrangement of reset cells for facilitating scanning of the panel The panel comprises a gas-filled envelope which contains a series of column cathode strips, which are oriented parallel to each other, and include a first cathode strip, a last cathode strip, and intermediate cathode strips. Means are provided which form,... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4035689 | Panel-type display device A display device comrising a panel structure including a plurality of gas-filled cells and including, within the body of the panel, gas communication channels extending between selected cells to provide a selective flow of excited gaseous particles from c... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4009415 | Plasma panel with dynamic keep-alive operation utilizing a lagging sustain signal An a-c plasma display panel including apparatus for driving the keep-alive cell sustain signal circuits in a non-fixed relation with address pulses. By constraining the keep-alive sustain signal to selectively lag the addressing signal by an amount depend... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3989981 | Panel-type display device A display device comprising a panel structure including a plurality of gas-filled cells and including, within the body of the panel, gas communication channels extending between selected cells to provide a selective flow of excited gaseous particles from ... | 11/02/1976 |
