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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8362976 | Plasma display device A plasma display device that can utilize an energy recovery voltage regardless of whether pixels are selected. An energy recovery circuit of the plasma display device includes first and second switches serially coupled between a first voltage source and a second vol... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8243443 | Filter mountable on display device and electronic equipment provided with display device A filter 101 of the present application has flexibility. The filter 101 includes a left protruding portion 102, a right protruding portion 103, a lower protruding portion 104a, a lower protruding portion 104b, ... | 08/14/2012 |
| 7425935 | Method and apparatus of driving a plasma display panel An apparagraph and method of driving a plasma display panel that enables the display of an image wherein contour noise is minimized and that prevents flickering mal-discharge and mis-discharge when the plasma display panel is being driven at high/low temperature is ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425934 | Display panel drive apparatus for driving a display panel A display-panel-drive apparatus having a drive unit that drives the display panel and a control unit that outputs control signals for controlling said drive unit to said drive unit, the display-panel-drive apparatus is provided with: a drive board of the drive unit;... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423864 | Plasma display device A plasma display device comprises a plasma display panel, a chassis base for supporting the plasma display panel, and a circuit board assembly mounted on the chassis base with circuit elements for applying electrical signals required for driving the plasma display p... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423611 | Display device capable of controlling power consumption without generating degradation in image quality, and method of driving the display device A method of driving a display device has a calculating step, a comparing step, and a controlling step. The calculating step calculates a total number of light-emission pulses within a field, based on an average of display load factors in at least two fields, the com... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7375702 | Method for driving plasma display panel A method for driving a PDP is disclosed, and is capable of suppressing an erroneous discharge during an address discharge and sustain discharge and of preventing deterioration in image quality, comprising: a reset period for initialization; an address period having ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361449 | Specific dye compound, optical information recording medium comprising specific dye, and information recording method using this optical information recording medium The present invention provides an optical information recording medium comprising a substrate having disposed thereon a recording layer, wherein the recording layer includes a recording dye represented by the following formula (I) or (II): | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358967 | Plasma display panel and method of driving the same A method for driving a plasma display panel, including a reset period, an address period, and a sustain discharge period, wherein the reset period has a rising ramp section. During the rising ramp section of the reset period, a flat period of maintaining a peak volt... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355564 | Plasma display panel and driving method thereof A plasma display panel (PDP) and driving method that includes a floating reset process. A number of subfields are generated from input video signals, and subfield data for each subfield are output. A first voltage is applied to the first electrode according to susta... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7324353 | Image display apparatus and shield casing thereof A shield casing of an image display apparatus including a casing which covers other than a front surface of an image display device having an electromagnetic wave emitter and shielding the electromagnetic waves, a protection panel on which a conductive film is lamin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317431 | Display panel driving method A method of grayscale-driving a display panel in accordance with pixel data derived from a video signal. The display panel includes a plurality of display lines, with a plurality of pixel cells serving as pixels being arranged on each display line. A display period ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312574 | Plasma display panel having display electrode terminals located on the same side, and plasma display device incorporating the same For reducing EMI and simplifying driving circuits, a plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed facing each other, a plurality of barrier ribs disposed between the first and second substrates and forming a plurality of discharge ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7277067 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel with an improved sustain electrode structure and capable of enhancing optical efficiency includes: a rear substrate; address electrodes arranged in a predetermined pattern on the rear substrate; a lower dielectric layer arranged to cover the a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271800 | Apparatus for driving plasma display panel performing address-display mixing driving scheme A scan electrode drive of an apparatus for driving a plasma display panel includes a switching output circuit, a reset/sustain circuit, an upper scan circuit, a lower scan circuit, a first switching circuit, and a second switching circuit. The switching output circu... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255780 | Method of using actuators for microfluidics without moving parts A series of microactuators for manipulating small quantities of liquids, and methods of using these for manipulating liquids, are disclosed. The microactuators are based on the phenomenon of electrowetting and contain no moving parts. The force acting on the liquid ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242372 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus, in which a sustain output device (transistor) with a voltage rating in accordance with the sustain voltage can be used even when a voltage greater than the sustain voltage is applied to a sustain electrode in the reset period and the addr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224329 | Plasma display apparatus and manufacturing method A PDP apparatus of low power consumption and without erroneous malfunctions is equipped with a sustaining circuit that prevents an on/off timing shift and deterioration of a sustaining pulse produced thereby. Phase adjusting circuits, which adjust the timing of the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208876 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second subst... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7187347 | Plasma display panel and method of driving the same A plasma display panel includes (a) first and second substrates facing each other, (b) a plurality of first electrodes formed on the first substrate and extending in parallel with one another, (c) a plurality of second electrodes formed on the second substrate and e... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7161563 | Electronic vehicle registration and license plate A method and apparatus is provided for electronically providing vehicle identification and registration information to a vehicle. The system includes a remote control unit, which receives and stores vehicle identification and registration information. At least one c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7116289 | Plasma display driving method and device Technology that enables writing in a PDP to be conducted effectively, even when a time period of the writing is shortened. In a PDP driven by a method in which a write discharge is selectively generated in a plurality of cells by applying a scan pulse sequentially t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7088312 | Plasma display and driving method of the same A plasma display is provided with a plasma display panel, data drivers which apply data pulse to data electrodes of the plasma display panel, a control circuit which t controls an operation of the data drivers based on a video signal, and a protection signal output ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061479 | Plasma display panel and method of driving the same A driving method of the present invention is adapted to a plasma display panel which includes first and second electrodes formed on a substrate, third electrodes formed in a direction intersecting the first and second electrodes, and a dielectric layer covering the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053871 | Display apparatus with gas discharge tube and method of driving gas discharge tube A method of driving a gas discharge tube is provided. Each field of images is divided into three periods for luminescence-rest, luminescence-preparing, and luminescence steps. During the luminescence-rest step, two voltages whose amplitudes are the same and constant... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045963 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel. Front and rear plates are spaced by a rib structure that is disposed on the rear plate with Neon gas filled therebetween. The rib structure partitions off the rear plate into a plurality of first, second and third sub-pixels adjacent to each ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046216 | Method for driving plasma display panel A plasma display panel that minimizes the power consumption required for driving the PDP is disclosed. A reset pulse of a ramp-down waveform supplied in a reset period goes down to a voltage level higher than a negative scan reference voltage, and is kept for a spec... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015880 | Address-while-display driving method for broadening margin of address voltage of plasma display panel There is provided an address-while-display driving method for a surface discharge type triode plasma display panel, which includes sequentially performing resetting and addressing on each XY-electrode line pair while alternately and consecutively applying display vo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995893 | Electro-optical device, method for manufacturing electro-optical device, apparatus for manufacturing electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus The invention provides an electro-optical device, a method of manufacturing an electro-optical device, an apparatus for manufacturing an electro-optical device, and an electronic apparatus, in which, in the electro-optical device, a gap formed between two substrates... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995754 | Plasma display module A plasma display panel, driving circuits for driving the plasma display panel, and a power circuit into which an external alternating current is inputted are provided to a plasma display module. The power circuit supplies driving voltages to the driving circuits. Th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6970147 | Drive apparatus for a plasma display panel and a drive method thereof The driving apparatus for a plasma display panel is formed by a first priming pulse generation circuit for generating a first priming pulse having a first crest value; a second priming pulse generation circuit for generating a second priming pulse having a second cr... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6947016 | Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel operating with middle discharge mode in reset period A method for driving a plasma display panel includes applying an erasing pulse, a reset pulse and a scan pulse respectively in each of an erasing period, a reset period and a scan period. In a reset period, a reset pulse with a waveform of a sloped ramp pulse is app... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924795 | Plasma display panel and method of driving the same A driving method of the present invention is adapted to a plasma display panel which includes first and second electrodes formed on a substrate, third electrodes formed in a direction intersecting the first and second electrodes, and a dielectric layer covering the ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6906726 | Display device A display device which can perform excellent image display with reduced dither noise. Values of dither coefficients that are allotted to respective pixel positions in a pixel group are altered between when the brightness level of an image displayed by the pixel data... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6900782 | Plasma display panel drive method In the reset step for initializing an amount of wall charge in each of the plurality of discharge cells that define each of the picture elements in a plasma display panel, the number of reset discharges that are caused to occur in the discharge cells that handle the... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6882328 | AC-type plasma display panel and method for driving same An AC-type plasma display panel and a method for driving the AC-type plasma display panel are provided which are capable of reducing discharge leak (crosstalk) between cells being adjacent to each other and of increasing operating range. The AC-type plasma display p... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879105 | Electrode plate and manufacturing method for the same, and gas discharge panel having electrode plate and manufacturing method for the same An electrode plate, a method of manufacturing the same, a gas discharge panel using an electrode plate, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided by incorporating a relatively simple structure, which can keep electrodes formed on a plate from peeling or be... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6784614 | Electrode plate and manufacturing method for the same, and gas discharge panel having electrode plate and manufacturing method for the same An electrode plate, a method of manufacturing the same, a gas discharge panel using an electrode plate, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided by incorporating a relatively simple structure, which can keep electrodes formed on a plate from peeling or be... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6774875 | Method for compensating luminance of a plasma display panel A method for compensating luminance, suitable for use in a plasma display panel. The method includes the following steps. First, the luminance value of each pixel signal is read out. Then, the load of the pixel signal row is computed. The load is the number of pixel... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6768478 | Driving method of AC type plasma display panel The object of the present invention is to provide a method of driving of an AC type plasma display panel with higher emitting efficiency without increasing the external-sustain voltage VSUS, even if the discharge sustain gap dp is extended.... | 07/27/2004 |
