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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8085278 | Method for setting compensation region for irregular defect region in manage display device The present invention relates to a method for setting a compensation region for an irregular defect region in an image display device, including the steps of detecting an irregular display defect, setting a horizontal width of the irregular defect region detected th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7750923 | Implementing limited function mode in a display device A display device for use with a computer adapted for operation in an unrestricted use mode and a limited function mode and a method for enforcing a limited function mode display is disclosed. The display device enters a limited function mode when a condition of non-... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7567256 | Method and apparatus for analyzing digital video using multi-format display A multi-format display device for video production and testing selectively presents a video input signal in three or more distinct ways to facilitate analysis. A complete picture, a picture zoom an area of particular scrutiny around a cursor position, tabular pixel ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7394468 | Converted digital colour image with improved colour distinction for colour-blinds A method is provided for converting a digital colour image to a digital colour image with improved colour distinction. This method improves the colour distinction in a colour image for an observer suffering from a colour-blindness. The method includes defining a num... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372371 | Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system Notifications to computer users are provided via indicators such as lights. The indicators are controlled according to rules, to convey computer-related state information to users in a consistent manner. Locations of visible indicators are chosen to facilitate easy ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348690 | Preventing unsafe operation by monitoring switching means An electronic control that monitors the switching means used to operate transducers to detect conditions that can cause improper transducer operation. In the application the unenergized state of the transducer is always safe. Should a switch in the transducer circui... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7323974 | Method and arrangement for suppressing incorrect messages in monitoring systems The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for eliminating false messages in monitoring systems for electronic devices, especially for sensor circuits in motor vehicles. According to the inventive method, error messages increment a counter and an alarm ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324704 | Method of repairing scratches in digital images A method of repairing scratches in a digital image includes counting the number of abnormal pixels among neighboring pixels of a selected pixel. The selected pixels that are surrounded by abnormal pixels in a number greater than a predetermined value are designed as... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312799 | Visual determination of gamma for softcopy display Provided herein are teachings directed to calibrating an output device such as a color display, using a visual method of determining the gamma for the blue primary that is easier to perform and more consistent than methodologies employing a luminance-matching task. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295208 | Translating layers into effect graphs in digital image processing Methods and systems for processing, e.g., non-destructively processing, digital image data utilizing one or more Effect Layers are provided. Effect Layers combine Effects in useful ways that simplify the process of creating Effect graphs. Each Effect Layer contains ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7257469 | Delivering data updates to an avionics device Systems, devices, and methods are provided for updating information resident on an avionics device. One avionics device embodiment includes a processor, a memory, and a receiver. The memory can be in communication with the processor. The receiver can receive radio s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7236643 | System and method for filtering and binarization of images in the presence of specular noise In order to render information contained in images more detectable in the presence of noise, the present invention discloses a system and method to binarize the images in the presence of noise. The method of this invention comprises the steps of applying a dynamic r... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221331 | Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device A method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device. An auxiliary display is integrated with a computing system to provide an area where notifications can be peripherally presented off-screen. Whenever a background task sends a notificati... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218245 | Head-down aircraft attitude display and method for displaying schematic and terrain data symbology Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying terrain data symbology for an aircraft. The apparatus is a heads-down display for an aircraft having a monitor configured to generate a display and a processor coupled to the display. The display has a centerline. Th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7173678 | Non-ruggedized COTS display packaging for severe environment applications A modular display assembly comprising a light emitting or transmitting display panel and a glass panel wherein: the display and glass panel are separated from each other by a frame assembly; and the display is coupled to the frame assembly by at least one elastic is... | 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 |
| 7127126 | Image alignment method, comparative inspection method, and comparative inspection device for comparative inspections The present invention provides a high-precision alignment method, device and code for inspections that compare an inspection image with a reference image and detect defects from their differences. In one embodiment an inspection image and a reference image are divid... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119706 | Method and apparatus for visual silent alarm indicator An apparatus and method thereof wherein a portable computer system or personal digital assistant generates a visual signal in response to an occurrence of a programmed event. For example, the portable computer system can use a light emitting diode to visually signal... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106217 | Technical design concepts to improve helicopter obstacle avoidance and operations in “brownout” conditions A method for flying in a degraded visual environment comprising the steps of collecting environmental data, processing the data and fusing the data together into a combined input output. The output is fed into a head down display, head mounted or heads up display an... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091881 | Integrated hover display with augmented approach to hover symbology cueing for degraded visual environmental conditions A flight control system includes a primary flight display having a hover display which facilitates operations in DVE conditions. The hover display includes a radar altitude display, heading drift symbology and lateral drift symbology which assists pilots in the dete... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088355 | Information display device A display device has a display element which maintains a displayed image without a supply of electrical power and a changing means for changing the displayed image using electrical power. A power supply provides electrical power to the changing means. Detecting mean... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7064768 | Bad pixel correction while preserving features A pixel correction system is provided. The pixel correction system includes a dynamic range detection system that receives test pixel data and adjacent pixel data and determines whether the test pixel data is within minimum pixel characteristic data and maximum pixe... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061456 | Image display method and image display apparatus A display method can achieve both a substantially high definition image display and high speed dynamic image display. The image displaying method of an image displaying apparatus having a display portion consisting of a plurality of pixels takes each of a predetermi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049940 | Door opening/closing device for a vehicle and a method of recognizing an opening/closing operation of a vehicle door A door opening/closing device for a vehicle includes a control mechanism recognizing an opening/closing operation of a vehicle door based upon an operation of a door handle, operating a door lock mechanism so as to unlock the vehicle door when the opening operation ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038578 | Fault reporting system for a motor vehicle A defect reporting system for a vehicle having at least one electronic control unit, includes a check-control module that is connected with the at least one control unit and receives a report from the latter. An indicating device is connected with the check-control ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034777 | Mini monitor on shared peripheral bus A system with a main monitor for a host computer and a second, mini monitor for displaying a portion of the display normally intended for the main monitor. In one embodiment, the mini monitor is connected to the computer over a shared, peripheral bus, such as the un... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030870 | On screen display (OSD) The invention relates to the generation of an on-screen display and a control system for the same which allows the known problems in display which can occur to be avoided. Upon change of at least part of an OSD, the system continues until a request to redraw the dis... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7010398 | Control system providing perspective flight guidance A flight guidance system providing perspective flight guidance symbology using positioning and terrain information provides increased pilot situational awareness of the pilot's aircraft. The guidance system uses a positioning system and a detailed mapping system to ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6987892 | Method, system and software for correcting image defects A method, system and software are disclosed for correcting defects formed in a physical medium of an original image. Multiple scans of the original image are recorded, where the multiple scans have different properties. For example, the angle of the light incident t... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6977666 | Flat panel display using dual CPU's for an aircraft cockpit A thin flat panel display for aircraft cockpits. These displays use a dual CPU/graphics generator system to produce simulated aircraft instrumentation displays which are color coded to indicate when one of the graphic generators has not correctly received data from ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6958700 | Fire receiver A fire receiver includes a light emitting device; a supervisory control apparatus for performing supervisory control based on information from a plurality of terminal devices such as fire detectors, and for displaying the information by causing the light emitting de... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957398 | Collaborative screensaver Audiovisual images from independent providers on the Internet are exhibited as part of an updating, shared, collaboratively-produced multimedia exhibition system. Each individual user can choose to include or exclude certain content by personalizing his collection o... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952807 | Vehicle supply chain analysis system A computer implemented supply chain analysis apparatus permits user to create a supply chain map for analyzing a manufacturing operation. A template forms a workspace to depict a supply chain related to a manufacturing operation. Supply chain icons are predefined to... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6946957 | Remote control system with LED indicators A method and system are provided for remotely notifying a user of incoming information. The system comprises detection tools for detecting incoming information on a processing device and a signal generator for generating and sending a signal to a remote control devi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943808 | System and method of reducing aliasing in printed images The system and method reduces aliasing which is formed by the patterns that are introduced by the halftone screens used in the printer. The system and method provides halftone-specific anti-alias filters for obtaining optimal effective resolution in printed images. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6909982 | Display method of parameter correction conditions and recording medium on which program to display parameter correction condition is recorded To enable the measurer to easily verify the parameter correction conditions, the correction conditions for the parameters measurable by the measurement device are concurrently displayed on the screen of the measurement device related to the ports used in the paramet... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906633 | Program-controlled household appliance The optical indicator unit of a program-controlled household appliance includes one or more indicator elements for the display of information in plain text. Each indicator element includes a matrix with 5×8 pixels for the display of a character. Each indicator elem... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6894702 | Dropout control in subpixel rendering The present invention relates to dropout control in which one or more samples are added to adjacent samples that fall within an image outline. The samples are used in sub-pixel rendering to compensate for unnaturally thin or faint object stems. Horizontal dropout co... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6844870 | Data processing apparatus, image displaying apparatus, and information processing system including those A CPU of an image display apparatus transmits user manipulation to an input unit to a wireless unit of a data processing apparatus through a wireless unit, and a CPU of the data processing apparatus processes corresponding to the user manipulation. The CPU of the da... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6798423 | Precision perspective flight guidance symbology system A predictive flight path symbology system for increasing pilot situational awareness of an aircraft. The system includes a pilot display, and a precision pathway flight guidance (PPFG) symbology set displayed on the pilot display. The PPFG symbology set includes bro... | 09/28/2004 |
