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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144200 | Testing apparatus of liquid crystal display module Disclosed is a technique for testing liquid crystal display modules which are driven in various image formats or drive frequencies by using one scanning converter, a testing apparatus of a liquid crystal display module, including: a scan box controller configured to... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8094196 | Video matching device, method, and program A matched state detection unit (33) of a video matching device (100) detects a reference video frame, of the respective video frames of a reference video (1) and degraded video (2B), which is in a matched state in which it is spatially an... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085303 | Animated display calibration method and apparatus A method for adjusting properties of a display includes displaying a first pluge image on the display to a user, wherein the display includes a plurality of locations, wherein the first pluge image comprises a first plurality of output values associated with the plu... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072494 | Device and method for automatically testing display device A method for automatically testing display device. The method includes steps of: capturing an image; acquiring a horizontal strip of a to-be-tested image which includes at least a portion of each of the color interval column of the image; comparing a standard deviat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8045006 | Method and apparatus for determining the best blending of overlapped portions of projected images A best blending function from among a plurality of blending functions is determined. Each of the plurality of blending functions smoothes an overlap region of at least two projected images. The overlap image is captured and a processing unit analyzes the stored over... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7999852 | Test or calibration of displayed greyscales Testing a display involves display of a series of test patterns, each at a different luminance or color, and with a predetermined minimum difference of luminance or color from their background, each pattern being unpredictable to a user, and determining if the user ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7911498 | Compensation device for non-uniform regions in flat panel display and method thereof Disclosed is a digital signal processing architecture for a flat panel display having non-uniform regions, which is not by means of materials, optical films or fabrication processes. Therefore, the manufacturing cost and complexity of the flat panel display are not ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7817184 | Methods and apparatus to test receivers Methods of testing receiver video fidelity are disclosed. One example method includes producing a video test signal; coupling the video test signal into an input of the receiver, wherein the video test signal is configured to cause a decoder to output a step functio... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808526 | Methods and systems for example-based TV color calibration An example-based method and system for electronic display color calibration is provided. By comparing the colors of commonly available objects with a color database under a controlled lighting condition, the user adjusts the gain and offset parameters of the Red, Gr... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796156 | Organic electroluminescent display panel testing apparatus and method thereof An apparatus for testing an organic electroluminescent display panel having a plurality of data and scan lines comprises a detecting control circuit, a gate de-multiplexer and a source de-multiplexer. The detecting control circuit generates a gate test signal and a ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7760231 | Animated display calibration method and apparatus A method for adjusting properties of a display includes displaying a first pluge image on the display to a user, wherein the display includes a plurality of locations, wherein the first pluge image comprises a first plurality of output values associated with the plu... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7538791 | Color monitor white chromaticity measuring device The white chromaticity, in which the illumination environment is considered, is measured for each individual color monitor (100). A reference body (Q), comprising a perfect diffuser, is applied on the screen of the color monitor (100). By a test patter... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7420591 | Optical detector of projection television An optical detector is provided. The optical detector allows an auto-convergence control to be effectively made by cutting off external light incident to an optical sensor for use in the auto-convergence of a projection TV. The optical detector includes optical sens... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405747 | Extended K2T measurement of video K2T measurement of video signals, regardless of video format, is determined by generating a graticule using an algorithm having a single variable that is a function of the video format for the particular video signal. The graticule is set to a normalized value of on... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394483 | Display evaluation method and apparatus A measurement pattern is moved on a display, and an image of the measurement pattern is captured by making a visual field of an image sensor follow the scroll of the measurement pattern. On the basis of the captured image, a motion picture response curve is obtained... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388623 | Liquid crystal display device and inspection method An OSD display unit generates test pattern data to spread image patterns stored in a storage unit as digital font data for OSD display so as to match the number of pixels of a liquid crystal panel and sends the test pattern data to a panel processor for display on t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388601 | System and method for the automated, remote diagnostic of the operation of a digital video recording network A method and a system for automatically performing diagnostics of various operational parameters of digital video recorders, cameras, peripheral and associated components encompassing a video system, are provided. Script files are provided including diagnostic instr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379124 | Center convergence optimization in a projection display apparatus Progressive rounding error and convergence error encountered due to multiple use of a center correction adjustment of an image of a video projection display is reduced by calculating a 3×3 matrix for a moved color signal where the non center matrix values represent... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369159 | Method and apparatus for dynamically testing video equipment A method and apparatus are presented for dynamically testing video equipment. A test pattern utilizes a presentation of alternating pixels and lines, along with features of the electronic video/graphics generator in which it is present to effect a close approximatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359575 | Dynamic warp map generation system and method Dynamic warp map generation system and corresponding method are disclosed. A compactor obtains spatial transformation parameters along with geometric and optical distortion parameters and combines them to form hybrid grid data in a hybrid vector space. This vector s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7342603 | Image output test system and method and device thereof The present invention is to provide an image output test system, which is built in between an image output device and an image output test device, in which the image output test device can receive a first video signal, convert the first video signal into a second vi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333130 | Apparatus and method of re-adjusting convergence of a projection TV A method and an apparatus of re-adjusting convergence of a projection TV are disclosed. The apparatus includes a display device on which an image is projected and at least one light-sensing element (101) being provided around the display device. The light-sen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317453 | Video graphics array color signal generator A video graphics array color signal generator is provided. The signal generator includes an FPGA (field program gate array) device (1), a PROM (programmable read only memory) (2), a PLL (phase locked loop) circuit (3), a D/A (digital/analog) con... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312815 | Method and apparatus for color calibration The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for color calibration for calibrating an input color. A target color represented by a first coordinate pair (X1, Y1). An input color, which is to be calibrated, is represented by a second coordin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289169 | Storage of projected presentations A method and system for capturing real-time digital image data that is in rasterized form. A digital source sends rasterized data to a storage device, which passes the rasterized data to a display device. The rasterized data is then converted into a page format, suc... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268837 | Method and system for automated convergence and focus verification of projected images A method and system that objectively measures the convergence and focus of a 2 or 3 spatial light modulator (SLM) projection display. The system uses five (5) CCD cameras and a frame grabber to store red, green, and blue (R-G-B) data from selected pixels located in ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268913 | Display measuring method and profile generating method In order to stabilize a displayed color and to attenuate printing when measuring a color patch for preparing a color conversion profile, an accurate measurement is obtained by waiting for a certain time, repeating the measurement until measurements settle down or us... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266240 | Image processing system, projector, computer-readable medium, and image processing method To provide an image processing system enabling association of the coordinates of a sensed projected image in a sensing area with the coordinates of the spatial light modulator, a projector is formed of: an image projecting section which projects calibration images; ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234863 | Apparatus for measurement optical characteristic of a display panel An ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring ambient temperature. The apparatus has a bottom plate, a panel fitting apparatus, an external mask, and a temperature control device. The panel fitting apparatus is disposed on the bottom plate and is suita... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233324 | Display device, drive circuit, testing device, and recording medium A display device is provided with a display panel, and a source driver and a gate driver both for driving the display panel and includes a nonvolatile memory for storing a test sequence representing the procedures for a display test and testing patterns to be displa... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227593 | Apparatus for preventing auto-convergence error in projection television receiver Disclosed is a video display an auto-convergence error in a projection television receiver (TV) capable of preventing generation of an error when an auto-convergence is performed. The apparatus includes a screen for displaying an image signal, first to eighth sensin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218418 | Digital de-screening of documents A method and a system for de-screening an image signal. The system comprises a filter bank, a control module and a blend module. The filter bank filters the image signal and produces a set of filter output signals. The control module generates at least one control s... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215362 | Auto-calibration of multi-projector systems The method for automatically calibrating a multi-projector system with at least two projectors, a digital camera and a control unit for controlling the projectors and the camera is performed according to the following steps: produc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212024 | Inspection apparatus for liquid crystal drive substrates The object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus for liquid crystal drive substrates that improves the inspection accuracy of liquid crystal drive substrates, judges defect type more accurately, and does not cause a decrease in throughput. I... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196644 | Decoupling of analog input and digital output A signal processing system includes a receiver for receiving an analog signal. The system also includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the receiver. At each of a series of time intervals, the ADC outputs sequential digital codes. Each digital code c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196741 | Automatic image convergence for projection television systems Systems and methods that facilitate automatic convergence and geometry alignment in projection systems such as a PTV. The automatic convergence system (ACS) preferably includes a CCD camera mounted inside the PTV and focused on the entire inside of a projection scre... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180477 | Portable automatic test instrument for video displays and generators Portable automatic video device tester including a programmable video generator and analyzer, a signal conditioner/switching device, a command module, a portable computer (laptop) with an integral monitor and a portable VXI chassis for housing the video generator an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180530 | Visual display testing, optimization and harmonization method and system A method and system for automatically testing visual displays and automatically optimizing the voltage settings for each visual display being tested by harmonizing and tailoring the voltage settings applied to the display and automatically setting into memory the co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173638 | Monitor A monitor is disclosed, in which R/G/B signals provided from a video source are compensated to adapt to the color reproduction of the monitor, thereby obtaining the best picture quality. The monitor includes a video source for outputting one video signal, a color co... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170550 | Television data management system Information about various adjustments made to TVs during assembly is entered into a database after each adjustment, to facilitate monitoring and reporting of the assembly process, so that corrective action when appropriate can be taken more quickly. ... | 01/30/2007 |
