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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179477 | AV player chip, AV system, and related method utilizing a multiplexer for sharing digital-to-analog converters An AV player chip includes a TV encoder, a timing controller, a multiplexer and a plurality of digital-to-analog converters. The TV encoder is used for transforming a first image signal into a TV video signal. The timing controller is used for generating an output s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8159611 | Television receiver for electromagnetic wave type remote control The resent invention provides a television receiver including: a radio frequency section for an electromagnetic wave type remote control, the radio frequency section configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave to and from the electromagnetic wave type... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8130322 | Method of picture control and image processing apparatus thereof A picture control method and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes setting a picture control mode; setting a picture control value in response to the picture control mode; and sensing a change of the picture control value; restoring... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8094236 | Television system, television set and remote controller In response to an operation such as power-on or power-off, channel change and sound volume change, a television set combined with a personal computer automatically makes e-mail with information in a predetermined format indicative of the operation attached. The e-ma... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8063987 | Digital photo frame with television tuning function and method thereof A method used in a digital photo frame (DPF) with television (TV) tuning function is provided. The method includes: receiving search parameters input by users during a DPF mode of the DPF; searching in a pre-stored TV program schedule to find TV programs matched the... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054382 | Apparatus, method and system for synchronizing a common broadcast signal among multiple television units The invention provides an apparatus, system and method for allowing multiple television (TV) sets to communicate with each other in synchronizing their audiovisual signal output (when set to the same TV channel) to allow simultaneous viewing of common programming co... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8035743 | Method for processing data in a terminal with digital broadcasting receiver Disclosed is a method for processing digital broadcasting data in a portable terminal having a digital broadcasting receiver. The method includes, when the digital broadcasting data is received, charging the received digital broadcasting data in a buffer, and output... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035744 | Television receiver and method of receiving television broadcasting A television receiver includes: an audio processor configured to extract a demonstrative pronoun from an input voice; an image processor configured to cut out an object from an input image; and a comparison-translation module configured to associate the demonstrativ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023043 | Device for updating component of application software in digital broadcasting signal receiver and method thereof A device for updating component of application software in a digital broadcasting signal receiver and a method thereof. A storage section stores executing data for executing application software that produces a user interface of the digital signal receiver. A progra... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023044 | Image display device restricting operation while information screen is displayed, image displaying method and medium storing program thereof An image display device includes an operation unit having a plurality of operating members configured to input operation data indicative of content of a user's operation; an operation data storage unit configured to store the operation data; an application process e... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023045 | Storage device, data processing apparatus, data processing method, program, storage medium and data processing system A video processor card stores tap generation information for determining a predetermined tap coefficient when the tap generation information is used together with tap generation information stored in another video processor card, and supplies a video processing inte... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7982804 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method Image quality adjustment of an inputted image signal is performed with higher accuracy to display a more preferable image to the user. An attribute information determining unit obtains first attribute information indicating the format of the inputted image signal an... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983529 | Method and apparatus for indicating whether sufficient space exists for recording a program There is provided a method for indicating whether a program is capable of being fully recorded in a remaining storage space on a storage device. An on screen display device is configured as a grid having a first axis and a second axis. The first axis is for identify... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7929055 | Image display device, method of controlling the same and home network system An image display device and a home network system are provided. The image display device transmits a broadcasting signal including at least one of a video data, an audio data, and an additional data according to predetermined transmission conditions. The home networ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920210 | Integrated circuit to process data in multiple color spaces An integrated circuit includes display processing components to process pixel data of digital video. The integrated circuit also includes mask-programmable logic integrated with one or more of the display processing components to receive the pixel data in a first co... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7825986 | Integrated multimedia signal processing system using centralized processing of signals and other peripheral device Integrated processing of multimedia signals can eliminate unnecessary signal processors and converters without losing the functionality of typical home entertainment system components. The integrated system includes a main player that captures and processes signals ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821575 | Image processing apparatus, receiver, and display device According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiver, a display device, and a transmission module. The receiver includes a video receiver, a video processor, a graphics processor, and a multiprocessor. The video processor converts the video... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7782398 | Display processor integrated circuit with on-chip programmable logic for implementing custom enhancement functions A display processor integrated circuit (for example, for a television or for a digital camera) includes a display processor portion and an on-chip programmable logic portion. The on-chip programmable logic portion can be configured or programmed to implement custom ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7760268 | Television set having power frequency carrier By utilizing a power frequency carrier provided by an indoor power line, multimedia data is transferred to a converter to be converted for being displayed on an output display of a television so that the multimedia data can be transferred along the indoor power line... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7733422 | Rapid channel signal identification An apparatus, for use in a receiver configured to receive electronic signals, for identifying digital signals that are available for reception, includes a timing recovery device configured to receive an incoming signal, related to a transmitted signal, the incoming ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7697068 | Apparatus and method with receiving of broadcast data signal, communicating with external device, and controlling image to be displayed in accordance with communication A television signal receiving apparatus receives television signals including broadcast data signals and outputs the received data signals to a display device. The display device displays an image that has characters and/or pictures generated from the data signals. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7679681 | Television receiver displaying call center information based on presetting channels Disclosed is a television receiver including a presetting section to carry out presetting by assigning a frequency in a receiving band to each of a plurality of receiving channel positions as a preset channel including: a memory section to store telephone number inf... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7667775 | Digital cable TV receiver, diagnostic method for the digital cable TV receiver, and data structure of DVI status report A digital cable TV receiver includes a POD module and a host device. The host device includes a DVI controller and a plurality of DVI ports linked to a plurality of peripheral devices, respectively. When the DVI controller receives a diagnostic request for DVI statu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7616262 | Controlling ambient light as a function of a video signal A method of providing one or more aspects of an ambient environment comprises receiving a video signal, processing the video signal and controlling ambient light accordingly. A corresponding device and system of devices are described. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7589792 | Broadcasting signal receiving system including viewing improvement control part A broadcasting signal receiving system includes: an obtaining part for obtaining program information of a receiving program; a broadcasting signal receiving part for receiving a broadcasting signal to obtain a video signal and an audio signal or a recorded image rep... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7589793 | Television receiver that can receive both regular broadcast-satellite television and digital terrestrial broadcast A portable apparatus is provided that can receive both regular broadcast satellite television or non-digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast signals and Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast (DTTB) signals. The portable apparatus may include a signal comparer wh... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7573531 | Rapid channel signal identification An apparatus, for use in a receiver configured to receive electronic signals, for identifying digital signals that are available for reception, includes a timing recovery device configured to receive an incoming signal, related to a transmitted signal, the incoming ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7554604 | Method and apparatus for simulating the scenes of image signals The present invention relates to a method for simulating the scenes of image signals, which comparing different image signals in alternation time to decide the emitting type and the emitting conversion of a light-emitting device so as to accomplish simulating the sc... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7545439 | Value added digital video receiver Methods and systems are provided for customizing a digital broadcast receiver. Video and audio clips may be captured from a broadcast signal after receiving commands from a user. The captured clips may then be used to provide background images and sounds. Sounds may... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7532251 | Variable intensity illumination device with detection and control circuit for a front panel of a television apparatus A variable intensity light device is provided to illuminate front panel user buttons in a television apparatus. The television apparatus allows user control of the level of light intensity preferably via an on-screen menu. Automatic detection circuitry/logic is also... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7508452 | Image display control system and image display system control method with determination of whether or not download of program can be executed This invention discloses an arrangement allowing connection of various kinds of image displays to one supply source in an image display control system having a supply source for transmitting a signal including at least a video signal, and an image display for receiv... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7480010 | Customizable ASIC with substantially non-customizable portion that supplies pixel data to a mask-programmable portion in multiple color space formats An integrated circuit has a substantially non-customizable hardware portion and a mask-programmable logic portion. An image processing function common to many different makes and models of a type of electronic consumer device (for example, an image display device) i... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477321 | Video display system and video display control apparatus There is provided a video display system in which when supplying a video signal from a base station (200) to a plurality of display units (transportable one 100 and large-screen one 300), an operation instruction generator generates a screen sel... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468755 | Video signal receiving device and video signal receiving method A video signal receiving device comprises signal processing units which separate video components and audio components from received signals conforming to HDMI standard, and carry out a decoding process on the components, respectively, to thereby restore analog vide... | 12/23/2008 |
| RE40606 | Television signal processor that is operable to generate a television signal from broadcast waves with a plurality of different broadcast standards In an effective display area, an additional information recognizing part 203 recognizes a standard of a broadcast wave, refers to a ROM 212 and selects a target value, and provides an internal clock of a video data reading part 205 and an intern... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7453520 | Method and apparatus for processing a plurality of input video signals in display device An apparatus and method of processing a plurality of video input signals in a display device by sensing a new video signal, aside from a presently displayed video signal, input through a video interface, and automatically displaying a menu of display options for the... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7440036 | Television receiver that produces a contracted image Even when a user is by the immediate side of a screen of a large screen television receiver such as a plasma TV receiver, the user can view an image displayed on the screen entirely by contracting the image to be displayed, and power consumption of the television re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436459 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method for receiving digital broadcast A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving a digital broadcast, includes a freeze determining section and a display control section. The freeze determining section determines whether or not a freeze process should be initiated on a basis of a receiving st... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433973 | Display device featuring a reduced amount of time for detecting video input signals A display device includes a plurality of video input interfaces. The display device also includes a display controller coupled to the plurality of video input interfaces. The display controller determines a sequence in which the plurality of video input interfaces a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425992 | Method and apparatus for upgrading a television system A television upgrade system allows a consumer to upgrade applications or features in a television (TV) simply by inserting an external device containing an upgrade file into the TV. The TV then executes a boot loader code which automatically replaces an executable c... | 09/16/2008 |
