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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072545 | Television and image display device in which color saturation can be adjusted The present invention discloses an image display device, comprising: a lookup table specifying a corresponding relationship between color saturation represented by gradation and set values associated with part including the minimum value of the color saturation; a f... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063992 | Dominant color extraction for ambient light derived from video content mapped through unrendered color space Extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space to be emulated by an ambient light source, comprising extracting dominant color information from a video signal and transforming the color information through unrendered color space using tris... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7894000 | Dominant color extraction using perceptual rules to produce ambient light derived from video content Extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space to be emulated by an ambient light source, using perceptual rules for intelligent dominant color selection. Steps include quantizing the video color space; performing dominant color extraction... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7859595 | Flicker-free adaptive thresholding for ambient light derived from video content mapped through unrendered color space Flicker free operation of ambient light sources that emulate video content during low luminance conditions, where the ambient light source is output thresholded so that an on/off change of state of the ambient light source can be initiated after an intensity variabl... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7352864 | Display device A display device comprises a nonvolatile memory for storing an amount of adjustment obtained in a blanking adjustment most recently performed for a particular video signal, means for judging whether or not the particular video signal is inputted, means for masking a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7333117 | Method of compensating colors in image display device for users with color vision deficiency and device of the same Disclosed are a method of compensating colors in an image display device for users with color vision deficiency and a device of the same, enabling the users with color vision deficiency to view display images as vividly and naturally as normal users. The method for ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7289160 | Output selection device and output selection method for video signals Video signals that are reproduced or processed are outputted to a first video image display device. An illuminance detection section detects the ambient illuminance during the output of the video signals. In the case that the detected illuminance is equal to or grea... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7271378 | Ambient light detection circuit with control circuit for integration period signal A circuit for detecting light is disclosed comprising: a) a light-integrating photo-sensor circuit having one or more thin-film photosensors and being responsive to a variable integration period signal and to ambient light for producing a photo signal representing t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249366 | Control of a system for processing a stream of information based on information content A segment announcing system is disclosed that contains one or more segment announcement receivers that receive one or more announcements over a network connection and/or other communication connection. The announcements contain content information about the content ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242409 | Interpolated color transform for changing color of an application user interface A system and method for adjusting the color of an application user interface (UI). A UI allows a user to define hue and saturation values used to adjust first RGB values of pixels determining the color of the UI. A media player application (MPA) calculates second RG... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230737 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method for inputting a color image signal and correcting the color image signal according to an observation condition, comprising the steps of: judging whether or not the input color image signal represents achromatic color; and controlling the c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227559 | Image displaying method, image displaying device, and contrast-adjusting circuit for use therewith A system provides an image displaying technique that provides stable high contrast even in an area having high brightness. Based on information about an average brightness level of a digital luminance signal, black-correction processing which decreases a brightness ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227586 | Color signal processing A method of adjusting the N components of an N component color signal (such as the 3 components of an RGB color signal) with respect to color temperature of illuminating light when imaging a colored subject, comprising the step of computing the difference between ea... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213922 | Projector Aspects of the invention provide a projector capable of comparatively easily achieving a contrast ratio higher than the original contrast ratio of the liquid-crystal light valve by a simple mechanism. The illumination light modulated by liquid-crystal light valves, ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202971 | Color processing method, color processing apparatus, and color processing program storage medium A color processing method has a first conversion process for converting on a fixed basis colorimetry data representative of colorimetry values into CMY color data representative of a combination of values of C, M and Y, and a second conversion process for converting... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196735 | Method for determining an adjustment amount to an input chroma A method is disclosed for determining an adjustment amount to be made to an input chroma, Cin, to squeeze the input chroma toward a region of preferred chroma, Cpref. This method involving first defining a change in chroma as: ΔC=Cin | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187343 | Image projection with display-condition compensation A method of projecting a compensated principal image may include projecting a principal image onto a surface and projecting an intended calibration image onto a calibration area of the surface. The intended calibration image may be projected when the principal image... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158146 | Image processing apparatus and method If gamut mapping (hue restoration) defined by one Lab color space is applied in color matching under different reference white points, the human vision perceives the hue as inconsistent. In view of this, input data which is dependent on a color space of an input dev... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7126591 | Image display device An image having a large contrast and excellent visibility to the viewer is displayed on an image display device used in the presence of light. A black-display characteristic specifying means generates a black-display characteristic specifying data indicating the bri... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119852 | Apparatus for processing signals The invention relates to an apparatus for processing signals, comprising parameter control means for controlling parameters of said signals in response to manual adjustments by the user as well as automatically generated adjustments based on current ambient factors ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113181 | Display device and method of changing the display settings thereof A method of changing display settings of a device (5) for displaying a video signal includes generating new display settings by varying the value of a first display parameter defining the display settings, between a first limit and a second limit; displaying ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7095455 | Method for automatically adjusting the sound and visual parameters of a home theatre system A system is provided for setting various acoustic and visual parameters to improve the reproduction of audio signals and visual signals. The system incorporates a hand-held remote control device which operates the main surround sound unit (e.g., home theatre receive... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7075242 | Color OLED display system having improved performance An OLED display system includes an OLED display including an array of light emitting pixels, each pixel having a plurality of OLEDs for emitting different colors of light specifying a gamut and including at least one additional OLED within the gamut defined by the o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061547 | Image displaying system of environment-adaptive type, image processing method and program An environment-compliant image display system, image processing method and information storage medium which can reproduce the same colors at different locations by absorbing any difference in the visual environment. In an individual environment, an image data is gen... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050114 | Picture signal contrast control The present invention relates to controlling contrast in at least part of a picture. The contrast control is performed by reducing the saturation (2–4) of the picture during contrast increase (1). ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050121 | Method and device for compensating picture quality of projection type display Device and method for compensating a picture quality of a projection type display, the device including a screen for displaying a picture projected from outside of the screen, a video processing part for receiving, and converting an analog video signal into a digita... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046843 | Correction curve generating method, image processing method, image display unit, and storage medium In an image processing method, an image display unit, and a storage medium, capable of effecting an appropriate color reproduction even under a change in color of external illumination, a desired image processing is applied to inputted image data and thereafter the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046255 | Hardware-based accelerated color correction filtering system A hardware-implemented color video data correction filtering system includes a plurality of linearization tables to gamma decompensate input color video data referenced to a non-linear color space, a plurality of a set of pre-calculated gamut shifting arrays to comp... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7016899 | Camera device, methods and program products for location and environmental stamping of images, communications and other applications A portable imaging device having a data processing system, imaging and sensing devices records objects of interest as images and includes a terminal connection for transmitting the images to a network. Sensing devices record location and environmental conditions rel... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009659 | System and method for establishing TV settings A system and method for automatically establishing TV audio/video/closed captioning, based on time/date/geographic location/location of the TV within the home. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999617 | Image processing method and apparatus If one gamut mapping (hue restoration) defined by the Lab color space is applied in color matching under different reference white points, the human vision perceives the hue as inconsistent. In view of this, input data which is dependent on a color space of an input... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6967648 | Circuit and method for driving self light-emitting display device Disclosed is a circuit for driving a self light-emitting display device which itself emits light when an electric or other energy is inputted thereto and a method thereof. According to the circuit and method, the self light-emitting display device can be driven more... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962414 | Sequential projection color display using multiple imaging panels A color projection display device may include SLMs or other panels. One embodiment includes a device for displaying a color image including first and second sequences of temporally-integrateable primary color image components, the device also includes first (209 | 11/08/2005 |
| 6947060 | Image forming apparatus, electron beam apparatus, modulation circuit, and image-forming apparatus driving method An image forming apparatus which performs pulsewidth modulation with a pulsewidth set by counting a clock. Especially, for grayscale level correction by setting the frequency of the clock, the periodic clock is counted, and an output pattern is changed in accordance... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943848 | Unit for and method of video signal enhancement and image display apparatus provided with such a video signal enhancement unit A video signal enhancement unit (100) and an image display apparatus containing the unit have a processing unit (102) for contrast modification of the video signal. The processing unit (102) receives input data from a contrast counter (112 | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940531 | Environment-Compliant image display system, image processing method, and information storage medium To provide an environment-compliant image display system, image processing method, and information storage medium that enable correction of images within a shorter time, a Y value of color signals (Y3, x3, y3) measured by a color light sensor | 09/06/2005 |
| 6903782 | System and method for performing segmentation-based enhancements of a video image There is disclosed an apparatus for performing segmentation-based enhancements of a video image. The apparatus comprises: 1) an input buffer for storing video frames of an incoming video signal; 2) a segmentation controller capable of segmenting a first stored frame... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6822695 | Surrounding light judging method and video compensation control apparatus using the same A surrounding light judging method and a video compensation control apparatus which are capable of securing an optimum quality of picture by detecting a color signal near a video displaying instrument, judging a lighting environment from the detected color signal, a... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6798460 | High definition display unit and high definition display method A high definition display unit which demodulates, decodes, and processes in relation to chroma and displays a television signal in which a PI (picture) signal and an SI (service information) signal are mixed. A changeover switch 13 connected to an image quali... | 09/28/2004 |
