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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7336285 | Method and system for maintaining fidelity of color correction information with displays Aspects for maintaining and providing a calibrated color environment for display devices of a computer system. In an aspect of an exemplary method, the method includes determining relevant state data. The method further includes saving the relevant state data as cal... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7312835 | Projection type display apparatus In a projection type display apparatus including a blue CRT display apparatus with low luminous efficiency and low luminous efficiency, the present invention seeks to improve contrast while suppressing the fall in brightness for red, green, and blue color as a whole... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304640 | Method of measuring luminance of image display apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, method and apparatus for adjusting characteristics of the same A method of measuring luminance of an image display apparatus, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method and an apparatus for adjusting characteristics of the same, in which accuracy of measurement is improved while reducing time for measuring luminance of a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7280165 | Apparatus and method for controlling convergence of projection television An apparatus and method for controlling a convergence of a projection television includes a pattern generator which generates R, G, and B video patterns used for controlling the convergence and then outputs the R, G, and B video patterns to a display, and a controll... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268829 | Display apparatus A display apparatus including a display to display a picture; a signal processor to format a video signal to be output to the display; and a controller to output a control signal to the signal processor on the basis of a picture display state controlled through a co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7218358 | Method and apparatus for calibrating color temperature of color display devices A method and apparatus for calibrating color temperature of color display devices aims to calibrate output bases of RGB three original color lights of a color display device so that different color display devices can radiate the same color temperature in the same c... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7148933 | Projector having alignment optics and electronics A projector employing a linear array of light-emitting sources forms a super pixel in the form of a plurality of beams that are focused onto scanning optics that cause the beams to move across a viewing surface on a first axis for defining image lines along the firs... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7123213 | Three dimensional display unit and display method In a structure in which six active matrix regions 103 to 108 are integrated on one glass substrate, horizontal scanning control circuits 101 and 102 are commonly disposed for the respective active matrix regions 103 to 105 a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7075643 | System for distributing and controlling color reproduction at multiple sites In the color imaging system, multiple rendering devices are provided at different nodes along a network. Each rendering device has a color measurement instrument for calibrating the color presented by the rendering device. A rendering device may represent a color di... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068246 | Light emitting module and method of driving the same, and optical sensor The object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting module which is excellent in visibility and can reduce power consumption. The light emitting module includes a light emitting device containing at least a pixel section 101 and a sensor... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7050074 | Color correction in image display The image display apparatus comprises: an image processor for outputting image data including plural color component data; a gain corrector for correcting levels of the image data output by the image processor; and an image display device having a plurality of pixel... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7002606 | Image signal processing apparatus, image display apparatus, multidisplay apparatus, and chromaticity adjustment method for use in the multidisplay apparatus A multidisplay apparatus for distributing image signals for one screen to image display units, allowing the image display units to display a plurality of images side by side on the screen. The multidisplay apparatus includes a plurality of chromaticity adjustment un... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995753 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a display device capable of automatically controlling a luminance in response to a brightness of a surrounding. The display device has a gamma correction circuit for converting an image signal voltage into a drive voltage for gray scale display and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6958785 | Method and apparatus for determining and correcting for illumination variations in a digital projector The need is met according to the present invention by providing a method of correcting pixel by pixel variations in a display, the method including the steps of creating a defect map of pixel intensity offsets for the display; correcting an input signal according to... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950109 | Multi-spectral color correction A system and method for performing color correction based on physical measurements (or estimations) of color component spectra (e.g. red, green, blue color component spectra). A color correction system may comprise a spectrum sensing device, a color calibration proc... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6933967 | Color reference system for display monitor A color calibration system includes a visual display terminal (VDT), a color calibration sensor optically coupled to the VDT, and a computer processing unit (CPU) electrically coupled to the VDT and the color calibration sensor. The VDT has a display screen and a pl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6917705 | Image processing apparatus and method, storage medium and program An image considering the visual field of a visual disorder person is reproduced with high fidelity, and an image matching the visual field of a visual disorder person is corrected to display a clear image, respectively by using visual information conversion correcti... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912017 | Display device for displaying digital input image data using different filter segments for the lower and higher order bits There is disclosed a display device using a color wheel having a color filter Cw, in addition to normal color filters corresponding to the three primary colors. The filter Cw has almost flat spectral transmission characteristics. Brightness information included in a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909463 | Camera having verification display and white-compensator and imaging method In a camera and method, a white-compensator propagates neutral light at a preset color temperature independent of a displayed electronic image. The camera has a body and an electronic imager disposed in the body. The imager generates an electronic image responsive t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6862029 | Color display system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling color displayed on a color monitor. The method includes, in one embodiment, the steps of: activating a first color scheme on the monitor; responsive to the activating of the first color scheme, measuring a first co... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6744464 | Apparatus and method for real-time testing/adjusting of television picture colors This invention relates to an apparatus and method for real-time testing of television picture colors. It can conduct real-time testing and adjusting of colors at various pixels to make tree and grass greener. The apparatus in accordance with the present invention in... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6636274 | Image display device When an anomaly occurred in an optical system or light sources of a rear projection TV in which laser beams are employed as a light source, the anomaly is detected by sensors, the detected anomaly is transmitted to a microcomputer, and according to a sign... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633341 | Luminance correction system used in a vision system An intelligent luminance correction system is used in a vision system. The vision system has a video decoder, used to receive a video signal and decode the video signal into three basic components of red, green, and blue. A photodetector is used to detect... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6483537 | Apparatus and method for analyzing projected images, singly and for array projection applications An apparatus and method for analyzing the brightness characteristics of a projected image and using the analyzed characteristics to improve the appearance of the projected image is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the brightness characterist... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6356301 | Method and apparatus for landing adjustment jig calibration check A method and an apparatus that verify the correct operation and calibration of a wobbling coil CRT monitor landing adjustment jig. The video test signal and the wobbling coil signal are disconnected from the CRT under test. The invention receives the vide... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6061102 | Automatic shading in an LCLV projector A process for implementing shading corrections in a video projector. The process selects a color to be shaded, and then sets a projector video level at a selected high video level. A target brightness map is then generated for each of a plurality of prese... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5926562 | Image processing method using reference values to determine exposure state A film image, which is taken into the developed photographic film, is picked up, and a reference maximum value and a reference minimum value of an image signal are determined by the image signal which is obtained when the image is picked up. The reference... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5793441 | Method and apparatus for measuring illumination uniformity of a liquid crystal light valve projector A system for measuring the illumination uniformity of a liquid light value (LCLV) for a LCLV projector includes a projection device including a first LCLV. The projection device reflects light from the first LCLV to form an image on a screen. An image sen... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5724071 | Depth image display on a CRT A CRT display system includes a CRT with a lenticular material placed upon the outward face of the CRT. The system further includes a sensing device in the field of view of the CRT and control circuitry connected between the sensing device and the CRT. Th... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5689311 | After image reducer A method and apparatus for reducing after images in motion video display. In the present invention, an intensity scaled image of a previous frame or set of frames is subtracted from the present frame before displaying the present frame. In the exemplary e... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5635993 | Apparatus and method for controlling white balance of a cathode ray tube projector An input signal is input to a detector and a synchronizing frequency of the input signal is detected by a frequency detector. Then, the number of the horizontal lines per vertical period of the input signal is determined according to the synchronizing fre... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5512961 | Method and system of achieving accurate white point setting of a CRT display A system and method achieve and maintain an accurate white point setting of a CRT display in a computing system. The CRT is initially calibrated by individually driving the individual color cathodes and by measuring tristimulus values and cathode beam cur... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5510851 | Method and apparatus for dynamic purity correction The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for performing dynamic purity correction to insure that color purity is maintained across the face of a color monitor. The monitor displays a plurality of pixels, each having a particular luminescence value... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5452019 | Projected image displaying apparatus and a method of correcting color unevenness therein A chromaticity meter measures chromaticity of light output for each of picture elements selected. Calculated from the measurement is corrective data on each of RGB colors, which in turn used to calculate corrective data on each of RGB at unselected pictur... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5315378 | Gamma correction and white balance adjustment method and apparatus for projection display A gamma correction and white balance adjustment device has a calculator for calculating brightness target values expected to produce on a screen in response to calculated input signals to be applied to a CRT. The calculated input signals are actually appl... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5258828 | Color CRT drive apparatus having automatic white balance adjusting circuit and CRT display A picture tube drive apparatus for driving a color picture tube. The picture tube drive apparatus comprises a video output circuit which receives video signals, amplifies them and outputs the amplified video signals, a picture tube drive circuit which rec... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5231481 | Projection display device with negative feedback loop to correct all the faults of the projected image A projection display device is provided with a negative feedback chain designed to correct all the faults of the projected image, said faults resulting as much from the projection tubes and from their optic systems (geometrical or focusing faults) as from... | 07/27/1993 |
