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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8218094 | Television apparatus and electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes, a printed wiring board provided with a cutout portion, a plurality of first light emitting diodes provided on the printed wiring board and configured to emit light parallel to the printed wiring board, an... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8154669 | Illumination system and television using the same A system includes a light source, a driving module and a processing unit. The light source includes a red, green and blue light emitting diodes. The driving module is electrically coupled to the red, green and blue light emitting diodes. The driving module is for co... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7436113 | Multicolor OLED displays An OLED display having at least first, second, and third differently colored pixels includes a first light emitting layer provided over a substrate for the first and second pixels and a second light emitting layer provided over the substrate for the third pixel wher... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7410264 | Image display apparatus forming optical image by irradiating light from light source onto image display element A technique is provided that improves the usage ratio of light in the illumination optical system of an image display apparatus, in which the cross-sectional size or shape of the flux of light that has formed a light source image of an LED-based light-emitting secti... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401925 | Image projection system An image projector system includes an LED controller and first and second LEDs, a dichroic mirror. The LED controller controls the first and the second LED to emit first and second color lights, respectively. The second color light is of high luminance and is decomp... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400345 | OLED display with aspect ratio compensation A method for uniformly aging an OLED display device, the OLED display device including a display screen with a screen aspect ratio, the method comprising: receiving a first external video signal having a first signal aspect ratio different from the screen aspect rat... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396136 | Illumination unit having an LED and image projecting apparatus employing the same An illumination unit includes a first heat conducting plate and a plurality of light source modules to emit a plurality of lights having different colors, each light source module having at least one LED mounted on the first heat conducting plate and at least one co... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387389 | Image display system and method An image display device includes an image processing unit, a light source assembly, an optical modulator assembly, and a projection lens assembly. The image processing unit is configured to receive a video signal and generate image data and control signals. The ligh... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384153 | Light source device and projector A light source device is provided comprising: a light-emitting element; a support member having the light-emitting element flip chip mounted thereto; and a thermally conductive filling agent between the light-emitting element and the support member. By injecting the... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377657 | Image presentation device with light source controller An image presentation device (100) includes a set of color light sources (122, 124, 126) and a micro-display panel (150) capable of operating in both image processing and non-image processing modes. A sensor (170) is coupled to the micro-... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7325932 | Display device, lighting device and projector The object is to provide a display device that is capable of displaying an image with high luminance and a wide color reproduction range under simple control. The display device includes a light source device that emits first to fourth illumination lights, a spatial... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318646 | System for projecting a virtual image within an observer's field of view A system for projecting a virtual image within an observer's field of view comprises a support element, a transparent element mounted on the support element and suitable for being placed in front of the observer's eyes, the transparent element comprising a first fac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303288 | Image display device Aspects of the invention can provide an image display device that can include light sources provided, respectively, for regions obtained by dividing an image forming region of an electro-optic modulator into plural regions to irradiate corresponding regions, and a l... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293880 | Light source including multiple light emitting devices driven by a control device, and projector Aspects of the invention can provide a light source that can reduce the optical system in size while enlarging a color reproducible range and achieving higher luminance. The system can include a cross dichroic prism to combine an R light, a G1 light, a G | 11/13/2007 |
| 7234823 | Illumination apparatus and image projection apparatus An illumination apparatus illuminating an objective illumination region comprises a plurality of illuminants having light-emitting surfaces radiating diffused light, an illuminant substrate in which the illuminants are disposed so as to be set in array on the circum... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232224 | Simultaneous color illumination According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for color illumination for an image display system includes field sequentially operating an array of emitters to generate a sequence of light beams. Each light beam includes one color. A first light beam... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230657 | Light emitting device projection methods and systems Tools for directing a collection of light emitting devices toward pixel locations to make an image are disclosed. A pixel location is a light emitting device target at least twice during a given frame, and each light emitting device in the collection is directed tow... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213929 | Illumination apparatus and image projection apparatus An illumination apparatus illuminating an objective illumination region comprises a plurality of illuminants having light-emitting surfaces radiating diffused light, an illuminant substrate in which the illuminants are disposed so as to be set in array on the circum... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209187 | System for selectively extinguishing a light source that illuminates a television power button A system for selectively illuminates a light source that illuminates a power indicator of a video apparatus when the indicator distracts a viewer. The power button illumination is selectively set to be extinguished or illuminated when the video apparatus is powered ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178923 | Illumination apparatus and image projection apparatus An illumination apparatus illuminating an objective illumination region comprises a plurality of illuminants having light-emitting surfaces radiating diffused light, an illuminant substrate in which the illuminants are disposed so as to be set in array on the circum... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159986 | Wide field collimator A collimator is compact and uses power efficient light emitting diodes as the illumination source to generate a test image in collimated space. The collimator provides a test image across a wide field of view, which is useful for calibration of optical devices that ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7090356 | Projection type image display apparatus and display device A projection type image display apparatus includes an electroluminescence element which has a plurality of pixels that can each emit modulated light, a projection optical system which projects the light emitted from each of the pixels in the electroluminescence elem... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083288 | Illumination apparatus and image projection apparatus using the illumination apparatus An illumination apparatus which illuminates a portion to be illuminated with light from a light source has a plurality of light emitting members constituting the light source, a driving circuit which drives the respective light emitting members, a condenser optical ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7064733 | Flat-panel display with luminance feedback An image display, includes a substrate; a light emitter formed on the substrate; and a photo-sensor formed on the substrate and optically coupled directly to the light emitter. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059726 | Projection apparatus with light source to output light into an integrating tunnel through a first and a second medium A projection apparatus that includes a light source optically coupled to an integrating tunnel to output light into the integrating tunnel through a first and a second medium from a direction nonparallel to the output direction of the integrating tunnel. The first a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059728 | 2D/3D data projector The present solution relates to a 2D/3D data projector, which comprises: A data projector, the data projector comprising: at least one micro display having an image to be projected, at least one source unit comprising at least one light source chip and at least one ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7023499 | Television receiver with motion sensor A flat screen television set which is equipped with electronic sensors which activate a servo-motor or the like to move the screen in response to the presence and movement of a viewer. The television screen is mounted for swivel movement and is capable of movement t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6926575 | Method for manufacturing flat image display and flat image display On a faceplate having a phosphor layer and a metal back that are formed on a substrate, in a vacuum atmosphere, for instance an active Ba film is deposited as a getter film. Following this, while maintaining the vacuum atmosphere, the faceplate thereon the getter fi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6906759 | Device and method for subfield coding of picture data using first subfields having different on-periods and second subfields having identical on-periods A device for subfield coding a large-screen display generates a digital value for a picture element of the display, and determines a first number and a second number of subfields of a predetermined total number of subfields from the digital value, for which determin... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899435 | Illumination apparatus and image projection apparatus using the illumination apparatus An illumination apparatus which illuminates a portion to be illuminated with light from a light source comprises a plurality of light emitting members constituting the light source, a driving circuit which drives the respective light emitting members, a condenser op... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6796655 | Projection-type display apparatus A projection-type display apparatus including a light source, an integrator whose input plane receives a light emitted from the light source and whose output plane serves as a surface illuminant, an image forming device modulating an incident linearly-polarized ligh... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6726329 | Image projection device with an integrated photodiode light source A power-saving method with integrated photodiode light source. This device has a circuit board with a plurality of red, green and blue photodiodes as the device's light source. Additionally, a light control circuit is used to control light beam from the light source... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6486923 | Color picture display apparatus using hue modification to improve picture quality A color picture display apparatus employs an array of light-emitting diodes or other light-emitting elements emitting different colors. A television signal is converted to monochromatic signals of the different colors. A color converter modifies the monoc... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6195016 | Fiber optic display system with enhanced light efficiency A fiber optic display sign has an optical system with enhanced light efficiency so that the display system is suitable for outdoor use. A number of fiber optics have light receiving ends arranged in a compact bundle for receiving an image from an image ge... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6195135 | Thin video display with superluminescent or laser diodes A substantially flat television display comprises, in accordance with the present invention, a plurality of superluminescent or laser diodes which are mounted to a substrate or carrier for spacing in a planar array. A protective sheet covers the diodes an... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5268788 | Display filter arrangements A display especially for viewing by a night-vision aid has an array of LED's which emit green light. A dichroic filter is located in front of the display and transmits radiation at the peak emission of the diodes but reflects radiation in the range to whi... | 12/07/1993 |
| 4777535 | Apparatus for recording CT images directly on a recording medium without using a CRT A medical image recording apparatus according to the present invention in which the optical path length of the optical system is extremely short and the number of mechanical operating mechanisms is reduced electronically scans an LED array assembly (14) h... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4772886 | Matrix driver A matrix driver is provided, comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes, energizing means for successively pulse-driving and scanning the light emitting diodes, and control means for instructing the energizing means about the sequence of scanning, ch... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4455578 | Electronics for arrayed photosources Regarding any given light source in an array thereof, apparatus according to the invention comprises a shift register adapted to store bits corresponding to the ON times for the light source. The output of the shift register is applied to the light source... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4445132 | LED Module for a flat panel display unit One surface of a substrate of an LED module for a flat panel display has 8×8 element areas divided into a matrix form. Row electrodes extend on element areas arranged along the row direction, and column electrodes insulated from the row electrodes extend... | 04/24/1984 |
