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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149650 | Wearable electronic device with secondary digital display A wearable electronic device of the type wherein information is conveyed in an analog manner at least in part by the use of at least one display hand, wherein the wearable electronic device includes a dial having a dial side and an opposite side, wherein the display... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7313054 | Positioning and locking mechanism of display means in a portable electronic apparatus The invention concerns a portable electronic apparatus (50) including a dial (52) provided with at least one aperture (54), a support piece (1), fixed in relation to the dial, arranged for receiving display means (2). The support p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7271503 | Power supply circuit including stably operating voltage regulators A power supply circuit is constructed by a step-up circuit for receiving an input DC voltage to generate a plurality of output DC voltages, and a plurality of voltage regulators, each powered by two voltages selected from a combination of the output DC voltages and ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268841 | Display device and electronic equipment having the same comprising a region for reflecting a polarized light and a region for absorbing the polarized light A display device 100 has a display unit 110 and a display switching unit 120. The display switching unit 120 is provided with a reflective polarizing plate 121, a liquid crystal panel 122, and a polarizing plate 123 a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236301 | Polarized light valve A projection system for making an object appear and disappear to an observer on cue. The system remotely activates a reflective axis and a transmissive axis within a polarized window for making an object on cue appear and disappear. In one aspect, this system contai... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201996 | Sound generator for a portable device A sound generating device is mounted in a recess formed in a case, and a battery is mounted on the case. A pair of terminals are provided on the underside of the case. A pair of leads connect a pair of electrodes of the battery with the terminals. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191153 | Content distribution method and apparatus Media which stores protected content is distributed to users without the need for payment at the time of media distribution. Payment can be performed at a later time in response to which content may be enabled, and/or users may selectively pay for, and receive enabl... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7173678 | Non-ruggedized COTS display packaging for severe environment applications A modular display assembly comprising a light emitting or transmitting display panel and a glass panel wherein: the display and glass panel are separated from each other by a frame assembly; and the display is coupled to the frame assembly by at least one elastic is... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165174 | Trusted infrastructure support systems, methods and techniques for secure electronic commerce transaction and rights management The present inventions provide an integrated, modular array of administrative and support services for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting financial... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7136138 | Liquid crystal display device A timepiece provided with a liquid crystal display panel (9) for displaying thereon at least one of time information (5) and calendar information (4), wherein a solar battery unit (12) is provided to face at least a part of a visual recog... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133845 | System and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130185 | Handheld computing device having drop-resistant LCD display A display for a handheld computing device includes a display panel; a circuit board carrying display electronics for the display panel; a cover assembly securing the display panel to the circuit board; and a resilient layer adhered to the circuit board for securing ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123317 | Liquid crystal display with fluorescent material A liquid crystal display device such as a clock which is battery operated has enhanced color for its pixels under ambient light by the use of a fluorescent layer on the reflective backing of the display. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108416 | Planar light source A surface illuminant comprises a light source 11 consisting of LEDs, a light guide plate 12 which is optically coupled to said light source for guiding the light to one side thereof and a reflective film 13 which is disposed on the other opposit... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095463 | Ultraviolet ray emitting apparatus and electronic apparatus using ultraviolet ray emitting elements A display emitting apparatus that irradiates an optically transparent display unit with Ultraviolet rays of light from below to cause luminescent layers provided on the display unit to emit colored rays of light to provide a highly colorful and very ornamental displ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095177 | EL light emitting unit, power feeding unit and EL light emitting device EL light emitting device includes a cylindrical EL light emitting unit and a columnar power feeding unit. EL light emitting unit is composed such that a cylindrical receiver coil is arranged and connected along an inner circumferential face of the cylindrical EL lig... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7064797 | Portable electronic apparatus having curved thin film-type display member A portable electronic apparatus has a thin film-type display member and a holding mechanism for holding the film-type display member 50 in a curved state. The holding mechanism has a first holding member having a recessed portion receiving the thin film-type ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7042809 | Method and device for recognizing manually traced characters on an input zone The invention concerns a method and an electronic device for recognizing characters traced manually on an input zone (10) comprising a plurality of sensors (15) each capable of being activated by a finger or a tracing instrument (13). The method... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016264 | Light emission and display devices and electronic apparatus using the display device A light emission and display device (for example, timepiece module) comprising an ultraviolet ray emitting element that emits ultraviolet rays, light emission areas that react to the ultraviolet rays to thereby emit the corresponding colored lights, and a pair of le... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009915 | Compact color changing LCD watch The present invention includes a dual display watch module comprising a watch face with selectively changing backgrounds which is capable of displaying the time of day using an analog display superimposed over the color-changing watch face thereby creating unique op... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995739 | Variable color display and articles incorporating same A display and a watch including a display which includes a first polarizing means, a second polarizing means, a display means, rotation means for causing relative rotation between said first and said second polarizing means, said second polarizing means being dispos... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6982931 | Timepiece A watch face uses liquid crystal displays along with a reflective polarizer to produce backgrounds with selective appearances. Therein, the watch employs a polarizer to produce polarized light that is passed downward to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal d... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6977699 | Liquid-crystal display device and electronic equipment The invention provides a liquid-crystal display device of transflective type having a reflection mode and a transmission mode, with excellent visibility, in which the brightness of a display in the transmission mode is enhanced, and an electronic apparatus that incl... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6965543 | Radio controllable clock A radio controllable clock includes an analog display having a plurality of clock hands each fastened to a uniquely associated one of a plurality of clock hand shafts that each rotate about a common axis. The clock also includes a plurality of rotary gears each uniq... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6942916 | Inkjet printable electroluminescent media An electroluminescent media assembly that can be fed into an inkjet printer and is capable of recording high quality images. The media assembly includes an electroluminescent substrate for generating light, and an ink receiving layer. The media assembly can also inc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6903784 | Display assembly with contrast inversion including two superposed display devices A second device (24) is mounted on a first device (22) formed of a liquid crystal (27) display cell (26) at the front of which is arranged a first linear polarizer (40), of a liquid crystal (29) optical valve (28) at ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6882596 | Manual control device for executing functions of an electronic watch The manual control device for executing functions of an electronic watch (1) particularly a diary watch, includes a certain number of sensors (C1 to C7) wherein one touch sensitive pad of each sensor is placed for example on an internal face of ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6798721 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece adapted to minimize a horizontal slippage of contact terminals when a display unit housing is diagonally fitted in a case. A liquid crystal panel, and an electroluminescence panel adapted to illuminate and secured to a rear surface of the liq... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6760003 | Miniature electronic device A small-sized electronic apparatus is provided which, in the case of use as a watch, can be manufactured at a low cost but with the same thickness, size, weight, etc., as a conventional watch and which includes various sensing means for switching and for shutter ope... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6714488 | Kinetichrome A watch is disclosed that includes a color changing feature that is created by using two polarized lenses, one of which is stationary, the other of which would rotate around a central axis. The presence of the two polarized lenses would create a display of color tha... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6690623 | Multi-functional time indicating device with a multi-colored fiber optic display A multi-functional timepiece with multicolor time display is a watch or free-standing clock in which the current time is determined by the use of a series of colored lights around the face of the watch. The face has the current layout associated with conv... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6683822 | Time display device The invention provides an enhanced structure of a time display device includes a circle with 60 display units on the circumference of the clock face, among which 12 display units are made larger for displaying hour of time (hour display units) and the res... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678217 | Display assembly with chromatic contrast inversion The assembly includes a first display device (22) in front of which is arranged a second active liquid crystal display device including, starting from the exterior, a front polarizer (11) selective of a first color "V", a liquid crystal display cell (26) ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6661743 | Electronic device with display section A display includes a plurality of display arrays, such as a time display section (37), a chronological display section (38), and a chronological split display section (39). An upper or lower polarizer is provided with a light modulating section having a r... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6643224 | Timepiece including multiple liquid crystal displays A timepiece, in which a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel, each of which is constituted by sealing a liquid crystal layer in a gap between a pair of substrates formed with electrodes on opposed inner faces thereo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639875 | Time piece with changable color face A timepiece that has an LCD face that changes color when the time changes between the A.M. and the P.M. to provide a pleasing esthetic appearance to the user. Further, the timepiece may have a manual control such as a button that may be depressed to cause... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6621766 | Flexible timepiece in multiple environments An electrophorectic display is used in a watch, allowing for a dynamic range of new shapes and environments of use. The present invention addresses many of the shortcomings of the prior art watch technology. Specifically, a watch that embodies the present... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618327 | System and method for driving LCD displays A system and method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) having at least one segment. The system includes an LCD driver connected to a segment of the LCD. A processor may be selectively configured into any of at least two multiplexing modes, where t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6603710 | Method for making a display module including a liquid crystal and a single-face printed circuit, and module obtained via said method The display module (30) includes at least one liquid crystal cell (2) electrically and mechanically connected to a flexible display control printed circuit (1)having, arranged to a single face, electronic components for controlling the cell and metal path... | 08/05/2003 |
