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| 8031133 | Method and device for manipulating color in a display A method and device for manipulating color in a display includes a display in which one or more of the pixels includes one or more display elements, such as interferometric modulators, configured to output colored light and one or more display elements configured to... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8004475 | Auxiliary display unit for a computer system A host computer is provided with a main display unit and an auxiliary display unit. The host computer can free up screen space on the main display screen by routing certain types of display information to the auxiliary display unit for display. Display information c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995010 | Light-emitting device There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness. When a drain current of a plurality of current controlling TFTs is Id, a mobility is μ, a gate capacitance per unit area is Co, a maximum gate voltage is Vgs(max), a channel width... | 08/09/2011 |
| RE42597 | Liquid crystal driver and liquid crystal display device using the same A liquid crystal driver includes a voltage generator for generating gray scale voltages on the basis of reference voltages, and an output device for selecting one gray scale voltage from the generated gray scale voltages in accordance with display data, for applying... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7920111 | LED-based optical system and method of compensating for aging thereof An LED-based optical system and a method of compensating for aging thereof are provided. The LED-based optical system includes LED blocks composed of a predetermined number of LEDs; a sensor which senses output values of the respective LED blocks; and a control bloc... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911415 | Method of driving plasma display panel and apparatus thereof Disclosed is a method of driving a plasma display panel and apparatus thereof enabling to minimize power consumption for driving the plasma display panel. 1. The present invention includes the steps of generating a reset discharge by supplying ramp waves so as to eq... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911414 | Method for addressing a plasma display panel The priming or conditioning of an AC gas discharge plasma display panel for improved selective write and selective erase which comprises addressing n number of rows in an order or sequence that is changed from frame to frame such that later rows to be addressed are ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907153 | Content providing method, a program of content providing method, a recording medium on which a program of a content providing method is recorded, and a content providing apparatus A content providing method, a program of a content providing method, a recording medium on which a program of a content providing method is recorded, and a content providing apparatus are provided. The content providing method includes the steps of: outputting movin... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7903062 | Liquid crystal display device, image display device, illumination device and emitter used therefor, driving method of liquid crystal display device, driving method of illumination device, and driving method of emitter The cold cathode tube for illuminating pixels with light which is in accordance with an output signal has luminance which gradually increases at a rise and gradually decreases at a fall per one frame time. The cold cathode tube contains a fluorescent material of onl... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898504 | Personal theater display A system for combining an overlay image with externally-displayed visual content, the system including: a tracking module to receive alignment information; an image generator module to generate the overlay image, and to align the overlay image using the alignment in... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893930 | System for software interaction using handwritten strokes A system for enabling user interaction with computer software which includes a printer for receiving print data, printing a form, using the print data, by printing information related to at least one text field coincident with coded data indicative of the text field... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893939 | Method and apparatus for segmenting an image in order to locate a part thereof A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criteri... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889181 | Wireless File Transmission A computer system which includes one or more wireless interface devices that are adapted to communicate with a remote host over a radio link. Each of the wireless interface devices is a pen-based device which includes an ink field in which pen events are translated ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889153 | Projection-type display device and software program A projection surface on which a predetermined projection image is projected is provided; a writing surface on which an image can be drawn directly in a superimposing manner with a projection image displayed on the projection surface is provided; and a photography pa... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880691 | Light-emitting device There is provided an EL light-emitting device with less uneven brightness. When a drain current of a plurality of current controlling TFTs is Id, a mobility is μ, a gate capacitance per unit area is Co, a maximum gate voltage is Vgs(max), a channel width... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876285 | Projection system, information processing apparatus, information processing program, recording medium therefor, projector, computer program therefor, and recording medium therefor A projection system includes: plural projectors that modulate a light beam on the basis of image data, each of the projectors including: an image-data restoring unit and an individual image correction processing unit; a signal transmitting device that connects an in... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872641 | Light sensitive display A light sensitive display. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864162 | Product having encoded authentication writing areas A product is provided which has a plurality of coded tags and at least one authentication writing area defined by at least some of the coded tags for receiving handwritten authentication information from a sensing device operated by a user. Each coded tag encodes co... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864169 | Active matrix panel In an active matrix panel, a pixel matrix which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, and thin film transistors is formed on a first transparent substrate. A second transparent substrate is formed opposite to the first transparent substrat... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864156 | Liquid crystal display device, light source device, and light source control method A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which periodically performs graduation display and non-graduation display, a backlight which illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, and a light source control circuit which sets an illumi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864166 | Networked computer system with wireless pen interface A networked computer system includes a printer configured to print media bearing visible graphic data and invisible coded data tags and receive transmitted sensed data associated with the data tags. A pen-type device includes an image sensor configured to sense the ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855706 | Method of driving electro-optical element, pixel circuit, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus Provided is a method of driving an electro-optical element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electro-optical material provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and having optical characteristics which vary in accordance with an... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852324 | Process of integrating a digitizer input device in a display A process for integrating digitizer sensor array into flat panel displays. The sensor array is formed on the side of the display element (e.g., LC layer or OLED layer) where the pixel control switches (e.g., thin film transistors (TFTs)) of the display module are pr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852316 | Image processing method of pointer input system The present invention relates to an image processing method of a pointer input system. In the image processing method, a color channel image is generated from an image pickup device, so that image processing capability, the image processing efficiency and the data t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7852291 | Method of driving plasma display panel and apparatus thereof Disclosed is a method of driving a plasma display panel and apparatus thereof enabling to minimize power consumption for driving the plasma display panel. 1. The present invention includes the steps of generating a reset discharge by supplying ramp waves so as to eq... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7847791 | Method of enabling printed interaction with computer software A method for enabling user interaction with computer software including, in a computer system determining information related to an interactive element, determining an identity indicative of the interactive element, determining a layout defining an arrangement for t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7847795 | Method and system for controlling spatial light modulator interface buses In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method and system for controlling spatial light modulator buses are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a bus controller includes a configurable bus interface having fir... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7843443 | Display control apparatus, display control method and program A display control apparatus that can display bitmap images in a form depending on characteristics of a language. An identifying unit identifies a display language; a management unit adapted to manage determination information for determining whether or not a lateral... | 11/30/2010 |
| RE41966 | Device and method for repeatedly updating the function of a LCD monitor A monitor control system capable of reprogramming the function of a LCD monitor. The monitor control system utilizes VGA signal lines for video signal transmission during normal mode of operation and the same VGA signal lines for transmitting erase/record commands a... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843422 | Apparatus and method for ambient light compensation for backlight control in small format displays An ambient light compensation circuit for controlling a backlight brightness is provided. The circuit automatically adjusts the LCD backlight brightness based on a reading of the ambient light. The circuit includes a non-linear ADC and a backlight control circuit. T... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843441 | Method of enabling interaction with computer software A method for enabling user interaction with computer software including, in a computer system generating print data, transferring the print data to a printer which prints a form in response to the print data with information related to an interactive element coincid... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843429 | Interactive video based games using objects sensed by TV cameras A method and apparatus for interactive TV camera based games in which position or orientation of points on a player or of an object held by a player are determined and used to control a video display. Both single camera and stereo camera pair based embodiments are d... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839396 | Display device In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a display device is provided that includes a display panel configured to display an image, a plurality of driver integrated circuit packages that include a base film and an integrated circuit chip mounted on... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839384 | Detecting light to determine position of object Infrared light is emitted towards a surface. The infrared light is redirected by an object positioned on the surface. The infrared light as redirected by the objected is detected. A position of the object on the surface is determined based on the infrared light dete... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834852 | System having sensing device for interaction with computer software A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The system includes a sensing device and a computer system. The computer system generates print data and transfers it to a printer. The printer prints a form by printing information related to an interac... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834830 | Field sequential liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof, and head mounted display A display with high resolution and reduced flicker of image. The driving method of this invention, or the field sequential driving method, divides one frame of image into a plurality of subframes, i.e., divides the period of one image frame into a plurality of subfr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834856 | Capacitive sense toggle touch dimmer A touch/toggle dimmer circuit that includes a controller coupled to at least one measurement capacitor whose capacitance is known, and at least one touch pad where the controller is configured by an algorithm to measure changes in the capacitance of the touch pad in... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830340 | Display device and driving method thereof, display module, and portable information terminal It is an object to provide a display device having a simple structure of a driver circuit for inputting a video signal to a pixel, high display quality of the intermediate gradation and low power consumption, and a driving method thereof. Each of a plurality ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7821497 | Wireless mouse capable of storing wireless receiver therein A wireless mouse includes a wireless receiver and a mouse main body. The mouse main body includes an upper cover, a base, a receiving part and a withdrawing part. The base includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The receiving part is defined at an end of th... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821504 | Controlling device with dual-mode, touch-sensitive display A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being prov... | 10/26/2010 |
