Patents Examined by Troy Dalrymple
  • Patent number: 8368627
    Abstract: An adaptive feedback control method of a field sequential color display includes: a rearrangement step of converting gray-scale values of a three primary color field of an input image into gray-scale values of a new three primary color field and a dominated color field; a sampling step of performing a pixel sampling on a resolution of the input image in a sampling interval; a feedback control step of performing a pixel by pixel sum operation for each separated color on a color break-up value and a color value of the input image in a Lu?v? color space to obtain a color difference sum, and performing a feedback control at a bit precision on the color difference sum; and a liquid crystal/backlight synchronization step of synchronizing a liquid crystal signal and a backlight grayscale value of the input image according to the minimum color difference sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Ho Chen, Yi-Pai Huang, Ke-Horng Chen, Fang-Cheng Lin, Han-Ping Shieh, Chi-Chung Tsai
  • Patent number: 8339375
    Abstract: An apparatus for operation with or in a projector or a flat panel display, the apparatus including a part board having an associated surface or a frame for a surface, such as a whiteboard, that is pre-assembled to include components that when connected to an external module convert the surface to an electronic transcription apparatus. In one version, the components include a set of sensors and electronics therefor, with wiring and a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Luidia, Inc.
    Inventors: Raphael Holtzman, Jacob Harel, Yao Ding
  • Patent number: 8330748
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a correction circuit that outputs corrected data based on luminance data designating luminance of display devices, and a modulation circuit that outputs a pulse width modulation signal for driving the display device to the column wiring based on the corrected data. The correction circuit includes: a luminance calculation circuit that calculates luminance including an effect of a voltage drop in the row wiring and an effect of a light emission time of the display device for each predetermined time slot; an accumulation circuit that temporally accumulates the luminance for each time slot; and a corrected data determination circuit that outputs, as the corrected data, a value determined in accordance with the time slot at a time point when an accumulated luminance value obtained by the temporal accumulation reaches a target luminance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Sagano
  • Patent number: 8299986
    Abstract: A driving circuit of a display device includes digital/current converting (DCC) circuits, one for each data line. The DCC circuit operates to charge a capacitor with a reference current according to a supplied signal from a shift register. The DCC circuit stores a current value of the reference current and outputs it to a data line via a switching element that has been turned on by a digital image data signal of a single line supplied from a line latch. The output value of each DCC circuit is reset, one after another, in every select scan period in which an OFF signal is sent to all the data lines. In this way, the reset of the output value and the output of the image data signal can be successively carried out within one frame period, enabling the data to be applied to the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Senda, Akira Tagawa
  • Patent number: 8269705
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a plurality of pixels includes a gray voltage generator generating a plurality of gray voltages, a data driver supplying data voltages selected from the gray voltages corresponding to image data to the pixels, a gate driver supplying gate voltages to gate lines of the pixels, a signal controller supplying a first control signal to the gate driver and the image data and a second control signal to the data driver for controlling the image data and comprising a dimming controller, the dimming controller generating a dimming signal based on an average gray of the image data over at least one frame and a common voltage generator generating at least one common voltage based on the dimming signal and applying the common voltage to the pixels. Therefore, the variation of the pixel voltage depending on the gray of the image data is decreased to improve image quality of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-nam Kim, Yeun-mo Yeon
  • Patent number: 8259067
    Abstract: An apparatus including an image sensor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a polarization filter, an image sensor, and a processor connected to the image sensor. The polarization filter is adapted to filter out light polarized in a first direction from a first scene. The image sensor is adapted to capture the filtered light, and the image sensor includes support circuits to convert the captured filtered light to image data. The processor is adapted to process the image data to detect features of the first scene. The polarization filter filters out noise component of the image, thus increasing contrast. In another embodiment, a mosaic polarization filter is used to capture a scene in a first image including light from the scene having first polarity and to capture the scene in a second image including light from the scene having first polarity. The two images can be analyzed to determine various characteristics of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark M. Butterworth, Mike J. Brosnan
  • Patent number: 8259062
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display device is constituted by a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed with a spacing therebetween, a partition wall disposed in the spacing, electrophoretic particles sealed in a closed space defined by the first and second substrates and the partition wall, a first electrode disposed at a side surface of the closed space, and a second electrode disposed at a bottom surface of the closed space. In the electrophoretic display device, a distribution state of the electrophoretic particles is changed to effect display, and the first electrode has an area substantially equal to or larger than an area of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hikaru Ito, Hideki Yoshinaga, Hideo Mori
  • Patent number: 8232977
    Abstract: A method for detection on a digitizer sensor, the method comprises simultaneously transmitting orthogonal signals having the same frequency on at least two conductors of a digitizer sensor; sampling a signal on at least one other conductor crossing the at least two conductors, wherein the signal is responsive to capacitive coupling at cross-junctions formed between the at least two conductors and at least one other conductor; decomposing the sampled signal into orthogonal components; and analyzing the orthogonal components to detect user interaction at each cross junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: N-trig Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafi Zachut, Meir Morag, Amir Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8232952
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display element capable of allowing a user to recognize the content of an image in a short time during screen rewriting, a method of driving the same, and an electronic paper including the same. At the time of image display, B and R pixels 12b(i, 1) to 12b(i, 320) and 12r(i, 1) to 12r(i, 320) in i-th rows of B and R display units 6b and 6r and G pixels 12g(241?i, 1) to 12g(241?i, 320) in a (241?i)-th row of a G display unit 6g are driven substantially at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshiaki Yoshihara, Masaki Nose, Junji Tomita, Yoshihisa Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 8228263
    Abstract: A LCD unit includes a plurality of LC panels stacked one on another. If a picture to be displayed on the LCD unit is a still picture, one of the LC panels consecutively scans plurality of rows of pixels in a direction opposite to the scanning direction of the rows of pixels in the rest of LC panels. If the picture is a moving picture, all the LC panels consecutively scans in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Ikeno, Takashi Yatsushiro
  • Patent number: 8212785
    Abstract: An object search method, computer program product, and a terminal having an object search function are disclosed. The object search method includes: displaying a list of a plurality of objects including a first object and a second object in a first screen area, and displaying a touch input window for touch input in a second screen area; touching a first position on the touch input window with a pointer and then dragging the pointer to a second position on the touch input window; and moving an object indicator from the first object to the second object on the list as the pointer is dragged from the first position to the second position. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently search for an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Zee Young Min, Yoo Mee Song, Kye Sook Jeong, Jin A. Chang
  • Patent number: 8199104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a character input device for a mobile device or a wearable terminal. A bio radar unit senses the positions of the fingers of a user. A tilt sensor senses the tilt of the hands of the user. A microprocessor calculates the final input information of the user by processing signals received from the bio radar unit and the tilt sensor. A wireless communication module transmits the final input information to the mobile device or the wearable terminal of the user. A speaker device outputs a feedback sound corresponding to the final input information of the user. The character input device is wearable on a wrist of the user. The bio radar unit transmits a signal, measures the distance between the character input device and a finger by measuring the strength of a reflected wave reflected from the finger with which the signal collides, and measures the angle of the finger related to activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyu-Ho Park, Ki-Woong Park, Sung-Ahn Ko
  • Patent number: 8174503
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus of a touch-based authentication of a mobile device through user generated pattern creation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes recognizing a tactile force on a touch screen without a visual aid as an unlocking gesture, storing the unlocking gesture to a memory of the mobile device, associating another tactile force on the touch screen with the unlocking gesture, and transforming the mobile device from an initial state to an unlocked state based on the association between the another tactile force and the unlocking gesture. The method may include transforming the mobile device to operate as a telephonic communication device in the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Inventor: David H. Chin
  • Patent number: 8139021
    Abstract: Displays systems and methods for adjusting backlight illumination are disclosed wherein backlight illumination may be set low enough according to an error threshold amount in order to reduce backlight power consumption while maintaining a level of image quality. In one embodiment, image data is evaluated within a given frame and partitioned into histogram bins depending on the amount of backlight illumination requested or required by the image data. The histogram is traversed to provide an accumulative error measure. The error measure is compared against the error threshold and, if exceeded, the final backlight illumination may be set as a function of various illumination levels considered and possibly the first and a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony Botzas, Sarah Sunyoung Hwang, Michael Francis Higgins, Candice Hellen Brown Elliott
  • Patent number: 8125413
    Abstract: A plasma display device and a method for driving the plasma display device capable of reducing noise. The plasma display device displays images using a plurality of discharge cells, and is constructed with a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes intersecting the first electrodes and second electrodes. The driving method of the plasma display device includes: initializing the plurality of discharge cells; selecting light-emission cells among the plurality of discharge cells; and discharging the light-emission cells by supplying the first electrodes of the light-emission cells with first sustain pulses whose periods are irregular and supplying the second electrodes with second sustain pulses whose periods are irregular and are alternative to the first sustain pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8120629
    Abstract: A signal converter to make a display module conduct an n-ply display operation divides one frame period of input display data into n subframes to obtain n-ply display data, shifts the sampling position for each n-ply display data, samples the data to convert resolution thereof, rearranges in n ways a combination of subpixels included in each pixel of output display data resultant from the sampling, and varying the sampling position and the combination of subpixels for each subframe in a cooperative fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Maruyama, Yoshihisa Ooishi, Yoshiki Kurokawa, Takashi Shoji, Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 8089476
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a plurality of selection lines, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of pixel portions, a plurality of photosensor portions, a plurality of first power lines, and a plurality of sense lines. The plurality of selection lines are provided in a line direction. The plurality of signal lines are provided in a column direction. The plurality of pixel portions are provided at positions corresponding to intersections of the selection lines and the signal lines. The plurality of photosensor portions are provided in correspondence with a portion of the plurality of pixel portions. The plurality of first power lines are provided in the line direction. The plurality of sense lines are provided in the column direction. Each of the plurality of pixel portions includes a first switching element and a liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideto Ishiguro, Eiji Kanda, Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 8085249
    Abstract: An apparatus including a part board having an associated surface or a frame for a surface, such as a whiteboard, that is pre-assembled to include components that when connected to an external module convert the surface to an electronic transcription apparatus. In one version, the components include a set of sensors and electronics therefor, with wiring and a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Luidia Inc.
    Inventors: Raphael Holtzman, Jacob Harel, Yao Ding
  • Patent number: 8063865
    Abstract: A display includes a substrate provided with a display region and a non-display region. A plurality of display electrodes are arranged on the substrate. A plurality of switching elements are respectively connected to the display electrodes. Each of the switching elements includes a control electrode and a data electrode. A plurality of scan lines are respectively connected to the control electrodes of the switching elements. A plurality of data lines are respectively connected to the data electrodes of the switching elements. A scan line electrostatic protection and test circuit is provided in the non-display region and connected to the scan lines The scan line electrostatic protection and test circuit includes an electrostatic protection circuit provided with a protection element which is normally in a non-conduction state and is set in a conduction state by generated static electricity, and an inspection circuit to inspect a conduction state of the scan lines by way of the protection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Ishii, Yayoi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8054267
    Abstract: An LCD includes parallel scan lines, and parallel data lines orthogonal to the scan lines, to define a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a red, a green, and a blue sub-pixel region. The red sub-pixel region includes a first and a second red sub-pixel zones received scanning voltages from a same scan line and data voltage signals from different data lines. The green sub-pixel region includes a first and a second green sub-pixel zones received scanning voltages from a same scan line and data voltage signals from different data lines. The blue sub-pixel region includes a first and a second blue sub-pixel zones received scanning voltages from a same scan line and data voltage signals from different data lines. All the first and second sub-pixel zones alternately display black images or images corresponding to pre-determined gray scales during two adjacent frames of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Ying Tai Chen