Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Grer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6323847
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit of a dot-matrix type, each pixel of which has view-angle-dependent characteristics. The display device further includes a correction circuit which corrects the view-angle-dependent characteristics by changing a voltage of a video signal with respect to every at least one horizontal scan period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiya Kaneko, Tsutomu Kai, Hiroyuki Isogai
  • Patent number: 6166478
    Abstract: A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) includes at least two hinged flaps, each having a different amount of Permalloy or other magnetic material. The flaps are hinged at an angle to each other, and can be rotated off plane when placed in a magnetic field of sufficient strength. When placed in an increasing magnetic field, the flaps are raised asynchronously, at different times, due to the different amounts of Permalloy used in the flaps. As they are raised, the flaps interact with each other and become interlocked, even after the magnetic field is removed. In this manner, the devices can be assembled using a single magnetic field, without having actuators on the chip itself In another embodiment, at least one flap is provided with a spring beam which raises the magnetic field strength needed to raise the flap as compared to another flap. This also causes the flaps to operate asynchronously in an increasing magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Yong Wuk Yi, Chang Liu