Patents Examined by Jeffrey Steinberg
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Patent number: 8203260Abstract: A color temperature tunable white light source comprises: first and second LED arrangements operable to emit light of first and second wavelength range respectively that are configured such that their combined light output, which comprises light generated by the source, appears white in color. One or both LED arrangements comprises a phosphor provided remote to an associated LED operable to generate excitation radiation and to irradiate the phosphor such that it emits light of a different wavelength range, wherein the light emitted by the LED arrangement comprises the combined light from the LED and phosphor. The color temperature of output white light is tunable by controlling the relative light outputs of the LED arrangements by for example controlling the relative magnitude of the drive currents of the LEDs or a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated drive current.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Intematix CorporationInventors: Yi-Qun Li, Yi Dong, Xiaofeng Xu
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Patent number: 8199111Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a remote input device, which has input-operation areas and a means for detecting input operations performed on the input-operation areas; a displaying portion for displaying selection buttons on a display; and an allocating portion for allocating the selection buttons to the input-operation areas. When the number of selection buttons is larger than that of input-operation areas, the allocating portion allocates change selection buttons indicating an allocation change to some of the input-operation areas. The apparatus further includes an input determining portion for determining, when the detecting portion detects an input operation performed on any of the input-operation areas, if the input operation is performed on the selection button allocated to the input-operation area.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Satoru Aimi, Yoshinobu Hosaka
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Patent number: 8184092Abstract: A method and system of utilizing a game console with motion sensing technology is provided. The present invention, in various implementations, provides for a method for generating one or more symbols in response to one or more gestures using an input device of a gaming system. The method comprises providing the input device being capable of generating one or more gesture signals in response to one or more gestures and being operable to select a mode of one or more operational states. The method also provides for generating one or more gesture signals corresponding to the one or more gestures, respectively; mapping the one or more generated gesture signals in relation to one or more symbols, respectively; and, transmitting the one or more symbols corresponding to the respective one or more gesture signals to an output.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jason Alan Cox, Lydia Mai Do
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Patent number: 8149252Abstract: A display uses x illuminator systems to produce x primary colors and y overlap colors, which are combinations of primary colors, to illuminate a spatial light modulator in a display system. A first set of n duty cycles for the x primary colors over a frame is provided, wherein the display system can select any one of the duty cycles to produce a desired white point. A second set of n duty cycles of x+y colors over a frame corresponding to the first set of duty cycles is determined, where the second set of duty cycles are generated responsive to a specified desired allocation of the frame to the y overlap colors, such that each of the overlap colors can be displayed from a dark shade to a bright shade while maintaining a constant color point.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Todd Alan Clatanoff
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Patent number: 8144124Abstract: An optical scrolling module includes a prism, a light source, an image sensor and a first condenser. The prism is disposed at an opening of an upper shell of a mouse and has a light incident surface, a reflective surface, a contact surface and a light emitting surface. The contact and light incident surfaces are respectively connected between the reflective and light emitting surfaces. The contact surface is exposed by the opening. A light beam from the light source is transmitted to the contact surface via the light incident and reflective surfaces. When an object with a pattern structure puts on the contact surface, the light beam is scattered and a portion of the light beam is transmitted to the image sensor via the first condenser. When the object is removed from the contact surface, the light beam is reflected to the light emitting surface by the contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.Inventors: Hui-Hsuan Chen, Hung-Ching Lai, Tien-Chia Liu
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Patent number: 8139051Abstract: The present invention provides a driver, including: data lines disposed in parallel with each other; gate lines disposed in parallel with each other and at right angles to the data lines so as to be electrically insulated from the data lines; odd-numbered pixel cell connected to the odd-numbered data line from the head one, and the odd-numbered gate line from the head one; even-numbered pixel cell connected to the even-numbered data line from the head one, and the even-numbered gate line from the head one; driving means for driving the odd-numbered gate lines and the even-numbered gate lines independently of each other; inputting means for inputting a signal having a predetermined potential to each of the odd-numbered gate lines and the even-numbered gate lines; and comparing means for comparing potentials of the each adjacent odd-numbered data line and even-numbered data line with each other, and outputting a comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Naoki Ando
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Patent number: 8134580Abstract: A method of driving a liquid crystal display device includes multiplying a frame frequency of an inputted current frame to generate a multiplied odd-numbered frame and a multiplied even-numbered frame; determining whether said current frame is a still image frame or a dynamic image frame; detecting an edge area at which a motion blur occurs from the multiplied odd-numbered frame and the multiplied even-numbered frame; converting gray level values of pixels positioned at the detected edge area at the multiplied odd-numbered frame and the multiplied even-numbered frame; and continuously outputting the multiplied odd-numbered still image frame and the multiplied even-numbered still image frame or continuously outputting the multiplied odd-numbered dynamic image frame and the multiplied even-numbered dynamic image frame having the converted gray level values in accordance with the determined result. A liquid crystal display device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Gone Kim, Sung Jo Koo, Myung Kook Moon, Jin Ha Lee
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Patent number: 8130189Abstract: The invention relates to a gate driving device for Thin Film Transistor liquid crystal display comprising: a plurality of shift registers directly deposited on an array substrate, said shift registers being composed of effect transistors and a capacitor, obtaining a gate driving signal voltage by controlling an input signal. Said shift register can be realized by 5-layer mask process or 4-layer mask process, by arranging the field effect transistors on the margin part outside the active region on the substrate or at the edge of the substrate, and then directly depositing them on an array substrate. The invention obtains a gate driving signal voltage by the shift registers directly deposited on the substrate, thus overcoming the shortage of the need of driving chips and film layers in the prior art, substantially reducing the production cost for LCD.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yubo Xu, Bongyeol Ryu, Ke Liang, Liang Yan
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Patent number: 8120583Abstract: Disclosed is a keyboard-video-mouse switch capable of detecting keyword input and recording video data from a computer and keyboard input data from a console and method thereof. The keyboard-video-mouse switch includes a keyword filter and a capture unit. The keyword filter detects whether a predetermined keyword is inputted from the console into the computer and the capture unit records video data if the predetermined keyword is detected. Moreover, the capture unit may record keyboard input data for a complete monitor. The keyboard-video-mouse switch of the present invention further includes an alarm and a keyword database. The alarm will alarm an administrator when the predetermined keyword is detected. The keyword database stores data of keystroke combinations, which is defined as predetermined keyword data for at least one input method.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: ATEN International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shih-yuan Huang, Chih-tao Hsieh
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Patent number: 8115785Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a driving method of a liquid crystal display device for improvement of image quality and a liquid crystal display device in which the driving method is used. One frame period is divided up into an n (n: integer, n?3) number of periods (hereinafter referred to as subframe periods). Furthermore, a voltage is applied to a liquid crystal so as to correct for a loss in luminance resulting from response speed of the liquid crystal. The voltage for correction is applied during subframe periods other than the first subframe period.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Arasawa, Takahiro Fukutome
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Patent number: 8115702Abstract: A plasma display device and a method of driving the same, capable of reducing or preventing the deterioration of components such as a switching device, due to an overcurrent. In a reset period, in order to cause the voltage of a scan electrode to ramp down from a first voltage to a second voltage, a panel driver includes a falling ramp switch that repeats turn-on/turn-off operations, alternately coupling and de-coupling a low-level power supply to the scan electrode, resulting in a gradually falling ramp waveform. A switch controller generates a switching pulse to control the falling ramp switch. Each turn-on time of the switching pulse for the initial falling ramp waveform following a power-on of the plasma display device is controlled to be shorter than each turn-on time of the switching pulse for other falling ramp waveform.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ito Kazuhiro, Yoo-jin Song, Tae-wook Kim
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Patent number: 8106868Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a third scan line, a data line, a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, a third TFT, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. Particularly, the second scan line and the third scan line are electrically connected with each other. The first TFT is electrically connected with the first scan line and the data line. The second TFT is electrically connected with the first TFT and the second scan line. Furthermore, the third TFT is electrically connected with the third scan line and the data line. In addition, the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are respectively electrically connected with the second TFT and the third TFT.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Shu-Yu Chang, Wen-Hsiung Liu
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Patent number: 8094107Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) driver integrated circuit (IC) includes a grayscale voltage generating circuit generating grayscale voltages from a set of supply reference voltages. A converting section having connection terminals drives each of data lines of an LCD display panel through one of the connection terminals based on one of the grayscale voltages. The grayscale voltage generating circuit includes a resistance circuit having resistances connected in series and voltage buffers connected to the resistance circuit to bias the resistance circuit. When two of the LCD driver ICs are used, non-inversion input terminals of pairs of the voltage buffers in a first of the two LCD driver ICs and a corresponding voltage buffer in the second LCD driver IC are commonly connected to the reference voltage generating circuit, and connection terminals in the first LCD driver IC are connected to connection terminals in the second LCD driver IC.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Kouichi Nishimura, Takanori Sumiya, Hideki Akahori
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Patent number: 8089467Abstract: A keyboard frame with induction light source is disclosed, which comprises: a frame, a light guide plate, a signal line, a thermal sensor, a light source, a control circuit and a switch. As the light guide plate having the signal line disposed thereon is received in the frame while the thermal sensor and the light source is further disposed on the signal line and connected thereto, temperatures of a hand detected by the thermal sensor is transmitted to the control circuit where it is converted into electric signals and then send to the light source for directing the same to perform a color changing operation accordingly and thus cause the keyboard frame to display various coloring/lighting effects. With the aforesaid structure, not only the keyboard frame is fun to play for its ability to display various lighting/coloring effects, but also it is able to act as a thermometer for measuring human body's temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventor: Chia-Yun Yang
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Patent number: 8072445Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller, a data driver and a gate driver. The timing controller receives a first clock and an image data signal and outputs a second clock having a lower frequency than that of the first clock and the image data signal. The data driver receives the image data signal in synchronization with the second clock and converts the image data signal into a pixel voltage in response to a data control signal. The gate driver outputs a gate voltage in response to a gate control signal generated based on the second clock.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ho-Hyeong Lee
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Patent number: 8068130Abstract: An active matrix type display panel, used as a display-use panel, has pixel patterns each having aperture sections. The aperture sections are set to have a width satisfying the following inequality, 0<(minimum width of the aperture sections in the pixel)/(maximum width of the aperture sections in the pixel)?0.037, or 0.130?(minimum width of the aperture sections in the pixel)/(maximum width of the aperture sections in the pixel)<1.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sunao Aoki, Tatsuji Saitoh, Kenji Fujita, Toshihiro Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8063860Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of gate lines transmitting normal gate signals, a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines and transmitting data voltages, and a plurality of storage electrode lines extending in parallel to the gate lines and transmitting storage signals. The display device may further include a plurality of pixels arranging in a matrix, each pixel having a switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a liquid crystal capacitor connected to the switching element and a common voltage, and a storage capacitor connected to the switching element and the storage electrode line. The display device may further include a plurality of pseudo gate driving circuits generating pseudo gate signals based on the normal gate signals, and a plurality of storage signal generating circuits generating the storage signals based on the pseudo gate signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Young Choi, Jin Jeon
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Patent number: 8049764Abstract: On the display screen of a video signal display device, when the emission amount is monotonically lowered toward the screen periphery from a certain point (screen center), if there are a plurality of regions that viewers notice easily (such as faces), then correction by monotically decreasing the emission amount cannot always raise the signal level in the regions that are noticed, and it may not be possible to obtain a sufficient sense of brightness.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shinya Kiuchi, Tsuyoshi Hirashima, Bumpei Toji
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Patent number: 8044984Abstract: A method for driving an organic light emitting display (OLED) panel having a plurality of organic light emitting diodes is provided. The organic light emitting diodes are coupled to a plurality of segment lines and a plurality of common lines in a matrix structure. The organic light emitting diodes coupled to the same common lines are divided into a plurality of groups according to colors of the OLED panel. Driving currents are provided to the organic light emitting diodes of the groups according to a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) manners. The PWM manners generate waveforms having pulse width corresponding to grayscale in a period, wherein each PWM manner corresponds to different colors of the OLED panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventors: Kuo-Tung Hsu, Wei-Jen Chang
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Patent number: 8044925Abstract: The present invention provides a method for driving a backlight module of a liquid crystal display. The backlight module includes three light sources, a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, that illuminate different color light respectively. The method includes sequentially turning on the three light sources, wherein the first light source and the second light source are turned on twice and the third light source is turned on once.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Chien-Hung Chen, Mei-Sheng Ma