Abstract: A Web server by which a user can request that reminder data, movie guide data, and/or TV guide data be downloaded to a portable electronic device.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel for displaying information, and a driving circuit for driving the display panel. The driving circuit of the display device is capable of changing, with a lapse of display time, a displayed color of information which is statically displayed on the display panel.

Abstract: The present invention includes a device suitable for the displacement of a cursor or its equivalent on a monitor. The device comprises a loop (10), mounted in tension around and between two separate shaft devices (20, 30) that can be translated, at least one of which is arranged such that it can be displaced and rotated.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array section and a driving section. The pixel array section includes scanning lines arranged in rows, signal lines arranged in columns, and pixels arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixels includes at least a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a holding capacitance, and a light-emitting device. The sampling transistor has its control terminal connected to the scanning line and its pair of current terminals connected between the signal line and the control terminal of the drive transistor. The drive transistor has one of its pair of current terminals connected to the light-emitting device and the other of its pair of current terminals connected to a power source. The holding capacitance is connected between the control and current terminals of the drive transistor.

Abstract: In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, in which functional circuits such as a shift register circuit and a buffer circuit are incorporated on the same substrate, an optimal TFT structure is provided along with the aperture ratio of a pixel matrix circuit is increased. There is a structure in which an n-channel TFT, with a third impurity region which overlaps a gate electrode, is formed in a buffer circuit, etc., and an n-channel TFT, in which a fourth impurity region which does not overlap the gate electrode, is formed in a pixel matrix circuit. A storage capacitor formed in the pixel matrix circuit is formed by a light shielding film, a dielectric film formed on the light shielding film, and a pixel electrode. Al is especially used in the light shielding film, and the dielectric film is formed anodic oxidation process, using an Al oxide film.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array section and a driving section. The pixel array section includes scanning lines arranged in rows, signal lines arranged in columns, and pixels arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixels includes at least a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a holding capacitance, and a light-emitting device. The sampling transistor has its control terminal connected to the scanning line and its pair of current terminals connected between the signal line and the control terminal of the drive transistor. The drive transistor has one of its pair of current terminals connected to the light-emitting device and the other of its pair of current terminals connected to a power source. The holding capacitance is connected between the control and current terminals of the drive transistor.

Abstract: A method for rapidly generating the gray-level versus brightness curve of a display includes the step of obtaining a portion of the gray-level values and their corresponding brightness values. These values are then used in a mathematical formula to find variables to obtain the gray-level versus brightness curve.

Abstract: A device for controlling the level of a transmission signal according to the channel loading is provided. The device may include a plurality of semiconductor devices and a controller to control the plurality of semiconductor devices. The controller may control the level of a signal to be transmitted to each of the plurality of semiconductor devices according to the channel loading on each semiconductor device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique to improve the display quality of an electro-optical device using an electro-optical element which emits light with a brightness corresponding to a driving current. Each pixel can include an organic EL element OLED which emits light with a brightness corresponding to a driving current, a capacitor for storing an electric charge corresponding to data supplied via a data line, a drive transistor for setting a driving current according to the electric charge stored in the capacitor and for supplying the set driving current to the organic EL element OLED, and a control transistor which repeats interruption of a current path for the driving current in one vertical scanning period.

Abstract: A panel display apparatus and a method for driving the display panel are provided. The panel display apparatus includes a display panel and a plurality of source drivers. The display panel with X*Y display unit includes X+1 data lines, and each source driver has M+1 data output terminals DOi,j. In addition, each of the data output terminals of the source drivers is electrically coupled to a corresponding data line of the display panel, respectively. The mentioned DOi,j represents the jth data output terminal of the ith source driver. Wherein, the data output terminal DOi,M and the data output terminal DOi+1,0 are electrically coupled to a same data line of the display panel.

Abstract: A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface.

Abstract: For decreasing hardware for correction to compensate for decrease of luminance due to decrease in drive voltage of devices, a plurality of electron-emitting devices are arranged in a matrix pattern and wired by a plurality of row and column lines, a column wiring driving unit applies voltage pulses to the column lines, and row wiring driving units apply voltages to the row lines to switch a row to be selected. The image signal processing unit divides a luminance level of an image signal into plural areas in the signal amplitude direction in response to each split timing signal. There are provided means for detecting frequencies of luminance signals included in the respective amplitude areas, a correction quantity calculating unit for outputting correction signals based on the detected values, and an adding unit for adding the correction signals and luminance signals, which outputs results of addition as electron emission requirements to the column wiring driving unit.

Abstract: A light emitting display device including data lines, signal lines, pixel circuits, a data driver, and a precharger. Each pixel circuit includes a first switch, a transistor, a capacitor, and a light emitting element. The precharger supplies a precharge current of X times a data current to a corresponding data line in response to a control signal. When the first switch transmits the data current provided from the corresponding data line in response to a first level scan signal while the corresponding data line is precharged, a voltage corresponding to the data current is charged in the capacitor. A current corresponding to the charged voltage is supplied to the light emitting element through the transistor in response to a second level scan signal, and the light emitting element emits light.

Abstract: A multiple scan method for driving a display and a display therewith is provided. The multiple scan method is achieved by alternately driving the active pixels in the display twice or more times for expediting response time of these active pixels to reach the target luminance in the display. The pixels in the display are charged or discharged twice or more times within one frame period. By such design, the response time is shortened and quality for showing motion pictures is significantly improved.

Abstract: An active matrix-type display apparatus comprises: pixel circuits arranged in a row and a column directions; a column current control circuit that generates a current signal; an information line that transmits the current signal from the column current control circuit to the pixel circuits arranged in the column direction; and a light emitting element that is supplied with current corresponding to the current signal, from one of the pixel circuits, wherein the column current control circuit has an information storage circuit and compares an information stored in the information storage circuit with an information newly input into the column current control circuit, converts the newly input information to a converted information according to the comparison result and generates the current signal on the basis of the converted information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of driving a plasma display panel enabling to improve an overall contrast characteristic of the plasma display panel by reducing a voltage difference between scan and sustain electrodes Y and Z to decrease an emission amount of light generated by a discharge between the scan and sustain electrodes Y and Z. The present invention includes a first step of applying a reset pulse to the scan electrode to form predetermined wall charges on the electrodes for a set-up period and a second step of applying a pulse of a predetermined level to the sustain electrode to reduce a voltage difference between the scan and sustain electrodes while the reset pulse is applied.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for expressing a gray level with a decimal value in a plasma display panel that is capable of enhancing a picture quality. In the method and apparatus, a sustaining pulse is applied only to any one electrode of a sustaining electrode pair to thereby express a gray level with a decimal value.

Abstract: A mouse includes a left button, a right button, a touch sensing unit and a processing unit. The left button and the right button generate click signals in response to click operations. The touch sensing device generates touch positional signals when the left or right button is touched. The processing unit is used to receive the touch positional signals, calculate y-coordinate values of all points in the touched areas; select two significant points respectively from the left touched area and the right touched area; compare the y-coordinate values of the two significant points to generate a comparison result; confirm a current operated mode; if the confirmed operated mode is a left handed operation, send a control signal with a left-button identifier to a computer configured therewith; if the confirmed operated mode is a right handed operation, send a control signal with a right-button identifier to the computer configured therewith.

Abstract: A touchframe system includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of light receiving elements positioned around the perimeter of the display area. Each of the light receiving elements in combination with a plurality of the light emitting elements form a zone of light beam paths. The number and positioning of receivers is sufficient to form a plurality of partially overlapping zone pairs. These zone pairs are arranged relative to the display area such that any touch event lies within at least two zone pairs. A processor monitors each of the zone pairs for blockage of at least one light beam path. Upon such blockage, the processor calculates the location of the touch event associated with the blockage based on the slopes and end points of at least two intersecting blocked light beam paths from a first zone pair and two intersecting blocked light beam paths from a second zone pair.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic keystone correction system and method. The system includes an interface to display a pattern on a projection surface and a controller to distort image data responsive to the pattern. The pattern includes a plurality of polygons, each with a predetermined shape. Each polygon corresponds to a particular system rotation angle. The controller distorts the image data responsive to the rotation angle. A user interacts with the interface to identify a particular polygon that, when projected on a projection surface, has a predetermined shape.