Patents Examined by Troy Dalrymple
  • Patent number: 8049722
    Abstract: A vehicular operating apparatus in which an operating portion on which operating switches are arranged is arranged in a vehicle cabin in a separate location that is physically distanced from a display portion that displays an operation menu image showing the positional arrangement and function of the operating switch of the operating portion. An imaging mechanism captures an image of a hand of a user that operates the operating portion, a combining and displaying mechanism combines the captured image of the hand with the operation menu image and displaying the combined image on the display portion, and a light emitting portion illuminates the operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hitoshi Kumon
  • Patent number: 8049694
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate and the following elements. Pixels are disposed in a pixel area on the substrate. Scanning lines and data lines are disposed in the pixel. An image signal line is disposed in a peripheral area located around the pixel area to supply an image signal. A sampling circuit is disposed in the peripheral area and includes transistors disposed in association with corresponding data lines. Each transistor including a semiconductor layer having (i) a source region connected to a source wiring which is electrically connected to the image signal line and which is disposed in a first direction in which the data lines are extended, (ii) a drain region connected to a drain wiring which is electrically connected to the corresponding data line and which is disposed in the first direction, and (iii) a channel region formed between the source region and the drain region. A layer is disposed above the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahito Yoshii
  • Patent number: 8044980
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image display displaying a multicolor image by using image data expressing color components of a first color specification system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Shimodaira
  • Patent number: 8044904
    Abstract: The present invention reduces moving image blurring while suppressing the lowering of brightness, lowering of contrast and the increase of electricity necessary for light emission. A display device includes a first gradation voltage generation circuit which generates a first gradation voltage based on gradations of display data amounting to 1 screen displayed during 1 frame period, and a second gradation voltage generation circuit which generates a second gradation voltage based on the gradations of display data amounting of 1 screen displayed in 1 frame period, wherein the gradations of the respective pixels on the display data are displayed by performing a display based on the first gradation voltage and a display based on the second gradation voltage during 1 frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Endo, Yoshihisa Ooishi
  • Patent number: 8040294
    Abstract: A plasma display apparatus includes: an electrode of a discharge cell; a first transistor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the second terminal being connected to the electrode; a first capacitor having a first terminal to receive a control signal having either a low level voltage or a high level voltage; a push-pull circuit including a first power terminal, a second power terminal connected to the first terminal of the first transistor, an input terminal connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, and an output terminal connected to a gate of the first transistor, the push-pull circuit outputting either a voltage of the first power terminal or a voltage of the second power terminal to the output terminal; a floating power source having a positive terminal connected to the first power terminal and a negative terminal connected to the second power terminal; and a first diode connected between the first terminal of the first transistor and the second terminal of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Suk-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 8022972
    Abstract: An automatic coarseness setting method in a video display apparatus is provided. According to the automatic coarseness setting method, when an automatic adjustment command is input or when a new mode video signal is received to the video display apparatus, a pixel clock of an input video signal is detected, and a coarseness value is automatically set based on the detected pixel clock. Accordingly, it is possible to provide optimum video display using a coarseness value most suitable for the input video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-ju Hong, Young-chan Kim
  • Patent number: 8007282
    Abstract: A system and method of providing a surgical training apparatus which comprises a plurality of mechanical interfaces each of which is configured to receive a user tool operable by a user. Each mechanical interface of the plurality is configured to allow movement of its respective user tool in a rotational degree of freedom and a linear degree of freedom. The apparatus includes one or more sensors which are coupled to the mechanical interfaces and configured to simultaneously sense positional information of each user tool during movement. A computer coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to run a software application simulating each user tool as a respective simulated surgical tool operating on a simulated body part in a displayed graphical environment, wherein the computer updates movement of each simulated user tool in the graphical environment based on said positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro Gregorio, Neil T. Olien, David W. Bailey, Steven P. Vassallo
  • Patent number: 7893902
    Abstract: An exemplary LCD (2) includes a glass substrate (29) having a display area (21); driving integrated circuits (ICs) (210) disposed at two adjacent sides of the glass substrate for providing image signals to the display area; first and second voltage change circuits (216, 217); and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected to the glass substrate at a corner for providing operating voltages to the driving ICs. The driving IC includes first reference voltage pins, second reference voltage pins, first voltage following pins, second voltage following pins, and an operating voltage input pin. The first voltage change circuits are respectively connected between the first reference voltage pins and the corresponding first voltage following pins. The second voltage change circuits are respectively connected between the second reference voltage pins and the corresponding second voltage following pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: De-Ching Shie