Patents by Inventor Adam Jonathon Smith

Adam Jonathon Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Display device with freely programmable multiplex rate
    Patent number: 6803897
    Abstract: The invention describes a display device for displaying information, comprising a display unit 1 with a plurality of columns C and rows R and a display driver 2. Further the invention describes a display driver 2 controlling a display unit 1 with storing means 3 for providing image information to the columns C of a display. The invention relates also to a terminal for mobile communication with a display device, having a display unit 1 and a display driver 2. To achieve a flexible multiplex rate of the display a control device 4 is arranged to switch off a definable number of rows R of the display depending on a state signal which contains the state information of the rows R. By this the multiplex rate is freely programmable, so in a partial mode (N/{overscore (P)}=0) the multiplex rate is reduced and by this the power consumption is reduced. Further it is possible to enable the rows or the groups of rows in a none consecutive order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Adam Jonathon Smith, Marko Radovic
  • Display device with freely programmable multiplex rate
    Publication number: 20030112214
    Abstract: The invention describes a display device for displaying information, comprising a display unit 1 with a plurality of columns C and rows R and a display driver 2. Further the invention describes a display driver 2 controlling a display unit 1 with storing means 3 for providing image information to the columns C of a display. The invention relates also to a terminal for mobile communication with a display device, having a display unit 1 and a display driver 2. To achieve a flexible multiplex rate of the display a control device 4 is arranged to switch off a definable number of rows R of the display depending on a state signal which contains the state information of the rows R. By this the multiplex rate is freely programmable, so in a partial mode (N/{overscore (P)}=0) the multiplex rate is reduced and by this the power consumption is reduced. Further it is possible to enable the rows or the groups of rows in a none consecutive order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Adam Jonathon Smith, Marko Radovic
  • Display driver with double calibration means
    Publication number: 20010038385
    Abstract: A display driver device with double calibration allows the manufacturer of the display driver device to correct the manufacturing process related spread of parameters by storing basic settings, while the manufacturer of display modules can store correction factors to tailor the characteristics of a display module containing a particular display driver device and a particular display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Andy Catalin Negoi, Adam Jonathon Smith