Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Lukes

Anthony J. Lukes 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).

  • Apparatus and method for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel
    Patent number: 7948450
    Abstract: An apparatus for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel, comprising a module-based display panel wherein each face of the panel comprises a plurality of display modules, wherein the transmitters, receivers and/or transceivers are configured so that each transmitter or transceiver on a given display module is adjacent to a receiver or transceiver on an adjacent display module, wherein the transmitters or transceivers on a given display module transmit information about that display module to the adjacent receivers or transceivers, wherein the receivers or transceivers on a given display module receive information about the adjacent display module from the adjacent transmitters or transceivers, and wherein the information is used by the display modules and/or a main controller to determine the location of the display module within a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: D3 LED, LLC
    Inventors: Jason E. Kay, Bryan L. Robertus, Brett D. Swimley, Jason A. Daughenbaugh, Jon D. Koon, Anthony J. Lukes
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING DISPLAY MODULES TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES TO OTHER DISPLAY MODULES IN THE SAME DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20080114476
    Abstract: An apparatus for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel, comprising a module-based display panel wherein each face of the panel comprises a plurality of display modules, wherein the transmitters, receivers and/or transceivers are configured so that each transmitter or transceiver on a given display module is adjacent to a receiver or transceiver on an adjacent display module, wherein the transmitters or transceivers on a given display module transmit information about that display module to the adjacent receivers or transceivers, wherein the receivers or transceivers on a given display module receive information about the adjacent display module from the adjacent transmitters or transceivers, and wherein the information is used by the display modules and/or a main controller to determine the location of the display module within a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Jason E. Kay, Bryan L. Robertus, Brett D. Swimley, Jason A. Daughenbaugh, Jon D. Koon, Anthony J. Lukes