Patents by Inventor Clifford B. Brown

Clifford B. Brown 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).

  • Patent number: 8502758
    Abstract: Methods and displays are disclosed for presenting media content on display systems. A display is configured as an array of LEDs. The array of LEDs includes a first set of rows including first LEDs in a repeating pattern of a first color LED, a second color LED, and a third color LED. A second set of rows includes second LEDs in a repeating pattern of the first color LED, the second color LED, and the third color LED, wherein the second set of rows are interleaved between the first set of rows and the second LEDs are offset relative to the first LEDs. Visual content to be presented on the display includes a repeating sequence of four frames of an array of virtual pixels such that each virtual pixel of the array comprises at least one of the first LEDs and at least one of the second LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Young Electric Sign Company
    Inventors: Graham N. Beland, James Blake Gover, Clifford B. Brown, Brent W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20110140999
    Abstract: Methods and displays are disclosed for presenting media content on display systems. A display is configured as an array of LEDs. The array of LEDs includes a first set of rows including first LEDs in a repeating pattern of a first color LED, a second color LED, and a third color LED. A second set of rows includes second LEDs in a repeating pattern of the first color LED, the second color LED, and the third color LED, wherein the second set of rows are interleaved between the first set of rows and the second LEDs are offset relative to the first LEDs. Visual content to be presented on the display includes a repeating sequence of four frames of an array of virtual pixels such that each virtual pixel of the array comprises at least one of the first LEDs and at least one of the second LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG ELECTRIC SIGN COMPANY
    Inventors: Graham N. Beland, James Blake Gover, Clifford B. Brown, Brent W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20110116232
    Abstract: Mobile display apparatus and methods of operating mobile display apparatus are disclosed. Mobile display apparatus include a structure for attaching the display apparatus to a mobile structure and at least one display module coupled to the structure. The mobile display apparatus may include a ventilation feature. Methods of operating mobile display apparatus include disposing a plurality of removable display modules within a frame structure. A channel may be formed between the plurality of removable display modules and the frame structure and fluid may be forced through the channel and at least partially across the plurality of removable display modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG ELECTRIC SIGN COMPANY
    Inventors: Clifford B. Brown, Brent W. Brown, James B. Gover
  • Patent number: 7936564
    Abstract: Mobile display apparatus and methods of operating mobile display apparatus are disclosed. Mobile display apparatus include a structure for attaching the display apparatus to a mobile structure and at least one display module coupled to the structure. The mobile display apparatus may include a ventilation feature. Methods of operating mobile display apparatus include disposing a plurality of removable display modules within a frame structure. A channel may be formed between the plurality of removable display modules and the frame structure and fluid may be forced through the channel and at least partially across the plurality of removable display modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Young Electric Sign Company
    Inventors: Clifford B. Brown, Brent W. Brown, James B. Gover
  • Publication number: 20100251583
    Abstract: Incident light management devices, display devices, methods of managing incident light for displays, and other related methods and devices are disclosed. A display module comprises one or more pixel rows and a panel, the panel including a plurality of apertures formed therethrough and at least one incident light management region comprising corrugations. A method of managing incident light for a light emitting display comprises receiving incident light onto at least one first slanted surface, absorbing at least a portion of the incident light with the at least one first slanted surface, reflecting at least a portion of the incident light toward at least one second slanted surface, and absorbing at least a portion of the reflected incident light with the at least one second slanted surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: YOUNG ELECTRIC SIGN COMPANY
    Inventors: Brent W. Brown, Clifford B. Brown