Patents by Inventor Gerrit Hendrik Van Leeuwen

Gerrit Hendrik Van Leeuwen 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).

  • Progressive sustain method of driving a plasma display panel
    Patent number: 6731255
    Abstract: A method of driving a plasma display panel showing images having frames composed of odd and even fields. The plasma display panel has scan electrodes and address electrodes perpendicular to the scan electrodes. In the method, first the odd and then the even scan electrodes, or vice versa, are addressed in the frame and subsequently sustained. This method saves time, which may be used to speed up the plasma display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Hendrik Van Leeuwen, Antonius Hendricus Maria Holtslag