Patents by Inventor Udo Fischbeck

Udo Fischbeck 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: 7224375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for noise reduction in a pulse-width controlled image display device. A monitoring of whether the brightness of several sequential image points is brighter than a given brightness threshold value occurs. If not the case, the delayed but otherwise unchanged input signal is supplied to the display. If, on the other hand, the brightness of several sequential image points is less than the given threshold brightness value, a mean value generation for the brightness values of several sequential image points occurs and said mean value is supplied to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Grundig Multimedia B.V.
    Inventors: Udo Fischbeck, Johannes Spindler
  • Publication number: 20040160459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for noise reduction in a pulse-width controlled image display device. A monitoring of whether the brightness of several sequential image points is brighter than a given brightness threshold value occurs. If not the case, the delayed but otherwise unchanged input signal is supplied to the display. If, on the other hand, the brightness of several sequential image points is less than the given threshold brightness value, a mean value generation for the brightness values of several sequential image points occurs and said mean value is supplied to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Udo Fischbeck, Johannes Spindler
  • Publication number: 20040135927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for improving the grey scale resolution of a pulse width modulated image display device. The time interval available for representing an image is divided into successive weighted partial time intervals comprising partial time intervals having low weighting and partial time intervals having high weighting. If the evaluation of the luminosity of the image to be represented causes a dark image to be detected, partial time intervals having high weighting are not required and the number of partial time intervals having low weightings is increased by using additional partial time intervals having low weightings. The weightings of the additional partial time intervals are different to the weightings of the first partial time intervals having low weightings. The grey scale resolution is thereby improved for dark images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Udo Fischbeck