Temporal Processing (e.g., Pulse Width Variation Over Time Patents (Class 345/691)
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Publication number: 20130187960Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes: a liquid crystal panel, a timing controller which receives previous image data and current image data, corrects or does not correct the current image data according to a reference bit of conversion image data generated using the previous image data, and outputs a display image signal to the liquid crystal panel, and a data driver which receives the display image signal and applies a data voltage corresponding to the display image signal to the liquid crystal panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8493419Abstract: A system and method for reducing pulse width modulation contouring artifacts. Each input intensity value is translated to at least one non-binary bit pattern for display. Many of the input intensity values are translated to at least two alternate non-binary bit patterns. The alternate codes are used to smooth the transition between intensity codes as major bits are turned on. The smoothing occurs by the gradual transition from codes that do not use the major bit to codes that do use the major bit. Typically the alternate codes are selected based on the location of the pixel in a spatial pattern (100) and the alternate codes are spatially alternated from one pixel (102) to the next (104). Other embodiments temporally alternate the codes from one period—typically a frame period—to the next. Still other embodiments alternate the codes both spatially and temporally.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporationInventor: Daniel J. Morgan
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Patent number: 8493418Abstract: An LCD has a drive power supply structure simplified to simplify manufacturing processes of LCDs and to reduce manufacturing costs thereof. The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel, a drive unit, a controller, a backlight drive unit, and a drive voltage generator. The liquid crystal panel includes image display regions. The drive unit drives gate and data lines in the panel. The controller controls the drive unit using image data and synchronization signals from outside. The drive voltage generator is provided on a system or at least one source printed circuit board on which at least one of the drive unit or the controller is formed and converts a voltage level of a drive power provided from outside to generate drive powers of different voltage levels and provides the drive powers to the drive unit, the controller, and the backlight drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woong-Ki Min, Hong-Sung Song, Ju-Young Lee
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Patent number: 8493318Abstract: A method and apparatus for driving an Electrophoretic Display (EPD) where the apparatus includes a controller for controlling an overall operation of the apparatus for driving the EPD, determining data to be displayed on the EPD, and outputting a drive signal; a driver for generating a driving voltage pulse for moving black particles and white particles to display the data on the EPD according to the drive signal output from the controller, thereby controlling the EPD; and the EPD for displaying a representation of the data in white or black according to the driving voltage pulse, wherein the driver generates the driving voltage pulse for moving the black particles or the white particles in such a manner that the driving pulse is divided into a predetermined number of subpulses, and an idle period during which a voltage is not applied intervenes between the respective divided subpulses.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Gwan-Hyung Kim, Joo-Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 8493313Abstract: A process for reducing noise and temporal artifacts (e.g. walking LEDs) on a dual modulation display system by applying temporal filtering to rear modulation signals of a sequence of video frames. Flare and dimming rates are calculated for a current frame in the video. If a flare rate threshold is exceeded, an intensity of the backlight is limited to a predetermined flare rate. If a dimming rate threshold is exceeded, the backlight intensity is limited to a predetermined dimming rate. The limitations are applied, for example, on an element-by-element basis. In the event of a scene change, the limitations do not need to be applied. A forward modulation signal is calculated by taking into account any applied backlight limitations.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2008Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Gerwin Damberg, Helge Seetzen
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Publication number: 20130181959Abstract: A signal output apparatus including a light-emitting element, first brightness control circuitry and second brightness control circuitry. The first brightness control circuitry is supplied with a first signal and controls a brightness of the light-emitting element according to the first signal so as to illuminate the light-emitting element at a first brightness when the first signal is ON. The second brightness control circuitry is supplied with a second signal including at least first and second states and controls the light-emitting element to be illuminated at a second brightness different from the first brightness if the second signal assumes the first state when the light-emitting element is illuminated by the first control circuitry at the first brightness according to the first signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: BUFFALO INC.Inventor: BUFFALO INC.
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Patent number: 8487965Abstract: The display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels, a gate driver which sequentially applies gate-on voltages to the plurality of pixels for a first period and a data driver which generates data voltages for at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels for the first period, and supplies the data voltages to the two pixels of the plurality of pixels, respectively, wherein an application order of the data voltages applied to the at least two pixels of the plurality of pixels is reversed in two adjacent frames.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seock-Cheon Song, Jun-Young Lee, Myung-Koo Kang, Sung-Wook Kang, Jong-Hwa Park, Young-Kwang Kim
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Publication number: 20130176353Abstract: An image display apparatus and method are provided. The image display apparatus includes an image analyzing unit which inserts an insertion frame into an image of a color sequence and outputs an image of a color sequence in which the insertion frame is inserted, and changes a position of the insertion frame based on at least one dominant color and outputs an image in which the position of the insertion frame is changed, a display panel which receives the image of the color sequence, in which the insertion frame is inserted, from the image analyzing unit and displays the received image, and a backlight unit which receives information for the color sequence, in which the insertion frame is included, from the image analyzing unit and provides light of a color corresponding to the color sequence, in which the insertion frame is included, according to the received information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2013Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent number: 8482508Abstract: A LCD display device includes a LCD panel including a plurality of LCD units with trapezoid structure, and three sides of the LCD unit all include three liquid crystal molecules (LCM), the LCMs of all of the first side of the LCD unit constitute a first LCM array and form a first display interface, the LCMs of all of the second side constitute a second LCM array and form a second display interface, and the LCMs of all of the third side constitute a third LCM array and form a third display interface. The LCD display device also includes three signal conversion modules configured to convert three display signals into three control signals respectively, and three driving modules configured to drive the three LCM arrays according to the control signals and cause the first, the second, and the third display interface to display corresponding images.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Fang Wong, Xin Lu, Yu-Cui Zhou
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Publication number: 20130169703Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is configured so that one frame is divided into two fields and a pixel of a liquid crystal panel is driven. The liquid crystal display device performs overdrive when a gray-scale level to be supplied to the pixel is different between a previous frame and a current frame. The liquid crystal display writes a voltage corresponding to the gray-scale level of the pixel with a positive voltage in a first field, and writes a voltage corresponding to the gray-scale level to be supplied to the pixel with a negative voltage in a second field. When performing overdrive, the liquid crystal display device performs overdrive in both of the first field and the second field. Also, when performing overdrive, the liquid crystal display device corrects the gray-scale level to be supplied to the pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Publication number: 20130169704Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an image display panel; a backlight device; a first optical element located between the image display panel and the backlight device and configured to deflect a light incident thereon; a second optical element located between the first optical element and the image display panel and configured to change a deflection angle of emitted light according to a voltage applied thereto; a plurality of first lenses located between the first optical element and the backlight device; a plurality of second lenses located between the second optical element and the image display panel; a position detection section configured to detect a viewing position of a viewer; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the second optical element, according to the detected viewing position. The first lenses and the second lenses constitute an afocal optical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130162701Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method of adaptively controlling a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight. A content analyzer analyzes luminance of image data to be displayed on a display panel. An LED current controller controls illumination of the LED backlight via an LED driver according to an analysis result of the content analyzer. The LED current controller over-drives the LED backlight such that a drive current flowing in the LED backlight is above a normal current, when the analysis result of the content analyzer indicates that the luminance of image data is above a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Sheng Kai Yang, Biing-Seng Wu, KUEI-HSIANG CHEN, Ming-Chih Wang
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Patent number: 8471790Abstract: There is provided a display device including a display unit having pixels, each of which includes a luminescence element that individually becomes luminous depending on a current amount and a pixel circuit for controlling a current applied to the luminescence element according to a voltage signal, where the pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern. The display device includes an average luminance calculator (200) for calculating average luminance for a predetermined period of the input picture signal, and also includes a luminous time setter (202) for setting an effective duty depending on the calculated average luminance by the average luminance calculator (200), the effective duty regulating for each one frame a luminous time for which the luminescence element is luminous. The luminous time setter (202) sets the effective duty such that a luminescence amount regulated by a preset reference duty and possible maximum luminance of a picture signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yasuo Inoue, Yoshihiro Kosugi, Ken Kikuchi, Takeya Meguro, Hideto Mori, Toyo Osumi
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Patent number: 8471875Abstract: A display system includes a driver for operating a panel having a plurality of pixels arranged by a plurality of first lines and at least one second line The driver includes a driver output unit for providing to the panel a single driver output for activating the plurality of first lines, the single driver output being demultiplexed on the panel to activate each first line.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: G. Reza Chaji, Kongning Li, Vasudha Gupta, Arokia Nathan
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Publication number: 20130155127Abstract: A 3D image display device is provided. The 3D image display device includes a display panel, a filter, a filter driver and a timing controller. The filter is disposed at a front surface of the display panel and comprises a light transmitting area for transmitting an images and a light blocking area for blocking an images. The timing controller converts a received 3D image into a copied 3D image, outputs the copied 3D image through the display panel in units of a frame, and controls the filter driver for switching between a position of the light transmitting area and a position of the light blocking area in units of a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: CheungHwan AN, JoonHa PARK, JaeWoo LEE
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Publication number: 20130155128Abstract: A light source device includes a first light source configured to emit light within a first wavelength band, a second light source configured to emit light within a second wavelength band, and a light source control section configured to control drive timing of the first light source with a first drive pattern, and to control drive timing of the second light source with a second drive pattern which is an inverted pattern of the first drive pattern of the first light source, such that a light emission period for light-source light using light emitted by the second light source is positioned between light emission periods for the light-source light emitted by the first light source, and such that a frequency of the light-source light using light emitted by the second light source is higher than a frequency of light emitted by the first light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 8466869Abstract: A display apparatus including: a liquid crystal panel for displaying left and right images; a liquid crystal driver for writing an image signal into the liquid crystal panel; a backlight source for radiating light to the liquid crystal panel; and a controller for controlling the backlight source so that it emits the light during first emission periods which are set for a left viewing periods while a left image is viewed with a left eye and right viewing periods while a right image is viewed with a right eye, respectively, wherein the controller controls the backlight source so that it emits the light during a second emission period within a non-viewing period, during which no image is viewed, and sets a turn-off period during which the backlight source is turned off between the first and second emission periods.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takahiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Umeda, Seiji Hamada, Tatsuya Ina
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Publication number: 20130147863Abstract: A method of displaying a three-dimensional stereoscopic image includes providing a display panel with a data signal including a left-eye data signal and a right-eye data signal, sequentially providing each of a plurality of segment blocks of an active polarized panel with a driving signal including a high level and a low level, where the active polarized panel emits first polarized light in a first polarizing mode of the driving signal based on the data signal, and the active polarized panel emits second polarized light in a second polarizing mode of the driving signal based on the data signal, and selectively providing the display panel with light based on a level changing interval, during which a level of the driving signal is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwan-Ho KIM, Kang-Min KIM, Seon-Ki KIM, Ah-Reum KIM, Jae-Woo JUNG
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Publication number: 20130147864Abstract: A timing controller capable of adjusting luminance of a maximum gradation according to an amount of white of image data to thus enhance picture quality and reduce power consumption of a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a driving method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes: a gamma adjusting unit for receiving image data and a plurality of driving signals input from the outside, generating a gate control signal and a data control signal according to the plurality of driving signals, adjusting luminance according to an amount of white in the image data, and generating a corresponding gamma control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent number: 8462101Abstract: An apparatus controls a backlight of a display panel of a camera system. The apparatus includes a sub-pixel extracting unit, an ambient light luminance calculating unit, and a backlight controller. The sub-pixel extracting unit extracts sub-pixel luminance values from image data, where the image data is indicative of a current image frame defined by a plurality of pixels, and where each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The ambient light luminance calculating unit calculates an ambient light luminance value of the current image frame from the sub-pixel luminance values extracted by the sub-pixel extracting unit. The backlight controller which generates a backlight control signal based on a comparison between the calculated ambient light luminance value of the current image frame and an ambient light luminance value of a previous image frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bing Han, Paul Gallagher, Yun-tae Lee, Joon-seo Yim
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Publication number: 20130141479Abstract: Disclosed are method and circuit for synchronizing input and output synchronization signals, which can synchronize an output synchronization signal based on frequency change of an input synchronization signal and limit input and output periods, thereby preventing flickering, a backlight driver of a liquid crystal display device using the same, and a method for driving the backlight driver. The method for synchronizing input and output synchronization signals, includes generating an output synchronization signal whose output period is set based on a comparison result between an input period of an input synchronization signal and a previous output period of the output synchronization signal, and limiting the output period of the output synchronization signal within a predefined limit range from the previous output period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventor: Yong-Woo Choi
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Patent number: 8456495Abstract: In a method of controlling power of a light emitting device for image display that irradiates illumination light from divided regions, light emission brightness data of each light emitting element of the light emitting device is determined based on image data for image display (S20). Power in each region and total light emission power are computed based on the light emission brightness data of each light emitting element for each region (S40). If the computed total light emission power exceeds predetermined allowable power, the power in each region is limited so that the total light emission power is equal to or less than the predetermined allowable power (S50).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kohji Fujiwara, Takayuki Murai, Tomohiko Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8456494Abstract: Disclosed embodiments utilize MIP techniques to determine optimum bit sequences that minimize PWM artifacts. The problem would first be restructured and redefined into a form suitable for MIP. An objective function designed to minimize PWM artifacts would allow for evaluation of resulting bit sequences in order to determine optimality. Constraints (that relate the inputs and variables) are developed. These constraints would determine whether a particular bit sequence can be used on a given system, and whether a particular bit sequence would satisfy any user defined rules. Once these are determined, an MIP solver would generate an optimized bit sequence(s). Only bit sequences that satisfy the constraints would be evaluated using the objective function, allowing for a quicker determination of a solution. This MIP solution may be generated quickly, allowing for a shorter production period while still optimizing the bit sequences to minimize PWM artifacts.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Andrew I. Russell, Gregory J. Hewlett
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Patent number: 8456395Abstract: A panel adjustment method is executed on a host to adjust settings of a panel connected to the host through a serial bus. The method determines whether the panel is supported by the host. When the panel is supported by the host, the settings of the panel is read from a database of the host to accordingly set the panel. It is further determined whether the panel is correctly set or not. When the panel is correctly set, it is further determined whether the panel is of a frame buffer mode or not. When the panel is of a frame buffer mode, it is determined whether a header file generation is required or not. When the header file generation is required, the settings and a panel name are included in an include file. The include file is compiled to thereby generate a binary file which is loaded into the panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsung-I Liu
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Patent number: 8456493Abstract: A method is described for driving matrix displays which are made up of a plurality of lines with individual pixels, which lines are configured as rows and columns, wherein individual lines are driven selectively by rows being activated for a defined row addressing time and an operating current or a corresponding voltage being applied to the columns in correlation with the activated row corresponding to the desired brightness in the pixels. In order to improve the performance of the display, the row addressing time for each row is determined as a function of the maximum brightness of all the columns of the row.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignees: Universitat des Saarlandes, Kyocera Display Europe GmbH, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V.Inventors: Chihao Xu, Jürgen Wahl, Friedrich Eisenbrand, Andreas Karrenbauer, Kian Min Soh, Christoph Hitzelberger
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Patent number: 8451289Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for creation, modification and implementation of dither pattern structures. The dither pattern structures may be at least one of spatially interrelated, chromatically interrelated, or temporally interrelated using feedback.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Xiao-Fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
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Patent number: 8451256Abstract: A gate-on voltage/LED driving voltage generator includes an inductor boosting an input voltage through a PWM voltage and the input voltage, a diode and capacitor rectifying the boosted voltage, a first output terminal outputting the rectified voltage to supply an LED driving voltage to an LED, and a second output terminal supplying the rectified voltage to a gate driving circuit. Further, an aging test apparatus of an LCD device, which includes a high LED driving voltage generator in an HVS power board, and an HVI power board, may selectively perform an aging test according to a backlight unit of the LCD. Further, a DC-DC converter having the gate-on voltage/LED driving voltage generator, and the LCD including the DC-DC converter are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae Seop Kim, Seok-Hyun Jung, Jae Jin Choi
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Patent number: 8451288Abstract: The present invention relates to an image signal processing apparatus capable of reproducing the appearance of an image that is displayed on a PDP. In an image processing unit 1, as a process for an image signal so that an image obtained when the image signal is displayed on a display apparatus of a display type other than that of a PDP can look like an image displayed on a PDP display apparatus, at least one of reproducing color shift caused by a moving image which is produced because lighting of RGB is turned on in this order, reproducing a dither pattern to be applied in a space direction, reproducing a dither pattern to be applied in a time direction, reproducing a space between pixel pitches, and reproducing a stripe array is performed. The present invention can be applied to a case where, for example, an image that can look like an image displayed on a PDP is to be displayed on an LCD.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsujiro Kondo, Tomohiro Yasuoka
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Patent number: 8451301Abstract: A color display device includes a plurality of pixel display elements and a driving circuit. Each of the pixel display elements includes a plurality of sub-pixel display elements. Each of the sub-pixel display elements includes first and second supports, first and second electrodes attached to inner faces of the first and second supports, respectively, a solution disposed between the first and second electrodes, and particles dispersed in the solution. The particles of the sub-pixel display elements of a same one of the pixel display elements are electrically polarizable by voltage signals supplied by the driving circuit, the voltage signals having the same predetermined driving frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Shih-Kang Fan, Cheng-Pu Chiu, Shih-Chiang Chen
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Publication number: 20130127934Abstract: A multiple rate projector comprises at least three different color light sources each configured to emit a different color of light, respectively. A color control module is coupled to the at least three different color light sources, and is configured to switch the at least three different color light sources on, respectively, to allow turn-on times of two of the at least three different color light sources to be overlapped or not overlapped. Overlapped turn-on times can be overlapped by a half cycle, or longer or shorter than a half cycle, of the on cycle of each of the respective different color light sources. A two-dimension reflector reflects light from the different color light sources to a projection location (e.g., on a projection screen).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: BASCULE DEVELOPMENT AG LLCInventor: BASCULE DEVELOPMENT AG LLC
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Publication number: 20130127933Abstract: An acquisition device acquires temperature information indicative of temperature. When rewriting of the gray level of a target pixel to be processed among plural pixels starts, in case the temperature indicated by the temperature information acquired by the acquisition device is less than a threshold value, a remainder frequency setting device writes a value b (b<a) as a counter value (a remainder frequency) stored in a remainder frequency memory, for the target pixel, through a memory control device. After passing the predetermined period, when a condition to select b-number of the predetermined periods from among a-number of the predetermined periods is met, a remainder frequency update device decrements the counter value stored in the remainder frequency memory through the memory control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130127932Abstract: A pixel, a display device using the pixel and a method of driving the display device are provided. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a driving circuit for generating and transmitting driving current depending on data signals to the organic light emitting diode, and at least one switch connected between a power wire for applying a first voltage to the organic light emitting diode and a data line for transmitting the data signals. The at least one switch may include a compensating circuit for electronically connecting the power wire to the data line for a predetermined period to transmit the first voltage through the data line.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventor: Sang-Myeon HAN
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Patent number: 8446436Abstract: An overdrive topology structure for transmission of a RGB signal includes a signal sending terminal, a signal receiving terminal, and a transmission line to transmit the RGB signal from the signal sending terminal to the signal receiving terminal. The transmission line is divided into a number of section transmission lines. A node is formed between every two section transmission lines. An impedance of a first section transmission line approaching to the signal sending terminal is less than an impedance of a second section transmission line approaching to the first section transmission line to overdrive the RGB signal at a first node between the first and second section transmission lines. At least one node except the first node is grounded via a resistor. An equivalent resistance of the resistor is equal to a resistance of the first resistor.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shou-Kuo Hsu, Yu-Chang Pai, Cheng-Shien Li, Jia-Chi Chen
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Patent number: 8441417Abstract: A pixel circuit having a function of compensating for characteristic variation of an electro-optical element and threshold voltage variation of a transistor is formed from a reduced number of component elements. The pixel circuit includes an electro-optical element, a holding capacitor, a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a switching transistor, and first and second detection transistors. The sampling transistor samples and supplies an input signal from a signal line so as to be held into the holding capacitor. The driving transistor drives the electro-optical element with current in response to the held signal potential. The first and second detection transistors supply a threshold voltage of the drive transistor into the holding capacitor in order to cancel an influence of the threshold voltage in advance.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsuhide Uchino, Junichi Yamashita, Tetsuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8441506Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device including a field programmable gate array (or “FPGA”) and a method for initializing the FPGA in stable.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taewook Lee, Minkyu Kim
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Patent number: 8441415Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing data of a picture to be displayed on a display panel with persistent luminous elements in order to reduce load effect in said display means. The method comprises the following steps: computing, for each subfield, the amount of activated luminous elements in each line of luminous elements of the display panel, called line load, calculating, for each subfield, the maximal difference of line loads of two consecutive lines of the display panel, and selecting, for each subfield, a sustain frequency in accordance with its maximal load difference in order to reduce line load effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Sébastien Weitbruch, Cédric Thebault, Carlos Correa
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Publication number: 20130113848Abstract: A method of driving a display device includes analyzing input data of the display device to confirm whether there is a predetermined image pattern in an image corresponding to the input data, where a common voltage is distorted to an extent that a clock signal for a gate driver of the display device is distorted when the display device displays the image including the predetermined image pattern, and changing a slew rate of an output buffer of a data driver of the display device based on a result of the analyzing the input data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyeon Seok BAE, Gyu Ik KIM, Choong Seob OH, Hoon JUNG, Seung Hoon HAN
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Publication number: 20130113849Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays a 3D image with a left-eye image frame including a plurality of subfields and a right-eye image frame including a plurality of subfields, a driving unit which drives the display panel and a control unit which controls the driving unit to drive remaining subfields in advance as much as a subfield section of a plurality of subfields which are unused when an image having a grayscale level less than a predetermined value is being displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent number: 8436749Abstract: A display system comprises first and second LED panels for displaying first and second priority aviation data, a power supply, a modulator, a processor and a logic gate. The modulator generates a modulated voltage for the second LED panel, where the second priority data are displayed at a modulated brightness. The processor controls the modulator, and generates a status signal indicating a failure condition of the modulated voltage. The logic gate switches the first LED panel from the modulated voltage to the unmodulated voltage based on the status signal, where the first priority data default from the modulated brightness level to full brightness based on the failure condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Mark Lillis, Edward J. Kysar, III
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Publication number: 20130106927Abstract: A multi-view device for use in conjunction with a display apparatus is provided. The device comprises: a lens which operates to selectively transmit or block light; a communication unit which communicates with the display apparatus which is displaying a content image; and a controller which receives a beacon signal in synchronization with a display period of the content image from the display apparatus via the communication unit, controls an operation of the lens based on the received beacon signal, and changes a reception frequency of the beacon signal via the communication unit in accordance with using time of the multi-view device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130106926Abstract: A 3D displaying device includes a first panel, a second panel and a backlight unit. The first panel includes a first liquid crystal layer for providing a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The second panel includes a first driving electrode substrate, a second driving electrode substrate and a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the first driving electrode substrate and the second driving electrode substrate, whereby light passing therethrough to generate polarization of a first angle or a second angle, wherein the second panel includes at least three sub-panel units. The backlight unit is disposed below the first panel and includes at least three light-emitting areas respectively corresponding to the at least three sub-panel units for providing a light source to the first panel and the second panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Hung-Chun LI, Yi-Chiang LAI, Bo-Wei LAN
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Patent number: 8432419Abstract: A liquid crystal light modulator 11 modulates a light according to an effective value of a supplied drive signal. A driving apparatus 21 changes the effective value of each frame of the drive signal supplied to the liquid crystal light modulator 11 according to modulation data. The driving apparatus 21 generates the drive signal containing plural pulses in each frame. The driving apparatus 21 supplies the generated drive signal to the liquid crystal light modulator 11, thereby enabling a high-frequency drive of the liquid crystal light modulator 11.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Ide, Atsushi Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20130100181Abstract: A digital hologram image reproducing device includes a light modulator reproducing a hologram interference fringe image, a first panel driving circuit which scans a first display panel and writes data of the hologram interference fringe image to the first display panel, a first timing controller controlling an operation timing of the first panel driving circuit, a second panel driving circuit which scans a second display panel and writes data of the hologram interference fringe image to the second display panel, a second timing controller controlling an operation timing of the second panel driving circuit, and a panel synchronization circuit which simultaneously transfers a polarity control signal received from one of the first and second timing controllers to the first and second panel driving circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Wooyoung Choe, Seungho Baek, Juseong Park, Jooah Kim
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Publication number: 20130100180Abstract: The present invention relates to a color LCOS display chip and the drive and control method thereof. With new structure design and drive and control method, the video signal nonlinear correcting chip, display drive signal control chip and other high cost special chips which are used in conventional control and drive circuit are abandoned. Multiple systems are integrated in a single chip to save PCB required for combination of multi-system chips, which leads to a lower production cost. The weight and size of control and drive circuit are reduced due to fewer integrated circuit chips and save of PCB. Power consumption is reduced without nonlinear correcting chips and display drive signal control chips. With the finite state machine (FSM) Scheduler as the core of digital signal processing module, the voltage coding value could be adjusted as per nonlinear characteristics of different crystal materials so as to achieve an optimal nonlinear correcting performance, which enhances the universality of the chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2010Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Yongping Dai, Xuhuai Dong, Wei Fan, Yi Fan
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Patent number: 8427081Abstract: A driving method of a light-emitting diode (LED) adapted to a driving apparatus is provided. The driving method includes detecting whether the driving apparatus performs dimming, and if the driving apparatus performs dimming, determining whether a predetermined requirement for dimming control is met or not. When the predetermined requirement for dimming control is not met, respective current magnitudes of a plurality of driving currents are regulated, and each of the driving currents is output for a full time of a period. Conversely, when the predetermined requirement for dimming control is met, each of the driving currents is output for a partial time of a period.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Kuo-Ching Hsu, Chin-Hsun Hsu, Tsung-Hau Chang, Ting-Wei Liao
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Patent number: 8427515Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method of driving the same that improve both moving image visibility and lateral visibility. A display panel including gate and data lines arranged in the form of a matrix for displaying an image, a gate driver for driving the gate line, and a data driver for supplying a low gray scale image signal, a high gray scale image signal, and a black impulsive signal to the data line within one frame period.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Samusng Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee-Seop Kim, Jun-Woo Lee, Hong-Jo Park, Eun-Hee Han, Seung-Hoon Lee, Sung-Jae Yun
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Patent number: 8421829Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display controller device and method which provides for a full and/or partial display with good display quality and/or low power consumption based on the scanning period for an active scan line being dependent upon a number of reference clock pulses. Some embodiments of the present invention include one or more of the following features: keeping the frequency substantially constant for different numbers of active scan lines, allowing change of the frequency due to characteristics of the LCD, displaying gradation with near linear effective voltage characteristics, displaying graduation data with lower power, or displaying a partial or full screen in a mobile device, for example, a cell phone.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventors: Yasuyuki Kudo, Tsutomu Furuhashi, Yoshikazu Yokota, Toshimitsu Matsudo, Atsuhiro Higa
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Patent number: 8421827Abstract: A field sequential liquid crystal display maintains its white color point through compensation values to at least one color light emitting diode that illuminates the display. The compensation values may be impedances to control the current or pulsing of the current source according to a pulse width modulation technique. A degradation curve may be used to calculate extrapolate the theoretical forward voltage of the light emitting diode. Additional complexity arises from the need for calculating uptime for multiple light emitting diodes of different colors. Brightness levels may also be factored in. Additional processing of a display element may be provided when a grey scale image is being generated.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Marc Drader, James Robinson, Jerry Mailloux, Robert Lowles
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Patent number: 8421815Abstract: A system and method for displaying an image are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a data stream representing a frame of an image. The data stream may indicate a first color pixel cluster corresponding to a first color and a second color pixel cluster corresponding to a second color. The first color pixel cluster and the second color pixel cluster may be displayed. The first color pixel cluster may be different from the second color pixel cluster.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Andrew G. Huibers, Michael T. Davis, Henry W. Neal, James N. Hall
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Patent number: 8421828Abstract: A display device and modulation scheme for applying image data to an imager. The display may use a modulation scheme wherein spacing of row write actions on the rows creates gray scale modulation, wherein one row spacing between sequential row write actions is at a first distance while another row spacing between sequential row write actions is at a distance greater than said first distance. The modulation scheme may create a series of write pointers that create a corresponding series of write planes. In some embodiments, modulation efficiency is increased allowing the use of lower frequency imaging circuits to achieve the same display image.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Jasper Display Corp.Inventors: Edwin Lyle Hudson, David Charles McDonald