Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080204605 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A REMOTE CONTROL UNIT TO SENSE TELEVISION CHARACTERISTICS - A system for sensing television characteristics comprises a display device, a speaker, a calibration manager, and a remote control unit, which has a light sensor, a microphone, a transmitter, and logic. The logic is configured to determine, based on the light sensor and the microphone, a value indicative of an amount of time that elapses between emission of sound from the speaker and a detection of the sound by the microphone. The transmitter is configured to transmit a wireless signal based on the value, and the calibration manager is configured to adjust a parameter of a television system based on the wireless signal. | 08-28-2008 |
20080265131 | Light on electronic device - Various embodiments of a light on an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the light couples to a sensor and has a brightness that varies when ambient light incident on the sensor varies. | 10-30-2008 |
20080266317 | Integrated color management - In one embodiment, a display device comprises a timing controller, a first computer readable memory medium coupled to the timing controller and comprising a first color table, a video processor coupled to the timing controller via a communication link and comprising logic to request the first color table from the timing controller, and use data in the first color table to implement a color correction routine. | 10-30-2008 |
20090037965 | Portal based video indexing - In one embodiment, a system to manage video content comprises an index file management module comprising logic to, generate an index file to describe content in an associated video file, store the index file for a video file in a first memory location, separate from a second memory location in which the video file is stored, receive, from a requesting entity, a request for access to the index file, in response to the request, download the index file to the requesting entity, and download the video file to the requesting entity. | 02-05-2009 |
20090109159 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY IMAGE PRESENTATION - In one embodiment, a display device comprises a liquid crystal module comprising a matrix of pixels, a backlight assembly, and a controller comprising logic to receive an image comprising at least a first stationary portion and a second moving portion, separate the first stationary portion from the second stationary portion, present the first stationary portion at a first refresh rate and present the second moving portion at a second refresh rate, different from the first refresh rate. | 04-30-2009 |
20110012943 | Liquid Crystal Display Uniformity - In one embodiment, a system to manage luminance levels on a display device comprises a display device comprising a liquid crystal module comprising a matrix of pixels, a backlight assembly, and a plurality of drivers to drive the backlight assembly. The system further comprises a processing device coupled to the display device and comprising logic to establish a set of luminance values from a plurality of test points on the display device, determine a minimum luminance value from the set of luminance values, determine, for at least a selected one of the test points, a variance from the minimum luminance value, and use the variance to regulate a luminance level of the selected one of the test points. | 01-20-2011 |
20110023064 | Synchronizing And Windowing External Content In Digital Display Systems - In one embodiment, a system comprises at least a first video source device, at least a first remote control device, a digital display device comprising logic to receive, in a digital display device, a first video signal from a first video source, extract at least a first metadata from the first video signal, use the first metadata to obtain a second video signal from a second video source, present the first video signal on the digital display device, combine at least a portion of the second video signal and at least a portion of the first video signal to generate a combined video signal, and present the combined video signal on a display. | 01-27-2011 |
20110102316 | Extensible User Interface For Digital Display Devices - In one embodiment, a system to manage video content comprises an index file management module comprising logic to generate an index file to describe content in an associated video file, store the index file for a video file in a first memory location, separate from a second memory location in which the video file is stored, receive, from a requesting entity, a request for access to the index file, in response to the request, download the index file to the requesting entity, and download the video file to the requesting entity. | 05-05-2011 |
20110194612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING FRAME-DISPLAY RATE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an efficient and cost-effective implementation of a method and system for increasing the frame-display rate of a video display device. Video data is often input to a video-display device in a compressed form that includes encoded and compressed motion vectors. The motion vectors provide information about portions of successive video frames which change in relative position. The motion vectors are decompressed and decoded along with the frames. In certain embodiments of the present invention, a first frame and an accompanying motion-vector table are transmitted from a processing component to a timing-controller component of a video-display device, using which the timing-controller component can generate a second frame that is displayed following display of the first frame. | 08-11-2011 |
20110211115 | MODULAR TELEVISION INPUT - A modular signal interface system is provided. An input module 110 can include one or more first interfaces 105 configured to accept a first signal having a first format. The input module 110 can further include one or more converters 305 to convert the first signal to a second signal 130 having a second format. The input module 110 can also include a bi-directional second interface 115 configured to communicate all or a portion of the second signal 130 to a display device 190. The second interface 115 can be communicatively coupled to a bi-directional third interface 150 disposed in, on, or about the display device 190. In one or more embodiments, at least a portion of the second interface 115 can be detachably attached to at least a portion of the third interface 155, thereby permitting the removal and/or replacement of the input module 110. | 09-01-2011 |
20110219404 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL MANAGEMENT IN DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICES - In one embodiment, a system, comprising at least a first video source device, at least a first remote control device, a digital display device comprising logic to receive, in a digital display device, a signal to initiate an aggregation process, in response to the signal, enumerate at least a first video source device coupled to the digital display device, obtain, from the at least a first video source device, a first remote control code table, merge the first remote control table into a master remote control table, receive in the primary interface device manager, a user interface database from the secondary interface device manager, and store the master remote control table in memory. | 09-08-2011 |
20120100747 | System And Method For Illuminating Connector Ports - A method for illuminating a connector port of an electronic device. The method comprising presenting information associated with the connector port on a user interface; and illuminating the connector port on the electronic device in response to a user selecting the connector port via the user interface. | 04-26-2012 |
20120139973 | COLOR SPACE MATCHING OF VIDEO SIGNALS - A system for color space matching a plurality of signals is provided. The system can include a first and second sources operably connected to a first and second inputs, respectively. The first and second inputs can be operably connected to a switch ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120170771 | Method Of Leveling A Plurality Of Audio Signals - A system with an input amplifier to receive and amplify a first audio signal, an output amplifier to output an audio signal which includes at least one of the amplified first audio signal and a second audio signal, a controller to adjust the input amplifier to a first input amp gain and the output amplifier to a first output amp gain to provide an output signal including the first audio signal at a first output signal level. The controller is to adjust the output amplifier to a second output amp gain to provide an audio output including the second audio signal at a second output signal level and determine an output amp ratio by dividing the first output amp gain with the second output amp gain. The controller is to determine a target input amp gain by multiplying the first input amp gain by the output amp ratio and adjust the first input amp gain to the target input amp gain to provide an audio output including the first audio signal at a third output signal level. | 07-05-2012 |
20140047076 | EUI BASED REMOTE DATABASE FOR DYNAMIC DEVICE CONTROL - Systems and methods for controlling one or more appliances are provided. One or more appliances ( | 02-13-2014 |