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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhisa Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382162 ; 345327 ;
Abstract
A display apparatus and method for displaying a hue of a color signal so as to be readily understandable to an operator. Such apparatus and method utilizes a display having an indicator strip with a series of characters or letters indicating representative colors. Such indicator strip may also provide an indication of the positional relationships between adjacent colors. By displaying a position on the indicator strip, the display provides a readily identifiable indication of the hue so as to enable an ordinary person or unskilled operator to readily comprehend or grasp the hue.