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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Young-hee Kim, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348178 ; 348189 ;
Abstract
A self-diagnostic circuit and method for implementing the same for use with a video display device to conduct a self-diagnostic test of respective hardware components such as a ROM, RAM and EEPROM within the video display device using a built-in microprocessor. The circuit allows a video display device to perform a diagnostic test on its individual hardware components within a tested video display device and to inform an operator of any malfunction thereof.