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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Futoshi Kuriwaki, Kagoshima-ken, JP;
Kazuya Yamaguchi, Kagoshima-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345150 ; 345 82 ; 345 83 ; 345 88 ; 345152 ;
Abstract
A display device includes: a light-emitting block including a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting N number of different basic colors; an input circuit for receiving an input data representing a first color, a second color and a third color; a converter for converting the input data into an output data representing N number of basic colors; and a controller for controlling ON/OFF states of the plurality of light-emitting elements according to the output data. N is an integer of 4 or higher.