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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:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Kenshi Taniguchi, Katano, JP;
Masatoshi Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Kenshi Taniguchi, Katano, JP;
Masatoshi Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A personal computer () includes a control signal output unit () that outputs, to a display device (), a control signal for switching between a TV format video signal and a computer format video signal while the display device () includes an input switching unit () operable to perform, based on the control signal outputted from the personal computer (), input switching, for display, between the TV format video signal and the computer format video signal.