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Tiled, flat-panel displays with luminance-correcting capability

US5668569A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 1996
Grant dateSep 16, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S345/903
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention features a tiled, flat-panel, mosaic display with a luminance-correcting capability and having a seamlessness characteristic. Column and row inputs that are typically provided for a single flat panel are distributed over a number of tiles. The display is fabricated by sorting the tiles into groups, and matching their color coordinates prior to assembly. After assembly, measurements of the luminance of the display are processed to generate correction data, which is compressed into a reduced set of coefficients. A processor, located between a video controller and the display drivers for each of the tiles, has a memory containing these interpolation coefficients for correcting luminance in the tiles. A multiplicity of processing units is connected to the video controller and the processor for performing video correction in real time.

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