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Apparatus and method for detecting faults in outdoor display

US6147617A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1999
Grant dateNov 14, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B45/58
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is to provide an apparatus for detecting errors due to cutoff of a unit pixel and short between the unit pixel and the ground voltage level in a lighting-off state, and also a method for checking in a real time whether information data outputted from a remote host computer is normally represented on a display and detecting all the errors due to cutoff of a unit pixel, short between a unit pixel and the ground voltage level, and short between unit pixels.

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