US4853592A
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Flat panel display having pixel spacing and luminance levels providing high resolution
Assignee: Boeing North American Inc
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Filing: 1988-03-10
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Granted: 1989-08-01
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Expires: 2008-03-10
Abstract
Abstract A flat panel matrix display pixel structure emulates raster scan cathode ray tube shadow mask resolution. A display generator connected to anti-aliasing and/or dot flair circuitry activates the display. A selected pixel is fully activated and surrouding pixels are activated at a lower luminance level. As a function of the pitch of a shadow mask cathode ray tube the pixel density and the horizontal and vertical pixel spacing are derived for a monochrome matrix display, and the pixel density and the horizontal and vertical triad spacing are derived for a color matrix display panel.
Inventors
- 👤 Lyle R. Strathman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 02:02
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G2300/00; G09G2300/04; G09G2300/0439; G09G3/2003; G09G5/00; G09G5/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
51 words
A flat panel matrix display having a plurality of selectably activated pixels comprising: a selected inner pixel being fully activated at a predetermined luminance level; a plurality of adjacent pixels surrounding said inner pixel substantially simultaneously activated at a predetermined luminance level less than said luminance level of said inner pixel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
51 words
A flat panel matrix display having a plurality of selectably activated pixels comprising: a selected inner pixel being fully activated at a predetermined luminance level; a plurality of adjacent pixels surrounding said inner pixel substantially simultaneously activated at a predetermined luminance level less than said luminance level of said inner pixel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein said inner pixels are activated sequentially in a predetermined direction in a raster scan fashion.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein said adjacent pixels are luminated at a level in the range of approximately 5% to 10% of the level of lumination of said inner pixel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein said pixels have a predetermined geometrical size and configuration which emulates a triad phosphor screen structure of a cathode ray tube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 4, wherein said size and configuration of said pixels is a function of the pitch of said triad phosphor screen structure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
63 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein for producing a monochrone graphic matrix display and emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.3 mm pitch mask, said flat panel matrix display has: a predetermined pixel density; horizontal pixel spacing between about 0.26 mm and 0.2 mm; and vertical pixel spacing between about 0.3 mm and 0.2 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 6, wherein columns of said pixels are staggered with respect to neighboring columns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 6, wherein said pixels are rectilinearized.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
87 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein for producing a color graphic matrix display and emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.3 mm pitch mask, said flat panel matrix display has: a predetermined pixel density, said pixels forming a plurality of color triads; horizontal triad pixel spacing between about 0.26 mm and 0.2 mm; vertical triad pixel spacing between about 0.3 mm and 0.2 mm; horizontal column spacing of about 0.17 mm; and vertical row spacing of about 0.15 mm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 9, wherein rows of said pixels are staggered with respect to neighboring rows.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
64 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein for producing a monochrome scenic matrix display and emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a subtantially 0.3 mm pitch shadow mask, said flat panel matrix display has: a predetermined pixel density; horizontal pixel spacing between about 0.26 mm and 0.2 mm; and vertical pixel spacing between about 0.26 mm and 0.2 mm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 11, wherein columns of said pixels are staggered with respect to neighboring columns.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 11, wherein said pixels are rectilinearized.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
80 words
The flat panel matrix display, described in claim 1, wherein for producing a color scenic matrix display and emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.3 mm pitch mask, said flat panel matrix display has: a predetermined pixel density said pixels forming a plurality of color triads; horizontal triad pixels pacing between about 0.26 mm and 0.2 mm; vertical triad pixel spacing between about 0.26 mm and 0.2 mm; and horizontal column spacing of about 0.26 mm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 14, wherein columns of said pixels are staggered with respect to neighboring columns.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 14, wherein said vertical triad pixel spacing is approximately the ratio of the height of the color scenic matrix display to the number of active scan lines.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 14, wherein said inner pixels are activated sequentially in a predetermined direction, orthogonal to the horizontal, in a raster scan fashion.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
79 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein for producing a monochrome scenic matrix display and emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.2 mm pitch shadow mask, said flat panel matrix display has; a predetermined pixel density; horizontal pixel spacing about 0.17 mm; and vertical pixel spacing greater than 0.2 mm and approximately equal to the ratio of the height of the monochrome scenic matrix display to the number of active scan lines.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 18, wherein columns of said pixels are staggered with respect to neighboring columns.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
18 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 18, wherein the horizontal column spacing is approximately 0.34 mm.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
74 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein for producing a color scenic matrix display and emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.2 mm pitch mask, said flat panel matrix display has: a predetermined pixel density said pixels forming a plurality of color triads; horizontal triad pixel spacing of approximately 0.17 mm; vertical triad pixel spacing greater than 0.2 mm; and horizontal column spacing of about 0.17 mm..
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 21, wherein columns of said pixels are staggered with respect to neighboring columns.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
35 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 21, wherein said vertical triad pixel spacing is approximately the ratio of the height of the color scenic matrix display to the number of active scan lines.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
107 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein for producing a color scenic matrix display emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.2 mm pitch shadow mask and for also producing a color graphic matrix display emulating a delta-dot triad cathode ray tube having a substantially 0.3 mm pitch shadow mask, said flat panel matrix display has: a predetermined pixel density, said pixels forming a plurality of color triads; horizontal triad spacing of approximately 0.17 mm; vertical triad spacing of approximately 0.23 mm; and horizontal column spacing of approximately 0.17 mm, columns of said pixels being staggered with respect to neighboring columns.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
17 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 24, wherein vertical row spacing is approximately 0.15 mm.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
The flat panel matrix display described in claim 1, wherein said flat panel matrix display has a pixel density of approximately 12.82 pixels per square millimeter.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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