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Light emitting display apparatus
Assignee: Koha Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-01-06
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Granted: 1998-11-17
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Expires: 2017-01-06
Abstract
Abstract A light emitting display apparatus has pixels arranged in rows to display a predetermined image, each of the pixels being composed of red and green, or blue and yellow light emitting diodes, lenses provided on the pixels, each of the lenses horizontally diffusing lights emitted from the red and green, or blue and yellow light emitting diodes, and vertically diverging the lights, a driver for driving the red and green, or blue and yellow light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color. In the light emitting display apparatus, therefore, the displayed image is easy to be recognized, the number of the LEDs and the power consumption are decreased, and the density of pixels is increased. Further, the image information of the white color is displayed without the three original color light emitting diodes, that is, red, green and blue light emitting diodes, and the color of an image information is selectable from a variety of colors which include a white color.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Ando
- 👤 Mitsuji Sekine
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:55
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/85; H10H20/858; H10H20/8581; G; G09; G09F; G09F9/00; G09F9/30; G09F9/33; H10W; H10W90/00; H10H29/00; H10H29/10; H10H29/14; H10H29/142; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/754; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of one or more light emitting diodes; a plurality of lenses provided on said plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of lenses horizontally expanding lights emitted from said one or more light emitting diodes, and vertically conversing said lights; and a plurality of partitioning boards each provided between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows, said plurality of partitioning boards being higher than said plurality of lenses.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of one or more light emitting diodes; a plurality of lenses provided on said plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of lenses horizontally expanding lights emitted from said one or more light emitting diodes, and vertically conversing said lights; and a plurality of partitioning boards each provided between two adjacent rows of said plurality of rows, said plurality of partitioning boards being higher than said plurality of lenses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The light emitting display apparatus, according to claim 1, wherein: each of said plurality of pixels has at least two luminous chips; and a luminous color of one of said luminous chips is different from that of other luminous chips.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The light emitting display apparatus, according to claim 1, wherein: each of said plurality of pixels has at least two luminous chips; and a luminous color of one of said luminous chips is different from that of other luminous chips.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
73 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of red and green light emitting diodes and having no light emitting diode of a color other than red and green; and means for driving said red and green light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of red and green light emitting diodes and having no light emitting diode of a color other than red and green; and means for driving said red and green light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
73 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of blue and yellow light emitting diodes and having no light emitting diode of a color other than blue and yellow; and means for driving said blue and yellow light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of blue and yellow light emitting diodes and having no light emitting diode of a color other than blue and yellow; and means for driving said blue and yellow light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
73 words
The light emitting display apparatus, according to claim 4, wherein: said means for driving has a white color displaying mode to represent a white color by turning on both said red and green light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities, and a plural colors displaying mode to represent any color other than said white color by turning on said red and/or green light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
The light emitting display apparatus, according to claim 5, wherein: said means for driving has a white color displaying mode to represent a white color by turning on both said blue and yellow light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities, and a plural colors displaying mode to represent any color other than said white color by turning on said blue and/or yellow light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
111 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of red and green light emitting diodes having no light emitting diode of a color other than red and green; a plurality of lenses provided on said plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of lenses horizontally expanding lights emitted from said red and green light emitting diodes, and vertically converging said lights; and means for driving said red and green light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
111 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of red and green light emitting diodes having no light emitting diode of a color other than red and green; a plurality of lenses provided on said plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of lenses horizontally expanding lights emitted from said red and green light emitting diodes, and vertically converging said lights; and means for driving said red and green light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
111 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of blue and yellow light emitting diodes having no light emitting diode of a color other than blue and yellow; a plurality of lenses provided on said plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of lenses horizontally expanding lights emitted from said blue and yellow light emitting diodes, and vertically converging said lights; and means for driving said blue and yellow light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
111 words
A light emitting display apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows to display a predetermined image, each of said plurality of pixels being composed of blue and yellow light emitting diodes having no light emitting diode of a color other than blue and yellow; a plurality of lenses provided on said plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of lenses horizontally expanding lights emitted from said blue and yellow light emitting diodes, and vertically converging said lights; and means for driving said blue and yellow light emitting diodes to be turned on in accordance with predetermined light intensities, thereby representing various colors including a white color.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
73 words
The light emitting display apparatus, according to claim 8, wherein: said means for driving has a white color displaying mode to represent a white color by turning on both said red and green light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities, and a plural colors displaying mode to represent any color other than said white color by turning on said red and/or green light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
73 words
The light emitting display apparatus, according to claim 9, wherein: said means for driving has a white color displaying mode to represent a white color by turning on both said blue and yellow light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities, and a plural colors displaying mode to represent any color other than said white color by turning on said blue and/or yellow light emitting diodes in accordance with predetermined light intensities.
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