EP0121070A3 - Plasma display management systems - Google Patents

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EP0121070A3
EP0121070A3 EP84101729A EP84101729A EP0121070A3 EP 0121070 A3 EP0121070 A3 EP 0121070A3 EP 84101729 A EP84101729 A EP 84101729A EP 84101729 A EP84101729 A EP 84101729A EP 0121070 A3 EP0121070 A3 EP 0121070A3
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plasma display
management systems
display management
systems
plasma
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EP0121070A2 (en
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Geoffrey Alan Emerson
Joseph J. Ellis, Jr.
Norman Apperley
Roger Joseph Edwards
Raymond Lewis James Foster
David Christopher Haigh
Michael Haslam
Peter Verey
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International Business Machines Corp
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International Business Machines Corp
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Priority claimed from US06/472,783 external-priority patent/US4566004A/en
Priority claimed from US06/472,776 external-priority patent/US4566005A/en
Priority claimed from US06/472,784 external-priority patent/US4562450A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/22—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of characters or indicia using display control signals derived from coded signals representing the characters or indicia, e.g. with a character-code memory
    • G09G5/222—Control of the character-code memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/14—Display of multiple viewports
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/36—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
    • G09G5/363—Graphics controllers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/02—Addressing, scanning or driving the display screen or processing steps related thereto
    • G09G2310/0264—Details of driving circuits
    • G09G2310/0286—Details of a shift registers arranged for use in a driving circuit
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/22—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources
    • G09G3/28—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels
    • G09G3/288—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels
    • G09G3/291—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels controlling the gas discharge to control a cell condition, e.g. by means of specific pulse shapes
    • G09G3/292—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels controlling the gas discharge to control a cell condition, e.g. by means of specific pulse shapes for reset discharge, priming discharge or erase discharge occurring in a phase other than addressing
    • G09G3/2922—Details of erasing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/22—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources
    • G09G3/28—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels
    • G09G3/288—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels
    • G09G3/291—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels controlling the gas discharge to control a cell condition, e.g. by means of specific pulse shapes
    • G09G3/293—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters using controlled light sources using luminous gas-discharge panels, e.g. plasma panels using AC panels controlling the gas discharge to control a cell condition, e.g. by means of specific pulse shapes for address discharge

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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
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  • Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
EP84101729A 1983-03-07 1984-02-20 Plasma display management systems Expired - Lifetime EP0121070B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US472784 1983-03-07
US06/472,783 US4566004A (en) 1983-03-07 1983-03-07 Data management for plasma display
US06/472,776 US4566005A (en) 1983-03-07 1983-03-07 Data management for plasma display
US06/472,784 US4562450A (en) 1983-03-07 1983-03-07 Data management for plasma display
US472783 1983-03-07
US472776 1999-12-27

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EP0121070A2 EP0121070A2 (en) 1984-10-10
EP0121070A3 true EP0121070A3 (en) 1988-01-13
EP0121070B1 EP0121070B1 (en) 1991-04-17

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US4688033A (en) * 1984-10-25 1987-08-18 International Business Machines Corporation Merged data storage panel display
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JPS62251792A (en) * 1986-04-24 1987-11-02 フアナツク株式会社 Display system for plasma display
DE3786614T2 (en) * 1986-08-18 1993-12-02 Canon Kk Display device.
DE69123770T2 (en) 1990-03-23 1997-06-19 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Handheld data processing device with reduced power consumption
US6941481B2 (en) 1990-03-23 2005-09-06 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Data processing apparatus
TW297893B (en) 1996-01-31 1997-02-11 Fujitsu Ltd A plasma display apparatus having improved restarting characteristic, a drive method of the same, a waveform generating circuit having reduced memory capacity and a matrix-type panel display using the waveform generating circuit

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US3787834A (en) * 1972-12-29 1974-01-22 Ibm Liquid crystal display system
US3911417A (en) * 1973-04-27 1975-10-07 Univ Illinois Method and apparatus for plotting line segments and characters on a display device
US4143360A (en) * 1976-08-27 1979-03-06 The Magnavox Company Method and apparatus for controlling a display terminal

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US3787834A (en) * 1972-12-29 1974-01-22 Ibm Liquid crystal display system
US3911417A (en) * 1973-04-27 1975-10-07 Univ Illinois Method and apparatus for plotting line segments and characters on a display device
US4143360A (en) * 1976-08-27 1979-03-06 The Magnavox Company Method and apparatus for controlling a display terminal

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Title
IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 23, no. 6, November 1980, pages 2561-2562, New York, US; P.A. SHEPPARD et al.: "Large screen display compatibility feature" *

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