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CA 1295062 C · Owner: Thorn Emi Plc · Inventors: Green, Ian Macdonald

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Television receiver has a liquid crystal display formed of a lattice of display elements made from liquid crystal material each element being individually actuable the lattice of, elements being backlit by fluorescent tubes whose light intensity and duration of operation can be controlled. The video signal has a 70Hz scan rate and a scan period of 14mS each picture of display information having an 8-bit word for each display element, a word beginning with the most-significant-bit and ending with the least-significantbit. In the processing for the display of the most-significantbits of the words, the frame store outputs the first bit of each word and sends the bits to a control unit for an …

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  • Granted January 28, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 28, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 21, 1987
GrantedJanuary 28, 1992
Term endedJanuary 28, 2009
Patent numberCA 1295062 C
Classification (IPC)G09G3/36 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedSep 21, 1987Patent grantedJan 28, 1992Term endedJan 28, 2009

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