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Method and device for controlling a matrix screen displaying gray levels

CA 1325297 C · Owner: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique · Inventors: Ghis, Anne

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A process and device for controlling a matrix screen displaying gray levels, wherein during the line time T activation signals are delivered to the columns of the screen for a time depending on the gray level i of the image point in question and equal to (T/N).Nil, where O?i?m?N the Nils, forming a strictly increasing sequence of i of first term zero and of last term lower than or equal to N the Nils, being so selected as to obtain a predetermined distribution for the light intensities of the different gray levels. Appliation to the control of microdot or liquid crystal matrix screens.

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  • Granted December 14, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 14, 2010.
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FiledJune 27, 1989
GrantedDecember 14, 1993
Term endedDecember 14, 2010
Patent numberCA 1325297 C
Classification (IPC)G09G3/36 +1 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedJune 27, 1989Patent grantedDec 14, 1993Term endedDec 14, 2010

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