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| 20090262055 | Method and System for Grayscale Resolution Enhancement in Video Systems - A method and system for enhancing the grayscale resolution of display systems using 8-bit imaging arrays. The grayscale resolution is increased by providing a resolution greater than 8 bits. The on-time for each shade is subdivided in two sub-frames. During a first subframe, a full intensity light source is turned on and the imaging array processes five most significant bits of data, while least significant bits are stuffed with zeros. During a second subframe, the light source is turned on at reduced intensity and the imaging array processes the three least significant bits, which are left-shifted. The data byte for the second subframe is filled out using Digital Signal Processor (DSP) data obtained by over-sampling or interpolation. The lower order bits may be also stuffed with zeros. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110169410 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE HEADLAMP FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle exterior lamp is provided with an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) with rows and columns and each LED positioned at an intersection thereof. An LED is illuminated by selectively applying a signal to the row and column corresponding to the LED position. A vehicle headlamp lighting system is provided with an array of LEDs with rows and columns, and each LED positioned at a row and column intersection. The lighting system has a control module for selectively illuminating the LEDs by applying a signal to the rows and to the columns corresponding to the location of the LEDs to be illuminated. A vehicle headlamp is provided with an optical structure for reflection and refraction of light and LEDs. Light emitted by the LEDs interacts with the optical structure and exits the headlamp in a generally perpendicular direction to the LED emitted light. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120186622 | MOLDED-IN SOLAR MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANFACTURING THE SAME - A flexible solar module and manufacturing method for a portable device as an in-mold decoration is described. The solar module includes a flexible photovoltaic sheet of a predetermined shape and size, having an overmolded non-active side, mounted on the surface of a portable device. An electrical connection connected to the overmolded photovoltaic sheet terminates at any of the elements in the portable device requiring electrical power. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120218417 | SHORT THROW RATIO FLUORESCENT COLOR VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A short throw ratio projection display system that produces high-resolution and high-dynamic range images. The system comprising a scanning laser for generating a light beam optically modulated with image information. The system further includes an image plane, in light of sight of the light beam, the image plane coated with an image-enhancing layer on a first side and a layer of fluorescent material strips on a second side. The image plane generates an image corresponding to the image information by absorbing the light beam and emitting visible fluorescent light corresponding to the intensity of the light beam falling on the fluorescent material. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20140015637 | VIRTUAL VEHICLE ENTRY KEYPAD AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Keypad indicia are integral with a window of a vehicle. The keypad indicia are formed using a ultra-violet (UV) fluorescent dye that is nearly invisible to a human eye until exposed to UV light. A UV light emitting device of the vehicle is configured for outputting UV light. The light emitting device is mounted for enabling the keypad indicia to be exposed to the outputted UV light thereby causing the keypad indicia to become readily visible by the human eye. An imaging device of the vehicle captures user interaction with the keypad indicia while the keypad indicia is exposed to the outputted UV light. The keypad interaction processor determines if a sequence of body part movements with respect to the keypad indicia that is captured by the imaging device during exposure of the keypad indicia to the outputted light corresponds to an access code of the vehicle. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140355287 | AMBIENT VEHICLE LIGHTING UNIT WITH ESD PROTECTION - An ambient vehicle lighting unit is provided and includes a carrier defining an interior volume and having an illuminable portion. A light emitter is disposed in the interior volume and configured to illuminate the illuminable portion and a protective member is disposed on a surface of the carrier and configured to absorb electrostatic discharge when an electrically charged object contacts the surface. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150285458 | VEHICLE HEADLAMP SYSTEM - A vehicle headlamp system includes a headlamp component with a reflecting element and a light source. The reflecting element includes an array of selectively controllable portions, and the light source provides a first output to the reflecting element. The system further includes a computer coupled to the light source and the reflecting element. The computer selectively operating the portions of the reflecting element to shape the first output into illumination areas according to at least one vehicle user characteristic. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150298622 | METHOD FOR REDUCING REFLECTANCE OF BRIGHT DECORATIVE TRIM UNDER HIGH AMBIENT LIGHT CONDITIONS - In a dimmable trim component for a vehicle interior, a trim article includes a reflective member having a photoreactive or an electro-optic coating disposed over the reflective member. The reflective member is configured to reflect ambient light. The coating is a bistable coating and is operable between a first light transmissive state and a second light transmissive state. When in the first light transmissive state, ambient light is transmitted to the reflective member for reflection by the reflective member through the coating. When in the second light transmissive state, a portion of the ambient light is absorbed by the coating and therefore, not reflected by the reflective member, such that the coating provides a dimming effect to the trim article in high ambient conditions. | 10-22-2015 |
