Appeal 2007-0600
Application 09/943,535
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to driving arrangements for active matrix
LCDs. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A driving arrangement for an active matrix liquid crystal display
comprising:
(a) a multi-format digital data driver arranged to operate in a plurality
of different display modes, to receive digital input data in a plurality
of different color formats, and to drive data lines of the liquid crystal
display so as to cause an image to be displayed by the display
corresponding to said input data; and
(b) data analysis means arranged to receive said digital input data, to
determine the color format of the input data, and to control the data
driver to operate in the display mode corresponding to the determined
color format of the input data, wherein the data driver is controlled so
as to consume less power in low resolution display modes and more
power in high resolution display modes based on the determined color
format.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Misawa US 5,250,931 Oct. 05, 1993
Daher US 5,327,254 Jul. 05, 1994
Nishioka US 5,390,293 Feb. 14, 1995
Koyama US 5,767,832 Jun. 16, 1998
Cairns EP 0,930,716 B1 Jul. 21, 1999
Nakagiri US 6,396,465 B1 May 28, 2002
(filed Nov. 9, 1999)
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