ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,068, issued on April 21, was assigned to Daktronics Inc. (Brookings, S.D.).
"Hybrid pulse-width-modulation pixels" was invented by Imre Knausz (Fairport, N.Y.) and Ronald S. Cok (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid pulse-width-modulation pixel includes a light controller responsive to a variable power signal specifying different powers and a pixel controller. The pixel controller is operable receive a pixel luminance signal comprising multiple bits specifying a desired light-controller luminance, generate the variable power signal in response to the pixel luminance signal, and drive the light controller to emit l...