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Honeywell Licenses Patented Display Technology to IDTech

Honeywell has announced that it has granted rights to International Display Technology (IDTech) relating to a patented Honeywell technology that increases the brightness of images and reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) products.

"Our company invests millions of dollars in developing leading edge technologies that have widespread use across a variety of industries, and we take necessary steps to protect our investments," said Loria Yeadon, Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell Intellectual Properties Inc. "The Company will continue to vigorously pursue unauthorised uses of its intellectual property."

The agreement provides rights under technology protected by US Patent Number 5,280,371 that provides advantages to LCDs via brighter screens with less image distortions. Honeywell has previously granted '371 patent' rights to AU Optronics, HannStar Display, Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba Matsushita Display, Sharp Corporation, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corp., Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., LG.Philips LCD, NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd., Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Inc., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

LCDs are widely used in products such as desktop PC monitors, notebook computers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, portable DVD players, portable LCD TVs, video game systems, camcorders, digital still cameras and a variety of other industrial and consumer products.


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