Abstract: Provided is a video processing circuit which designates an applied voltage, which is to be applied to a liquid crystal element of each pixel, based on a video signal, including: a first boundary detection portion which analyzes a video signal of a current frame and detects a boundary between a pixel, to which an applied voltage near a maximum grayscale is applied, and a pixel, to which an applied voltage near a minimum grayscale is applied, based on the video signal; a second boundary detection portion which analyzes a video signal of a frame preceding the current frame and detects a boundary between the pixel, to which the applied voltage near the maximum grayscale is applied, and the pixel, to which the applied voltage near the minimum grayscale is applied, based on the video signal; and a correction portion which corrects the applied voltage to a voltage which provides an initial tilt angle to a liquid crystal molecule in a case where the applied voltage designated with the video signal of a pixel adjacent

Abstract: A video processing circuit, includes: a boundary detection section adapted to detect a boundary between a first pixel having an applied voltage, which is designated by the video signal input and is lower than a first voltage, and a second pixel having an applied voltage, which is designated by the video signal input and is one of equal to and higher than a second voltage higher than the first voltage, in a present frame and in a previous frame, which is one frame earlier than the present frame, respectively; and a correction section adapted to correct the video signal adapted to designate the applied voltages to the liquid crystal elements corresponding to the first pixel and the second pixel abutting on a moving section in the boundary of the present frame moving one pixel from the boundary in the previous frame so as to reduce a lateral electrical field caused by the first pixel and the second pixel.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a display unit that has a plurality of pixel portions constituting a display area on a substrate and an image signal processing. The image signal processing circuit generates an image signal that sets a first subframe frame luminance of the pixel portion in a first subframe and sets a second subframe luminance of the pixel portion in a second subframe. The first subframe and the second subframe are obtained by partitioning a first frame of a first frame image signal. The first frame has a frame luminance. The first subframe luminance is higher than the frame luminance and the second subframe luminance is lower than the frame luminance.

Abstract: A video processing circuit used in a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a present frame to detect a boundary between a first pixel and a second pixel; a second boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a frame one frame before the present frame to detect a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel; a correction portion that corrects an applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to a second pixel which is adjacent to a portion of the boundary detected by the first boundary detector, which is changed from the boundary detected by the second boundary detector from the applied voltage specified by the video signal of the present frame to a voltage equal to or higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage.

Abstract: A video processing circuit detects a risk boundary, which a portion of the boundary between a dark pixel and a bright pixel in an image represented by a video signal Vid-in, and is determined by a tilt azimuth of liquid crystal molecules, from the boundary, and corrects a video signal corresponding to at least one of the dark pixel and the bright pixel which is contiguous to the detected risk boundary in at least one field of a plurality of fields constituting one frame such that a period in which the risk boundary is present in one frame period is shortened.

Abstract: A video processing circuit for a liquid crystal panel, includes: a boundary detecting unit which detects a boundary between a first pixel whose applied voltage specified by an input video signal is below a first voltage and a second pixel whose applied voltage is equal to or higher than a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage; and a correction unit which corrects, for at least two second pixels one of which is adjacent to the boundary detected by the boundary detecting unit on the opposite side of the first pixel and which are successive in a direction opposite to the boundary, an applied voltage to liquid crystal elements corresponding to the second pixels from the applied voltage specified by the video signal to a voltage which is equal to or higher than the first voltage and below the second voltage.

Abstract: One field is divided into p (p is an integer of 2 or more) groups and each of the divided groups is divided into two subfields. The p groups have the same time period. The sub-fields forming one field have time periods that are different from each other. A plurality of scanning lines are divided into at least first and second groups. A field start timing of pixels corresponding to the scanning lines of the first group is set to be different from a field start timing of pixels corresponding to scanning lines of the second group by at least the time period of the groups.

Abstract: A driving method for a liquid crystal display apparatus, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, and that controls a transmitted light in the liquid crystal layer by dividing a single frame period into multiple subfield periods and applying an on/off binary data signal between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in each subfield period. When a counter electrode potential applied to the counter electrode is used as a reference and a voltage higher than the reference is taken as a positive-polarity voltage and a voltage lower than the reference is taken as a negative-polarity voltage, the data signal is converted to the positive-polarity voltage and negative-polarity voltage alternately and cyclically every a cyclical period having subfield period or every several subfield periods. Further, the length of half the cyclical period is no less than 1.6 ms.

Abstract: A video processing circuit detects a risk boundary that is a part of a boundary between a dark pixel and a bright pixel, and is determined in accordance with the tilt azimuth of liquid crystal molecules from a boundary changed over the previous frame to the current frame and, for at least one side of dark pixels and bright pixels brought into contact with the detected risk boundary, corrects a video signal designating the application voltage of a liquid crystal element corresponding to the pixel of the frame brought into contact with the risk boundary out of a plurality of frames from the current frame to k frames (here, k is a natural number) following the current frame such that a lateral direction electric field generated between the dark pixel and the bright pixel decreases.

Abstract: A display device includes a data converting section that converts display data that is to be supplied to pixel units. The data converting section converting on the basis of a predetermined conversion rule for each of a plurality of fields. The plurality of fields corresponds to respective light emission time periods of the plurality of light beams and following one after another in a successive manner on a time axis. The predetermined conversion rule converts data for a preceding field of one color to achieve a value in a successive field of a different color, such that the value approaches a desired value for at least one of brightness and color obtained when an image is displayed in the display area during the successive field.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixels, a scanning-line driving circuit, a block selecting circuit, a sampling circuit, and a control circuit. The scanning-line driving circuit selects the plurality of scanning lines in a predetermined order in each of a first and second field to which a frame is divided and applies a selection voltage. The block selecting circuit selects the blocks in either a right or left direction in a period during which the scanning line is selected. The sampling circuit samples a data signal corresponding to a gray scale level into each of the columns of data lines belonging to a block selected by the block selecting circuit. The control circuit controls the block selecting circuit to, select the blocks in one of the right direction and the left direction for each field.

Abstract: A method of driving a liquid crystal device having an optically compensated bend mode and including an image display area including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a row direction in which a plurality of scanning lines extend and in a column direction in which a plurality of data lines extend. The method includes performing an initial transition of a liquid crystal alignment from a splay alignment to a bend alignment. The initial transition includes inversion driving for driving the plurality of pixels by using, among a plurality of inversion driving modes, one inversion driving mode for inverting relative polarities of voltages applied to the plurality of pixels, and different inversion driving for switching the inversion driving mode in the inversion driving to a different inversion driving mode before driving the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: A video processing circuit replaces an applied voltage designated by the video signal and applied to a first pixel with a predetermined third voltage, in the case that the applied voltage is lower than the third voltage, the first pixel is abutted on a predetermined application boundary, and the first pixel is surrounded by a risk boundary determined in accordance with a tilt azimuth direction of the liquid crystal on at least two sides.

Abstract: A video processing circuit replaces an applied voltage designated by the video signal and applied to a first pixel with a predetermined third voltage, in the case that the applied voltage is lower than the third voltage, the first pixel is abutted on a predetermined application boundary, and the first pixel is surrounded by a risk boundary determined in accordance with a tilt azimuth direction of the liquid crystal on at least two sides.

Abstract: A video processing circuit used in a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a present frame to detect a boundary between a first pixel and a second pixel; a second boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a frame one frame before the present frame to detect a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel; a correction portion that corrects an applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to a second pixel which is adjacent to a portion of the boundary detected by the first boundary detector, which is changed from the boundary detected by the second boundary detector from the applied voltage specified by the video signal of the present frame to a voltage equal to or higher than the first voltage and lower than the second voltage.

Abstract: A video processing circuit used in a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a present frame to detect a boundary between a first pixel and a second pixel; a second boundary detector that analyzes a video signal of a frame one frame before the present frame to detect a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel; a third boundary detector that detects a risk boundary that is determined by a tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal; and a correction portion that corrects an applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to a first pixel from the applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to the first pixel to a third voltage or higher, when the applied voltage specified by the video signal input to the first pixel is lower than the third voltage.

Abstract: A video processing circuit, includes: a boundary detection section adapted to detect a boundary between a first pixel having an applied voltage, which is designated by the video signal input and is lower than a first voltage, and a second pixel having an applied voltage, which is designated by the video signal input and is one of equal to and higher than a second voltage higher than the first voltage, in a present frame and in a previous frame, which is one frame earlier than the present frame, respectively; and a correction section adapted to correct the video signal adapted to designate the applied voltages to the liquid crystal elements corresponding to the first pixel and the second pixel abutting on a moving section in the boundary of the present frame moving one pixel from the boundary in the previous frame so as to reduce a lateral electrical field caused by the first pixel and the second pixel.

Abstract: A video processing circuit for a liquid crystal panel, includes: a boundary detecting unit which detects a boundary between a first pixel whose applied voltage specified by an input video signal is below a first voltage and a second pixel whose applied voltage is equal to or higher than a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage; and a correction unit which corrects, for at least two second pixels one of which is adjacent to the boundary detected by the boundary detecting unit on the opposite side of the first pixel and which are successive in a direction opposite to the boundary, an applied voltage to liquid crystal elements corresponding to the second pixels from the applied voltage specified by the video signal to a voltage which is equal to or higher than the first voltage and below the second voltage.

Abstract: A video processing circuit used in a liquid crystal panel, includes: a boundary detector that detects a portion of a boundary between a first pixel whose applied voltage specified by an input video signal is lower than a first voltage and a second pixel whose applied voltage is higher than a second voltage higher than the first voltage, as a risk boundary that is determined by a tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal; and a correction portion that corrects an applied voltage to a liquid crystal device corresponding to a second pixel which is adjacent to the risk boundary from the applied voltage specified by the video signal to a voltage equal to or lower than the second voltage and higher than the first voltage.

Abstract: A video processing circuit for a liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The video processing circuit includes: a risk boundary detecting unit configured to detect a risk boundary that is a portion of boundaries each between a first pixel whose applied voltage that is specified by an input video signal is below a first voltage and a second pixel whose applied voltage exceeds a second voltage higher than the first voltage, the risk boundary being determined by a tilt azimuth of the liquid crystal; an identification unit configured to identify a first pixel that is surrounded by the risk boundary at least two edges, in first pixels adjacent to the boundaries; and a replacement unit configured to replace, a voltage to be applied to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel, the voltage being specified by the input video signal, with a predetermined third voltage.