Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: an active matrix substrate with a pixel electrode in each of a plurality of pixels; a counter substrate including a counter electrode that opposes the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer between the active matrix substrate and the counter substrate; and a pair of polarizers oppose each other via the liquid crystal layer and are in a crossed Nicols arrangement. The pixel electrode- includes a cruciform trunk portion arranged to coincide with polarization axes of the polarizers, a plurality of branch portions extending from the trunk portion, and a plurality of slits between the branch portions. The active matrix substrate further includes an auxiliary electrode which is arranged to oppose the pixel electrode via an insulation layer. The auxiliary electrode and the pixel electrode define a storage capacitor.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a connecting rod bearing constituted by a half bearing, which has a main cylindrical portion, crush reliefs and a transitional region. The crush relief is formed so that a depth from a virtual inner circumferential surface at a position of an end surface of the half bearing in a circumferential direction is larger than a depth from the virtual inner circumferential surface at a position where the crush relief connects with the transitional region. Further, a plurality of circumferential grooves are provided in the main cylindrical portion to continuously extend in the circumferential direction throughout an entire length of the main cylindrical portion in the circumferential direction, and are continuously provided also in the transitional region.

Abstract: A connecting rod bearing fort supporting a crankpin of an internal combustion engine is provided. The crankpin has a discharge port on its surface for supplying lubrication oil to a gap between the crankpin and the connecting rod bearing constituted by a pair of half bearings. The half bearing includes a main cylindrical portion, crush reliefs and transitional regions. A plurality of crush relief grooves are formed in the crush relief to continuously extend in a circumferential direction, and an axial groove is formed at an inner side end edge of the half bearing in the circumferential direction to continuously extend in an axial direction so that the crush relief grooves communicate with the axial groove.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (10) includes: an array substrate (1); a counter substrate (2); a liquid crystal layer (3); and spacer members (4). A plurality of pixels provided on the array substrate (1) include first pixels on which no spacer members (4) are provided and second pixels on which the respective spacer members (4) are provided. First pixel electrodes (20) provided in the respective first pixels each have: a first main part (21a); a second main part (21b); and a plurality of branch parts (22a through 22d) extending, in fixed directions. Second pixel electrodes (30) provided in the respective second pixels each have: a first main part (31a); a second main part (31b); a plurality of branch parts (32a through 32d) extending, in fixed directions; and a region on which a corresponding one of the spacer members (4) is provided and which is a solid electrode.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide zeaxanthin-enriched poultry eggs containing zeaxanthin at high concentrations. The present invention specifically relates to zeaxanthin-enriched poultry eggs obtained by feeding poultry with a poultry feedstuff containing zeaxanthin-producing bacteria.

Abstract: Arbitrary one pixel P (contact hole pixel (13)) is selected in a predetermined demarcated area (20) of the liquid crystal display device of the present invention. The pixel P is (i) any of four pixels Q1 through Q4 (contact hole pixels (13)) closest to another pixel P or (ii) (a) contained in a quadrangle whose vertices correspond to respective four pixels Q1 through Q4 closest to the pixel P and (b) any of four pixels Q1 through Q4 closest to another pixel P. Further, two diagonal lines of a quadrangle formed by four pixels Q1 through Q4 are inclined at respective two angles with respect to a gate bus line (line segment A-B), and a difference between the two angles is smaller than 30 degrees. Moreover, the contact hole pixels (13) are provided for respective source bus lines in the predetermined demarcated area (20).

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n?1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1?m?(n?2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n?1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1?m?(n?2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device 20 including a display region 11a and a display region 11b. The display region 11a includes pixels 10a provided with, as pixel electrodes, transflective electrodes 15, each including a transmissive electrode 15a that carries out transmissive display, and a reflective electrode 15b that carries out reflective display. The display region 11b includes pixels 10b provided with, as pixel electrodes, transmissive electrodes 16 that carry out transmissive display. The direction in which the long side of the transmissive electrode 15a of the pixel 10a extends is positioned in the same direction in which the long side of the transmissive electrode 16 of the pixel 10b extends. By aligning the long side direction of the transmissive electrode 15a with the long side direction of the transmissive electrode 16, the direction of change in chromaticity in the display region 11a and the direction of change in chromaticity in the display region 11b become the same.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device (20), a liquid crystal panel (14) is divided into a display region (15a) including a plurality of pixels (10a) and a display region (15b) including a plurality of pixels (10b). A memory circuit (1) is provided to each pixel (10a) included in the display region (15a). The memory circuit (1) is capable of storing a data signal supplied from a signal line (3). As such, writing the data signal, which has been stored in the memory circuit (1), into a pixel electrode (2) allows an image to be displayed in accordance with the data signal. That is, in the display region (15a), it is possible to display an image without supplying image data from the outside via a scanning line (4) and the signal line (3). This allows a reduction in electric power consumption.

Abstract: A pixel electrode (1) has a frame portion (6) along the entire inner circumference of a pixel (10). The frame portion (6) is provided with a plurality of fine electrodes (7a to 7d) each disposed to form an angle of 45 degrees to the polarization axis of a linear polarizing plate. The pixel electrode (1) has a slit (8) formed in a portion other than the frame portion (6) and the fine electrodes (7a to 7d), i.e., the center portion. When the pixel electrode (1) is applied with a voltage, liquid crystal molecules (4) are oriented in four different directions along the fine electrodes (7a to 7d). Furthermore, by the effects from the frame portion (6) along the entire inner circumference of the pixel (10), the liquid crystal molecules (4) are tilted from the center of the pixel electrode (1) toward the outer circumference of an opposite electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel that has an enhanced liquid crystal alignment controlling force irrespective of the external conditions or environments. The enhanced liquid crystal alignment controlling force sufficiently prevents surface roughness or color unevenness that can occur depending on the viewing angle, so that favorable display qualities and excellent transmittance can be achieved. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates comprising a pixel electrode and a counter electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, the liquid crystal display panel comprising spacers at at least four corners of a pixel defined by the pixel electrode.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n?1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1?m?(n?2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n?1) are outputted to pixels. On the other hand, when a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1?m?(n?2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n?1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1?m?(n?2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes: an active matrix substrate (1) which includes a pixel electrode (12) provided in each of a plurality of pixels; a counter substrate (2) which has a counter electrode (22) that is arranged so as to oppose the pixel electrode (12); a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer (3) interposed between the active matrix substrate (1) and the counter substrate (2); and a pair of polarizers (40a, 40b) which are arranged so as to oppose each other via the liquid crystal layer (3) and which are in a crossed Nicols arrangement. The pixel electrode (12) includes a cruciform trunk portion (12a) which is arranged so as to coincide with polarization axes (P1, P2) of the pair of polarizers (40a, 40b), a plurality of branch portions (12b) extending from the trunk portion (12a) in a direction of approximately 45°, and a plurality of slits (12c) provided between the plurality of branch portions (12b).

Abstract: A vertical orientation liquid crystal display in which orientation control by oblique electric field is performed stably and lowering in light transmission rate of the liquid crystal display is suppressed without increasing the number of manufacturing steps significantly. In the vertical orientation liquid crystal display, a plurality of regions having different inclination orientations of liquid crystal molecule are formed by applying a voltage to each pixel electrode having an aperture or a recessed portion. The liquid crystal display comprises a switching element connected electrically with the pixel electrode, and an auxiliary electrode formed to overlap the aperture or the recessed portion in the pixel electrode wherein the auxiliary electrode is formed of the same film as that of the semiconductor layer in the switching element.

Abstract: A control section (6) merely passes an incoming image data signal DAT onto a source driving section for display driving during the display of a still image. During the display of a moving image, the control section (6) converts, using a computing section (61) and a look-up table (5), a grayscale level signal in the incoming image data signal DAT to a grayscale level signal that is obtainable without using those application voltages at which the response speed of liquid crystal is slow. The control section (6) then outputs the resultant grayscale level signal to the source driving section for display driving.

Abstract: A display device according to the present invention contains a transparent display unit (18) and a reflective display unit (19) in one pixel. The reflective display unit (19) is provided with an insulating layer (8) constituting a multi-gap layer, and a pixel electrode (16) and a common electrode (17) set closer to a display surface than a reflective film (7) at least through the insulating layer. The reflective film (7) is provided on the same plane as the insulating layer (8) in the lower substrate (10) and covered with the insulating layer (8), or provided in a lower layer than the insulating layer (8) in the lower substrate (10) and overlapped with the insulating layer (8).

Abstract: In a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display device, orientation control with an oblique electric field is stably performed, and decrease in light transmittance is suppressed without much increase in the number of production steps. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate provided so as to oppose the first substrate, and a vertical-alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and has a plurality of pixels each including: a switching element which is provided on the first substrate and at least includes a semiconductor layer; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element; a counter electrode opposing the pixel electrode; and the liquid crystal layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode.