Control Means At Each Display Element Patents (Class 345/90)
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Patent number: 8427465Abstract: Provided are a display device which may be capable of eliminating display irregularities due to the difference in the charging rate between lines, while preventing increase in heat generation and power consumption by the device, and a circuit and method for driving the same. In a liquid crystal display device employing both a 2-line dot-inversion drive method and a charge-sharing method, a charge-sharing period (TB) within a horizontal scanning period (2H period) in which the polarity of each data signal is the same as that in one horizontal scanning period previous thereto, is set to be longer than a charge-sharing period (TA) within a horizontal scanning period (1H period) in which the polarity of each data signal is different from that in one horizontal scanning period previous thereto. Thus, a charge period within the 2H period can be shorter than that within the 1H period.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masae Kitayama, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Kentaro Irie
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Patent number: 8422108Abstract: An interferometric modulator (Imod) cavity has a reflector and an induced absorber. A direct view reflective flat panel display may include an array of the modulators. Adjacent spacers of different thicknesses are fabricated on a substrate by a lift-off technique used to pattern the spacers which are deposited separately, each deposition providing a different thickness of spacer. Or a patterned photoresist may be used to allow for an etching process to selectively etch back the thickness of a spacer which was deposited in a single deposition. A full-color static graphical image may be formed of combined patterns of interferometric modulator cavities. Each cavity includes a reflector, and an induced absorber, the induced absorber including a spacer having a thickness that defines a color associated with the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Mark W. Miles
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Patent number: 8416159Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a light emitting unit, a memory cell, and a driving circuit. The memory cell stores an image data. The driving circuit is electrically connected with the light emitting unit and the memory cell, and drives the light emitting unit according to the image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventor: Keitaro Yamashita
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Patent number: 8416167Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of an OCB mode includes a liquid crystal layer held between an array substrate and a counter-substrate, and a display section composed of display pixels arrayed in a matrix. The array substrate includes pixel electrodes which are disposed in association with the display pixels. The counter-substrate includes a counter-electrode opposed to the pixel electrodes. The substrates include a pair of alignment films which are disposed on the pixel electrodes and the counter-electrode, respectively, and are subjected to rubbing treatment to control an alignment state of liquid crystal molecules included in the layer. A transition-nucleus formation section, which generates an electric field for transitioning the alignment state of the liquid crystal molecules included in the layer from a non-display state to a display state, is provided on a terminal-end side of a rubbing direction of each of the alignment films in each of the display pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Japan Display Central Inc.Inventors: Tetsuo Fukami, Midori Tsukane, Kenji Nakao
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Patent number: 8416168Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes; a gate line, a plurality of pairs of a first data line and a second data line which border a plurality of pixel regions and are disposed respectively on both sides of each pixel region, a plurality of pairs of first and second thin-film transistors (“TFTs”) which are connected to the gate line and a pair of the first and second data lines, and a first and second subpixel electrode disposed in each pixel region and connected to the first and second TFTs, respectively, wherein the pixel regions include first through third pixel regions arranged in the first direction, wherein at least one of the first and second TFTs of the second pixel region is disposed on a same side of an adjacent data line as the first and second subpixel electrodes of one of the first and third pixel regions.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Beom Cho, Dong-Gyun Ra, Yong-Jun Choi, Woo-Jin Jung
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Patent number: 8411003Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and methods of driving same. In one embodiment, the LCD) includes a plurality of gate lines, {Gn}, spatially arranged along a row direction; a plurality of data lines, {Dm}, spatially arranged along a column direction perpendicular to the row direction, and a plurality of pixels, {Pn,m}, spatially arranged in the form of a matrix, where m=1, 2, . . . , M, n=1, 2, . . . , N, and M and N are positive integers.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Yu-Cheng Tsai, Kuo-Hsien Lee, Chao-Liang Lu, Jing-Tin Kuo
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Patent number: 8411005Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes an LCD section and a driving section. The driving section provides the LCD section with a compensated gradation datum based on a first gradation datum of an (n)-th frame, a second gradation datum of an (n+1)-th frame and a third gradation datum of an (n?1)-th frame. The driving section provides the LCD section with a sum total of a pre-tilt value that is varied in accordance with the gradation and the first gradation datum when the gradation of the second gradation datum is higher than that of the first gradation datum. The driving section provides the LCD section with the first gradation datum when a gradation of the second gradation datum is lower than that of the first gradation datum.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Joon Park, Jung-Mok Han, Jeong-Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 8411006Abstract: In a display device having a plurality of scan signal line driving circuits, its display quality is improved. The display device comprises a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of image signal lines, and a plurality of scan signal line driving circuits for generating scan signals for driving the scan signal lines. Each of the scan signal line driving circuit internally generates a driving signal having the waveform of such potential variation that the potential decreases with a slope from a high potential to an intermediate potential between the high potential and a low potential. Each of the scan signal line driving circuits further includes a signal wiring for connecting the scan signal line driving circuits to one another and applying the driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Kazuhiro Tani
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Patent number: 8411220Abstract: A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display and a lower substrate thereof are disclosed. The voltage provided by coupling electrode lines is swung between a high voltage level and a low voltage level. Therefore, with different coupling of a large pixel electrode and of a small pixel electrode that both receive the same color displaying data, the voltage on the large pixel electrode is different from that on the small pixel electrode. The tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the large pixel electrode and the upper electrode is different from the tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the small pixel electrode and the upper electrode for compensating the gamma value of the color. Besides, through adjusting the value of the voltage respectively on the coupling electrode lines to compensate the gamma values of different colors and the gamma values of different colors will tend to be uniform.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventor: Chih-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20130076610Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of addressing a bistable matrix screen, in which the following two steps are reiterated: A. a disturbance signal is applied to each pixel of a marking area for a time t1, said disturbance signal being higher than a threshold signal such that each pixel of the area leaves its initial stable state, said disturbance signal being lower than a switching signal such that each pixel of the area having one of the stable states as its initial state does not switch into the other stable state, each pixel of the area then being in an intermediate disturbed state that is intermediate between the two stable states, and then B. no signal is applied to each pixel of the area for a time t2 to allow each pixel of the area to return to its initial stable state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: NEMOPTIC S.A.Inventors: Ivan Dozov, Francois Leblanc, Jean-Denis Laffitte, Stephane Joly, Philippe Martinot-Lagarde, Jacques Angele
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Patent number: 8405591Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a liquid crystal display, comprising a matrix of pixels arranged in crossed lines and columns and in which a switch in the state of the liquid crystal molecules, controlled by application of an electric control signal between two electrodes (50, 52) enclosing each pixel, which brings about a flow in a given direction (18), the pixel addressing being carried out by a line by line addressing either in a single step or in two steps, the first step comprising a collective addressing of at least a part of the screen in a given single texture, followed by a second step of line by line addressing, characterized in comprising, for controlling the switching of at least some of the pixels (P), a step for application to at least one adjacent pixel (58) of auxiliary electric signals wherein, depending on the direction of flow of the pixel (P) the switching of which is to be controlled, the rising or falling fronts of the auxiliary signals are temporally advanced in relatiType: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: NemopticInventors: Philippe Martinot-Lagarde, Stéphane Joly, Jean Denis Laffitte
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Patent number: 8400386Abstract: A transreflective liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate (202) on which a color filter is disposed, a lower substrate (201) on which scanning lines and data lines are formed, a liquid crystal layer (206) sandwiched between the upper substrate (202) and the lower substrate (201) and a backlight unit (204) provided on the side of the lower substrate (201) opposite to the liquid crystal layer (206). The lower substrate (201) and the upper substrate (202) are parallel, and the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer (206) are arranged parallel the upper substrate (202) when no voltage is applied. A transparent electrode (205) is disposed on the side of the upper substrate (202) faced to the liquid crystal layer (206), and there are comb-shaped electrodes (203) disposed on the side of the lower substrate (201) faced to the liquid crystal layer (206).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuhui Peng, Zhihua Ling, Xinghua Nie, Sitao Huo
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Patent number: 8395575Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel and spaced apart from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a variable capacitor having a capacitance that varies by a touch and generating a control voltage that has a magnitude depending on the capacitance, and a sensing element disposed on the second panel and generating a sensing signal based on the control voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo-Hyung Lee, Kee-Han Uh, Jong-Woung Park, Sang-Jin Park
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Patent number: 8390552Abstract: In one embodiment of the present application, a display is disclosed in which any defective pixel is rendered less noticeable even if a full-screen white display or suchlike is effected. In a normally-white liquid crystal display device, which transitions after power activation from non-display state through display starting state, where a full-screen blank white display is effected, to normal display state, an auxiliary electrode driver portion controls an auxiliary capacitance line voltage Vcs to be applied to auxiliary capacitance lines in accordance with the state of the liquid crystal display device in the following manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiko Miyashita
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Patent number: 8390553Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for reducing common voltage loading and/or enabling a simplified manner of polarity inversion in liquid crystal display (LCD) devices are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a device may include a processor, a memory device, and a liquid crystal display having a pixel array including rows and columns of pixels. The pixels of each row of the pixel array may be configured to cause an approximately even amount of common voltage loading to be shared between one of a first plurality of common electrodes and one of a second plurality of common electrodes when the pixels of each row of the pixel array receive a scanning signal and a data signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
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Patent number: 8390536Abstract: An active matrix display includes at least one data driver circuit comprising a column data line and a parallel column current line; a plurality of pixels connected in series to both the column data line and the parallel column current line comprising at least one pixel that is responsive to the column data line to drive a selected pixel current to the at least one pixel; and a loopback control circuit at the head of the column and external to the plurality of pixels that senses a voltage difference between an input column current in the current line and a voltage of a load drawing on the current line and that adjusts a data programming voltage according to the difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Inventors: Matias N Troccoli, Miltiadis K Hatalis
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Patent number: 8390565Abstract: An electrophoretic display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other, an electrophoretic element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrophoretic element including electrophoretic particles, a display unit that has a plurality of pixels including the electrophoretic element, a common electrode that is formed on an electrophoretic element side of the second substrate, and a first control line and a second control line that are formed in either the first substrate or the second substrate. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a pixel switching element, a memory circuit that is connected to the pixel switching element, a switching circuit that is connected to the memory circuit, and a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are connected to the switching circuit and are disposed to face the common electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Murayama, Yasuhiro Shimodaira, Hiroshi Maeda
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Patent number: 8373730Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 8373731Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 8368630Abstract: A liquid crystal display is described. The liquid crystal display includes a common voltage generation unit that swings first and second common voltages in opposite directions every a predetermined period of time using two voltage levels, a plurality of first longitudinal common lines that are formed parallel to data lines to supply the first common voltage input through first input units to first pixel common line patterns formed in first pixel units, and a plurality of second longitudinal common lines that are formed parallel to the data lines to supply the second common voltage input through second input units to second pixel common line patterns formed in second pixel units.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaekyun Lee, Jaeyoung Oh, Dongsu Shin, Sanghun Choi
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Patent number: 8363027Abstract: Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Steven Porter Hotelling, Marduke Yousefpor, Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
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Patent number: 8362995Abstract: A multi-domain LCD panel includes data lines, scan lines and pixels. Each pixel includes first and second sub-pixels respectively having first and second storage capacitors. A first data switch is selectively coupled to a first terminal of the first capacitor and one of the data lines. A second data switch is selectively coupled to a first terminal of the second capacitor and one of the data lines. First and second bias lines are respectively coupled to second terminals of the first and second capacitors. When a corresponding scan line is enabled, the first and second data switches turn on such that a signal on the data line is transmitted to the first and second sub-pixels. After the scan line is disabled, levels of the first and second bias lines are changed such that pixel voltages of the first and second sub-pixels differ from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Ming-Feng Hsieh, Chien-Hong Chen, Chih-Yung Hsieh, I-Lin Ho, Che-Ming Hsu, Fu-Cheng Chen
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Publication number: 20130021230Abstract: An apparatus including: a pixellated polarizer including a first array of pixels wherein each pixel can be selectively controlled either to provide a defined polarization or not to provide a defined polarization; a pixellated light emitter including a second array of pixels wherein each pixel can be selectively controlled to emit light; a reflector; and a controller configured to control the pixellated polarizer and pixellated light emitter to adopt in a first context a transmissive mode, in a second context a reflective mode and in a third context a selective transflective mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventor: Johan L. Bergquist
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Publication number: 20130021385Abstract: The present invention discloses an LCD device, which includes N scan lines, N rows of first and second pixel units alternately arranged, N/2 auxiliary scan lines, and switches. The N/2 auxiliary scan lines are respectively disposed between an (i)th row of the first pixel units and an (i+1)th row of the second pixel units, in which N is a positive integer greater than 1, and i is an odd number and 1?i<N. The switches are disposed in the auxiliary scan lines for controlling a conduction between the common electrode and the pixel electrode in the (i)th row and the (i+1)th row of the pixel units. Moreover, a black frame insertion method is also discloses. Moments of driving the auxiliary scan lines are later than moments of driving the scan lines. Frame rates do not need to be increased, which makes twists of liquid crystal more stable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.Inventor: Hung-lung Hou
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Patent number: 8350492Abstract: A backlight unit, with a parallel configuration of plural lamps, having improved reliability is disclosed. The backlight unit driver includes: first and second lamps connected parallel to each other; a DC/AC inversion portion inverting a DC voltage into an AC voltage to apply the AC voltage to the lamps; a transformer transforming the AC voltage from the DC/AC inversion portion; a positive polarity AC signal compensator compensating an electric current difference between the first and second lamps using positive polarity AC signals from the first and second lamps; and a negative polarity AC signal compensator compensating the electric current difference between the first and second lamps using negative polarity AC signals from the first and second lamps.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., Postech Academy-Industry FoundationInventors: Jong Ho Lim, Kyu Bong Jung, Young Kyu Park, Bong Koo Kang
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Publication number: 20130002528Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: pixels each composed of n sub-pixels, the pixels being arranged in a matrix; a switching element provided for each sub-pixel; a liquid crystal element provided for each sub-pixel; n reference potential trunk lines having a mutually different magnitude of potential; a first display signal line that supplies a display signal; a scanning line; a controller; a first substrate on which the n reference potential trunk lines and the switching elements are disposed; and a second substrate on which the first display signal lines are disposed. The liquid crystal elements are formed in between the first substrate and the second substrate. A pole at one end of each liquid crystal element of the n sub-pixels is connected to the first display signal line, and a pole at the other end of each liquid crystal element of the n sub-pixels is connected to the respective first to nth reference potential trunk lines via the respective switching elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiji Ohhashi, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Tetsuya Ide, Shohei Katsuta
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Patent number: 8344980Abstract: A multiplexed pixel display includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of storage elements, a first voltage supply terminal, a second voltage supply terminal, a common electrode, and a plurality of multiplexers each selectively coupling an associated one of the pixel electrodes with one of the first voltage supply terminal and the second voltage supply terminal responsive to a value of a data bit stored in an associated one of said storage elements. A controller is configured to sequentially write each bit of multi-bit data words to the storage elements, and assert, while each bit is stored in the storage elements, a first predetermined voltage on the first voltage supply terminal, a second predetermined voltage on the second voltage supply terminal, and a third predetermined voltage on the common electrode, for a time dependent on the significance of the stored bit. Various alternate controllers facilitate the use of additional driving schemes.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William Spencer Worley, III, Edwin Lyle Hudson, Wing Hong Chow
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Patent number: 8344981Abstract: A display driver including: a data line driver circuit which drives an output line based on a drive voltage corresponding to display data; a first switching element connected between a first power supply line and the output line; a second switching element connected between a second power supply line and the output line; and a switch control circuit which controls the first and second switching elements. The lengths of first and second periods are determined based on at least part of the display data in a horizontal scanning period which is immediately before a current horizontal scanning period. The first and second switching elements are respectively turned ON and OFF in the first period, and are respectively turned OFF and ON in the second period. After the second period, the first and second switching elements are turned OFF, and the output line is driven by the data line driver circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Akira Morita
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Patent number: 8344977Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprising: a receiver for receiving power and differential signal; a backlight power supply which supplies the power to a backlight unit; a power-off sensor which senses power-off of the backlight power supply and distorts one of the differential signals; and a controller which senses the distortion of the differential signal and generates an after-image removing gray-scale signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju-Young Park, Kyung-Hun Lee
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Patent number: 8339534Abstract: A display device includes gate lines; data lines; charge control lines each including a charge control voltage input pad; first and second thin film transistors (TFTs) each including control and input electrodes connected to the gate and data lines, respectively; a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to an output electrode of the first TFT; a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to an output electrode of the second TFT; a charge control TFT including a control electrode and an input electrode connected to one of the charge control lines and the second pixel electrode, respectively; and a charge-down capacitor connected to an output electrode of the charge control TFT. A duration time of a turn-on voltage pulse applied to the charge control TFT is different from a duration time of a turn-on voltage pulse applied to the first TFT transistor or the second TFT.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Pyo Lee, Sun-Kyu Son, Ok-Kwon Shin, Jung-Won Kim, Hee-Jin Choi, Sang-Soo Kim, Hyong-Rae Lee, Duk-Hwan Kang, Kwan-Woo Lee
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Patent number: 8339351Abstract: A display device includes a memory unit formed in each pixel to store video data and including a first inverter circuit whose input terminal is connected to a first node and whose output terminal is connected to a second node and a second inverter circuit whose input terminal is connected to the second node and whose output terminal is connected to the first node, a first transistor connected between the output terminal of the second inverter circuit and the video line, and a second transistor connected between the first node and the video line, in which at the time of reading the video data, the first transistor is turned ON, and the second transistor is turned OFF, to output the video data stored in the memory unit to the video line.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kozo Yasuda
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Patent number: 8330684Abstract: In an organic light emitting display and its driving method, a pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels which express images corresponding to a scan signal, an emission control signal, and a data signal. A scan driver transfers the scan signal and the emission control signal to the pixel portion. A data driver generates and transfers a plurality of data signals to the pixel portion using video data. A frame memory stores and transfers the video data in frame periods to the data driver. A luminance controller determines a pulse of the emission control signal using frame data, which is a sum of video data stored in the frame memory. A power supply unit supplies voltages of first and second power sources to the pixel portion. The luminance controller determines the number and widths of pulses in the emission control signal corresponding to a sum of the video data.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-jong Park, June-young Song
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Patent number: 8330694Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal modulation element including first and second electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment film disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer, and a second alignment film disposed between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer. The apparatus further includes a controller that respectively provides first and second electric potentials to the first and second electrodes such that a sign of an electric field generated in the liquid crystal layer is cyclically inverted in a modulation operation state. The controller respectively provides third and fourth electric potentials to the first and second electrodes such that the sign of the electric field is fixed in a state other than the modulation operation state. The apparatus can avoid an influence by cumulated charged particles without adding a new member.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masayuki Abe
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Patent number: 8325111Abstract: A load, a transistor which controls a current value supplied to the load, a capacitor, a power supply line, and first to third switches are provided. After a threshold voltage of the transistor is held by the capacitor, a potential in accordance with a video signal is inputted and a voltage that is the sum of the threshold voltage and the potential is held. Accordingly, variation in current value caused by variation in threshold voltage of the transistor can be suppressed. Therefore, a desired current can be supplied to a load such as a light emitting element. In addition, a display device with a high duty ratio can be provided by changing a potential of the power supply line.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Kimura
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Publication number: 20120299897Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels each including a first subpixel and a second subpixel having liquid crystal layers to which mutually different voltages are applicable, and two switching elements that are provided for the first and second subpixels, respectively. The device further includes a plurality of storage capacitor trunks electrically connected to respective storage capacitor counter electrodes of either the first subpixels or the second subpixels of the pixels through storage capacitor lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masae KITAYAMA, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
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Patent number: 8319763Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of display lines provided in each of blocks and extending in parallel with each other, a plurality of drive circuits provided outside a display region and connected to the display lines in the respective blocks, a plurality of first lines provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions closer to the drive circuits of the display lines in the respective blocks, the first lines being insulated from the display lines, and a second line provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions farther from the drive circuits of the display lines of all the blocks, the second line being insulated from the display lines. The second line is configured to intersect the first lines while being insulated from the first lines, and be supplied with a display signal from each of the drive circuits via an amplifier circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadatoshi Ozeki, Takaharu Yamada, Masahiro Yoshida, Kazuyori Mitsumoto
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Patent number: 8305315Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a monolithic driver-type display device capable of reducing circuit scale of a sampling circuit, and keeping low power consumption by directly driving a source driver with an externally provided video signal. In the monolithic driver-type display device having a display portion for displaying video and circuits for driving the display portion formed on the same insulating substrate, a plurality of sampling switches are provided in association with a plurality of pieces of bit data contained in externally inputted digital video signals. The sampling switches are opened/closed based on sampling signals, thereby sampling the digital video signals for each piece of the bit data and converting the signals into parallel format for output to data lines. The outputted digital video signals charge parasitic capacitances on the data lines and are held therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yousuke Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Maeda, Ichiro Shiraki, Shuji Nishi, Sachio Tsujino
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Patent number: 8305313Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is composed of a plurality of pixels, a plurality of switches and a driver circuit for driving the plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of pixels is provided with a liquid crystal element in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a pixel driving electrode and a common electrode confronting with each other, a first sampling and holding circuit, a second sampling and holding circuit and a switching device. The switching device switches a positive image signal voltage and a negative image signal voltage, and supplies the positive and negative image signal voltages alternately to the pixel driving electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Masato Furuya, Shuichi Konno, Manabu Endou, Yoshihiro Hori, Takashi Kozakai, Aiichiro Fujiyama, Taku Katayama, Hideo Kurogane
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Patent number: 8299996Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 8300165Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel group including a first pixel having a first thin film transistor and a second pixel having a second thin film transistor. A gate line provides a driving signal to a gate of the first and second thin film transistors. A first storage capacitor line is arranged substantially parallel with the gate line and adjacent to one side of the first pixel. A second storage capacitor line is arranged substantially parallel with the gate line and adjacent to an opposite side of the first pixel. The liquid crystal display includes a first storage capacitor arranged in the first pixel and connected between the first thin film transistor and the first storage capacitor line. A second storage capacitor is arranged in the second pixel and is connected between the second thin film transistor and the second storage capacitor line.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Yokoyama, Michiru Senda
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Patent number: 8300034Abstract: A drive circuit for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided, where the LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels located at intersection regions of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The drive circuit includes a gate line drive unit and a data line drive unit. The gate line drive unit is configured to simultaneously enable two of the plurality of gate lines during each of successive horizontal scanning periods, where the two gate lines enabled during a horizontal scanning period are interleaved with the two gate lines enabled during a next horizontal scanning period. The data line drive unit configured to apply gray-scale voltages corresponding to image data to the plurality of data lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-Ho Park
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Patent number: 8294651Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The LCD includes a display panel and a voltage supply device (VSD). The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines disposed substantially perpendicularly with the scan lines, and a plurality of pixels. The pixels are respectively electrically connected with the corresponding data line and the corresponding scan line, and are arranged in an array. Each of the pixels includes a common line and a compensation line, wherein the common line is located in the transparent area to receive a common voltage, and the compensation line is located in the reflection area to receive a stable voltage. The VSD is coupled to the compensation line of each of the pixels for continuously and correspondingly providing the stable voltage to the compensation line of each of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ching-Huan Lin, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Shih-Chia Hsu, Sheng-Chao Liu, Kuang-Hsiang Liu
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Patent number: 8294652Abstract: A driving method for driving an LCD panel having a counter electrode and a source line. In a first period, the counter electrode is driven to a potential VCOMH. In a second period, the counter electrode and the source line are short-circuited to a power supply interconnection having a power supply potential VCI. In a third period, the counter electrode is connected to a ground interconnection while the source line is kept to be short-circuited to the power supply interconnection. In a fourth period, the counter electrode is pulled down to a potential VCOML lower than a ground potential In a fifth period, the source line is driven to a potential corresponding to an image data while the counter electrode is kept to the potential VCOML. The electric power consumed in pulling down the counter electrode from a positive potential to a negative potential can be effectively reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Hiroaki Shirai
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Patent number: 8289254Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each including a switching element connected to a pixel electrode for applying a voltage to a liquid crystal placed between the pixel electrode and a counter electrode; and a vertical scan circuit for supplying a scan signal for controlling the switch element between conducting and non-conducting states, and for scanning the pixels scan line by scan line sequentially, wherein the scan signal includes a first conducting signal setting the switch element at the conducting state, a second conducting signal setting the switch element at the conducting state following to the first conducting signal, and a non-conducting signal setting the switch element at the non-conducting state between the first and second conducting signals to suppress deterioration of the image quality owing to the parasitic capacitance coupling between pixel electrodes and a feedthrough between pixels.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masanobu Oomura
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Patent number: 8284141Abstract: A display device displays images with a plurality of signal lines and includes spare lines, each being arranged to be connectable to the signal lines so as to be used for recovery of the signal lines from disconnection. Each of the spare lines has constricted sections for cutting. With this arrangement, it is possible to easily and properly recover the signal lines from disconnection.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hidetoshi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8279161Abstract: A backlight driving method, which provides three kinds of light sources comprising a red light source, a blue light source, and a green light source. The driving method includes dividing a frame into four sub-frames, and lighting the green light sources twice during two sub-frames respectively, dividing the first frame and the second frame into four sub-frames respectively, lighting the four light sources in the four sub-frames in a first lighting order during the first frame, and lighting the four light sources in the four sub-frames using a second lighting order during the second frame, wherein the first order is different from the second order.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Ya-Ting Hsu, Fang-Cheng Lin, Yi-Pai Huang, Han-Ping D. Shieh, Chien-Hung Chen, Chi-Mao Hung
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Patent number: 8279366Abstract: A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display and a lower substrate thereof are disclosed. The voltage provided by coupling electrode lines is swung between a high voltage level and a low voltage level. Therefore, with different coupling of a large pixel electrode and of a small pixel electrode that both receive the same color displaying data, the voltage on the large pixel electrode is different from that on the small pixel electrode. The tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the large pixel electrode and the upper electrode is different from the tilt angle of the liquid crystal between the small pixel electrode and the upper electrode for compensating the gamma value of the color. Besides, through adjusting the value of the voltage respectively on the coupling electrode lines to compensate the gamma values of different colors and the gamma values of different colors will tend to be uniform.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventor: Chih-Sheng Chen
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Patent number: 8274457Abstract: A driving device of a light emitting unit is provided. The driving device includes a driving circuit, a switch, a capacitor, and a compensation circuit. The driving circuit has a control terminal and a driving terminal connected to the light emitting unit. The driving circuit determines a driving current according to the voltage on the control terminal. The switch has a first end for receiving a data voltage, a second end connected to the light emitting unit, and a control end for receiving a scan voltage. The capacitor has a first end connected to the control terminal of the driving circuit and a second end connected to the second end of the switch. The compensation circuit has an output terminal connected to the first end of the capacitor. The compensation circuit supplies a reset voltage to the first end of the capacitor when the switch is turned on.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventor: Tsung-Ting Tsai
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Patent number: 8269704Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal pixels on regions defined by a plurality of gate lines and a plurality data lines, a gate voltage generator configured to generate a gate high voltage and a gate low voltage, and a gate driver configured to generate gate scan signals to respective gate lines using the gate high and low voltages. The gate scan signals are enabled and shifted sequentially by a predetermined interval. A gate voltage modulating unit is configured to modulate the gate high voltage such that an impulse having a negative polarity is added every predetermined period to the gate high voltage supplied to the gate driver. The gate voltage modulating unit controls a width of the impulse depending on characteristics of the liquid crystal panel to control starting points of predetermined edges of the gate scan signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: In Yong Jung, Byoung Tae Jung
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Patent number: 8264439Abstract: A LCD panel includes a data line, first and second scan lines, first and second pixels and an auxiliary electrode. The first pixel has a first pixel electrode, first and second switches. The first switch has an input terminal coupled to the data line, a control terminal coupled to the first scan line and an output terminal coupled to the first pixel electrode. The second switch has an input terminal coupled to the data line and a control terminal coupled to the first scan line. The second pixel has a second pixel electrode and a third switch. The third switch has an input terminal coupled to the data line, a control terminal coupled to the second scan line and an output terminal coupled to the second pixel electrode. The auxiliary electrode coupled to an output terminal of the second switch is adjacent to the second pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Wintek CorporationInventors: I-Fang Wang, Hen-Ta Kang