Abstract: In a light beam direction control element having: light transmitting regions made of light transmitting material arrayed on a substrate; and a light absorbing region made of light absorbent material filling a gap between the light transmitting regions, the light absorbing region restricting a light beam direction of light passing through the substrate, the light absorbing region extends in first and second directions that form a right angle to each other in a substrate plane. The light beam direction control element further has: a crossing portion where the light absorbing region extending in the first direction and the light absorbing region extending in the second direction cross each other to form an L or T shape; and at least one structure dividing the light absorbing region, located on a region which is other than the crossing portion and where the light absorbing region extends in the first or second directions.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) is provided which is capable of reducing leakage currents in a polycrystalline silicon TFT without causing an increase in manufacturing processes. Source/drain regions of an activated layer of the TFT to be formed in a circuit region and pixel region formed on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display panel for a mobile phone is formed so that its boron impurity falls within a range of 2.5×1018/cm3 to 5.5×1018/cm3 and its impurity activation falls within a range of 1% to 7%.

Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus or the like based on a housing-in technique capable of improving display quality and yield. A display apparatus comprises an upper-lower substrate 100, a display module 103 including a housing 102 with an opening, a resin member 105 formed on the upper-lower substrate 100 along an entire periphery of an opening of the housing 102, and a front panel 106 opposed to the display module 103 across the resin member 105. The housing 102 is so placed as to be interposed between the upper-lower substrate 100 and the front panel 106. A worked surface 500 is located at a part of a ridge line of a boundary part of the housing 102. The resin member 105 is in contact with the entire periphery of the boundary part of the housing 102 and hangs over the inner edge of the upper surface of the housing 102.

Abstract: The stereoscopic image display device which displays images corresponding to each of a plurality of viewpoints includes: a stereoscopic image display panel which includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged and a light-ray separating module provided on the display panel for separating parallax images from each of the pixels towards a plurality of N-viewpoints (N is a natural number of 2 or larger) according to the layout direction of each of the pixels; an observer position measuring unit which measures an observing position of the observer who is facing the display surface; a relative position calculating unit which calculates a relative position of the observer with respect to the stereoscopic image display panel based on the measurement result; and an image generation processing unit which generates viewpoint image by corresponding to the relative position and outputs the image towards the stereoscopic image display panel.

Abstract: Provided are an image sensor and a method of manufacturing method of manufacturing the image sensor. The image sensor includes a substrate, photoelectric transducers and switching elements formed in layers on the substrate in this order. Each of the photoelectric transducers includes a hydrogenated amorphous silicon layer. Each of the switching elements includes an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer. The image sensor further includes a blocking layer arranged between the hydrogenated amorphous silicon layers of the photoelectric transducers and the amorphous oxide semiconductor layers of the switching elements, where the blocking layer suppresses penetration of hydrogen separated from the hydrogenated amorphous silicon layers.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring; a light emitting element configured to emit light due to a current flowing between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode; a driving transistor configured to control a current which is supplied from the first wiring to the anode electrode; a first switch configured to connect or disconnect the second wiring and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; a second switch configured to connect or disconnect the third wiring and the anode electrode; and a switching circuit configured to selectively apply one of an image signal voltage and a first voltage to the second wiring.

Abstract: PROBLEM Unauthorized reproduction by a third party is to be prohibited by preventing waveform monitoring on a circuit board and by providing security from the viewpoint of hardware. SOLUTION The present invention disables waveform observation by providing a capacitance detection circuit 3 between devices (i.e., between a programmable device 1 and a nonvolatile device 2) so as to detect input capacitance of the waveform observation apparatus and to halt data signals themselves between the devices (i.e., between the programmable device 1 and nonvolatile device 2).

Abstract: An optical element is configured by connecting a plurality of tiles each constituted by a plurality of reflective optical elements, and is formed in a shape having a plane surface. The tiles configuring the optical element are formed such that outer shapes on the plane surface of the tiles have at least two different triangular shapes, while an end surface of each tile is provided with a light shielding part.

Abstract: An example LED backlight driving circuit includes: an LED circuit including a plurality of LED columns that are connected in parallel, each of LED column including one or more LEDs that are connected in series; an LED control circuit connected to constant current circuits corresponding to a parallel number of the LED columns, the LED control circuit including a circuit that controls ON/OFF of a driving current of the LED and a dimming determination circuit that outputs a control signal capable of arbitrarily setting the driving current according to a dimming signal. The LED control circuit performs control based on first driving in which dimming is performed by varying a current value of the driving current of the LED and second driving in which the ON/OFF of the driving current is controlled in addition to the varying of the current value.

Abstract: To provide a display device and the like capable of assisting operations by effectively presenting a sense of texture to the skin of human beings while suppressing generation of unpleasant noises. The display device includes: a visual sense display unit which displays an operation screen to be a target of touch operations done by a user by image signals supplied from outside; and a plate-type tactual sense presenting unit which is disposed on the upper side of the visual sense display unit and presents a tactual sense that can be perceived by the user on the operation screen. The tactual sense presenting unit includes X-electrodes and Y-electrodes which exhibit transparency for visible light rays and operate by voltage signals supplied from outside, and a resin exhibiting transparency for visible light rays is filled in a layered-state gap between the visual sense display unit and the tactual sense presenting unit.

Abstract: To shield the noise generated due to deformation or the like of the conductive frame. The touch panel includes: a detection region which generates detection signals according to a contact position of a conductor; a plurality of detection electrodes which output detection signals generated in the detection region; a conductive frame which covers above the outer side of the detection region and above the detection electrode; and shield electrodes formed on the outer side of the detection region on the CF substrate and between each of the plurality of detection electrodes, to which shield signals for shielding the electric influence on the detection region and the detection electrodes are supplied. Further, the distance between the shield electrodes and the detection region is shorter than distance between the conductive frame and the detection region.

Abstract: To provide a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device capable of achieving a high-definition image display. Tilt directions of liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are within a plane that is in parallel to a border between a first pixel and a second pixel, and are different by 180 degrees between the first and second pixels. The first pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B arranged in a direction in parallel to the border. Similarly, the second pixel is constituted with three sub-pixels for R, G, and B. The tilt directions of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied are different by 180 degrees from each other between the sub-pixels for R of the first and second pixels, between the sub-pixels for G of the first and second pixels, and between the sub-pixels for B of the first and second pixels.

Abstract: An LCD apparatus includes a first planar electrode, a first insulator layered over an upper surface of the first planar electrode, a planar pixel electrode layered over an upper surface of the first insulator, a second insulator layered over an upper surface of the pixel electrode, a second planar electrode that covers the pixel electrode and that is layered over an upper surface of the second insulator, and a liquid crystal layer disposed over an upper surface of the second planar electrode. The second planar electrode includes an aperture portion including a first and second region integrated with a first region, the first region overlaps with both the first planar electrode and the pixel electrode, the second region overlaps with the first planar electrode and does not overlap with the pixel electrode.

Abstract: The object is providing an organic light emitting display device achieving a narrow bezel. A display device 10 has a first substrate 11, a second substrate 12, a sealant 25 sealing between the substrates, a display unit 15 including pixel circuits, a driving circuit 20 including a transistor for driving the pixel circuits, a first wiring unit for supplying voltage to the transistor, and a second wiring unit connecting between the transistor and the first wiring unit. The driving circuit 20 is disposed outside the display unit 15, the first wiring unit is disposed between the display unit 15 and the driving circuit 20, the display unit 15 and the first wiring unit are disposed between the first substrate 12 and the second substrate 12, the melting point of a second metal constituting the second wiring unit is higher than that of a first metal constituting the first wiring unit.

Abstract: An image display device includes region of interest extraction unit, parallax image generation unit and 3D image display unit. Region of interest extraction unit generates depth image signal by depth image conversion employing depth threshold, depth image signal including information on distance in three-dimensional space between viewpoint and each pixel of two-dimensional image including region of interest desired to be noted by observer, depth image conversion being such that depth value indicating distance between viewpoint and each pixel of two-dimensional image is converted to depth value for 2D display when depth value is equal to or larger than depth threshold. Parallax image generation unit generates both-eye parallax image having parallax in region of interest alone, from two-dimensional image and image obtained by conversion of region of interest image representing region of interest at each of both-eye viewpoints, based on two-dimensional image and depth image signal.

Abstract: There is provided a light control element including a transparent conductive film, a proton accumulation layer on the transparent conductive film, an inorganic electrolyte layer on the proton accumulation layer, an organic electrolyte layer on the inorganic electrolyte layer, a catalyst layer on the organic electrolyte layer, and a light control mirror layer on the catalyst layer.

Abstract: An image display device includes a first substrate on which first aperture areas are formed, a second substrate on which second aperture areas are formed, an optical element, a plurality of unit pixels each including a first-viewpoint pixel for displaying an image for a first viewpoint and a second-viewpoint pixel for displaying an image for a second viewpoint, an optical path distribution unit, and a plurality of light-shielding areas including edge sections facing each other in a first direction, one of the edge sections being defined by one of the first aperture areas, the other of the edge sections being defined by one of the second aperture areas, and the one of the edge sections and the other of the edge sections being parallel, under a condition that the first substrate and the second substrate are joined together with positions thereof in the first direction being aligned.

Abstract: As a control signal used for resetting a photodiode, a control signal for selecting an adjacent pixel row is used. Accordingly, the number of kinds of used control signals decreases, and a decrease in the area of the photodiode is prevented. In addition, a period in which all of a plurality of control signals selecting an adjacent pixel row are active is provided by setting an active period of a control signal selecting a pixel row to a period longer than a period in which a signal of one pixel row is read. Therefore, a CDS operation is realized.

Abstract: A control signal generation circuit includes: a first circuit unit which controls, according to inputted video signals, light-up amount of each pixel of a display panel where a plurality of pixels constituted by including a white sub-pixel are disposed; and a second circuit unit which controls luminance of a backlight that lights up the display panel from a back surface. The second circuit unit calculates a saturation feature value in one frame from the saturation value of each pixel, generates a signal for controlling the luminance of the backlight based thereupon, and calculates a luminance increase rate by using the saturation value of each pixel and the saturation feature value. The first circuit unit performs luminance decreasing processing of each pixel according to the luminance increase rate, and supplements the saturation of each pixel according to the light-up amount of the white sub-pixels.

Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and a manufacturing method of the same. The display apparatus includes: a counter substrate, and an active matrix substrate including a pixel area. The active matrix substrate includes, in a non-transmissive region of each pixel, a transparent substrate, a polycrystalline silicon film, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, an interlayer insulating film, and a drain layer including patterned conductive films, and includes, in a transparent region of each pixel, the transparent substrate, the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film. The interlayer insulating film includes zones where the interlayer insulating film is thinner than a part of the interlayer insulating film at the middle of each transmissive region. The zones are each located so as to extend between the neighboring patterned conductive films and are further located so as not to overlap with the transmissive regions and regions laid over LDD portions of the polycrystalline silicon film.