Patents Assigned to SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20070076146
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, and a plurality of sub-pixels each having a transmissive display region and a reflective display region. One of the substrates includes switching elements corresponding to the sub-pixels, lines connected to the switching elements, and an insulating film provided on the switching elements and the lines. The insulating film includes first recesses provided in the transmissive display regions, and second recesses provided along boundaries between the adjoining sub-pixels. At least a part of the insulating film other than the first and second recesses planarly overlaps with the reflective display regions. The thickness of the liquid crystal layer is smaller in the reflective display regions than in the transmissive display regions having the first recesses. The depth of the second recesses is smaller than the depth of the first recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Harada, Kimitaka Kamijo, Katsuhiro Imai, Toshihiro Otake
  • Publication number: 20070075953
    Abstract: An electro-optical display device includes an electro-optical panel, a scanning line drive circuit for scanning the scanning lines of the panel during a selection period, and a signal line drive circuit for outputting a data signal to a predetermined pixel through the corresponding data line of the panel in synchronization with the scanning of the scanning line drive circuit. During the selection period during which the data signal is output to the predetermined pixel, the duration of the ON voltage interval corresponding to a grayscale level having the longest OFF voltage interval is longer than the duration of the OFF voltage interval corresponding to a grayscale level having the longest ON voltage interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiyoaki IIJIMA, Minoru IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20070070264
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal device including: a liquid crystal panel which includes first and second substrates supporting a liquid crystal layer in a sandwich manner and a sealing material disposed between the first and second substrate to seal the liquid crystal layer, and on which illumination light is irradiated from the rear side thereof; an optical plate disposed in the front side of the liquid crystal panel; and a control element that controls a display status of an image displayed on the liquid crystal panel, wherein: the liquid crystal panel includes a light receiving element that receives ambient light; and the light receiving element is disposed in a position where at least a portion of a light receiving surface thereof does not overlap the optical plate when seen from a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Fujita, Yutaka Kobashi, Shin Koide, Tomoyuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20070070025
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel having a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, a plurality of light receivers that receives an ambient light and obtains an intensity information of the ambient light, and a controller that controls a display state of an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel. In the liquid crystal device, in at least one of the plurality of light receivers, sensitivity for the ambient light differs from the sensitivity of the other light receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Fujita, Yutaka Kobashi, Shin Koide, Tomoyuki Ito
  • Publication number: 20070064184
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates, liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel has a transmissive display region and a reflective display region. One of the substrates has a color filter and a transparent insulating film disposed on the color filter. The transparent insulating film has a thin-walled portion provided in the transmissive display region and a region along a boundary between the adjacent sub-pixels. At least a portion of a region in which the thin-walled portion of the transparent insulating film is not provided overlaps the reflective display region. The layer thickness of the liquid crystal in the reflective display region is smaller than the layer thickness of the liquid crystal in the transmissive display region in consideration of the thin-walled portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Harada, Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Masahiro Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20070064422
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a display panel, and an illumination device having a plurality of light sources emitting light of red, green, blue, and white. The illumination device is configured to illuminate the display panel by transmitting the light emitted from the plurality of light sources through the display panel. The chromaticity of a display screen of the display panel is adjusted to a predetermined chromaticity by changing the time for which each of the plurality of light sources is turned on within a time period of one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Ichiro Murai
  • Publication number: 20070064193
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal device including: a pair of substrates which individually include a transmission region and a reflection region in a sub pixel region which is an image display unit and face each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a spacer which holds a gap between the pair of substrates; a reflective layer which is provided on one of the pair of substrates and reflects light incident from the other of the pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer thickness adjusting layer which reduces the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region to less than that of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region; and color filters which display a plurality of different colors in adjacent sub pixel regions, wherein, among the plurality of different colors, a first color filter which transmits first color light having lowest visibility is disposed in a predetermined sub pixel region and a second color filter which transmits second color light different from
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Hayato Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20070065091
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a pair of substrates and an electro-optical layer between the pair of substrates, a protective member composed of a light-transmitting substrate mounted on at least one of the pair of substrates, and a holding member that holds the electro-optical panel. The protective member has a thick portion where the thickness of the light-transmitting substrate is large, thin portions where the thickness of the light-transmitting substrate is small, the thin portions being provided at the outer circumference of the light-transmitting substrate, and step portions provided between the thick and thin portions. The holding member has fitting portions that are nested into the step portions of the protective member. The light-transmitting substrate and the electro-optical panel are bonded to each other with an adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Hinata, Shinji Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20070064178
    Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal device, wherein a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, and at least a display pixel corresponding to a colored region of a color from blue to green in a visible light region of which the color varies depending on a wavelength is included, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate has a spacer which defines the thickness of the liquid crystal layer and an alignment film which is subjected to a rubbing process in a predetermined direction, and wherein a relative positional relationship between the spacer and the display pixel is defined such that a region of the alignment film, which is not subjected to the rubbing process due to existence of the spacer at the time of the rubbing process, is positioned in the display pixel corresponding to the colored region of the color from blue to green.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Ichiro Murai
  • Publication number: 20070046873
    Abstract: An electro-optical module includes: an electro-optical panel; and a transparent protector disposed on a viewer-side surface of the electro-optical panel, wherein transparent protector has a stack structure including a first transparent protection layer that faces the electro-optical panel and is formed of an elastic material and a second transparent protection layer that has a higher dynamic elasticity value than that of the first transparent protection layer within a frequency range of 1 to 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji SAKURAI, Ryosuke IMASEKI
  • Publication number: 20070030434
    Abstract: An electro-optical device having a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix includes: switching elements each corresponding to one the plurality of pixels; a first sealed wiring portion that is formed on an element substrate so as to surround at least three sides of the display region; and a second sealed wiring portion that surrounds the first sealed wiring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yukiya Hirabayashi, Takashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20070031995
    Abstract: A mounting structure is provided. The mounting structure includes: a substrate; a line formed on the substrate; an electronic component in which a terminal having a protrusion protruded to the substrate and made of an elastic material and a conductive member disposed on the protruded surface of the protrusion and electrically connected to the line is disposed on a mounting surface of the electronic component opposed to the substrate; and an adhesive in which metal powders, a part of which is interposed between the conductive member and the line, are mixed and which serves to bond and fix the electronic component to the substrate. Here, the conductive member and the line interpose the metal powders therebetween and come in surface-contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20070024552
    Abstract: There is an electro-optical device. An electro-optical device includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels that are provided so as to correspond to intersections between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, each of the pixels has a pixel electrode, a common electrode that is disposed so as to be opposite to the pixel electrode, and a switching element that allows, when a selection voltage is applied to the scanning line, the data line and the pixel electrode to enter a conductive state; a scanning line driving circuit that supplies a selection voltage for selecting the plurality of scanning lines in a predetermined order; and a data line driving circuit that supplies, when the scanning line is selected, an image signal to the corresponding data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Shimizu, Ryo Ishii
  • Publication number: 20070008466
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes display pixels which correspond to at least a color of white or non-coloring and one color different from the color of white or non-coloring, each of the display pixels corresponding to one color having a transmissive region and a reflective region, and each of the display pixels corresponding to the color of white or non-coloring having only a transmissive region, a substrate, a counter substrate which is disposed so as to be opposite to the substrate, colored layers which are provided in the display pixels of the substrate or the counter substrate corresponding to one color, cell-thickness-adjusting layers which are provided in the substrate or the counter substrate and included in the reflective region of each of the display pixels corresponding to one color and the transmissive region of each of the display pixels corresponding to the color of white or non-coloring, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the substrate and the counter substrate, the thicknes
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro HORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20070008463
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a display pixel that has four R, G, B, and non-colored subpixels, and a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the pair of substrates and in which cell thicknesses in the subpixels vary. The retardation values of the R, G, and B subpixels are set in the ranges of 360 nm?R?700 nm, 340 nm?G?600 nm, and 340 nm?B?500 nm, respectively, and the non-colored subpixel has a cell thickness at which the display pixel becomes predetermined white balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Tanaka, Tomoaki Sekime, Masahiro Horiguchi, Kazu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20070008461
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a plurality of display pixels each of which has two Red sub-pixels, two Green sub-pixels, one Blue sub-pixel, and one transparent sub-pixel; and a colored layer which is partially formed on the Red, Green, and Blue sub-pixels. In the electro-optical device, uncolored portions are formed in parts of the Red and Green sub-pixels where the colored layer is not formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazu KOBAYASHI, Chihiro TANAKA, Masahiro HORIGUCHI, Toshinori UEHARA, Hideki KANEKO, Shinichiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20060279504
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a common line driving circuit; a data line driving circuit; a scanning line driving circuit; and an equalizing circuit which connects/disconnects a plurality of data lines to/from a plurality of common lines and equalizes the data lines with the common lines. The common line driving circuit supplies to the common lines a driving signal having a first or second potential. The data line driving circuit supplies image signals to the data lines at a potential higher than the first potential when the potential of a common electrode is the first potential, and supplies the image signals to the data lines at a potential lower than the second potential when the potential of the common electrode is the second potential. The scanning line driving circuit supplies, to a plurality of scanning lines, control signals for turning on or off a plurality of switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shin Fujita
  • Publication number: 20060279677
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes first and second substrates which are arranged so as to face each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and first and second electrodes which are provided on a side of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is driven by an electric field generated between the first and second electrodes. A reflective display region for reflective display and a transmissive display region for transmissive display are provided in one subpixel region. The second electrode is formed on an interlayer insulating film which covers the first electrode. Capacitance between the first and second electrodes in the reflective display region is smaller than capacitance in the transmissive display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima
  • Publication number: 20060274234
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes three sub-pixels each having a transmitting region and a reflecting region in which a coloring layer having one color among three colors is respectively included and corresponding to the three respective colors and at least one sub-pixel in which a coloring layer having one color other than the three colors is disposed in the transmitting region. In the transmitting region, transmission display is performed and in the reflection region, reflection display is performed. A color display is performed by the reflection display or the transmission display, and one pixel is formed as a display unit by using the transmitting regions of the three sub-pixels corresponding to the three colors and at least one sub-pixel and the reflecting regions of the three sub-pixels corresponding to the three colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Keiji Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20060274233
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a plurality of sub-pixels each having a light transmission region and a light reflection region, wherein coloration layers of a same color are disposed on each of the light transmission region and light reflection region of each sub-pixel, the coloration layers being constituting a plurality of colors, and color display is implemented for either transmission display or reflection display, the transmission display being implemented by the light transmission region and the reflection display being implemented by the light reflection region, and wherein the number of colors of the coloration layers disposed in the light transmission regions is more than that of the coloration layers in the light reflection regions, whereby a reproducible color range in the transmission display is set to be wider than the reproducible color range in the reflection display, with respect to the xy chromaticity diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: SANYO EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiji Takizawa