Abstract: The present invention provides semi-transmission type liquid crystal display device offering high contrast ratio and aperture ratio for transmissive display and capable of supporting pixels in fine geometry. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate (10), a liquid crystal layer (100), and a second substrate (60) in this order. The aforementioned first substrate (10) includes a pixel electrode (19) having a trunk portion and a plurality of branch portions branching out of the aforementioned trunk portion, and the display region, which contains the region in which the branch portions and slits are laid out alternately, includes of a reflective region (R) and a transmissive region (D).

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device which presents display by forming liquid crystal domains that take radially-inclined orientation, persisting display unevenness is prevented from occurring when the panel surface is pressed, thus realizing high-quality displaying. 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 therebetween. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention further includes wall-like structures regularly arranged on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, such that, when a predetermined voltage is applied, the liquid crystal layer forms at least one liquid crystal domain that takes a radially-inclined orientation state in a region substantially surrounded by the wall-like structures.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device that presents excellent display quality in the reflective display, and that can be easily applied to high definition. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate, in this order. The first substrate has pixel electrodes having a structure composed of a trunk portion and a plurality of branch portions that branch off from the trunk portion. The liquid crystal display device has a display region that includes a region where the branch portions and slits are alternately disposed. The display region has a reflective region and a transmissive region. The reflective region has a pixel electrode, a reflective film disposed under the pixel electrode, and a ?/4 retarder plate.

Abstract: In a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device (50a) including an active matrix substrate (20a), the active matrix substrate (20a) includes a plurality of source lines (2), a first transparent electrode (2c) connected to each source line (2) through a TFT (5), an interlayer insulating film (12) provided on the first transparent electrode (2c) and having an opening (12a), a reflective electrode (6) provided on the interlayer insulating film (12) and connected to the first transparent electrode (2c) through the opening (12a), and a second transparent electrode (7a) overlapping the reflective electrode (6a) and the first transparent electrode (2c) and connected to the reflective electrode (6a) and the first transparent electrode (2c). In each pixel, respective outer peripheral ends (E) of the reflective electrode (6a) and the second transparent electrode (7a) are aligned with each other.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal temperature sensor including: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer; and a control section for controlling driving of the liquid crystal panel, the first substrate including (i) a plurality of signal lines intersecting with each other and (ii) switching elements correspondingly provided to intersections of the plurality of signal lines, the liquid crystal panel including a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix. In at least one embodiment, the control section includes a current-to-temperature information converting section for (i) detecting an amount of current flowing into at least one of the picture elements and (ii) converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information of part of the liquid crystal layer which part corresponds to the at least one of the picture elements.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention causes an image to be displayed on a display panel in response to an image signal including image data (first image data) for warning display and image data (second image data) for general display. The image data for warning display has a gradation value exclusively used for the image data for warning display. The liquid crystal display device of at least one embodiment includes an image data identification section which identifies a type of image data by judging whether or not the image data has the gradation value exclusively used for the image data for warning display; and a gradation calculator (gradation conversion section) which carries out a conversion of gradation value with respect to the image data so that luminance of a displayed image is reduced in a case where ambient brightness declines.

Abstract: The present invention provides an MVA transmissive or transflective liquid crystal display device with display qualities enhanced along with improvement in contrast. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention including: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates, wherein one of the pair of substrates includes a pixel electrode having a rectangular shape when viewed from a display face side, the other substrate includes a linear-shaped dielectric protrusion overlapping with a corner portion of the pixel electrode when viewed from the display face side, and at least one of the pair of substrates includes a corner light-shielding member overlapping with a region where the linear-shaped dielectric protrusion and the corner portion of the pixel electrode overlap with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of providing improved display characteristics in each of transmissive display and reflection display while suppressing an increase in costs and a module thickness. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a back-side substrate; a viewing-side substrate facing the back-side substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the back-side substrate and the viewing-side substrate; a reflection region; and a transmission region, the viewing-side substrate including: a reflective-portion retardation layer in the reflection region, not in the transmission region; and a light-shielding member that is disposed at a boundary between the reflection region and the transmission region when the viewing-side substrate is viewed in plan.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device having a high aperture ratio. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a second substrate in this order, wherein the first substrate includes a pixel electrode having a trunk portion, a plurality of branch portions branched from the trunk portion, and slits, the liquid crystal display device comprises a display region including a region where the branch portions and the slits are alternately arranged, the display region includes a reflection region and a transmission region, and in the reflection region, the pixel electrode, a reflective film disposed under the pixel electrode, and a ?/4 retarder are arranged.

Abstract: In a transflective type liquid crystal display device of a vertical alignment mode in which liquid crystal domains exhibiting axisymmetric orientations are created, a difference in response speed between a region which presents display in the transmission mode and a region which presents display in the reflection mode is reduced. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate and a vertical-alignment type liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and has a plurality of pixel regions. The first substrate has a wall-like structure in regular arrangement on the liquid crystal layer side, and the liquid crystal layer forms at least one liquid crystal domain in a region substantially surrounded by the wall-like structure when a predetermined voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer, the at least one liquid crystal domain exhibiting an axisymmetric orientation.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device displays an image by using overshoot driving. In at least one embodiment, the liquid crystal display device includes: a temperature sensor measuring a surface temperature of a liquid crystal panel; a gradation conversion section performing a gradation value shift process of shifting inputted gradation values to lower gradation values; and a pseudo-multi-gradating section performing a pseudo-multi-gradating process on image data on which the gradation value shift process has been performed by the gradation conversion section. The gradation conversion section decides whether or not to perform the gradation value shift process depending on the surface temperature of the liquid crystal panel measured by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transmissive or transflective liquid crystal display device in which interference fringes due to reflective light is suppressed and display qualities are improved. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention include: a first substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a second substrate, formed in this order toward a display surface, wherein at least one of the first and second substrates includes a dielectric protrusion protruded toward the liquid crystal layer, the first substrate includes a reflective film being regularly arranged and overlapping with the dielectric protrusion as viewed in plan, and the reflective film includes a plurality of convex portions protruded toward the display surface.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (1) includes: an emphasis conversion section (2) performing an emphasis conversion process on image data of a current frame, based on an emphasis conversion parameter corresponding to a combination of image data of the current frame and image data of a frame immediately preceding the current frame; driving sections (3, 5, 6) causing a liquid crystal display panel (4) to display an image corresponding to the image data on which the emphasis conversion process has been performed by the emphasis conversion section (2); a temperature sensor (7) detecting an in-device temperature of the liquid crystal display device (1); an optical sensor (9) detecting a light intensity of incident external light into the liquid crystal display panel (4); and a control section (8) calculating a temperature of the liquid crystal display panel (4), based on the in-device temperature and the light intensity, and changing the emphasis conversion parameter to be used in the emphasis conversion process in

Abstract: The present invention provides a LCD device providing wide viewing angle display and having an improved transmittance and contrast ratio. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a second substrate in this order toward a display face, wherein each of the first and second substrates includes a polarizer and a transparent electrode, the first substrate includes a reflector, the liquid crystal layer contains a liquid crystal material with negative dielectric anisotropy, at least one of the first and second substrates includes a ?/4 retarder including a dielectric material, the ?/4 retarder is arranged to overlap with the reflector when viewed from the display face, and the ?/4 retarder is arranged on a liquid crystal side of the transparent electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display of a CPA mode includes: an active matrix substrate (20) including a plurality of pixel electrodes (23); a counter substrate (30) provided so as to face the active matrix substrate (20), the counter substrate (30) including a common electrode (33); a liquid crystal layer (40) held between the active matrix substrate (20) and the counter substrate (30); and a plurality of pixels (10), the plurality of pixel electrodes (23) being provided at a constant gap from the common electrode (33), the plurality of pixels (10) each having a reflective display region (R) and a transmissive display region (T), the reflective display region (R) for performing display of a transmissive mode, the reflective display region (R) including an alignment control section (4) which makes a thickness (d2) of part of the liquid crystal layer (40) in the reflective display region (R) smaller than a thickness (d1) of the liquid crystal layer (40) in the transmissive display region (T) and which controls alignment d

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (1) having a transmissive display region and a reflective display region, in which liquid crystal display panel (1) a pixel (PIXji) has a transmissive display region (21) having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed in a direction orthogonal to a panel plane, includes a protrusion (51) formed at and entirely along at least one edge of the reflective display region, the protrusion (51) having a projecting-line shape whose width is in a direction orthogonal to that edge of the reflective display region in the panel plane at and along which the protrusion is provided, and the protrusion (51) protruding into a liquid crystal layer in a layer thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (1) has a vertical alignment type liquid crystal panel (3). The vertical alignment type liquid crystal panel is provided with an active matrix substrate whereupon a light reflection pixel electrode for reflecting light and a light transmission pixel electrode for transmitting light are provided in each pixel section; a counter electrode substrate; and a liquid crystal layer made of a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy. The liquid crystal display device is also provided with a liquid crystal panel driving device (2) which drives the liquid crystal panel in accordance with an input gray scale. The counter electrode substrate includes a convex section in each pixel so that the liquid crystal layer in the light reflection section has the thickness thinner than that in the liquid crystal layer of the light transmission section.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semi-transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display device in which gray scale inversion is suppressed by appropriately adjusting its voltage-reflection luminance characteristics. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a transmission region and a reflection region, the reflection region includes a first section and a second section, a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the first section is larger than half of but equal to or smaller than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region, and a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the second section is larger than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device which presents display by forming liquid crystal domains that take radially-inclined orientation, persisting display unevenness is prevented from occurring when the panel surface is pressed, thus realizing high-quality displaying. 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 therebetween. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention further includes wall-like structures regularly arranged on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, such that, when a predetermined voltage is applied, the liquid crystal layer forms at least one liquid crystal domain that takes a radially-inclined orientation state in a region substantia y surrounded by the wall-like structures.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a transflective liquid crystal display device that is provided with a backlight, a liquid crystal cell (10), and a reflective electrode (32) provided in the liquid crystal cell (10), and that displays an image through both a reflective display region (a) and a transmissive display region (b). In this liquid crystal display device, a front-side ?/4 plate (wave plate) for a reflective display is further provided on a side from which external light enters the liquid crystal cell (10), and a thin film (33) is provided, on the reflective electrode (32), for correcting a change in chromaticity caused by wavelength dispersion due to the ?/4 plate.