Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic EL light emitting element that can suppress deterioration of a light emitting layer and can provide a high light-emission intensity. This organic EL light emitting element includes a light emitting part and a rectifier part connected in series to the light emitting part. Both of the light emitting and rectifier parts include organic thin layers. The electrostatic capacity of the rectifier part is smaller than that of the light emitting part.

Abstract: A drive unit which can prevent the decrease of the luminance of a self-luminous device due to degradation or a change is electric characteristic thereof. The drive unit has a semiconductor device having an electric characteristic almost the same as the that of the self-luminous device, and drives the semiconductor device in accordance with the frequency of light emission of the self-luminous device. The device generates a characteristic change detection signal indicating the degree of a change in an electric characteristic of the semiconductor device, and supplies the self-luminous device with a drive signal having a current level or a voltage level based on the characteristic change detection signal.

Abstract: A light emitting display device having a plurality of light emitting elements connected to intersecting points of a plurality of anode lines and cathode lines arranged in a matrix. Either one of the anode lines and the cathode lines are used as scanning lines, and the others are used as driving lines. While one of the scanning lines is scanned during a scanning period, a driving source is synchronously connected to one of the driving lines so that a light emitting element connected to an intersecting point of the one scanning line and the one driving line is caused to emit light. Immediately after the scanning period of the one scanning line is started, a first driving source is connected to the one driving line, and subsequently, in exchange for the first driving source, a second driving source is connected to the one driving line.

Abstract: An information display system for displaying information for customers and individuals. The information display system includes an information display unit and an information processing apparatus. The information display unit includes an input section which enters personal information, an identification section which identifies the entered personal information; and a display which displays individual-specific information corresponding to the identified personal information. The information processing apparatus includes a first storage which stores the individual-specific information corresponding to the personal information, a second storage that stores a table in which the personal information and the individual-specific information are related to each other; and a control section which references the table and causes the display to display the individual-specific information corresponding to the personal information.

Abstract: A display portion integrated type touch panel apparatus has a substrate, an organic EL display portion formed on one surface of the substrate to emit light externally, and a touch panel portion formed on the other surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A touch panel integrated type display apparatus has a display portion on one surface and a touch panel on the other surface. An input screen for operating the touch panel is displayed on a display plane of the display portion, and an operating position of the touch panel recognizable on the display plane referring to the input screen.

Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of displaying an image at a proper luminance based on an input video signal without being influenced by temperature changes or time-dependent changes. The display apparatus is provided with a monitoring circuit constituted by a monitoring luminescent device, a reference current source of a reference drive current for causing the monitoring luminescent device to emit light at a luminance of K%, a transistor for supplying the reference drive current to the monitoring luminescent device, and a switch for connecting an output end of the reference drive current and a control end of the transistor. An input video signal is corrected to have a level according to the voltage value on the control end of the transistor driving the monitoring luminescent device when the luminance indicated by the video signal is K% of a maximum luminance level.

Abstract: A display panel driving device and driving method for providing high quality images without irregular luminance even after long-time use. The value of the light-emission drive current flowing when causing each light-emission elements bearing each pixel to independently emit light in succession is measured, then the luminance is corrected for each input pixel data based on the above light-emission drive current values, associated with the pixels corresponding to the input pixel data. According to another aspect, the voltage value of the drive voltage is adjusted in such a manner that one value among each measured light-emission drive current value becomes equal to a predetermined reference current value. According to a further aspect, the current value is measured while an off-set current component corresponding to a leak current of the display panel is added to the current outputted from the drive voltage generator circuit and the resultant current is supplied to each of the pixel portions.

Abstract: A light emitting circuit and a display device which supply a forward driving current to an organic electroluminescence element in response to generation of a light emit command to cause to light-emit the organic electroluminescence element, and supply a charging current to the organic electroluminescence element after the generation of the light emit command to charge the capacity component of the organic electroluminescence element.

Abstract: A light emitting display device having a plurality of light emitting elements connected to intersecting points of a plurality of anode lines and cathode lines arranged in a matrix. Either one of the anode lines and the cathode lines are used as scanning lines, and the others are used as driving lines. While one of the scanning lines is scanned during a scanning period, a driving source is synchronously connected to one of the driving lines so that a light emitting element connected to an intersecting point of the one scanning line and the one driving line is caused to emit light. Immediately after the scanning period of the one scanning line is started, a first driving source is connected to the one driving line, and subsequently, in exchange for the first driving source, a second driving source is connected to the one driving line.

Abstract: An active matrix organic electroluminescence unit which is easy to manufacture. The organic electroluminescence unit comprises an organic material layer formed on a surface of the electrode panel, a dielectric layer formed near the organic material layer on the surface of the electrode panel, a metal electrode formed continuous to the surfaces of the organic material layer and the dielectric layer, and having a portion corresponding to the organic material layer functioning as a control electrode, and an organic electroluminescence element formed on the organic material layer.

Abstract: A light emitting display device having a plurality of light emitting elements connected to intersecting points of a plurality of anode lines and cathode lines arranged in a matrix. Either one of the anode lines and the cathode lines are used as scanning lines, and the others are used as driving lines. While one of the scanning lines is scanned during a scanning period, a driving source is synchronously connected to one of the driving lines so that a light emitting element connected to an intersecting point of the one scanning line and the one driving line is caused to emit light. Immediately after the scanning period of the one scanning line is started, a first driving source is connected to the one driving line, and subsequently, in exchange for the first driving source, a second driving source is connected to the one driving line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic EL light emitting element that can suppress deterioration of a light emitting layer and can provide a high light-emission intensity. This organic EL light emitting element includes a light emitting part and a rectifier part connected in series to the light emitting part. Both of the light emitting and rectifier parts include organic thin layers. The electrostatic capacity of the rectifier part is smaller than that of the light emitting part.

Abstract: A method is provided for driving a luminescent display which includes a plurality of luminescent units adapted to be selected for light emission, so as to display an image. This method is characterized in that during a predetermined period, a reverse voltage having a direction opposite to that of a voltage to be applied for light emission of a luminescent unit, is applied to each luminescent unit.

Abstract: Improvement for extending the service life of a self-emitting panel and for reducing the power consumption thereof. The self-emitting panel is driven based on intensity-reduced data. The intensity-reduced data is obtained by applying intensity reduction processing on each frame of the image frame data to be displayed.

Abstract: An EL device driving apparatus enables substantial light emission luminance characteristics to be kept constant even if an environmental temperature fluctuates. The apparatus includes a driving unit for selectively supplying a light emission driving energy to EL devices, a temperature sensing unit for sensing an operation temperature, and a temperature compensating unit for changing the light emission driving energy in accordance with the operation temperature.

Abstract: A light emitting element capable of suppressing the deterioration of an organic thin film layer as light emitting layers is provided. The light emitting element comprises a light emitting body emitting light by impressing voltage and a rectifier connected in series with the light emitting body, the light emitting body contains the NPB thin film layer, and the rectifier has the NPB thin film layer.

Abstract: A digital audio tape recorder and a method for operating the same, especially in a music program jump selecting mode. In one embodiment, the state of an erasure-preventing tab is detected, and TOC (Table-Of-Contents) information is transferred from the tape to a TOC information memory only when the erasure-preventing tab is set to an indicate an unrecordable state. In accordance with another embodiment, when the music program number of the music selection presently being reproduced is known and the program number is aligned, a target music program number is calculated and displayed.

Abstract: A digital audio tape recorder and a method for operating the same, especially in a music program jump selecting mode. In one embodiment, the state of an erasure-preventing tab is detected, and TOC (Table-Of-Contents) information is transferred from the tape to a TOC information memory only when the erasure-preventing tab is set to an indicate an unrecordable state. In accordance with another embodiment, when the music program number of the music selection presently being reproduced is known and the program number is aligned, a target music program number is calculated and displayed.

Abstract: An offset compensation circuit for compensating a DC offset which occurs in a circuit line including an A/D converter or an A/D and D/A converter in which not only the polarity bit of digital data but also information concerning the amplitude of an analog input signal are applied to an integrator to precisely compensate an offset voltage in a circuit line. The level of a proper offset compensation voltage is provided even when an input analog signal such as a music signal is absent, and when an A/D and D/A converter is provided which can perform both A/D conversion and D/A conversion the DC offset can be precisely compensated shortly after the change of the mode from D/A conversion to A/D conversion.