Abstract: A segmented-pixel liquid crystal display has a plurality of pixels of which each has three sub-pixels 10a-10c, namely one middle and two side sub-pixels, arranged next to one another in the column or row direction. The sub-pixels 10a-10c have different brightness levels when the pixel as a whole is in a given middle halftone state, and the middle sub-pixel 10a has the highest brightness level. This eliminates unnaturalness as is conventionally produced when an image with a straight border is displayed, and further improves the gamma characteristic.

Abstract: The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an active matrix substrate in which a drain extraction line can be prevented from breaking without a plurality of active elements such as TFT (thin film transistor) elements, MIM (metal-insulator-metal) elements, MOS transistor elements, diodes, and varistors being disposed, and is suited for use in large-size liquid crystal television or a like liquid crystal display device equipped with a large-size liquid crystal display panel. The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an active matrix substrate comprising an active element connected, via a drain extraction line, to a storage capacitor upper electrode, wherein the drain extraction line has at least two routes.

Abstract: In a forging process step, a small diameter portion 12 is formed in the leading end portion of a cylindrical shaft material 30, and an installation depressed portion 11d is formed on a base end face of the shaft material 30 for installing a ball 15 therein to receive thrust force, by cold forging process using a forging mold 31. In a worm forming process after the forging process step, a worm 13 is formed in the small diameter portion 12 by rolled dies. The small diameter portion 12 and the installation depressed portion 11d are formed by cold forging process, so that an outer circumferential face of the small diameter portion 12 and an inner face of the installation depressed portion 11d become even surfaces with small surface roughness.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active matrix substrate of comprising on the substrate: a plurality of scanning signal lines and data signal lines; a thin film transistor provided at an intersecting point of the signal lines and comprising a gate electrode connected to the scanning signal line, a source electrode connected to the data signal line; and a pixel electrode electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, wherein the active matrix substrate comprises a structure having an at least partly multilinear data signal line and an interconnection electrode for correction.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate is constituted of a TFT (4) in which a plurality of drain electrodes (16a and 16b) are provided for a single source electrode (6), and at least one of the drain electrodes is electrically connected to the pixel electrode (1) via the drain outgoing wire. The drain outgoing wire includes a first conductive pattern section having (i) a drain outgoing wire common section (7d) and drain outgoing branch sections (7a and 7b) each of which extends from said drain outgoing common section into each of said drain electrodes, and (ii) a correction connection electrode 9 which is partially overlapped with said branch sections of said first conductive pattern section via an insulating layer. The correction connection electrode 9 is electrically connectable to a plurality of said branch sections by being conducted to said branch sections through said insulating layer. This structure allows pixel defect correction within the pixel.

Abstract: A display apparatus displaying gray scale by using a subfield method has a main path, a sub path, a switch circuit, a motion region detection circuit, a first judging circuit, a level detection circuit, a motion detection correction circuit, and a second judging circuit. The switch circuit outputs a first image signal generated by the main path or a second image signal generated by the sub path by switching therebetween, and the first judging circuit outputs a first motion signal in accordance with an output of the motion region detection circuit. The motion detection correction circuit receives the first motion signal and a level signal, and outputs a second motion signal in accordance with the level signal, and the second judging circuit receives the second motion signal and the level signal, and outputs a switching control signal to the switch circuit.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a substrate, a TFT formed on the substrate, a storage capacitor element formed on the substrate, an interlayer insulating film covering the storage capacitor element, and a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating film. The storage capacitor element includes a storage capacitor line, an insulating film formed on the storage capacitor line, and two or more storage capacitor electrodes opposed to the storage capacitor line with the insulating film interposed therebetween. The two or more storage capacitor electrodes are electrically connected via associated contact holes formed in the interlayer insulating film to the pixel electrode and electrically continuous with a drain electrode of the TFT.

Abstract: The display device substrate according to the present invention is arranged so that: a source line is provided on an area on which a pixel electrode is not provided, and a gap is provided between the source line and the pixel electrode, and a black matrix (light shielding film) which covers a surface of the source line overlaps with the pixel electrode. Thus, it is possible to prevent parasitic capacitance (Csd) between the pixel electrode and the source line from becoming uneven in a display area, so that it is possible to reduce display unevenness of a liquid crystal display device using the present display device substrate.

Abstract: The display device substrate according to the present invention is arranged so that: a source line is provided on an area on which a pixel electrode is not provided, and a gap is provided between the source line and the pixel electrode, and a black matrix (light shielding film) which covers a surface of the source line overlaps with the pixel electrode. Thus, it is possible to prevent parasitic capacitance (Csd) between the pixel electrode and the source line from becoming uneven in a display area, so that it is possible to reduce display unevenness of a liquid crystal display device using the present display device substrate.

Abstract: Transmission-type screens are placed corresponding to a display board at a front area of the display board, on which an article is placed. Each of the screens transmits and projects a projector image luminous flux projected from a backside of the screens to a front side of the screens. When the projector image luminous flux is projected from the backside of the screens, each of inner circumferences which defines a space including an image projecting space for leading the projector image luminous flux to the backside of the screens without obstruction. A display shelf might have a projector and a computer. The projector projects the projector image luminous flux. The display shelf might have a reflecting mirror which lead the projector image flux to the screens.

Abstract: A display apparatus displaying gray scale by using a subfield method has a main path, a sub path, a switch circuit, a motion region detection circuit, a first judging circuit, a level detection circuit, a motion detection correction circuit, and a second judging circuit. The switch circuit outputs a first image signal generated by the main path or a second image signal generated by the sub path by switching therebetween, and the first judging circuit outputs a first motion signal in accordance with an output of the motion region detection circuit. The motion detection correction circuit receives the first motion signal and a level signal, and outputs a second motion signal in accordance with the level signal, and the second judging circuit receives the second motion signal and the level signal, and outputs a switching control signal to the switch circuit.

Abstract: An active matrix substrate of the present invention includes a TFT and a substrate. The TFT formed on a substrate includes, when viewed in a normal direction of the substrate: a first region in which a gate electrode overlaps a source electrode via a semiconductor layer; a second region in which the gate electrode overlaps a drain electrode via the semiconductor layer; and a third region in which the semiconductor layer overlaps neither the gate electrode, source electrode, nor the drain electrode. The third region includes a portion adjoining the source electrode lying outside the first region and/or a portion adjoining the drain electrode lying outside the second region. The gate electrode includes: a main body, which includes a portion constituting the first region and the second region; and a protrusion from the main body.

Abstract: An active element substrate and an opposed substrate sandwich a liquid crystal layer to constitute a liquid crystal display device. On the active element substrate, two signal lines respectively charge a pair of pixels that are adjacent to each other in a direction parallel to scanning lines. The two signal lines are provided intensively on a pixel electrode of one of the pair of pixels. In the direction parallel to the scanning lines, a pixel electrode on which signal lines are provided, and a pixel electrode on which signal lines are not provided, are arrayed alternately. This arrangement makes it possible to reduce, while ensuring a wide process margin, the fluctuation of the potential of a terminal to be connected to a pixel electrode (the fluctuation of the potential occurs during OFF-period of an active element due to capacitances respectively provided at superimposed portions of signal lines and a pixel electrode), to simplify the arrangement of signal lines, and to improve the aperture ratio.

Abstract: A signal processor for multiple gradations for carrying out coding by replacing an input image signal with a plurality of subfields, comprising a main path for generating a primary color signal having a first number of gradations, a sub-path for generating a primary color signal having a second number of gradations, which is smaller than the first number of gradations, a switch, a movement detection circuit, a level detection circuit, a path switching control circuit for switching the switch based on the amount of movement and the level, plural subfield coding circuits for carrying out subfield coding different from each another, a superposing circuit for selecting one of the outputs of the plural subfield coding circuits, and a superposing control circuit, and thus preventing a moving false contour.

Abstract: In a display method of a PDP apparatus or the like, there is provided a technique for reducing or eliminating dynamic false contours in a display video image by determining and detecting an occurrence region of dynamic false contours in display data with good accuracy for coping. In a false-contour detection unit in a PDP apparatus, a carry detection unit detects, as a dynamic-false-contour occurrence region, a pixel region corresponding to carry in an SF on-cell pattern of adjacent pixels based on a video image signal in view of a predetermined condition. In a width control unit, a detection region is expanded according to a motion amount. A detection region is expanded according to a motion amount in a width control unit. A diffusion processing (actual gray-scale number restriction processing) based on dither or error diffusion is performed to the detection region.

Abstract: An active element substrate and an opposed substrate sandwich a liquid crystal layer to constitute a liquid crystal display device. On the active element substrate, two signal lines respectively charge a pair of pixels that are adjacent to each other in a direction parallel to scanning lines. The two signal lines are provided intensively on a pixel electrode of one of the pair of pixels. In the direction parallel to the scanning lines, a pixel electrode on which signal lines are provided, and a pixel electrode on which signal lines are not provided, are arrayed alternately. This arrangement makes it possible to reduce, while ensuring a wide process margin, the fluctuation of the potential of a terminal to be connected to a pixel electrode (the fluctuation of the potential occurs during OFF-period of an active element due to capacitances respectively provided at superimposed portions of signal lines and a pixel electrode), to simplify the arrangement of signal lines, and to improve the aperture ratio.

Abstract: The flexible wiring board has a first wiring film and a second wiring film. Because the first wiring film has a larger thickness than the second wiring film, the sectional area and electrical resistance of the first wiring film can be enlarged because of the larger film thickness even in a case where the first and second wiring films have almost the same width. Therefore, a high current can flow through the first wiring film, although the wiring film has a small width. As a result, a high density of the flexible wiring board can be easily achieved.

Abstract: In a forging process step, a small diameter portion 12 is formed in the leading end portion of a cylindrical shaft material 30, and an installation depressed portion 11d is formed on a base end face of the shaft material 30 for installing a ball 15 therein to receive thrust force, by cold forging process using a forging mold 31. In a worm forming process after the forging process step, a worm 13 is formed in the small diameter portion 12 by rolled dies. The small diameter portion 12 and the installation depressed portion 11d are formed by cold forging process, so that an outer circumferential face of the small diameter portion 12 and an inner face of the installation depressed portion 11d become even surfaces with small surface roughness.

Abstract: The present invention permits a data related to a destination used in an order reception operation of a goods delivery service to be acquired from an address information stored in an address information file retained in a portable electronic terminal, thus leading to utilization of the address information stored in the address information file as the data related to the destination used in the order reception operation of the goods delivery service. Thereby, a manual input of addresses, etc., in a product sales data processing system can be saved. Accordingly, a store with installation of the sales data processing system will achieve shortening of operation time, improvement of work efficiency, and reduction of mistakes, and a customer who owns the portable electronic terminal will be able to enjoy enhancement of the convenience and serviceability.

Abstract: There is provided a plasma display device including: a nonlinear conversion circuit which nonlinearly converts a first image signal to a second image signal and expresses the second image signal by a real part and an error part to avoid use of a specific subfield lighting pattern; an error diffusion circuit which, when the error part of the second image signal is not zero, spatially or temporally diffuses the error part; and a subfield pattern conversion circuit which, when a lighting pattern of subfields is selected based on the error-diffused second image signal, selects another subfield lighting pattern without using the specific subfield lighting pattern.