Abstract: A projector system includes a plurality of projectors. The plurality of projectors generates an image based on input video data, superimpose the image, and display a display image. The projector includes a video data processor and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device switches the images for each frame and displays the images in a frame-sequential manner. The video data processor includes sub-frame data conversion tables and sub-frame data generators. The sub-frame data generators convert the video data into pieces of sub-frame data based on the sub-frame data conversion tables.

Abstract: A projector system includes a plurality of projectors. The plurality of projectors generates an image based on input video data, superimpose the image, and display a display image. The projector includes a video data processor and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device switches the images for each frame and displays the images in a frame-sequential manner. The video data processor includes sub-frame data conversion tables and sub-frame data generators. The sub-frame data generators convert the video data into pieces of sub-frame data based on the sub-frame data conversion tables.

Abstract: A pixel portion has a liquid crystal sandwiched between a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The liquid crystal is driven in response to a potential difference between a voltage applied to the pixel electrode and a voltage applied to the common electrode, and incident light is modulated in the liquid crystal in response to the potential difference. A drive portion has: a transistor that has a gate terminal connected to the row scanning line, is subjected to a conduction control based on a row selection signal supplied to the row scanning line, and selectively receives a pixel signal supplied to a column data line; a holding capacitance portion that holds the pixel signal selectively received from the column data line through the transistor; and a gate capacitance portion having one electrode portion connected to the gate terminal of the transistor, and the other electrode portion given a reference voltage.

Abstract: A pixel portion has a liquid crystal sandwiched between a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The liquid crystal is driven in response to a potential difference between a voltage applied to the pixel electrode and a voltage applied to the common electrode, and incident light is modulated in the liquid crystal in response to the potential difference. A drive portion has: a transistor that has a gate terminal connected to the row scanning line, is subjected to a conduction control based on a row selection signal supplied to the row scanning line, and selectively receives a pixel signal supplied to a column data line; a holding capacitance portion that holds the pixel signal selectively received from the column data line through the transistor; and a gate capacitance portion having one electrode portion connected to the gate terminal of the transistor, and the other electrode portion given a reference voltage.

Abstract: A pixel portion has a liquid crystal sandwiched between a pixel electrode and a common electrode. Incident Light onto the liquid crystal is modulated in response to a potential difference between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. A drive portion includes: a first transistor that receives a pixel signal; a first holding capacitance portion that holds the pixel signal; a second transistor that transfers the pixel signal held in the first holding capacitance portion; and a second holding capacitance portion that holds the transferred pixel signal. The drive portion collectively transfers the pixel signals, which are held in all of the first holding capacitance portions of the plurality of pixel circuits, to all of the second holding capacitance portions, and drives the liquid crystals by applying, to the pixel electrodes, voltages corresponding to the pixel signals held in the second holding capacitance portions.

Abstract: A first linearly polarized bundle of rays of incident rays is converted by optical modulation with an input video signal into a second linearly polarized bundle of rays orthogonal to the first rays in polarization. The first rays pass through a polarizer before optically modulated. A second linearly polarized bundle of rays originally involved in the incident rays is reflected by the polarizer in a first direction. The second rays obtained by the optical modulation are reflected by the polarizer in a second direction. The second rays reflected in the second direction pass through another polarizer. A first linearly polarized bundle of rays involved in the reflected second rays is reflected by the other polarizer. The reflected first rays is detected by an optical sensor that is positioned outside an optical path of the second rays originally involved in the incident rays and reflected in the first direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is composed of a plurality of pixels, a plurality of switches and a driver circuit for driving the plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of pixels is provided with a liquid crystal element in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a pixel driving electrode and a common electrode confronting with each other, a first sampling and holding circuit, a second sampling and holding circuit and a switching device. The switching device switches a positive image signal voltage and a negative image signal voltage, and supplies the positive and negative image signal voltages alternately to the pixel driving electrode.

Abstract: Light in primary colors RGB modulated in a first modulation optical system is transmitted through a relay lens (36) and further divided into a P-polarized light and an S-polarized light by a PS separation wire grid (37). The S-polarized light is transmitted through a wavelength spectral filter (39) to select red/green/blue light components R1, G1, B1 of 615, 515, 450 nm in wavelength, which are then modulated by a Y1 device (44). The P-polarized light is transmitted through a wavelength spectral filter (46) to select red/green/blue light components R2, G2, B2 of 650, 550, 475 nm in wavelength, which are then modulated by a Y2 device (51). The 3 -primary color lights modulated by the Y1/Y2 devices (44), (51) are combined with each other at a PS composite wire grid (55) to project a synthetic light on a screen.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus is composed of a plurality of pixels, a plurality of switches and a driver circuit for driving the plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of pixels is provided with a liquid crystal element in which a liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between a pixel driving electrode and a common electrode confronting with each other, a first sampling and holding circuit, a second sampling and holding circuit and a switching device. The switching device switches a positive image signal voltage and a negative image signal voltage, and supplies the positive and negative image signal voltages alternately to the pixel driving electrode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus has a transparent substrate having a transparent common electrode formed thereon; an active matrix substrate having pixels with reflective pixel electrodes, the pixels being formed in column and row directions on the matrix substrate in a matrix fashion, each pixel having a switching transistor with a gate, a drain and a source, and a signal-charging capacitor; a liquid crystal layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; a column-signal electrode driver and a row-scanning electrode driver for activating the matrix substrate; column-signal electrodes connected to the column-signal electrode driver, the gate being connected to each column-signal electrode; and row-scanning electrodes connected to the row-scanning electrode driver, the drain being connected to each row-scanning electrode, each pixel electrode being provided at an intersection of each column-signal electrode and each row-scanning electrode, each pixel electrode and the capacitor being co

Abstract: A first linearly polarized bundle of rays of incident rays is converted by optical modulation with an input video signal into a second linearly polarized bundle of rays orthogonal to the first rays in polarization. The first rays pass through a polarizer before optically modulated. A second linearly polarized bundle of rays originally involved in the incident rays is reflected by the polarizer in a first direction. The second rays obtained by the optical modulation are reflected by the polarizer in a second direction. The second rays reflected in the second direction pass through another polarizer. A first linearly polarized bundle of rays involved in the reflected second rays is reflected by the other polarizer. The reflected first rays is detected by an optical sensor that is positioned outside an optical path of the second rays originally involved in the incident rays and reflected in the first direction.

Abstract: An optical system capable of outputting hi-contrast images and multi-primary color or 3-dimensional images is provided. Light in primary colors RGB modulated in a first modulation optical system is transmitted through a relay lens 36 and further divided into a P-polarized light and an S-polarized light by a PS separation wire grid 37. The S-polarized light is transmitted through a wavelength spectral filter 39 to select red/green/blue light components R1, G1, B1 of 615, 515, 450 nm in wavelength, which are then modulated by a Y1 device 44. The P-polarized light is transmitted through a wavelength spectral filter 46 to select red/green/blue light components R2, G2, B2 of 650, 550, 475 nm in wavelength, which are then modulated by a Y2 device 51. The 3-primary color lights modulated by the Y1/Y2 devices 44, 51 are combined with each other at a PS composite wire grid 55 to project a synthetic light on a screen.

Abstract: An active matrix LCD defines a display signal period and a reset period in each vertical scan period. The display signal period is a period to write and hold display signals in pixels in response to a row select pulse generated from an output pulse of a first shift register (SR1). The reset period is a period to write and hold a reset voltage in the pixels in response to a row select pulse generated from an output pulse of a second shift register (SR2). The ratio of the display signal period to the reset period is adjustable in units of horizontal scan time by changing the number “n” of horizontal scan periods to be passed between the time when the first shift register receives a scan start signal (WT) and the time when the second shift register receives a scan start signal (Reset).

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus has a transparent substrate having a transparent common electrode formed thereon; an active matrix substrate having pixels with reflective pixel electrodes, the pixels being formed in column and row directions on the matrix substrate in a matrix fashion, each pixel having a switching transistor with a gate, a drain and a source, and a signal-charging capacitor; a liquid crystal layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; a column-signal electrode driver and a row-scanning electrode driver for activating the matrix substrate; column-signal electrodes connected to the column-signal electrode driver, the gate being connected to each column-signal electrode; and row-scanning electrodes connected to the row-scanning electrode driver, the drain being connected to each row-scanning electrode, each pixel electrode being provided at an intersection of each column-signal electrode and each row-scanning electrode, each pixel electrode and the capacitor being co

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display, a metal layer forms a first light blocking layer having an opening that is shifted from gaps between adjacent reflective electrodes. Accordingly, light entering the gaps is blocked by the metal layer and does not directly reach lower layers. Between the reverses of the reflective electrodes and the surface of the light blocking layer made of the metal layer, light may be reflected multiple times and may leak through the opening of the light blocking layer toward lower layers than the metal layer. Such leakage of light is blocked by wiring regions that cover transistor diffusion regions, respectively. As a result, light is substantially completely blocked before reaching the diffusion regions, i.e., photosensitive regions of first and second transistors.

Abstract: An active matrix LCD defines a display signal period and a reset period in each vertical scan period. The display signal period is a period to write and hold display signals in pixels in response to a row select pulse generated from an output pulse of a first shift register (SR1). The reset period is a period to write and hold a reset voltage in the pixels in response to a row select pulse generated from an output pulse of a second shift register (SR2). The ratio of the display signal period to the reset period is adjustable in units of horizontal scan time by changing the number “n” of horizontal scan periods to be passed between the time when the first shift register receives a scan start signal (WT) and the time when the second shift register receives a scan start signal (Reset).

Abstract: A video signal of the non-interlaced scanning type is converted into a video signal of the interlaced scanning type by alternately selecting odd-number horizontal scanning line signals or even-number horizontal scanning line signals in synchronism with the start timing of each field period. The polarity of the video signal is inverted every vertical scanning period. During a first vertical scanning period, the odd-number video signal is written to respective sets of two neighboring line scanning electrodes (G1, G2), (G3, G4), (G5, G6), - - - . During a second vertical scanning period, the even-number video signal is written to another sets of two neighboring line scanning electrodes (G2, G3), (G4, G5), (G6, G7), - - - . The time axis of each horizontal scanning period is doubled. The drive frequency of a row signal electrode drive circuit is halved.

Abstract: An input analog video signal is converted into digital video data. The digital video data is inverted to inverted digital video data. The digital video data and the inverted digital video data are selectively output for each one field period of the input analog video signal. The selectively output digital video data and the inverted digital video data are converted into a first and a second analog video signal. The first and second analog video signals are adjusted at different first and second bias voltage levels, respectively. The adjusted first and second analog video signals are selectively output to a liquid crystal display device for each one field period. It is preferable to output the same digital video data twice for each one field period before inversion. In this case, the digital video data and the inverted digital video data are selectively output for each ½ field period, and the adjusted first and second analog video signals are selectively output for each ½ field period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal displaying apparatus has an active matrix liquid crystal display provided with a plurality of liquid crystal displaying devices arranged in a horizontal and a vertical direction to form a matrix. The apparatus further includes a horizontal driver provided along rows of the devices, a first vertical driver provided along the leftmost column of the devices and a second vertical driver provided along the rightmost column of the devices. The horizontal driver supplies video signals to the devices by scanning the devices left to right or right to left in a direction of the rows. The first vertical driver supplies control signals to the liquid crystal display to turn on the devices from the leftmost to the rightmost column of the devices when the horizontal driver scans the devices left to right in the direction of the rows.

Abstract: A plurality of pixel elements are arranged in a matrix layout, and an alternating current exciting signal having a plurality of exciting pulses is supplied to each pixel element. Each pixel element has a first MOS-FET in which one picture signal is received at a drain every one horizontal scanning period, one scanning signal is received at a gate every one frame period and a charge signal having a charge voltage relating to a picture voltage of the picture signal is output from a source, a second MOS-FET in which the alternating current exciting signal is received at a drain, the charge signal is received at a gate and a pixel electrode voltage of a pixel electrode signal relating to the charge voltage is output from a source, a condenser for maintaining the charge voltage of the charge signal until a next frame period, and a liquid crystal displaying device for emitting light according to the pixel electrode signal to display a pixel image.