Abstract: A display panel having N scanning lines to which scan signal are inputted and M data lines to which information signals are inputted, includes transistor groups each connecting in common plural (n) scanning lines among N scanning lines, and a selector for selecting one of N/n scanning line blocks divided by the transistor groups.

Abstract: An active matrix-type display device including a plurality of field effect transistors arranged in a matrix, a plurality of gate lines, an apparatus for combining the gate lines in a set of combinations each containing two or more gate lines and for changing the set of combinations, and a driver for sequentially driving the combinations of gate lines so that the gate lines contained in a combination are driven simultaneously and all the gate lines are scanned in one vertical scanning period.

Abstract: An optical modulation device includes: a first substrate having thereon a high-resistivity film having a sheet resistivity of 10.sup.3 .OMEGA./.quadrature. or above and a plurality of scanning electrode lines having a sheet resistivity of 10.sup.2 .OMEGA./.quadrature. or below and electrically connected to the high-resistivity film; a second substrate having thereon a plurality of data electrodes; and an optical modulation material disposed between the first and second substrates. At least one of the first and second substrates has thereon a pair of color filters of the same color disposed on both sides of at least one of the scanning electrode lines. The difference in height betwen the high-resistivity film and the scanning electrode lines is less than 1000 .ANG..

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a liquid crystal display section; an array section of switching elements connected to first information signal lines of the liquid crystal display section, respectively; a driving circuit section which divides the switching element array section into a plurality of blocks and time-sharingly drives these blocks on a block unit basis; second information signal lines of wirings as many as the number of switching elements of one block among those blocks being connected to the driving circuit section; an information signal output circuit for applying an information signal to the second information signal lines; and an arithmetic operating circuit for correcting the information signal which is applied to the second information signal line in the previous block near the next block between the previous block which is previously driven and the next block which is driven next when the panel is time-sharingly driven for every block to an information signal to eliminate a high l

Abstract: A color image reading method and apparatus in which the image of an object is formed by a single imaging optical system and a plurality of image pickup elements corresponding to lights of different wavelength ranges are disposed at imaging positions whereat the resolution of the imaging optical system is maximum in the respective corresponding wavelength ranges, whereby the image is read.