Abstract: To provide a control device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device. A display controller is a control device of a display device including a display including a plurality of light sources to be independently controlled. The display controller performs display processing that involves monitoring an update of an image to be displayed on a screen of the display, and causing a light source corresponding to a display region of the updated image to glow more brightly than another light source, the light source and the other light source being included in the light sources.

Abstract: To provide a control device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device. A display controller is a control device of a display device including a display including a plurality of light sources to be independently controlled. In accordance with levels of unimportance or levels of importance each corresponding to one of display items displayed by one or more applications of the display device, the display controller controls brightness of a light source corresponding to a display region for the one display item. The light source is included in the light sources.

Abstract: To provide a control device capable of reducing power consumption of a display device. A display controller is a control device of a display device including a display including a plurality of light sources to be independently controlled. The control device performs first display processing that involves causing a light source, corresponding to a display region for notice information, to glow more brightly than another light source if the notice information is displayed on a part of the display when the display device is in a lock state. The notice information presents a user a notice, and the light source and the other light source are included in the light sources.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a display unit; and first to n-th control units configured to control respective areas of the display unit, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein: each of the first to (n?1)-th control units is provided with a unidirectional channel linking that control unit to a following one of the control units that is assigned a next greater ordinal number; the n-th control unit is provided with a unidirectional channel linking the control unit to the following, first control unit; and each of the control units, based on a state of that control unit and also on a link signal received from a preceding one of the control units, transmits a link signal to a following one of the control units and controls an associated one of the areas.

Abstract: There is provided an image output system including a camera, a display, and a control device configured to communicate with the camera and the display. The control device outputs at least one of (i) an image obtained by rotating an image photographed by the camera based on an orientation of the camera and an orientation of a prescribed subject and (ii) an image photographed by the camera rotated base on the an orientation of the camera and an orientation of a prescribed subject to the display.

Abstract: There is provided an image photographing system including a camera and a control device configured to enable communication. The control device adjusts an image photographing direction of the camera based on an orientation of the camera and an orientation of a prescribed subject. Further, provided is an image photographing method including a step of acquiring an orientation of the camera, a step of acquiring an orientation of the prescribed subject, and a step of adjusting an image photographing direction of the camera based on the orientation of the camera and the orientation of the prescribed subject.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a display unit; and first to n-th control units configured to control respective areas of the display unit, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein: each of the first to (n?1)-th control units is provided with a unidirectional channel linking that control unit to a following one of the control units that is assigned a next greater ordinal number; the n-th control unit is provided with a unidirectional channel linking the control unit to the following, first control unit; and each of the control units, based on a state of that control unit and also on a link signal received from a preceding one of the control units, transmits a link signal to a following one of the control units and controls an associated one of the areas.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the size of a circuit that generates display data and backlight data in each field. A field sequential data generation unit (10) is characterized by including a motion vector detection unit (11) for detecting motion vectors (MV) of input image data (D1), a backlight data generation unit (12) for generating backlight data (D2) based on the input image data, an image data calculation unit (13) for generating pre-interpolation display data (D3) based on image data (De) equivalent to the input image data and the backlight data, and an interpolation frame generation unit (14) for generating display data (D4) by performing frame interpolation processing which includes motion compensation using the motion vectors, on the pre-interpolation display data. By using such a configuration, the backlight data is generated based on the input image data having not been subjected to the frame interpolation processing, and the size of the circuit is reduced.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the size of a circuit that generates display data and backlight data in each field. A field sequential data generation unit (10) is characterized by including a motion vector detection unit (11) for detecting motion vectors (MV) of input image data (D1), a backlight data generation unit (12) for generating backlight data (D2) based on the input image data, an image data calculation unit (13) for generating pre-interpolation display data (D3) based on image data (De) equivalent to the input image data and the backlight data, and an interpolation frame generation unit (14) for generating display data (D4) by performing frame interpolation processing which includes motion compensation using the motion vectors, on the pre-interpolation display data. By using such a configuration, the backlight data is generated based on the input image data having not been subjected to the frame interpolation processing, and the size of the circuit is reduced.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device for carrying out a 3D display by a frame sequential method as well as a 2D display includes: a digital ? correction section for changing an input gray level to a gamma characteristic corresponding to either the 2D display or the 3D display in accordance with a preset analog gamma value; an overdrive circuit for finding, in accordance with a parameter set according to the gamma characteristic thus corrected by the digital ? correction section, an overdrive value corresponding to the input gray level; and an analog ? correction section for finding a voltage value to be applied to liquid crystal by correcting the overdrive value found by the overdrive circuit. In the digital ? correction section, an analog gamma value for the 3D display is set to be larger than an analog gamma value for the 2D display.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device wherein display performance of a two-dimensional image and that of a three-dimensional image are both improved. The liquid crystal display device is provided with: a liquid crystal display panel, which displays the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image by selectively switching the images; and a backlight, which supplies light to the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes an illuminating region, which is scan-lighted corresponding to scanning of the liquid crystal display panel, and the scanning frequencies of the illuminating region at the time of displaying the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image on the liquid crystal display panel are different from each other.

Abstract: A first and second region of a display device includes a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of holding capacitance wires to which modulation signals are supplied. The plurality of scanning signal lines in the first and second regions are independently scanned. The display device includes a first trunk to which the plurality of holding capacitance wires that form capacitors along with the pixel electrodes in the first region are connected, but to which the holding capacitance wires that form capacitors along with the pixel electrodes in the second region are not connected; and a second trunk to which the plurality of holding capacitance wires that form the capacitors along with the pixel electrodes in the second region are connected, but to which the holding capacitance wires that form the capacitors along with the pixel electrodes in the first region are not connected.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device for carrying out a 3D display by a frame sequential method as well as a 2D display includes: a digital ? correction section (21) for changing an input gray level to a gamma characteristic corresponding to either the 2D display or the 3D display in accordance with a preset analog gamma value; an overdrive circuit (23) for finding, in accordance with a parameter set according to the gamma characteristic thus corrected by the digital ? correction section (21), an overdrive value corresponding to the input gray level; and an analog ? correction section (22) for finding a voltage value to be applied to liquid crystal by correcting the overdrive value found by the overdrive circuit (23). In the digital ? correction section (21), an analog gamma value for the 3D display is set to be larger than an analog gamma value for the 2D display. This makes it possible to display a high-quality display with no crosstalk when carrying out a 3D display by a frame sequential method.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel (1) capable of switching between a 2D display and a 3D display; a digital ? correction section (21) for changing a gamma characteristic of a video signal supplied to the liquid crystal panel (1); a backlight (2) for backlighting the liquid crystal panel (1), which backlight includes an LED serving as a light source; and a backlight driving section (13) for controlling driving of the backlight (2). When the 3D display is carried out on the liquid crystal panel (1), the backlight drive control section (13) controls the driving of the backlight such that luminance of the LED is higher than that for the 2D display, and the digital ? correction section (21) changes a gamma characteristic of a video signal such that (i) luminance on a low gray level side is lower than that for the 2D display and (ii) luminance on a high gray level side is higher than that for the 2D display.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device wherein display performance of a two-dimensional image and that of a three-dimensional image are both improved. The liquid crystal display device is provided with: a liquid crystal display panel, which displays the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image by selectively switching the images; and a backlight, which supplies light to the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight includes an illuminating region, which is scan-lighted corresponding to scanning of the liquid crystal display panel, and the scanning frequencies of the illuminating region at the time of displaying the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image on the liquid crystal display panel are different from each other.

Abstract: For the purpose of reducing cross-talk which occurs when a display image is being switched, a liquid crystal display device is provided with an image signal correction means (7) for performing a correction in which a predetermined gradient of an image signal is cut when the temperature of a liquid crystal panel (1) is lower than the temperature during normal operation.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight device and a liquid crystal panel that displays information using illumination light from the backlight device. The liquid crystal display device further includes a power consumption setting portion that sets the target power consumption as set power consumption, and a storage portion that previously stores the power consumption characteristics that indicate the relationship between a video signal and power consumption of the backlight device. The liquid crystal display device also includes a backlight control portion that performs drive control of the backlight device using the input video signal, the set power consumption set by the power consumption setting portion, and the power consumption characteristics stored in the storage portion.

Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present invention aims to provide a display device capable of compensating for a change of a liquid crystal capacitance value for an electro-optic element such as a liquid crystal in accordance with a change of an application voltage to the electro-optic element, without incorporating frame memory. It also aims to improve the response speed of a display device without frame memory. For each pixel formation portion, a frame period is divided into first and second periods.

Abstract: The image reading device of the present invention includes (i) a sensor substrate which functions as a photoelectric transfer element having a photodetecting TFT and a pixel capacitor and (ii) a driving IC for applying a voltage to a gate electrode of the photodetecting TFT so as to drive the photodetecting TFT into an ON state or an OFF state. The driving IC applies a voltage, whose polarity is opposite to average polarity of a voltage making the photodetecting TFT in the OFF state, to the gate electrode of the photodetecting TFT in an arbitrary period. Thus, it is possible to provide the image reading device which can suppress variation of a photodetecting TFT property (resistance value) which is observed in a short time.

Abstract: A composite active-matrix substrate includes: a plurality of active-matrix substrates which are disposed adjacent to one another; a base substrate which is disposed to oppose a bottom surface of the active-matrix substrates; a sealant which is disposed in the form of a frame between the active-matrix substrate and the base substrate; a first filler which fills a spacing surrounded by the active-matrix substrate, the base substrate, and the sealant; and a second filler which fills a gap between edges of the active-matrix substrates. The sealant prevents the first filler from seeping out. In this way, seeping of an adhesive filler can be prevented in the arrangement where a plurality of active-matrix substrates are fixed on the base substrate using the adhesive filler. An electromagnetic wave capturing device according to the present invention uses such a composite active-matrix substrate.