Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display panel configured to have a plurality of scanning lines for which liquid crystal display elements each containing an optical input device and a display pixel are arranged, respectively, a backlight configured to be arranged facing the display panel to illuminate the display panel, and a control part configured to control writing into the display pixel and reading of a detection signal of the optical input device, wherein the control part displays an external light detection image substantially shielding light from the backlight on the display pixels throughout a first period of a frame period, and displays a display image on the display pixels throughout a second period of the frame period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display panel configured to be formed by arranging pixels like a matrix, a light source configured to light the display panel, and a driving control means for controlling the display panel, wherein the pixels are transreflective type liquid crystal pixels having a reflective part and a transmissive part driven independently, and the driving control means is configured to separately control non-image periods of the reflective part and transmissive part.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a video signal converter unit which converts input video signals of n colors (n is an integer equal to or larger than 2) into converted video signals of at least (n+1) colors, a video signal generator unit which, on the basis of the input video signal of at least one color, generates converted video signals of new (n+1) colors with the luminance of two or more converted video signals being improved, a display panel which displays (n+1) images sequentially on the basis of the converted video signals of the new (n+1) colors, and a backlight which switches between light sources of (n+1) colors for illumination sequentially in accordance with the images displayed on the display panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a reflective display part and a transmissive display part in each of a plurality of matrix-arrayed pixels. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which is configured such that a liquid crystal layer is held between a pair of substrates and gradation display is performed in accordance with a pixel voltage which is applied to the liquid crystal layer of each pixel, a backlight which illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, a sensor unit which detects brightness of ambient light, and a voltage setting unit which sets the pixel voltage relative to each of input gradation levels, on the basis of the brightness that is detected by the sensor unit.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an OCB mode liquid crystal display panel, and an optical compensation element which is disposed outside of the liquid crystal display layer. The optical compensation element includes a polarizer plate, a first retardation plate which is disposed between the polarizer plate and the liquid crystal layer, and a second retardation plate which is disposed between the polarizer plate and the first retardation plate and has a biaxial refractive index anisotropy. The optical compensation element compensates a difference of a polarization state that differs between azimuth directions of light passing through the liquid crystal layer and compensates a shift of the polarization state of light, which passes through the retardation plate, from an azimuth direction of an absorption axis of the polarizer plate.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel in which pixels are arranged in a matrix, a light source which is provided to face the display panel and illuminates one face of the display panel, selecting means which is provided between the display panel and the light source and is configured to transmit or reflect light, and control means for generating a frame which is time-shared by a transmissive display state produced by light from the light source, transmissive control of the selecting means, and display control of the display panel, and a reflective display state produced by reflective control of the selecting means and display control of the display panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which periodically performs graduation display and non-graduation display, a backlight which illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, and a light source control circuit which sets an illumination period that allows illumination of the backlight for the gradation display and drives the backlight unit during the illumination period. The light source control circuit is configured to drive the backlight intermittently during the illumination period in limiting the luminance of the backlight.

Abstract: Common signals VCOM during a black voltage writing period are set to be larger than common signals VCOM during a video writing period. The common voltage signals VCOM is VmH or VmL during the black voltage writing periods. The common voltage signals VCOM is VcH or VcL during video writing periods and video holding periods. The polarity of the common voltage signals VCOM is inverted alternately from frame to frame. A backlight is extinguished in the black voltage writing period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes liquid crystal pixels which perform display of different color components, a driver which drives the liquid crystal pixels according to a video signal which expresses gradations of the color components, and a video signal processor which corrects the video signal to keep a color gamut substantially constant in a range from a maximum gradation to a specified intermediate gradation.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display panel having liquid crystal pixels, and a backlight which illuminates the display panel. In particular, this liquid crystal display device further includes a light source driving unit which turns on and off the backlight at a predetermined duty ratio every frame period for update of a video signal, and a panel driving unit which allows each of the liquid crystal pixels to hold a variable pixel voltage that depends on the video signal for a gradation display period longer than a turn-on period of the backlight and which allows each of the liquid crystal pixels to hold a fixed pixel voltage that does not depend on this video signal for a non-gradation display period shorter than a turn-off period of the backlight.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes crystal pixels, and a drive controller which makes the liquid crystal pixels hold a pixel voltage corresponding to a video signal for a first period and a non-video signal for a second period, and cyclically repeats the first and second periods, wherein the drive controller has a setting unit to set a value corresponding to the length of the second period, and a range changing unit to change a voltage range of a pixel voltage corresponding to the video signal corresponding to the value set, and the range changing unit changes a pixel voltage of a high luminance side and enlarges a pixel voltage range as a ratio of the second period to the first period is increased corresponding to the value, and changes a pixel voltage of a high luminance side and narrows a pixel voltage range as the ratio is decreased.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of liquid crystal pixels PX equipped with an OCB liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates, color filters CF including red, green, and blue color layers allocated so as to overlap on the plurality of liquid crystal pixels, and a polarizing plate PL arranged at least at a viewing side in opposite to the liquid crystal pixels, wherein the blue color layer has a contrast that is greater than that of the green color layer.

Abstract: The OCB mode liquid crystal display device applies a black display voltage V(Tr) with temperature characteristic requirements expressed by: V(T)=<Vs(T), and V(Tr??T)=V(T)=<Vs(Tr), where T represents a panel temperature of the liquid crystal panel, Tr represents a sensed temperature, ?T represents a temperature difference between the panel temperature and the sensed temperature, and Vs(T) represents an optimal black display voltage.

Abstract: It is possible to eliminate the blue tone in the black color display in the OCB liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display cell (110) includes an opposing substrate (130) having an opposing electrode (Ecom), an array substrate (120) having pixel electrodes of the respective colors (dpixR, dpixG, dpixB), a liquid crystal layer (140) arranged in a bend-arrangement and sandwiched between the opposing substrate (130) and the array substrate (120), and red, green, and blue filter layers (CF(R), CF(G), CF(B)) arranged on one of the substrates. The maximum voltage is applied when performing black color display on the display screen. At least the maximum voltage of the pixel electrode for blue color dpixB applied to the opposing electrode (Ecom) is made different from the maximum voltage of the pixel electrodes of the other colors applied to the opposing electrode (Ecom).

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention for an OCB (Optically Compensated Bend)-mode liquid-crystal display (LCD) device, retardation and/or a predetermined voltage range, from which a voltage applied to pixels in a viewing area is selected, is set for the each pixel or for the pixels in each region of the viewing area such that: the luminance on each pixel monotonously increases or decreases with increase of voltage in the predetermined voltage range; the luminance in central portion of the viewing area becomes minimum at black displaying.

Abstract: In an OCB liquid crystal display device, a gradation voltage of a video signal is set to be lower than a black display optimum voltage, and a reverse transition prevention voltage is set to be higher than the black display optimum voltage and to be lower than a maximum applied voltage, and as the gradation voltage of the video signal becomes low, the reverse transition prevention voltage is set to be high.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To reduce the blue tone in the black display of the OCB liquid crystal display device. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] A liquid crystal display cell (11) includes: an opposing substrate (130) having an opposing electrode (Ecom); an array substrate (120) having a pixel electrode Dpix for each color; a liquid crystal layer (140) arranged in a bend arrangement located between the opposing substrate (120) and the array substrate (120); and red, green, and blue filter layers arranged on one of the substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having pixels, a light source which illuminates the display panel, and a control unit which controls the display panel and the light source. The control unit includes an insertion unit which causes the pixel to store a first voltage corresponding to a video signal in a first period within one frame period and to store a second voltage corresponding to a non-video signal in a second period that follows the first period, and a driving unit which enables the light source at least in a period corresponding to the first period in which the first voltage is held in the pixel, and disables the light source in a period corresponding to the second period in which the second voltage is held in the pixel, and is configured to set the first and second voltages at different independent values.

Abstract: A display control circuit which controls a display panel on which a plurality of pixels having an optical control layer between a pair of substrates are allocated in a substantial matrix form, the circuit includes a temperature detecting unit which detects a temperature relating to a temperature of the display panel, and a display panel drive unit which periodically outputs to the each pixel a gradation signal that corresponds to a video image signal, wherein the display panel drive unit has a setting unit which sets a gradation signal corresponding to the video image signal in response to a temperature of the display panel, the temperature having been detected by the temperature detecting unit and an overdrive output unit which, in response to a change of gradation of the video image signal, outputs another gradation signal instead of the gradation signal in at least a one-cycle period after the change.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, which includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates, illumination means for illuminating the panel, and a control unit which controls the panel and the illumination means. The panel includes a plurality of display pixels arrayed in a matrix manner. The control unit includes non-video signal insertion means for cyclically writing a video signal and a non-video signal as pixel voltages in each of the pixels, synchronizing means for synchronizing a turn-on timing or a turn-off timing of the illumination means with a timing at which the video signal or the non-video signal is written in the pixels, and phase control means for changing a turn-on period and the turn-on timing of the illumination means.