Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a drive circuit for supplying a drive voltage to the liquid crystal panel. The drive circuit supplies a drive voltage obtained by giving an overshoot to a gray-scale voltage corresponding to an input image signal in the current vertical period, the drive voltage being determined in advance according to a combination of an input image signal in the immediately-preceding vertical period processed based on a predicted value of the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel in the immediately-preceding vertical period and the input image signal in the current vertical period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including (a) a liquid crystal panel for carrying out display by voltage application to pixels, each of which has a liquid crystal layer, and (b) a driving circuit for applying, within one frame time, (i) voltages that respectively correspond with image signals and (ii) a voltage that corresponds with a clear command signal, to the pixels of said liquid crystal panel, is arranged such that said driving circuit includes a combination detector circuit for generating, by looking up an OS parameter table, corrected image signals according to combination of first image signals for a preceding frame time and second image signals for a present frame time, the corrected image signals thus generated causing liquid crystal orientation in the pixels to be transited from initial orientation of the present frame time to orientation indicated by the second image signals.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a drive circuit for supplying a drive voltage to the liquid crystal panel. The drive circuit supplies a drive voltage obtained by giving an overshoot to a gray-scale voltage corresponding to an input image signal in the current vertical period, the drive voltage being determined in advance according to a combination of an input image signal in the immediately-preceding vertical period processed based on a predicted value of the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel in the immediately-preceding vertical period and the input image signal in the current vertical period.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a drive circuit for supplying a drive voltage to the liquid crystal panel. The drive circuit supplies a drive voltage obtained by giving an overshoot to a gray-scale voltage corresponding to an input image signal in the current vertical period, the drive voltage being determined in advance according to a combination of an input image signal in the immediately-preceding vertical period processed based on a predicted value of the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel in the immediately-preceding vertical period and the input image signal in the current vertical period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) display device includes a LC panel and a driving circuit. The LC panel exhibits, in its voltage-transmittance characteristics, an extreme transmittance at a voltage equal to or lower than a lowest gray-level voltage. The driving circuit supplies to the LC panel a predetermined driving voltage overshooting a gray-level voltage corresponding to an input image signal of a current vertical period, according to a combination of an input image signal of an immediately preceding vertical period and the input image signal of the current vertical period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including (a) a liquid crystal panel for carrying out display by voltage application to pixels, each of which has a liquid crystal layer, and (b) a driving circuit for applying, within one frame time, (i) voltages that respectively correspond with image signals and (ii) a voltage that corresponds with a clear command signal, to the pixels of said liquid crystal panel, is arranged such that said driving circuit includes a combination detector circuit for generating, by looking up an OS parameter table, corrected image signals according to combination of first image signals for a preceding frame time and second image signals for a present frame time, the corrected image signals thus generated causing liquid crystal orientation in the pixels to be transited from initial orientation of the present frame time to orientation indicated by the second image signals.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a drive circuit for supplying a drive voltage to the liquid crystal panel. The drive circuit supplies a drive voltage obtained by giving an overshoot to a gray-scale voltage corresponding to an input image signal in the current vertical period, the drive voltage being determined in advance according to a combination of an input image signal in the immediately-preceding vertical period processed based on a predicted value of the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel in the immediately-preceding vertical period and the input image signal in the current vertical period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) display device includes a LC panel and a driving circuit. The LC panel exhibits, in its voltage-transmittance characteristics, an extreme transmittance at a voltage equal to or lower than a lowest gray-level voltage. The driving circuit supplies to the LC panel a predetermined driving voltage overshooting a gray-level voltage corresponding to an input image signal of a current vertical period, according to a combination of an input image signal of an immediately preceding vertical period and the input image signal of the current vertical period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided, in which a liquid crystal layer made of liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy is provided in a gap between a pair of substrates each having an electrode, wall-shaped convex portions are provided so as to surround display pixels on at least one of the substrates, a homeotropic alignment film is provided on a surface of each of the substrates contacting the liquid crystal layer, liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned substantially in a direction perpendicular to the pair of substrates when a voltage is not applied, and the liquid crystal molecules are axially symmetrically aligned in each of the display pixels formed by opposing portions of the electrodes when a voltage is applied. In this device, the gap between the substrates is maintained by spacers dispersed on one of the substrates after the alignment film is formed, and the number of spacers in each of the display pixels is zero or one.

Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) display device includes a LC panel and a driving circuit. The LC panel exhibits, in its voltage-transmittance characteristics, an extreme transmittance at a voltage equal to or lower than a lowest gray-level voltage. The driving circuit supplies to the LC panel a predetermined driving voltage overshooting a gray-level voltage corresponding to an input image signal of a current vertical period, according to a combination of an input image signal of an immediately preceding vertical period and the input image signal of the current vertical period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer have a negative dielectric anisotropy, and the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially vertical to the substrates when no voltage is being applied and are axis-symmetrically aligned in each of a plurality of pixel regions under application of a voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates; a plurality of electrodes for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; a first alignment film provided on a surface of the first substrate in contact with the liquid crystal layer; a second alignment film provided on a surface of the second substrate in contact with the liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of pixels. The liquid crystal layer in each of the pixels includes first and second liquid crystal regions, liquid crystal molecules in the first and the second liquid crystal regions have an identical twisting direction.