Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a gate electrode (GT); a semiconductor film (S) which controls a current flowing between a source electrode (ST) and a drain electrode (DT), the semiconductor film including a channel region and two impurity regions formed of regions which sandwich the channel region; two Ohmic contact layers (DS) being interposed between the source electrode and the like and the two impurity regions; and an insulating film laminated on a partial region of the semiconductor film, the partial region being around a position corresponding to a substantial center of the semiconductor film, in which: the semiconductor film is formed of one of microcrystalline-silicon and polycrystalline-silicon; the two impurity regions are formed in regions on which the insulating film is absent; the two Ohmic contact layers cover the two impurity regions therewith; and the source electrode and the like cover the Ohmic contact layers therewith.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of video signal lines; a plurality of video signal input terminals, the number of which is less than the number of video signal lines; and a switch circuit interposed between the plurality of video signal input terminals and the plurality of video signal lines, wherein the switch circuit has a plurality of switch elements and a plurality of switching wires, each of the plurality of video signal lines is connected to one of the plurality of video signal input terminals via one of the plurality of switch elements, each of the plurality of video signal input terminals being connected to a plurality of video signal lines, the switching wires, to which are connected the switch elements connected one to each of the plurality of video signal lines, differ from one another, and each of the plurality of switching wires being connected to a plurality of switch elements, among the video signal lines connected one to each of the plurality of switch elements, there exis

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal material sandwiched between the first and second substrates. In the device, the first substrate includes an active element, a first insulation film formed above the active element, a first electrode formed above the first insulation film, a second insulation film formed above the first electrode, and a second electrode formed above the second insulation film.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus hierarchically compresses and codes image data by subjecting pixel values of the image data to a discrete wavelet transform, quantization and coding for each of one or a plurality of rectangular regions into which the image data is divided. The image processing apparatus includes a hierarchical coding unit to compress and code the image data in a state where the image data is divided for each hierarchical layer, to obtain compressed codes, and a distributively storing unit to distributively store the compressed codes that are divided for each hierarchical layer by the hierarchical coding unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which is capable of fetching input signals of a small amplitude into the inside thereof. A level converting circuit includes a first-conductive-type first transistor having a gate electrode to which input signals are applied through a first capacitive element, a second-conductive-type second transistor having a gate electrode to which input signals are applied through a second capacitive element, a first bias circuit which applies a first bias voltage to the gate electrode of the first transistor and a second bias circuit which applies a second bias voltage to the gate electrode of the second transistor. Here, the first bias voltage is a voltage which turns off the first transistor when a voltage applied to the gate electrode of the first transistor assumes a maximum value and the second bias voltage is a voltage which turns off the second transistor when a voltage applied to the gate electrode of the second transistor assumes a minimum value.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of inputting an input image; obtaining an image object indicating image processing to be applied to the input image; and managing a state of the image object and transition of the state.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase the reliability in the level shift operation in a display device provided with a level shift circuit. The display device according to the present invention is characterized in that the above described level shift circuit comprises: a first thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer formed of a polysilicon layer; a waveform rectifying circuit connected to a second electrode of the above described first thin film transistor; and a constant current source and a switching element connected between the second electrode of the above described first thin film transistor and a reference power source, wherein a bias voltage is inputted into a control electrode of the above described first thin film transistor and an input signal is inputted into a first electrode of the above described first thin film transistor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a transflective liquid crystal display device having reflective portions having an improved contrast ratio. At each subpixel of the display device, a pixel electrode is shared between transmissive and reflective portions. Independent counter electrodes are used respectively for the transmissive and reflective portions. Different potentials are applied to the counter electrodes for the transmissive and reflective portions. The transmissive portion operates in normally black mode. That is, the transmissive portion displays black when no voltage is applied. The reflective portion operates in normally white mode. That is, the reflective portion displays white when no voltage is applied. The liquid crystal layer in the reflective portion is thicker than the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for coding and decoding includes a decoding unit which decodes compressed and coded data to restore original image data, a storing unit which stores additional information other than the image data in memory, and a coding unit which encodes at least a portion of the additional information stored in said memory as information additional to the image data when performing second-time encoding of the image data decoded by said decoding unit.

Abstract: A color display of high numerical aperture and multiple gray scales, which can realize multicoloring and area gray scales is accomplished by simplifying the pixel circuit constitution of the display device. A pair of transistors which hold video signals by bridging alternating power supply sources are used as an output circuit to a pixel electrode, and a capacitance is connected to the pixel electrode, whereby the data writing state is controlled by making use of a charge stored in the capacitance.

Abstract: In a display device which forms thin film transistors on a substrate, the thin film transistor includes an n-type thin film transistor and a p-type thin film transistor, a gate electrode of one thin film transistor out of the n-type thin film transistor and the p-type thin film transistor forms a metal layer made of a material different from the gate electrode on a gate-insulation-film side thereof, and an LDD layer is formed over a semiconductor layer of at least one of the n-type thin film transistor and the p-type thin film transistor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can reduce the difference in brightness between an image obtained from a reflection region and an image obtained from a transmission region. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode in each pixel region on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween. The pixel region includes a transmission region and a reflection region. A gap between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in the reflection region is set larger than the gap between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in the transmission region.

Abstract: A display device which enhances time-wise likelihood for a leak current from a floating memory node by increasing the number of writing of a voltage to a floating memory node is provided. In the display device, a vertical driver circuit includes a shift register circuit and a common electrode driver circuit. The shift register circuit is constituted of a plurality of basic circuits which outputs common electrode driving pulses based on a transfer clock inputted from the outside. The common electrode driver circuit is constituted of a plurality of common basic circuits to which the respective common electrode driving pulses outputted from the respective basic circuits of the shift register circuit and the transfer clock are inputted.

Abstract: In a display device which includes a driver circuit having a shift register circuit, the shift register circuit is constituted of basic circuits in plural stages. Each basic circuit is constituted of a circuit A, a circuit B and a circuit C. The circuit A fetches a first drive clock (or a second drive clock) inputted from the outside when transfer data is inputted to the circuit A from a circuit of preceding stage, outputs the transfer data as a shift output of own stage, and transfers the transfer data to the circuit B. The circuit B transfers the transfer data to the circuit A of the basic circuit of the succeeding stage, and resets the circuit C. The circuit C resets the circuit A and the circuit B in synchronism with the first drive clock (or the second drive clock) generated at next timing or succeeding timing of the first drive clock.

Abstract: A display device includes a thin film transistor above a substrate, in which the thin film transistor is configured to include a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed to stride over the gate electrode on the gate insulating film, an inter-layer insulating film formed to cover the semiconductor layer, and a pair of electrodes formed to be connected to each of sides of the semiconductor layer interposing the gate electrode therebetween through contact holes formed through the inter-layer insulating film, high concentration impurity layers are formed at each connecting portion of the electrodes of the semiconductor layer, and an annular low-concentration impurity layer is formed to surround at least one of the high concentration impurity layers.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a p-type thin film transistor formed on a substrate, in which the p-type thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a drain electrode; a source electrode; an insulating film; a semiconductor layer formed on a top surface of the gate electrode through the insulating film; and diffusion layers of p-type impurities formed at each of an interface between the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer and an interface between the source electrode and the semiconductor layer, the drain electrode and the source electrode being formed so as to be opposed to each other with a clearance formed therebetween on a top surface of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of low power consumption which exhibits high image quality is realized. To each liquid-crystal-side pixel region of one substrate out of respective substrates which are arranged while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, a first switching element and a second switching element which are operated in response to a scanning signal from a gate signal line, a pixel electrode to which a video signal is supplied from the drain signal line through the first switching element, and a counter electrode to which a reference voltage signal is supplied from a reference voltage signal line through the second switching element, and the pixel electrode and the counter electrode are respectively formed of strip-like transparent conductive layers and are substantially alternately arranged in the inside of the pixel region.

Abstract: A booster circuit of a two-step booster structure is manufactured by NMOS single channel processes and has two basic booster circuits to raise a gate voltage of a charge transfer transistor. The gate voltage of the transistor is first raised at one basic booster circuit, and this raised voltage is further raised at the other basic booster circuit.

Abstract: A display device has a driver including a level converter formed of polysilicon MISTFTs. The level converter includes first, second and third N-channel MISTFTs (NMISTFTS) and first, second and third P-channel MISTFTs (PMISTFTS). Gate and first terminals of the first NMISTFT and PMISTFT, and a gate terminal of the third PMISTFT are coupled to an input terminal via a capacitance. Second terminals of the second NMISTFT and PMISTFT, and a gate terminal of third NMISTFT are coupled to the input terminal via a capacitance. A first terminal of the third PMISTFT, and second terminals of the first NMISTFT and PMISTFT are coupled to a high voltage. A second terminal of the third NMISTFT, gate and first terminals of the second NMISTFT and PMISTFT are coupled to a low voltage. A second terminal of the third PMISTFT and a first terminal of the third NMISTFT are connected to an output terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating codes includes a quantization unit which generates quantization coefficients by performing discrete wavelet transform with respect to each of tiles into which an image is divided, a block division unit which divides the quantization coefficients into blocks, a Hash conversion unit which performs Hash conversion based on the quantization coefficients of each of the blocks so as to produce a Hash value for each of the blocks, a digital watermark embedding unit which adjusts a parity of a quantization coefficient of interest equal to a parity of the Hash value of a block to which the quantization coefficient of interest belongs, and a coding unit which generates code sequence data by coding the quantization coefficients including the quantization coefficient whose parity is adjusted.