Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a data line; a plurality of pixel circuits; an output grayscale value generating circuit for outputting an output grayscale value obtained by correcting a display grayscale value indicating a grayscale potential having one of positive polarity and negative polarity; and a data-line driving circuit for selectively outputting an output potential having one of positive polarity and negative polarity corresponding to the output grayscale value to the data line. The data-line driving circuit outputs the potential so that the positive-polarity output potential corresponding to a smallest output grayscale value becomes lower than a positive-polarity grayscale potential indicated by a smallest one of the display grayscale values and that the negative-polarity output potential corresponding to the smallest output grayscale value becomes higher than a negative-polarity grayscale potential indicated by the smallest one of the display grayscale values.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first image signal generating unit for acquiring an image signal and for generating a first image signal in which at least a part of the pixel drive values are reduced; a second image signal generating unit for acquiring the image signal and for generating a second image signal in which at least a part of the pixel drive values are increased; a display signal selection unit for selecting one of the first image signal and the second image signal as a display signal; and a polarity control unit for controlling a polarity of the display signal. The polarity control unit inverts the polarity of the display signal. The display signal selection unit selects the first image signal in a frame immediately before the inversion and selects the second image signal in a frame immediately after the inversion.

Abstract: A data line driving section (6) outputs a video signal voltage for each pixel to a data line (DL) for each predetermined period in order. In outputting a video signal voltage for a pixel, the data line driving section (6) outputs a gradation signal voltage having a voltage corresponding to a gradation value of the pixel as the video signal voltage during a second part of the predetermined period, and outputs a correction gradation signal voltage different from the gradation signal voltage as the video signal voltage during a first part of the predetermined period. A control section (4) changes a relationship between the correction gradation signal voltage and the gradation signal voltage based on a combination of the gradation value of the pixel and a gradation value of a pixel preceding the pixel.

Abstract: A data line driving section (6) outputs a video signal voltage for each pixel to a data line (DL) for each predetermined period in order. In outputting a video signal voltage for a pixel, the data line driving section (6) outputs a gradation signal voltage having a voltage corresponding to a gradation value of the pixel as the video signal voltage during a second part of the predetermined period, and outputs a correction gradation signal voltage different from the gradation signal voltage as the video signal voltage during a first part of the predetermined period. A control section (4) changes a relationship between the correction gradation signal voltage and the gradation signal voltage based on a combination of the gradation value of the pixel and a gradation value of a pixel preceding the pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes one image signal line which is connected to a plurality of pixels, a scanning line drive part which outputs an ON voltage to the respective pixels in a predetermined order, and a data line drive part which outputs image signal voltages. The data line drive part outputs a gray level signal voltage corresponding to a gray level value of the pixel as an image signal voltage in a first period, and outputs a correction gray level signal voltage different from the gray level signal voltage as an image signal voltage in a second period which precedes the first period. The liquid crystal display device further includes a control part which generates the correction gray level signal voltage based on the gray level value of the pixel and one or plurality of gray level values of pixels which precede the pixel in order.

Abstract: A display device includes a display portion having gate and source signal lines, and a plurality of pixels, a gate driver that outputs gate signals, a source driver that outputs source signals, and a controller that causes the display portion to display an image at a frame frequency. The controller sets the frame frequency to a first frame frequency F1 when the image is a moving picture, and the controller sets the frame frequency to a second frame frequency F2 lower than F1 when the image is a still picture. The gate driver outputs the gate signals to the gate signal lines in an aligned order of gate signal lines in a second direction when the frame frequency is F1, and the gate driver outputs the gate signals to the gate signal lines in different order from the array order when the frame frequency is F2.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of pixel circuits which is arranged in a matrix shape; a plurality of data lines; a selection unit which sequentially selects the plurality of pixel circuits for every group which is fewer in number than the number of rows of the pixel circuits; a control unit which sequentially changes the pixel circuits included in the groups; and a data signal supply unit which outputs a data signal to each data line. Each of the plurality of sequentially selected pixel circuits is connected to each of the different data lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes one image signal line which is connected to a plurality of pixels, a scanning line drive part which outputs an ON voltage to the respective pixels in a predetermined order, and a data line drive part which outputs image signal voltages. The data line drive part outputs a gray level signal voltage corresponding to a gray level value of the pixel as an image signal voltage in a first period, and outputs a correction gray level signal voltage different from the gray level signal voltage as an image signal voltage in a second period which precedes the first period. The liquid crystal display device further includes a control part which generates the correction gray level signal voltage based on the gray level value of the pixel and one or plurarity of gray level values of pixels which precede the pixel in order.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a control portion; a display panel including one or more pixel circuits and an image signal line connected to the pixel circuits; and an image signal line driving circuit. The control portion includes a difference acquiring circuit for acquiring difference data between a value of a gray-level potential, which is to be applied to one of the pixel circuits from the image signal line, and a value of a precharge potential based on the gray-level potential. The image signal line driving circuit calculates the precharge potential based on the value of the gray-level potential and the difference data, and supplies the image signal line with the precharge potential and the gray-level potential in sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of preventing a type of screen burn-in phenomenon caused by fluctuations in DC component of a liquid crystal drive voltage, which occurs when the refresh rate is switched. A control device can perform quadruple speed drive and double speed drive of a liquid crystal panel in an inversion drive method. A common electrode is supplied with a common voltage set in advance based on a midpoint potential in inversion drive of voltages set for a pixel electrode in the quadruple speed drive. In both of the quadruple speed drive and the double speed drive switched from the quadruple speed drive, a width of a scanning pulse (Pk) of a gate voltage (VGk) is set to a width of 1H in the quadruple speed drive.

Abstract: The display device including: a display panel; a backlight; a memory for converting frame rate of an input video signal and outputting a video signal; an interpolation frame generation unit for generating an interpolation frame based on the video signal output from the memory; a histogram generator for generating a histogram based on the input video signal; and a backlight brightness calculation unit for calculating a backlight control signal, the display device further comprising: wherein image data for display, which is obtained by an N-th frame of the input video signal, and image data of the interpolation frame generated based on the N-th frame and an (N+1)-th frame of the input video signal, is input to the display panel; and wherein the backlight control signal calculated based on the histogram generated based on the image data of the N-th frame is used for displaying the image data for display.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device which displays a black image by periodically inserting the black image, wherein after the display of the black image, a first period in which a video signal different from a video signal for the black image is outputted to video signal lines is made different from a succeeding period in length.

Abstract: The backlight device includes: a backlight including a plurality of light sources; and a backlight control part. The backlight includes a plurality of divided areas, and light sources disposed in each of the plurality of divided areas are chain-connected. The backlight control part includes at least one backlight control unit for controlling turning on and off of the backlight which includes the plurality of divided areas, with respect to the each divided area. The backlight control unit includes a selection unit for selecting one of divided areas, at least one backlight drive path. The selection unit selects the one of divided areas in a time division manner, and the light sources of the one of divided areas are driven by sharing the at least one backlight drive path in common.

Abstract: In the case where the gray-scale value of the pixel X is the minimum gray-scale value, the data line driving circuit (4) outputs a video signal having a voltage obtained by correcting the positive polarity minimum gray-scale voltage corresponding to the minimum gray-scale value only when outputting a positive polarity video signal. In the above, the data line driving circuit (4) outputs the video signal having the voltage obtained by correcting the positive polarity minimum gray-scale voltage, using a voltage correction amount larger than that which is used in outputting the video signal having the voltage obtained by correcting the positive polarity gray-scale voltage corresponding to the intermediate gray-scale value.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a data line; a plurality of pixel circuits; an output grayscale value generating circuit for outputting an output grayscale value obtained by correcting a display grayscale value indicating a grayscale potential having one of positive polarity and negative polarity; and a data-line driving circuit for selectively outputting an output potential having one of positive polarity and negative polarity corresponding to the output grayscale value to the data line. The data-line driving circuit outputs the potential so that the positive-polarity output potential corresponding to a smallest output grayscale value becomes lower than a positive-polarity grayscale potential indicated by a smallest one of the display grayscale values and that the negative-polarity output potential corresponding to the smallest output grayscale value becomes higher than a negative-polarity grayscale potential indicated by the smallest one of the display grayscale values.

Abstract: A signal converter to make a display module conduct an n-ply display operation divides one frame period of input display data into n subframes to obtain n-ply display data, shifts the sampling position for each n-ply display data, samples the data to convert resolution thereof, rearranges in n ways a combination of subpixels included in each pixel of output display data resultant from the sampling, and varying the sampling position and the combination of subpixels for each subframe in a cooperative fashion.

Abstract: The present invention realizes proper driving circuits in a driving-circuit integral type liquid crystal display device which has an increased screen size. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a driving circuit which supplies video signals to video signal lines formed on the liquid crystal display panel. The driving circuit is comprised of a first driving circuit which is formed in a step similar to a step for forming pixels provided to the liquid crystal display panel and a second driving circuit which is connected to the liquid crystal display panel after formation of the liquid crystal display panel. The first driving circuit is constituted of a switching circuit which is capable of distributing an output of the second driving circuit to a plurality of video signal lines.

Abstract: The present invention reduces moving image blurring while suppressing the lowering of brightness, lowering of contrast and the increase of electricity necessary for light emission. A display device includes a first gradation voltage generation circuit which generates a first gradation voltage based on gradations of display data amounting to 1 screen displayed during 1 frame period, and a second gradation voltage generation circuit which generates a second gradation voltage based on the gradations of display data amounting of 1 screen displayed in 1 frame period, wherein the gradations of the respective pixels on the display data are displayed by performing a display based on the first gradation voltage and a display based on the second gradation voltage during 1 frame period.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which includes one image signal line which is connected to a plurality of pixels, a scanning line drive part which outputs an ON voltage to the respective pixels in a predetermined order, and a data line drive part which outputs image signal voltages. The data line drive part outputs a gray level signal voltage corresponding to a gray level value of the pixel as an image signal voltage in a first period, and outputs a correction gray level signal voltage different from the gray level signal voltage as an image signal voltage in a second period which precedes the first period. The liquid crystal display device further includes a control part which generates the correction gray level signal voltage based on the gray level value of the pixel and one or plurarity of gray level values of pixels which precede the pixel in order.

Abstract: A data line driving section (6) outputs a video signal voltage for each pixel to a data line (DL) for each predetermined period in order. In outputting a video signal voltage for a pixel, the data line driving section (6) outputs a gradation signal voltage having a voltage corresponding to a gradation value of the pixel as the video signal voltage during a second part of the predetermined period, and outputs a correction gradation signal voltage different from the gradation signal voltage as the video signal voltage during a first part of the predetermined period. A control section (4) changes a relationship between the correction gradation signal voltage and the gradation signal voltage based on a combination of the gradation value of the pixel and a gradation value of a pixel preceding the pixel.