Abstract: In order to solve the problem in which voltages Vsig1 read in units of rows have differences to cause vertical shading, thereby degrading image quality, and the problem in which the dynamic ranges of source follower circuits are different in units of rows because finite resistances are distributed in the power supply lines, a photoelectric conversion apparatus includes photoelectric conversion portions placed in a plurality of rows, an amplification section including a load section arranged in units of vertical output lines to amplify signal charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portions placed in a plurality of rows, a vertical scanning section for sequentially scanning signals amplified by the amplification section to read the signals onto the vertical output lines, and a horizontal scanning section for sequentially scanning the signals amplified by the amplification section to read the signals onto horizontal output lines, wherein the load sections are located on a side vertically opposite to

Abstract: A CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode, a plurality of transistors for transferring charges accumulated at the photodiode to one column line, and a voltage dropping element connected to a gate electrode of at least one transistor among the plurality of transistors for expanding a saturation region of the transistor by dropping down a gate voltage inputted to the gate electrode of the at least one transistor.

Abstract: An active matrix display device includes: a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a matrix; a plurality of image signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective columns of the pixels; a plurality of scanning signal lines that are disposed to correspond to respective rows of the pixels; an image signal line driving unit that supplies image signals for driving the pixels to the image signal lines; and a timing control circuit that transmits an image display control signal to the image signal line driving unit with a predetermined cycle even during a vertical blanking period. The timing control circuit performs a control operation allows the image signal line driving unit to intermit a read operation of image display data during the first period that is defined within the vertical blanking period and that includes at least a second half of the vertical blanking period.

Abstract: To provide a solid-state imaging apparatus which is capable of preventing electric charge from being injected from a semiconductor substrate while electric charge is being accumulated into photodiodes. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a driving pulse control unit. The solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate, photodiodes which are two-dimensionally formed on the semiconductor substrate, and vertical Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) having at least one arranged read-out gate and non-read-out gate for each of the photodiodes, the read-out gate being for reading out accumulated electric charge from the associated photodiode, and the non-read-out gate being not for reading out accumulated electric charge from the associated photodiode.

Abstract: A method is provided for selecting a stereoscopic pair of images, for example as they are captured by a camera or from an existing collection of captured images. A first image is selected and a cursor overlaid on the first image is aligned with an image feature. The cursor is then shifted by a predetermined amount and a second image is selected such that the cursor is overlaid on the second image and is substantially aligned with the feature.

Abstract: An optical input and/or control de and/or actuating variable functions of, for examp device, the optical input and/or control device ha radiation from a diode laser (3) is converged. As across the window (12), part of the scattered radi due to the movement of the finger (15), re-enters measured using the self-mixing effect of the lase radiation emitted by the laser (3) and re-entering of the laser and thus in the radiation emitted by photo-diode (4) which converts the radiation vari circuitry is provided which processes this signal. ice for manually selectively controlling e, an image capture device or a computer mg a transparent window (12) on which an object, e.g. a user's finger (15), moves tion, whose frequency is Doppler-shifted the laser cavity. Relative movement is diode (3), which is the phenomenon that e laser cavity induces a variation in gain e laser (3).

Abstract: A system and method are provided for measuring tilt of a sensor die with respect to the optical axis of the lens assembly in a camera module by providing a camera module having a sensor die with a plurality of focal indicial located on a surface, and a lens or lens assembly adjustably held about the sensor die and having an optical axis; exposing the lens to light; measuring the focus of each focal indicia with respect to the position of the lens; and calculating the tilt of the sensor die with respect to the optical axis of the lens.

Abstract: A digital camera (10) includes a CCD imager (16). An image signal corresponding to an optical image is output from the CCD imager (16), and an incident light amount to the CCD imager (16) is restricted by an aperture unit (14). A CPU (40) adjusts an exposure time period of the CCD imager (16) on the basis of an average luminance value of a normal evaluation area assigned to the center of a screen out of the image signals output form the CCD imager (16). The CPU (40) also adjusts an aperture amount of the aperture unit (14) on the basis of an average luminance value of a specific evaluation area assigned to the end of the screen out of the image signals output form the CCD imager (16).

Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a photographing lens having a aperture mechanism, an imaging section, including an image sensor for capturing a subject image via the photographing lens, a display section capable of displaying image information, an aperture drive section for driving the aperture mechanism to a specified position in response to manual operation of a preview instruction member, and a control section for causing execution of an exposure operation for a specified period in the imaging section, and causing display of a moving image on the display section based on image data acquired by the exposure operation. The control section stops the moving image display during drive of the aperture mechanism by the aperture drive mechanism, to thereby prevent unnatural variation in brightness of an image in live view display when a preview operation is carried out.

Abstract: A three-dimensional imaging device repeats a process for outputting three-dimensional image signals for displaying first through N-th elemental images that constitute a three-dimensional image. The device includes: an imaging optical system that forms an image of a subject; an illuminating section that repeats an action to irradiate illumination light in several directions in turn to illuminate first through N-th positions on the subject that are different in distance from the imaging optical system; a driving section that repeats an action to drive the imaging optical system so as to focus on one of the first through N-th positions to which the illumination light is irradiated in synchronism with the action of the illuminating section; a capturing section that repeats an action to capture the subject image to generate image signals in synchronism with the action of the illuminating section; and an output section to output the image signal.

Abstract: An imaging camera head for a visual presenter including a base, a support column standing on the base and having a distal end and an imaging camera having an operation section is disclosed. The imaging camera head is mounted on the distal end of the support column and includes a casing lengthwise divided into a plurality of parts and having one end on which the imaging camera is mounted and the other end on which the operation section of the imaging camera is mounted and a coupling shaft extending lengthwise with respect to the casing and coupling the parts to each other for relative rotation.

Abstract: A digital camera module (10) includes a chip package (101) and a lens module (103) mounted on the chip package. The chip package includes a substrate (20), a first chip (40), a second chip (70), and a cover (80). The first chip is mounted on the substrate and is electrically connected with the substrate via a first plurality of wires (50a). The second chip is mounted above the first chip and above the wires connected with the first chip and is electrically connected with the substrate via a second plurality of wires (50b). The cover is mounted above the second chip and the wires connected with the second chip.

Abstract: A support frame for CCTV camera enclosure is disclosed. The support frame comprises a support body supporting the structure of the support frame; a rotating section mounted onto the support body and the rotating section horizontally rotated with respect to the axial hole via the support body; a securing section mounted onto the rotating section and the securing section being rotated vertically; and a contact face with protruded teeth corresponding to the rotating section and the securing section to secure the CCTV camera in a best position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waveform generator and the related method thereof for generating a second image data according to a first image data, wherein the first image data and the second image data correspond to different signal formats. The waveform generator includes: a first memory unit, a second memory unit, and an integrating unit. The first memory unit stores a plurality of scan line patterns. The second memory unit stores at least one first scan line data of the first image data, where each first scan line data corresponds to a scan line. The integrating unit is coupled to the first and the second memory units and generates each second scan line data of the second image data according to the plurality of scan line patterns or each first scan line data of the first image data.

Abstract: As information to be processed at an object-based video or audio-visual (AV) terminal, an object-oriented bitstream includes objects, composition information, and scene demarcation information. Such bitstream structure allows on-line editing, e.g. cut and paste, insertion/deletion, grouping, and special effects. In the interest of ease of editing, AV objects and their composition information are transmitted or accessed on separate logical channels (LCs). Objects which have a lifetime in the decoder beyond their initial presentation time are cached for reuse until a selected expiration time. The system includes a de-multiplexer, a controller which controls the operation of the AV terminal, input buffers, AV objects decoders, buffers for decoded data, a composer, a display, and an object cache.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program are provided. The image processing apparatus of processing an image includes: means for acquiring a display format operable to acquire a display format which displays an image on means for displaying an image; means for acquiring a shot image signal operable to acquire a shot image signal that is an image signal from means for shooting an object; and means for converting a signal operable to convert the shot image signal in a first signal format into an image signal in a second signal format that is a signal format associated with a display format acquired at the means for acquiring a display format, based on correspondence information which associates a signal format for the image signal with a display format.

Abstract: An interactive user interface (UI) for managing digital medical images is disclosed. The UI includes a first display panel for displaying more than one of the digital medical images and a point on each digital medical image located in associated regions for stitching pairs of the digital medical images together, and a second display panel for displaying a composite image comprising the stitched digital medical images. The UI provides means for a user to modify the location of the points and means for applying an algorithm to regenerate the composite image in response to the location of the points.

Abstract: A method of generating a smoothed transport stream to an MPEG decoder for a diversity combine digital television receiver includes generating a plurality of synchronization clocks and demodulated signals according to a plurality of digital television signals received from a plurality of antennas; monitoring a signal quality associated with each of the digital television signals; combining at least demodulated signals having a signal quality being greater than a predetermined threshold to thereby form a combined signal; generating transport stream packets according to the combined signal; selecting a synchronization signal corresponding to a digital television signal having a signal quality being greater than a second predetermined threshold as a selected synchronization signal; and generating a smoothed transport stream having packets being uniformly spaced according to the transport stream packets and the selected synchronization signal.

Abstract: A monolithic integrated circuit includes a tuner and a SAW filter function. The tuner receives a radio frequency (RF) television signal that has a range of fundamental frequencies from 55 mega hertz (Mhz) to 880 Mhz. The tuner down converts the RF television signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) television signal that has a low fundamental frequency. In one embodiment, the SAWF filter performs the SAW filter function on the IF television signal. In another embodiment, the SAWF filter performs the SAW filter function at baseband. An IF processor for processing the IF television signal to generate a video television signal and an audio television signal is disclosed.

Abstract: A control device for interacting with a television system that displays media information. The control device is adapted to cause a change in an audio and/or a video portion of the media information on receiving an input from a user. The control device may further, for example, be adapted to govern actions of elements selected from the media information. At least one module is adapted to receive a movement selection from the user. The at least one module may also be adapted to send a control signal directing application of a movement corresponding to the movement selection to an element from the media information. The at least one module may further be adapted to display supplemental media information that guides the user to enter the movement selection. The control device may, for example, be adapted to interact with the Internet, which may provide audiovisual streams to the television system.

Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, an illuminating device that allows light rays to pass through the display panel, a polarization axis controlling unit arranged between the illuminating device and the display panel for allowing light rays having first polarization axis out of light rays outputted from the illuminating device to pass and changing the polarization axes of part of the light rays emitted from the illuminating device to convert the light rays to light rays having second polarization axis different from the first polarization axis, and a lens having a plurality of linear lens patterns for causing the light rays having the first polarization axis and the light rays having the second polarization axis separated by the polarization axis controlling unit respectively to proceed in predetermined directions.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a gate line (formed on an insulating substrate) including a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer formed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulation layer., and a data line and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer (stripe). A borderline (side edge) of the semiconductor layer (stripe) is positioned at the outside of a borderline (side edge) of the data line. In this way, by minimizing the overlap of the data line and the pixel electrode (so that a width of the data line is smaller than that of the semiconductor layer (stripe), parasitic capacitance is reduced, so that vertical line blur can be prevented.

Abstract: An electrooptical device includes a substrate having pixel regions arranged in a matrix, pixel electrodes disposed in the pixel regions of the substrate, switching elements disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate and electrically connected to the pixel electrodes, capacitors disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate to hold electrical charge on the pixel electrodes, wiring disposed between the pixel regions of the substrate, and grooves disposed in a surface of the substrate so as to extend between the pixel regions thereof. The capacitors each include a first capacitor electrode, an insulating film, and a second capacitor electrode. The wiring includes data lines and scanning lines corresponding to the switching elements. The capacitors are at least partially disposed in the grooves.

Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate; a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines arranged in a pixel region on the substrate; transistors disposed in associated pixel portions in the pixel region on the substrate, the transistors being electrically connected to the data lines and the scanning lines, and the transistors each having a semiconductor layer subjected to hydrogenation performed from an upper layer; storage capacitors disposed below the transistors in the associated pixel portions on the substrate, the storage capacitors being electrically connected to the transistors; and pixel electrodes disposed in the associated pixel portions on the substrate, the pixel electrodes being electrically connected to the transistors and the storage capacitors.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and manufacturing method thereof capable of ensuring an aperture ratio while reducing the number of data lines by a change of an arrangement structure of subpixels includes a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) connected respectively to the plurality of subpixels, a plurality of gate lines connected to the TFTs and formed along long sides of the subpixels, a plurality of data lines connected to the TFTs and formed along short sides of the subpixels, a plurality of storage lines formed to pass through the subpixels along the short sides of the subpixels, a first common storage line connected commonly to one end of each of the plurality of storage lines, and a second common storage line connected commonly to an opposite end of each of the plurality of storage lines.

Abstract: An array substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a pixel electrode, a first thin film transistor, and a second thin film transistor. The gate line includes a plurality of sub lines receiving a gate signal. The data line crosses the gate line. The pixel electrode is between adjacent sub lines. The first thin film transistor is electrically connected to a first sub line of the adjacent sub lines, the pixel electrode, and the data line. The second thin film transistor is electrically connected to a second sub line of the adjacent sub lines, the pixel electrode, and the data line. Therefore, an image display quality is improved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, a printed circuit board connected to the liquid crystal display panel, a transformer connected to the printed circuit board, and a ferrite core plate disposed between the printed circuit board and the transformer.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid crystal display capable of decreasing the number of components and easily carrying out an assembly. When a liquid crystal body 13 is to be attached to an opening 12 of a housing 11, the liquid crystal body 13 is supported and attached to the housing 11 by means of a plate portion 16 provided in parallel with the opening 12 through a wall portion 15 on a back side 11a of the housing 11. In this case, a flexible board 14 drawn from an end face of the liquid crystal body 13 is pulled out of an insertion hole 17 provided on the wall portion 15. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a holding member in the attachment of the liquid crystal body to the housing as in the conventional art. Therefore, it is possible to decrease the number of components and to reduce an attachment man-hour of the holding member.

Abstract: A main liquid crystal display panel is attached to a frame, and a sub liquid crystal display panel is attached to a bezel. The frame and the bezel are assembled to each other so that the main liquid crystal display panel and the sub liquid crystal display panel are arranged and held so as to face opposite sides. The frame and the bezel are separated from each other, whereby each of the liquid crystal display panels and can be easily separated at every part of the frame and the bezel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device having a back reflector; a display panel; one or more light sources disposed between the back reflector and the display panel; a first layer having first light reflective regions and first light transmissive regions, the first layer disposed between the one or more light sources and the display panel; and a second layer having second light reflective regions and second light transmissive regions, wherein the second layer is disposed spaced apart from the first layer and between the first layer and the display panel; wherein the light source illuminates the display panel through the first and second layers. Also disclosed herein is a method of controlling light within the display device.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a system that displays interactive messages by light emission of preset response depending on the direction of the light from indefinite light source; a light collecting device is used to collect the incidental light from an indefinite light source into clustered beam with higher luminance to be projected into one end of a light guide device before being projected in one direction or multi directions from another end of the light guide device, or light emitted display of selected text or graphics.

Abstract: A lighting device for display devices preferably used for constituting a backlight of a transmissive or transflective liquid crystal display device includes a light source lamp, and a light-diffusing layer constituted by a diffusing plate or a diffusing sheet, the light source lamp being a light source lamp having a folded portion(curved portion), such as U-shaped tube, and the lighting device for display devices having any of, or a combination of: a configuration in which the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp is covered with a lamp frame; a configuration in which an optical member provided with a light-reducing or light-shielding treatment is used around the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp; a configuration in which the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp is disposed outside an effective display region; a configuration in which the folded portion (curved portion) of the light source lamp is provided with a member for reducing or shielding li

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a polarizer for use in a large-sized liquid crystal display (LCD) with a size of 60 inches or more includes controlling the degree of stretching of a PVA film to have a width corresponding to a length of a long side of an LCD panel, cutting the stretched PVA film to fabricate PVA sheets, and attaching TAC films and protection films to each of the PVA sheets. Since the PVA film is fabricated into the PVA sheets, it is possible to fabricate a polarizer without changing the widths of the TAC films and protection films. Therefore, costs can be reduced that are associated with facility investment for manufacturing polarizers for LCDs having a size of 60 inches or more.

Abstract: An LCD comprising a first substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; a green color filter formed on the outer surface of the first substrate; red, green, and blue color filters formed on the inner surface of the first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate and having an inner surface and an outer surface; a pixel electrode formed on the inner surface of the second substrate; a common electrode formed on the inner surface of one of the first and second substrates; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate is provided. By this structure, a green light having color purity is produced. The manufacturing method of an LCD is simplified by replacing the black matrix with the overlapped color filters.

Abstract: A liquid-filled lens driver is disclosed. The liquid-filled lens includes an input/output interface unit, a system clock generation unit, a high voltage generation unit, a reference/bias voltage generation unit, a drive signal generation unit and a control unit. The input/output interface unit exchanges the lens driver control signal and the status information of the liquid-filled lens with the image signal processor. The high voltage generation unit generates high voltage using low voltage of a battery of a mobile information terminal. The voltage generation unit provides reference voltage and bias voltage for operating the liquid-filled lens driver. The drive signal generation unit generates a final drive signal for the liquid-filled lens.

Abstract: A display device includes a gate line and a data line aligned on a substrate, wherein the gate line and the data line cross each other to define a pixel area on the substrate, a gate electrode branching from the gate line, a source electrode branching from the data line on the gate electrode, a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode, a reflective electrode extending from the drain electrode, wherein the reflective electrode is formed in the pixel area, and an insulating layer pattern formed on the reflective electrode, wherein a protrusion pattern is provided at a surface of the insulating layer pattern.

Abstract: A sub-pixel of a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates. A color filter layer is formed on the first substrate and includes a first photoresist formed on a transparent region and a reflective region of the sub-pixel for blocking light of wavelengths outside a first range, a second photoresist formed on the reflective region of the sub-pixel for blocking light of wavelengths outside a second range that is different from the first range, and an intermediate area formed between and free of the first and second photoresists.

Abstract: A shading device is described for use with a display system. The shading device comprises a first component, typically a rigid component, and a second component. The second component at least partially covers the first component. The second component is a solid continuous film which has a lower reflectivity than the first component. In a particular embodiment, the second component is more elastic or flexible than the first component and/or has a hardness smaller than the first component, and is furthermore adapted such that it can provide a sealing contact with a plurality of light sources. The latter allows using the shading device also as sealing means for sealing electronics and other components of the display system from the ambient of the display system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a color transflective liquid crystal display that is capable of display with good coloring and high visibility in both a reflective mode and a transmissive mode while suppressing deterioration in color reproduction caused by unevenness of the spectral properties of the illumination light, if any. The liquid crystal display can include a liquid crystal display panel including pixels formed of a plurality of sub-pixels each corresponding to different colors, and an illumination device, wherein the liquid crystal display panel includes a transflective layer and a color filter of color corresponding to each of the sub-pixels.

Abstract: An electrooptic device includes: a display panel for displaying images; an illumination system for applying light to the display panel; a polarizing-axis control unit disposed between the illuminating system and the display panel, the control unit allowing light having a first polarizing axis of the light emitted from the illuminating system to pass through, and changing part of the light from the illuminating system into light with a second polarizing axis that is substantially orthogonal to the first polarizing axis; a lens disposed between the polarizing-axis control unit and the display panel, the lens including a plurality of linear lens patterns directing the light with the first polarizing axis and the light with the second polarizing axis separated by the polarizing-axis control unit into specified directions; a first polarizing unit disposed between the illumination system and the lens; and a second polarizing unit disposed between the display panel and the lens.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element is provided on one of outer surfaces of a liquid crystal display panel including homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecules, and includes a first polarizer plate, a first retardation plate functioning as a ½ wavelength plate, and a second retardation plate in which nematic liquid crystal molecules are solidified in a state in which the nematic liquid crystal molecules are hybrid-aligned in a liquid crystal state in a normal direction. The second optical element is provided on the other outer surface of the liquid crystal display panel and includes a second polarizer plate, a third retardation plate functioning as a ½ wavelength plate, and a fourth retardation plate functioning as a ¼ wavelength plate. The fourth retardation plate has an Nz coefficient in a range of 1.5 to 2.0.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate including a first insulation substrate, and rectangular pixel electrodes provided in a matrix on the first insulation substrate and elongated in a first direction, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and including a second insulation substrate, a counter electrode on the second insulation substrate, and projections on the counter electrode, elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first and second substrates. The projections extend through pixel regions defined by the pixel electrodes and counter electrode, and are formed asymmetrical with respect to a first imaginary line passing through centers of opposite short sides of each pixel electrode and extending in the first direction, and with respect to a second imaginary line passing through centers of opposite long sides of each pixel electrode and extending in the second direction.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device incorporating the same are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first base, a dielectric layer and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a reflective electrode. The dielectric layer covers at least part of the storage capacitor. The second substrate is substantially paralleled to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a second base, a black matrix and a common electrode. The black matrix corresponds to the storage capacitor. The black matrix includes an opening corresponding to the reflective electrode. The opening is provided to let an outside light enter into the liquid crystal display panel such that the reflective electrode reflects the outside light to provide a light source to the liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a viewing angle which is controllable in side directions without forming a white sub-pixel is disclosed. The vertical alignment type liquid crystal display has a display screen including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a display control region in which an alignment of liquid crystal molecules is controlled such that the liquid crystal molecules are disposed in an inclined orientation with respect to the display screen when a control voltage is applied, and a viewing angle control region in which the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is controlled such that the liquid crystal molecules are disposed in a first side orientation or in a second side orientation when a control voltage is applied. The control voltage is applied through a viewing angle control line separated from the display control region.

Abstract: An array substrate including a substrate, multiple pixels arranged in an array on the substrate, and an alignment film disposed on the pixels is provided. The pixel includes a reflective region, a transmissive region, and a transition region formed between the reflective region and the transmissive region, wherein an included angle between at least one side of the transition region and a rubbing direction of the alignment film is smaller than or equal to 30 degree. In addition, a transflective LCD including the array substrate as described above and a fabricating method of an array substrate is further provided.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel comprising a first substrate; a second substrate disposed on an observer side with respect to the first substrate and opposed to the first substrate; a liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate; an upper polarizing plate disposed on the observer side with respect to the second substrate; and a resin film disposed on the observer side with respect to the upper polarizing plate and affixed in contact with the upper polarizing plate, the resin film being higher in surface hardness than the upper polarizing plate. Both reduction in thickness of the liquid crystal display panel and ensuring of a sufficient strength are attained.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second gate lines in an active region, and first and second data lines crossing the first and second gate lines, respectively, wherein the first and second gate lines, and the first and second data lines define first and second pixel regions, first and second thin film transistors in the first and second pixel regions, wherein the first thin film transistors connected with the first data line and the second gate line, and the second thin film transistor connected with the second data line and the first gate line, first and second pixel electrodes connected with the first and second thin film transistors, first and second common electrodes defining first and second substantially circular band shaped regions with the first and second pixel electrodes, and a first common line connected with the first and second common electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display having a wide viewing angle and easily manufactured. The liquid crystal display comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal material disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The liquid crystal display has a conductive protrusion disposed on the surface of the upper substrate opposing to the lower substrate. The conductive protrusion is disposed over a scanning electrode line or a signal electrode line and has the same potential as that of the upper electrode. As another structure, each of pixel electrodes on the lower substrate has a smaller area than that of a common electrode on the upper substrate and is covered by the common electrode, and each of the pixel electrodes comprises an electrode portion having approximately symmetrical shape.

Abstract: An LCD device includes liquid crystal molecules of n-type liquid crystal, and a viewing-angle control pixel controlling n-type liquid crystal in a pixel. The liquid crystal molecules are inclined in vertical and horizontal directions. The liquid crystal display device may control a viewing angle in vertical and horizontal directions without forming a white sub-pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the device where the device can control a viewing angle in all directions without forming a white pixel. The liquid crystal display device includes a display control region that is controlled such that liquid crystal molecules are inclined and a viewing-angle control region that is controlled such that liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a horizontal or vertical direction, where a control voltage is supplied through a viewing angle control line independent of a common line for the display control region.