Field Period Polarity Reversal Patents (Class 345/209)
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Patent number: 8994708Abstract: A driver circuit for dot inversion of liquid crystals includes a positive source supplying a first positive signal and a second positive signal; a negative source supplying a first negative signal and a second negative signal; a first selector unit connected with the sources to receive the first positive signal and the first negative signal; a second selector unit connected with the sources to receive the second positive signal and the second negative signal; a first source connected with the selection unit to alternatively output a first positive voltage and a first negative voltage; a second source connected with the selection unit to alternatively output a second positive voltage and a second negative voltage. When the first source outputs the first positive voltage, the second source outputs the second negative voltage. When the first source outputs the first negative voltage, the second source outputs the second positive voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.Inventors: Tsun-Sen Lin, Cheng-Chung Yeh
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Patent number: 8994760Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that appropriately compensates for a feed-through voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kentaroh Irie, Masae Kawabata, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
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Publication number: 20150084941Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical field of liquid crystal display, and particularly, to a polarity inversion driving method for a liquid crystal display panel, a driving apparatus and a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Jian He
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Patent number: 8988410Abstract: A display panel includes a display pixel displaying an image in response to a common voltage and a data voltage and a sensing pixel outputting a feedback voltage in response to the common voltage and a reference voltage; and a driving circuit unit supplying the data voltage and the reference voltage to the display pixel and the sensing pixel, respectively. The driving circuit unit includes a common voltage estimating part comparing the reference voltage and the feedback voltage to generate a counter signal having a counter value that is stepwise varied according to the comparing of the reference voltage and the feedback voltage; and a common voltage adjusting part stepwise varying the common voltage supplied to the display panel in response to the counter value.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwangsae Lee, Jeonggeun Yoo, Sang-Min Lim
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Patent number: 8976100Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display includes pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, gate lines extending along rows, signal lines extending along columns, storage capacitance lines extending along the rows to superpose a voltage on the pixel electrodes, a counterelectrode opposed to the pixel electrodes, a driver to drive the gate lines, the signal lines, and the storage capacitance lines, and a controller to control the driver. The controller sequentially drives the gate lines to write from the signal lines to the pixel electrodes and, after the write to the pixel electrodes, changes a potential of each of the storage capacitance lines to cause alignment of the liquid crystal layer to make a transition from splay alignment to bend alignment.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yukio Tanaka, Daiichi Suzuki, Kenji Nakao
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Patent number: 8970564Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for driving a liquid crystal display device. The apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel in which the same colors of three-color sub-pixels are arranged in the directions of a plurality of gate lines, a data driver for driving a plurality of data lines, a first gate driver for sequentially driving (4n?3)th and (4n)th gate lines among the gate lines during odd frame periods, a second gate driver for sequentially driving (4n?2)th and (4n?1)th gate lines among the gate lines during even frame periods, and a timing controller for generating different first and second gate control signals and a data control signal according to odd and even frame periods to supply the first and second gate control signals and the data control signal to the first and second gate drivers and the data driver, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Su-Hwan Moon, Ji-Eun Chae
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Patent number: 8957887Abstract: An electrophoretic display apparatus and a method of driving the same. Gradation display using pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) may be achieved using a gate pulse having a pulse width and a voltage level that are set not to fully charge a parasitic capacitance component of a switching transistor included in each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il-Nam Kim, Min-Woo Kim, Soo-Min Baek, Jae-Kyoung Kim
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Patent number: 8957885Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel, outputting a data voltage having an offset value of a first polarity to a first pixel during a P-th frame, and outputting a data voltage having an offset value of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to a second pixel during the P-th frame, where P is a natural number, the first pixel and the second pixel are connected to a same data line of the display panel, and the offset value of the first polarity and the offset value of the second polarity compensate for each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sang-Hun Lee
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Publication number: 20150042629Abstract: A source driver and a method for determining polarity of pixel voltage thereof are provided. The source driver includes a data register unit, a plurality of data groups and a plurality of polarity determining units. The data register unit receives an image data signal and provides a plurality of display data. The data groups have at least two data channels respectively. The data channels are coupled to the data register unit to receive the corresponding display data and provide a plurality of pixel voltages. The polarity determining units are respectively coupled to the data channels corresponding to different data groups, and each of the polarity determining units determines whether to invert polarities of a part of the pixel voltages provided by the coupled data channels according to the received display data of the coupled data channels and previous display data corresponding to the received display data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Pang-Chen Hung, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Hung-Cheng Hsiao
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Patent number: 8952949Abstract: Pixel electrodes (17a and 17b) are provided in a pixel (101), and the pixel (101) is associated with a data signal line (15x), scanning signal lines (16a and 16b), and transistors (12a and 12b). One pixel electrode (17a) is connected to the data signal line (15x) via the transistor (12a). The other pixel electrode (17b) is connected to the pixel electrode (17a) via a capacitor (C101) and is connected to the data signal line (15x) via the transistor (12b). Storage capacitance (Cha and Chb) is formed between the pixel electrodes (17a and 17b) of the pixel (101) and a scanning signal line (16d) associated with a pixel (100). Thus, a configuration of a liquid crystal display device of a capacitively coupled pixel division mode is proposed in which a decline in display quality caused by image sticking of a sub-pixel is less likely to occur.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihide Tsubata
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Publication number: 20150035816Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral electric-field type of liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a plurality of liquid crystal pixels arranged in a matrix, and a controller configured to perform intermittent driving to rewrite an image signal to the liquid crystal pixels, wherein a frame frequency falls within a range of 10 Hz to 20 Hz, and an absolute value of a flexo coefficient (e11, e33) of a liquid crystal applied to the liquid crystal pixels is 1.6 pC/m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Daiichi SUZUKI, Yukio Tanaka, Kenji Nakao, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Shinichi Komura, Shinichiro Oka, Mika Oiwa
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Patent number: 8947413Abstract: Displaying an image on a display screen is provided by periodically changing the scanning order in which rows of sub-pixels of the display screen are scanned. One scanning order can be selected to scan the rows in the update of a first image frame of the display, and then a different scanning order can be selected to scan the rows in the update of a second image frame. Particular scanning orders can be selected in order to reduce or eliminate the appearance of visual artifacts by changing the location of the visual artifacts across multiple image frames. For example, different scanning orders that result in visual artifacts at different positions on the display screen can be used, and the selection of scanning order can periodically change among the different scanning orders such that the position of the visual artifacts changes periodically during the updating of multiple image frames.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Steven Porter Hotelling, Marduke Yousefpor, Hopil Bae
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Patent number: 8947412Abstract: A display driving system includes a timing control section having an LVDS receiving unit for receiving data signals, a data processing unit for temporarily storing the data signals, processing the data signals and outputting processed data signals, a timing generation unit for generating clock signals and timing control signals, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data signals; and a panel driving section having row driving units for sequentially emitting gate signals toward a display panel and column driving units for receiving the signals transmitted through signal lines from the transmission unit and supplying the received signals to the display panel. In the timing control section, the transmission unit has driving parts which embed the clock signals between the data signals at the same level and generate and output single level transmission data.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Kyu Jeon, Yong-Hwan Moon
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Publication number: 20150022560Abstract: A liquid crystal device (LCD) and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD includes a display panel, a data driven circuit configured for providing data voltages to the data lines, and a power reducing module. The display panel includes data lines, scanning lines intersecting with the data lines, and a matrix of pixels arranged in intersections of rows and columns The power reducing module is configured for storing a most-reload-image, comparing the data of the most-reload-image and the data of an input image, determining if the input image is a reload image increasing a power consumption of the data driven circuit, and changing a polarity inversion method of a timing controller. By changing the polarity inversion method of the timing controller basing on the input images, the display performance is guaranteed and the power consumption of the data driven circuit is reduced at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.Inventors: Wei Fu, Yu Wu
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Publication number: 20150022509Abstract: A polarity of a POL signal is reversed at least every frame in each scanning period. The polarity of the POL signal in the first frame in each scanning period is reversed every scanning period. The polarity of the POL signal is maintained, without being reversed every frame, in each pause period. The polarity of the POL signal is reversed every pause period.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Akizumi Fujioka, Kazuki Takahashi, Taketoshi Nakano, Toshihiro Yanagi, Yoshinori Shibata
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Publication number: 20150015555Abstract: A drive device of the present invention includes a VCOM selection circuit (122) for switching, before a display panel (102) is turned off, an electric potential of a counter electrode COM of each of pixels P from a VCOM1 to a VCOM2 which causes an electric potential of a drain electrode of each of the pixel P to be identical to the electric potential of the counter electrode COM after the display panel (102) is turned off.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Asahi Yamato, Kohzoh Takahashi, Taketoshi Nakano, Toshihiro Yanagi
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Publication number: 20150015623Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, multiple data line groups which are arranged on the substrate sequentially and adjacently, and multiple gate line groups which are arranged on the substrate sequentially and adjacently. The display panel further includes multiple pixel electrode array units which are arranged in an array on the substrate. The pixel electrodes in the pixel electrode array unit are electrically connected with the data lines and the gate lines via switch elements. Data driving signals received by any two adjacent pixel electrodes in a same column have opposite polarities. The pixel electrode array unit includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, and a fourth pixel electrode. Data driving signals received by any two adjacent pixel electrodes of a same type in the same row have opposite polarities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicants: Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kang YANG, Jun Ma, Tianyi Wu, Hao Chen
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Patent number: 8933918Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention switches, in a display driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device which carries out CC driving, between a two-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every two horizontal scanning periods and a one-line reversal driving mode in which a polarity of a data signal supplied to a source line is reversed every one horizontal scanning period. In at least one example embodiment, a polarity signal reverses its polarity every two horizontal scanning periods in the two-line reversal driving mode, and reverses its polarity every one horizontal scanning period in the one-line reversal driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shige Furuta, Etsuo Yamamoto, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Seijirou Gyouten
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Patent number: 8928645Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, amplitude voltage of an image signal written into a signal line can be decreased. A liquid crystal display device in which frame inversion driving is performed includes pixels each including a liquid crystal element and a transistor that controls voltage applied to a first electrode of the liquid crystal element. A scan line is electrically connected to gates of transistors in pixels in a corresponding row. A common line is electrically connected to second electrodes of liquid crystal elements in pixels in the corresponding row. In a first frame period, a first potential is sequentially supplied to the common lines in synchronization with sequential selection of the scan lines. In a second frame period adjacent to the first frame period, a second potential different from the first potential is sequentially supplied to the common lines in synchronization with sequential selection of the scan lines.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Koji Kusunoki
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Patent number: 8928570Abstract: A method of driving a display device by using a pixel voltage corresponding to a difference between a common voltage and a data voltage comprises: operations of charging the pixel voltage by the common voltage and the data voltage having opposite polarities; and discharging the pixel voltage in a period where the polarity of the common voltage is reversed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il-Nam Kim, Jae-Ik Lim, Won-Sang Park
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Patent number: 8922534Abstract: A system for displaying images including a display panel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes forming a first gate line and a second gate line at each row of pixels of the display panel, wherein the first gate lines and the second gate lines are separated and electrically isolated from each other. A first insulating layer is formed to cover the first gate lines and the second gate lines, and a plurality of via holes are formed in the first insulating layer to expose the first gate lines and the second gate lines. Then, a first conductive pattern is formed on the first insulating layer, such that the first gate line at each row of the pixels is electrically connected to the second gate line at an adjacent row of the pixels, by the first conductive pattern, through the via holes.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Ming-Chang Lin, Chih-Wei Ho, Ching-Hung Teng, Te-Hung Peng, Chao-Yi Hung
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Patent number: 8902211Abstract: A charge-sharing control method for a display panel includes the following steps. Firstly, a first switch set is turned on, so that a first voltage driving unit provides a first positive driving voltage to a first data line and a second voltage driving unit provides a first negative driving voltage to a second data line. Then, a second switch set is turned on, so that a first charge storage unit has a positive common voltage and a second charge storage unit has a negative common voltage. Then, a third switch set is turned on, so that the first data line and the second data line are electrically connected with a ground voltage. After a polarity inversion, the second data line is charged according to a first comparison result and the first data line is discharged according to a second comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Orise Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yen-Cheng Cheng, Chien-Chun Huang, Kuan-Han Chen
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Publication number: 20140347336Abstract: A display driving method including the following steps is provided. A common voltage is provided to define a reference voltage of a display. The reference voltage is sequentially switched between a plurality of AC voltage swings, between a plurality of DC voltage levels, or between one or more AC voltage swings and one or more DC voltage levels. Each of the plurality of AC voltage swings is provided for a time length of one or more frames. The step of providing the common voltage is repeated one or more times. A display driving circuit using the same is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Tse-Hung Wu
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Patent number: 8896584Abstract: A scan method for displaying image, wherein a display panel has N gate lines to display an image, and N?4. The image is displayed by dot inversion or line inversion. The method includes displaying a first image frame by a first scan sequence. The first frame has multiple first scan-line groups in relative darkness and multiple second scan-line groups in relative brightness, which are alternately displayed. Just after the second frame, a second scan sequence displays a second frame. The second frame has multiple first scan-line groups in relative darkness and multiple second scan-line groups in relative brightness, which are alternately displayed. The first and second scan-line groups of the first frame are complementary to the first and second scan-line groups of the second frame. The first scan-line groups of the first frame and second frame are relatively dark due to the pixels therein with insufficient charge.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Shang-I Liu
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Patent number: 8896512Abstract: A pixel circuit for a display includes a pixel storage node for storing and presenting a pixel voltage to a pixel display element, a cell storage node for storing the data on the pixel storage node, and a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor each including a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode of the first storage capacitor is operatively coupled to the pixel storage node and the first electrode of the second storage capacitor operatively coupled to the cell storage node. The second electrode of the first and second storage capacitors is operatively coupled to a respective different one of first and second independent voltage signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Patrick Zebedee
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Publication number: 20140333595Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes providing a switching element of a pixel of the display panel with a first polarity gate signal through a gate line connected to the switching element when the switching element receives a first polarity data signal having a first polarity with respect to a reference signal, and providing the switching element with a second polarity gate signal through the gate line when the switching element receives a second polarity data signal having a second polarity with respect to the reference signal through the data line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.Inventors: Se-Hyoung CHO, Il-Gon KIM, In-Jae HWANG, Bong-Hyun YOU
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Publication number: 20140333596Abstract: A scan driver includes scan-driving blocks, each including a first transistor having a gate coupled to a first node to supply a first power to an output terminal, a second transistor having a gate coupled to a second node to couple a second clock to the output terminal, a third transistor having a gate coupled to a first input to supply the first power to the first node, a fourth transistor having a gate coupled to a second input to supply a second power to the first node, and a fifth transistor having a gate coupled to a first clock to couple the first input to the second node. A first scan-driving block further includes a sixth transistor coupled between the second input and the fourth transistor gate, and a NOT gate configured to invert the first input signal and to supply the inverted signal to the sixth transistor gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Bon-Seog Gu
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Publication number: 20140320470Abstract: This document discloses a stereoscopic image display device. In the image display device, a display device displays a first image data and a second image data in a time-dividing manner. A switchable retarder panel is configured to control light emitted from the display device and is made of electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) liquid crystals. Polarization glasses polarize the light emitted from the switchable retarder panel. The polarization glasses comprise a left eyeglass comprising a polarizer having a tilt of 45° about a light absorbing axis, and a right eyeglass comprising a polarizer having a tilt of 135° about the light absorbing axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Sungmin JUNG
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Patent number: 8872904Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to include a plurality of pixels including a plurality of sub pixels and display an image frame; a visual field divider configured to be disposed on a front surface of the display panel; and a controller configured to render and display a first image frame to display a first view image in at least some of the plurality of sub pixels and a second image frame so that a second view image is shifted and displayed based on a position in which the first view image is displayed in the at least some of the sub pixels based on a distance between the display panel and the visual field divider.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-choon Hwang, Farid Mukhtarov, Seon-deok Hwang
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Patent number: 8872744Abstract: In at least one embodiment a ripple, generated in an electric potential of data signal lines even in long-term reversal driving, is reduced and display quality is improved. In at least one example embodiment, the liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes scanning signal lines and data signal lines, in which one scanning pulse is outputted to select one scanning signal line, each of the data signal lines receives data signals whose polarities are reversed per one vertical scanning period while in one horizontal scanning period, one of two data signal lines receives a data signal having a polarity and the other of the two data signal lines receives another data signal having another polarity, the two data signal lines being arranged adjacent to each other, scanning pulses are successively outputted in sets of two, and at a timing in which two scanning pulses fall, two scanning pulses rise.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masae Kitayama, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Kentaroh Irie
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Patent number: 8860645Abstract: A scan driving method for LCD panel comprises varying of polarity pattern adaptive to column data, wherein polarity patterns are dynamically determined from row to row, based on analysis of column drive signals for present and previous rows to obtain a parametric value and determination to either keep default polarity pattern or switch to alternate polarity pattern in accordance with parametric value obtained. Columns are regarded as in one or multiple groups for consideration. A total drive differential value is used as parameter, switching from default polarity pattern to alternate polarity pattern when a threshold is exceeded, to reduce total drive differential going from row to row. Column inversion is a default and dot inversion is an alternate.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Solomon Systech LimitedInventors: Jun Chen, Cheung Fai Lee, Yiu Sang Lei
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Patent number: 8860706Abstract: A display device includes a monolithic gate driver with drive signal trunk wiring lines that transmit drive signals (such as clock signals) made of a source metal in a region on the opposite side of a display region with respect to a shift register region. A VSS trunk wiring line arranged to transmit a low-level direct-current power supply potential is made of a source metal in a region between the shift register region and the display region. Each of bistable circuits defining a shift register and a drive signal trunk wiring line are connected by a drive signal branch wiring line made of a gate metal. Each bistable circuit and the VSS trunk wiring line are connected by a VSS branch wiring line made of a source metal.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mayuko Sakamoto, Yasuaki Iwase
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Patent number: 8847868Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a frame rate control (FRC) device which adds an FRC compensation value to digital video data using a plurality of FRC patterns defining subpixels, to which the FRC compensation value will be written, and a data driving circuit which converts the digital video data received from the FRC device into a data voltage and invert a polarity of the data voltage based on a previously determined inversion method. The FRC device counts frame periods and increases a frame count value each time the frame period changes. The FRC device changes to a next FRC pattern in previously determined order in response to the frame count value, and holds or skips the frame count value when the frame period reaches a previously determined time.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myungkook Moon, Jongwoo Kim
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Patent number: 8847937Abstract: An LCD device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD device and the driving method thereof accurately recognize an input pattern and perform the operation of any one of several inversion systems corresponding to the recognized pattern. Also, the LCD device and the driving method thereof detects the priority order of at least two different patterns and perform the operation of an optimized inversion system, even though at least two different patterns may be input.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Beon Young Kim
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Publication number: 20140285478Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including a first and second substrates, the second substrate including data signal lines, gate signal lines, pixel electrodes, a plurality of common electrodes that extend in one of a column direction and a row direction, and a plurality of shield electrodes overlapping at least one of the data signal lines or the gate signal lines, the plurality of common electrodes including a first common electrode to which a first voltage is supplied and a second common electrode to which a second voltage is supplied, the first common electrode and the second common electrode being alternately arranged in one of the row direction and the column direction, in which, in plan view, each of the plurality of shield electrodes is formed to overlap at least a gap formed between the first common electrode and the second common electrode that are adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kikuo ONO
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Publication number: 20140267206Abstract: For each display line cycle, inputs to a pair of differential input terminals of a driving circuit are alternately switched in a cycle shorter than the display line cycle between a gradation voltage and a reference voltage. According to this, a chopping operation of switching polarities of offset appearing at the output of the driving circuit within one display line is performed for a plurality of times, and accordingly, a pixel of each display line maintains brightness information in which the chopping operation is already performed. As a result, although a frame cycle is lengthened, it is difficult to visually recognize a brightness difference caused by the offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Renesas SP Drivers Inc.Inventors: Toshiyuki Takani, Toshikazu Tachibana, Shinobu Notomi, Takesada Akiba
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Publication number: 20140267472Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a source driver for driving a display panel to display an image data in an adaptive column inversion includes a data processing unit having a logic circuit adapted for determining N most-significant bits (MSBs) of image data signals of two neighboring data lines, such that when all of the N MSBs are equal to 1 or 0, the output of the logic circuit is 1, otherwise, the output of the logic circuit is 0, and a MUX coupled to the data processing unit and adapted for receiving a frame polarity control signal, FramePOL, and a pixel polarity control signal, XPOL, and selectively outputting the frame polarity control signal FramePOL when the output of the logic circuit is 1, or the pixel polarity control signal POL when the output of the logic circuit is 0, as a polarity control signal, POL.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao-Ching Hsu, Jen-Chieh Chen, Mu-Lin Tung
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Publication number: 20140267473Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a display device and a driving method thereof, in which uniformity of a video image displayed after charge sharing does not deteriorate. In a first horizontal period, a positive voltage and a negative voltage according to a video signal are alternately applied to source signal lines, and then, reset voltages of +5V and ?5V are respectively applied to source signal lines. As a result, the voltages of the source signal lines become +5V or ?5V. In this state, when the source signal lines to which +5V and ?5V are applied are short-circuited in the beginning of a second horizontal period, charge sharing is performed between the source signal lines, and the voltages of these source signal lines become 0V. Subsequently, when the voltage according to the video signal is applied, the liquid crystal display device can display a color video image having reduced display unevenness and high uniformity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Hajime Washio
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Patent number: 8836627Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus and a pixel driving method are provided. The liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a pixel array, a scan driving circuit and a data driving circuit. The pixel array comprises a plurality of first pixels, a plurality of second pixels, a plurality of third pixels and a plurality of fourth pixels. The scan driving circuit is configured to activate the first pixels and the fourth pixels sequentially and then activate the second pixels and the third pixels sequentially. The data driving circuit is configured to supply a first polarity data signal when the first pixels and the fourth pixels are activated and supply a second polarity data signal when the second pixels and the third pixels are activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Tien-Chin Huang, Chia-Tsung Chaing
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Patent number: 8836680Abstract: A pixel circuit is disclosed that includes a video mode, a memory mode and an inversion mode of operation. The pixel circuit includes a pixel storage node for storing data to be output by a liquid crystal cell, a pixel write circuit configured to receive display data and provide the display data to the pixel storage node for storage thereon. Further, the pixel circuit includes a hold circuit operatively coupled to the pixel write circuit and configured to minimize leakage of charge from the pixel storage node through the pixel write circuit, and an internal inversion circuit operatively coupled to the hold circuit and the pixel storage node and configured to invert a voltage of the data stored on the pixel storage node and a voltage applied to a liquid crystal cell that receives data stored on the pixel storage node.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Patrick Zebedee
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Patent number: 8836681Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reducing artifacts in an image generated by a display device. In one aspect, data is written to a display and a position of display elements is maintained based on the application of a bias voltage pattern. The bias voltage pattern includes alternating polarities along one dimension in a pattern having a first frequency spectrum, and alternating polarities along a second dimension in a pattern having a second frequency spectrum that is different than the first frequency spectrum. At least one of the first and second frequency spectrums may include a plurality of frequency components.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Manu Parmar, Jeho Lee, Nao S. Chuei, Koorosh Aflatooni
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Patent number: 8836685Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates disposed facing each other via a liquid crystal layer, each substrate having a plurality of pixels arranged thereon in matrix form; a first electrode formed for each pixel on the first substrate side; a second electrode formed for each pixel on the first or second substrate side; and the liquid crystal layer being driven by a liquid crystal drive voltage applied between the first and second electrodes; wherein an inequation of VLmin?VLmax<Vmax is satisfied, where VLmin is a liquid crystal drive voltage applied to the pixel to produce minimum brightness, VLmax is a liquid crystal drive voltage applied to the pixel to produce maximum brightness, and Vmax is a maximum liquid crystal drive voltage applied to the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi Komura
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Publication number: 20140253529Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: SHUN-MING HUANG, DENG-TZUNG TANG, YAW-SHING TSENG, KUN-HSIEN YANG, WEN-HAO WU
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Publication number: 20140253530Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: SHUN-MING HUANG, DENG-TZUNG TANG, YAW-SHING TSENG, KUN-HSIEN YANG, WEN-HAO WU
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Publication number: 20140247257Abstract: A method of data dependent pre-charging for a source driver of a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. Pre-charging is dynamically performed among plural pre-charging schemes according to pixel data corresponding to required output voltage levels to be outputted from channels of the source driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Yi Li, Huan-Sen Liao, Way-Guo Tseng, Jen Chun Peng
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Patent number: 8823691Abstract: A display device includes: plural pixel groups each including pixel circuits; plural scanning lines that are each connected to the pixel circuits included in any one of the pixel groups; a clock signal supply circuit that supplies a clock signal including a pulse signal; a shift register circuit that selectively transmits the pulse signal to the scanning lines in a predetermined order; and data signal lines that are connected to the pixel circuits and that supply a data signal to the pixel circuits included in the pixel group to be scanned. The period of the pulse signal supplied to some of the scanning lines is longer than the period of the pulse signal supplied to the other scanning lines, or the data signal is transmitted by the transistors included in the pixel circuits.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Mitsuru Goto, Hiroyuki Higashijima, Yoshihiro Kotani, Shuuichirou Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8823725Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining a duty cycle for a pixel (e.g. of alternating pixel values to achieve an average pixel color). In use, a first value of a sub-color component bit of a pixel is determined. Additionally, a second value for the sub-color component bit of the pixel is calculated. Further, a duty cycle for alternating between the first value and the second value is determined (e.g. which when applied at normal display frame rate may achieve an average color).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: David Wyatt, Daniel William Nolan, Michael A. Ogrinc
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Patent number: 8823622Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines having odd-numbered gate lines and even-numbered gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a first gate driver which drives the odd-numbered gate lines, a second gate driver which drives the even-numbered gate lines and a driving controller which outputs an overdriven image signal in at least one driving period of a plurality of driving periods and outputs a normal image signal in remaining driving periods of the plurality of driving periods. The overdriven image signal is obtained by adding an overdrive voltage to the normal image signal, and the overdrive voltage is set according to a level of the normal image signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michiru Senda, Ryoichi Yokoyama
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Patent number: 8817009Abstract: The still image display mode includes a first period of writing the data of the image signal from the driver circuit portion into the pixel; after the first period, a second period of stopping supply of a signal or voltage for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion; and after the second period, a third period of restarting the supply of a signal or voltage for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion and writing the data of the image signal into the pixel from the driver circuit portion, so that the pixel keeps displaying a still image. A length of a period from the stop of the supply of the signal for operating the driver circuit portion to the driver circuit portion to the restart is set in accordance with a temperature of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Hayakawa, Kenichi Wakimoto
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Patent number: 8810495Abstract: The present application provides a display device having a pixel circuit including: a pixel electrode; a capacitive element configured to be connected to the pixel electrode of liquid crystal capacitance and hold a signal potential reflecting a grayscale; and an inverter circuit configured to invert polarity of a held potential read out from the capacitive element, wherein input potential of the inverter circuit is set to middle potential in an operating supply voltage range of the inverter circuit in operation of inverting the polarity of the held potential and writing an inverted potential to the capacitive element again after reading out the held potential from the capacitive element.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.Inventor: Yasuyuki Teranishi