Control Means At Each Display Element Patents (Class 345/90)
  • Patent number: 8947418
    Abstract: A display device in which low power consumption is realized without lowering an aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal capacitive element Clc is sandwiched between a pixel electrode 20 and an opposite electrode 80. The pixel electrode 20, one end of a first switch circuit 22, one end of a second switch circuit 23 and a first terminal of a second transistor T2 form an internal node N1. The other terminals of the first switch circuit 22 and the second switch circuit 23 are connected to a source line SL. The second switch circuit 23 is a series circuit composed of a first transistor T1 and a diode D1. A control terminal of the first transistor T1, a second terminal of the second transistor T2 and one end of a boost capacitive element Cbst form an output node N2. The other end of the boost capacitive element Cbst and the control terminal of the second transistor T2 are connected to a boost line BST and a reference line REF, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumiki Nakano, Naoki Ueda, Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8947334
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display device including: for each pixel, a first switching element provided in common for a plurality of subpixels making up a pixel, the first switching element having its one end connected to a signal line; for each pixel, a plurality of second switching elements one provided for each subpixel, each of the plurality of second switching elements being connected between the pixel electrode of one of the plurality of subpixels and the other end of the first switching element; and a drive section adapted to turn ON and OFF the plurality of second switching elements in sequence during the ON period of the first switching element and turn OFF the second switching element that turns ON last in sequence first, and then turn OFF the first switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20150029080
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction and in a row direction, as well as a data line connected to a pixel of a k-th column (where ‘k’ is a natural number) and a (k+1)-th column in an odd-numbered row of the pixels, and connected to a pixel of a (k?1)-th column and a (k+2)-th column in an even-numbered row of the pixels. A data driving part is configured to apply a data signal to the data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Kyoon KWON, Dae-Ho SONG, Kee-Byem KIM, Yun-Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 8941578
    Abstract: In conventional liquid crystal display controllers, the display is reduced in the stand-by state but the liquid crystal display duty is not changed, i.e., even the common electrodes of the rows that are not producing display are scanned, and the consumption of electric power is not decreased to a sufficient degree in the stand-by state. A liquid crystal display controller includes a drive duty selection register capable of being rewritten by a microprocessor, and a drive bias selection register. When the display is changed from the whole display on a liquid crystal display panel to a partial display on part of the rows only, the preset values of the drive duty selection register and of the drive bias selection register are changed, so that the display is selectively produced on a portion of the liquid crystal display panel at a low voltage with a low-duty drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yokota, Kunihiko Tani, Gorou Sakamaki, Katsuhiko Yamamoto, Takashi Yoneoka, Kazuhisa Higuchi, Kimihiko Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20150022507
    Abstract: An array substrate and a liquid crystal panel area disclosed. Each pixel cell of the array substrate includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a third pixel electrode. In addition, the pixel cell further includes a control circuit for operating on the second pixel electrode to change the voltage of the second pixel electrode. The third pixel electrode connects to the second pixel electrode via a third transistor. In the 2D display mode, the three pixel electrodes are all in the displaying state of corresponding 2D images. In the 3D display mode, the third pixel electrode is in the displaying state of corresponding black images, and the first and the second pixel electrodes are in the displaying state of corresponding 3D images. In this way, the color distortion in the 2D and 3D display modes are enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaohui Yao, Cheng-hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20150015567
    Abstract: A polarity inversion control section (9) supplies a polarity designation signal, which designates a polarity of a data signal, to a data line drive circuit (5) while reversing a polarity of the polarity designation signal every frame. Even in a case where a pause driving control section (8) receives a designation signal that designates a sum of the number of frames constituting a scanning period and the number of frames constituting a pause period to be an even number, the pause driving control section (8) maintains the sum of the number of frames constituting a scanning period and the number of frames constituting a pause period to be an odd number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Akizumi Fujioka, Yoshinori Shibata, Kazuki Takahashi, Toshihiro Yanagi, Taketoshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 8928645
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Koji Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 8928850
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display panel based on three-dimensional transistor thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate, a printed circuit board, a first chip on film with an integrated circuit, and At least one connector connected between the array substrate and the printed circuit board. The first chip on film is attached between the array substrate and the printed circuit board. The array substrate and the printed circuit board can be supported by the connectors effectively. The connectors share gravity of the printed circuit board with the first chip on film attached between the array substrate and the printed circuit board. Therefore, the present disclosure can avoid damage to lines of the first chip on film and improve the yield rate of the quality of the liquid crystal display panel based on three-dimensional transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Quan Li
  • Publication number: 20140375627
    Abstract: A display device and driving method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel displaying a still image and a moving image and a signal control unit controlling signals for driving the display panel and controlling a frequency of the display panel based on a low frequency enable signal. The signal control unit controls the driving of the display panel at a low frequency when the still image is applied to the display panel and the driving of the display panel at a normal driving frequency after a first time elapses. The signal control unit further controls the driving of the display panel at a low frequency after a second time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Byung Sun Kim, Dae-Gwang Jang, Seok Ha Hong
  • Patent number: 8917222
    Abstract: A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a display surface on which frame images are displayed; a conversion portion for converting a frame image signal into a first image signal representing an image having a lower resolution and a second image signal representing an image having a higher resolution; and a liquid crystal driver for driving the liquid crystal panel with performing first and second scanning operations of the first and second image signals over pixels of the entire display surface. The liquid crystal driver performs the second scanning operation with targeting a drive luminance value which is set in response to an expected value of an achieved luminance value during the first scanning operation for the pixel of the display surface before the second scanning operation commences, and target luminance value for the pixels defined by the frame image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kobayashi, Yoshio Umeda
  • Publication number: 20140362042
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function includes a control device that performs, in normal operation mode, image display control so as to exhibit an image display function of a display function layer based on an image signal and performs touch detection control; a touch detecting unit that detects, in the normal operation mode, a position of an object in proximity to or in contact with the touch detection electrode based on a detection signal transmitted from the touch detection electrode; and a touch-detection controller that detects, in sleep mode, the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode. When the touch-detection controller detects the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode in the sleep mode, the control device controls a pixel electrode to a predetermined potential, and thereafter supplies a touch drive signal to a drive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Hidetoshi KOMATSU, Yasuyuki TERANISHI
  • Patent number: 8907880
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention includes: first and second pixel transistors (130a, 130b); a gate driver (210) that supplies a gate signal to a gate line (G); a source driver (220) that supplies a source signal to first and second branch lines (225a and 225b); a first source transistor (180a), which includes a source that is electrically connected to the first branch line (225a) and a drain that is electrically connected to a first source line (Sa); and a second source transistor (180b), which includes a source that is electrically connected to the second branch line (225b) and a drain that is electrically connected to a second source line (Sb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Ohara
  • Patent number: 8896799
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first sealant, a second sealant, and a gate driving circuit portion. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate have a display area and a peripheral area peripherally about the display area. The second sealant is spaced apart from the first sealant. The second sealant is disposed in the peripheral area. The gate driving circuit portion is disposed on the first substrate and between the first sealant and the second sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Hee Kwak
  • Patent number: 8890856
    Abstract: A display driving circuit that carries out CC driving is configured such that retaining circuits are provided in such a way as to correspond one-by-one to their respective stages of a shift register, that a polarity signal CMI is inputted to each of the latch circuits, that when an internal signal Mn generated by a shift register at the nth stage becomes active, a latch circuit corresponding to the nth stage loads and retains the polarity signal CMI, that an output signal SRBOn from the shift register at the nth stage is supplied as a scanning signal to a gate line connected to pixels corresponding to the (n+1)th stage, and that an output from latch circuit corresponding to the nth stage is supplied as CSOUTn to a CS bus line forming capacitors with pixel electrodes of pixels corresponding to the nth stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Sasaki, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta, Makoto Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 8890783
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display having photo-sensing input mechanism includes a first gate line for transmitting a first gate signal, a second gate line for transmitting a second gate signal, a data line for transmitting a data signal, a pixel unit for outputting an image signal according to the first gate signal and the data signal, a readout line for transmitting a readout signal, a photo-sensing input unit and a driving adjustment unit. The photo-sensing input unit is utilized for generating a sensing voltage according to a driving voltage and an incident light signal, and is further utilized for outputting the readout signal according to the sensing voltage and the first gate signal. The driving adjustment unit is employed to provide the driving voltage according to the second gate signal and the incident light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Pei-Yi Chen, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Jian-Shen Yu
  • Patent number: 8884858
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer and a second polarizer respectively disposed at the upper side and at the lower side of the liquid crystal panel, and a light path control film disposed at an outer side of the first polarizer to redirect light transmitted through the liquid crystal panel at low angles of the viewing angle to minimize gray inversion at the low angles of the viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi Hyuck Park
  • Patent number: 8884857
    Abstract: A field-sequential display is operated in one of a color mode or a grayscale mode. In the color mode, a video source provides image content in the form of multiple-color image data having a frame rate of X Hz and a display controller uses the multiple-color image data to drive the field-sequential display so as provide multiple-color image content at the field-sequential display. In the grayscale mode, the display controller generates grayscale image data from the multiple-color image data and the display controller then drives the field-sequential display with the grayscale image data at a lower frame rate of Y Hz. While in the grayscale mode, the display controller can take advantage of the enhanced contrast provided by the grayscale image content to reduce or disable backlighting at the field-sequential display. The reduced timing requirements afforded by the lower frame rate, as well as the reduction or elimination of backlighting, can reduce power consumption compared to the color mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Eugen Munteanu, Stefan Peana, John M. Knadler
  • Patent number: 8879027
    Abstract: On a liquid crystal panel, plural areas whose number is larger than that of temperature sensors are defined. In a memory, temperature relation information representing a relation between an output value of a temperature sensor and a temperature of each of the plural areas is stored. A controller acquires the output value of the temperature sensor and estimates, based on the temperature relation information and the acquired output value, the temperature of each of the plural areas. According to this configuration, the temperature of each of the plural areas defined on the liquid crystal panel can be obtained with a small number of temperature sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Masaaki Kitajima, Masahiro Ishii, Toshikazu Koudo, Hidefumi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8878758
    Abstract: A bidirectional switch includes a pair of transistors, with each transistor including a source connected via a degeneration resistance to a common source control node, a gate connected to a common gate control node, a drain connected to a respective channel or gate line and to a charge storage node, respectively, and a clamp diode connected between the source and the gate. This forms a single charge transfer path between gate lines sequentially activated by a scan driver of an LCD panel, and implements a charge sharing technique for reducing power dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Domenico Cristaudo, Stefano Corradi, Stefano Sueri
  • Patent number: 8866804
    Abstract: A first transistor comprises a gate coupled to a first scan line, a source coupled to a data line, and a drain coupled to the first storage capacitor. The second transistor comprises a gate coupled to a second scan line, a source coupled to the first storage capacitor, and a drain coupled to the second storage capacitor. A first polarity voltage applied on the data line is stored into the first storage capacitor during a first time period which the first transistor is turned on. The first storage capacitor discharges due to a connection between the first capacitor and the second capacitor during a second time period which the second transistor is turned on. By using such driving method, the difference in voltage between the liquid crystal capacitor and a common voltage is reduced from charge sharing for improving a color washout effect of the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology, Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chenghung Chen
  • Patent number: 8866715
    Abstract: Each pixel includes two pixel electrodes connected to each other via a capacitor, and in respect to a pixel (101) that belongs to the column of pixels and to the row of pixels, a transistor (12a) connected to one of the two scanning signal lines (16a, 16b) is electrically connected to one of two pixel electrodes (17a, 17b) included in the pixel (101), a transistor (12b) connected to the other one of the two scanning signal lines is electrically connected to the other one of the two pixel electrodes, and each of these transistors (12a, 12b) is electrically connected to an identical data signal line (15x) that is one of the two data signal lines (15x, 15y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihide Tsubata
  • Patent number: 8866711
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof capable of reducing flicker are provided. During a predetermined time period, two continuous inversion operations to pixel voltages and common voltages are repeatedly performed with a timing interval in which the liquid crystal component does not react to changes. After the predetermined time period, the pixel voltages and common voltages are performed by a single inversion operation such that they are phase inverted. Then, the pixel voltages and common voltages are repeatedly performed during the predetermined period by two continuous inversion operations with the timing interval in which the liquid crystal component does not react to changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Keitaro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8866719
    Abstract: A transistor (N1) has a gate terminal connected to a word line (Xi(1)) and a first conduction terminal connected to a bit line (Yj). A transistor (N2) has a gate terminal connected to the word line (Xi(2)) and a first conduction terminal connected to a node (PIX). A transistor (N3) has a gate terminal connected to a node (MRY) and a first conduction terminal connected to the word line (Xi(2)). A transistor (N4) has a gate terminal connected to the word line (Xi(3)), a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the transistor (N3), and a second conduction terminal connected to the node (PIX). Capacitors (Ca1), (Cb1), (Cap1) are formed between the node (PIX) and a reference electric potential wire (RL1), between the node (MRY) and the reference electric potential wire (RL1), and between the first conduction terminal of the transistor (N3) and the node (MRY), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Nishi, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta, Yasushi Sasaki, Seijirou Gyouten
  • Patent number: 8866802
    Abstract: A display device which realizes a multi-gradation constant display with low power consumption is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20140306870
    Abstract: In an image signal writing period, a first image signal is supplied to a first liquid crystal element and a first capacitor from a first signal line. In a backlight lighting period, display is performed in a light-transmitting pixel portion in response to the first image signal. In a black grayscale signal writing period, a signal for black display is supplied to a second liquid crystal element and a second capacitor from a second signal line. In a still image signal writing period, a second image signal is supplied to the first liquid crystal element, the first capacitor, the second liquid crystal element, and the second capacitor from the first signal line. In a still image signal holding period, display is performed in the reflective pixel portion in response to the second image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroyuki MIYAKE
  • Patent number: 8860697
    Abstract: A display driving device includes a plurality of data drivers; and a timing controller including a data transmission unit. The data transmission unit transmits data to the data drivers, The data transmission unit controls an electrical signal based on a distance difference between each of the data drivers and the data transmission unit, to reduce distortion of the electrical signal and/or power consumption due to the distance difference, and transmits the controlled electrical signal. The electrical signal corresponds to the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: ANAPASS Inc.
    Inventor: Yong-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8848153
    Abstract: An image display device includes a light source, an array substrate having a plurality of sub-pixel areas and corresponding to a plurality of color filters, wherein the array substrate includes: a display region and a peripheral region around the display region; and a liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. A light transmittance per unit area in the peripheral region of the array substrate is equal to or less than a light transmittance per unit area in the display region of the array substrate, and a resistivity ratio of the color filter having a highest resistivity to the color filter having a lowest resistivity is less than 10 and greater than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Mitsuru Ikezaki
  • Patent number: 8847866
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided which is capable of sufficiently decreasing power consumption in permanent display of still images while keeping high quality display in transparent mode, in high resolution display panels. In each pixel circuit, a pixel electrode is connected to a source line via a third transistor. When a refreshing circuit performs a refreshing operation, a boosting signal line is supplied with a voltage pulse. If the pixel electrode is at a high voltage level at this time point, a voltage at a node is boosted and a first transistor turns ON to supply a reference voltage to the pixel electrode as a refreshing voltage. If the pixel electrode is at a low voltage level, there is no boost, and the first transistor stays in OFF state, so a node assumes a voltage which is given by an off-resistance ratio of the first and the third transistors, and this voltage is supplied to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8836629
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a display section having a pixel unit included in a layout of a pixel matrix and provided with a memory unit used for storing a logic level of input image data; a vertical driving section for asserting a scan signal on a scan line provided for the display section; and a horizontal driving section for asserting a driving signal according to the input image data on a signal line provided for the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Naoyuki Itakura, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 8836622
    Abstract: Disclosed are a data line repair apparatus and a method thereof, employed in a LCD panel having a repair line, and a repair operational amplifier coupled to the LCD panel including a first input end, a second input end and an output end, and the output end and the second input end are both coupled to a data line of the LCD panel and the repair line. The data line repair apparatus comprises a receiving module, receiving image data of a present frame from the data line; an acquiring module, acquiring output data corresponding to the image data of the present frame and image data of a former frame from preserved corresponding relationships of the aforesaid data; and an outputting module, outputting a voltage corresponding to the output data acquired by the acquiring module to the first input end in a scheduled period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dengxia Zhao, Poshen Lin
  • Patent number: 8836636
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display device has a display unit including electrophoretic particles that are interposed between a pair of substrates; each pixel including a pixel electrode and a memory circuit, and a switch circuit connected between the pixel electrode and the memory circuit; and first and second control lines connected to the switch circuits. When a ratio of black color pixel data in image data is 50% or more of the image data, the following three-step image display driving action is performed: an image signal input step in which the pixel data is input as an image signal to the memory circuit; a first image display step in which all the pixels are set to black color; and a second image display step in which a white color portion is displayed by inputting a potential to one control line and electrically disconnecting the other control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 8830410
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, common voltage wiring disposed on the first substrate and transmitting a common voltage, a first insulating layer disposed on the common voltage wiring, a common electrode disposed on a whole surface of the second substrate, a first conductive member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and electrically connecting the common electrode and the common voltage wiring to each other, and a sealant combining the first substrate and the second substrate. The first insulating layer includes a first contact hole exposing a first portion of the common voltage wiring and a plurality of a second contact hole exposing a second portion of the common voltage wiring, the second contact hole having a smaller area than the first contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hwan Hwang, Kyung-Wook Kim, Young-Joon Cho, Jong-Hwan Lee, Hye-Rhee Han
  • Patent number: 8830437
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device of a horizontal electric field type is disclosed. The LCD device is fabricated by a three-mask process, and has gate pad, common pad and data pad electrodes, each including a upper electrode formed of a transparent conductive material. With a lift-off process, these upper electrodes are formed within contact holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chul Ahn, Youn Gyoung Chang, Heung Lyul Cho
  • Patent number: 8830152
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100A) according to the present invention includes a pixel (10) including first and second subpixels (10a, 10b) and a first CS bus line (24a), which is associated with the first subpixel. The first subpixel includes a liquid crystal capacitor (13a) and a first storage capacitor (22a). The second subpixel includes a liquid crystal capacitor (13b). A first CS signal voltage applied to the first storage capacitor (22a) through the first CS bus line (24a) is an oscillation voltage, of which one period is shorter than one vertical scanning period, and has first and second potentials that define a maximum amplitude and a third potential between the first and second potentials. When a gate signal voltage Vg supplied to the gate bus line (12) that has been high goes low, the first CS signal voltage Vcsa supplied to its associated first CS bus line (24a) is at the third potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Patent number: 8830146
    Abstract: An EL display device capable of performing clear multi-gradation color display and electronic equipment provided with the EL display device are provided, wherein gradation display is performed according to a time-division driving method in which the luminescence and non-luminescence of an EL element (109) disposed in a pixel (104) are controlled by time, and the influence by the characteristic variability of a current controlling TFT (108) is prevented. When this method is used, a data signal side driving circuit (102) and a gate signal side driving circuit (103) are formed with TFTs that use a silicon film having a peculiar crystal structure and exhibit an extremely high operation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Yamauchi, Takeshi Fukunaga
  • Publication number: 20140240374
    Abstract: A row common electrode drive circuit and a column common electrode drive circuit control an effective value of a voltage to be applied to common electrodes along rows in which pixels are arrayed and an effective value of a voltage to be applied to the common electrodes along columns in which the pixels are arrayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji HARADA
  • Patent number: 8815330
    Abstract: The following is included: loading cells spatially defined by partitions with a dispersion liquid containing electrophoretically mobile particles and a dispersion medium for dispersing the electrophoretically mobile particles, and covering the exposed surface of the dispersion liquid loaded in the cells with a sealing coating to seal the dispersion liquid in the cells. The dispersion medium is a lipophilic hydrocarbon solvent, and the sealing coating is made from a material containing a water-soluble polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kozo Shitagami, Harunobu Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8816996
    Abstract: Provide is a method of driving a barrier panel device. Segment driving voltages are controlled to be applied to a plurality of segments of a first electrode of a barrier panel based on a display direction of an image signal displayed on an image display panel of an apparatus for reproducing a 3D image. An odd barrier driving voltage is controlled to be commonly applied to odd numbered barriers of a plurality of barriers of a second electrode of the barrier panel. An even barrier driving voltage is controlled to be commonly applied to even numbered barriers of the plurality of barriers. The segment driving voltage, the odd barrier driving voltages, and the even barrier driving voltages are synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-moo Park, Serguei Chestak, Dae-sik Kim, Kyung-hoon Cha, Seon-deok Hwang
  • Patent number: 8810491
    Abstract: An LCD panel with color washout improvement. In one embodiment, the LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels spatially arranged in a matrix form, each pixel defined between a respective pair of scanning lines (Gn, Gn—CS) and two neighboring data lines Dm and Dm+1, comprising a pixel electrode, a first transistor electrically coupled to the scanning lines Gn, the date line Dm and the pixel electrode, and a second transistor electrically coupled to the scanning lines Gn—CS and the pixel electrode such that when N pairs of scanning signals to the N pairs of scanning lines {Gn, Gn—CS} and a plurality of data signals to the data lines, the pixel electrode of each pixel has a first voltage at the first duration of a frame period, and a second voltage at the second duration of the frame period, respectively. The first and second voltages are substantially different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Wu, Tien-Lun Ting, Kun-Cheng Tien, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 8803855
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a gate line which receives a gate signal; a data line which receives a data voltage; a first sub-pixel including a first transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the first transistor outputs the data voltage in response to the gate signal; and a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to the first transistor. Each pixel further includes a second sub-pixel including a second transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the second transistor outputs the data voltage in response to the gate signal; and a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to the second transistor; a resistor connected to the second transistor; and a first sharing capacitor connected to the resistor, wherein the first sharing capacitor receives the data voltage through the resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Chul Goh, Young-Soo Yoon, Soo-Wan Yoon, Chongchul Chai
  • Patent number: 8803777
    Abstract: In a display apparatus having a plurality of pixel parts, each pixel part receives a data signal in response to a present gate signal and charges first and second pixel voltages having the same voltage level. A plurality of voltage controllers includes a level-down part to lower a voltage level of the second pixel voltage using a previous pixel voltage charged in a previous frame in response to a next gate signal and a level-up part to receive the lowered second pixel voltage in response to the next gate signal to boost up a voltage level of the first pixel voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Wook Do, Seung-Beom Park, Hoon Kim, Hye-Ran You, Jian Gang Lu, Hee-Seop Kim, Young-Chol Yang, Seoung-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8792060
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a built-in touch screen, which uses a common electrode as a touch-sensing electrode including an intersection of a gate line and a data line to define a pixel region, a bridge line disposed in a central portion of the pixel, an insulating layer formed on the bridge line, a first contact hole disposed through the insulating layer to expose a predetermined portion of an upper surface of the bridge line, a contact metal on the insulating layer and inside the first contact hole, the contact metal electrically connected with the bridge line, a first passivation layer on the contact metal, a second contact hole disposed through the first passivation layer to expose a predetermined portion of an upper surface of the contact metal, a common electrode on the first passivation layer and inside the second contact hole, a conductive line electrically connected with the common electrode, and a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer and the conductive line, wherein the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kum Mi Oh, Jae Hoon Park, Han Seok Lee, Hee Sun Shin, Won Keun Park
  • Patent number: 8786533
    Abstract: A pulse is input to first and second TFTs to turn ON the first and second TFTs so that the potential of a node a rises. When the potential of the node a reaches (VDD?VthN), the node ? enters a floating state. Accordingly, a third TFT then turns ON, and potential of an output node rises as a clock signal reaches the level H. On the other hand, potential of a gate electrode of the third TFT further rises due to an operation of capacitance as the potential of the output node rises, so that the potential of the output node would be higher than (VDD+VthN). Thus, the potential of the output node rises to VDD without voltage drop caused by a threshold of the third TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Munehiro Azami, Shou Nagao, Yoshifumi Tanada
  • Patent number: 8786531
    Abstract: A display device which realizes constant display having multiple tones with low power consumption is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshimitsu Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8786474
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for inserting delay into a start signal of a metastable ring oscillator chain-based time-to-digital circuit (TDC). Included therein is a signal generating circuit that generates the start signal, a plurality of carry elements connected as a chain, each of the carry elements having an input to receive a stop signal, a delay chain circuit including one or more delay modules selected from the plurality of carry elements, at least one feedback line connected between at least one of the delay modules and the signal generating circuit, and a plurality of enable inputs each provided in a respective one of the delay modules. The delay chain circuit generates an amount of delay based on a delay selection signal that is received at the enable inputs and that selects the amount of delay. The delay chain circuit additionally provides the selected amount of delay to the signal generating circuit, which incorporates the delay into the start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory J. Mann
  • Patent number: 8773339
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes applying a common voltage to the display panel, sensing a frequency of the display panel to generate a frequency signal, adjusting a gain of an operational amplifier based on the frequency signal, receiving a feedback common voltage from the display panel, and compensating the common voltage using an input resistor, the operational amplifier and a feedback resistor based on the feedback common voltage to apply the compensated common voltage to the display panel. The operational amplifier includes an inverting input terminal connected to the input resistor, a non-inverting input terminal to which a reference common voltage is applied and an output terminal. The feedback resistor is between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Su Kim, Jae-Hoon Lee, Chang-Ho Lee, Yu-Han Bae
  • Patent number: 8766889
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a driving method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines. Each pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel is coupled to the data line, and includes a switch, a storage capacitor, and a sub-pixel electrode. The switch is coupled to a scan line to receive a scan signal. The switch is turned on by the scan signal to receive a data signal transmitted from the data line. The storage capacitors of the sub-pixels of each pixel are coupled to the scan lines, or the storage capacitor of one of the sub-pixels of each pixel is coupled to a common electrode and the storage capacitors of the other sub-pixels are coupled to the scan lines. The switch and the storage capacitor of each sub-pixel are coupled to different scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Sheng Lai, Chih-Wei Wang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Chen-Kuo Yang
  • Publication number: 20140168043
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data driver circuit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and a driving method. The data driver circuit for an LCD panel includes a source driver module, a pixel electrode, a common electrode opposite to the pixel electrode, and a gamma calibration module coupled to the source driver module. The source driver module is coupled to the pixel electrode. The data driver circuit further includes a compensation module. The compensation module detects and obtains a changed voltage of the common electrode voltage to generate a compensation voltage, and combines the compensation voltage and the gamma voltage of the gamma calibration module, then sends the combined voltage to the source driver module. The compensation voltage output by the compensation module and the changed voltage of the common electrode voltage can be mutually counteracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Yong Zhang, Xiaoping Tan, Jiehui Qin
  • Publication number: 20140168044
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of display technique. Provided are a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device capable of reducing influence of the gate bias of the pull-down transistor and improving the stability of the shift register unit. The shift register unit comprises a first pull-up module, a first scanning module, a control module, a first pull-down module and a second pull-down module. The embodiments of the present disclosure can achieve a gate driving scanning from top to bottom or from bottom to top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZUQUAN HU, GUOLEI WANG, RUI MA, MING HU
  • Patent number: 8743042
    Abstract: Provided are a display device capable of preventing image noise arising from changes in potential of a common electrode and auxiliary capacitor lines at the time of a switch between a normal mode and a memory mode and a method for driving such a display device. In a case where it is necessary to cause the common electrode and the auxiliary capacitor lines to change in potential along with a switch between the normal mode and the memory mode, the change in potential is made while electrically connecting a node of each memory circuit to a corresponding source line with the corresponding source line having its potential fixed and with the memory circuit having its a switch circuit in a conductive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Sasaki, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta, Seijirou Gyouten, Shuji Nishi