Liquid Crystal Patents (Class 348/790)
  • Patent number: 9197847
    Abstract: An electronic device that generates a high frame rate video signal by increasing a frame rate of an input video signal; sets a non-emission frame at a predetermined cycle on the high frame rate video signal; extends an emission time of a frame directly before the frame set to non-emission into less than a full length of a field of the frame set to non-emission; and controls a display panel to display a video based on the setting and the extending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Hideto Mori, Yasuo Inoue
  • Patent number: 9140918
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structure of a liquid crystal module, which includes a backlight module, a mold frame mounted on the backlight module, a liquid crystal display panel mounted on the mold frame, an adaptor mounted to the backlight module, and a bezel mounted on the adaptor. The adaptor includes a connection board and a positioning board perpendicularly connected to the connection board. The connection board is mounted to the backlight module. The liquid crystal display panel is positioned against the positioning board. The bezel is fixedly connected to the positioning board. Through the arrangement of the adaptor for positioning the liquid crystal display panel, the distance between an edge of an opening of the bezel that is mounted to the adaptor and an edge of a black matrix of the liquid crystal display panel can be kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chong Huang, Yuchun Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20150146110
    Abstract: A backlight unit 24 includes a light guide plate 20, a heat dissipation member 36, a LED board 30, and LEDs 27 mounted on the LED board 30. The light guide plate 20 includes a light exit surface 20b on a front surface thereof, an opposite surface 10c on a rear surface thereof, a groove 20d in the opposite surface 20c, a light entrance surface 20d1 on one side surface in the groove 20d, and an opposite side surface 20d3 on another side surface in the groove 20d. The heat dissipation member 36 includes a portion in contact with the opposite side surface 20d3 and a portion on a side of one edge surface 20a of the light guide plate 20 with the one edge surface being opposite to the opposite side surface 20d3, the heat dissipation member 36 holding a part of the light guide plate 20 between the portions thereof. The light source board 30 is arranged on a surface that is opposite to a surface of the portion of the heat dissipation member 36 that is in contact with the opposite side surface 20d3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshikazu Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20150146109
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes an LED 17, a liquid crystal panel 11, a light guide plate 16 including at least one side-surface as a light entrance surface 16b, a chassis 14 having a bottom plate 14a, a frame 13, an LED board 18, a heat dissipation member 19 having heat dissipation properties, and a fixing screw 40. The frame 13 and the chassis 14 sandwich the liquid crystal panel 11, the LED 17, and the light guide plate 16 therebetween. The heat dissipation member 19 includes a bottom portion 19b arranged on the bottom plate 14a and a stand-up portion 19a projecting from the bottom portion 19b toward the liquid crystal panel 11. The LED board 18 is mounted on a surface of the stand-up portion 19a. The fixing screw 40 is passed through the stand-up portion 19a and the LED board 18 and a tip portion thereof is fixed in the light entrance surface 16b so that the fixing screw fixes the stand-up portion and the LED board 18 to the light guide plate 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kasai
  • Publication number: 20150138447
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 includes LEDs 17, a light guide plate 16, a mating portion 33, a positioning portion 34, a heat dissipation member 19 on which the LEDs 17 are mounted, and a restriction portion 35. The light guide plate 16 includes a peripheral surface facing the LEDs 17 and configured as a light entrance surface 16b through which light from the LEDs 17 enters and a plate surface configured as a light exit surface 16a through which light exits. The mating portion 33 protrudes from a portion of a peripheral surface 16e of the light guide plate 16 adjacent to the light entrance surface 16b or is a recess formed in the peripheral surface 16e adjacent to the light entrance surface 16b. The positioning portion 34 is fitted with the mating portion 33 as a protrusion and recess fitting such that the light guide plate 16 is positioned with respect to an arrangement direction of the LEDs 17 and the light guide plate 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Hirokazu Mouri
  • Patent number: 9030612
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a display driving unit on a lower part is provided. The LCD display apparatus includes a signal processing unit which performs video decoding, video scaling, and conversion into high-quality video on an input video; and a driving unit which is disposed closer to a lower end of the LCD display apparatus than to an upper end of the LCD display apparatus, and drives a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to display a video output from the signal processing unit on the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-hwa Choi
  • Publication number: 20150124177
    Abstract: A backlight device (a lighting device) 12 includes LEDs (a light source) 17, a light guide plate 16, a chassis 14, LED boards 18, and heat dissipation members 19. The light guide plate 16 includes an end surface that is opposite the LEDs 17 and configured as a light entrance surface 16b through which light from the LEDs 17 enters. One of the plate surfaces of the light guide plate 16 is configured as a light exit surface 16a through which the light exits. The chassis 14 supports another plate surface 16c of the light guide plate 16 opposite from the light exit surface 16a. Each LED board 18 includes a bottom plate 18b that extends parallel to at least the other plate surface 16c of the light guide plate 16. Each heat dissipation member 19 extends parallel to a plate surface 18b1 of the bottom plate 18b and is in surface contact with the plate surface 18b1 of the bottom plate 18b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Kaori Ikuta
  • Patent number: 9025087
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and a light emitting diode substrate including: a light emitting diode array in which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction; and electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes. In a circle which is centered at one light emitting diode and whose diameter is a distance from the one light emitting diode to another light emitting diode adjacent to the one light emitting diode, an area of the electrode connected to a high temperature side electrode of the one light emitting diode is larger than an area of the electrode connected to a low temperature side electrode of the one light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ikuko Imajo
  • Publication number: 20150103258
    Abstract: A backlight device 12 includes a LED 17, alight guide plate 19 having an end surface as a light entrance surface 19b and a plate surface as a light exit surface 19a, a LED board 18 having a square plate surface that is opposed to the light entrance surface 19b, a board-side connector 22 arranged on the LED board 18, and a heat dissipation member 20. The heat dissipation member 20 has a positioning hole 26 that is through the heat dissipation member 20 and with which the LED board 18 is positioned with respect to the heat dissipation member 20. The heat dissipation member 20 has a hole edge portion around the positioning hole 26 and the hole edge portion includes two sides 26S1, 26S2 constituting a corner portion, and the two sides 26S1, 26S2 are parallel to two sides 18S1, 18S2 of the plate surface of the LED board 18, respectively. The two sides 18S1, 18S2 of the LED board 18 constitute a corner portion of the plate surface of the LED board 18. The positioning hole 26 overlaps the board-side connector 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Akira Gotou
  • Publication number: 20150103259
    Abstract: A backlight device 12 includes LEDs 17, a light guide plate 16, an optical member 15, and a transparent plate 30. The light guide plate 16 includes a front plate surface configured as a light exit surface 16a and opposing side-surfaces configured as light entrance surfaces 16b, 16b. The light entrance surfaces 16b face the respective LEDs 17. The light guide plate 16 is configured to guide light from the LEDs 17 toward the optical member 15. The optical member 15 is arranged adjacent to the light exit surface 16a. The transparent plate 30 having lower thermal conductivity than the light guide plate 16 is arranged between the optical member 15 and at least one edge portion of the light exit surface 16a close to the light entrance surface 16b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Akira Gotou
  • Patent number: 9007545
    Abstract: A backlight device (20) is combined with a display device (10) that has a display panel (11), such as a liquid crystal panel. The backlight device includes a chassis (21), a light guide plate (22) and optical sheets (23) arranged on the rear surface of the display panel (11), and an LED package (24) that illuminates an edge face of the light guide plate. A light reflecting face formed of a material that has silver as a main component is provided in the LED package. An adsorbing material (30) that adsorbs gas such as halogen gas and hydrogen sulfide, which have characteristics that lower the reflectance of silver, is coated onto a substrate (25) on which the LED package is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Munetoshi Ueyama
  • Publication number: 20150098025
    Abstract: A back light unit (lighting device) 12 includes an LED (light source) 17, a light guide plate 16 including a light entrance surface 16b and a light exit surface 16a, LED boards 18 each including a plate surface facing the light entrance surface 16b and board relay terminals 22 configured to relay power to the LED 17, and a relay wiring member (relay member) 28 electrically connecting between the board relay terminals 22 and a power source board (power) PWB. The light entrance surface 16b faces the LED 17. The light from the LED 17 enters the light guide plate 16 through the light entrance surface 16b and exits through the light exit surface 16a. The LED 17 is mounted on the plate surface of the LED board 18. The board relay terminals 22 are arranged such that the relay wiring member 28 that is orientated to either one of sides in the thickness direction of the light guide plate 18 is allowed to be connected to the board relay terminals 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Hirokazu Mouri
  • Patent number: 8976304
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes: LEDs 22; LED substrates 24 to which the LEDs 22 are attached; a liquid crystal panel 11 where display is performed using light from the LEDs 22; a light guide plate 16 that is arranged so as to overlap the side of the liquid crystal panel 11 opposite to the display surface, the edge faces of the light guide plate facing the LEDs 22; a chassis 14 arranged on the side of the light guide plate 16 opposite to the liquid crystal panel 11; a frame 13 arranged on the display surface side of the liquid crystal panel 11 and housing the LEDs 22, LED substrates 24, liquid crystal panel 11, and light guide plate 16 between the chassis 14 and the frame itself; and heat dissipating members 18 with heat dissipating characteristics that are respectively arranged abutting the LED substrates 24 and that are held between the frame 13 and the chassis 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 8976312
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flat panel display device, which includes a backlight system and a display panel, wherein the backlight system includes an LED light source, which includes an LED lamp and an LED substrate carrying the LED lamp; a back frame, which is disposed below the LED substrate and includes at least two primary assembling pieces, the at least two primary assembling pieces being joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame; and a PCB, which is disposed below the back frame and fixed to the LED substrate. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device. The flat panel display device and the stereoscopic display device of the present invention save the material and space of the back frame, and lower down the cost of the flat panel display device and the stereoscopic display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoeletronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Quan Li, Yi-Cheng Kuo, Yu-Chun Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20150055025
    Abstract: A display device that can adjust brightness of each of a plurality of regions of an image by performing local dimming executes local dimming in a case of displaying a multi-color image (color image), and does not execute local dimming in a case of displaying a grayscale image. Moreover, in a case of displaying a mixed image of a multi-color image and a grayscale image, the display device does not execute local dimming in regions including a grayscale image among a plurality of regions of an image. Displaying a multi-color image at high contrast and displaying a grayscale image at high tone reproduction are both achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Gotoh
  • Patent number: 8964131
    Abstract: A display device (10) according to the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel (11) having a display area (S1) and a frame shaped non-display area (S2) surrounding the periphery of the display area (S1); a transmissive frame section (61) that is provided on the edge part on the side of the rear surface (11b) of the liquid crystal panel (11), and that is formed into frame shape through which light can pass; and light sources (17) that are disposed inside the transmissive frame section (61), and that radiate light onto the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel (11). As a result, even if the width of the non-display area (S2) is set to be narrow, display anomalies can be prevented from occurring in the periphery of the display area (S1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasutoshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150049255
    Abstract: A display device includes a chassis 14, a frame 13, a photo curable resin member 30a, 30b, and a heat dissipation member 19. The frame 13 includes a portion supporting the light guide plate 16 from a side of a light exit surface 16a such that the light guide plate 16 slides. The photo curable resin member 30a, 30b is arranged between an LED board 18 and the light guide plate 16 and fixed thereto to maintain a distance between a mount surface 18a of the LED board 18 and a light entrance surface 16b of the light guide plate 16. The heat dissipation member 19 having a heat dissipation property is arranged apart from the frame 13 and includes a board attachment portion 19a to which the LED board 18 is attached and a plate-like portion 19b. The plate-like portion 19b extends from the board attachment portion 19a toward the light guide plate 16. The plate-like portion 19b is a plate spring including a portion being elastically in contact with a second bottom plate 14b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Kentaro Terashima
  • Publication number: 20150042896
    Abstract: A display panel includes an upper plate including a first substrate, a first electrode layer formed on an inner surface of the first substrate, and an absorptive polarizing film formed on an outer surface of the first substrate and having a first polarization axis, a lower plate including a second substrate, a second electrode layer formed on an inner surface of the second substrate, and a reflective polarizing film formed on an outer surface of the second substrate and having a second polarization axis perpendicular or parallel to the first polarization axis, an LC layer filled between the upper plate and the lower plate, and an LC driving power supply connected between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and configured to selectively provide an LC driving voltage to the LC layer changing a polarization direction of incident light in the LC layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-yong LEE, Hyeong-sik CHOI, Ju-seong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150042898
    Abstract: This liquid crystal display device is provided with: an LED; a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate; a metal chassis disposed on the reverse side of the light guide plate from the liquid crystal panel, the chassis having a step provided by bending a bottom plate, and the bottom plate being sectioned into a first bottom plate part and a second bottom plate part by the step; an LED substrate attached to the first bottom plate part, the LED being arranged on a plate surface of the LED substrate; and a frame for accommodating the liquid crystal panel, the LED, the light guide plate, and the LED substrate so as to enclose these accommodated components between the frame and the first bottom plate part while abutting the second bottom plate part, the frame being arranged on a display surface side with respect to the liquid crystal panel. By the present invention, the temperature of the frame can be prevented from becoming too high in a display device of a type not provided with a cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jo Ikuta
  • Publication number: 20150042897
    Abstract: The backlight device 12 of the present embodiment includes: a plurality of LEDs 17; a chassis 14 that is a plate-shaped member and on which the LEDs 17 are arranged; a plurality of diffusion lenses 40 that are fixed to the chassis 14, that individually cover the LEDs 17 from the side opposite to the chassis 14, and that exert optical effects on the light from the LEDs 17; a reflective sheet 21 that covers the plate surface of the chassis 14, that exposes the LEDs 17, and that has the lens insertion holes 21 through which the diffusion lenses 40 are respectively inserted; and reflective sheet holding members 30 that hold the reflective sheet 21 from the side opposite to the chassis 14, that engage the adjacent diffusion lenses 40 and 40, and that extend on the sheet surface of the reflective sheet 21 between the adjacent diffusion lenses 40 and 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuuki Namekata
  • Publication number: 20150042899
    Abstract: This display device is provided with: a light source unit having a light source and a light source substrate; a display panel; a light receiving face that is disposed on the back side of the display panel, and upon which light is incident; a light guide plate having a light exiting surface that emits light toward the back side of the display panel; a wall that faces the light receiving face in such a manner that a gap is formed between the light receiving face and the wall; a light source support member that supports the light source unit, and is inserted with the light source unit in the gap etc. from the back side of the light guide plate; and an elastic member that is disposed on the light source support member, protrudes farther toward the light receiving surface than the light source, is inserted in the gap before the light source unit, and is formed of an elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Masatoshi Tomomasa
  • Patent number: 8953048
    Abstract: The present invention ensures the visibility of a character or a drawing displayed on a screen. The illuminance of one or more partial areas forming a display unit is measured, and a video display position is set to an area except for the partial area where the illuminance is a reference value or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 8947465
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for display-mode-dependent adjustment of image code values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Joseph Kerofsky
  • Patent number: 8913089
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for increasing the perceived brightness of an image. In some embodiments this increase compensates for a decrease in display light source illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Scott James Daly
  • Publication number: 20140354893
    Abstract: A television formed of a FIPEL panel that creates light in both front and rear directions. The television system has a light modulator and a backlight layer for the light modulator. The backlight layer emits light both toward the light modulator to create a television display, and away from the light modulator to create a backlight for the television. The television can be in a housing, with a transparent back. The housing can also have a bezel that can be lit by the backlight layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Vizio Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew McRae
  • Patent number: 8896767
    Abstract: The backlight device (12) of the present invention is provided with: an LED (24); an LED substrate (25) on which the LED (24) is mounted; a reflective sheet (29) that reflects light from the LED (24), has a lens insertion hole (29d) into which the LED (24) is inserted, and is arranged so as to cover the mounting surface (25a1) of the LED (24) on the LED substrate (25); a first light-reflecting layer (30) that is formed in at least the portion of the mounting surface (25a1) of the LED substrate (25) that is inside the lens insertion hole (29d), and that reflects light from the LED (24); and a second light-reflecting layer (31) that is arranged in at least the portion of the mounting surface (25a1) of the LED substrate (25) that is inside the lens insertion hole (29d), has a light reflectance different from that of the first light-reflecting layer (30), and is formed to have a shape partially covering the first light-reflecting layer (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8896766
    Abstract: A display apparatus that displays an image by causing a light emitting device to emit light includes a detection unit configured to detect flicker information that indicates a likelihood of occurrence of a flicker based on input image information, and a control unit configured to control both a light emission luminance and a duty ratio of a light emission time of the light emitting device according to the flicker information detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eisaku Tatsumi
  • Publication number: 20140340586
    Abstract: This backlight device (illumination device) (12) is provided with: a plurality of LEDs (light sources) (17) arranged in a row at intervals; a light-guide plate (16) having a light-receiving surface (16b) that is arranged opposing the LEDs (17) and that receives light from the LEDs (17) and a light-emitting surface (16a) from which the light that entered is emitted; a reflective sheet (reflective member) (20) arranged so as to cover the surface of the light-guide plate (16) opposite to the light-emitting surface (16a) and that reflects light toward the light-emitting surface (16a); and an extended reflective part (26) provided in an edge portion of the reflective sheet (20), the extended reflective part (26) extending toward the LEDs (17) from the light-receiving surface (16b), the extended reflective part (26) having openings (27) formed therein that correspond to the arrangement pattern of the LEDs (17), thereby being arranged corresponding to the non-arrangement pattern where the LEDs (17) are not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kentaro Terashima
  • Publication number: 20140313424
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a reflection sheet arranged on a rear surface side of the liquid crystal panel, the reflection sheet being curved so that a surface facing the liquid crystal panel is recessed; and a light emitting diode substrate including: a light emitting diode array in which a plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged along a longitudinal direction; and electrodes connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes. In a circle which is centered at one light emitting diode and whose diameter is a distance from the one light emitting diode to another light emitting diode adjacent to the one light emitting diode, an area of the electrode connected to a high temperature side electrode of the one light emitting diode is larger than an area of the electrode connected to a low temperature side electrode of the one light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ikuko IMAJO
  • Publication number: 20140307175
    Abstract: A lighting device 10 according to this invention includes a light guide plate 16, a reflection sheet 21, and a light source unit LU. The light guide plate 16 is a plate-like member and includes a light entrance surface 16c through which light enters and a light exit surface 16a through which the light in the light guide plate 16 from the light entrance surface 16c exits. The reflection sheet 21 is arranged such that a front surface 21a thereof is on a rear plate surface 16b of the light guide plate 16 and such that an end portion 211 of the reflection sheet 21 is located more to an outer side than the light entrance surface 16c. The light source unit LU includes a light source board 18, a plurality of light sources 17, and a connector 19A configured to relay an electric power supply to the light sources 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidekazu Oka
  • Patent number: 8854542
    Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing video driving circuitry are disclosed. For example, in an embodiment, a system for driving a plurality of different types of video devices is disclosed. The system includes, for example, a System on a Chip (SoC) that itself includes a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) controller circuit configured to generate digital video data, a first synchronization signal for controlling a first characteristic of the digital video data, and a second synchronization signal for controlling a second characteristic of the digital video data. The SoC further includes a delay circuit configured to variably delay the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal relative to the digital video data to generate a delayed first synchronization signal and a delayed second synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell Israel (M.I.S.L) Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Ilan, Guy Nakibly, Eilon Argov
  • Patent number: 8850714
    Abstract: A chromaticity correction device corrects chromaticity of a video signal displayed on a display panel of a display device to correspond to a change in a luminance value of the display panel. The chromaticity correction device includes a luminance detection unit which detects the luminance value, a backlight driving level detection unit which detects a backlight driving level, a temperature detection unit which detects an internal device temperature or an ambient temperature, a reference luminance value calculation unit which estimates a reference luminance value in a characteristic of an initial state, a chromaticity calculation unit which obtains a chromaticity change amount of white point chromaticity and estimated white point chromaticity that is an estimated value of current white point chromaticity, a chromaticity correction value calculation unit which obtains a chromaticity correction value and a chromaticity correction circuit which corrects the chromaticity of the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 8848135
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight for illuminating the liquid crystal display panel where the outer shape of the backlight in a plane has at least one corner of which the angle is greater than 90°, and a light guide plate LG having approximately the same form as the outer shape of the backlight, wherein a number of light emitting diodes are aligned along two sides (s1, s3) of the light guide plate LG that form a corner A of which the angle is greater than 90°, and the main light for illumination (L2 to L4, L6 and L7) from the light emitting diodes aligned along the two sides propagates through the light guide plate LG in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Koganezawa
  • Publication number: 20140267939
    Abstract: A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light over a complete surface as part of a display system. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. A transparent substrate, has first and second surfaces, with the first surface coupled to the first transparent conductive coating, and the second surface of said transparent substrate including a surface formed with plural light channeling structures thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VIZIO INC
    Inventor: Matthew McRae
  • Publication number: 20140267938
    Abstract: A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light over a complete surface as part of a display system. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. A transparent substrate, has first and second surfaces, with the first surface coupled to the first transparent conductive coating, and the second surface of said transparent substrate including a surface formed with plural light channeling structures thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VIZIO INC
    Inventor: Matthew McRae
  • Patent number: 8830392
    Abstract: A splice display includes at least two liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that are mutually spliced, and the LCDs form a spliced frame at a spliced position of the LCD. The splice display further includes an image splitter and at least one organic electroluminescence display (OLED) panel. A frame of the OLED is transparent, and the OLED covers the spliced frame. The image splitter splits an image signal into a plurality of parts, and transmits the split image signal to the OLED and the LCDs for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Chunhuai Li
  • Patent number: 8823882
    Abstract: A backlight device (3) is provided with: a reflective sheet (8) that reflects light from a light guide plate (7) back towards the light guide plate (7); a bottom (opposing surface) (10a) that is arranged so as to face the reflective sheet (8) on the side of the reflective sheet (8) opposite to the light guide plate (7) and that has a prescribed squeezing part (a part with recesses and protrusions) (10a1) formed thereon; and a cushioning member (9) arranged between the reflective sheet (8) and the bottom (10a). The cushioning member (9) has an opening (9a) at a location that corresponds to the squeezing part (10a1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Munetoshi Ueyama
  • Patent number: 8823631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display capable of making the variations and the oblique lines, which are caused on the screen in the liquid crystal display using the TN liquid crystal panel, less visible. The liquid crystal display includes a video signal reception section adapted to receive a video signal, a signal input detection section adapted to detect presence or absence of the video signal, a luminance control section adapted to control the luminance of the backlight, and a control section adapted to instruct the luminance control section to reduce the luminance of the backlight as a predetermined amount in the case in which the signal input detection section fails to detect the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Tomikawa
  • Publication number: 20140218625
    Abstract: The backlight device (12) of the present invention is provided with: an LED (24); an LED substrate (25) on which the LED (24) is mounted; a reflective sheet (29) that reflects light from the LED (24), has a lens insertion hole (29d) into which the LED (24) is inserted, and is arranged so as to cover the mounting surface (25a1) of the LED (24) on the LED substrate (25); a first light-reflecting layer (30) that is formed in at least the portion of the mounting surface (25a1) of the LED substrate (25) that is inside the lens insertion hole (29d), and that reflects light from the LED (24); and a second light-reflecting layer (31) that is arranged in at least the portion of the mounting surface (25a1) of the LED substrate (25) that is inside the lens insertion hole (29d), has a light reflectance different from that of the first light-reflecting layer (30), and is formed to have a shape partially covering the first light-reflecting layer (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8786774
    Abstract: A first quantization unit quantizes data of each pixel constituting a first frame data by a first logical formula to generate a second frame data with a predetermined number of lower bits deleted. A delay memory temporarily holds the second frame data and outputs third frame data. Interpolation unit generates interpolated frame data located between adjacent frames in the second frame data by using the second frame data and the third frame data. A second quantization unit quantizes data of each pixel constituting the first frame data by a second logical formula different from the first logical formula to generate a fourth frame data with a predetermined number of lower bits deleted. A frame memory temporarily holds the fourth frame data and the interpolated frame data, and outputs the fourth frame data and the interpolated frame data alternately at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Aiba
  • Patent number: 8780034
    Abstract: The resolution of a low-resolution image is made high and a stereoscopic image is displayed. Resolution is made high by super-resolution processing. In this case, the super-resolution processing is performed after edge enhancement processing is performed. Accordingly, a stereoscopic image with high resolution and high quality can be displayed. Alternatively, after image analysis processing is performed, edge enhancement processing and super-resolution processing are concurrently performed. Accordingly, processing time can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140176816
    Abstract: This illumination device is provided with light sources (15) arranged in one direction along a line or side-by-side, a light-guide plate (14) which guides light incident from an incidence surface (14a) on the side circumferential surface across from the light sources (15) and emits planar illumination light from an exit surface (14b) on the front surface, a chassis (13) which covers and supports the light sources (15) and the periphery of the light-guide plate (14), a scattering pattern (18) which is formed on the back surface (14c) of the light-guide plate (14), and positioning units (14g) which are provided jutting from the side peripheral surface of the light-guide plate (14) for positioning the light-guide plate (14) by fitting with the inner surface of the chassis (13), wherein the scattering pattern (18) is provided so as to extend on the positioning units (14g).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kasai
  • Patent number: 8760588
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a display driving unit on a lower part is provided. The LCD display apparatus includes a signal processing unit which performs video decoding, video scaling, and conversion into high-quality video on an input video; and a driving unit which is disposed closer to a lower end of the LCD display apparatus than to an upper end of the LCD display apparatus, and drives a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to display a video output from the signal processing unit on the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-hwa Choi
  • Publication number: 20140168526
    Abstract: A backlight device (20) is combined with a display device (10) that has a display panel (11), such as a liquid crystal panel. The backlight device includes a chassis (21), a light guide plate (22) and optical sheets (23) arranged on the rear surface of the display panel (11), and an LED package (24) that illuminates an edge face of the light guide plate. A light reflecting face formed of a material that has silver as a main component is provided in the LED package. An adsorbing material (30) that adsorbs gas such as halogen gas and hydrogen sulfide, which have characteristics that lower the reflectance of silver, is coated onto a substrate (25) on which the LED package is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Munetoshi Ueyama
  • Patent number: 8743188
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus and a driving method of the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a resolution enhancer that calculates an average brightness of first left-eye image data included in an nth (n is a natural number) line of the 3D image data and second left-eye image data included in an n+2th line of the 3D image data to obtain left-eye average data, calculates an average brightness of first right-eye image data included in an n+1th line of the 3D image data and second right-eye image data included in an n+4th line of the 3D image data to obtain right-eye average data, and converts the brightness of the left-eye average data and the right-eye average data into grayscale values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiltae Kim
  • Patent number: 8730408
    Abstract: This backlight device 12 of the present invention includes: a cold cathode fluorescent tube; a chassis 14 that houses at least the cold cathode fluorescent tube on a front surface 14a1 side of a bottom plate 14a of the chassis; and a circuit substrate 32 having a front surface 32a on which electronic components 38a and 38b are disposed, the front surface 32a facing a rear surface 14a2 of the bottom plate 14a of the chassis 14. The heat generated from the electronic components 38a and 38b circulates towards the chassis 14 with ease, and therefore the heat generated from the electronic components 38a and 38b on the circuit substrate 32 can be effectively dissipated by the bottom plate 14a of the chassis 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20140125874
    Abstract: A backlight device (3) is provided with: a reflective sheet (8) that reflects light from a light guide plate (7) back towards the light guide plate (7); a bottom (opposing surface) (10a) that is arranged so as to face the reflective sheet (8) on the side of the reflective sheet (8) opposite to the light guide plate (7) and that has a prescribed squeezing part (a part with recesses and protrusions) (10a1) formed thereon; and a cushioning member (9) arranged between the reflective sheet (8) and the bottom (10a). The cushioning member (9) has an opening (9a) at a location that corresponds to the squeezing part (10a1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Munetoshi Ueyama
  • Publication number: 20140118630
    Abstract: A display device includes a display component, a light source, a light guide plate, a spacer member, and a biasing member. The display component displays images. The light source emits light. The light guide plate guides the light emitted from the light source to the display component. The light guide plate has a light incident face on which the light emitted from the light source is directly incident. The spacer member is disposed in a region other than where the light guide plate and the light source are opposite each other such that the spacer member maintains a specific spacing between the light source and the light incident face of the light guide plate. The biasing member is arranged to bias one of the light source and the light guide plate towards the other of the light source and the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa SASAOKA, Yuto SUZUKI, Akifumi KONO
  • Patent number: 8692939
    Abstract: A method of improving an image quality of a video signal, which is supplied on a frame-by-frame basis, includes extracting low frequency components from a video signal of an n-th frame, where n is a natural number excluding zero, subtracting the extracted low frequency components from a video signal of an (n+m)th frame to produce high frequency components, where no is a natural number excluding zero, and adding the produced high frequency components to the video signal of the (n+m)th frame. The extracted low frequency components include a horizontal component and a vertical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Kobayashi, Reiichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8687123
    Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus for processing a video signal comprises a receive unit (101, 103, 105) which receives the video signal comprising a sequence of pictures. A processing unit (107) applies a picture noise changing algorithm to the sequence of pictures and a variation unit (113) varies a spatial noise reduction setting for the picture noise changing algorithm between at least some consecutive pictures of the sequence of pictures in response to a predetermined variation rule. Specifically a set of picture manipulation processes (203, 205) with different spatial noise reduction characteristics may be provided and the variation unit (113) may select different picture manipulation processes in consecutive pictures. The approach may introduce high frequency noise flickering which is less perceptible to a viewer thereby reducing the perceived noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Michiel Adriaanszoon Klompenhouwer