Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
349034000 | With application of holding or bias voltage (i.e., voltage which does not change the optical state of the liquid crystal) | 18 |
20080239179 | Liquid Crystal Device, Method of Driving the Same and Electronic Apparatus - A liquid crystal device that operates in a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The liquid crystal device includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel circuits, a scanning line driving device, and a data line driving device. The plurality of pixel circuits are provided at positions corresponding to intersections of the scanning line and the data lines. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a liquid crystal element that has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal held between the first electrode and the second electrode. A first alignment, which is an initial state, and a second alignment for display are provided for the liquid crystal as an alignment state. The scanning line driving device selects the plurality of scanning lines in a predetermined order. The data line driving device supplies each of the pixel circuits corresponding to the selected one of scanning lines with a writing voltage through the corresponding data line. In the first operation mode, in one frame that includes a first period and a second period, the data line driving device outputs a gray-scale voltage corresponding to a gray-scale to be displayed as the writing voltage in the first period and outputs a first voltage, which is used for maintaining the second alignment, as the writing voltage to the data line in the second period. In the second operation mode, the data line driving device outputs a second voltage, which is used for maintaining the second alignment, as the writing voltage in all the period of the one frame. The second voltage is higher than the first voltage. | 10-02-2008 |
20080316383 | METHOD FOR DETECTING STORAGE VOLTAGE, DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE STORAGE VOLTAGE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for detecting a storage voltage, a display apparatus using the storage voltage and a method for driving the display apparatus. The method for detecting the storage voltage includes applying a test voltage to a storage line in a display panel having an active layer disposed between the storage line and a data line while varying the test voltage, the active layer being in an active state or an inactive state according to the test voltage, and detecting the storage voltage corresponding to the test voltage in an inactive state of the active layer. Thus, the display panel is driven by using the detected storage voltage, so that an aperture ratio may be increased and current consumption may be decreased. | 12-25-2008 |
20090128721 | ACTIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an active matrix liquid crystal display device including: an active matrix liquid crystal display device of a normally black mode which includes an active matrix substrate and an opposed substrate and in which a black matrix is not provided on the opposed substrate, wherein a gap between opaque electrodes which are closely located and whose electric potentials are different from each other in a frame portion around a display area of the active matrix substrate is covered with a constant-potential transparent electrode arranged in an upper layer of the gap. | 05-21-2009 |
20100060812 | Liquid crystal display panel - A liquid crystal display panel capable of reducing a capacitance of a parasitic capacitor between a data line and a pixel electrode. The liquid crystal display panel comprises: a thin film transistor at a crossing of a gate line and a data line, liquid crystal cells including a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; first shield patterns in the liquid crystal cells, each shield pattern being parallel to the data line without overlapping the data line, wherein the shield patterns are insulated from and overlap with an outer portion of the pixel electrode; and a common line arrayed to connect the shield patterns for each the liquid crystal cell. | 03-11-2010 |
20100091209 | VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELD TYPE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - The invention relates to a vertical electric field type of the liquid crystal display and a driving method. The method comprising: during displaying each picture, driving first pixel and second pixel at adjacent two rows and the same column, comprising: step | 04-15-2010 |
20110115996 | Transflective liquid crystal display with gamma harmonization - In a transflective liquid crystal display having a transmission area and the reflection area, the transmissive electrode is connected to a switching element to control the liquid crystal layer in the transmission area, and the reflective electrode is connected to the switching element via a separate capacitor to control the liquid crystal layer in the reflection area. The separate capacitor is used to shift the reflectance in the reflection area toward a higher voltage end in order to avoid the reflectance inversion problem. In addition, an adjustment capacitor is connected between the reflective electrode and a different common line. The adjustment capacitor is used to reduce or eliminate the discrepancy between the gamma curve associated with the transmittance and the gamma curve associated with the reflectance. | 05-19-2011 |
20110134349 | Multi-stable Liquid Crystal Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A multi-stable liquid crystal display device is provided. The device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other. The first electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The second electrode is disposed on the side of the second substrate facing the first substrate. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a grating electrode. The liquid crystal layer includes smectic liquid crystal molecules. Moreover, a method of driving the multi-stable liquid crystal display device is further provided in the present invention. | 06-09-2011 |
20120062810 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device capable of reducing manufacturing costs is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates, a first common electrode formed in a first pixel region on the first substrate in correspondence with a first subpixel for emitting a light of a first color, and having a first area, wherein a common voltage is applied to the first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed in a second pixel region on the first substrate in correspondence with a second subpixel for emitting light of a second color different from the first color and having a second area different from the first area, wherein the common voltage is applied to the second common electrode. | 03-15-2012 |
20120162554 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An operation of floating charged particles and an operation of dispersing charged particles in a liquid crystal layer are controlled by determining strengths of electric fields to be applied to a liquid crystal element in accordance with a length of elapsed time from a point turning on the liquid crystal display device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120169952 | LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LIGHT PATTERN - The invention relates to a lighting apparatus ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120194755 | Ultrafast twisted nematic liquid crystal display - A method for recovering a latent response time period of a TN liquid crystal cell may include determining a time period which may be related to a back flow effect of the TN liquid crystal cell. Recovering the latent response time period may be correlated to the time at which a voltage may be applied across the TN liquid crystal cell. The method may include applying the voltage to the TN liquid crystal cell during a display region in which both the right and left signals may be displayed or a region in which the content may not be appropriately viewable. By applying the voltage early to the TN liquid crystal cell, a resulting transmission “bump” may not optically contaminate the viewable content. | 08-02-2012 |
20120249903 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A controlling method of a display apparatus that includes a display device including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being formed of a cholesteric liquid crystal material, the controlling method includes: applying the first voltage making the cholesteric liquid crystal material transparent between the first and the second electrodes; applying the second voltage setting reflectance of the cholesteric liquid crystal material in each of the pixels at the time of selection of the each of the pixels between the first and the second electrodes; and applying the third voltage providing no change in reflectance of the cholesteric liquid crystal material between the first and the second electrodes. | 10-04-2012 |
20130120678 | COLOR REGULATING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF REGULATING COLOR - There is provided a color regulating device for illumination. The color regulating device includes a light-valving structure for adjusting a flux ratio of outgoing light through the light-valving structure to incident light entering the light-valving structure, and a color-adjusting structure having a wavelength-band converting element for changing incident light with a wavelength band into outgoing light with a different wavelength band through the element. Wherein, the light-valving structure and the color-adjusting structure at least partially overlap on the traveling path of light, forming at least one overlapping structure. Mixing the outgoing lights of the light source passing through light-valving structure, the color-adjusting structure, and the overlapping structure to obtain a different wavelength band (or color temperature) from that of the light source. | 05-16-2013 |
20140016052 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME - A liquid crystal panel, a driving method thereof, and a liquid crystal display device containing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention comprises: a first substrate having a first electrode layer; a second substrate having a second electrode layer opposite to the first electrode layer; a blue-phase liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a light-shielding region disposed on the second substrate. When a bias voltage is applied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, a refractive gradient is formed in the blue-phase liquid crystal layer, and thereby an incident light passing through the blue-phase liquid crystal layer focuses on the light-shielding region. | 01-16-2014 |
20140049712 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND BIDIRECTIONAL SHIFT REGISTER DEVICE THEREOF - An LCD and a bidirectional shift register device thereof are provided. The bidirectional shift register device of the invention is disposed on the substrate of the panel and includes multi-stages shift registers in series connection. Each stage shift register includes a pre-charging unit, a pull-up unit and a pull-down unit, in which the pre-charging unit receives a first preset clock signal and the output from a (i−1)th stage shift register or a (i+1)th stage shift register so as to thereby output a charging signal. The pull-up unit receives the charging signal and a second preset clock signal so as to thereby output a scan signal. The pull-down unit receives the second preset clock signal, a third preset clock signal and the output from the (i+2)th stage shift register or the (i−2)th stage shift register so as to decide whether or not pulling down the scan signal to a reference level. | 02-20-2014 |
20140125898 | COLOR REGULATING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF REGULATING COLOR - There is provided a color regulating device for illumination. The color regulating device includes a light-valving structure for adjusting a flux ratio of outgoing light through the light-valving structure to incident light entering the light-valving structure, and a color-adjusting structure having a wavelength-band converting element for changing incident light with a wavelength band into outgoing light with a different wavelength band through the element. Wherein, the light-valving structure and the color-adjusting structure at least partially overlap on the traveling path of light, forming at least one overlapping structure. Mixing the outgoing lights of the light source passing through light-valving structure, the color-adjusting structure, and the overlapping structure to obtain a different wavelength band (or color temperature) from that of the light source. | 05-08-2014 |
20140204297 | Light Tunable Device - The present invention discloses a light tunable device includes two substrates, a light tunable layer sealed between the two substrates, two electrodes formed on the two substrates, a tuning device coupled to the two electrodes to control bias for the two electrodes to control the status of the light tunable layer to have at least three statues. | 07-24-2014 |
20140293180 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display further includes a first electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the substrate. The liquid crystal display further includes a second electrode disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the substrate and configured to cooperate with the first substrate for generating an electric field to control molecules in the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display further includes a reference voltage line configured to provide a reference voltage to the first electrode. The liquid crystal display further includes a reference voltage supplier configured to provide the reference voltage to the reference voltage line. The liquid crystal display further includes a reference voltage discharger electrically connected to the reference voltage line. | 10-02-2014 |