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| 20080304791 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - In a light source device, a row of fibers is provided in which a plurality of optical fibers is arrayed in a single row in parallel fashion separately from each other. A light-direction controller is disposed on one side of the optical fibers, main fibers is disposed above and below the light-direction controller, and a main fiber is disposed at the other end of the row of fibers. Light sources are connected to each of the end portions of the main fibers. Three types of mirrors that mutually differ in direction are formed on the surface of the light-direction controller, light emitted from a main fiber enters the optical fibers by way of a first mirror, and light emitted from a main fiber enters the optical fibers by way of a second mirror. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100007637 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display section, an image signal drive circuit, a scan signal drive circuit, a common electrode potential control circuit, and a synchronous circuit. The display section has scan electrodes, image signal electrodes, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, a plurality of switching elements for transmitting an image signal to the pixel electrodes, and a common electrode. The common electrode potential control circuit changes an electric potential of the common electrode into a pulse shape, after the scan signal drive circuit has scanned all the scan electrodes and the image signal has been transmitted to the pixel electrodes. Otherwise, the image signal is overdriven. Otherwise, torque for returning to a no-voltage-application state is increased. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100194739 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film semiconductor device includes a temperature sensor formed of a thin-film semiconductor and sensing a temperature as current, and a current-voltage converter formed of a thin-film semiconductor and having temperature dependence in which its current-voltage characteristic is different from that of the temperature sensor. A temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is converted to a voltage by the current-voltage converter. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100321376 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display section, an image signal drive circuit, a scan signal drive circuit, a common electrode potential control circuit, and a synchronous circuit. The display section has scan electrodes, image signal electrodes, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, a plurality of switching elements for transmitting an image signal to the pixel electrodes, and a common electrode. The common electrode potential control circuit changes an electric potential of the common electrode into a pulse shape, after the scan signal drive circuit has scanned all the scan electrodes and the image signal has been transmitted to the pixel electrodes. Otherwise, the image signal is overdriven. Otherwise, torque for returning to a no-voltage-application state is increased. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110018847 | Display Apparatus - Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing the scale of a drive circuit and decreasing the frame. A display area in which pixels are provided in matrix, a scanning line drive circuit for driving scanning lines, and a signal line drive circuit for driving signal lines are provided on a support substrate. The pixel within the display area is constituted with a plurality of dots. Each dot corresponds to a color filter of a certain color. The dot is in a laterally long shape, i.e. in a shape extending in a direction along the scanning lines. In other words, each dot is in a shape extending in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the signal line drive circuit. The color filters are of lateral stripe type, for example. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110063264 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing the scale of a drive circuit and decreasing the frame. A display area in which pixels are provided in matrix, a scanning line drive circuit for driving scanning lines, and a signal line drive circuit for driving signal lines are provided on a support substrate. The pixel within the display area is constituted with a plurality of dots. Each dot corresponds to a color filter of a certain color. The dot is in a laterally long shape, i.e. in a shape extending in a direction along the scanning lines. In other words, each dot is in a shape extending in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the signal line drive circuit. The color filters are of lateral stripe type, for example. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20100013853 | NON-RECTANGULAR PIXEL ARRAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME - There is provided a display area made up of a pixel array with a non-rectangular shaped outer circumference and the pixel array is made up of a plurality of non-rectangular pixels wherein a first conductor line group including a plurality of first conductor lines and a second conductor line group including a plurality of second conductor lines, and a third conductor line group including a plurality of third conductor lines are arranged so as to intersect with one another. Thus, without sacrificing brightness, viewability, and fidelity of an image, pixel array (display device) with the non-rectangular outer circumferential shape being excellent in design characteristics is realized. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100188593 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A vertically aligned thin-film transistor array substrate in which there is no reduction in aperture ratio includes an etching-stop layer formed on an insulating layer; a passivation layer formed on the insulating layer that includes the etching-stop layer; a depression formed in the passivation layer and hollowing the passivation layer to the surface of the etching-stop layer; and a pixel electrode, which is recessed in conformity with the depression, formed on the passivation layer that includes the depression; wherein the etching-stop layer comprises a transparent semiconductor. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100328594 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display element includes a liquid crystal composition sandwiched between substrates, wherein at least two types of liquid crystal compositions which exhibit liquid crystal phase in different temperature ranges are contained within each one pixel, and each of the at least two types of liquid crystal compositions is sealed and isolated within each pixel. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110002533 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method and an image processing device which can improve sharpness by producing a binocular rivalry intentionally are provided. An image processing device | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110012899 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method, an image processing device and a program which can improve sharpness are provided. An image processing device | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012907 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - In an image display device including: an electrophoretic display element having a memory property and a display/update controlling unit which outputs the first control signal and the data signal to the data line driving circuit, and the second control signal to the scanning line driving circuit, based on given image data, during the image updating period of time, and cuts off power supply to the data line driving circuit and the scanning line driving circuit, during an image holding period of time, the display/update controlling unit, during the image updating period of time, inputs sequentially a plurality of pieces of compressed image block data having a data configuration which one screen of the image data is divided into a plurality of blocks, and compressed for each block, expands the compressed image block data of a preceding screen and the compressed image block data of a corresponding updating screen sequentially inputted, and outputs the data signal for screen update to the data line driving circuit, based on the expanded image block data of the preceding screen and the expanded image block data of the corresponding updating screen. | 01-20-2011 |
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| 20090153214 | DELAY ELEMENT, VARIABLE DELAY LINE, AND VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR, AS WELL AS DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - To provide, with a simple structure, a voltage controlled oscillator, etc., whose center oscillation frequency is stable even if there is a change in the temperature. A delay element includes: a delay generating part which adds a delay amount to an input signal to generate an output signal; and a delay control part which controls the delay. The delay control part has a delay adjusting circuit which outputs a first control signal for adjusting the delay amount, and a temperature compensating circuit which outputs a second control signal for compensating property changes caused by the temperature. The delay control part outputs a third control signal obtained by synthesizing the first control signal and the second control signal to the delay generating part to control the delay amount. The delay control part obtains the third control signal by having the delay adjusting circuit and the temperature compensating circuit connected in series. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090204840 | BROWSING TERMINAL, CHARGING TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AS WELL AS TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - To provide a browsing terminal and the like with high security, which can effectively prevent contents data stored in a terminal from being stolen unlawfully by a third party even if the terminal is accidentally lost. The browsing terminal includes: a receiving part for receiving contents data; a volatile memory for storing the received contents data; a display device with a memory function, which displays the contents data stored in the volatile memory; and a secondary battery for supplying power to the volatile memory and the display device. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090281754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING A SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a test method an apparatus in which an area for test and an area for analysis are specified based on the design information of the display device having a non-rectangular display area. To carry out testing, parasitic capacitances are found using the design information, and operations for weighting are performed on test data or threshold values based on which a decision on pass/fail is to be made (FIG. | 11-12-2009 |
