Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090167665 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A voltage having the positive polarity and a voltage having the negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode. A counter electrode voltage (Vcom) generating circuit or a source signal generating section is provided each of which controls effective voltages to be applied to the pixel for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity are asymmetrically applied to the pixel for all of the tones which can be displayed. The counter electrode voltage (Vcom) generating circuit or the source signal generating section shifts a counter electrode voltage Vcom-A or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages to be symmetrically applied to the pixel. | 07-02-2009 |
20100060835 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device in which alignment control in a vertical-alignment-type liquid crystal layer is excellent at a side portion or a corner portion of a pixel electrode. | 03-11-2010 |
20100182521 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes formed of a frame-shaped connection electrode and electrode bodies arranged in parallel to one another in a frame of the connection electrode and supported by and connected to the connection electrode; and a common electrode insulated from the plurality of pixel electrodes. | 07-22-2010 |
20100259601 | Liquid crystal shutter and image display observation system - A liquid crystal shutter includes a plurality of liquid crystal layers arranged in a light-incident direction; and a plurality of polarizers attached to each of the plurality of liquid crystal layers, polarization axes of 2 adjacent polarizers that have a liquid crystal layer therebetween being crossed at an angle of 90°, the accumulated value of degrees of polarization of polarizers that have polarization axes in a first direction being identical to that of degrees of polarizations of polarizers that have polarization axes in a second direction that crosses the first direction at an angle of 90°. | 10-14-2010 |
20110019142 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a pixel unit including a plurality of sub-pixels; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in the pixel unit so as to correspond to the plurality of sub-pixels; a scanning line disposed at a position between two adjacent pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes; and two selecting devices configured to select whether a signal is supplied to the respective two pixel electrodes, the selecting devices being disposed on the scanning line. | 01-27-2011 |
20110134382 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display element for performing a display by a VA mode includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal molecule exhibiting a negative dielectric anisotropy, and a second substrate facing the first substrate with the liquid crystal layer in between, and including a second electrode facing the first electrode. Only the first electrode, or both of the first electrode and the second electrode are provided with a structure generating a distortion in an electric field, and the liquid crystal molecule located on the second substrate side has a pre-tilt angle larger than that of the liquid crystal molecule located on the first substrate side. | 06-09-2011 |
20110157531 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with which response characteristics are able to be easily improved without using major equipment is provided. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes steps of forming a first alignment film | 06-30-2011 |
20110273652 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display element capable of easily improving response characteristics without using a large apparatus is provided. After alignment films | 11-10-2011 |
20110317104 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display capable of realizing a high transmittance while maintaining favorable voltage response characteristics, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other with the liquid crystal layer in between; a plurality of pixel electrodes provided on a liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate; and an opposite electrode provided on the second substrate to face the plurality of pixel electrodes. One or both of a face on the liquid crystal layer side of the pixel electrode, and a face on the liquid crystal layer side of the opposite electrode includes a concavo-convex structure. | 12-29-2011 |
20120038854 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT BARRIER DEVICE - A display apparatus includes: a display unit having a pair of polarizing plates at a light incident side and a light exit side; and a light barrier unit that is provided at the light incident side or the light exit side of the display unit and includes plural opening and closing parts as light transmission regions or light blocking regions, wherein the light barrier unit has a liquid crystal layer orientation-controlled at a light incident side and a light exit side thereof in directions orthogonal to each other, and an orientation direction at the display unit side of the liquid crystal layer is in parallel or orthogonal to an absorption axis direction of a first polarizing plate of the pair of polarizing plates provided at the light barrier unit side of the display unit. | 02-16-2012 |
20120038871 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL BARRIER DEVICE - A display device includes: a display section; and a liquid crystal barrier section including a plurality of opening-and-closing sections each configured of a liquid crystal element to extend along a predetermined direction in a light barrier surface. An orientation, in the light barrier plane, of liquid crystal molecules under no voltage application in the liquid crystal element is different from an extending direction of each of the opening-and-closing sections | 02-16-2012 |
20120044451 | LIGHT BARRIER DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - There are provided a light barrier device and a display unit for stereoscopic viewing capable of preventing occurrence of light unevenness. The light barrier device, includes: a liquid crystal layer sealed between a pair of substrates, to include a plurality of sub-regions each allowing light to pass therethrough or to be blocked; and spacers each provided, between the pair of substrates, in a region other than boundary region between the sub-regions. | 02-23-2012 |
20120066277 | FILE MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A file management device manages a file on an online storage in a folder. The device includes a shared folder receiving unit to receive, form an information device used by a user having completed membership registration, designation of a shared folder to be shared with other users; a shared folder management information storage unit to generate shared folder management information in response to receipt of the designation of the shared folder and to store therein the shared folder management information so as to be associated with the designation of the shared folder; a folder share URL generation unit to generate a folder share uniform resource locator (URL) which includes the shared folder management information and is a URL of a Web site serving as an entry when accessing the shared folder; and a folder share URL notification unit to notify the information device of the folder share URL. | 03-15-2012 |
20120069264 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a light source section; first to third polarization plates disposed in this order from a side of the light source section; a liquid crystal display section provided in one of first and second regions, in which the first region lying between the first polarization plate and the second polarization plate and the second region lying between the second polarization plate and the third polarization plate; a liquid crystal barrier section provided in the other of the first and second regions and including a plurality of opening-closing sections to transmit or block light. An absorption axis of the third polarization plate is horizontally directed. | 03-22-2012 |
20120188475 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BARRIER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a liquid crystal barrier section including a plurality of liquid crystal barriers; a barrier drive section supplying a plurality of barrier drive signals to the plurality of liquid crystal barriers, thereby to allow each of the liquid crystal barriers to be opened and closed; and a display section displaying images. Each of the barrier drive signals includes a first waveform portion with a first wave height value, a second waveform portion, and a third waveform portion maintained at a basal potential, the second waveform portion being arranged immediately before the first waveform portion and having a second wave height value smaller than the first wave height value. | 07-26-2012 |
20120200806 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT - A display device includes a display section displaying images, and a liquid crystal barrier section having liquid crystal barriers formed to extend in a first direction tilted from a vertical direction in a display plane, the liquid crystal barriers allowing light to pass therethrough or to be blocked. The liquid crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed at positions corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers to sandwich the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode includes a first stem extending in the first direction, and branches extending on both sides of the first stem, branches on one side of the first stem extending in a first extending direction, whereas branches on the other side of the first stem extending in a second extending direction, the first and second extending directions being line-asymmetrical about the first stem. | 08-09-2012 |
20120229429 | DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AS WELL AS BARRIER DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A display includes: a display section displaying an image; and a liquid-crystal barrier section having a plurality of liquid crystal barriers each allowed to switch between a light-transmitting state and a light-blocking state. The liquid-crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first substrate and a second substrate configured to sandwich the liquid crystal layer, the second substrate having a common electrode formed on a first-substrate side thereof, and the first substrate including a first electrode formed at a position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers, and a second electrode formed, between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer, at the position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229442 | DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AS WELL AS BARRIER DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A display includes: a display section displaying an image; and a liquid-crystal barrier section having a plurality of liquid crystal barriers each allowed to switch between a light-transmitting state and a light-blocking state. The liquid-crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first substrate and a second substrate configured to sandwich the liquid crystal layer, the first substrate including a drive electrode formed at a position corresponding to each of the liquid crystal barriers, and the second substrate including a first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed between the first common electrode and the liquid crystal layer. | 09-13-2012 |
20120268671 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of display pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of sub-regions that allow light to transmit therethrough and block the light. The barrier section includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, and a plurality of spacers interposed between the substrates. An array direction of the spacers adjacent to each other of the plurality of spacers is different from an array direction of the display pixels. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268672 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BARRIER DEVICE - A barrier device includes: liquid crystal barriers extending in a first direction and disposed away from a display plane of a display section that displays an image. The liquid crystal barriers include a liquid crystal layer and sub-electrodes and allow light to transmit therethrough and block the light. The liquid crystal barriers structure at least one group of the liquid crystal barriers. The sub-electrodes, belonging to a first liquid crystal barrier of a pair of the liquid crystal barriers, adjoin, in a second direction, the sub-electrodes belonging to a second liquid crystal barrier in the pair of the liquid crystal barriers. The pair of the liquid crystal barriers are adjacent to each other in the at least one group of the liquid crystal barriers, and the second direction is different from both of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction within the display plane of the display section. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268673 | DISPLAY UNIT AND BARRIER DEVICE - A display unit includes: a display section displaying an image; and a liquid crystal barrier section having a plurality of liquid crystal barriers extending in a predetermined direction, each of the liquid crystal barriers including a liquid crystal layer and a barrier electrode to transmit and block light, wherein the barrier electrode includes a stem portion extending in the predetermined direction, and a plurality of branch portions extending from the stem portion, and the liquid crystal barrier section includes one or more groups of the liquid crystal barriers, the one group of the liquid crystal barriers including the barrier electrodes with patterns different from each other. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268697 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of display pixels; and a liquid crystal barrier section including a plurality of barrier regions. Each of the barrier regions extends in a first direction inclined with respect to an arrangement direction of the display pixels, and allows light to transmit therethrough and blocks the light. The liquid crystal barrier section includes: a liquid crystal layer; and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer interposing the liquid crystal layer in between. The first electrode layer includes an electrode pattern having a slit provided along the first direction in the barrier regions. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268704 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display section including display pixels; and a liquid crystal barrier section including barrier regions. Each of the barrier regions extends in a first direction that is inclined with respect to an array direction of the display pixels, and allows light to transmit therethrough and blocks the light. The liquid crystal barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer interposing the liquid crystal layer in between. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of line-shaped electrodes. The line-shaped electrodes extend in the first direction and arranged side-by-side in a second direction different from the first direction, and one or more of the line-shaped electrodes includes first slits and second slits extending in respective directions different from the array direction of the display pixels. | 10-25-2012 |
20120306864 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BARRIER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BARRIER DEVICE - A display device includes a display section displaying an image; and a barrier section including a plurality of liquid crystal barriers, the liquid crystal barriers each being configured to be switched between an open state and a closed state. The barrier section includes a barrier electrode being arranged in a region corresponding to the liquid crystal barrier, the barrier electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes each of which includes a projection portion, a common electrode being commonly formed on an entire surface of a region corresponding to the plurality of liquid crystal barriers, and a liquid crystal layer being provided between the barrier electrode and the common electrode. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307170 | DISPLAY DEVICE, BARRIER DEVICE, BARRIER DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND BARRIER DEVICE DRIVING METHOD - A barrier driving circuit includes a barrier driving section that supplies drive signals to two or more liquid crystal barriers that are adjacent to each other and to be placed into a closed state among a plurality of liquid crystal barriers. The plurality of liquid crystal barriers are disposed side-by-side and each of the liquid crystal barriers is switchable between an open state and the closed state. The drive signals supplied to the two or more liquid crystal barriers have respective polarities that are same with respect to one another. | 12-06-2012 |
20130021329 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display unit respectively displaying respective pixel information of plural viewpoint images different from one another by arranging the pixel information in a circulating order in the plural viewpoint images on a display surface; and a barrier unit having plural liquid crystal barriers capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state, extending in a first direction as well as arranged side by side in a second direction intersecting the first direction, in which each barrier includes plural branch electrodes arranged side by side. A pitch “s” of the branch electrodes in the second direction satisfies the following expression (A). | 01-24-2013 |
20130063332 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a liquid crystal display part and a light control part. The liquid crystal display part is configured to have an array of pixels each including a plurality of segments each driven independently. Further, the light control part is configured to control light coming from or directed to the liquid crystal display part. In a first display mode provided by the display device, a plurality of pixel signals derived from different items of pixel information are supplied respectively to the plurality of segments in each of the pixels. | 03-14-2013 |
20130100375 | DISPLAY DEVICE, SPACER, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A spacer is disposed between two polarizing plates. The spacer has a retardation value of 40 [nm] or less. | 04-25-2013 |
20130114134 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels, the display section displaying a plurality of perspective images; and a plurality of separating sections each tilted in a first oblique direction, and each separating the perspective images displayed on the display section into different directions. Each of the pixels has a shape extending differently between in the first oblique direction and in a second oblique direction, the second oblique direction being tilted in a direction opposite to the first oblique direction with respect to a vertical direction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130300721 | DISPLAY UNIT, BARRIER DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section; and a barrier section including a plurality of first electrodes, one or a plurality of second electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being disposed in different layers or a same layer to face each other, the liquid crystal layer being disposed outside the first electrodes and the second electrodes, in which the electrodes, the second electrodes, and the liquid crystal layer configure a plurality of liquid crystal barriers extending in a first direction and being arranged side by side in a second direction, each of arrangement regions of the first electrodes has a plurality of sub-regions extending in the first direction and being arranged side by side in the second direction, and each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of slits or a plurality of first branch portions belonging to each of the sub-regions. | 11-14-2013 |
20130300957 | DISPLAY UNIT, BARRIER DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section displaying an image; and a barrier section including a plurality of liquid crystal barriers, the light crystal barriers allowing light to pass therethrough and blocking the light, and extending in a first direction and being arranged side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The barrier section includes a liquid crystal layer, first electrodes disposed in regions corresponding to the respective liquid crystal barriers, and a second electrode disposed between the first electrodes and the liquid crystal layer and disposed to face and be common to the first electrodes. The second electrode includes a plurality of slit array regions arranged side by side in the second direction, and each of the slit array regions includes a plurality of slits provided side by side, the slits in any one of the slit array regions extending in a same direction. | 11-14-2013 |
20140009705 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a liquid crystal display section including first electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode, the first electrodes corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels, the second electrode being disposed to face the first electrodes with the liquid crystal layer in between; a backlight; and a light-ray control section inserted between the liquid crystal display section and the backlight, in which each of the unit pixels includes a plurality of domains or a single domain, the plurality of domains in which liquid crystal alignment differs between the domains, and each of the first electrodes is uniformly formed in each of the plurality of domains or the single domain. | 01-09-2014 |
20140016049 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a light-ray control section including first structures, the first structures being arranged at a first pitch; a liquid crystal display section including second structures, the second structures being arranged at a second pitch; and a backlight, in which one in which a structure arrangement pitch is smaller of the liquid crystal display section and the light-ray control section is disposed between the other one of the liquid crystal display section and the light-ray control section, and the backlight. | 01-16-2014 |
20140170926 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display element capable of easily improving response characteristics without using a large apparatus is provided. After alignment films made of a polymer compound including a crosslinkable functional group as a side chain and a bulky skeleton such as an adamantane skeleton are formed in a TFT substrate and a CF substrate, the alignment films are arranged to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer | 06-19-2014 |