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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144141 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display which may suppress image quality deterioration and enhance image contrast is provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a light source unit including a light source having divided lighting sections and a light source control section; a l... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8130216 | Display device having display area and non-display area, and driving method thereof An example control signal generating circuit CTL for controlling the writing into pixels PIX instructs a data signal line drive circuit SD2, which is for driving pixels in a non-display area, to write a voltage VB or a voltage VW which are for non-displaying,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8081178 | Electro-optical device, driving circuit, and electronic apparatus Pixels include liquid crystal capacitors and holding capacitors having first ends connected to pixel electrodes and second ends connected to common electrodes corresponding to the first to 320th rows. A common electrode driving circuit includes TFTs for individual r... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8063896 | Liquid crystal display device, source driver, and method of driving a liquid crystal display panel A source driver which can control the spatial cycle of inverting the polarity of offset voltage in response to the spatial cycle of inverting the polarity of data signal. The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention has an LCD panel, having d... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8044948 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof An LCD groups pixels in each row into a plurality of blocks, and calculates difference in gray between every two image data applied to a pair of adjacent odd and even pixels in each block including pixels in a row for each of first to third colors. It is determined ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8009159 | Semiconductor display device and method of driving a semiconductor display device A semiconductor display device capable of performing clear display of a high definition image, in which flicker, vertical stripes, horizontal stripes, and diagonal stripes are unlikely to be seen by an observer, is provided. An image signal input from the outside to... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7965286 | Timing controller to reduce flicker and method of operating display device including the same A timing controller to reduce a flicker in a display device is provided. The timing controller includes a line pattern detector and a frame pattern detector. The line pattern detector divides received data into a plurality of unit blocks and detects a line polarity ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7920138 | Liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal display device having the same and method for driving the same A liquid crystal panel includes a gate line; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a common line parallel to the gate line; a first switching part in the pixel region for applying a first voltage from the data line to the pixel region; and a s... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7834868 | Systems for displaying images and control methods thereof Systems for displaying images and control methods are provided. In this regard, a representative control method for a display panel comprising a first source line, a second source line, a third source line, a first gate line and a second gate line, comprises: assert... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7800604 | Liquid crystal device, drive method therefor, and projection type display apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal device which can suppress cross-talk and can maintain uniformity of the display quality within the screen, and for which problems such as insufficient writing do not occur. In a liquid crystal light v... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7777737 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display device Power consumption in an active matrix type liquid crystal display device having partial display function is reduced. In one frame period, a display area corresponding to first 80 horizontal periods, that is the first line through the 80th line, is set as a partial d... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7746335 | Multi-switch half source driving display device and method for liquid crystal display panel using RGBW color filter A display device for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel using a RGBW color filter and a display method thereof are provided. The display device includes a source driver and a MSHD(Multi-Switch Half source Driving) display panel. The display method includes arrangi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746334 | Apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal display device A driving apparatus of a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel display a video signal by use of a liquid crystal cell of a matrix shape. A plurality of data drive circuits generate a polarity pattern of the video signal in accordance ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7443372 | Method for driving in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device A method for driving an IPS mode LCD device prevents leakage current by swing of a common voltage. The IPS mode LCD device includes multiple gate and data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, multiple thin film transistors (TFT) alternat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432902 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes an LCD panel, a frequency multiplier to multiply a frame frequency to generate a multiplied frame frequency that includes an odd frame and an even frame, a data converter to modulate N-bit input data supplied in accorda... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432901 | Driving apparatus for liquid crystal display A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display that reduces a residual direct current component from flowing in a liquid crystal is disclosed. In the apparatus, a liquid crystal display panel has liquid crystal cells at crossing of gate lines and data lines. An im... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427974 | Display apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus and driving method for display apparatus A display apparatus is constituted by a display device including a plurality of pixels and control means for effecting a plurality of displaying operations at each pixel. Each of the displaying operation includes at least a first operation for displaying a first ima... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420533 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display and a dot inversion driving technique for that liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal cells defined by intersections of gate and data lines. Each liquid crystal cell i... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417615 | Active matrix liquid crystal display device The non-linear amplifier performs a gamma correction to the analog video signal inputted from outside along with the non-linear correction for eliminating the effect of the dependency of the dielectric constant of the liquid crystal on the pixel potential Vp. The an... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7391402 | Method for driving in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device A method for driving an In-Plane switching (IPS) mode LCD device is disclosed. The IPS mode LCD device includes gate and data lines crossing each other to define pixel regions; thin film transistors (TFTs) alternately positioned at lower and upper side pixel regions... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391414 | Electro-optical device, controller for controlling the electro-optical device, method for controlling the electro-optical device, and electronic device A controller includes a register storing a group of parameters including a driving-control parameter for controlling a data line driving circuit and a scanning line driving circuit, a parameter controller for updating values of the group of parameters stored in the ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391401 | Liquid crystal display, and apparatus and method of driving liquid crystal display An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display includes a data driver alternately applying first data voltages and second voltages to pixels for a horizontal period and a signal controller changing a state of an inversion signal between an end of the transmission... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382343 | Display panel driving method, display panel driver circuit, and liquid crystal display device Polarity patterns (polarity pattern signal POL) are stored in a ROM in a polarity pattern controlling portion. Then, the polarity pattern is changed according to applications of a liquid crystal display panel. Since the polarity pattern is stored in the ROM, the pol... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7362299 | Liquid crystal display device, driving circuit for the same and driving method for the same A look-up table stores a plurality of polarity pattern tables for setting the polarities of pixel voltages of pixel formation portions on a display screen. The plurality of polarity pattern tables are set such that when each of the polarity pattern tables is selecte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362296 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof A method of optimizing pixel signals for a liquid crystal display includes receiving the first, second and third pixel signals for the (n−1), (n) and (n+1)th frames. The first and second pixel signals are compared to determine if the second pixel signal requires o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362321 | Method of driving image display, driving device for image display, and image display An image display according to the present invention includes a driving device which performs pulse width modulation drive, restrains power consumption, and produces a good multi-tone display. The image display makes the difference between the scan line voltage and t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358948 | Driving method of liquid crystal display apparatus, driving apparatus of liquid crystal display apparatus, and program thereof A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of areas in which response speeds greatly different from each other coexist in a pixel. A first replacement process section replaces the image data of the desired target frame with a first gradation, when a gra... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358955 | Liquid crystal display for mobile phone There is disclosed a liquid crystal display for a mobile phone that is adaptive for minimizing horizontal flicker. A liquid crystal display for a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel where liquid cr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7336252 | Display device An image display device includes a first display device and a second display device, which is constituted of a smaller number of signal lines than that of the first display device. The signal lines of both display devices are driven by a common drive circuit. The di... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336250 | Method and apparatus for driving liquid-crystal optical-modulation device For statically driving a liquid-crystal optical-modulation device, an alternating electric field produced by a drive signal is applied to a liquid crystal included therein. In a first period in which the alternating electric field has a first polarity, the drive sig... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330162 | Method of driving a light emitting device and electronic equipment A driving method is provided which improves the duty ratio, which presents high image quality by securing a sufficient length of sustain (lighting) period when gray scales are increased in number, and which prolongs the lifetime of a light emitting element. One fram... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327344 | Display and method for driving the same If a display is subjected to n line dot inversion drive control, the polarity pattern of sub-pixels is shifted line by line in a cycle of n frames. Furthermore, in every n horizontal scanning periods in which the polarities of output terminals of a source driver are... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304632 | Liquid-crystal display driving circuit and method A driving circuit for an active-matrix liquid-crystal display short-circuits at least two of the signal lines in the matrix at times of transitions of signal-line potentials in the matrix. Charge stored in the parasitic capacitances of the signal lines is thereby re... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304641 | Timing generator of flat panel display and polarity arrangement control signal generation method therefor Disclosed is a timing generator of panel display and polarity arrangement control signal generation method therefor. The timing generator comprises a storage unit for storing a plurality of sets of polarity data and corresponding PAC signals, an operation unit for r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292217 | Source driver and liquid crystal display using the same A low-power-consumption source driver for a liquid crystal display is provided. More than one middle voltage level for the level shifter and the output buffer is provided, in addition to the power supply voltage level VDD and the ground level GND, to provide differe... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288012 | Method of manufacturing plasma display panel A plasma display panel is provided that includes scan electrodes, sustain electrodes, and address electrodes. A first pulse voltage for the address electrodes or a second pulse voltage for the address electrodes is applied to the address electrodes in an aging step ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7274347 | Prevention of charge accumulation in micromirror devices through bias inversion Methods and apparatus are provided for preventing charge accumulation in microelectromechanical systems, especially in micromirror array devices having a plurality of micromirrors. Voltages are applied to the micromirrors for actuating the micromirrors. Polarities o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268761 | Liquid crystal device, liquid crystal driving device and method of driving the same, and electronic equipment A liquid crystal panel (10) has a scanning line (Y) and a data line (X), a TFT (30) connected to the scanning line (Y) and the data line (X), a pixel electrode (32) connected to the TFT (30), and a rectangular opposite electrode (C) arran... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265742 | Liquid crystal device, drive method therefor, and projection type display apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal device which can suppress cross-talk and can maintain uniformity of the display quality within the screen, and for which problems such as insufficient writing do not occur. In a liquid crystal light v... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259755 | Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display panel in inversion A method and apparatus for driving a liquid crystal panel in a line-inversion system is disclosed. In the method, at least one pixel block each of which includes at least two data lines within the liquid crystal panel is set. The adjacent pixels in a gate line direc... | 08/21/2007 |
