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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102486 | Display panel and display device A liquid crystal panel comprises a temperature sensor (1) formed on a glass substrate (11). The temperature sensor (1) includes two junction structures (2) and (5). The junction structure (2) is formed such that two differen... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7916243 | Dual liquid crystal display device A dual liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a first LCD panel displaying an image on a first surface; a second LCD panel formed on the same substrate to display an image on a second surface; a light source disposed at an adjacent side under the first LCD pa... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7764337 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic device It is an object of the present invention to improve deterioration of display performance in a liquid crystal display device, especially to obtain rapid response with the alignment of a liquid crystal maintained. According to one feature of the present invention, a l... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7750994 | Flat panel display having integral metal heater optically hidden behind an EMI shield A flat panel display having a black mask EMI layer isolated from Vcom and tied to zero potential. The flat panel display has an integral metal heater layer and thermal sensor that are in close proximity to the liquid crystals to provide efficient heating and tempera... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7719634 | Sensor, thin film transistor array panel, and display panel including the sensor A sensor is provided, which includes a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate, a semiconductor formed on the insulating layer, an ohmic contact formed on the semiconductor, a sensor input electrode and a sensor output electrode formed on the ohmic co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7554627 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes an image display unit including a plurality of pixels having a first liquid crystal material, a temperature detecting unit for detecting an environmental temperature using a second liquid crystal material, and a temperature c... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7486349 | Polymer network liquid crystal element with predetermined gap for dimming device having image processing, temperature detecting and pulse width control units therefor To provide a light control device including a liquid crystal element which does not need a polarizing plate and an alignment layer and is compact and high in contrast ratio, and can be driven at low applied voltage and can exhibit stable performance even if environm... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7438420 | Display apparatus A display apparatus having a control unit which controls the light source temperature so that the temperature remains within a predetermined temperature range, a light modulation device for displaying images by receiving light emitted from the light source, and modu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7420538 | Liquid crystal display device and driving device thereof, and method for driving liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes (i) a temperature sensor provided in at least one of pixels in a displaying area of a display panel, (ii) a lead line buried in the display panel, for transmitting a detection signal from the temperat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405778 | Liquid crystal display and fabrication method thereof An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) includes a first panel having a first resolution; a second panel having a second resolution, the second resolution lower than the first resolution; and a compensation pattern on an array substrate of the second panel for maintaining a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7345668 | Method of driving liquid crystal panel, liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device is provided comprising: a liquid crystal panel displaying grayscale levels by applying a driving signal to a pair of electrodes having liquid crystal interposed therebetween and displaying white when voltage is applied, the driving signal hav... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339563 | High performance switchable polarizers for optical projection displays and circuits for driving the polarizers The invention is directed towards high performance switchable polarizers for optical projection displays. One embodiment of the invention is a switchable polarizer with (1) two conductive electrodes and (2) a liquid crystal material that is positioned between the tw... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333159 | Liquid crystal display device having function of temperature maintenance There is provided an LCD (liquid crystal display device) having a function of temperature maintenance. The LCD includes: a liquid crystal panel having a common heating electrode and a temperature detection unit formed in a predetermined region of the liquid crystal ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324176 | Flat panel display having integral heater, EMI shield, and thermal sensors A flat panel display having a black mask EMI layer isolated from Vcom and tied to zero potential. The flat panel display has an integral metal heater layer and thermal sensor that are in close proximity to the liquid crystals to provide efficient heating and tempera... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315343 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer for a display in an OCB mode, a heating unit which heats the liquid crystal display panel, a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the liqui... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7292291 | Flat panel display having integral heater, EMI shield, and thermal sensors A flat panel display having a black mask EMI layer isolated from Vcom and tied to zero potential. The flat panel display has an integral metal heater layer and thermal sensor that are in close proximity to the liquid crystals to provide efficient heating and tempera... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7277140 | Image shifting device, image display, liquid crystal display, and projection image display The invention provides an image shifting device including at least one image shifting part for periodically shifting the position of an optical axis. The image shifting part includes a liquid crystal device 10 for switching a polarization direction of light b... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7245328 | Apparatus and method for controlling extinction ratio in a liquid crystal polarization controller optical switch A polarization controller includes: a liquid crystal cell; a mechanism for determining a compensation voltage; and a voltage driving circuit for applying the compensation voltage to the liquid crystal cell, where the application of the compensation voltage optimizes... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242383 | Portable microdisplay system An active matrix color crystal display has an active matrix circuit, a counterelectrode panel and an interposed layer of liquid crystal. The active matrix display is located in a portable microdisplay system that has a display computer that generates images to be di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234863 | Apparatus for measurement optical characteristic of a display panel An ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring ambient temperature. The apparatus has a bottom plate, a panel fitting apparatus, an external mask, and a temperature control device. The panel fitting apparatus is disposed on the bottom plate and is suita... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229177 | Restraining temperature rise in light exiting-side polarizer constituting liquid crystal light valve Embodiments of the invention restrain temperature rise in a light exiting-side polarizer included in a liquid crystal light valve without limiting the quantity of light incident on the liquid crystal light valve and a projector that has a liquid crystal light valve ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218042 | Plasma display panel Provided is a plasma display panel (PDP) including a rear substrate and a front substrate, which are spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other to face each other and between which a plurality of discharge cells are formed. A heating portion is disposed i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7180558 | DSTN display with electromagnetic shielding The invention relates to a DSTN display with electromagnetic protection, comprising an active cell (1) and a passive cell (2), whereby the active cell (1) comprises electrodes (12, 13) and the passive cell (2) faces an observer of ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7145625 | Liquid crystal display device having heater A liquid crystal display device capable of presenting to a viewer a high-quality video from the beginning of viewing the video on a liquid crystal display panel by heating the panel from a specified time earlier than a time preset to start the viewing. A liquid crys... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136043 | Liquid crystal display for vehicle The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display for a vehicle and, particularly, to a liquid crystal display which adjusts liquid crystal drive voltage based on the temperature of a liquid crystal display panel so that the contrast of the liquid crystal di... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7123313 | Projection display device To provide a highly reliable projection display device capable of being used for a long period of time without deterioration of a particular liquid crystal light valve, desirably, without any variation in color balance with time, even if a light source having a devi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109990 | Circuit and method for temperature compensated contrast A circuit and method for automatically compensating display contrast for temperature changes allowing user preference setting. The invention can be applied to any device having a display, but in one embodiment, portable electronic devices such as palmtops, other por... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7075596 | Liquid crystal projector A liquid crystal projector includes a reference temperature sensor, a comparison temperature sensor, and a shut-off unit for shutting off the power to a light source lamp for backlight when the difference between a temperature sensed by the reference temperature sen... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7050137 | Substrate for use in a liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display using the same The invention relates to a substrate for use in a liquid crystal display of a CF-on-TFT structure in which a color filter is formed on the side of an array substrate in which a switching element is formed, and has an object to provide a substrate for use in a liquid... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042435 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a scanning electrode driver and a signal electrode driver for driving the liquid crystal display, and a controller which controls the scanning electrode ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038648 | Method and a device for driving a liquid crystal display, and a liquid crystal display apparatus Disclosed herewith is a matrix driving method of liquid crystal which exhibits a cholesteric phase. In the method, there is a selection pulse application step of applying pulses to select the final state of the liquid crystal, and between the selection pulse applica... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036939 | Digital projector control method and apparatus A method and apparatus to control a digital projector. After receiving a turn-on request, the temperature associated with the light source is sensed and compared to a predetermined threshold. If the temperature is below the threshold, then the digital projector's li... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034785 | Color liquid crystal display In an ECB LCD, in which a liquid crystal layer enclosed between a pair of substrates is driven based on R, G, B signals so that transmittance of R, G, B light components at the liquid crystal layer is controlled for color display, the voltage levels of the liquid cr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7012584 | Organic EL panel drive circuit Drive switches 3b1 to 3bn selectively apply a constant current to any one of anode electrode lines 1A. Constant current sources 3a1 to 3an supply the constant current to anode electrode lin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002643 | Liquid crystal shutter A liquid crystal shutter comprises a liquid crystal device including a nematic liquid crystal sealed in between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate on whose inner surfaces are formed respective transparent electrodes, the liquid crystal ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6943768 | Thermal control system for liquid crystal cell A thermal control system for a liquid crystal cell is presented that may utilize a time division scheme to multiplex temperature sensing and heating functions across active thermal elements such that the cell may generally be kept at a constant temperature. A calibr... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6930667 | Liquid crystal panel driving method, liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal panel driving method is provided for optimizing driving conditions by performing temperature compensation without varying the voltage of a driving signal. In the liquid crystal device, based on a temperature detection result by the temperature senso... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6914642 | Active matrix display device In an active matrix display device, a circuit including at least five thin film transistors (TFTs) which are provided with an approximately M-shaped semiconductor region for a single pixel electrode and gate lines and a capacitances line which cross the M-shaped sem... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6885412 | Liquid crystal display device, image shifting device, and image display apparatus A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a temperature adjustment member formed on the first substr... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6877896 | Ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring display panel An ambient temperature control apparatus used for measuring ambient temperature. The apparatus has a bottom plate, a panel fitting apparatus, an external mask, and a temperature control device. The panel fitting apparatus is disposed on the bottom plate and is suita... | 04/12/2005 |
