IP Library Granted Patent US 7,116,297
Granted Patent B2
US 7,116,297 · App. 10/413,458 · Granted Oct 3, 2006

Liquid crystal display device and driving method for liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 7,116,297
App. No.
10/413,458
Granted
Oct 3, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid crystal display device where each unit pixel p arranged on a liquid crystal panel 101 A is constituted by a plurality of pixels p 1, p 2, and p 3, the pixels p 1, p 2, and p 3 are divided into sub-pixels p 11 and p 12, sub-pixels p 21, and p 22, and sub-pixels p 31 and p 32, respectively. The liquid crystal display device is provided with driver ICs 201 and 202 for driving the sub-pixels p 11, p 21, and p 31, and the sub-pixels p 12 , p 22, and p 32 constituting the pixels so that different gradation-brightness value characteristics may be given. Due to this, multi-gradation display can be performed.

Claims (7)

1. A method of driving a liquid crystal display device where a plurality of pixels constituting each unit pixel and each of said plurality of pixels divided into a first and a second sub-pixels, said method comprising:

a step of supplying a first driver with a voltage changeable within a range of a predetermined voltage V 2 to a predetermined voltage V 1 , as an input value of a gradation voltage for driving the first sub-pixel;

a step of supplying a second driver with a voltage changeable within a range of a predetermined voltage V 3 and said predetermined voltage V 1 , as an input value of a gradation voltage for driving said second sub-pixel, and

a relationship among said voltages V 3 , V 2 , and V 1 represented by V 2 >V 3 >V 1 .

2. The method of driving said liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined voltage V 2 is a maximum value of a drive voltage to be applied to said first sub-pixel, and said predetermined voltage V 1 is a minimum value of a drive voltage to be applied to said first sub-pixel.

3. The method of driving said liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined voltage V 3 is a maximum value of a drive voltage to be applied to said second sub-pixel.

4. The method of driving the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of pixels are for displaying a color image.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: VISTA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
To: GETNER FOUNDATION LLC
Reel/Frame 060654/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2018
From: GETNER FOUNDATION LLC
To: VISTA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 045469/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2011
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: GETNER FOUNDATION LLC
Reel/Frame 026254/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2010
From: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024492/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2003
From: KOGA, KOICHI; OKUZONO, NOBORU; YAMAGUCHI, MACHIHIKO
To: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 014158/0161 →