IP Library Granted Patent US 7,973,811
Granted Patent B2
US 7,973,811 · App. 11/813,575 · Granted Jul 5, 2011

Display device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,973,811
App. No.
11/813,575
Granted
Jul 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to lessen a user's feeling that something is wrong when a user watches a display device configured by rectangular pixels. In a display device of the present invention includes a display portion on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix, the display portion has areas configured by rectangular pixels and areas configured by square pixels.

Claims (13)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display portion on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix,

wherein the display portion has areas configured by rectangular pixels and areas configured by square pixels; and

wherein an area of an opening portion of each of the rectangular pixels is equal to an area of an opening portion of each of the square pixels,

wherein the display portion is formed of a liquid crystal device;

wherein at least one line on both upper and lower ends of the display portion is configured by the rectangular pixels; and

wherein a reflecting performance of the rectangular pixels is set higher than a reflecting performance of the square pixels.

2. A display device comprising:

a display portion on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix,

wherein the display portion has areas configured by rectangular pixels and areas configured by square pixels;

wherein an area of an opening portion of each of the rectangular pixels is equal to an area of an opening portion of each of the square pixels;

wherein the display portion is formed of a liquid crystal device; and

wherein a storage capacity for holding a pixel voltage is provided to each of the plurality of pixels, and the storage capacity for each of the plurality of pixels is set corresponding to the areas of the opening portions of the plurality of pixels including the rectangular pixels and the square pixels so that a quantity of transmitted light through the rectangular pixels becomes equal to a quantity of transmitted light through the square pixels.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2007
From: SATOU, ICHIROU; KUWANO, IORI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019807/0436 →