IP Library Granted Patent US 7,633,509
Granted Patent B2
US 7,633,509 · App. 12/289,068 · Granted Dec 15, 2009

Liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,633,509
App. No.
12/289,068
Granted
Dec 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display (LCD) including an LCD panel and a driving unit is provided. The LCD panel has a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel. The driving unit is applied for receiving a red data signal, a green data signal, and a blue data signal, and outputting a red voltage signal, a green voltage signal, and a blue voltage signal for driving the red pixel, the green pixel, and the blue pixel respectively. When the red data signal, the green data signal, and the blue data signal all correspond to a specific gray level, the pixel luminance of the blue pixel is lower than the pixel luminance of the red pixel as well as the pixel luminance of the green pixel.

Claims (21)

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:

an LCD panel comprising a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel;

a gray level converting unit, for receiving and converting an original red data signal, an original green data signal and an original blue data signal into a red data signal, a green data signal and a blue data signal, wherein when the original red data signal, the original green data signal and the original blue data signal all correspond to a specific gray level, the value of the blue data signal is lower than the value of the red data signal as well as the value of the green data signal; and

a driving unit applied for receiving the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal and outputting a red voltage signal, a green voltage signal and a blue voltage signal to drive the red pixel, the green pixel and the blue pixel respectively;

wherein when the original red data signal, the original green data signal and the original blue data signal all correspond to the specific gray level, the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the blue data signal and the red pixel corresponding to the red data signal is lower than the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the original blue data signal and the red pixel corresponding to the original data signal, and the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the blue data signal and the green pixel corresponding to the green data signal is lower than the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the original blue data signal and the green pixel corresponding to the original green data signal.

2. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the LCD comprises a maximum gray level, the specific gray level is approximately within the range of 0.2 to 0.6 times of the maximum gray level.

3. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the LCD comprises a maximum gray level, the specific gray level is lower than or equal to the maximum gray level.

4. The LCD according to claim 3 , wherein when the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal all correspond to the maximum gray level, the red voltage signal comprises a red maximum operating voltage, the green voltage signal comprises a green maximum operating voltage, and the blue voltage signal comprises a blue maximum operating voltage, wherein the blue maximum operating voltage is the minimum of the red maximum operating voltage, the green maximum operating voltage and the blue maximum operating voltage.

5. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein when the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal all correspond to the specific gray level, and the pixel luminance of the red pixel is higher than the pixel luminance of the green pixel.

6. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein the LCD is a vertical alignment mode (VA mode) LCD.

7. The LCD according to claim 1 , wherein when the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal all correspond to the specific gray level, the pixel luminance of the blue pixel viewed from the front is lower than the pixel luminance of the red pixel viewed from the front as well as the pixel luminance of the green pixel viewed from the front.

8. A driving method of an LCD comprising an LCD panel and a driving unit, wherein the LCD panel comprises a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel, the driving method comprising steps of:

receiving and converting an original red data signal, an original green data signal, and an original blue data signal into a red data signal, a green data signal and a blue data signal, wherein when the original red data signal, the original green data signal and the original blue data signal all correspond to a specific gray level, the value of the blue data signal is lower than the value of the red data signal as well as the value of the green data signal; and

receiving the red data signal, the green signal and the blue data signal and outputting a red voltage signal, a green voltage signal and a blue voltage signal by the driving unit for driving the red pixel, the green pixel and the blue pixel respectively;

wherein when the original red data signal, the original green data signal and the original blue data signal all correspond to the specific gray level, the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the blue data signal and the red pixel corresponding to the red data signal is lower than the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the original blue data signal and the red pixel corresponding to the original data signal, and the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the blue data signal and the green pixel corresponding to the green data signal is lower than the difference of pixel luminance between the blue pixel corresponding to the original blue data signal and the green pixel corresponding to the original green data signal.

9. The driving method according to claim 8 , wherein the LCD comprises a maximum gray level, the specific gray level is approximately within the range of 0.2 to 0.6 times of the maximum gray level.

10. The driving method according to claim 8 , wherein the LCD comprises a maximum gray level, the specific gray level is lower than or equal to the maximum gray level.

11. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein when the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal all correspond to the maximum gray level, the red voltage signal comprises a red maximum operating voltage, the green voltage signal comprises a green maximum operating voltage, and the blue voltage signal comprises a blue maximum operating voltage, wherein the blue maximum operating voltage is the red maximum operating voltage, the green maximum operating voltage and the blue maximum operating voltage.

12. The driving method according to claim 8 , wherein when the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal all correspond to the specific gray level, and the pixel luminance of the red pixel is higher than the pixel luminance of the green pixel.

13. The driving method according to claim 8 , wherein the LCD is a vertical alignment mode (VA mode) LCD.

14. The driving method according to claim 8 , wherein when the red data signal, the green data signal and the blue data signal all correspond to the specific gray level, the pixel luminance of the blue pixel viewed from the front is lower than the pixel luminance of the red pixel viewed from the front as well as the pixel luminance of the green pixel viewed from the front.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2024
From: INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: RED OAK INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 069206/0903 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032621/0718 →
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2010
From: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024358/0221 →