IP Library Granted Patent US 8,193,999
Granted Patent B2
US 8,193,999 · App. 12/465,116 · Granted Jun 5, 2012

Display device

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Patent No.
US 8,193,999
App. No.
12/465,116
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a plurality of display panels which each have a plurality of pixels provided in correspondence with intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines and a driving circuit supplying image data to the data lines; and a control circuit which controls the driving circuits of the plurality of display panels, wherein panel characteristics of the plurality of display panels are different from each other and one of the plurality of display panels is set to a non-display state, wherein the control circuit includes a precharge circuit supplying a common precharge voltage to the data lines of each of the display panels, and wherein the precharge voltage is set so as to have a voltage value corresponding to the panel characteristic of the display panel set to the non-display state.

Claims (33)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of display panels which each have a plurality of pixels provided in correspondence with intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines and a driving circuit supplying image data to the data lines; and

a control circuit which controls the driving circuits of the plurality of display panels,

wherein panel characteristics of the plurality of display panels are different from each other and one of the plurality of display panels is set to a non-display state,

wherein the display panel set to the non-display state employs a transverse electric field driving method of driving the liquid crystal molecules by a transverse electric field,

wherein the control circuit includes a precharge circuit supplying a common precharge voltage to the data lines of each of the display panels, and

wherein the precharge voltage is set so as to have a voltage value corresponding to the panel characteristic of the display panel set to the non-display state and employing the transverse electric field driving method,

wherein the precharge voltage is set to a central voltage of an amplitude of an image data voltage in the display panel set to the non-display state.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the precharge circuit includes switches which are each connected to a precharge line feeding the precharge voltage and the data lines and which electrically connect the precharge line to the data lines at predetermined timing, and

wherein the data lines are controlled by use of the precharge voltage by controlling the switches to electrically connect the precharge line to the data lines.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels stops the driving circuit and the precharge circuit supplies the precharge voltage to the data lines of the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels during about one horizontal scanning period.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels writes the precharge voltage to the pixels at time in which the display panel set to the display state operates.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the precharge circuit supplies the common precharge voltage to the data lines of each of the display panels during an invalid display period of one horizontal scanning period.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels stops the driving circuit and writes the precharge voltage maintained in the data lines to the pixels.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the pixels of the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels maintain the precharge voltage during about one vertical scanning period.

8. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of display panels which each have a plurality of pixels provided in correspondence with intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines and a driving circuit supplying image data to the data lines; and

a control circuit which controls the driving circuits of the plurality of display panels,

wherein the plurality of pixels are formed by a pair of substrates, which are opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed there between, and a common electrode and pixel electrodes which drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer,

wherein one of the plurality of display panels employs a transverse electric field driving method of driving the liquid crystal molecules by a transverse electric field,

wherein the control circuit includes a precharge circuit supplying a precharge voltage to the data lines of each of the display panels, and

wherein the precharge voltage is set to a voltage value corresponding to the display panel employing the transverse electric field driving method,

wherein the precharge voltage is set to a central voltage of an amplitude of an image data voltage in the display panel employing the transverse electric field driving method.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the precharge circuit includes switches which are each connected to a precharge line feeding the precharge voltage and the data lines and which electrically connect the precharge line to the data lines at predetermined timing, and

wherein the data lines are controlled by use of the precharge voltage by controlling the switches to electrically connect the precharge line to the data lines.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels stops the driving circuit and the precharge circuit supplies the precharge voltage to the data lines of the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels during about one horizontal scanning period.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels writes the precharge voltage to the pixels at time in which, the display panel set to the display state operates.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of display panels each include a backlight unit and the backlight unit of the display panel set to the non-display state is turned off.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 8 , wherein the precharge circuit supplies the common precharge voltage to the data lines of each of the display panels during an invalid display period of one horizontal scanning period.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 13 , wherein the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels stops the driving circuit and writes the precharge voltage maintained in the data lines to the pixels.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 , wherein the pixels of the display panel set to the non-display state among the plurality of display panels maintain the precharge voltage during about one vertical scanning period.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072398/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071935/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 031378/0226 →