IP Library Granted Patent US 9,390,668
Granted Patent B2
US 9,390,668 · App. 14/220,933 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Liquid-crystal display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,390,668
App. No.
14/220,933
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a liquid-crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer; and a control unit that controls a display operation. The control unit performs a first display control mode when a response speed of the liquid crystal layer is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed and performs a second display control mode when the response speed of the liquid crystal layer is lower than the predetermined speed. In the first display control mode, the control unit executes a display control at a first frame rate with which a number of frames per unit time is equal to a predetermined number. In the second display control mode, the control unit executes a display control at a second frame rate obtained by dividing the number of frames at the first frame rate by an integer equal to or larger than 2.

Claims (14)

1. A liquid-crystal display device comprising:

a pixel electrode provided for each pixel;

a common electrode for supplying a common potential to the pixel;

a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pixel electrode and the common electrode;

a driving circuit unit that applies a driving voltage between the common electrode and the pixel electrode for each frame cycle;

a status detection unit that detects a status of a response speed of the liquid crystal layer; and

a control unit that controls a display operation for displaying the pixel by controlling the driving voltage applied by the driving circuit unit for each frame cycle,

the control unit performs a first display control mode when a response speed of the liquid crystal layer is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed and performs a second display control mode when the response speed of the liquid crystal layer is lower than the predetermined speed, based on a detection result from the status detection unit,

in the first display control mode, the control unit executes a display control at a first frame rate with which a number of frames per unit time is equal to a predetermined number and applies the driving voltage for each frame cycle at the first frame rate, and

in the second display control mode, the control unit executes a display control at a second frame rate obtained by dividing the number of frames at the first frame rate by an integer equal to or larger than 2, applies the driving voltage for each frame cycle at the second frame rate, and sets the driving voltage to be applied to a voltage higher than a target driving voltage corresponding to a target gradation of the pixel.

2. The liquid-crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

the status detection unit includes a temperature detection unit that measures a temperature of a usage environment, and

the control unit switches a display control mode to the first display control mode when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature, and switches the display control mode to the second display control mode when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is lower than a predetermined temperature.

3. The liquid-crystal display device according to claim 1 , the control unit sets an application time of the driving voltage to be shorter than a response time of the liquid crystal layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: MATSUSHIMA, TOSHIHARU; TANAKA, CHIHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032499/0753 →