Liquid crystal display device

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixel columns, the pixel columns each extending along source lines of the display panel and each having an input end and a plurality of pixels connected to the input end;

a signal generator that supplies data signal to the pixels of the pixel columns;

a plurality of wires connecting output ends of the signal generator to the input ends of the pixel columns, respectively; and

a controller that, while supplying data signal that corresponds to the same graduation to the input ends of the pixel columns, respectively, varies voltage waveform of the data signal that corresponds to the same gradation at the output ends of the signal generator according to locations of the output ends of the signal generator by varying both a voltage level at a rising edge of the voltage waveform and a voltage level at a falling edge of the voltage waveform according to the locations of the output ends of the signal generator.

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

the controller varies both the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform and the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform according to lengths of the wires.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller varies the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform such that the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform at one of the output ends connected to one of the wires that has a specific length is higher than the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform at another one of the output ends connected to another one of the wires that is shorter than the specific length while supplying data signal corresponding to a specific gradation to the pixels.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller controls the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform such that durations of the voltage levels at the rising edge of the voltage waveform at the output ends connected to the wires are substantially equal to each other while supplying the data signal corresponding to the specific gradation to the pixels.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller further varies a duration of the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform according to the lengths of the wires.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the controller varies the duration of the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform such that the duration of the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform at one of the output ends connected to one of the wires that has a specific length is longer than the duration of the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform at another one of the output ends connected to another one of the wires that is shorter than the specific length while supplying data signal corresponding to a specific gradation to the pixels.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller varies the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform such that the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform at one of the output ends connected to one of the wires that has a specific length is lower than the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform at another one of the output ends connected to another one of the wires that is shorter than the specific length while supplying data signal corresponding to a specific gradation to the pixels.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller controls the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform such that durations of the voltage levels at the falling edge of the voltage waveform at the output ends connected to the wires are substantially equal to each other while supplying the data signal corresponding to the specific gradation to the pixels.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller varies a duration of the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform such that the duration of the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform at one of the output ends connected to one of the wires that has a specific length is longer than the duration of the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform at another one of the output ends connected to another one of the wires that is shorter than the specific length while supplying data signal corresponding to a specific gradation to the pixels.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller varies the voltage waveform such that a difference in chromaticity coordinates in any two regions on the display panel falls within a specific range while supplying data signal corresponding to a specific gradation to the pixels.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein

the chromaticity coordinates each have an x coordinate and a y coordinate, and

the controller varies the voltage waveform such that at least one of a difference in the x coordinates and a difference in the y coordinates in the two regions falls within a range that is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.03.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein

the chromaticity coordinates each have an x coordinate and a y coordinate, and

at least one of a difference in the x coordinates and a difference in the y coordinates in the two regions falls within a range that is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 0.02.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the voltage waveform includes the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform that is higher than the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the voltage waveform includes a voltage level between the rising edge of the voltage waveform and the falling edge of the voltage waveform.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 , wherein

the voltage level between the rising edge of the voltage waveform and the falling edge of the voltage waveform is a voltage level in a steady state after the voltage waveform rises.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 , wherein

the voltage level between the rising edge of the voltage waveform and the falling edge of the voltage waveform is different from the voltage level at the rising edge of the voltage waveform and the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage level.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 , wherein

the voltage level between the rising edge of the voltage waveform and the falling edge of the voltage waveform is higher than the voltage level at the falling edge of the voltage waveform.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel has a rectangular shape, and

one of the wires that is connected to one of the input ends located closest to a corner of the display panel is the longest among the wires.

19. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel has a rectangular shape, and

one of the wires that is connected to one of the input ends located closest to an end of a long side of the display panel is the longest among the wires.

20. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel has a rectangular shape, and

one of the wires that is connected to one of the input ends located closest to a center of a side of the display panel is the longest among the wires.

21. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel has a rectangular shape, and

one of the wires that is connected to one of the input ends located closest to a center of a long side of the display panel is the longest among the wires.