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US 7,701,427 · App. 11/449,795 · Granted Apr 20, 2010

Display panel module, display unit, inspection device for display panel and inspection method for display panel

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,701,427
App. No.
11/449,795
Granted
Apr 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel module, includes: a display panel having a light-transmitting section that can control a transmissive light amount; an illuminating device that can irradiate a light to the display panel; an illumination controller for controlling the drive of the illuminating device; a display panel controller for controlling the drive of the display panel; and a display mode controller that can control a normal display mode for displaying an image in accordance with image signals input from the outside and an inspection mode for inspecting the display panel. When the inspection mode is selected in the display mode controller, the display panel controller controls the drive of the display panel depending on inspection purposes. The illumination controller controls at least one of brightness, lighting timing and illumination color of the illuminating device depending on the inspection purposes.

Claims (8)

1. A display panel module, comprising:

a display panel having a light-transmitting section that controls a transmissive light amount;

an illuminating device that irradiates a light to the display panel;

an illumination controller for controlling the drive of the illuminating device;

a display panel controller for controlling the drive of the display panel; and

a display mode controller that controls a normal display mode for displaying an image in accordance with image signals input from the outside and an inspection mode for inspecting the display panel, wherein

in the inspection mode, a leakage is inspected by the display panel controller inputting a display frame signal of an alternating current signal to the display panel to place the light-transmitting section of the display panel in a light transmittable state and alter a cycle of the display frame signal to more than twice the cycle of the display frame signal during the normal display mode, and

the illumination controller controls the lighting timing of the illuminating device such that the illuminating device is turned on at a time just before the display frame signal is switched to a reverse polarity and is kept lit for a shorter period of time than half of the cycle of the display frame signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2006
From: YAMAGISHI, EIICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017967/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-171516 · Jun 10, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060280356A1 · Dec 14, 2006