IP Library Granted Patent US 7,710,378
Granted Patent B2
US 7,710,378 · App. 11/507,497 · Granted May 4, 2010

Drive apparatus of liquid crystal display device

Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,710,378
App. No.
11/507,497
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus includes a polarity reversing section which generates a polarity reversing signal for the liquid crystal drive voltage; a liquid crystal driver which reverses the polarity of the liquid crystal drive voltage based on the polarity reversing signal to drive the liquid crystal display panel; a warning signal generation section which generates a warning signal indicating the polarity reverse before the polarity of the liquid crystal drive voltage is reversed; and a regulator section which controls a supply of the liquid crystal drive voltage in accordance with the warning signal.

Claims (11)

1. A drive control apparatus for use in a liquid crystal display device that applies, based on display data, a liquid crystal drive voltage to an electrode of a liquid crystal display panel for display, the apparatus comprising:

a polarity reversing section which generates a polarity reversing signal for reversing a polarity of the liquid crystal drive voltage;

a liquid crystal driver which reverses the polarity of the liquid crystal drive voltage based on the polarity reversing signal to drive the liquid crystal display panel;

a warning signal generation section which generates a warning signal indicating a polarity reversal of the liquid crystal drive voltage, the warning signal being asserted prior to a polarity reversal and remaining asserted for a period of time until after the polarity reversal; and

a regulator section which extends a current supply period of the liquid crystal driver in accordance with the warning signal.

2. The drive control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the warning signal generation section generates the warning signal on the basis of a horizontal synchronizing pulse of the liquid crystal display device for every predetermined number of the horizontal synchronizing pulses.

3. The drive control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the warning signal generation section generates the warning signal based on a cycle of the polarity reversing signal and a count value of a transfer clock of the display data.

4. The drive control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal driver, and the warning signal generation section are configured as a piece.

5. A drive control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a register which in advance stores therein a length of the period of the warning signal;

wherein the regulator section extends a current supply period of the liquid crystal driver in accordance with a stored length of the warning signal.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032495/0483 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 16, 2009
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022162/0586 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2006
From: TAKAMURA, SATOSHI; OKAZAKI, HIDETOSHI; INOUE, HIROAKI
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 018219/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-316221 · Oct 31, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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