IP Library Granted Patent US 8,451,405
Granted Patent B2
US 8,451,405 · App. 12/909,742 · Granted May 28, 2013

Multi-color liquid crystal display

Inventors: Shmuel Roth (Petach Tikva, IL); Moshe Ben-Chorin (Rehovot, IL); Doron Malka (Tel-Aviv, IL); Dan Eliav (Zichron Yaakov, IL)
Assignee: Genoa Color Technologies Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,451,405
App. No.
12/909,742
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display and methods of driving the display, where the display includes a plurality of pixels, where some colors are present in every pixel, and some colors are only present in less than all of the pixels.

Claims (13)

1. A display device comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein at least some of said pixels comprise a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a yellow sub-pixel, wherein an area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the yellow and green sub-pixels.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the green sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the yellow sub-pixel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the red sub-pixel.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the area of the green sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the red sub-pixel.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of said sub-pixels is rectangular, and wherein the four sides of each sub-pixel abut four different sub-pixels, respectively.

6. A display device comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein at least some of said pixels comprise a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a yellow sub-pixel, wherein an area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the red and yellow sub-pixels.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the area of the yellow sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the red sub-pixel.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the green sub-pixel.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the area of the yellow sub-pixel is substantially the same as at least one of the area of the red sub-pixel and the area of the green sub-pixel.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein each of said sub-pixels is rectangular, and wherein the four sides of each sub-pixel abut four different sub-pixels, respectively.

11. A liquid crystal display device comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein at least some of said pixels comprise a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a yellow sub-pixel, wherein an area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the yellow and green sub-pixels.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein the area of the green sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the yellow sub-pixel.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein each of said sub-pixels is rectangular, and wherein the four sides of each sub-pixel abut four different sub-pixels, respectively.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2015
From: GENOA COLOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034666/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029015/0862 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2011
From: ROTH, SHMUEL; BEN-CHORIN, MOSHE; MALKA, DORON; ELIAV, DAN
To: GENOA COLOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Reel/Frame 026827/0562 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 12359483 · Jan 26, 2009
Continuation 11882452 · Aug 1, 2007
Continuation In Part 11009515 · Dec 13, 2004
Provisional Application 60529101 · Dec 15, 2003
Provisional Application 60604461 · Aug 26, 2004
Related Publication 20110037929A1 · Feb 17, 2011