Multi-color liquid crystal display
View Patent ↗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.
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, a yellow sub-pixel and a cyan sub-pixel, wherein an area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the yellow sub-pixel and an area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the yellow sub-pixel.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan 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 green sub-pixel and the area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the green sub-pixel.
4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the area of the yellow sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the green sub-pixel.
6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
7. 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, a yellow sub-pixel and a cyan sub-pixel, wherein an area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the green sub-pixel and an area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the green sub-pixel.
8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the red sub-pixel and the area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the red sub-pixel.
10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the area of the red sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the green sub-pixel.
12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
13. 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, a yellow sub-pixel and a cyan sub-pixel, wherein an area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the red sub-pixel and an area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the red sub-pixel.
14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the yellow sub-pixel and the area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the yellow sub-pixel.
16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
17. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the area of the yellow sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the red sub-pixel.
18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
19. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of the green sub-pixel and the area of the cyan sub-pixel is greater than the area of the green sub-pixel.
20. The display device according to claim 19 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.
21. The display device according to claim 19 , 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.
22. The display device according to claim 21 , wherein the area of the blue sub-pixel is substantially the same as the area of the cyan sub-pixel.