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Liquid crystal display
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1993-07-29
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Granted: 1994-04-05
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Expires: 2013-07-29
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal matrix panel for displaying information having a plurality of liquid crystal pixels which are arranged in a matrix and to which driving voltages are applied from X electrodes and Y electrodes, a driving circuit for supplying the driving voltages to the Y electrodes, and a circuit for superimposing a compensating voltage for masking waveform distortion of a liquid crystal driving voltage by constantly changing the waveform thereof on at least one of the X electrode driving circuit and the Y electrode driving circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Minoru Hoshino
- 👤 Yoshiharu Nagae
- 👤 Masahiro Takasaka
- 👤 Masaaki Kitajima
- 👤 Kiyoshige Kinugawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 21:52
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3674; G09G3/3681; G09G3/3622; G09G3/3685; G09G3/3692; G09G3/3696; G09G2310/00; G09G2310/06; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/0209
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said X electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said X electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
152 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said X reference voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
152 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said X reference voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
159 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit superimposing voltage signals each to said X driving voltages in said X electrode driving circuit, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
159 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit superimposing voltage signals each to said X driving voltages in said X electrode driving circuit, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
156 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to terminals at one end of said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to terminals at one end of said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to terminals on the other end of said X electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of said terminals on the other end of said X electrodes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
156 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to terminals at one end of said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to terminals at one end of said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to terminals on the other end of said X electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of said terminals on the other end of said X electrodes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
108 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages through X and Y electrodes, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said X electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
108 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages through X and Y electrodes, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said X electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
126 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said X reference voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
126 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said X reference voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
126 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said X driving voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
126 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said X driving voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the X electrodes.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
133 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said Y electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
133 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said Y electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
152 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said Y reference voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
152 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to said Y reference voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
159 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit superimposing voltage signals each to said Y driving voltages in said Y electrode driving circuit, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
159 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to said Y electrodes; a power supply circuit supplying X and Y reference voltages to said X and Y electrode driving circuits; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit superimposing voltage signals each to said Y driving voltages in said Y electrode driving circuit, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
156 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to terminals at one end of said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to terminals at one end of said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to terminals on the other end of said Y electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of said terminals on the other end of said Y electrodes.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
156 words
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal matrix panel having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels and X and Y electrodes for selectively applying driving voltages to said pixels to thereby display information; an X electrode driving circuit applying X driving voltages to terminals at one end of said X electrodes; a Y electrode driving circuit applying Y driving voltages to terminals at one end of said Y electrodes; a compensating voltage superimposing circuit applying voltage signals to terminals on the other end of said Y electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of said terminals on the other end of said Y electrodes.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
108 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages through X and Y electrodes thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said Y electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
108 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages through X and Y electrodes thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said Y electrodes, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
130 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to at least one of said Y reference voltages wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of the region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
130 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to at least one of said Y reference voltages wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of the region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
126 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said Y driving voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
126 words
A driving method for driving a liquid crystal display of the type having a matrix of liquid crystal pixels which are selectively supplied with X and Y driving voltages generated based on X and Y reference voltages from a power supply circuit and supplied by X and Y electrode driving circuits, thereby displaying information, said method comprising: superimposing voltage signals to said Y driving voltages, wherein each of said voltage signals is a high-frequency compensating voltage which continuously varies the waveform of the liquid crystal driving voltages to decrease variation in the effective values of said driving voltages in the entire area of a region including pixels having the same brightness data, wherein a different compensating voltage signal is applied to each of the Y electrodes.
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