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Display method for liquid crystal display device
Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
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Filing: 2001-07-06
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Granted: 2006-09-12
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Expires: 2021-07-06
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal display method to display an image according to an image signal, comprises changing a ratio of a display period and a non-display period of the image according to the image signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiro Baba
- 👤 Goh Itoh
- 👤 Hitoshi Kobayashi
- 👤 Haruhiko Okumura
- 👤 Hajime Yamaguchi
- 👤 Rei Hasegawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:14
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/3406; G09G3/342; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3614; G09G3/3648; G09G3/3651; G09G3/3659; G09G2310/00; G09G2310/02; G09G2310/024; G09G2310/06; G09G2310/061; G09G2310/08; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/0204; G09G2320/0209; G09G2320/0261; G09G2320/0271; G09G2320/0276; G09G2320/06; G09G2320/0606; G09G2320/0626; G09G2320/0633; G09G2320/064; G09G2320/0646; G09G2320/10; G09G2320/103; G09G2330/00; G09G2330/02; G09G2330/021; G09G2360/00; G09G2360/14; G09G2360/144; G09G2360/16; G09G3/2007; G09G3/2011; G09G3/2018; G09G3/2022; G09G3/2025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A liquid crystal display method to display an image according to an image signal, comprising: providing one display period and one non-display period of said image for 1 frame period; detecting a maximum brightness level of said image signal in said 1 frame; and changing a ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period according to said detected maximum brightness level, wherein when the maximum brightness level is high, the ratio is increased by lengthening the one display period and shortening the one non-display period, and when the maximum brightness level is low, the ratio is decreased by shortening the one display period and lengthening the one non-display period.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A liquid crystal display method to display an image according to an image signal, comprising: providing one display period and one non-display period of said image for 1 frame period; detecting a maximum brightness level of said image signal in said 1 frame; and changing a ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period according to said detected maximum brightness level, wherein when the maximum brightness level is high, the ratio is increased by lengthening the one display period and shortening the one non-display period, and when the maximum brightness level is low, the ratio is decreased by shortening the one display period and lengthening the one non-display period.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes changing a ratio of a lightening period and a no-lightening period of a light providing part, which lights a liquid crystal panel from a back side thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes changing a transmittance or a no-transmittance of a shutter element provided on a light providing part or on a front side of a liquid crystal panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
66 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes changing a ratio of a period when the image display signal, which corresponds to said image signal, is supplied and a period when a black display signal is supplied to a liquid crystal panel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , further comprising: deciding whether a frame image is a motion image or a still image based on the image signal and a synchronizing signal; and changing the ratio of the display period and the no-display period of said image based on said decision result.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
71 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the no-display period of said image includes supplying said image signal of the 1 frame to a plurality of areas of a liquid crystal display device and changing the ratio of the display period and the no-display period of each of the plurality of areas of the liquid crystal display device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said detecting a maximum brightness level of said image signal includes supplying said image signal of the 1 frame to a plurality of areas of a liquid crystal display device and detecting a maximum brightness level of said image signal in each of said plurality of areas of the liquid crystal display device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
175 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein a liquid crystal display device has a scanning line, a signal line, and a plurality of pixels, formed at an intersection of the signal line with the scanning line, are arranged in a matrix, said plurality of pixels having a first pixel which changes the transmitting light according to an image signal of a first polarity and shields a light based on an image signal of a second polarity and a second pixel which changes the transmitting light according to the image signal of the second polarity and shields a light based on the image signal of the first polarity, either one of said first pixel and said second pixel is arranged along a direction of said scanning line, said first pixel and said second pixel alternately are arranged along said signal line, and the image is written by applying the image signal of said first polarity to said first pixel, and applying the image signal of said second polarity to said second pixel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 8 , wherein one of the image signal of said first polarity and the image signal of said second polarity is applied to said first pixel and said second pixel connected to said signal line at the same time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 9 , wherein the image signal of said first polarity is a writing signal of said first pixel and an erase signal of said second pixel; and the image signal of said second polarity is an erase signal of said first pixel and a writing signal of the second said pixel.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , further comprising: changing a gray-scale of said image signal in said 1 frame based on said ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period according to said image signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes changing a ratio of a lightening period and a no-lightening period of a light providing part, which lights a liquid crystal panel from a back side thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
58 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 11 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes changing a transmittance or a no-transmittance of a shutter element provided on a light providing part or on a front side of a liquid crystal panel.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
66 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 11 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes changing a ratio of a period when the image display signal, which corresponds to said image signal, is supplied and a period when a black display signal is supplied to a liquid crystal panel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 11 , wherein said changing the gray-scale of said image signal includes changing the gray-scale by the following formula: L out= L /( D/D max) 1/γ where, Lout: gray-scale after change, L: gray-scale before change, γ: gamma characteristic of image signal, D=(display period)/(1 frame period), and Dmax: maximum value of D.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
The liquid crystal display method according to claim 1 , wherein said changing the ratio of the display period and the non-display period of said image in said 1 frame period includes enlarging the ratio of the display period when the maximum brightness level becomes large.
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