EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150156847 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate. | 06-04-2015 |
20140145912 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING SUBPIXEL ELECTRODE - An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140001965 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20130082911 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082903 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 04-04-2013 |
20120256891 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block. | 10-11-2012 |
20120206904 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A backlight unit includes: an arrangement surface on which a plurality of light sources are arranged, and a plurality of reflection surfaces erected from a plurality of edges of the arrangement surface. The light emitted from the light sources and the light reflected from the reflection surfaces irradiate to an irradiation area surrounded by the reflection surfaces which are each inclined at an inclination angle smaller than 90 degrees with respect to the arrangement surface. At least one reflection surface includes a large inclination area inclined at a large inclination angle and a small inclination area inclined at a small inclination angle. The light source arranged close to the large inclination area is disposed closer to the outside frame of the irradiation area than the other light sources arranged close to the small inclination area in plan view from the irradiation area. | 08-16-2012 |
20120081895 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An illumination system includes a light source unit including a light source and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the light source. The light source is placed in the circuit substrate such that at least part of the light source overlaps the circuit substrate in the thicknesswise direction of the circuit substrate. | 04-05-2012 |
20120062816 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an illumination device equipped with a light guide plate having a light emission face and a light incident face, a printed substrate having a first plane and a second plane opposite to the first plane, a plurality of point like light sources for supplying light to the light guide plate, a housing disposed at a opposite side of the light emission face of the light guide plate, and a light source holding member for holding the printed substrate. The light source holding member has a bend portion, and a edge of the bend portion is inserted in between the light guide plate and the housing. | 03-15-2012 |
20110266599 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device is provided which includes a substrate; a transistor formed on the substrate; a photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode connected to a drain or a source of the transistor, a semiconductor layer stacked on the first electrode, and a second electrode stacked on the semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed on the second electrode; and a bias line formed on the insulating layer to be connected to the second electrode, in which the insulating layer contains at least an inorganic insulating film, and the bias line is connected to the second electrode via a contact hole formed in the insulating layer, and a side surface of the semiconductor layer is in contact with the inorganic insulating film. | 11-03-2011 |
20110234554 | SHIFT REGISTER, SCANNING-LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT, DATA-LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A shift register including a plurality of unit circuits sequentially transfers a start signal supplied to a first one of the unit circuits. Each unit circuit includes a clock terminal, an inverted clock terminal, a control terminal to which an output signal output from the output terminal of a subsequent unit circuit is supplied, a power supply terminal, a first transistor disposed between the clock terminal and the output terminal, a second transistor disposed between the output terminal and the power supply terminal, a capacitor, and a controller that supplies the start signal or the output signal of a previous unit circuit to the gate of the first transistor, and that controls the first transistor to be turned OFF later than a time at which the output signal of the subsequent unit circuit is supplied to the control terminal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110037754 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor circuit includes a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and power wiring lines that supply a plurality of reference potentials. The first circuit block and the second circuit block are connected to a common power wiring line that is one of the power wiring lines and supplies a common reference potential. A width of the common power wiring line in the first circuit block is smaller than a width of the common power wiring line in the second circuit block. | 02-17-2011 |
20100245293 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical position detecting unit can be configured at low cost and so as to have lower power consumption. A position detecting device includes a light guide plate, multiple light sources for position detection, a photosensor, a light source control unit that switches between a first driving mode and a second driving mode, the first driving mode being a mode in which discharged light intensities of the multiple light sources for position detection are gradually decreased toward one side of an arrangement direction of the multiple light sources for position detection and in which emitted light intensities of the position detection light beams emitted from the light emitting face exhibit a first light emission distribution tilted toward the one side of the arrangement direction, the second driving mode being a mode in which discharged light intensities of the multiple light sources for position detection are gradually decreased toward another side opposite the one side of the arrangement direction and in which emitted light intensities of the position detection light beams emitted from the light emitting face exhibit a second light emission distribution tilted toward the other side of the arrangement direction, and a position information derivation unit that derives position information regarding the object to be detected along the arrangement direction on the basis of output components of the photosensor respectively attributable to the first light emission distribution and the second light emission distribution. | 09-30-2010 |
20100238092 | SCANNER, ELECTRO-OPTICAL PANEL, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A scanner includes a plurality of unit circuits configured with transistors of a same conductivity type. In the scanner, the unit circuit constituting the scanner includes an output transistor that selectively outputs, to an output terminal of the unit circuit, a signal given from an outside. A gate electrode of the output transistor is connected to one end of a voltage limiting transistor, and a gate electrode of the voltage limiting transistor is supplied with a first power supply potential. | 09-23-2010 |
20100225616 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device with a position detecting function includes: an optical position detecting device which includes a position detecting light source for alternately emitting position detecting infrared light having a light amount attenuated along a predetermined direction and position detecting infrared light having a light amount attenuated along a reverse direction of the predetermined direction, and a light receiving element for receiving the position detecting infrared light reflected by a target object inside a detection region, and which detects a position of the target object on the basis of a light amount detection result of the light receiving element; and an image creating device which includes an image display region of an electric optical panel in a region overlapped with the detection region, wherein the light receiving element is constituted by a semiconductor element formed on the electric optical panel. | 09-09-2010 |
20100225581 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical position detecting device for optically detecting a position of a target object within a detection region, includes: a position detecting light source which emits position detecting light; a position detecting light source driving circuit which drives the position detecting light source; a light detector of which a light receiving portion faces the detection region; and a signal processing unit which creates an environment light intensity determining signal corresponding to intensity of environment light within the detection region and a position detecting signal for detecting the position of the target object within the detection region on the basis of a detecting signal of the light detector. | 09-09-2010 |
20100182529 | MOUNT STRUCTURE, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS - A mount structure includes a wiring board and a semiconductor device composed of a light-emitting device or a light-receiving device mounted on one surface side of the wiring board such that an optical axis thereof is oriented in a direction that extends along a board surface of the wiring board. On the one surface side of the wiring board, a first pad on which a first terminal of the semiconductor device is mounted, a second pad on which a second terminal of the semiconductor device is mounted, and a light-shielding conductive layer are formed using the same conductive layer. The first pad and the second pad are arranged on respective sides of an imaginary center line along which the optical axis of the semiconductor device extends and the light-shielding conductive layer is provided at a position beneath a light emission center or a light reception center of the semiconductor device in plan view. | 07-22-2010 |
20100171896 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first thin film transistor for pixel selection formed on the first substrate, a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed above the first thin film transistor of the first substrate, a second substrate provided above the pixel electrode and the common electrode via a liquid crystal layer, a shield electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate, and the shield electrode and an interconnection, which supplies specific AC or DC potential, and is turned on by potential larger than a predetermined potential. | 07-08-2010 |
20100134740 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes an interlayer resin film covering a surface of the display area including thin film transistors, first electrodes formed of transparent conductive material on the surface of the interlayer resin film in regions defined by scan and signal lines and electrically connected to the thin film transistors. A second insulating film formed on the surface of the interlayer resin film includes the first electrodes and second electrodes formed of transparent conductive material on the second insulating film, the second electrodes having slits defined at the scan lines and signal lines. A circuit including thin film transistors with exposed channel regions is on the display area's periphery. The interlayer resin film directly covers the thin film transistors' channel regions in the display area and the peripheral area; and the surface of the display area's and peripheral circuit's interlayer resin films are covered with the second insulating film. | 06-03-2010 |
20100128208 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, in which a display sub-pixel and a viewing angle control sub-pixel are placed adjacently to each other for each of pixels, wherein the first substrate is provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode driven by a lateral electric field mode in the display sub-pixel and is provided with a viewing angle control electrode in the viewing angle control sub-pixel, and in which the second substrate is provided with a transparent conductive electrode formed to overlap with both of the display sub-pixel and the viewing angle control sub-pixel on a liquid crystal layer side. | 05-27-2010 |
20100127628 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel; an optical detector which includes an optical sensor formed by a thin film transistor for detecting external light and a capacitor connected between a pair of electrodes of the optical sensor; a switch which turns on or off a charging operation of the capacitor; an optical sensor controller which controls the switch to be turned on or off and measures illumination of the external light on the basis of a time period during which the switch is turned off and a voltage of the capacitor becomes a value not more than a threshold value; and a controller which controls brightness of the display panel on the basis of an output of the optical sensor controller, wherein after the optical sensor controller detects a fact that the voltage of the capacitor becomes the value not more than the threshold value, the optical sensor controller turns on the switch after a predetermined time. | 05-27-2010 |
20100110033 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel device includes a touch panel that includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is arranged so as to face the first substrate with a gap interposed therebetween, a extension outer edge portion that is arranged in the first substrate and is formed so as to be extends the outer side relative to an outer edge portion of the second substrate, and a position detecting structure that is arranged in an area in which the first substrate and the second substrate overlap each other and a frame body that includes an opening portion used for exposing the second substrate of the touch panel. An opening edge portion of the opening portion is overlapped with the extension outer edge portion, and the opening edge portion directly or indirectly supports the extension outer edge portion from the second substrate side. | 05-06-2010 |
20100097538 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; and a liquid crystal which is interposed between the first and second substrates. A plurality of scanning lines and signal lines arranged in a matrix shape, a plurality of switching elements arranged in the vicinities of intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to the switching elements, and a plurality of dummy pixels formed in a non-display area located in the periphery of the display area are formed on the first substrate close to a liquid crystal layer. Each of the plurality of dummy pixels is provided with a plurality of switching elements connected to the scanning line or the signal line, the plurality of switching elements are connected to each other in parallel, and one electrode of each of the switching elements is connected to a wiring to be supplied with a common potential. | 04-22-2010 |
20100097369 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND DRIVING CIRCUIT - A driving circuit of an electro-optical device, a capacitance-line-driving circuit shifting voltage of a capacitance line to one voltage of two-value voltage, and the capacitance-line-driving circuit includes a unit control circuit provided correspondingly to the capacitance line at both end portions of the capacitance line, and the unit control circuit corresponding to one capacitance line includes, a latch circuit maintaining a logic level at one level for at least a period of the scanning line corresponding to the one capacitance line being selected, a switch provided between the capacitance line and a signal line supplying a capacitance signal in which the two-value voltage is switched over at a predetermined cycle, the switch being electrically connected when the logic level is one level and electrically disconnected when the logic level is the other level. | 04-22-2010 |
20100085335 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An electro-optical device includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixels respectively provided at intersections between the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines, and a scan line drive circuit that applies a selection voltage to the scan lines in a predetermined sequence. The scan line drive circuit is composed of a first scan line drive circuit disposed at one side of the scan line and a second scan line drive circuit disposed at the other side of the scan line. The first scan line drive circuit applies the selection voltage to some of the scan lines, and the second scan line drive circuit applies the selection voltage to the remaining scan lines. | 04-08-2010 |
20100079712 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a pair of substrates which are opposed to each other; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein one of the pair of substrates is provided with a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines which are arranged in a matrix shape in a display area, lower electrodes which are each formed in each of sub-pixel areas partitioned by the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of signal lines, an insulating film which is formed in the display area so as to cover the lower electrodes, upper electrodes which are formed in the display area through the insulating film and each have a plurality of slits in each of the sub-pixel area, and an alignment film which is formed on the upper electrodes and slit-shaped openings close to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the other of the pair of substrates is provided with light-shielding films which are formed at locations overlapping with the scanning lines and the signal lines in plan view, wherein each of the upper electrodes overlaps with each of the light-shielding films in at least a partial portion in plan view, wherein each of the slit-shaped openings extends along any one of the signal line or the scanning line and has a main portion extending in an direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a rubbing direction of the alignment film and a front end portion, and wherein an edge of the circumference of at least one of the slit-shaped openings formed on both sides of the light-shielding film so as to dispose the light-shielding film therebetween in plan view does not overlap with the light-shielding film disposed between the slit-shaped openings in plan view. | 04-01-2010 |
20100079694 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - Provided is a lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer and pixel electrodes and common electrodes. A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device drives the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes, a light shielding layer is formed on a surface of the second substrate disposed close to the liquid crystal layer. A coloring layer is also formed so as to overlap with the pixel electrodes. An overcoat layer protects the coloring layer, and an alignment film is formed. An electrostatic shielding layer is formed of a transparent conductive material on a surface of the overcoat layer. | 04-01-2010 |
20100079693 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device comprising: a first substrate having pixel electrodes and common electrodes which are provided on one surface thereof; a second substrate disposed so as to face that surface of the first substrate with a predetermined distance therebetween; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a loop-shaped sealing member disposed so as to surround the liquid crystal layer, with the liquid crystal device driving the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes. | 04-01-2010 |
20100073313 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - An input device which includes a light-transmissive touch panel, a phase difference plate disposed on the opposite side to an input operation surface of the touch panel, a ¼ wavelength plate disposed on the side of the input operation surface of the touch panel, and a polarizing plate on the touch panel side, which is disposed on the ¼ wavelength plate toward the input operation surface of the touch panel, wherein a ratio R | 03-25-2010 |
20100066646 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A dual-display liquid crystal display device concurrently displays two images so that the two images can be identified from two different viewing directions by including sub-pixel areas each having therein a first storage capacitor section extending along a scanning line and a second storage capacitor section extending along a signal line, and further, makes the characteristics of brightness relative to a viewing angle associated with the two different viewing directions be line-symmetric with each other. The dual-display liquid crystal display device realizes an increased aperture by locating each storage capacitor section within a light-shielding area and by having rectangular display regions. | 03-18-2010 |
20100060603 | TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; an annular seal material that adheres peripheries of the first substrate and the second substrate to each other so as to set a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; first seal portions that adhere corner portions of the first substrate and the second substrate through the seal material; and second seal portions that are in connection with the first seal portions and adhere side portions of the first substrate and the second substrate through the seal material. Each of the first seal portions has a thickness which is smaller than each of the second seal portions so that the substrate gap is set to be small. | 03-11-2010 |
20100059293 | RESISTIVE FILM TYPE INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A resistive film type input device includes: a resistive film which is formed on a surface of the first insulating substrate opposed to the second insulating substrate; feeding electrodes which apply a voltage to the resistive film on the first insulating substrate; a detecting electrode films which are formed on a surface of the second insulating substrate are in an electrically floating state; and a potential detecting unit which detects a potential of a contact location of the resistive film through the detecting electrode film contacted to the resistive film among the detecting electrode films by pressing against. | 03-11-2010 |
20100053936 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a lighting unit that is disposed to overlap with the electro-optical panel in a plan view and that irradiates the electro-optical panel, and a frame-shaped holding member that has an adhesive layer for holding the electro-optical panel and the lighting unit. The holding member is provided at an outer peripheral end surface of the electro-optical panel and an outer peripheral end surface of the lighting unit, and fixes the electro-optical panel and the lighting unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100052713 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TEST PROBE FOR TESTING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided with a light detection unit that detects the intensity of ambient light and is capable of automatically controlling the luminosity of an illumination unit and/or the luminosity of the display device on the basis of the intensity of ambient light detected by the light detection unit. Moreover, the display device makes it possible to easily conduct a test on light-sensor characteristics. | 03-04-2010 |
20100027243 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A backlight unit includes: an arrangement surface on which a plurality of light sources are arranged; a plurality of reflection surfaces which are erected from a plurality of edges of the arrangement surface and reflect a light from the plurality of light sources, wherein the light emitted from the light sources and the light reflected from the plurality of reflection surfaces irradiate to an irradiation area surrounded by the plurality of reflection surfaces; the plurality of reflection surfaces are each inclined at an inclination angle smaller than 90 degrees with respect to extension surface of the arrangement surface which extends toward the outside of the reflection surface; at least one reflection surface of the plurality of reflection surfaces includes a large inclination area inclined at a large inclination angle and a small inclination area inclined at a small inclination angle; and the light source arranged close to the large inclination area is disposed closer to the outside frame of the irradiation area than the other light sources arranged close to the small inclination area in plan view from the irradiation area. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027241 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A direct-type backlight unit includes: an arrangement surface on which a plurality of light sources are arranged; and a plurality of reflecting surfaces that are formed at a plurality of ends of the arrangement surface and reflect light emitted from the plurality of light source. Light emitted from the light sources and light reflected from the plurality of reflecting surfaces irradiate to a radiation area surrounded by the plurality of reflecting surfaces. The plurality of reflecting surfaces are inclined at an angle that is smaller than 90 degrees with respect to an extension surface of the arrangement surface that extends toward the outside of the reflecting surface. The plurality of reflecting surfaces include reflecting surfaces having a large inclination angle and reflecting surfaces having an inclination angle that is smaller than the large inclination angle. The light sources that are arranged along the reflecting surfaces having the large inclination angle are closer to the edge of the radiation area than the other light sources that are arranged along the reflecting surfaces having the small inclination angle, in a plan view of the radiation area. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026926 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a back light unit that has a light source, an optical member that is arranged so as to face the irradiation direction of the light of the light source, and a spacer that supports the optical member from the light source side and is arranged in a state in which the optical member is arranged parallel to the direction of gravity or inclined with respect to the direction of gravity, and a display panel that is arranged so as to be superimposed on the optical member of the back light unit. In the back light unit, the number of spacers arranged in an upper half area of the optical member with respect to the direction of gravity is configured to be smaller than that of the spacers arranged in a lower half area of the optical member with respect to the direction of gravity. | 02-04-2010 |
20100020334 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, COORDINATE INPUTTING DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An illumination device includes a light incident face onto which light is incident, a light guide plate that has a light emitting face that is disposed adjacent to the light incident face and intersects the light incident face, an illumination light source that is disposed to face the light incident face such that an optical axis thereof faces the light incident face, a position detecting beam source that is disposed to face the light incident face such that an optical axis thereof faces the light incident face, and a wiring substrate that extends along the light incident face and has both the illumination light source and the position detecting beam source mounted thereon. | 01-28-2010 |
20100007723 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display device includes display regions, each having sub-pixels arranged therein, a pixel groups, each including a pixels, each pixel being composed of the sub-pixels included in the unit display regions adjacent to each other, a separating element which separates light of the image into light beams directing in different directions in the unit of one pixel group, an image signal supply unit which supplies an identical image signal or different image signals to the pixel groups, respectively, and a selection unit which selects a number of pixel groups or a number of pixels included in the pixel group. | 01-14-2010 |
20100002179 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of substrates which are disposed so as to be opposite each other and have a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; an upper electrode configured to be included in one substrate of the pair of substrates, and be formed so as to have a plurality of slits therein; and a lower electrode configured to be included in the one substrate of the pair of substrates, and be formed on an insulating film covering the upper electrode so as to be partially overlapped with the upper electrode in plan view; wherein the lower electrode has at least one slit which is formed so as to be parallel with the plurality of slits formed in the upper electrode; and wherein the at least one slit formed in the lower electrode is formed so as to be overlapped with the upper electrode in plan view. | 01-07-2010 |
20090323005 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates which are disposed so as to be opposite each other and have a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. One of the pair of substrates includes a plurality of scanning lines and signal lines which are arrayed on a display region so as to form a matrix shape, a common wiring formed on a peripheral area surrounding the display region, an interlayer film formed so as to cover at least the whole of the display region, pixel electrodes each being composed of a transparent conductive material, which are formed on the surface of the interlayer film in accordance with respective pixel areas partitioned by the plurality of scanning lines and the signal lines, an inter-electrode insulating film formed on the pixel electrodes and the interlayer film within the display region, and a common electrode composed of a transparent conductive material, which is formed on the whole of the inter-electrode insulating film, includes sections each having a plurality of slits formed therein, corresponding to respective pixel areas, and is electrically connected to the common wiring, wherein, on the surface of the common electrode, or between the common electrode and the inter-electrode insulating film, a conductive layer, which is composed of a material of a conductivity superior to a conductivity of the transparent conductive material composing the common electrode, is formed, in plan view, at locations overlapped with locations at which the plurality of scanning lines and the signal lines are formed. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322983 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination device comprising: a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes; a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property; a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both of the light-shielding member and the second sticking surface and a portion having an adhesive property for both of the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board, wherein the second adhesive layer includes a non-adhesive portion having no adhesive property with respect to the other principal plane or a low-bond strength adhesive portion having a second adhesive force lower than the first adhesive force at least in a portion having an adhesive force for both the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board. | 12-31-2009 |
20090321640 | PHOTODETECTOR, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An photodetector includes: a first light receiving element that receives light including ambient light; a second light receiving element that receives light including the ambient light; and a red color filter disposed on an optical path through which the ambient light is incident on the second light receiving element. | 12-31-2009 |
20090316093 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate in which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided, the second electrode having a plurality of line-shaped portions that generate an electric field between the first electrode, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer being partitioned into a plurality of display pixels each of which is driven by the electric field, a polarization film arranged outside the second substrate, and an optical member film arranged outside the polarization film. The optical member film has a front phase difference whose retardation value is in the range of 120 to 160 nm, and an angle of an optical axis of the optical member film with respect to an extending direction of the plurality of line-shaped portions of the second electrode is in the range of 30 to 40 degrees or 50 to 60 degrees. | 12-24-2009 |
20090316080 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a display panel formed by segmenting a large sized substrate into an individual substrate along alignment marks, remaining portions of the alignment marks being formed in the display panel. A remaining portion of a slant mark formed by a plurality of scale lines arranged in parallel to each other is formed between the remaining portions of the alignment marks. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315854 | CAPACITANCE TYPE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - Provided is a capacitance type input device, in which a plurality of first light transmission electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second light transmission electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction are formed in an input region of a light transmission substrate, wherein, when the light transmission substrate is viewed from the top, dummy patterns formed of the same light transmission conductive film as the first light transmission electrodes and the second light transmission electrodes are formed in regions sandwiched between the first light transmission electrodes and the second light transmission electrodes. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315843 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - Provided is a resistance film type input device including: a first light transmission substrate and a second light transmission substrate which face each other; a first light transmission planar electrode formed on the surface of the first light transmission substrate, which faces the second light transmission substrate, in an input region, and first band-shaped electrodes having a sheet resistance value lower than that of the first planar electrode and electrically connected along both ends which face each other in a first direction of the first planar electrode; and a second light transmission planar electrode formed on the surface of the second light transmission substrate, which faces the first light transmission substrate, in the input region, and second band-shaped electrodes having a sheet resistance value lower than that of the second planar electrode and electrically connected along both ends which face each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the second planar electrode, wherein a plurality of openings is formed in at least one of the first planar electrode and the second planar electrode, and wherein island patterns formed of the same light transmission conductive film as the planar electrodes are formed at the inside of the openings. | 12-24-2009 |
20090303419 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a first liquid crystal panel including a first liquid crystal layer; a second liquid crystal panel arranged to overlap the first liquid crystal panel and including a second liquid crystal layer; and color filters provided on the first liquid crystal panel, wherein color filters are not provided on the second liquid crystal panel, the first liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of first pixels, the second liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of second pixels, each of the first pixels of the first liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of sub pixels, and the second pixels are provided such that one second pixel corresponds to the plurality of sub pixels. | 12-10-2009 |
20090302202 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state image pickup device that has a plurality of scanning lines that extends in a predetermined direction, a plurality of data lines that extends in a direction for intersecting the scanning lines, and a plurality of bias lines within an image pickup area on a substrate. For each of a plurality of pixels disposed in positions corresponding to intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, a field effect transistor that is controlled by the scanning line and a photoelectric conversion element that has a electrode electrically connected to the data line through the field effect transistor and a electrode electrically connected to the bias line are formed, and a constant electric potential line for electrostatic protection is formed on the substrate. For each of bias lines, a bias line electrostatic protection circuit having a protection diode. | 12-10-2009 |
20090295744 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - An illumination device is provided which includes: an illumination light source that emits an illumination light; a first position-detecting light source that emits a first position detecting light; a second position-detecting light source that emits a second position detecting light; a first light guide plate which is provided with a first light incident surface that introduces the illumination light and the first position detecting light to an inside thereof and a first light emitting surface that is disposed to cross the first light incident surface while being disposed to be adjacent thereto and that emits therefrom the illumination light and the first position detecting light propagating through the inside; and a second light guide plate which is provided with a second light incident surface that is disposed to overlap with the first light guide plate in plan view and that introduces the second position detecting light to an inside thereof and a second light emitting surface that is disposed to cross the second light incident surface while being disposed to be adjacent thereto and that emits therefrom the second position detecting light propagating through the inside concurrently with the first position detecting light. | 12-03-2009 |
20090279009 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A lateral electric field liquid crystal display panel is provided which includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal enclosed between the pair of substrates, liquid crystal-drive electrodes provided on one of the pair of substrates, a translucent electrostatic shielding layer provided on an exterior surface of at least one of the pair of substrates, and a polarizer disposed on the translucent electrostatic shielding layer, and in this liquid crystal display panel, the translucent electrostatic shielding layer has properties not to disappear by a chemical reaction with a material forming the polarizer. | 11-12-2009 |
20090278778 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is an electro-optical device including: a display unit including a plurality of display areas in which pixels are arranged; common electrodes provided in correspondence with the plurality of display areas; pixel electrodes provided in correspondence with the pixels and facing the common electrodes with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween; a driving control unit which controls writing of an image signal to the pixel electrode in each of the plurality of display areas; and a voltage applying control unit which controls applying of a predetermined voltage to the common electrode in each of the plurality of display areas; wherein the driving control unit is configured to stop the writing of the image signal to the pixel electrode during a predetermined period in a period close to at least one of a start time point or an end time point of the applying of the predetermined voltage, when the predetermined voltage is applied to the common electrode of the display area adjacent to one display area by the voltage applying control unit during a period in which the image signal is written to the pixel electrode in one of the plurality of display areas. | 11-12-2009 |
20090273746 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided which includes a substrate having a pixel electrode; and a color filter substrate having a color filter layer on a transparent substrate while having an alignment film formed on an uppermost layer thereof, the substrate and the color filter substrate each having a display region having a plurality of sub-pixels formed thereon, in which the color filter substrate has a liquid crystal layer thickness-adjustment layer formed of a transparent resin layer being partially formed on an inner side of the alignment film; and the liquid crystal layer thickness-adjustment layer has a trench being formed along and between adjacent ones of the sub-pixels, the bottom position of the trench of the liquid crystal layer thickness-adjustment layer being lower than a height of the color filter layer from a surface of the transparent substrate, and the transparent resin layer existing on the bottom of the trench. | 11-05-2009 |
20090273554 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is an electro-optical device including: pixel electrodes provided in intersections of gate lines and data lines; counter electrodes provided to face the pixel electrodes with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween; and storage capacitors each of which one end is connected to each of the pixel electrodes, wherein, if data line signals supplied to the pixel electrodes via the data lines correspond to writing of a positive polarity with respect to the potential of the counter electrodes, the potential of the other end of each of the storage capacitors is changed to a high potential side after the data line signals are written and, if the data line signals correspond to writing of a negative polarity with respect to the potential of the counter electrodes, the potential of the other end of each of the storage capacitors is held at a constant level before and after the data line signals are written. | 11-05-2009 |
20090268434 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An illumination system includes a light source unit including a light source and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the light source. The light source is placed in the circuit substrate such that at least part of the light source overlaps the circuit substrate in the thicknesswise direction of the circuit substrate. | 10-29-2009 |
20090267121 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device is provided which includes a substrate; a transistor formed on the substrate; a photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode connected to a drain or a source of the transistor, a semiconductor layer stacked on the first electrode, and a second electrode stacked on the semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed on the second electrode; and a bias line formed on the insulating layer to be connected to the second electrode, in which the insulating layer contains at least an inorganic insulating film, and the bias line is connected to the second electrode via a contact hole formed in the insulating layer, and a side surface of the semiconductor layer is in contact with the inorganic insulating film. | 10-29-2009 |
20090257010 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes: an electro-optical panel; a light-transmissive member that overlaps the electro-optical panel and has a protruding part that protrudes so as to be positioned outside an edge of the electro-optical panel, the light-transmissive member having a first area and a second area that is located outside the first area; a coloration layer that is formed on a surface of the light-transmissive member at the second area; an adhesive material that is provided between a part of the coloration layer and a corresponding part of the electro-optical panel as well as between the part of the light-transmissive member and a corresponding part of the electro-optical panel; and a first light-shielding layer formed over one surface of the light-transmissive member, and the first light-shielding layer being formed at an area where the coloration layer does not overlap the adhesive material in a plan view. | 10-15-2009 |
20090256982 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device is provided that includes a pair of substrates having a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, the liquid crystal layer containing therein liquid crystal molecules of which the alignment state during no-voltage application corresponds to a splay alignment state; and a conductive alignment regulating member which is at least partially disposed in a frame region defining the perimeter of a pixel region on one substrate of the pair of substrates. | 10-15-2009 |
20090248344 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL DEGRADATION CORRECTION METHOD - An optical detection device includes: an optical sensing unit that has an optical detection transistor and outputs a signal corresponding to the amount of light irradiated to the optical detection transistor; a threshold voltage detecting unit that has a threshold value detection transistor that is provided adjacent to the optical detection transistor and is formed in the same process as the formation process of the optical detection transistor, the threshold voltage detecting unit detecting the threshold voltage of the threshold value detection transistor; a sensor output value generating unit that generates a sensor output value that relates to the amount of irradiating light on the basis of the signal outputted from the optical sensing unit; a correction coefficient determining unit that determines a correction coefficient that is used for correcting a change in the sensor output value that is caused by the optical degradation of the optical detection transistor and corresponds to the threshold voltage detected at the threshold voltage detecting unit on the basis of a relationship between the correction coefficient and the threshold voltage, the relationship between the correction coefficient and the threshold voltage being predetermined on the basis of a correlation between a change in a sensor output value relative to the degree of the optical degradation of the optical detection transistor and a change in the threshold voltage relative to the degree of the optical degradation of the optical detection transistor; and a correction processing unit that corrects the sensor output value on the basis of the correction coefficient that has been determined at the correction coefficient determining unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244821 | ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An electro-optic apparatus includes: an electro-optic panel; and a holding member configured to hold at least the electro-optic panel, in which the holding member includes a shoulder configured to support at least part of a peripheral edge of the electro-optic panel, and the shoulder does not support the electro-optic panel in at least an area of a part of a corner and a proximity thereof. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244468 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal layer between a pair of substrates. One substrate includes pixel electrodes, an insulating layer and a common electrode having a plurality of slits. An electric field between the pixel and common electrodes turns liquid crystal molecules in a predetermined direction in regions corresponding to the slits. Each slit includes a first straight portion extending from a center of the pixel electrode toward both sides of the pixel electrode and second straight portions extending from the ends of the first straight portion to the outside of the pixel electrode. The first and second portions each form an acute angle with an initial orientation of the liquid crystal molecules in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction. The acute angle between the second portions and the initial orientation is larger than the acute angle between the first portion and the initial orientation. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244467 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes two substrates, liquid crystal therebetween, and sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region is divided into first to fourth display regions by a first axis extending orthogonal to an optical axis of a polarizing plate and a second axis extending orthogonal to the first axis. Each first to fourth display region includes slit electrodes on the second electrodes along the first axis. First slit electrodes in the first display region and second slit electrodes in the second display region are symmetric relative to the first axis. Third slit electrodes in the third display region and fourth slit electrodes in the fourth display region are symmetric relative to the first axis. The first and fourth slit electrodes are symmetric relative to the second axis. The second and third slit electrodes are symmetric relative to the second axis. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244028 | CAPACITIVE INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A capacitive input device includes a light-transmitting substrate, a multilayer film formed on one of the surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate and including a plurality of light-transmitting thin films which have different refractive indexes and one of which is a niobium oxide film, a plurality of first light-transmitting electrodes formed on the multilayer film in an input region of the light-transmitting substrate to extend in a first direction, and a plurality of second light-transmitting electrodes formed on the multilayer film in the input region of the light-transmitting substrate to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244021 | ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrostatic capacitance input device having a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction in an input area, including a plurality of first lines extending in parallel to each other from the plurality of first electrodes to a plurality of first terminals, and a plurality of second lines extending in parallel to each other from the plurality of second electrode to a plurality of second terminals, the first lines and the second lines being formed outside the input area, and an auxiliary line extending outside at least one of the lines at both ends in terms of the direction of arrangement of one or both of the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, the auxiliary line generating a parasitic capacitance with respect to the at least one of the lines. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243961 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device including: first display elements each divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 10-01-2009 |
20090237957 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an illumination device equipped with a light guide plate, a light source unit having a plurality of point like light sources for supplying light to the light guide plate and a light source holding member for holding the point like light sources, the light source unit being disposed to oppose an edge face of the light guide plate, and a housing for holding the light guide plate and the light source unit. The light source unit is constituted so as to be inserted in and extracted from the housing by a slide mechanism that can be slid along the edge face of the light guide plate, and the light source unit is equipped with a spacer for assuring a gap between the edge face of the light guide plate and the light sources at a slide insertion side end of the light source unit with respect to the housing when the light source unit is slidingly inserted in the housing. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237903 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A mounting structure includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a first terminal being formed on the first substrate and having a plurality of terminal portions arranged with a gap therebetween; a different terminal being formed on the first substrate and being adjacent to the first terminal; and a second terminal being formed on the second substrate and being electrically connected to at least one of the terminal portions of the first terminal. Here, the first terminal is supplied with a potential higher than that supplied to the different terminal. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237594 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A planar region of the pair of substrates has at least one display pixel region and at least one viewing-angle control pixel region that performs dark display in the front direction of surfaces of the pair of substrates and has brightness variable depending on a viewing angle in an oblique direction to the normal direction of the surfaces of the pair of substrates. A pair of electrodes driving the liquid crystal layer is provided in the display pixel region and the viewing-angle control pixel region. A voltage applied between the pair of electrodes in the viewing-angle control pixel region at the time of driving the liquid crystal layer in the viewing-angle control pixel region is higher than a voltage applied between the pair of electrodes in the display pixel region. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237382 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: first and second photosensors; a reader; a light detector outputting the light amount detected by the photosensors; a first circuit outputting a first signal based on incident light entering the first photosensor; and a second circuit outputting a second signal based on dimmed incident light entering the second photosensor. The reader includes: a coefficient calculator calculating a first measurement ratio of the first signal to the second signal, and a power correction coefficient; a rate calculator deriving modified power coefficients from the power correction coefficient, calculating a second measurement ratio of the power-corrected first and second signals, and calculating a slope correction coefficient; and an output unit deriving modified proportional coefficients from the slope correction coefficient, and correcting the power-corrected first and second signals using the modified proportional coefficients to yield outputted initial light amount signals. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237329 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of shift register sections, each being configured to sequentially generate a sampling pulse for writing a video signal into a pixel, wherein each of the plurality of shift register sections includes an even number of shift registers, and wherein one sampling pulse is generated by each of the plurality of shift register sections, and substantially all of the sampling pulses are generated on the basis of either the rising edges of a clock signal or the falling edges of a clock signal, whichever is selected in advance. | 09-24-2009 |
20090231530 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of displaying pixel electrodes disposed on a surface of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal layer; a plurality of viewing-angle controlling pixel electrodes disposed adjacent to the plurality of displaying pixel electrodes on the side of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal layer; a viewing angle control area controlling a viewing angle in a direction tilted from a normal line of the first substrate by the use of the plurality of viewing-angle controlling pixel electrodes; and a driving circuit supplying an image signal for displaying a plurality of patterns in the viewing angle control area to the plurality of viewing-angle controlling pixel electrodes. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231529 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal disposed between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate, a first electrode and second electrode which overlie the first transparent substrate and which are used to drive the liquid crystal, one or more layers overlying the first electrode, and one or more layers overlying the second electrode. The correlation between layers disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal agrees with the correlation between layers disposed between the second electrode and the liquid crystal. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231504 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a scanning line and a signal line that are disposed to intersect each other, a pixel that is disposed in correspondence with an intersection of the scanning line and the signal line and includes a liquid crystal and a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a storage capacitor that apply a voltage to the liquid crystal, a storage capacitor line that is used for forming the storage capacitor, and a plurality of storage capacitor line driving circuits that is used for driving the storage capacitor line. The plurality of storage capacitor line driving circuits is disposed in one end and the other end of the storage capacitor line, and the electric potential of the storage capacitor line is configured to be fixed to a designated electric potential based on a reset signal that is input to the plurality of storage capacitor line driving circuits. | 09-17-2009 |
20090225267 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device is provided which includes: a first substrate and a second substrate that are disposed to face each other; a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode that is provided on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate; an insulating layer that is provided on the liquid crystal layer side of the first electrode; and a second electrode that is provided on the liquid crystal layer side of the insulating layer, in which the first substrate has formed thereon a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines which intersect each other; sub-pixels are formed at regions surrounded by the data lines and the scan lines; the second electrode has a plurality of linear electrodes that is disposed with a gap therebetween; each of the plurality of linear electrodes extends in a long-axis direction of the sub-pixels and has at least one bent portion; the bent portion has such a shape that both sides thereof are inclined in opposite directions with respect to the long-axis direction of the sub-pixels; and the data lines or the scan lines are bent in an extending direction of the linear electrodes having the bent portion. | 09-10-2009 |
20090219237 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In the hold-type display device that has a pixel connected to a storage capacitor via switching element, a frame period for driving the display device includes a first period, and a second period that is after the first period of the frame period. A voltage for black display is maintained from the beginning of the first period until a scanning line is selected. A voltage acquired by adding a predetermined voltage value to data signal is written to the pixel, when the scanning line is selected. In the second period, a voltage applied to at least one of the common electrode and the capacitor line connected to the storage capacitor is changed. | 09-03-2009 |
20090213534 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a panel having an electro-optical material with terminals in an end portion thereof, a wiring board connected to the terminals, a protective member fixed to the panel, a space portion defined by the end portion of the panel and the protective member, and a space filling member provided in the space portion between the end portion of the panel and the protective member. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213316 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal device including a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, wherein a plurality of columnar spacers for maintaining a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate is arranged on a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of the first surface, and spacer reception portions are arranged on a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate in regions which face the columnar spacers, and wherein the spacer reception portions include contact reception portions which are in contact with the columnar spacers and non-contact reception portions which are not in contact with the columnar spacers. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213058 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display selectively operates in one of a full screen display mode, in which the full screen of the display panel is set as a display area, and a partial display mode, in which a partial area in the full screen is set as a display area and a remaining area is set as a non-display area. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of storage capacitor lines that are provided to correspond to the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixels that are provided at intersections between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines, a polarity signal generation circuit that generates a polarity signal corresponding to a frame inversion signal to be repeatedly alternately inverted between a first level and a second level different from the first level for each frame in the display area, and generates a polarity signal corresponding to a fixed signal fixed at one of the first level and the second level in the non-display area, a storage capacitor line driving circuit that changes the potentials of the storage capacitor lines depending on the polarity signal generated by the polarity signal generation circuit, and a control circuit that changes the display area at a timing according to the frame inversion signal. | 08-27-2009 |
20090207354 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel having a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates and driven by an electric field having a component parallel to the substrates; a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate arranged with the liquid crystal panel interposed therebetween; and a retardation film arranged between the first polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel or between the second polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel, in which the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate each include a polarizer and translucent protection films which interpose the polarizer, an in-plane phase difference Re | 08-20-2009 |
20090207352 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display includes: a display with an array substrate having scanning and data lines and an IC chip driving liquid crystal, and a color filter substrate; a light-detector having an optical sensor integrated in the display detecting external light; a detection circuit connected via sensor laid-around lines connecting to light-detector lines; an illuminator illuminating the display panel; and a controller controlling the illuminator based on the detection circuit's output. The data lines are distributed to the chip-mounting area and have terminals at an end for connecting to IC chip bump terminals. Leader lines distribute from the terminals toward the chip-mounting area and have inspection terminals at their ends. Sensor inspection lines connect at one end to the sensor laid-around lines and extend at the other end to the chip-mounting area. Sensor detection terminals are formed at the other end of the sensor inspection lines. | 08-20-2009 |
20090201451 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. In the liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of pixel areas are formed in one of the pair of substrates and each of the pixel areas is provided with an upper electrode having a plurality of slit-shaped openings, a lower electrode formed in the substrate through the upper electrode and an insulation layer, and an alignment film formed close to the liquid crystal layer. A longitudinal direction of the plurality of slit-shaped openings and a rubbing direction of the alignment film form a predetermined angle therebetween. In addition, in the lower electrode, areas where the lower electrode does not exist are formed in portions in which ends of the slit-shaped openings of the upper electrode overlap with the lower electrode in plan view. | 08-13-2009 |
20090195565 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first gray scale area, and a second gray scale area are set for the liquid crystal display device of the invention. Both of the gray scale areas contain a plurality of gray scale values, and gray scale values in the second gray scale area are larger than those in the first gray scale area. When the image data belong to the first gray scale value, the image data is corrected such the lightness is increased. When the image data belong to the second gray scale area, the image data is not corrected, or corrected with a smaller correction amount. | 08-06-2009 |
20090195481 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A color display device includes a display area where a non-rectangular display range is determined. Pixels of which a display color is set to a mixed color formed by adjusting brightness of sub-pixels having a plurality of different single-colors are arranged within the display area. In addition, parts of the pixels subjected to non-coloring drive and display are arranged so as to extend to the contour of the display area. | 08-06-2009 |
20090185087 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device includes: pixels which each include a liquid crystal, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, the pixel electrode and the common electrode applying voltage to the liquid crystal; a display unit in which the plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix shape; and a plurality of light sources. The voltage applied to the liquid crystal is adjusted by varying an intensity of voltage applied to the common electrode of the pixels in accordance with light radiated by the plurality of light sources. | 07-23-2009 |
20090184913 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a plurality of pixels, and a time taken for writing a video signal into each of the pixels is changed according to the position of the pixel. | 07-23-2009 |
20090179874 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electronic apparatus including a plurality of casing bodies which are connected to one another so as to be relatively moved, wherein, by relatively moving the plurality of casing bodies, a first mode in which a first input manipulation unit is positioned on one side of a display unit for displaying information and a second mode in which the first input manipulation unit is positioned on one side of the display unit and a second input manipulation unit is positioned on the other side of the display unit are switched, and wherein an image display in which the first input manipulation unit is positioned on a lower side of the display unit is performed in the first mode and an image display in which the first input manipulation unit and the second input manipulation unit are positioned on left and right sides of the display unit is performed in the second mode. | 07-16-2009 |
20090174852 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, one of the substrates carrying scanning lines and signal lines with a first insulation film therebetween adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, switching devices at vicinities of intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines, an intermediate film overlying an entire surface of a displaying area, first electrodes connected to electrodes of the switching devices via contact hole portions positioned in each region defined by the scanning lines and the signal lines, second electrodes and a second insulation film between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, the electrodes of the switching devices are covered with the intermediate film; channel regions of the switching devices are covered with the second insulation film; and the second electrodes are connected to a common line on an external periphery of the displaying area. | 07-09-2009 |
20090167744 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An electro-optical device includes pixels and a power supply circuit. The pixels are provided at positions corresponding to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines. Each of the pixels includes a pixel switching element that is connected to a corresponding one of the data lines, a corresponding one of the scanning lines and a pixel electrode. When the scanning line connected to the pixel switching element is selected, the corresponding pixel electrode enters a conductive state with a corresponding one of the data lines. The power supply circuit generates a power supply electric potential for controlling on/off of each pixel switching element. The power supply circuit includes a discharging resistance that has a resistance value such that an electric current that is sufficiently smaller in comparison with the feeding capability of the power supply circuit in a steady state flows through an output portion of the power supply electric potential. | 07-02-2009 |
20090153544 | DRIVING SYSTEM, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A driving system that drives an electro-optic device including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a counter electrode, a plurality of storage capacitor elements, and an electro-optic material is provided. The driving system includes a supply circuit that selectively supplies voltage to first and second ends of capacitor elements corresponding to a first horizontal line. A switching circuit is also provided that switches, in sequence every predetermined period, each of the voltages to be supplied to the second end of the capacitor elements from a first voltage to a second voltage or from the second voltage to the first voltage. A control circuit electrically connects the second end of the first storage capacitor elements and to each other before the voltage switched by the switching circuit is supplied to the second end of at least one of the storage capacitor elements. | 06-18-2009 |
20090151991 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE, ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A mounting structure includes: a wiring board; an electronic element which is mounted in the wiring board and supplied with a periodic signal; and a first opening which is formed in the wiring board along one side of the electronic element in a longitudinal direction of the electronic element. The opening is opposed to the entire one side of the electronic element. | 06-18-2009 |
20090141332 | ELECTROOPTICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OUTSIDE LIGHT - An electrooptical apparatus includes a display unit that emits display light, a light emission stopping unit that stops emission of the display light in the display unit, a light receiving unit that receives outside light around the display unit while emission of the display light is stopped, an accumulating unit that accumulates the amount of outside light received by the light receiving unit, and a calculating unit that calculates the light intensity of outside light on the basis of the time taken for the accumulated amount of outside light received to exceed a predetermined threshold. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141229 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing method for a horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display device of fringe field switching (FFS) or the like mode whereby pixel electrodes and a common electrode are disposed opposing each other on a planarization layer with an insulator interposed, includes a step whereby a planarization layer | 06-04-2009 |
20090141219 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes display pixels corresponding to at least a color of white or non-coloring and one color different from the color of white or non-coloring. Each of the display pixels corresponding to one color have a transmissive region and a reflective region. Each of the display pixels corresponding to the color of white or non-coloring have only a transmissive region. Colored layers are provided in the display pixels that correspond to one color, and cell-thickness-adjusting layers are included in the reflective region of each of the display pixels corresponding to one color and the transmissive region of each of the display pixels corresponding to the color of white or non-coloring. For the display pixels corresponding to one color, a thickness of a layer crystal layer corresponding to the transmissive region is larger than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer that corresponds to the reflective region. | 06-04-2009 |
20090135354 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of pixels each one of which has a tranmissive display portion for performing a tranmissive display operation and a reflective display portion for performing a reflective display operation, a first electrode provided in the first substrate, a second electrode provided in the first substrate and a third electrode provided in one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode is arranged both in the tranmissive display portion and in the reflective display portion. The second electrode is arranged in the tranmissive display portion. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to control an alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is provided with a plurality of slits formed to extend along a perpendicular axis that is perpendicular to an interface of the tranmissive display portion and the reflective display portion. The third electrode is arranged in the reflective display portion. The second electrode and the third electrode are configured to be provided with voltage independently. | 05-28-2009 |
20090128727 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided that includes a plurality of pixels that forms a display unit. Each of the pixels includes at least a pair of substrates that is arranged opposite each other with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween; and a common electrode and a pixel electrode that are disposed on one substrate of the pair of substrates with an insulating film disposed therebetween so as to drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer. An electrode of the common electrode and the pixel electrode that is disposed closer to the liquid crystal layer has a slit having a predetermined tilt angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of each of the pixels and opposite outer edges that are in parallel to the slit. | 05-21-2009 |
20090115737 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device of the invention includes a display panel | 05-07-2009 |
20090115700 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display unit including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of signal lines, a scanning unit that sequentially scans lines corresponding to the plurality of signal lines, a memory circuit that stores video data based on a scanning signal from the scanning unit, and a selection circuit, to which signals formed of two values are supplied, that selects one of the signals formed of the two values based on the video data stored in the memory circuit and supplies the selected signal to one of the plurality of the signal lines as a video signal. | 05-07-2009 |
20090115691 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of inverting circuits each for generating a second electrical potential by inverting a first electrical potential supplied to a pixel electrode included in the pixel, each of the plurality of inverting circuits being connected to a power source at a high voltage side and a power source at a low voltage side, and a delay circuit for delaying a signal input to the inverting circuit, the delay circuit being provided between the plurality of inverting circuits. | 05-07-2009 |
20090102758 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes first and second signal lines that extend in directions for intersecting each other on a component substrate, a pixel area in which a pixel electrode is disposed in correspondence with an intersection of the first and second signal lines, a signal output circuit that is disposed outside the pixel area and outputs a driving signal to the first signal line, and a connection wiring that connects the signal output circuit and the first signal line together. An outer peripheral edge of the pixel area has a curved portion or a bent portion in a portion facing the signal output circuit, and the signal output circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks, and the circuit blocks are arranged along the curved portion or the bent portion of the portion facing the signal output circuit with deviated between adjacent circuit blocks in the direction of extension of the first signal line and/or the direction of extension of the second signal line. | 04-23-2009 |
20090096763 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel includes: first and second substrates each having a first surface and a second surface, the second substrate being arranged on an input operation side of the first substrate; a first electrode that is formed on the first surface of the first substrate; a second electrode that is formed on the first surface of the second substrate; a resistive film type input area in which the first electrode of the first substrate and the second electrode of the second substrate face each other; and a capacitance type input area in which third electrodes are formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The resistive film type input area and the capacitance type input area are separated from each other in plan view. | 04-16-2009 |
20090096762 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An input device includes: a resistive film type input unit; and a non-contact type input unit that overlaps at least a portion of the resistive film type input unit. The resistive film type input unit includes: first and second substrates each having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode that is formed on the first surface of the first substrate; and a second electrode that is formed on the first surface of the second substrate. The second substrate is provided on an input operation side of the first substrate, and the first electrode of the first substrate faces the second electrode of the second substrate. The resistive film type input unit is in a standby state that does not perform input detection until an input to the non-contact type input unit is detected. When the input to the non-contact type input unit is detected, the resistive film type input unit is turned on to perform input detection. | 04-16-2009 |
20090096754 | TOUCH PANEL, ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a touch panel including a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a first electrode film formed on the first substrate, a second electrode film formed on the second substrate, the second electrode film opposing the first electrode film. An openings is formed in each of the first electrode film and the second electrode film, and the opening formed in the first electrode film and the opening formed in the second electrode film are overlapped in plan view and each of the openings has a different opening area. | 04-16-2009 |
20090091523 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrooptic device includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of m image signal lines; m connecting signal lines provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the m image signal lines, each connecting signal line being connected to the corresponding image signal line to feed a data signal; a plurality of data lines blocked by m lines, m data lines in one block being provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the m image signal lines; a scanning-line driving circuit that selects the plurality of scanning lines in a predetermined order; a block selecting circuit that outputs sampling signals indicative of the selection of the blocks in a predetermined order during a period selected for one scanning line; a sampling switch provided for each of the plurality of data lines, each sampling switch being turned on between the corresponding image signal line and data line when the sampling signal selects a block; and pixels provided at the intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, each pixel becoming a gray level corresponding to the data signal sampled to the data line when the scanning line is selected. The block selecting circuit has a plurality of unit circuits whose output terminals are each connected to the input terminal of the following stage, the unit circuits each outputting a pulse provided to the input terminal from the output terminal with a predetermined delay and outputting a sampling signal according to the pulse provided to the input terminal and the output terminal. The connecting signal lines intersect an interconnect signal line connecting the output terminal of one unit circuit and the input terminal of the unit circuit in the following stage. | 04-09-2009 |
20090086145 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a plurality of gate lines arranged in parallel, a plurality of common lines arranged in parallel, a plurality of source lines arranged in such a manner that the direction of the source lines intersects the direction of the gate lines and the common lines, thin-film transistors arranged in the vicinity of intersections of the gate lines and source lines, lower electrodes arranged in respective regions separated by the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines, the lower electrodes being connected to the common lines and composed of a transparent conductive material, upper electrodes arranged on surfaces of the respective lower electrodes with an insulating film provided between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, each of the upper electrodes having a plurality of slits arranged in parallel with one another, the gate lines, the common lines, the source lines, the thin-film transistors, the lower electrodes, and upper electrodes being arranged on one of the pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates and driven by an electric field produced between the lower electrodes and the upper electrodes, and first conductive material layers arranged on surfaces of the common lines at intersections of the source lines and the common lines. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086143 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a pair of transparent substrates including a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, wherein, at the liquid crystal layer side of one of the pair of transparent substrates, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of signal lines are arranged in a display area in a matrix, first electrodes are formed in pixel areas partitioned by the scan lines and the signal lines, a second electrode is formed on the first electrodes with an insulating film interposed therebetween over at least the display area, a common line is formed outside the display area, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the common line via a low-resistance line which is formed along at least one side of the display area. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086137 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a liquid crystal display panel; a light detector which is mounted on the liquid crystal display panel and has a plurality of TFT ambient light photo-sensors composed of thin-film transistors (TFTs) for detecting external light; an illumination unit which illuminates light on the liquid crystal display panel; a detection circuit connected to the light detector; and a control unit which controls the brightness of the illumination unit on the basis of the output of the detection circuit, wherein the plurality of TFT ambient light photo-sensors include first and second TFT ambient light photo-sensors for detecting lights of different systems, and, among source wires or drain wires of the first TFT ambient light photo-sensors and the second TFT ambient light photo-sensors, wires which are not connected to the detection circuit are formed by a single wire. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085854 | DISPLAY UNIT - The invention provides a display unit that has a display area and first and second photodetectors | 04-02-2009 |
20090079915 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, a transflective liquid crystal display panel that includes: a first substrate that has a plurality of pixel areas, each of the plurality of pixel areas having a transmissive area and a reflective area; and a second substrate that is provided opposite to the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer being sandwiched therebetween. In the configuration of a transflective liquid crystal display panel according to this aspect of the invention, the second substrate has (1) a color filter that corresponds to a plurality of color components, the color filter that corresponds to the plurality of color components having such an array pattern that corresponds to the plurality of pixel areas, (2) a phase difference layer that is formed on the liquid-crystal-layer-side face of the second substrate so as to correspond to the reflective area, and (3) a member that lowers a light transmission factor, the light-transmission-factor reduction member being formed at a region that at least overlaps, when viewed in plan, the side portion of the phase difference layer. | 03-26-2009 |
20090079894 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The invention relates to an electro-optical device having an electro-optical panel and a supporting frame that supports the electro-optical panel either directly or indirectly. The supporting frame of the electro-optical device according to an aspect of the invention includes: a resin base frame member; and a metal member that has an embedded portion that is covered inside the resin base frame member and an exposed portion that is exposed from the resin base frame member. In the configuration of the electro-optical device of the invention, the exposed portion of the metal member has an inner exposed portion that is exposed at a middle face of the inside of the supporting frame viewed along the thickness direction of the supporting frame. At least one of the electro-optical panel, which is supported inside the supporting frame, and other member is in contact with the inner exposed portion of the metal member. | 03-26-2009 |
20090079680 | DUAL-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for compensating light leakage caused by slit diffraction in a dual-view display device by making use of a light blocker with slits is provided. A dual-view display device includes: a display that makes a first image and a second image of an input composite image visible in corresponding different viewing directions with a light blocker with slits, the composite image being arranged alternately with subpixels of the first image and subpixels of the second image, the first image being represented by pixels each composed of at least three subpixels of RGB, and the second image being represented by pixels each composed of at least three subpixels of RGB; and a compensation unit that compensates a gradation scale of a target subpixel to be compensated based on a gradation scale of the same color subpixel of adjacent pixel of the target subpixel. | 03-26-2009 |
20090073103 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes: a pixel region including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of storage capacitance lines; a storage capacitor connected between a pixel electrode of each of the pixels and each of the storage capacitance lines; a polarity signal generating circuit that generates a polarity signal, which is repeatedly inverted between a first level and a second level for every frame, in a display region of the pixel region where an image is displayed and that fixes the polarity signal to the first level or the second level in a non-display region where an image is not displayed; a first switching element that switches an electric potential of the storage capacitance line according to the polarity signal generated by the polarity signal generating circuit; and a control circuit that when the display region is changed to the non-display region, makes a control such that a refresh operation of writing a signal corresponding to non-display into the pixel electrode of the pixel corresponding to the non-display region is intermittently performed in some frames and the refresh operation is performed in two or more continuous frames. | 03-19-2009 |
20090067112 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a frame including a conduction part and a resin part, an electro-optical panel that is housed in the inner side of the resin part, and an exposure part that is formed by exposing the conduction part from the resin part. The exposure part is disposed to face at least a part of an end face of the electro-optical panel or protrude from a surface of the electro-optical panel over the end face. | 03-12-2009 |
20090061166 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes: a display panel module having electronic parts provided therein; and an insulating tape that is adhered to the display panel module so as to cover the electronic parts. The insulating tape includes an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive portion. The non-adhesive portion is disposed at a position that covers a region in which the electronic parts are provided, and the adhesive portion is adhered to the display panel module in regions other than the region in which the electronic parts are provided. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059499 | ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an electro optical device including a frame including a metal unit and a resin unit, and a display panel stored in the resin unit. The resin unit is integrally formed with the metal unit to form the frame including a resin material, and at least a part of an end of the metal unit is buried in the resin unit in the state where the end is bent at a side of the display panel. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059341 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel. A pixel is configured by the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel only, and the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel emit light of different colors. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059139 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A transflective liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of scanning lines and signal lines arranged in a matrix, a lower electrode and an upper electrode in each of pixel regions surrounded by the scanning lines and the signal lines, and a reflecting plate disposed partly below each lower electrode, the lower electrode and the upper electrode in each pixel region being disposed facing each other with an insulating film therebetween, the lower electrodes being composed of a transparent conductive material, the upper electrodes each having a plurality of slits. The color filter substrate includes color filter layer segments arranged in correspondence to the pixel regions. The plurality of slits in each upper electrode have first open ends and second closed ends. Each color filter layer segment for the corresponding pixel region has a window where the color filter layer segment does not exist, the window being located at a position above the corresponding reflecting plate and facing the second closed ends of the slits. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057924 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a base substrate including an internal circuit, a resin protrusion part that is disposed to protrude on an active face side of the base substrate, and a plurality of terminals that are formed by including an island-shaped conductive film disposed on the resin protrusion part. The plurality of terminals includes a terminal that a conductive state with the internal circuit, and a wiring line that electrically connects at least two terminals among the plurality of terminals is disposed on the active face side. | 03-05-2009 |
20090051859 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - There is provided a liquid crystal display panel that includes an array substrate having at least a pixel electrode and a switching element for every pixel area in a display area on a transparent substrate, a color filter substrate in which a light shielding layer made of a resin is formed on a transparent substrate at least outside the display area and a color filter layer is formed to oppose the pixel electrode, and liquid crystal enclosed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate that are bonded by a seal material. A protection film having an opening, the opening being opened in the display area, is formed on the color filter substrate in the outside of the display area to cover at least the portion of the light shielding layer on which the seal material is formed. | 02-26-2009 |
20090046230 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates opposing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes separated by an insulating layer, disposed on one of the substrates The pair of electrodes drives the liquid crystal layer. The insulating layer has a compressive stress in the range of 0 to 5×10 | 02-19-2009 |
20090033855 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A mounting terminal portion | 02-05-2009 |
20090033641 | SCAN LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Each scan line | 02-05-2009 |
20090027579 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising: a switching element that has a drain electrode and that is arranged on a substrate; a first insulating film that covers the switching element and that has a first opening on the drain electrode; a first etching stopper electrode that is formed in the first opening and that is connected to the drain electrode; a common electrode that is arranged on the first insulating film; a second insulating film that covers the first etching stopper electrode and the common electrode, and that has a second opening on the first etching stopper electrode; and a pixel electrode that is connected through the second opening to the first etching stopper electrode and that extends onto the second insulating film so as to face the common electrode. | 01-29-2009 |
20090026455 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The occurrence of the poor electric connection between the outer circuit and the liquid crystal display device can be reduced in the manufacturing method of the outer circuit and liquid display device of this invention. The liquid crystal display device has the pixel region | 01-29-2009 |
20090015570 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Pixels include liquid crystal capacitors and holding capacitors having first ends connected to pixel electrodes and second ends connected to common electrodes corresponding to the first to 320th rows. A common electrode driving circuit includes TFTs for individual rows. In a partial mode, when a period in which a level of a scanning signal is high is long, a control signal Vg-c is brought to a high level during the period so that the TFTs are turned on. Since gate voltages are applied to the TFTs, a problem in that the gate voltages are reduced due to voltage leakage and the common electrodes are brought into high-impedance states is avoided. Alternatively, potentials of the common electrodes are fixed to a voltage of a common signal, which is a low-level when positive-polarity writing is specified to all the rows and a high-level when negative-polarity writing is specified to all the rows. | 01-15-2009 |
20090015533 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device including a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a capacitor electrode, a control circuit, a scanning line driving circuit, and a data line driving circuit. | 01-15-2009 |
20090009503 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid-crystal display includes a gate line, a gate driver supplying gate signals to the gate line, a source line, a source driver supplying source signals to the source line, a pixel electrode to which the source signals are applied via a pixel switching element connected to the source line, a liquid crystal disposed between the pixel electrode and a common electrode, a common electrode driver supplying common electrode signals to the common electrode, a capacitor disposed between the pixel electrode and a capacitor line, a driving circuit alternately changing the voltage level of the capacitor line between a first level and a second level, and a sequence control circuit. The sequence control circuit performs control such that the common electrode and the source line are short-circuited and supply of power to the source driver, the common electrode driver, and the driving circuit is cut off when a signal for turning off the power to the liquid-crystal display is detected, and that the voltage level of the pixel electrode is set to a ground level after the cutoff of the power supply by turning on the pixel switching element in accordance with a gate signal from the gate driver. | 01-08-2009 |
20090004408 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METAL FRAME FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF METAL FRAME FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device is provided which includes an electro-optical panel; and a metal frame configured to accommodate the electro-optical panel therein. The metal frame includes a plurality of side walls and corner portions provided between the side walls. A distal end of at least a portion of at least one of the side walls has a folding portion having a structure that inner surfaces are opposed to each other. At least one of the corner portions adjacent to the side wall having the folding portion has a seamless curved shape. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002930 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An electro-optic device includes: an electro-optic panel; a panel supporting member for supporting the electro-optic panel from one of front side and back side of the electro-optic panel; a mounted member to be mounted to the panel supporting member from the other one of the front side and the back side. The electro-optic panel includes at least two outer edges opposing to each other in plan view; and the mounted member includes a pair of panel positioning guides for guiding the electro-optic panel by guiding the two outer edges respectively. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002924 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel and a holder that directly or indirectly holds the electro-optical panel. At least a part of the holder is formed of a metallic plate, and the at least part of the holder includes a turned-down portion formed by folding a part of a base portion of the metallic plate. The end of the turned-down portion forms a step that holds another component. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002623 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - An electro-optic device includes a pixel section and a terminal section through which a semiconductor circuit or a wiring board is mounted around the pixel section. The terminal section has a multilayer structure including a terminal connection wire including an uppermost layer containing titanium, a terminal interlayer made of an electroconductive material capable of being wet-etched, and a terminal transparent electroconductive film in that order from below. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002294 | HORIZONTAL ELECTRIC FIELD-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A horizontal electric field-type liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of scanning lines that are disposed parallel to each other, a common wiring, a plurality of signal lines that are disposed in a direction for intersecting the plurality of scanning lines, a switching element that is disposed near an intersection between the scanning line and the signal line, a first electrode formed in an area partitioned by the scanning line and the signal line, and a second electrode that is formed to be overlapped with the first electrode though an insulation film disposed on the first electrode and has a plurality of slits in the shape of a stripe. A shield electrode formed of a conductive material is formed on the surface of the insulation film disposed on the scanning line, and the shield electrode is connected to the common wiring through a contact hole formed on the common wiring. | 01-01-2009 |
20080316399 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display includes an element substrate, pixel electrodes and a common electrode that are formed on the element substrate, a counter substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is formed between the counter substrate and the element substrate, first and second polarizing plates that are provided on an emitting side of display light and an opposite side, respectively, and a retardation film that is provided in a reflective region to be disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the first polarizing plate. Each pixel has a transmissive region where transmissive display light is emitted and a reflective region where reflective display light is emitted. The retardation of the retardation film has smaller temperature dependency than the retardation of the liquid crystal layer. | 12-25-2008 |
20080311817 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PAIR OF GLASS SUBSTRATES AND METHOD FOR CUTTING IT - A display device includes a pair of glass substrates. On the side of each of the pair of glass substrates, a press mark is formed between a first end of each of the pair of glass substrates and a position at least 0.3 mm but no more than 3 mm away from the first end, another press mark is formed between a second end of each of the pair of glass substrates and a position at least 0.3 mm but no more than 3 mm away from the second end, a scribing groove having a predetermined scribing amount is formed between the press marks, and there are rib marks in the scribing groove. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309850 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention is directed to a higher contrast in a display device having a lighting device as a front light. A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309635 | CAPACITIVE INPUT DEVICE - A capacitive input device includes a translucent substrate; first translucent electrode lines, extending in a first direction; second translucent electrode lines, extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; interlayer insulating layers; and relay electrodes. The first translucent electrode lines intersect with the second translucent electrode lines at intersecting portions. Portions of one of each first translucent electrode line and each second translucent electrode line are connected to each other with the intersecting portions. Portions of the other are separated from each other with the intersecting portions. The translucent interlayer insulating layers overlie the first or second translucent electrode line portions connected to each other with the intersecting portions. The translucent relay electrodes overlie the interlayer insulating layers to electrically connect the first or second translucent electrode line portions, separated from each other with the intersecting portions, to each other. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309304 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The electro-optical device is directly connected to a battery and includes a display panel, a driver, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The driver amplifies an input voltage and supplies the amplified voltage to the display panel. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a plurality of conversion circuits, a switching unit, and a control circuit. The plurality of conversion circuits convert a voltage input from the battery into different voltages and supply the converted voltages to the driver. The switching unit performs switching for supplying the voltage to one of the plurality of conversion circuits. The control circuit controls the switching unit to switch the conversion circuit that supplies the voltage input from the battery when it is detected that a voltage gain of the driver has changed. Thus, the power consumption can be reduced without having an adverse effect on image display. | 12-18-2008 |
20080303988 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The transmission axis of the first polarizing plate is approximately perpendicular to an initial alignment axis of liquid crystal molecules of a liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal panel. The first and second phase difference layers are optically positive uniaxial. The first phase difference layer has a first phase-lag axis that is approximately parallel to a surface of the first phase difference layer and is approximately perpendicular to the initial alignment axis, and the second phase difference layer has a second phase-lag axis that is approximately perpendicular to the surface of the second phase difference layer. The relationship between a phase difference value Ra of the first phase difference layer and a phase difference value Rc of the second phase difference layer satisfies “105 [nm]≦Ra≦165 [nm]” and “55 [nm]≦Rc≦115 [nm]”. | 12-11-2008 |
20080303983 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention is directed to a higher contrast in a display device having a lighting device as a front light. A lighting portion is attached to a reflective liquid crystal display portion. A first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate made of a glass substrate etc. are attached to each other with a sealing layer coated on those peripheral portions therebetween. The back surface of the first transparent substrate is attached to the reflective liquid crystal display portion, and an organic EL element is formed on the front surface of the first transparent substrate. The organic EL element is sealed in a space surrounded by the first transparent substrate, the second transparent substrate, and the sealing layer. The organic EL element is formed in a region corresponding to a pixel region of the reflective liquid crystal display portion. A desiccant layer is formed on the front surface of the second transparent substrate. | 12-11-2008 |
20080297466 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF ILLUMINATION UNIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, an illumination unit for the liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of photodetectors, and a control unit Cnt to control the brightness of the illumination unit. The photodetectors are TFT ambient light photosensors LS | 12-04-2008 |
20080291363 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An electro-optic device includes a light source, a light guide panel configured to output light beams emitted from the light source through a light exit plane; a display panel illuminated by the light beams outputted from the light exit plane of the light guide panel passing therethrough; a prism sheet provided between the light guide panel and the display panel and formed with prisms having a triangular cross-section on a surface on the side of the display panel; and a light diffusing member provided between the light guide panel and the prism sheet. The prisms each having a ridge line extending substantially vertically to the direction of emission of the light beam emitted from the light source, and an apex angle is set to a range from 60° to 70°. | 11-27-2008 |
20080291223 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A driving circuit of an electro-optical device includes scanning lines, data lines, capacitor lines respectively corresponding to the scanning lines, and pixels provided at intersections of the scanning lines and the data lines. The driving circuit includes a scanning line driving circuit that selects the scanning lines in a predetermined order and a capacitor line driving circuit that selects a first power supply line when a first scanning line is selected and selects a second power supply line when a second scanning line that is spaced predetermined lines away from the first scanning line is selected until the first scanning line is selected again to thereby apply a voltage of the selected one of the power supply lines to the capacitor line, the capacitor line driving circuit applying the voltage of the second power supply line to all the capacitor lines when all the scanning lines are not selected. | 11-27-2008 |
20080284962 | TRANSVERSE FIELD TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A transverse field type liquid crystal display panel has multiple scan lines | 11-20-2008 |
20080278667 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an active matrix circuit for display, a plurality of bus lines which are connected to the active matrix circuit and which are used to transmit driving signals, driving circuits which supply the driving signals to the plurality of bus lines, the plurality of bus lines and the driving circuits being arranged on a substrate, and optical sensors arranged on the substrate. The optical sensors are arranged in a plurality of sub regions separated using the plurality of bus lines. The plurality of sub regions are arranged between the active matrix circuit and each of the driving circuits. | 11-13-2008 |
20080273152 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a transflective type liquid crystal display device of an FFS system, a plurality of pixels has a transmissive display area for emitting transmissive display light and a reflective display area for emitting reflective display light, and the reflective display area is equipped with a retardation layer. Polarization axes of polarizers are perpendicular to each other and an alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer is parallel to or perpendicular to the polarization axis of the first polarizer. The angle of a slow axis of the retardation layer is not less than 20° and not more than 25° or not less than 60° and not more than 75° with respect to the polarization axis of the first polarizer. A retardation value of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective area exceeds a quarter wavelength, and a retardation value of the retardation layer exceeds a half wavelength. | 11-06-2008 |
20080259257 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates; an insulating layer provided for a first substrate of the pair of substrates; an upper electrode provided for the first substrate; and a lower electrode provided for the first substrate. The upper electrode is formed on the surface of the insulating layer adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. The upper electrode includes a plurality of branches each having a slit therebetween. The insulating layer has irregularities. | 10-23-2008 |
20080246741 | INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An input device includes an input panel, a cover member that is provided with a housing portion, in which the input panel is housed, and a film member that is disposed over a main surface of the input panel provided in the housing portion and a main surface of the cover member. | 10-09-2008 |
20080239223 | Liquid crystal device, method of manufacturing liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus - A liquid crystal device, which has a plurality of pixels and switching elements provided in correspondence with the pixels, includes an element substrate, an interlayer insulating film, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The switching elements are formed in the element substrate. The interlayer insulating film is formed on the switching elements. The first electrode layer is formed on the interlayer insulating film. The second electrode layer is formed in the element substrate and overlaps the first electrode in plan view through an interelectrode insulating film. Each of the pixels includes a first region and a second region. The first electrode layer overlaps the second electrode layer in plan view in the first region. Of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, only the first electrode layer is formed in the second region. The thickness of the second electrode layer is smaller than the thickness of the first electrode layer. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239220 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus - A liquid crystal device, in which a liquid crystal layer is held between a pair of substrates, includes a plurality of pixels and a retardation layer. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a transmissive display area and a reflective display area. The retardation layer is arranged at a position that at least overlaps the reflective display areas and on an inner surface side of the pair of substrates. The retardation layer is formed so as to extend over the reflective display areas of at least two adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels. The retardation layer has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is located on one of the two adjacent pixels. The second end portion is opposite the first end portion and located on the other pixel of the two adjacent pixels. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239207 | Electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus - An electro-optical device includes: a substrate; a plurality of wiring lines which is formed on the substrate; and an IC which is mounted on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of wiring lines. At least a pair of wiring lines among the plurality of wiring lines include a first conductive layer formed on the substrate and a second conductive layer formed on at least the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer have different resistance values. The first conductive layer of one of the pair of wiring lines has a plurality of first resistors each extending toward the other wiring line, and the second conductive layer of the other wiring line has a second resistor extending toward the one wiring line. The plurality of first resistors is connected to the second resistor. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238535 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREWITH - An unnecessary through current is suppressed and insufficiency of an output electric potential and increase in power consumption are suppressed in a power supply circuit using a charge pump method. In order to suppress a reduction in an output electric potential VPP as well as suppressing transient through currents I | 10-02-2008 |
20080232047 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A mounting structure includes a substrate, a first terminal, a first flexible circuit board, and a second terminal. The first terminal is arranged in a first region of a first face of the substrate. The first flexible circuit board is connected to the first terminal through an anisotropic conductive film. The second terminal is arranged in a second region of a second face, which is a rear face relative to the first face of the substrate, wherein the second region does not overlap the first region in plan view. A region of the second face of the substrate, which overlaps the first region in plan view, is formed to be a smooth face. | 09-25-2008 |
20080231789 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a first substrate and a second substrate which interpose an electro-optical material therebetween, a transparent conductive film disposed on an outer surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, and a base member having an electrode electrically connected to the transparent conductive film via an adhesive, in which the electrode is formed at a region having a plane shape, which is the same as or narrower than that of the base member, the base member is provided with concave portions or through-holes disposed along a side thereof, and the concave portions or the through-holes are provided with the adhesive. | 09-25-2008 |
20080231777 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal apparatus includes a pair of substrates. The pair of substrates includes a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and a two-dimensional array of pixel regions each including a transmissive display region and a reflective display region, the transmissive display regions of different pixel regions having areas different from one another. One of the substrates has a plurality of color filter layers provided in correspondence with the pixel regions, a reflective film provided over the color filter layers, and an overcoat film covering the reflective film. Among the pixel regions including the transmissive display regions having different areas, a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a large area has a color filter layer with a thickness larger than that of a color filter layer provided in a pixel region including a transmissive display region with a small area. | 09-25-2008 |
20080231569 | Electro-optical device, driving circuit and electronic apparatus - It is possible to suppress the voltage amplitudes of data lines and to prevent deterioration in display quality by a simple configuration. | 09-25-2008 |
20080225209 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus - According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a liquid crystal device, including: which makes it possible to dispose a spacer for setting a distance between substrates, to prevent deterioration of display quality by eliminating thickness non-uniformity of an alignment layer due to the presence of a retardation layer, to prevent deterioration of display quality by preventing dissolution and flow of an ingredient of the retardation layer to the liquid crystal layer side, and the like in the liquid crystal device having a horizontal electric field system of a transflective type, and to provide an electric apparatus using the same. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225194 | Liquid crystal device - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, wherein the first substrate includes a signal line, a switching element electrically connected to the signal line, a first electrode electrically connected to the switching element, a wiring line, a dielectric film covering the first electrode, the switching element, and the wiring line, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric film so as to be opposite the first electrode, and wherein the second electrode is drawn from the dielectric film toward an area where the dielectric film does not exist and is electrically connected to the wiring line through the area where the dielectric film does not exist. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225193 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing an electro-optical device including an element substrate which includes a plurality of pixels including pixel electrodes and which is connected to a circuit board includes providing a UV-curable molding member on the element substrate such that the molding member extends from the element substrate to the circuit board and also includes curing the molding member by irradiating the molding member with UV light. The element substrate includes an electrostatic protection circuit. The electrostatic protection circuit is shielded from the UV light applied to the molding member in the operation of curing the molding member. | 09-18-2008 |
20080224982 | Electro-optical device, driving circuit, and electronic apparatus - The object of the present invention is to decrease a frame size in a case where data lines are driven by using a demultiplexer. The data lines | 09-18-2008 |
20080224904 | GRAY CODE COUNTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREWITH - There is offered a Gray code counter with which a delay time of a critical path is reduced and a fast operation is made possible. A first Gray code bit Q | 09-18-2008 |
20080220184 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device includes an electro-optic panel, a transparent protective member disposed at a viewer side of the electro-optic panel, an adhesive provided between the electro-optic panel and the transparent protective member, and a gas barrier film provided on a surface of the transparent protective member at a side opposite to the viewer side. | 09-11-2008 |
20080218669 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus - The invention provides a liquid crystal device including: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer having a negative dielectric anisotropy; a pixel electrode; a counter electrode, the counter electrode being opposed to the pixel electrode; a vertical alignment film that aligns liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in a direction in which the long axes of the liquid crystal molecules are oriented perpendicular to the pair of substrates. The pixel electrode is made up of island-pattern sub pixel elements each two adjacent ones of which are connected to each other via a connection portion having a width narrower than that of the sub pixel element. In addition, the light shielding film is formed, on one of the pair of substrates, in each region not corresponding to the connection portion between each two of the sub pixel elements that are adjacent to each other. | 09-11-2008 |
20080218651 | Electro-optical device and substrate for electro-optical device - An electro-optical device includes: a holding capacitor provided in each pixel; a holding capacitance line connected to the holding capacitor; and an electric potential applying portion that applies an electric potential to the holding capacitance line. Both ends of the holding capacitance line are connected to the electric potential applying portion. | 09-11-2008 |
20080218462 | Method for driving electro-optic device, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus - A method for diving an electro-optic device including a pair of substrates sandwiching an electro-optic layer, and first and second electrodes disposed on one of the pair of substrates, the first electrode being used to drive the electro-optic layer, the second electrode being disposed closer to the electro-optic layer than the first electrode. The method involves shifting one of signal potentials each of which is input to at least one of the first and second electrodes such that a potential difference between the first and second electrodes in a case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is higher than the signal potential input to the second electrode is larger than a potential difference between the first and second electrodes in a case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is lower than the signal potential input to the second electrode, when a gray-scale level defined by white luminance in the case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is higher than the signal potential input to the second electrode is equivalent to the gray-scale level in the case where the signal potential input to the first electrode is lower than the signal potential input to the second electrode. | 09-11-2008 |
20080204642 | Electro-optical device, semiconductor device, display device, and electronic apparatus having the same - An electro-optical device includes: a panel having a display area in which an electro-optical material is interposed between first and second substrates; and a light detection unit disposed on the first or second substrate to detect illuminance of ambient light of the panel, wherein the light detection unit performs a detecting operation plural times at a predetermined time interval, and wherein the predetermined time interval is set to be a value except for an integer multiple of 1/100 sec or 1/120 sec or a value close thereto. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204641 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus - A liquid crystal device which has a first and second electrodes formed on a second substrate and which controls allows alignment of liquid crystal molecules by an electric field generated between the first and second electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned in a first direction in a plane of the substrate, wherein a phase difference layer having molecules, which are inclined in the plane of the first or second substrate and are aligned in directions different from one another in the transmissive display portion and the reflective display portion, is formed on a surface of the first or second substrate opposed to the liquid crystal layer, and wherein a director of the molecules of the phase difference layer is aligned in a second direction parallel to the first direction at least in the plane of the transmissive display portion. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204640 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an aligning film which is disposed on a liquid crystal layer side surface of the second substrate and on which a rubbing processing is performed, a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in planar regions of the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed on a liquid crystal layer side surface of the first substrate and which generate an electric field therebetween, in which the second electrode includes a plurality of electrode line-shaped portions arranged in parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, each sub-pixel includes a reflective display region in which a light reflective film is disposed and a transmissive display region in which a light reflective film is not disposed, wherein a layer thickness adjusting film, which allows the liquid crystal layer to have different layer thicknesses in the reflective display region and in the transmissive display region, is disposed between the second substrate and the aligning film, the layer thickness adjusting film has a step portion with a step plane extending in a thickness direction of the layer thickness adjusting film near a boundary portion between the reflective display region and the transmissive display region, when an angle between a direction in which a rubbing processing is performed and an extending direction of the step plane is defined as α, 0°≦α≦20°, and ends of liquid crystal molecules, which are on a leading side of rubbing, are arranged so as to direct toward the step plane when a voltage is applied across the first electrode and the second electrode. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204639 | Liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal device including:
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20080204616 | Liquid crystal device - A liquid crystal device have an element substrate including a scanning line, a data line and a pixel electrode, a cutout is formed on the pixel electrode. A capacitor line for providing a storage capacitor is formed on the element substrate. The capacitor line has a first and second portions. The first portion extends along with the scanning line, and a second line portion overlaps the cutout of the pixel electrode. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204614 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode interposing an insulation layer therebetween, wherein an electric field opening part for passing an electric field is formed in the upper electrode and liquid crystal molecules are driven by applying a voltage between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein a window-shaped opening part formed by partially removing the lower electrode for connecting an upper electrode wiring and the upper electrode, which interpose an interlayer insulation film therebetween, together is disposed in a lower part of the lower electrode, and wherein one end portion of the electric field opening part in the longitudinal direction around the window-shaped opening part is disposed to be overlapped with the window-shaped opening part in a plan view. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204436 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THEREWITH - Reduction in efficiency of a power supply circuit in a display device is prevented. A positive power supply generation circuit and a negative power supply generation circuit are placed close to a terminal portion to which a drive clock and a power supply electric potential are applied externally. The terminal portion | 08-28-2008 |
20080204396 | Image display apparatus and electronic apparatus - The invention provides an image display apparatus that includes: a frame memory into which inputted image data is stored; a statistical computation section that performs statistical computation on a gradation value of each pixel on the basis of the image data for each frame image; a correction section that corrects the image data stored in the frame memory on a frame-by-frame basis by means of a statistical computation result calculated at the statistical computation section; an image display section that performs image display by means of the image data corrected at the correction section; a light source control section that calculates a control amount applied to the amount of light emitted from a light source on the basis of the corrected image data and then controls the amount of light emitted from the light source in accordance with the control amount; and a still picture judgment section that makes a judgment as to whether the frame image constitutes a still picture or not. In such a configuration of the image display apparatus according to an aspect of the invention, the statistical computation section suspends the statistical computation till the frame image is updated if the still picture judgment section judges that the frame image constitutes a still picture. | 08-28-2008 |
20080203279 | Electro-optical device, semiconductor device, display device, and electronic apparatus having the display device - An electro-optical device includes a panel formed so that an electro-optical material is held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a lighting unit that irradiates light to a surface of the first substrate or the second substrate of the panel, a light detecting portion that detects an illuminance of ambient light, and a light control portion that controls the lighting unit on the basis of result detected by the light detecting portion. The light detecting portion is provided on the first substrate or on the second substrate and includes a first optical sensor, a second optical sensor, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electric potential applying portion. The first optical sensor is irradiated with ambient light. The second optical sensor is shielded against irradiation of ambient light. The electrodes are configured to overlap the respective optical sensors through an insulating layer. | 08-28-2008 |
20080198095 | Image display device and electronic apparatus - An image display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixel display portions arranged in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction thereof, a plurality of slits arranged on the display panel so as to correspond to spaces between the pixel display portions adjacent to each other, an image input unit acquiring a first input image and a second input image, and a display control portion displaying the first input image and the second input image by alternately imparting input pixel data of the first input image and input pixel data of the second input image to the plurality of pixel display portions in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, in which the display control portion prepares display pixel data corresponding to specific input pixel data on the basis of the specific input pixel data of each of the first input image and second input image and at least one neighboring input pixel data adjacent to the specific input pixel data in the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction in the corresponding input image using a predetermined synthesis coefficient. | 08-21-2008 |