摘要:
A ferroelectric liquid crystal cell is controlled by applying a strobe pulse (Vs) and a data pulse (Vd1, Vd2, Vd3) to the cell, the magnitude of the data pulse being modulated in order to control the resultant pulse applied to the cell. The resultant pulse comprises a pre-pulse on one polarity and a main pulse of the opposite polarity. When applied to a liquid crystal cell of stepped thickness, the application of data pulses of different magnitudes switches regions of different thicknesses of the cell so as to provide grey level capability.
摘要:
A liquid crystal device is constituted by a first electrode substrate having thereon a group of first electrodes, a second electrode substrate having thereon a group of second electrodes intersecting the first electrodes, and a liquid crystal disposed between the first and second electrode substrates so as to form a pixel at each intersection of the first and second electrodes. The liquid crystal device is driven for gradational display by selecting and writing in a pixel plural times in one frame of display for gradational display, wherein a second and a subsequent writing among the plural times of writing is performed by applying a bipolar pulse of identical shapes in positive and negative polarities.
摘要:
A display apparatus is constituted by a display device including a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the scanning lines, and a pixel formed at each intersection of the scanning lines and data lines and showing plural display states depending on signals applied to an associated scanning line and an associated data line. The display device is driven by applying a selection signal to the scanning lines and applying to the data lines data signals for causing prescribed display states at the pixels in association with the selection signal. Further, at least one scanning line in a nonselected state is supplied with a dummy signal for temporarily changing display states of pixels on the at least one scanning line, whereby flickering on the display device is suppressed. The display apparatus is also applicable to gradational display.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display apparatus which has a display section in which a group of scan electrodes and a group of signal electrodes are arranged in a matrix shape and a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a bistability in the direction of an electric field is filled between both of said electrode groups and displays an image or information, comprising: means for sequentially writing gradation information from a pixel having a high threshold value on a scan line by a pulse to completely reset all of pixels on a selected scan electrode into a first stable state and one or a plurality of pulses subsequent to said reset pulse.
摘要:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal cell in which ferroelectric liquid crystal is disposed between two electrode substrates disposed to face each other and an intersection portion between a scanning electrode group and an information electrode group respectively formed on the electrode substrates is made to be a pixel; a scanning signal applying device; and an information signal applying device, wherein the pixel has a threshold distribution with respect to a gradation information signal at the time of a scanning selection operation, the scanning signal applying device simultaneously applies scanning signals to a plurality of scanning electrodes in synchronization with an operation in which the information signal applying device applies the gradation information signal to an information electrode, and the scanning signals applied simultaneously have different waveforms.
摘要:
A display apparatus comprises: a display section having a multiplicity of pixels P₁, P₂, each pixel having first and second bi-stable sub-pixels A, B and A′, B′ which have the same threshold characteristics; and driving means for driving the pixels in such a manner that a first writing pulse A₁ is applied to the first sub-pixel A, A′ so as to write a complete first stable state in the first sub-pixel A, A′, followed by application of a second writing pulse A₂ to write the second stable state, while a first writing pulse B₁ is applied to the second sub-pixel B,B′ to write a complete second stable state in the second sub-pixel B,B′, followed by application of a second writing pulse B₂ to write the first stable state. In an alternative form of the invention, a display apparatus comprises: a display section having a multiplicity of pixels, each pixel having first and second bi-stable sub-pixels A₁, A₂ which have the same threshold characteristics; and driving means for driving the pixels by applying a plurality of writing pulses to each of the first and second sub-pixels in such a manner that a first writing pulse Q₁ is applied to the first sub-pixel A₁ so as to write a complete first stable state in the first sub-pixel A₁, followed by application of second and subsequent writing pulses Q₂, Q₃ to alternately write the second stable state and the first stable state, while a first writing pulse R₁ is applied to the second sub-pixel A₂ to write a complete second stable state in the second sub-pixel A₂, followed by application of second and subsequent writing pulses R₂, R₃ to alternately write the first stable state and the second stable state A₂.
摘要翻译:显示装置包括:具有多个像素P1,P2的显示部分,每个像素具有具有相同阈值特性的第一和第二双稳态子像素A,B和A min,B min; 以及驱动装置,以使得第一写入脉冲A1被施加到第一子像素A A min的方式驱动像素,以便在第一子像素A A min中写入完整的第一稳定状态,随后 通过施加第二写入脉冲A2来写入第二稳定状态,同时第一写入脉冲B1施加到第二子像素B,B min在第二子像素B中写入完整的第二稳定状态B min ,然后施加第二写入脉冲B2以写入第一稳定状态。 在本发明的替代形式中,显示装置包括:具有多个像素的显示部分,每个像素具有具有相同阈值特性的第一和第二双稳态子像素A1,A2; 以及驱动装置,用于通过向第一子像素和第二子像素中的每一个施加多个写入脉冲来驱动像素,使得第一写入脉冲Q1施加到第一子像素A1,以便将完整的第一子像素写入 在第一子像素A1中稳定状态,随后施加第二和随后的写入脉冲Q2,Q3以交替地写入第二稳定状态和第一稳定状态,同时第一写入脉冲R1施加到第二子像素A2 在第二子像素A2中写入完整的第二稳定状态,然后施加第二和随后的写入脉冲R2,R3以交替地写入第一稳定状态和第二稳定状态A2。
摘要:
A method of driving a liquid crystal display element in which a switching element is provided for each of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix manner and a ferroelectric liquid crystal is sandwiched between the pixel electrodes and a counter electrode includes the steps of applying a reset voltage for resetting the entire pixel to a first stable state of the ferroelectric liquid crystal across the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, partially transiting the pixel to a second stable state by a tone signal voltage having a pole opposite to that of the reset voltage, and reversing the pole of the reset voltage every predetermined period. Assuming that a state reverse ratio of the ferroelectric liquid crystal is T(V)% when the tone signal voltage is V, a tone signal voltage V₁ after negative resetting and a corresponding tone signal voltage -V₂ after positive resetting satisfy the following relation: T(V₁) + T(V₂) = 100