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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device for decreasing the influence of reflected light of external light caused by patterned bus lines, in the configuration wherein a backlight is disposed at a back surface of one substrate having common electrodes and color filters, and images are viewed from the side of the other substrate having pixel electrodes and thin film transistors. SOLUTION: A layer (low-reflection layer) 3a with optical reflectivity lower than that of bus lines 4a, which is patterned in the same shape as the bus lines 4a, is provided so as to cover the bus lines 4a in a buffer film 3 formed between a viewing side glass substrate 2 and an insulating film 4 where the bus lines 4a are disposed. The external light (A) made incident through the glass substrate 2 is shielded by the low-reflection layer 3a and does not arrive at the bus lines 4a. The external light is reflected (B) at the low-reflection layer 3a but the reflected light quantity is small. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display and the like that detects ambient light with a high degree of accuracy. SOLUTION: The display apparatus 10 includes a photo-sensor 30 for detecting the ambient light and outputting a photocurrent according to the intensity of the ambient light, wherein the display apparatus 10 includes a current sampling unit 32 and a light detection control unit 34. The current sampling unit is configured to sample the photocurrent output from the photo-sensor 30 and to output sampling signals to indicate the magnitude of the photocurrent. The light detection control unit is configured to determine an average of the sampling signals output from the current sampling unit 32 within a predetermined period of time. The current sampling unit 32 starts a next sampling period corresponding to the end of one of the sampling signals. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of improving display quality by performing finer overdrive (OD) control without increasing a memory capacity. SOLUTION: An operation device which operates and outputs an OD voltage and a prediction value of the next frame includes: a first comparator 21 which detects whether a start gradation value and an end gradation value are identical or not; a first lookup table (LUT) 24; a second LUT 25; an operator 23 which refers two LUT values and determines a middle output value for OD; a second comparator 26 which determines the relation between the output of the operator 23 and predetermined maximum and minimum values; a third LUT 27 for the calculation of an OD value which is referred according to outputs of the first and second comparators; a fourth LUT 28 for the calculation of the prediction value which is referred according to outputs of the first and second comparators; and a selector/data generator 22 which generates an OD output and a prediction output using outputs of the first comparator 21, the second comparator 26, and the operator 23. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device which displays two bright and vivid images viewed from two directions and improves manufacturing yield, and to provide manufacturing method thereof. SOLUTION: The liquid crystal device includes: a first transparent substrate; pixel electrodes of first pixels which are disposed on the first transparent substrate and belong to a first pixel group for displaying a first image; pixel electrodes of second pixels which are disposed on the first transparent substrate and belong to a second pixel group for displaying a second image; a second transparent substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode formed on the second transparent substrate so as to face each of the pixel electrodes; first projecting members or openings formed in regions facing each of the pixel electrodes of the first pixels, the region being a part of the common electrode; and second projecting members or openings vertically or horizontally asymmetrically formed in regions facing each of the pixel electrodes of the second pixels, the region being a part of the common electrode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an active matrix display apparatus with touch sensing function which has a high aperture ratio. SOLUTION: The active matrix display apparatus with touch sensing function includes: pixel parts where pixel cells (PX) are arrayed as a matrix, respectively positioned at intersections of source lines (SL) of respective columns and gate lines (GL1, GL2) of respective rows, each pixel having a liquid crystal element between a drain of the thin film transistor (TFT11, TFT21) and a common electrode line (CE), wherein sources of the thin film transistors are coupled to the source lines and gates thereof are coupled to the gate lines; and a touch sense switch part (SW) having two touch sensing transistors (TFT22, TFT12) coupled in series and a mechanical switch (S) shared by two adjacent pixel cell columns, coupled between the source line of the column and the common line, wherein the gates are coupled to the respective gate lines of the adjacent pixel cells between the two adjacent pixel cells of the same column. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device capable of reflecting desired color in an off-state without application of voltage, an electronic apparatus using the same, and a display method of the liquid crystal display device, in the liquid crystal display device applying a voltage to liquid crystal to control the transmission of light for display, the electronic apparatus using the same, and the display method of the liquid crystal display device. SOLUTION: In the liquid crystal display device applying a voltage to the liquid crystal to control the transmission of light for display, the color of the light transmitted through the liquid crystal and reflected becomes the desired color in a state without application of the voltage to the liquid crystal that performs the display in the state with the voltage of a prescribed or more to the liquid crystal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an LCD device with an improved contrast ratio and to provide an apparatus utilizing the same. SOLUTION: In the LCD device including at least one LCD cell, the LCD cell includes: a liquid crystal layer 100; a base panel adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; and a top panel adjacent to the liquid crystal layer but opposing the base panel. The base panel has a first polarizer POL1 arranged to polarize incident light into a first direction. The top panel includes: a color filter CF with one or more color filter portions so as to produce light with a prescribed color; a second polarizer POL2 on a side of the color filter opposite to the liquid crystal layer and designed to polarize incident light into a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a third polarizer POL3 located between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer and designed to polarize incident light into the second direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device with ambient light sensing. SOLUTION: A method is provided of controlling an illumination source for a display device which comprises a display modulator for modulating the light provided by the illumination source. The method comprises steps of: generating a first signal by a light sensor device on the basis of an ambient light level with a first illumination source drive condition; generating a second signal on the basis of the same ambient light level with a second illumination source drive condition different from the first drive condition; and processing the first and the second signals to compensate for differences in the light sensor arrangement response characteristics when operating with the first and the second illumination source drive conditions thereby to derive a compensated light sensor arrangement characteristic covering both the first and the second illumination source drive conditions. Ambient light levels detected using this model of the characteristic are used to control the display device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT