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Method and apparatus for displaying halftone in a liquid crystal display

US7391398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 2004
Grant dateJun 24, 2008
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0247
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An liquid crystal display (LCD) device uses a method for displaying halftone without causing luminance differences among pixels when an FRC technique is used, and without causing stripe-shaped luminance variations when a flicker component is eliminated spatially. The LCD device includes a data splitter, a pixel location detecting circuit, a frame number determining circuit, an applied timing memory circuit, an applied voltage determining circuit, a summation process circuit, and a timing adjusting circuit. The LCD device determines driving voltages such that for each of a high voltage or a low voltage during these 2N frames, the number of applying positive voltages is the same as the number of applying negative voltages where a unit period is 2N frames for multi-gray-level display of (1+N) levels. The LCD device can improve image quality since the average luminance of each pixel is made uniform.

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