LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having a positive polarity and a voltage having a negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising:
- an effective voltage control section that controls effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity have asymmetrical values to be applied to the pixel for all of tones which can be displayed,wherein the effective voltage control section shifts a counter electrode voltage or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages in the positive and the negative polarity to be symmetrically applied to the pixel.
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Abstract
A voltage having the positive polarity and a voltage having the negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode. A counter electrode voltage (Vcom) generating circuit or a source signal generating section is provided each of which controls effective voltages to be applied to the pixel for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity are asymmetrically applied to the pixel for all of the tones which can be displayed. The counter electrode voltage (Vcom) generating circuit or the source signal generating section shifts a counter electrode voltage Vcom-A or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages to be symmetrically applied to the pixel.
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21 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having a positive polarity and a voltage having a negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising:
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an effective voltage control section that controls effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity have asymmetrical values to be applied to the pixel for all of tones which can be displayed, wherein the effective voltage control section shifts a counter electrode voltage or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages in the positive and the negative polarity to be symmetrically applied to the pixel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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3. A liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having a positive polarity and a voltage having a negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising:
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an effective voltage control section that controls effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity have asymmetrical values to be applied to the pixel, for the effective voltages of not more than a first effective voltage which is lower than half of a maximum effective voltage, wherein the effective voltage control section shifts a counter electrode voltage or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages in the positive polarity and the negative polarity to be symmetrically applied to the pixel, for the effective voltages of not more than the first effective voltage. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having a positive polarity and a voltage having a negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising:
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an effective voltage control section that controls effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity are shifted by 0.3 V or more from each other and are asymmetrically applied to the pixel, for a tone at which a minimum effective voltage is applied to the pixel, and reduces asymmetricity more as a tone is changed from a tone for a lowest effective voltage to a tone corresponding to an effective voltage which is higher than the lowest effective voltage. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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19. A method for driving a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having a positive polarity and a voltage having a negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising the steps of:
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controlling effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity have asymmetrical values to be applied to the pixel for all of tones which can be displayed; and shifting a counter electrode voltage or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages in the positive polarity and the negative polarity to be symmetrically applied to the pixel.
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20. A method for driving a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having the positive polarity and a voltage having the negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising the steps of:
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controlling effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity have asymmetrical values to be applied to the pixel, for the effective voltages of not more than a first effective voltage which is lower than half of a maximum effective voltage; and shifting a counter electrode voltage or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages in the positive polarity and the negative polarity to be symmetrically applied to the pixel.
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21. A method for driving a liquid crystal display apparatus in which a voltage having a positive polarity and a voltage having a negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode, comprising the steps of:
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controlling effective voltages for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity are shifted by 0.3 V or more from each other and are asymmetrically applied to the pixel, for a tone at which a minimum effective voltage is applied to the pixel; and reducing asymmetricity more as a tone is changed from a tone for a lowest effective voltage to a tone corresponding to an effective voltage which is higher than the lowest effective voltage.
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