LIQUID CRYSTAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR, TEMPERATURE DETECTING METHOD BY LIQUID CRYSTAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE DRIVE METHOD
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal temperature sensor comprising:
- a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and
a control section for controlling driving of the liquid crystal panel,the liquid crystal panel including a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix,the control section including a current-to-temperature information converting section for (i) detecting an amount of current flowing into at least one of the picture elements and (ii) converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information of part of the liquid crystal layer which part corresponds to said at least one of the picture elements.
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Abstract
Provided is a liquid crystal temperature sensor including: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer; and a control section for controlling driving of the liquid crystal panel, the first substrate including (i) a plurality of signal lines intersecting with each other and (ii) switching elements correspondingly provided to intersections of the plurality of signal lines, the liquid crystal panel including a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix. In at least one embodiment, the control section includes a current-to-temperature information converting section for (i) detecting an amount of current flowing into at least one of the picture elements and (ii) converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information of part of the liquid crystal layer which part corresponds to the at least one of the picture elements.
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12 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal temperature sensor comprising:
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a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a control section for controlling driving of the liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix, the control section including a current-to-temperature information converting section for (i) detecting an amount of current flowing into at least one of the picture elements and (ii) converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information of part of the liquid crystal layer which part corresponds to said at least one of the picture elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for detecting a temperature of a liquid crystal layer in a liquid crystal temperature sensor, wherein the liquid crystal temperature sensor includes:
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a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a control section for controlling driving of the liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix, said method comprising the steps of; detecting an amount of current flowing into at least one of the picture elements; and converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for driving a liquid crystal device, wherein the liquid crystal device includes:
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a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a control section for controlling driving of the liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel including a plurality of picture elements arranged in a matrix, the control section includes; a current-to-temperature information converting section for (i) detecting an amount of current flowing into at least one of the picture elements and (ii) converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information of part of the liquid crystal layer which part corresponds to said at least one of the picture elements; a storing section for storing a plurality of tone conversion tables in which respective different degrees of tone change are set for tone conversion; a selecting section for selecting, among the plurality of tone conversion tables, a tone conversion table to be referred to; and a tone converting section for carrying out tone conversion on input tone data by referring to the tone conversion table selected, said method comprising the steps of; the current-to-temperature information converting section detecting an amount of current flowing into said at least one of the picture elements; the current-to-temperature information converting section converting the amount of current detected, into temperature information; based on the temperature information, the selecting section selecting, among the plurality of tone conversion tables stored in the storing section, a tone conversion table which is suitable for a temperature of the liquid crystal layer; the converting section carrying out tone conversion on input tone data by referring to the tone conversion table selected; and based on the input tone data on which the tone conversion has been carried out, driving the liquid crystal panel by overshoot driving. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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