Drive apparatus having a temperature detector
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
- a display element comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold value in accordance with the polarity of an applied voltage;
drive means for applying one polarity or another polarity voltage to said display element;
temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of said display element and outputting temperature data representative thereof; and
control means for (1) referring the temperature data to predetermined driving frequency data in accordance with a stored temperature, (2) extracting a designated one of the driving frequency data in accordance with a certain one of the temperature data, and (3) controlling said drive means so as to be able to apply one polarity or the other polarity voltage, exceeding the threshold value of the ferroelectric liquid crystal, to said display element at a selected driving period, and to apply a voltage between the first and the second threshold values of the ferroelectric liquid crystal to said display element at a non-selected driving period at a driving frequency represented by the designated driving frequency data.
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Abstract
A drive apparatus has a ferroelectric LCD for displaying information, a thermo detector for detecting the temperature of the LCD, a driver for driving the LCD by a drive signal having a pulse width corresponding to an output from the thermo detector, and a computer for controlling the driver. When a plurality of display elements are to be driven, they can be divided into blocks and controlled in accordance with an average temperature of each block.
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19 Claims
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display element comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold value in accordance with the polarity of an applied voltage; drive means for applying one polarity or another polarity voltage to said display element; temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of said display element and outputting temperature data representative thereof; and control means for (1) referring the temperature data to predetermined driving frequency data in accordance with a stored temperature, (2) extracting a designated one of the driving frequency data in accordance with a certain one of the temperature data, and (3) controlling said drive means so as to be able to apply one polarity or the other polarity voltage, exceeding the threshold value of the ferroelectric liquid crystal, to said display element at a selected driving period, and to apply a voltage between the first and the second threshold values of the ferroelectric liquid crystal to said display element at a non-selected driving period at a driving frequency represented by the designated driving frequency data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display element comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a first and a second threshold value in accordance with the polarity of an applied voltage; drive means for applying one polarity or an other polarity voltage to said display element; a plurality of temperature detection means each for detecting the temperature of said display element and outputting temperature data representative thereof; and control means for (1) calculating an average temperature of said display element from the plurality of temperature data, (2) referring the average temperature to predetermined driving frequency data in accordance with a stored temperature, (3) extracting a designated one of the driving frequency data in accordance with a certain one of the temperature data, and (4) controlling said drive means so as to be able to apply one polarity or the other polarity voltage, exceeding the threshold value of the ferroelectric liquid crystal, to said display element at a selected driving period, and to apply a voltage between the first and second threshold values of the ferroelectric liquid crystal to said display element at a non-selected driving period at a driving frequency represented by the designated driving frequency data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A display apparatus comprising:
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display means comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal assuming a first and a second threshold value in accordance with the polarity of an applied voltage, a set of scanning electrodes and a set of data electrodes, thereby defining a plurality of display elements intersecting the set of scanning electrodes and the set of data electrodes; drive means for applying a scanning signal in serial to the set of scanning electrodes, and applying data signals in parallel to the set of data electrodes; temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of said display means and outputting temperature data representative thereof; scanning means for outputting a scanning signal having a predetermined pulse width to scan said display means; signal output means for outputting a data signal having a predetermined pulse width to said display means; and control means for (1) referring the temperature data to predetermined pulse width data in accordance with a stored temperature, (2) extracting a designated one of the pulse width data in accordance with a certain one of the temperature data, and (3) controlling said scanning means and said signal output means so as to output the scanning signal having the designated pulse width and the data signal having the designated pulse width. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display panel comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal assuming a first and a second threshold value in accordance with the polarity of an applied voltage, a set of scanning electrodes and a set of data electrodes, thereby to define a plurality of display elements intersecting the set of scanning electrodes and the set of data electrodes; drive means for applying a scanning signal in serial to the set of scanning electrodes, and applying data signals in parallel to the set of data electrodes; temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of said display panel; control means to control the drive means so as to produce a picture on the display panel, to decrease the maximum of the applied voltage to the display element, and to apply a voltage exceeding the threshold value of the ferroelectric liquid crystal to a display element on a selected scanning electrode, and to apply a voltage between the first and the second threshold values of the ferroelectric liquid crystal to a display element on a nonselected scanning electrode.
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19. A display apparatus comprising:
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display means comprising a ferroelectric liquid crystal assuming a first and a second threshold value in accordance with the polarity of an applied voltage, a set of scanning electrodes and a set of data electrodes, thereby defining a plurality of display elements intersecting the set of scanning electrodes and the set of data electrodes; temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of said display means and outputting temperature data representing the same; scanning means for outputting a scanning signal having a predetermined peak value of the voltage to scan said display means; signal output means for outputting a data signal having a predetermined peak value of the voltage to said display means; and control means for (1) referring the temperature data to predetermined peak value data in accordance with a stored temperature, (2) extracting a designated one of the peak value data in accordance with a certain one of the temperature data, and (3) controlling said scanning means and said signal output means so as to output the scanning signal having the designated peak value of the voltage and the data signal having the designated peak value of the voltage.
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