Active row backlight, column shutter LCD with one shutter transition per row
First Claim
1. A flat-panel display device for displaying images formed from a sequence of frames comprising:
- a linear array of longitudinal active backlights disposed in a first plane, each backlight successively emitting light once per frame for a fixed duration time interval t in successive time periods of duration p, where t≦
p,a linear array of longitudinal liquid-crystal shutters disposed in a second plane parallel to said first plane and oriented perpendicularly to said backlights, each of said shutters having first and second states, anda shutter driver for causing each shutter to make at most one transition between its states during each time period, the time of the shutter transition within a time period being dependent on a desired intensity of a pixel defined by the intersection of the shutter and the particular backlight illuminated in the time interval.
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Abstract
A flat-panel display device 500, 600 with an active array of parallel longitudinal row backlights 520, 620 disposed in a first plane is disclosed. The row backlights sequentially emit a row of light for a fixed-duration row-interval of time t in successive row periods of duration p. Each row is illuminated once in each frame. The flat panel display device also has an array of longitudinal parallel liquid-crystal column shutters 531, 631 disposed in a second plane parallel to the first plane. The column shutters are oriented orthogonally to the row backlights so as to define pixels at each intersection of a column shutter and a row backlight. A driver 590, 690 is provided for causing the column shutters to make, at most, one transition from the "off" state to the "on" state or vice-versa every row period.
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13 Claims
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1. A flat-panel display device for displaying images formed from a sequence of frames comprising:
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a linear array of longitudinal active backlights disposed in a first plane, each backlight successively emitting light once per frame for a fixed duration time interval t in successive time periods of duration p, where t≦
p,a linear array of longitudinal liquid-crystal shutters disposed in a second plane parallel to said first plane and oriented perpendicularly to said backlights, each of said shutters having first and second states, and a shutter driver for causing each shutter to make at most one transition between its states during each time period, the time of the shutter transition within a time period being dependent on a desired intensity of a pixel defined by the intersection of the shutter and the particular backlight illuminated in the time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A flat-panel display device for displaying images formed from a sequence of frames comprising:
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a linear array of longitudinal active backlights, each backlight successively emitting light once per frame for a fixed duration time interval t in successive time periods of duration p, where t≦
p,a linear array of longitudinal liquid-crystal shutters oriented perpendicularly to said backlights, each of said shutters receiving said emitted light of said backlights and having first and second states for blocking and transmitting said light, each shutter remaining in the state into which the shutter is driven, and a shutter driver for causing each shutter to make at most one transition between its states during each time period, the time of the shutter transition within a time period being dependent on a desired intensity of a pixel defined by the intersection of the shutter and the particular backlight illuminated in the time interval.
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13. A flat-panel display device for displaying images formed from a sequence of frames comprising:
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a linear array of longitudinal active backlights disposed in a first plane, each backlight successively emitting light once per frame for a fixed duration time interval t in successive time periods of duration p, where t≦
p,a linear array of longitudinal liquid-crystal shutters disposed in a second plane parallel to said first plane and oriented perpendicularly to said backlights, each of said shutters having first and second states, a liquid-crystal modulator disposed in a third plane parallel to said first and second planes on the same side of said first plane as said second plane, said modulator having first and second states, a modulator driver for causing said modulator to make a single transition between its states during each successive time period, and a shutter driver for causing each shutter to make at most one transition between its states during each time period, so that light is transmitted during a fraction of the associated time interval delimited by a transition time of said modulator and a transition time of the column shutter.
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