Color liquid crystal display employing dual cells driven with an EXCLUSIVE OR relationship
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1. A liquid crystal display device for generating three primary colors and combinations thereof including black and white, using at most two adjacent discrete subpixels which together form a full color pixel, comprising:
- first, second and third optical assemblies which together define either one or at most two subpixels;
said optical assemblies together include at least three liquid crystal display cells and cooperating optical components, said three liquid crystal display cells each capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times, and said liquid crystal display cells and said cooperating optical components being arranged in a manner which provides binary combinations of selected states and non-selected states, so that at least one of each of said colors is generated by one of said binary combinations of select states and non-select states;
wherein at least one of said optical assemblies includes two liquid crystal display cells and their respective states are controlled by the logic of EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR) so that in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in the same state, a particular color will be blocked and in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in different states, said particular one of said colors will be transmitted therethrough.
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A liquid crystal display device and method for generating the three primary colors and combinations thereof including black and white is disclosed using, at most, two adjacent discrete subpixels which together form a full color pixel. At least one dual STN cell system is included in each device, such controlled by EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR) logic.
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1. A liquid crystal display device for generating three primary colors and combinations thereof including black and white, using at most two adjacent discrete subpixels which together form a full color pixel, comprising:
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first, second and third optical assemblies which together define either one or at most two subpixels; said optical assemblies together include at least three liquid crystal display cells and cooperating optical components, said three liquid crystal display cells each capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times, and said liquid crystal display cells and said cooperating optical components being arranged in a manner which provides binary combinations of selected states and non-selected states, so that at least one of each of said colors is generated by one of said binary combinations of select states and non-select states; wherein at least one of said optical assemblies includes two liquid crystal display cells and their respective states are controlled by the logic of EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR) so that in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in the same state, a particular color will be blocked and in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in different states, said particular one of said colors will be transmitted therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A liquid crystal display device including three optical assemblies, each for generating one of three primary colors so that the three primary color and combinations thereof including black and white are generated, using at most two adjacent discrete subpixels which together form a full color pixel, comprising:
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a first liquid crystal display cell capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times; a second liquid crystal display cell capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times; a third liquid crystal display cell capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times; wherein said liquid crystal display cells and cooperating optical components are arranged in a manner which provides binary combinations of selected states and non-selected states, so that at least one of each of said colors is generated by one of said binary combinations of select states and non-select states; and wherein two of said liquid crystal display cells are included in an optical assembly such that their respective states are controlled by EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR) logic so that in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in the same state, a particular color will be blocked, and in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in different states, said particular one of said colors will be transmitted therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for arranging optical components so that they generate three primary colors, the three complementary colors and black and white, comprising the steps of:
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providing first, second and third optical assemblies, each for controlling a different primary color; including in said optical assemblies a least three liquid crystal display cells and cooperating optical components, said three liquid crystal display cells each capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times; arranging said first, second and third liquid crystal display cells in a manner which provides binary combinations of select states and non-select states so that each of said colors is generated by one of said binary combinations of select states and non-select state, and including in at least one of said optical assemblies, two liquid crystal display cells, so that their respective states are controlled by EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR) logic so that in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in the same state, a particular color will be blocked, ad in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in different states, said particular one of said colors will be transmitted therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A liquid crystal display device for generating three primary colors and combinations thereof including black and white, each of said primary colors generated by a different optical assembly, said device using at most two adjacent discrete subpixels which together form a full color pixel, comprising:
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a first optical assembly for controlling a first primary color; a second optical assembly, neighboring said first optical assembly, said second optical assembly for controlling a second primary color; a third optical assembly, neighboring said second optical assembly, said third optical assembly for controlling a third primary color; a first liquid crystal display cell capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times positioned within said first optical assembly; a second liquid crystal display cell capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times positioned within one of said optical assemblies; a third liquid crystal display cell capable of being in a select state and a non-select state at different times positioned within one of said optical assemblies; wherein said first, second and third liquid crystal display cells are ordered in a manner which provides binary combinations of select states and non-select states so that each of said colors is generated by one of said binary combinations of select states and non-select states; and wherein at least one of said optical assemblies includes two liquid crystal display cells and their respective states are controlled by EXCLUSIVE OR (XOR) logic so that in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in the same state, a particular color will be blocked, and in either state in which both liquid crystal display cells are in different states, said particular one of said colors will be transmitted therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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