Liquid crystal display device and driving device thereof, and method for driving liquid crystal display device
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines to which video signals are supplied as data signals, and a displaying section including pixels arranged in a matrix manner, the pixels respectively connected, via switching sections, with the scan signal lines and the data signal lines corresponding to intersecting points thereof, the liquid crystal display device comprising:
- a temperature sensor provided in at least one of the pixels in a displaying region of the displaying section;
a lead line provided unnoticeably in the displaying section, for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature sensor to a peripheral section of the displaying section;
a temperature measurement control section for measuring a temperature based on the detection signal transmitted from the temperature sensor;
a data signal line driving section for outputting the data signal to the data signal lines in a manner based on the temperature measured in the temperature measurement control section; and
spare lines respectively corresponding to the data signal lines and branched to be connected with the data signal lines in such a manner that a ladder-like shape is formed with the spare lines and the data signal lines, the spare lines being for ensuring transmission of the data signal even if breaking occurs in a data signal line,the spare lines also functioning as the lead line.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes (i) a temperature sensor provided in at least one of pixels in a displaying area of a display panel, (ii) a lead line buried in the display panel, for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature sensor to a vicinity of the display panel, (iii) a temperature measurement control section for measuring a pixel temperature based on the detection signal transmitted from the temperature sensor, (iv) a data signal line driving section for outputting the data signal to the data signal lines in accordance with the pixel temperature measured in the temperature measurement control section. Further, the liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes (i) a plurality of data generating sections for generating data signals of the different output levels based on an inputted video signal and a video signal that is at least one frame earlier than the inputted video signal, (ii) a data generating section containing section for containing therein the plurality of the data generating sections, and (iii) a memory for use in selecting one of the data generating sections on a line-by-line basis for the respective scan signal lines.
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13 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines to which video signals are supplied as data signals, and a displaying section including pixels arranged in a matrix manner, the pixels respectively connected, via switching sections, with the scan signal lines and the data signal lines corresponding to intersecting points thereof, the liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a temperature sensor provided in at least one of the pixels in a displaying region of the displaying section; a lead line provided unnoticeably in the displaying section, for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature sensor to a peripheral section of the displaying section; a temperature measurement control section for measuring a temperature based on the detection signal transmitted from the temperature sensor; a data signal line driving section for outputting the data signal to the data signal lines in a manner based on the temperature measured in the temperature measurement control section; and spare lines respectively corresponding to the data signal lines and branched to be connected with the data signal lines in such a manner that a ladder-like shape is formed with the spare lines and the data signal lines, the spare lines being for ensuring transmission of the data signal even if breaking occurs in a data signal line, the spare lines also functioning as the lead line. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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2. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines to which video signals are supplied as data signals, and a displaying section including pixels arranged in a matrix manner, the pixels respectively connected, via switching sections, with the scan signal lines and the data signal lines corresponding to intersecting points thereof, the liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a temperature sensor provided in at least one of the pixels in a displaying region of the displaying section; a temperature measurement control section provided in a peripheral section of the displaying section, for measuring a pixel temperature based on the detection signal transmitted from the temperature sensor; a lead line for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature sensor to the temperature measurement control section, the lead line unnoticeably provided in the displaying section; data signal line driving section for outputting the data signal to the data signal lines in accordance with the temperature measured in the temperature measurement control section; and spare lines respectively corresponding to the data signal lines and branched to be connected with the data signal lines in such a manner that a ladder-like shape is formed with the spare lines and the data signal lines, the spare lines being for ensuring transmission of the data signal even if breaking occurs in a data signal line, the spare lines also functioning as the lead line.
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6. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines to which video signals are supplied as data signals, and a displaying section including pixels arranged in a matrix manner, the pixels respectively connected, via switching sections, with the scan signal lines and the data signal lines corresponding to intersecting points thereof, the liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a temperature sensor provided in at least one of the pixels in a displaying region of the displaying section; a lead line provided unnoticeably in the displaying section, for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature sensor to a peripheral section of the displaying section; a temperature measurement control section for measuring a temperature based on the detection signal transmitted from the temperature sensor; a data, signal line driving section for outputting the data signal to the data signal lines in a manner based on the temperature measured in the temperature measurement control section, wherein the temperature sensor is provided in a vicinity of a scan signal line or in a vicinity of a data signal line, and the temperature sensor is shielded by a shielding member.
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7. A liquid crystal display device including a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines to which video signals are supplied as data signals, and a displaying section including pixels arranged in a matrix manner, the pixels respectively connected, via switching sections, with the scan signal lines and the data signal lines corresponding to intersecting points thereof, the liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a temperature sensor provided in at least one of the pixels in a displaying region of the displaying section; a lead line provided unnoticeably in the displaying section, for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature sensor to a peripheral section of the displaying section; a temperature measurement control section for measuring a temperature based on the detection signal transmitted from the temperature sensor; a data signal line driving section for outputting the data signal to the data signal lines in a manner based on the temperature measured in the temperature measurement control section; a plurality of temperature sensors are provided in the pixels only in an area excluding a top H/4 of the displaying region and a bottom H/4 of the displaying region, where H is a height of the displaying region; and the temperature is an average of a plurality of the detection signals transmitted from the plurality of the temperature sensor, the average calculated by the temperature measurement control section. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for driving a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of scan signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines to which video signals are supplied as data signals, and a displaying section including pixels arranged in a matrix manner, the pixels respectively connected, via switching sections, with the scan signal lines and the data signal lines corresponding to intersecting points thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
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(I) measuring temperature based on a detection signal transmitted from a temperature sensor to a periphery of the displaying section via a lead wire buried in the displaying section, the temperature sensor provided in at least one of the pixels in a displaying area of the displaying section; (II) driving the data signal lines by supplying the data signals to the data signal lines in accordance with the temperature of the pixels measured in the (I); and (III) ensuring transmission of the data signal even if breaking occurs in a data signal line with spare lines respectively corresponding to the data signal lines and branched to be connected with the data signal lines in such a manner that a ladder-like shape is formed with the spare lines and the data signal lines, wherein the spare lines function as the lead wire.
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