GB8616825D0 - Liquid crystal apparatus - Google Patents

Liquid crystal apparatus

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GB8616825D0
GB8616825D0 GB868616825A GB8616825A GB8616825D0 GB 8616825 D0 GB8616825 D0 GB 8616825D0 GB 868616825 A GB868616825 A GB 868616825A GB 8616825 A GB8616825 A GB 8616825A GB 8616825 D0 GB8616825 D0 GB 8616825D0
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Prior art keywords
liquid crystal
crystal apparatus
liquid
crystal
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GB868616825A
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GB2178582A (en
GB2178582B (en
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP15662285A external-priority patent/JPS6217732A/en
Priority claimed from JP16903985A external-priority patent/JPS6228716A/en
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Publication of GB2178582A publication Critical patent/GB2178582A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N3/00—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages
    • H04N3/10—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical
    • H04N3/12—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by switched stationary formation of lamps, photocells or light relays
    • H04N3/127—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by switched stationary formation of lamps, photocells or light relays using liquid crystals
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    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/34—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source
    • G09G3/36—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
    • G09G3/3611—Control of matrices with row and column drivers
    • G09G3/3622—Control of matrices with row and column drivers using a passive matrix
    • G09G3/3629—Control of matrices with row and column drivers using a passive matrix using liquid crystals having memory effects, e.g. ferroelectric liquid crystals
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/34—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source
    • G09G3/36—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
    • G09G3/3611—Control of matrices with row and column drivers
    • G09G3/3622—Control of matrices with row and column drivers using a passive matrix
    • G09G3/3629—Control of matrices with row and column drivers using a passive matrix using liquid crystals having memory effects, e.g. ferroelectric liquid crystals
    • G09G3/3637—Control of matrices with row and column drivers using a passive matrix using liquid crystals having memory effects, e.g. ferroelectric liquid crystals with intermediate tones displayed by domain size control
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/06—Details of flat display driving waveforms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/06—Details of flat display driving waveforms
    • G09G2310/061—Details of flat display driving waveforms for resetting or blanking
    • G09G2310/063—Waveforms for resetting the whole screen at once
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
    • G09G2320/02—Improving the quality of display appearance
    • G09G2320/0271—Adjustment of the gradation levels within the range of the gradation scale, e.g. by redistribution or clipping
    • G09G2320/0276—Adjustment of the gradation levels within the range of the gradation scale, e.g. by redistribution or clipping for the purpose of adaptation to the characteristics of a display device, i.e. gamma correction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/2007—Display of intermediate tones
    • G09G3/2011—Display of intermediate tones by amplitude modulation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/2007—Display of intermediate tones
    • G09G3/2014—Display of intermediate tones by modulation of the duration of a single pulse during which the logic level remains constant
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/2007—Display of intermediate tones
    • G09G3/2018—Display of intermediate tones by time modulation using two or more time intervals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/2007—Display of intermediate tones
    • G09G3/207—Display of intermediate tones by domain size control

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal Display Device Control (AREA)
GB8616825A 1985-07-16 1986-07-10 Liquid crystal apparatus Expired - Lifetime GB2178582B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP15662285A JPS6217732A (en) 1985-07-16 1985-07-16 Liquid crystal device and driving method
JP16903985A JPS6228716A (en) 1985-07-30 1985-07-30 Liquid crystal device and its driving method

Publications (3)

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GB8616825D0 true GB8616825D0 (en) 1986-08-20
GB2178582A GB2178582A (en) 1987-02-11
GB2178582B GB2178582B (en) 1990-01-24

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GB8616825A Expired - Lifetime GB2178582B (en) 1985-07-16 1986-07-10 Liquid crystal apparatus

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FR (1) FR2585163B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2178582B (en)

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US4830467A (en) * 1986-02-12 1989-05-16 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha A driving signal generating unit having first and second voltage generators for selectively outputting a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal
DE3787660T2 (en) * 1986-02-17 1994-02-17 Canon Kk Control unit.
US4859035A (en) * 1986-05-26 1989-08-22 Nec Corporation Ferroelectric liquid crystal light shutter device and method of controlling the driving of the same
CN1013528B (en) * 1987-05-09 1991-08-14 株式会社半导体能源研究所 Data access card of ferro-electric liquid crystals
GB2208741B (en) * 1987-08-12 1992-03-25 Gen Electric Co Plc Ferroelectric liquid crystal devices
US4888599A (en) * 1987-10-23 1989-12-19 Rockwell International Corp. Real time apparatus for adjusting contrast ratio of liquid crystal displays
EP0536975B1 (en) * 1991-10-07 1997-06-04 Fujitsu Limited Method of driving surface-stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystal display element for increasing the number of gray scales
GB2271011A (en) * 1992-09-23 1994-03-30 Central Research Lab Ltd Greyscale addressing of ferroelectric liquid crystal displays.
GB2293907A (en) * 1994-10-03 1996-04-10 Sharp Kk Drive scheme for liquid crystal display

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US4367924A (en) * 1980-01-08 1983-01-11 Clark Noel A Chiral smectic C or H liquid crystal electro-optical device
JPS5919486A (en) * 1982-07-22 1984-01-31 Sony Corp Picture display device
US4655561A (en) * 1983-04-19 1987-04-07 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Method of driving optical modulation device using ferroelectric liquid crystal
GB2146473B (en) * 1983-09-10 1987-03-11 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Addressing liquid crystal displays
FR2558606B1 (en) * 1984-01-23 1993-11-05 Canon Kk METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING IT
US4709995A (en) * 1984-08-18 1987-12-01 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ferroelectric display panel and driving method therefor to achieve gray scale

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FR2585163B1 (en) 1993-12-10
DE3623895A1 (en) 1987-01-29
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FR2585163A1 (en) 1987-01-23
GB2178582A (en) 1987-02-11
GB2178582B (en) 1990-01-24

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