JP2009204898A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (12)

In an electro-optical device including a plurality of pixels,
Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels that emit light of two different colors .
Among the plurality of sub-pixels, at least one sub-pixel includes a plurality of divided sub-pixels that emit light of the same color, and each of the plurality of divided sub-pixels is independently driven with two gradations. An electro-optical device. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pixels includes two sub-pixels, and each of the two sub-pixels emits red and green light. Both of the two sub-pixels, an electro-optical device according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of divided sub-pixels. The electro-optical device according to claim 3, wherein one of the sub-pixels includes two divided sub-pixels. 4. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of divided sub-pixels have the same luminance characteristic in the sub-pixel. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of divided sub-pixels have different luminance characteristics in the sub-pixel. The electro-optical device according to claim 6, wherein in the sub-pixel, the plurality of divided sub-pixels include color filters having different densities. The electro-optical device according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of divided sub-pixels have different light emission areas in the sub-pixel. An element substrate on which pixel electrodes corresponding to the sub-pixels are formed; a counter substrate disposed opposite to the element substrate; and a liquid crystal held between the element substrate and the counter substrate. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 . An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 9 . A light source that supplies light to the electro-optical device according to claim 9, and an optical system that projects display light, which is obtained by optically modulating light emitted from the light source by the electro-optical device, toward a projection surface. An electronic device including the electronic device . In a driving method of an electro-optical device including a plurality of pixels,
Each of the plurality of pixels is provided with a plurality of sub-pixels that emit light of two different colors , and at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels emits light of the same color. Providing divided sub-pixels;
A driving method of an electro-optical device, wherein each of the plurality of divided sub-pixels is driven independently with two gradations.