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- the present invention relates to a display device, and more particularly to a display device that switches the polarity of a voltage applied to a pixel at a constant period.
- a voltage having the same polarity is continuously applied to a pixel, a problem such as burn-in occurs. Therefore, AC driving is performed to switch the polarity of a voltage applied to the pixel (hereinafter referred to as a pixel applied voltage) at a certain period. Is called.
- line inversion driving for switching the polarity of the pixel application voltage for one or a plurality of gate lines source line inversion driving for switching the polarity of the pixel application voltage for one or more data lines
- a pixel application voltage for each pixel For example, dot inversion driving is performed to switch the polarity.
- a thin film transistor hereinafter referred to as TFT
- the pixel applied voltage decreases by a predetermined amount. ing.
- the difference between the drain voltage of the TFT 4 and the common electrode voltage Vcom becomes the pixel applied voltage.
- the gate voltage of the TFT 4 changes from the high level to the low level
- the pixel applied voltage decreases by an amount corresponding to the capacitance value of the parasitic capacitance 7 existing between the gate and drain of the TFT 4.
- the amount of decrease at this time is called a pull-in voltage or a feedthrough voltage.
- the pixel applied voltage is applied when a positive voltage is applied (hereinafter referred to as positive polarity) and when a negative voltage is applied (hereinafter referred to as negative polarity).
- positive polarity a positive voltage is applied
- negative polarity a negative voltage is applied
- Vcom the common electrode voltage
- the common electrode voltage Vcom is adjusted so that the effective value of the pixel applied voltage is equal between the positive polarity and the negative polarity.
- Patent Document 1 describes a liquid crystal display device including a frame memory 91 for storing gradation data of the previous frame and a correction circuit 92 as shown in FIG. 18 in order to make the response time of the liquid crystal substantially constant. ing.
- the correction circuit 92 outputs to the liquid crystal driver 93 corrected grayscale data that provides a display grayscale corresponding to the input grayscale data after one frame time.
- the gradation data is smaller than the stored gradation data
- the input gradation data is output to the liquid crystal driver 93.
- Patent Document 2 correction is performed to overshoot or undershoot the luminance so that the average luminance becomes the target luminance, and even if the luminance necessary for the correction is the same, the levels of the input gradation signals of the current frame and the previous frame are corrected.
- a display device including a correction circuit that reduces or increases a correction signal in accordance with the level of a tone level is described.
- Patent Document 3 describes a liquid crystal display device that performs overshoot driving using two tables.
- Patent Document 4 describes a liquid crystal display device that performs line inversion driving by controlling the degree of overshoot according to the polarity of a voltage applied to a data line.
- the liquid crystal display device has a problem that when a moving image is displayed, flickering, a striped pattern, a granular pattern, or the like is generated on the display screen, and the display quality is deteriorated.
- One cause of this problem is that the response speed of the liquid crystal differs between positive polarity and negative polarity.
- the response speed of the liquid crystal differs between positive polarity and negative polarity.
- the pixel applied voltage changes in the pixel 3 shown in FIG. 3
- the dielectric constant of the liquid crystal changes, and the capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor 5 also changes.
- the pull-in voltage depends on the capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor 5 at the time when the TFT 4 changes to the off state, and thus is influenced by the pixel applied voltage in the previous frame time.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a display device having a small response speed difference between positive polarity and negative polarity and high display quality.
- a first aspect of the present invention is a display device,
- a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a thin film transistor;
- a correction unit that performs correction to compensate for a decrease in the pixel applied voltage caused by the parasitic capacitance existing between the gate and drain of the thin film transistor with respect to the input video signal;
- a drive unit that applies a voltage corresponding to the video signal obtained by the correction unit while switching the polarity to each pixel in the display panel;
- a storage unit for storing, as reference data, data obtained when correcting the video signal of the previous frame;
- the correction unit performs, based on the input video signal and reference data read from the storage unit, different corrections according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least a part of the combination of both values. .
- the correction unit performs correction on the input video signal using a correction value read from the table,
- the table stores a correction value that differs according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least a part of the combination of the input video signal and the value of the reference data.
- the storage unit stores a video signal of a previous frame as the reference data.
- the storage unit stores the reached gradation after one frame time as the reference data.
- the table is characterized in that the reached gradation after one frame time is fixedly stored in association with the combination of the input video signal and the value of the reference data.
- the image processing apparatus further includes a frame rate conversion unit that performs a process of generating a plurality of subframes on the input video signal based on one image and outputs the obtained video signal to the correction unit.
- the display panel further includes a plurality of gate lines used for pixel selection;
- the driving unit applies a voltage having the same polarity to a plurality of pixels connected to the same gate line.
- the display panel further includes a plurality of gate lines used for pixel selection;
- the driving unit applies a mixture of positive voltage and negative voltage to a plurality of pixels connected to the same gate line.
- the correction unit increases the pixel applied voltage when the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage is larger than the previous frame for at least a part of the combination of the input video signal and the reference data value, and the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage When the value becomes smaller than the previous frame, the pixel applied voltage is corrected to be lowered.
- the correction unit changes the gradation value in the same direction as the change from the previous frame when applying a positive voltage for at least a part of the combination of the input video signal and the reference data value, When applied, correction is performed to change the gradation value in the direction opposite to the change from the previous frame.
- the display panel is a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixels further including a liquid crystal capacitor and an auxiliary capacitor, and includes a plurality of types of pixels in which at least one of the capacitance values of the liquid crystal capacitor, the auxiliary capacitor, and the parasitic capacitor is different.
- the correction unit may perform different corrections on the input video signal depending on the type of pixel.
- a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the eleventh aspect of the present invention,
- the display panel includes a plurality of types of pixels having different cell gaps.
- a thirteenth aspect of the present invention is a method for driving a display device having a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a thin film transistor, Correcting an input video signal to compensate for a decrease in pixel applied voltage caused by parasitic capacitance existing between the gate and drain of the thin film transistor; Applying a voltage corresponding to the corrected video signal to each pixel in the display panel while switching the polarity; Storing the data obtained when correcting the video signal of the previous frame as reference data, The correcting step is characterized in that, based on the input video signal and stored reference data, at least a part of a combination of both values is corrected differently according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage.
- the input video signal is corrected in order to compensate for the decrease in the pixel applied voltage due to the parasitic capacitance existing between the gate and the drain of the thin film transistor.
- the input video signal is changed by performing different corrections according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage based on the reference data obtained when correcting the video signal of the previous frame when performing the correction for the pull-in voltage. Correction can be performed accurately. Therefore, the luminance of the pixels after one frame time can be made uniform between the time of applying the positive voltage and the time of applying the negative voltage, and the difference in response speed can be eliminated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display screen from flickering and improve the display quality.
- correction values related to the input video signal are fixedly stored in association with the combination of the values of the input video signal and the reference data. Necessary correction values can be easily obtained.
- the difference in response speed between the application of the positive voltage and the application of the negative voltage is eliminated with a relatively small circuit amount. , Display quality can be improved.
- the fourth aspect of the present invention by using the reached gradation after one frame time as the reference data, the difference in response speed between the application of the positive voltage and the application of the negative voltage is eliminated with higher accuracy.
- the display quality can be further improved.
- the fifth aspect of the present invention by providing a table in which the correction value related to the input video signal and the reached gradation after one frame time are fixedly stored, one frame time after necessary for the correction of the pull-in voltage is provided. Can be easily obtained.
- the difference in response speed between application of positive voltage and application of negative voltage is eliminated. , Display quality can be improved.
- the seventh aspect of the present invention in a display device that applies a voltage having the same polarity to a plurality of pixels connected to the same gate line, such as line inversion driving, the positive polarity voltage is applied and the negative polarity is applied.
- the difference in response speed between the time of voltage application can be eliminated and display quality can be improved.
- a display in which a positive voltage and a negative voltage are mixedly applied to a plurality of pixels connected to the same gate line, such as dot inversion driving and source line inversion driving.
- the difference in response speed between application of positive voltage and application of negative voltage can be eliminated, and display quality can be improved.
- the pixel applied voltage when the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage becomes larger than that of the previous frame, the pixel applied voltage is corrected in consideration of the large pull-in voltage, and the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage is determined.
- the correction can be performed accurately even when the input video signal changes by performing the correction to reduce the pixel applied voltage in consideration of the small pull-in voltage. Therefore, the difference in response speed between application of positive voltage and application of negative voltage can be eliminated, and display quality can be improved.
- the gradation value when a positive voltage is applied, the gradation value is changed in the same direction as the change from the previous frame, and when a negative voltage is applied, in the opposite direction to the change from the previous frame.
- the correction can be performed accurately even when the input video signal changes. Therefore, the difference in response speed between application of positive voltage and application of negative voltage can be eliminated, and display quality can be improved.
- the eleventh aspect of the present invention even when a liquid crystal panel in which the capacitance value of the capacitance in the pixel is different depending on the type of pixel is used, different correction is performed depending on the type of pixel when performing correction for the pull-in voltage. As a result, the difference in response speed between the application of the positive voltage and the application of the negative voltage can be eliminated for all types of pixels, and the display quality can be improved.
- the type of pixel is set when correction for the pull-in voltage is performed.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a layout diagram of a liquid crystal panel of the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of pixels included in the liquid crystal panel of the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the pixel applied voltage and liquid crystal dielectric constant in the pixel shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between a pixel applied voltage and a pull-in voltage in the pixel shown in FIG. 3. It is a figure which shows the change of the drain voltage of TFT in a pixel, and the change of pixel capacity
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the liquid crystal display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- a liquid crystal display device 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a display control unit 11, a frame memory 12, a lookup table (LUT) 13, a gate line driving circuit 14, a data line driving circuit 15, and a liquid crystal panel. 16 is provided.
- the liquid crystal display device 10 corrects the input video signal Xa in the display controller 11 and displays an image on the liquid crystal panel 16 by performing AC driving based on the corrected video signal Xb.
- FIG. 2 is a layout diagram of the liquid crystal panel 16. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of gate lines 1, a plurality of data lines 2, and a plurality of pixels 3 are formed on the liquid crystal panel 16.
- the gate lines 1 are arranged in parallel to each other, and the data lines 2 are arranged in parallel to each other so as to be orthogonal to the gate lines 1.
- the pixels 3 are two-dimensionally arranged corresponding to the intersections of the gate lines 1 and the data lines 2.
- the gate line 1 is also called a scanning signal line
- the data line 2 is also called a source line or a video signal line.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of the pixel 3.
- the pixel 3 includes a TFT 4, a liquid crystal capacitor 5, and an auxiliary capacitor 6.
- the TFT 4 has a gate electrode connected to the gate line 1 and a source electrode connected to the data line 2.
- the drain electrode of the TFT 4 is connected to one electrode of the liquid crystal capacitor 5 and one electrode of the auxiliary capacitor 6.
- a common electrode voltage Vcom is applied to the other electrode of the liquid crystal capacitor 5, and an auxiliary capacitance voltage Vcs of the same level as the common electrode voltage Vcom is applied to the other electrode of the auxiliary capacitance 6.
- the parasitic capacitance 7 exists between the gate electrode and the drain electrode of the TFT 4, and the difference between the drain voltage of the TFT 4 and the common electrode voltage Vcom becomes the pixel applied voltage.
- the TFT 4 functions as a switching element that switches whether to write a voltage to the pixel 3 or not.
- a voltage higher than the threshold voltage of the TFT 4 is applied to the gate line 1, and a voltage corresponding to the video signal is applied to the data line 2.
- the drain voltage of the TFT 4 becomes equal to the voltage applied to the data line 2, and the liquid crystal capacitor 5 and the auxiliary capacitor 6 accumulate an amount of charge corresponding to the pixel applied voltage at this time. Is done.
- Equation (1) Vg pp is the amount of change in the gate voltage of the TFT 4
- Clc is the capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor 5
- Ccs is the capacitance value of the auxiliary capacitor 6
- Cgd is the capacitance value of the parasitic capacitor 7.
- the pixel applied voltage is maintained at substantially the same level until the TFT 4 is turned on again.
- the luminance of the pixel during this period is determined by the pixel applied voltage. Therefore, a desired image can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 16 by writing a voltage corresponding to the input video signal Xa to all the pixels 3 in the liquid crystal panel 16.
- the display control unit 11 is a control circuit that controls the entire liquid crystal display device 10.
- the frame memory 12 is a memory that stores at least one frame of the input video signal Xa.
- the LUT 13 is a table in which correction values of the input video signal Xa are fixedly stored in advance.
- the gate line driving circuit 14 and the data line driving circuit 15 are driving circuits for the liquid crystal panel 16.
- a video signal source 100 that outputs a synchronization signal SS and a video signal Xa is provided outside the liquid crystal display device 10.
- the synchronization signal SS and the video signal Xa output from the video signal source 100 are input to the display control unit 11.
- the display control unit 11 outputs a control signal C1 to the gate line driving circuit 14 and outputs a control signal C2 to the data line driving circuit 15 based on the synchronization signal SS.
- the control signal C1 includes a gate start pulse and a gate clock
- the control signal C2 includes a source start pulse and a source clock.
- the display control unit 11 outputs a line polarity REV indicating the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for each line to the data line driving circuit 15.
- the display control unit 11 performs correction for compensating for the pull-in voltage with respect to the input video signal Xa, and outputs the corrected video signal Xb to the data line driving circuit 15.
- the frame memory 12 and the LUT 13 are provided for performing this correction.
- the gate line driving circuit 14 drives the gate line 1 of the liquid crystal panel 16 based on the control signal C1. More specifically, the gate line driving circuit 14 sequentially selects one gate line from the plurality of gate lines 1 according to the control signal C1, and applies a voltage higher than the threshold voltage of the TFT 4 to the selected gate line. A voltage lower than the threshold voltage of the TFT 4 is applied to the other gate lines.
- the data line driving circuit 15 drives the data line 2 of the liquid crystal panel 16 based on the control signal C2, the line polarity REV, and the corrected video signal Xb. More specifically, the data line driving circuit 15 generates a voltage corresponding to the corrected video signal Xb and applies the generated voltage to the data line 2. At this time, the data line driving circuit 15 switches the polarity of the generated voltage between positive polarity and negative polarity according to the line polarity REV.
- the display control unit 11 writes the input video signal Xa into the frame memory 12, and reads out the written video signal after one frame time.
- the video signal read from the frame memory 12 is referred to as “video signal Xp of the previous frame”.
- the display control unit 11 reads the video signal Xp of the previous frame from the frame memory 12 while writing the input video signal Xa to the frame memory 12 as the video signal of the current frame at each frame time.
- the display control unit 11 outputs to the LUT 13 an input video signal Xa, a video signal Xp of the previous frame, and a pixel polarity POL indicating the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for each pixel, and the correction value read from the LUT 13 Is output to the data line driving circuit 15 as the corrected video signal Xb.
- the LUT 13 stores the correction value of the input video signal Xa in a fixed manner in advance in association with the combination of the gradation value of the input video signal Xa, the gradation value of the video signal Xp of the previous frame, and the value of the pixel polarity POL. is doing. For example, when the input video signal Xa is a video signal with 256 gradations, a maximum of (256 ⁇ 256 ⁇ 2) correction values are stored in the LUT 13.
- the correction value corresponding to this combination of gradation values is determined by the following method, for example. First, based on the gradation values Ra and Rp and the pixel polarity POL, it is determined whether the pixel applied voltage should be increased or decreased in order to compensate for the pull-in voltage. When the pixel applied voltage is to be increased, the correction value is determined so that the pixel applied voltage is increased by an amount represented by the following equation (2). When the pixel applied voltage is to be lowered, the correction value is determined so that the pixel applied voltage is lowered by an amount represented by the following equation (2).
- the correction value when white display is performed after black display is determined so that the pixel applied voltage is increased or decreased by the amount shown in Expression (3). Further, the correction value when performing black display after white display is determined so that the pixel applied voltage is increased or decreased by the amount shown in Expression (4).
- ⁇ Vd Vg pp ⁇ Cgd / (Clc (B) + Ccs + Cgd) (3)
- ⁇ Vd Vg pp ⁇ Cgd / (Clc (W) + Ccs + Cgd) (4)
- Clc (B) included in Expression (3) is a pixel applied voltage at the time of black display
- Clc (W) included in Expression (4) is a pixel applied voltage at the time of white display.
- the correction value stored in the LUT 13 is determined such that the pixel applied voltage changes according to the video signal of the previous frame.
- the display control unit 11 corrects the compensation for the pull-in voltage with respect to the input video signal Xa (that is, compensates for the decrease in the pixel applied voltage caused by the parasitic capacitance 7. It functions as a correction unit that performs correction.
- the frame memory 12 functions as a storage unit that stores data (input video signal Xa in this embodiment) obtained at the time of correcting the video signal of the previous frame as reference data.
- the LUT 13 functions as a table in which correction values related to the input video signal Xa are fixedly stored in association with combinations of values of the input video signal Xa and reference data.
- the gate line driving circuit 14 and the data line driving circuit 15 apply a voltage corresponding to the video signal (corrected video signal Xb) obtained by the correction unit to each pixel 3 in the liquid crystal panel 16 while switching the polarity. Functions as a drive unit.
- a liquid crystal display device that corrects the amount of drawn voltage by a data line driving circuit is conventionally known.
- the data line driving circuit of the conventional liquid crystal display device changes the pixel applied voltage according to the video signal of the current frame.
- the conventional data line driving circuit changes the pixel applied voltage by the amount shown in Expression (5).
- ⁇ Vd Vg pp ⁇ Cgd / (Clc (A) + Ccs + Cgd) (5)
- Clc (A) included in Equation (5) is a capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor 5 when the current frame is displayed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the pixel applied voltage and the liquid crystal dielectric constant in the pixel 3.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the pixel applied voltage and the pull-in voltage in the pixel 3. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the higher the pixel applied voltage, the higher the liquid crystal dielectric constant and the lower the pull-in voltage.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a change in the drain voltage of the TFT in the pixel and a change in the pixel capacitance in the normally white mode liquid crystal panel.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the same contents for a normally black mode liquid crystal panel.
- the pixel is alternately written with a positive voltage higher than the common electrode voltage and a negative voltage lower than the common electrode voltage.
- white display voltage hereinafter referred to as white voltage
- black display voltage hereinafter referred to as black voltage
- a black voltage is written in the first, fourth, and fifth frame times
- a white voltage is written in the second and third frame times.
- the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage is larger when displaying black than when displaying white. Since the pixel capacity increases as the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage increases (see FIG. 4), the pixel capacity increases in the second and third frame times during which black display is performed. However, even if the pixel applied voltage changes sharply, the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules changes slowly, so that the pixel capacitance also changes slowly. Therefore, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 6, the pixel capacity gradually increases in the second frame time and gradually decreases in the fourth frame time.
- the capacitance value Clc included in Equation (1) is the capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitance 5 at the time when the TFT 4 changes to the off state.
- the capacitance value Clc is set to a capacitance value when the previous frame is displayed rather than a capacitance value when the current frame is displayed. close.
- the pixel applied voltage greatly decreases (the pull-in voltage is large) due to the influence of white display in the previous frame time.
- the pixel applied voltage decreases slightly (the pull-in voltage is small) due to the influence of performing black display in the previous frame time.
- the pixel applied voltage decreases slightly during the fourth frame time, and the pixel applied voltage decreases significantly during the fifth frame time.
- the conventional liquid crystal display device changes the pixel applied voltage according to the video signal of the current frame. For this reason, for example, in the second frame time during which black display is performed, the pull-in voltage is underestimated, and the pixel applied voltage is corrected to a small value, although it is preferable to correct the pixel voltage. In the fourth frame time during which white display is performed, the pull-in voltage is overestimated, and the pixel applied voltage is corrected largely although it is preferable to correct it small. The same applies to the normally black mode liquid crystal panel (FIG. 7).
- the liquid crystal display device 10 changes the pixel applied voltage according to the video signal Xp of the previous frame. For this reason, for example, in the second frame time, since white display was performed in the previous frame time, it is evaluated that the pull-in voltage is large, and the pixel applied voltage is greatly corrected. In the fourth frame time, since black display was performed in the previous frame, it is evaluated that the pull-in voltage is small, and the pixel applied voltage is corrected to be small. The same applies to the normally black mode liquid crystal panel (FIG. 7).
- the liquid crystal display device 10 even when the input video signal Xa changes between the previous frame and the current frame, it is possible to accurately perform the correction for the drawing voltage. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 9, it is possible to equalize the pixel brightness arrival level after one frame time between the positive polarity and the negative polarity, and eliminate the difference in response speed between the positive polarity and the negative polarity. it can. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display screen from flickering and improve the display quality.
- the input video signal Xa is corrected in order to compensate for the decrease in the pixel applied voltage due to the parasitic capacitance 7 existing between the gate and drain of the TFT 4. Done.
- the video signal Xp of the previous frame is used as reference data when the correction for the pull-in voltage is performed, and different correction is performed according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage based on the reference data. Correction can be performed accurately. Therefore, the brightness of the pixels after one frame time can be made uniform between the positive polarity and the negative polarity, and the difference in response speed between them can be eliminated. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display screen from flickering and improve the display quality.
- the LUT 13 in which the correction value of the input video signal Xa is fixedly stored in association with the combination of the values of the input video signal Xa and the video signal Xp of the previous frame, correction necessary for correction of the pull-in voltage is used.
- the value can be easily determined.
- the video signal Xp of the previous frame as the reference data stored in the frame memory 12, the above effect can be obtained with a relatively small circuit amount.
- the LUT 13 may store different correction values depending on the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for all combinations of the gradation value of the input video signal Xa and the gradation value of the video signal Xp of the previous frame. Different correction values may be stored depending on the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for some of the combinations of the gradation values. In this way, the LUT 13 may store different correction values depending on the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least a part of the combination of the values of the input video signal Xa and the previous frame video signal Xp.
- the display control unit 11 may perform different correction according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least part of the combination of the values of the input video signal Xa and the video signal Xp of the previous frame.
- the correction value stored in the LUT 13 may be determined by a method other than the above.
- the correction value stored in the LUT 13 may be determined by experiment. In this case, it is only necessary to actually measure the pull-in voltage and determine the correction value so that the difference in pull-in voltage between the positive polarity and the negative polarity is small. Further, depending on the combination of the gradation value of the input video signal Xa and the gradation value of the video signal Xp of the previous frame, even if there is a difference in the pull-in voltage between the positive polarity and the negative polarity, the effect appears on the display screen. There may be no. In such a case, the correction value may be freely determined within a range that does not affect the display screen.
- the correction value stored in the LUT 13 may be the gradation value itself of the corrected video signal Xb or the difference between the gradation value of the corrected video signal Xb and the gradation value of the input video signal Xa. In the latter case, the display controller 11 may add the correction value read from the LUT 13 to the input video signal Xa.
- a correction value stored in the LUT 13 any value that can be used when performing correction for the drawing voltage on the input video signal Xa can be used.
- the correction value stored in the LUT 13 may be a gradation value of a video signal or a pixel applied voltage level.
- the liquid crystal display device may include a data line driving circuit having a function of correcting the drawing voltage.
- a data line driving circuit having a function of correcting the drawing voltage.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the display control unit 11 the frame memory 12 and the LUT 13 are replaced with the display control unit 21, the frame memory 22 and the LUT 23, respectively.
- the same elements as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
- the frame memory 22 replaces the input video signal Xa with a gradation corresponding to a level at which the pixel luminance reaches after one frame time (hereinafter referred to as an arrival gradation). Is stored for one frame.
- the display control unit 21 writes the reached gradation obtained for the input video signal Xa to the frame memory 22, and reads the written reached gradation after one frame time.
- arrival gradation Xq of the previous frame is referred to as “arrival gradation Xq of the previous frame”.
- the display control unit 21 outputs the input video signal Xa, the reached gradation Xq of the previous frame read from the frame memory 22 and the pixel polarity POL to the LUT 13. At this time, the correction value and the reached gradation of the input video signal Xa are read from the LUT 23.
- the display control unit 21 outputs the correction value read from the LUT 23 to the data line driving circuit 15 as the corrected video signal Xb, and uses the arrival gradation read from the LUT 23 as the arrival gradation Xc of the current frame. Write to.
- the LUT 23 stores the correction value and the arrival gradation of the input video signal Xa fixed in advance in association with the combination of the gradation value of the input video signal Xa and the value of the arrival gradation Xq of the previous frame.
- the LUT 23 may store different correction values depending on the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for all combinations of the gradation value of the input video signal Xa and the value of the arrival gradation Xq of the previous frame. For some of these combinations, different correction values may be stored according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage.
- the LUT 23 stores different correction values according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least a part of the combination of the input video signal Xa and the value of the reached gradation Xq of the previous frame.
- the display control unit 21 uses the frame memory 22 and the LUT 23 to perform different corrections according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least a part of the combination of the input video signal Xa and the value of the reached gradation Xq of the previous frame.
- the correction for compensating the drawing voltage is performed on the input video signal Xa as in the first embodiment.
- this correction is performed, using the arrival gradation Xq of the previous frame as reference data, different correction is performed according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage based on the reference data, so that the correction is high even when the response of the liquid crystal panel 16 is slow Can be done with precision. Therefore, the difference in response speed between the positive polarity and the negative polarity can be eliminated with higher accuracy, and the display quality can be further improved.
- the arrival gradation after one frame time necessary for correction of the pull-in voltage is easily obtained. be able to.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 11 is obtained by adding a frame rate conversion unit 37 to the liquid crystal display device 10 according to the first embodiment.
- the frame rate conversion unit 37 performs frame rate conversion on the synchronization signal SS and the video signal Xa output from the video signal source 100, and outputs the converted synchronization signal SS * and the converted video signal Xa * .
- the frame rate conversion unit 37 performs a process of generating a plurality of subframes on the input video signal Xa based on one image. For example, when two subframes are generated based on one image, as shown in FIG. 12, the first subframe video signal Xa1 and the second subframe video signal Xa2 are based on the input video signal Xa. Generated. By outputting the two types of generated video signals Xa1 and Xa2 in order, a converted video signal Xa * is obtained.
- the display control unit 11 performs the same operation as that of the first embodiment based on the converted synchronization signal SS * and the converted video signal Xa * .
- the frame rate conversion unit 37 may use an arbitrary method when generating a plurality of subframes based on one image. For example, the frame rate conversion unit 37 may copy the original image, or may perform interpolation processing based on the two images before and after, giving priority to one of the subframes, and the gradation value of the original image May be distributed to two subframes.
- the liquid crystal display device when processing for generating a plurality of subframes based on a single image is performed, the difference in response speed between the positive polarity and the negative polarity is eliminated, and the display quality is improved. Can be increased.
- the liquid crystal display device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration (FIG. 1) as the liquid crystal display device 10 according to the first embodiment.
- the liquid crystal display device according to this embodiment is characterized in that the data line driving circuit 15 applies the same polarity voltage to the plurality of pixels 3 connected to the same gate line 1.
- the line polarity REV indicating the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for each line can be used as it is as the pixel polarity POL indicating the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for each pixel.
- the liquid crystal display device when a voltage having the same polarity is applied to a plurality of pixels 3 connected to the same gate line 1 as in line inversion driving, the positive polarity and the negative polarity are applied.
- the difference in response speed between times can be eliminated, and the display quality can be improved.
- the liquid crystal display device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration (FIG. 1) as the liquid crystal display device 10 according to the first embodiment.
- the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the data line driving circuit 15 applies a mixture of positive voltage and negative voltage to the plurality of pixels 3 connected to the same gate line 1.
- the display control unit 11 according to the present embodiment includes a converter 38 shown in FIG. The converter 38 obtains a pixel polarity POL indicating the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for each pixel based on the line polarity REV indicating the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for each line and the data line number Ns.
- a positive voltage and a negative voltage are mixed for a plurality of pixels 3 connected to the same gate line 1 as in the case of dot inversion driving or source line inversion driving.
- the difference in response speed between the positive polarity and the negative polarity can be eliminated, and the display quality can be improved.
- the liquid crystal display device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration (FIG. 1) as the liquid crystal display device 10 according to the first embodiment.
- the liquid crystal display device according to this embodiment is characterized in that the liquid crystal panel 16 is a normally white mode liquid crystal panel.
- white display by applying a positive voltage is “positive white display”
- black display by applying a positive voltage is “positive black display”
- negative voltage Performing white display by applying a negative voltage is referred to as "negative white display”
- applying a negative voltage to perform black display is referred to as "negative black display”.
- FIGS. 14A to 14D are waveform diagrams showing changes in pixel applied voltage in the liquid crystal display device according to this embodiment.
- black display is continuously performed (FIG. 14A)
- white display is continuously performed (FIG. 14B)
- positive white display and negative black display are alternately performed (FIG. 14C).
- the change in pixel applied voltage is described for the case where positive black display and negative white display are alternately performed (FIG. 14D).
- FIGS. 14A to 14D in the normally white mode liquid crystal panel, the pull-in voltage ⁇ Vd (W) in the frame time after white display is large, and the pull-in voltage ⁇ Vd (B) in the frame time after black display is small.
- the display control unit 11 when the positive white display is performed after the negative black display (first case), since the actual pull-in voltage is small, the display control unit 11 has the pixel applied voltage higher than the current state. The input video signal Xa is corrected so as to decrease (the gradation value increases). Conversely, when negative black display is performed after positive white display (second case), since the actual pull-in voltage is large, the display control unit 11 causes the pixel applied voltage to be higher than the current level (floor level). The input video signal Xa is corrected so that the tone value becomes larger.
- the display control unit 11 when the positive black display is performed after the negative white display (third case), since the actual pull-in voltage is large, the display control unit 11 causes the pixel applied voltage to be higher than the current state.
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so as to increase (the gradation value decreases).
- negative white display is performed after positive black display (fourth case)
- the display control unit 11 causes the pixel applied voltage to be lower than the current level (floor level).
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so that the tone value becomes smaller.
- the display control unit 11 of the liquid crystal display device allows the pixel applied voltage to be higher than the current state when the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage is larger than the previous frame (in the second and third cases).
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so that the pixel applied voltage is lower than the current value.
- the display control unit 11 causes the gradation value to increase so that the gradation value increases when the gradation value increases (first case).
- the tone value becomes negative so that the tone value becomes small (in the fourth case)
- the tone value becomes small so that the tone value becomes small (in the second case)
- Corrects the input video signal Xa so as to increase the gradation value for the input video signal Xa, the display control unit 11 changes the gradation value in the same direction as the change from the previous frame at the positive polarity, and the gradation in the opposite direction to the change from the previous frame at the negative polarity. Perform correction to change the value.
- the liquid crystal display device when a normally white mode liquid crystal panel is used, if the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage is larger than that of the previous frame, the pixel is taken into consideration that the pull-in voltage is large.
- the input video signal is changed by performing the correction to reduce the pixel applied voltage in consideration of the small pull-in voltage. Even when it is done, the correction can be performed accurately.
- the liquid crystal display device according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration (FIG. 1) as the liquid crystal display device 10 according to the first embodiment.
- the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the liquid crystal panel 16 is a normally black mode liquid crystal panel.
- FIGS. 15A to 15D are waveform diagrams showing changes in pixel applied voltage in the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment.
- FIGS. 15A to 15D in the normally black mode liquid crystal panel, the pull-in voltage ⁇ Vd (B) in the frame time after black display is large, and the pull-in voltage ⁇ Vd (W) in the frame time after white display is small.
- the display control unit 11 determines that the pixel applied voltage is higher than the current state.
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so that it becomes lower (the gradation value becomes smaller).
- negative white display is performed after positive black display (sixth case)
- the display control unit 11 causes the pixel applied voltage to be higher than the current level (floor level).
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so that the tone value becomes smaller.
- the display control unit 11 causes the pixel applied voltage to be higher than the current state.
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so as to increase (the gradation value increases).
- negative black display is performed after positive white display (eighth case)
- the display control unit 11 causes the pixel applied voltage to be lower than the current level (floor level).
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so that the tone value becomes larger.
- the display control unit 11 of the liquid crystal display device allows the pixel applied voltage to be higher than the current state when the absolute value of the pixel applied voltage is larger than that of the previous frame (in the sixth and seventh cases).
- the input video signal Xa is corrected so that the pixel applied voltage is lower than the current value.
- the display control unit 11 has a positive polarity when the gradation value is small (fifth case) so that the gradation value is large when the gradation value is large (seventh case).
- liquid crystal display device for the same reason as in the sixth embodiment, when using a normally black mode liquid crystal panel, the difference in response speed between positive polarity and negative polarity is eliminated. In addition, display quality can be improved.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- the liquid crystal display device 40 shown in FIG. 16 is the same as the liquid crystal display device according to the first embodiment except that the display control unit 11, the LUT 13, and the liquid crystal panel 16 are replaced with the display control unit 41, the LUT 43, and the liquid crystal panel 46, respectively. It is.
- the pixels 3 in the liquid crystal panel 46 are classified into three types: R pixels for displaying red, G pixels for displaying green, and B pixels for displaying blue.
- FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the liquid crystal panel 46.
- the liquid crystal panel 46 has a structure in which a liquid crystal layer 52 is sandwiched between two glass substrates 51a and 51b.
- One glass substrate 51a is provided with three color filters 53r, 53g, 53b, a light shielding film 54, a counter electrode 55, and the like, and the other glass substrate 51b is provided with a pixel electrode 56, a data line 57, and the like.
- An alignment film 58 is provided on the opposing surfaces of the glass substrates 51a and 51b, and a polarizing plate 59 is provided on the other surface.
- the R pixel, the G pixel, and the B pixel are formed at positions where the color filters 53r, 53g, and 53b are provided, respectively.
- Dr, Dg, and Db represent cell gaps (thicknesses of the liquid crystal layer 52) of R pixels, G pixels, and B pixels, respectively.
- the thicknesses of the color filters 53r, 53g, and 53b are different, the cell gap is different among the three types of pixels, and thus the capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor 5 is also different among the three types of pixels.
- the LUT 43 is associated with a combination of the gradation value of the input video signal Xa, the gradation value of the video signal Xp of the previous frame, and the value of the pixel polarity POL.
- the correction value of the video signal Xa is fixedly stored in advance.
- the LUT 43 stores different correction values according to the polarity of the pixel applied voltage for at least a part of the combination of the values of the input video signal Xa and the video signal Xp of the previous frame.
- the LUT 43 stores a correction value for the R pixel, a correction value for the G pixel, and a correction value for the B pixel according to the type of the pixel 3.
- the display control unit 41 When reading the correction value of the input video signal Xa from the LUT 43, the display control unit 41 outputs a pixel type TYP indicating the type of the pixel 3 in addition to the input video signal Xa, the previous frame video signal Xp, and the pixel polarity POL. . At this time, a correction value corresponding to the type of pixel is read from the LUT 43. The display control unit 41 outputs the correction value read from the LUT 43 to the data line driving circuit 15 as the corrected video signal Xb. Accordingly, the display control unit 41 performs different corrections on the input video signal Xa according to the type of the pixel 3.
- the liquid crystal panel 46 includes a plurality of types of pixels 3 having different capacitance values of the liquid crystal capacitance 5 due to different cell gaps, and the display control unit 41 receives the input video signal. Different corrections are performed on Xa depending on the type of pixel 3. As described above, even when the liquid crystal panel 46 having a different capacitance value in the pixel 3 is used because the cell gap is different depending on the type of the pixel 3, correction for the pull-in voltage is performed using different correction values depending on the type of the pixel 3. By performing the above, it is possible to eliminate the difference in response speed between the positive polarity and the negative polarity in all types of pixels 3 and to improve the display quality.
- a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of types of pixels having different cell gaps is used, but a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of types of pixels other than the above (for example, including a plurality of types of pixels having different layouts). Even if a liquid crystal panel is used, the difference in response speed between positive polarity and negative polarity can be eliminated by the same method, and the display quality can be improved.
- a plurality of correction values may be stored in the LUT according to the temperature, the surface temperature of the liquid crystal panel may be detected, and the correction value output from the LUT may be switched according to the detected temperature. Further, a correction value for performing overshoot drive may be stored in the LUT.
- a liquid crystal display device having the characteristics of a plurality of embodiments may be configured by arbitrarily combining the characteristics of the embodiments as long as they do not contradict their properties.
- a display device other than the liquid crystal display device can be configured by the method described above.
- the display device of the present invention includes an input video signal, reference data (such as a video signal of the previous frame and the arrival gradation of the previous frame) obtained at the time of correcting the video signal of the previous frame, and pixels Based on the polarity information of the applied voltage, different correction is performed on the input video signal depending on whether it is positive or negative. Thereby, the difference in response speed between the positive polarity and the negative polarity can be eliminated, and the display quality can be improved.
- the display device of the present invention is characterized in that the difference in response speed between application of positive voltage and application of negative electrode is small and the display quality is high, so that the display device can be used for various display devices such as liquid crystal display devices. it can.
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薄膜トランジスタを含む複数の画素を含んだ表示パネルと、
入力映像信号に対して、前記薄膜トランジスタのゲート-ドレイン間に存在する寄生容量に起因する画素印加電圧の下降を補償するための補正を行う補正部と、
前記表示パネル内の各画素に対して、前記補正部で求めた映像信号に応じた電圧を極性を切り替えながら印加する駆動部と、
前フレームの映像信号に対する補正時に得られたデータを参照データとして記憶する記憶部とを備え、
前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号と前記記憶部から読み出した参照データとに基づき、両者の値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の極性に応じて異なる補正を行うことを特徴とする。
前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せに対応づけて、前記入力映像信号に関する補正値を固定的に記憶したテーブルをさらに備え、
前記補正部は、前記テーブルから読み出した補正値を用いて前記入力映像信号に対する補正を行い、
前記テーブルは、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の極性に応じて異なる補正値を記憶していることを特徴とする。
前記記憶部は、前記参照データとして前フレームの映像信号を記憶することを特徴とする。
前記記憶部は、前記参照データとして1フレーム時間後の到達階調を記憶することを特徴とする。
前記テーブルは、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せに対応づけて、1フレーム時間後の到達階調を固定的に記憶していることを特徴とする。
前記入力映像信号に対して1枚の画像に基づき複数のサブフレームを生成する処理を行い、得られた映像信号を前記補正部に対して出力するフレームレート変換部をさらに備える。
前記表示パネルは、画素の選択に用いられる複数のゲート線をさらに含み、
前記駆動部は、同じゲート線に接続された複数の画素に対して、同じ極性の電圧を印加することを特徴とする。
前記表示パネルは、画素の選択に用いられる複数のゲート線をさらに含み、
前記駆動部は、同じゲート線に接続された複数の画素に対して、正極性電圧と負極性電圧を混在させて印加することを特徴とする。
前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の絶対値が前フレームよりも大きくなるときには画素印加電圧を高くし、画素印加電圧の絶対値が前フレームよりも小さくなるときには画素印加電圧を低くする補正を行うことを特徴とする。
前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、正極性電圧を印加するときには前フレームからの変化と同方向に階調値を変化させ、負極性電圧を印加するときには前フレームからの変化と逆方向に階調値を変化させる補正を行うことを特徴とする。
前記表示パネルは、液晶容量と補助容量をさらに含む複数の画素を含んだ液晶パネルであって、前記液晶容量、前記補助容量および前記寄生容量の容量値のうち少なくとも1つが異なる複数種類の画素を含み、
前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号に対して、画素の種類に応じて異なる補正を行うことを特徴とする。
前記表示パネルは、セルギャップが異なる複数種類の画素を含むことを特徴とする。
入力映像信号に対して、前記薄膜トランジスタのゲート-ドレイン間に存在する寄生容量に起因する画素印加電圧の下降を補償するための補正を行うステップと、
前記表示パネル内の各画素に対して、補正された映像信号に応じた電圧を極性を切り替えながら印加するステップと、
前フレームの映像信号に対する補正時に得られたデータを参照データとして記憶するステップとを備え、
前記補正を行うステップは、前記入力映像信号と記憶された参照データとに基づき、両者の値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の極性に応じて異なる補正を行うことを特徴とする。
図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図1に示す液晶表示装置10は、表示制御部11、フレームメモリ12、ルックアップテーブル(Look Up Table :以下、LUTという)13、ゲート線駆動回路14、データ線駆動回路15、および、液晶パネル16を備えている。液晶表示装置10は、表示制御部11において入力映像信号Xaに対する補正を行い、補正後の映像信号Xbに基づき交流駆動を行うことにより液晶パネル16に画像を表示する。
ΔVd=Vgp-p ×Cgd/(Clc+Ccs+Cgd) … (1)
ただし、式(1)において、Vgp-p はTFT4のゲート電圧の変化量、Clcは液晶容量5の容量値、Ccsは補助容量6の容量値、Cgdは寄生容量7の容量値である。なお、寄生容量7以外の寄生容量を考慮する場合には、式(1)の括弧内にその容量値を加算すればよい。
ΔVd=Vgp-p ×Cgd/(Clc(P)+Ccs+Cgd) … (2)
ただし、式(2)に含まれるClc(P)は、前フレームを表示しているときの液晶容量5の容量値である。
ΔVd=Vgp-p ×Cgd/(Clc(B)+Ccs+Cgd) … (3)
ΔVd=Vgp-p ×Cgd/(Clc(W)+Ccs+Cgd) … (4)
ただし、式(3)に含まれるClc(B)は黒表示のときの画素印加電圧であり、式(4)に含まれるClc(W)は白表示のときの画素印加電圧である。このようにLUT13に記憶される補正値は、画素印加電圧が前フレームの映像信号に応じて変化するように決定される。
ΔVd=Vgp-p ×Cgd/(Clc(A)+Ccs+Cgd) … (5)
ただし、式(5)に含まれるClc(A)は、現フレームを表示しているときの液晶容量5の容量値である。
図10は、本発明の第2の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図10に示す液晶表示装置20は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置10において、表示制御部11、フレームメモリ12およびLUT13を、それぞれ、表示制御部21、フレームメモリ22およびLUT23に置換したものである。以下に示す各実施形態の構成要素のうち、第1の実施形態と同一の要素については同一の参照符号を付して説明を省略する。
図11は、本発明の第3の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図11に示す液晶表示装置は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置10にフレームレート変換部37を追加したものである。フレームレート変換部37は、映像信号源100から出力された同期信号SSと映像信号Xaに対してフレームレート変換を行い、変換後の同期信号SS* と変換後の映像信号Xa* を出力する。
本発明の第4の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置10と同じ構成(図1)を有する。本実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、データ線駆動回路15が、同じゲート線1に接続された複数の画素3に対して同じ極性の電圧を印加することを特徴とする。本実施形態では、画素印加電圧の極性をラインごとに示すライン極性REVをそのまま、画素印加電圧の極性を画素ごとに示す画素極性POLとして使用することができる。
本発明の第5の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置10と同じ構成(図1)を有する。本実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、データ線駆動回路15が、同じゲート線1に接続された複数の画素3に対して正極性電圧と負極性電圧を混在させて印加することを特徴とする。本実施形態に係る表示制御部11は、図13に示す変換器38を含んでいる。変換器38は、画素印加電圧の極性をラインごとに示すライン極性REVとデータ線番号Nsとに基づき、画素印加電圧の極性を画素ごとに示す画素極性POLを求める。
本発明の第6の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置10と同じ構成(図1)を有する。本実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、液晶パネル16がノーマリーホワイトモードの液晶パネルであることを特徴とする。以下の説明では、正極性電圧を印加して白表示を行うことを「正極性の白表示」、正極性電圧を印加して黒表示を行うことを「正極性の黒表示」、負極性電圧を印加して白表示を行うことを「負極性の白表示」、負極性電圧を印加して黒表示を行うことを「負極性の黒表示」という。
本発明の第7の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置10と同じ構成(図1)を有する。本実施形態に係る液晶表示装置は、液晶パネル16がノーマリーブラックモードの液晶パネルであることを特徴とする。
図16は、本発明の第8の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置の構成を示すブロック図である。図16に示す液晶表示装置40は、第1の実施形態に係る液晶表示装置において、表示制御部11、LUT13および液晶パネル16を、それぞれ、表示制御部41、LUT43および液晶パネル46に置換したものである。液晶パネル46内の画素3は、赤色を表示するためのR画素、緑色を表示するG画素、および、青色を表示するためのB画素の3種類に分類される。
4…TFT
7…寄生容量
10、20、30、40…液晶表示装置
11、21、41…表示制御部
12、22…フレームメモリ
13、23、43…LUT
14…ゲート線駆動回路
15…データ線駆動回路
16、46…液晶パネル
37…フレームレート変換部
38…変換器
Xa…入力映像信号
Xa* …変換後の映像信号
Xb…補正後の映像信号
Xc…現フレームの到達階調
Xp…前フレームの映像信号
Xq…前フレームの到達階調
POL…画素極性
REV…ライン極性
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- 薄膜トランジスタを含む複数の画素を含んだ表示パネルと、
入力映像信号に対して、前記薄膜トランジスタのゲート-ドレイン間に存在する寄生容量に起因する画素印加電圧の下降を補償するための補正を行う補正部と、
前記表示パネル内の各画素に対して、前記補正部で求めた映像信号に応じた電圧を極性を切り替えながら印加する駆動部と、
前フレームの映像信号に対する補正時に得られたデータを参照データとして記憶する記憶部とを備え、
前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号と前記記憶部から読み出した参照データとに基づき、両者の値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の極性に応じて異なる補正を行うことを特徴とする、表示装置。 - 前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せに対応づけて、前記入力映像信号に関する補正値を固定的に記憶したテーブルをさらに備え、
前記補正部は、前記テーブルから読み出した補正値を用いて前記入力映像信号に対する補正を行い、
前記テーブルは、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の極性に応じて異なる補正値を記憶していることを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記記憶部は、前記参照データとして前フレームの映像信号を記憶することを特徴とする、請求項2に記載の表示装置。
- 前記記憶部は、前記参照データとして1フレーム時間後の到達階調を記憶することを特徴とする、請求項2に記載の表示装置。
- 前記テーブルは、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せに対応づけて、1フレーム時間後の到達階調を固定的に記憶していることを特徴とする、請求項4に記載の表示装置。
- 前記入力映像信号に対して1枚の画像に基づき複数のサブフレームを生成する処理を行い、得られた映像信号を前記補正部に対して出力するフレームレート変換部をさらに備えた、請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記表示パネルは、画素の選択に用いられる複数のゲート線をさらに含み、
前記駆動部は、同じゲート線に接続された複数の画素に対して、同じ極性の電圧を印加することを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記表示パネルは、画素の選択に用いられる複数のゲート線をさらに含み、
前記駆動部は、同じゲート線に接続された複数の画素に対して、正極性電圧と負極性電圧を混在させて印加することを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の絶対値が前フレームよりも大きくなるときには画素印加電圧を高くし、画素印加電圧の絶対値が前フレームよりも小さくなるときには画素印加電圧を低くする補正を行うことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号と前記参照データの値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、正極性電圧を印加するときには前フレームからの変化と同方向に階調値を変化させ、負極性電圧を印加するときには前フレームからの変化と逆方向に階調値を変化させる補正を行うことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の表示装置。
- 前記表示パネルは、液晶容量と補助容量をさらに含む複数の画素を含んだ液晶パネルであって、前記液晶容量、前記補助容量および前記寄生容量の容量値のうち少なくとも1つが異なる複数種類の画素を含み、
前記補正部は、前記入力映像信号に対して、画素の種類に応じて異なる補正を行うことを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記表示パネルは、セルギャップが異なる複数種類の画素を含むことを特徴とする、請求項11に記載の表示装置。
- 薄膜トランジスタを含む複数の画素を含んだ表示パネルを有する表示装置の駆動方法であって、
入力映像信号に対して、前記薄膜トランジスタのゲート-ドレイン間に存在する寄生容量に起因する画素印加電圧の下降を補償するための補正を行うステップと、
前記表示パネル内の各画素に対して、補正された映像信号に応じた電圧を極性を切り替えながら印加するステップと、
前フレームの映像信号に対する補正時に得られたデータを参照データとして記憶するステップとを備え、
前記補正を行うステップは、前記入力映像信号と記憶された参照データとに基づき、両者の値の組合せの少なくとも一部について、画素印加電圧の極性に応じて異なる補正を行うことを特徴とする、表示装置の駆動方法。
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