WO2022264802A1 - ヒータの温度制御装置、ヒータの温度制御方法、液晶装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a heater temperature control device, a heater temperature control method, and a liquid crystal device control method.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a current detection section for detecting the current consumption of the driving section of the liquid crystal optical shutter, utilizing the fact that the current consumption of the liquid crystal optical shutter is proportional to the temperature.
- a temperature control device is described that controls energization to a heater based on a detected value.
- One of the purposes of the specific aspects of the present disclosure is to improve the accuracy of temperature control of a liquid crystal device.
- a heater temperature control device is (a) a heater temperature control device provided in a liquid crystal element, and (b) for at least one partial region of the liquid crystal element, applying a drive voltage set to a voltage value and/or frequency relatively higher than those when the liquid crystal element is operated at a rated value, and detecting the consumption current flowing in the partial region;
- the heater temperature control device variably sets the temperature control target value of the heater according to the magnitude of the current consumption.
- a heater temperature control method is (a) a temperature control method for a heater provided in a liquid crystal element, wherein (b) a voltage value and applying a driving voltage set to a value relatively higher than when the liquid crystal element is operated at a rated value for at least one of the frequencies, and detecting current consumption flowing in the partial region; (c) the detected consumption;
- a temperature control method for a heater including variably setting a temperature setting value for the heater according to a magnitude of current.
- a liquid crystal device is a liquid crystal device including the temperature control device of [1] and a liquid crystal element having a heater controlled by the temperature control device.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a liquid crystal device according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a liquid crystal element and a heater.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of a liquid crystal element.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams showing measurement examples of the relationship between current consumption and temperature in a liquid crystal element.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining a control method by the controller of the liquid crystal device.
- FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing a configuration example of a liquid crystal element and a heater of another embodiment.
- FIGS. 7A to 7K are waveform diagrams showing an example of PWM control of the drive voltage.
- FIG. 8 is an external perspective view showing a configuration example of a liquid crystal element and a heater of another embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a liquid crystal device according to one embodiment.
- the illustrated liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal element 1 , a heater 2 , a backlight 3 , a liquid crystal drive circuit 4 , a heater drive circuit 5 , a backlight drive circuit 6 , a current detection circuit 7 and a controller 8 .
- the liquid crystal drive circuit 4, the heater drive circuit 5, the current detection circuit 7, and the controller 8 constitute a "temperature control device", and the "temperature control method" is executed by this device. .
- a liquid crystal element (liquid crystal panel) 1 receives a drive voltage from a liquid crystal drive circuit 4 and operates to display an image.
- a segment display type liquid crystal element 1 is used as shown in FIG. 2 which will be described later.
- the heater 2 has a light-transmissive, flat-plate shape and is provided on the liquid crystal element 1 .
- the heater 2 is powered by a heater drive circuit 5 to heat the liquid crystal element 1 .
- Examples of the heater 2 include a type in which a heating electrode is provided inside the liquid crystal element 1, a type in which a glass plate, a resin film, or the like provided with a heating electrode is adhered to the outside of the liquid crystal element 1, and a liquid crystal element.
- Various known configurations such as a type in which a mesh-like heating electrode is provided on the outside (or laminated inside) of 1 can be adopted.
- the heater 2 is of a type in which a glass plate or the like provided with a heating electrode is adhered to the outside of the liquid crystal element 1 and attached.
- the backlight 3 is a surface light source for making light incident on the liquid crystal element 1 .
- the backlight 3 is arranged on the back side of the liquid crystal element 1 with the heater 2 interposed therebetween.
- a liquid crystal drive circuit 4 supplies a drive voltage to the liquid crystal element 1 .
- the liquid crystal driving circuit 4 may be directly provided at the edge of the substrate of the liquid crystal element 1 .
- a heater drive circuit 5 supplies drive power to the heater 2 .
- a backlight driving circuit 6 supplies driving power to the backlight 3 .
- the current detection circuit 7 is connected to the liquid crystal drive circuit 4 and detects the current consumption of the liquid crystal element 1 . Specifically, for example, the current detection circuit 7 indirectly detects the current consumption of the liquid crystal element 1 by detecting the current flowing from the power supply (not shown) to the liquid crystal drive circuit 4 (that is, the current consumption of the liquid crystal drive circuit 4). .
- the controller 8 controls the overall operation of the liquid crystal device. Specifically, the controller 8 supplies the liquid crystal driving circuit 4 with a signal for controlling on/off of each segment display portion (pixel portion) of the liquid crystal element 1 and the transmittance at that time. The controller 8 also supplies the heater drive circuit 5 with a control signal for controlling the heating state of the heater 2 according to the current consumption of the liquid crystal element 1 detected by the current detection circuit 7 . Further, the controller 8 supplies the backlight driving circuit 6 with signals for controlling the on/off of the backlight 3 and the brightness when the backlight is on. The controller 8 can be realized by causing a computer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., to execute a predetermined operation program.
- FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the liquid crystal element and the heater.
- the liquid crystal device 1 of this embodiment includes a plurality of segment display portions 31 and a measuring portion 31 a for detecting current consumption for temperature control of the heater 2 .
- the segment display portion 31 is a portion in which a liquid crystal layer is interposed between electrodes, as shown in FIG. 3, which will be described later, and is a portion in which the light modulation state can be independently controlled.
- the measurement section 31a is a section in which a liquid crystal layer is interposed between electrodes, and the light modulation state can be independently controlled.
- the measuring section 31a has a smaller area in plan view than each segment display section 31, and is provided substantially in the center of the effective display area 30 of the liquid crystal element 1 in plan view. Moreover, in the present embodiment, the measurement section 31 a is arranged in a region surrounded by the plurality of segment display sections 31 .
- the heater 2 is arranged on the back side of the liquid crystal element 1 , specifically on the side opposite to the visible side, so as to face at least the effective display area 30 of the liquid crystal element 1 .
- the planar view area of the measurement portion 31 a may be larger than the planar view area of the segment display portion 31 as long as it does not interfere with the segment display portion 31 .
- the position where the measurement section 31a is provided is not limited to the approximate center of the effective display area 30, and may be any desired position as long as it does not interfere with the segment display section 31.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of a liquid crystal element.
- the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 3 corresponds to a cross-section of a portion (the vicinity of the measuring portion 31a) taken along line AA shown in FIG.
- the liquid crystal element 1 includes a first substrate 11 and a second substrate 12 which are arranged to face each other, a plurality of pixel electrodes 13, a measuring portion electrode 13a, a light shielding portion 13b, a common electrode (counter electrode) 14, alignment films 15 and 16, and liquid crystal. It is composed of a liquid crystal panel including a layer 19 and a pair of polarizing plates 21 and 22 facing each other with the liquid crystal panel interposed therebetween.
- the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12 are, for example, rectangular substrates in plan view, and are arranged facing each other.
- a translucent substrate such as a glass substrate or a plastic substrate can be used.
- spherical spacers (not shown) made of, for example, a resin film are dispersedly arranged, and the spherical spacers provide a substrate gap of a desired size (for example, several ⁇ m). is kept in Instead of spherical spacers, columnar bodies made of resin or the like may be provided on the first substrate 11 side or the second substrate 12 side and used as spacers.
- a plurality of pixel electrodes 13 and measurement unit electrodes 13a are provided on one surface side of the first substrate 11, respectively.
- the common electrode 14 is provided on one surface side of the second substrate 12 .
- the common electrode 14 is integrally provided so as to face each pixel electrode 13 and the electrode 13a for measurement section.
- Each pixel electrode 13, the electrode 13a for the measurement section, and the common electrode 14 are formed by appropriately patterning a transparent conductive film such as indium tin oxide (ITO).
- ITO indium tin oxide
- the common electrode 14 may also be divided into a plurality of parts (for example, when duty driving is performed).
- each region (partial region) where each pixel electrode 13 and the common electrode 14 face each other with the liquid crystal layer 19 interposed therebetween corresponds to the segment display portion 31 described above. Further, a region (partial region) where the measuring section electrode 13a and the common electrode 14 face each other with the liquid crystal layer 19 interposed therebetween corresponds to the measuring section 31a described above.
- the light shielding portion 13b is provided on the rear surface side of the first substrate 11 so as to correspond to the position of the measuring portion electrode 13a.
- the light shielding portion 13b is for preventing transmission of light in the region where the measuring portion electrode 13a is provided.
- the light shielding portion 13b can be formed, for example, by printing an appropriately selected dark-colored (for example, black) material. Further, the light shielding portion 13b can also be formed by laminating a dark resin film or the like.
- the alignment film 15 is arranged on the upper side of the first substrate 11 so as to cover the pixel electrodes 13 and the like.
- the alignment film 16 is arranged on the one surface side of the second substrate 12 so as to cover the common electrode 14 .
- These alignment films 15 and 16 are for defining the alignment state of the liquid crystal layer 19 in the initial state (when no voltage is applied).
- Each of the alignment films 15 and 16 is subjected to a uniaxial alignment treatment such as rubbing treatment, and has a uniaxial alignment regulating force that regulates the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer 19 along the direction.
- the direction in which the uniaxial orientation regulating force is expressed is called the orientation easy axis.
- the directions of the alignment treatment on the alignment films 15 and 16 are set to be alternate (anti-parallel), for example.
- a pretilt angle near the interface between the alignment films 15 and 16 and the liquid crystal layer 19 is, for example, about 89°.
- the liquid crystal layer 19 is provided between the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12 .
- the liquid crystal layer 19 is configured using, for example, a fluid nematic liquid crystal material.
- the liquid crystal layer 19 is configured using a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy.
- the layer thickness of the liquid crystal layer 19 can be set to, for example, about 4 ⁇ m.
- the polarizing plate 21 is arranged outside the liquid crystal panel and on the first substrate 11 side.
- the polarizing plate 22 is arranged outside the liquid crystal panel and on the second substrate 12 side.
- These polarizing plates 21 and 22 are arranged, for example, with their transmission axes substantially perpendicular to each other.
- the polarizing plates 21 and 22 are arranged so that their transmission axes form an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the alignment direction at the approximately center of the liquid crystal layer 19 in the layer thickness direction when no voltage is applied.
- the liquid crystal element 1 is in a normally black state, that is, in a dark state (black state) in appearance when no voltage is applied. Therefore, even if the above-described light shielding portion 13b is provided, the portion cannot be distinguished and visually recognized from the outside.
- FIG. 4A and 4(B) are diagrams showing measurement examples of the relationship between current consumption and temperature in a liquid crystal element.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram showing temperature characteristics of consumption current for each drive voltage in the case of static drive.
- the effective voltage of 5V, 1/4 duty, 1/3 bias drive that is, the static drive voltage, which is often used for the display of car air conditioners, is about 2.89V, which is approximately equivalent to 3V shown in FIG. .
- the rated voltage value is 5 V and the rated frequency is 200 Hz.
- FIG. 4(B) shows the temperature characteristics of current consumption when driven with a drive voltage whose voltage value is variably set at a frequency higher than the rated frequency of 2 kHz.
- the value of the current consumption in rated driving is approximately one digit smaller than the value of the current consumption in frequencies higher than the rating. .
- fluctuations in current consumption with respect to temperature are small. This is because recent liquid crystal materials are less susceptible to environmental temperature due to improvements. Therefore, it is difficult to detect a difference due to temperature if a change in current consumption is detected by driving according to the rating.
- a drive voltage in which at least one of the voltage value and the frequency is set higher than the rated value as shown in FIG.
- the change in current value also increases. Especially in the low temperature range, the current value increases as the temperature decreases in a state close to direct proportion.
- the relationship between the current value and the temperature shown in FIG. 4B is stored in advance in a memory (not shown) as a data table, for example, and the temperature of the heater 2 is determined by referring to this data table. More precise control becomes possible.
- the larger the drive voltage is the larger the change in the current value becomes.
- the frequency of the drive voltage is preferably as high as possible.
- both the driving frequency and the voltage value are as high as possible, it is preferable to set the driving frequency to 50 times or less of the rating and the voltage value to 10 times or less of the rating in consideration of the burden on the liquid crystal driving circuit.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the control method by the controller of the liquid crystal device. It should be noted that the order of processing may be changed and other controls (not shown) may be added as long as there is no contradiction or inconsistency in the control results, and such aspects are not excluded.
- the controller 8 controls the liquid crystal driving circuit 4 so that the measurement unit 13a of the liquid crystal element 1 is set to a voltage value higher than the rating and/or a frequency higher than the rating, and is supplied with drive power according to the setting (step S11). .
- the controller 8 controls the liquid crystal drive circuit 4 to statically drive with a drive voltage having a voltage value of 12 V and a frequency of 2 kHz, or a drive voltage having a voltage value of 21 V, 1/4 duty, 1/3 bias, and a frequency of 2 kHz.
- the liquid crystal driving circuit 4 can be controlled so as to perform duty driving at .
- the controller 8 acquires the current consumption of the liquid crystal driving circuit 4 detected by the current detection circuit 9 (step S12), and specifies the estimated value of the temperature of the liquid crystal element based on the value of this consumption current (step S13). ). Specifically, an estimated temperature value corresponding to the current consumption value is obtained based on the data table (see FIG. 4B). If the voltage is applied to the measurement unit 31a in step S12 for obtaining the current consumption, the light shielding unit 13b may be omitted if the change in transmittance in the measurement unit 31a is not visible. .
- the controller 8 sets a temperature control target value for the heater 2 according to the obtained estimated temperature value, and controls the heater drive circuit 5 so as to achieve the target value (step S14). After that, the process after step S11 is repeated for each predetermined period.
- FIG. 6 is an external perspective view showing a configuration example of a liquid crystal element and a heater of another embodiment.
- the heater 2a in the illustrated example is configured to be able to individually control the temperature of each of a plurality of (nine in the illustrated example) regions 41 .
- the heating electrodes provided corresponding to the respective regions 41 are electrically/physically separated from each other.
- a plurality of measurement units 31a are provided in the liquid crystal element 1a so as to correspond to the respective regions 41.
- the specific configuration of each measuring section 31a is the same as in the above-described embodiment, and the light shielding section 13b is also provided in the same manner (see FIG. 3).
- temperature control can be performed independently for each region 41 by measuring the current consumption with the corresponding measurement unit 31a. Thereby, temperature unevenness in the plane of the liquid crystal element 1a can be further reduced.
- PWM-controlling the drive voltage for the segment display portion 31 corresponding to each region 41 and changing the application time of the on-voltage to change the effective value the influence of temperature unevenness (contrast fluctuation, etc.) can be further reduced. can be reduced.
- FIGS. 7(A) to 7(K) are waveform diagrams showing an example of PWM control of the driving voltage.
- FIG. 7A is a waveform diagram showing an example of the voltage applied to the common electrode 14, and
- FIGS. FIG. 7G to FIG. 7J are waveform diagrams showing examples, and FIG. 7G to FIG.
- the voltage applied to the common electrode 14 is VSS, which is the reference voltage, in the first half of one frame, and +VR, which is a relatively higher voltage, in the second half.
- VSS the reference voltage
- +VR which is a relatively higher voltage
- the voltage applied to the pixel electrode 13 is +VR in the first half of one frame and +VSS in the second half. Therefore, the potential difference between the pixel electrode 13 and the common electrode 14 is as shown in FIG. 7(G).
- a voltage of -VR is applied during the entire period of the first half of one frame
- a voltage of +VR is applied during the entire period of the latter half.
- the starting point of voltage application can be variably set in multiple steps (for example, 511 steps).
- the application time of the on-voltage can be variably set by PWM control.
- the application time of the ON voltage is set to be relatively short, and the temperature is set to the region 41 where the temperature is lower.
- FIG. 8 is an external perspective view showing a configuration example of a liquid crystal element and a heater of another embodiment.
- the illustrated liquid crystal element 1b has a heater portion 32 made of a transparent conductive film such as ITO on one side of either the first substrate 11 or the second substrate 12 and in a region near the outer edge.
- the portion where the heater section 32 is provided is indicated by a hatched pattern.
- the liquid crystal element 1 (1a) is provided with the measurement unit 31a for detecting current consumption. It may also be used as a measurement unit.
- the controller 8 controls the backlight drive circuit 6 to turn off the backlight 3 while the current consumption is being detected. Thereby, unnecessary display can be prevented from being visually recognized.
- Using a plurality of segment display portions 31 increases power consumption, making it easier to detect changes in the current value due to temperature, thereby improving the accuracy of temperature control of the heater.
- liquid crystal element for display has been described as an example, but the application of the liquid crystal element is not limited to this, and the contents of the present disclosure can be applied to general liquid crystal elements used for light modulation. can be done.
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[2]本開示に係る一態様のヒータの温度制御方法は、(a)液晶素子に設けられるヒータの温度制御方法であって、(b)前記液晶素子の一部領域に対し、電圧値及び周波数の少なくとも一方について前記液晶素子を定格動作させる際よりも相対的に高い値に設定した駆動電圧を印加して当該一部領域に流れる消費電流を検出すること、(c)検出された前記消費電流の大きさに応じて前記ヒータの温度設定値を可変に設定すること、を含む、ヒータの温度制御方法である。
[3]本開示に係る一態様の液晶装置は、前記[1]の温度制御装置と、前記温度制御装置によって制御されるヒータを有する液晶素子と、を含む、液晶装置である。
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- 液晶素子に設けられるヒータの温度制御装置であって、
前記液晶素子の少なくとも1つの一部領域に対し、電圧値及び/又は周波数について前記液晶素子を定格動作させる際よりも相対的に高い値に設定した駆動電圧を印加して当該一部領域に流れる消費電流を検出し、
当該検出された前記消費電流の大きさに応じて前記ヒータの温度制御目標値を可変に設定する、
ヒータの温度制御装置。 - 前記液晶素子へ前記駆動電圧を印加する液晶駆動回路と、
前記消費電流を検出する電流検出回路と、
前記温度設定に応じて前記ヒータを駆動するヒータ駆動回路と、
前記液晶駆動回路における前記駆動電圧の電圧値及び/又は周波数を設定するとともに、前記電流検出回路により検出される前記消費電流に応じて前記ヒータ駆動回路における前記温度制御目標値を設定するコントローラと、
を含む、請求項1に記載の温度制御装置。 - 前記ヒータは、複数の領域ごとに個別に温度設定可能であり、
前記液晶素子の前記一部領域は、前記複数の領域の各々に対応づけて複数設けられており、
前記複数の領域ごとに、対応する前記一部領域に前記駆動電圧が印加されて前記消費電流が検出され、当該消費電流の大きさに応じて温度設定が可変に設定される、
請求項1又は2に記載の温度制御装置。 - 前記一部領域は、前記液晶素子の表示部とは別に設けられた測定部である、
請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の温度制御装置。 - 前記一部領域は、前記液晶素子に設けられた表示部である、
請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の温度制御装置。 - 前記複数の領域ごとに、前記消費電流に基づいて推定される温度に応じて、前記複数の領域の各々に含まれる表示部へ印加する前記駆動電圧の大きさをPWM制御によって増減させる、
請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の温度制御装置。 - 液晶素子に設けられるヒータの温度制御方法であって、
前記液晶素子の一部領域に対し、電圧値及び周波数の少なくとも一方について前記液晶素子を定格動作させる際よりも相対的に高い値に設定した駆動電圧を印加して当該一部領域に流れる消費電流を検出すること、
検出された前記消費電流の大きさに応じて前記ヒータの温度設定値を可変に設定すること、
を含む、ヒータの温度制御方法。 - 請求項1~6の何れか1項に記載の温度制御装置と、
前記温度制御装置によって制御されるヒータを有する液晶素子と、
を含む、液晶装置。 - 前記液晶素子は、前記一部領域に対応して設けられる遮光部を更に含む、
請求項8に記載の液晶装置。
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