This application claims priority from Japanese Application No. 2014-102869, filed on May 16, 2014, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to display devices.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, demand for display devices in mobile devices such as cellular phones and electronic paper has been increasing. In a display device, a single pixel includes a plurality of sub pixels and the sub pixels each emit light in colors different from one another, and by switching the display of the respective sub pixels on and off, various colors are displayed with one pixel. In such a display device, display characteristics such as resolution and luminance have been improved year after year. However, as the resolution becomes higher, a numerical aperture decreases. Hence, there are problems in that it needs to increase the luminance of a backlight when trying to achieve high luminance, and whereby the power consumption of the backlight increases. To improve the situation, there has been a technology that adds white pixels that are the fourth sub pixel, in addition to the conventional sub pixels of red, green, and blue (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-open Publication No. 2011-154323 (JP-A-2011-154323)). This technology decreases the value of current for the backlight as much as the white pixels improve the luminance, and thus reduces the power consumption. When the value of current for the backlight is not decreased, because the luminance is improved by the white pixels, by using this, the visibility under the outdoor daylight can be improved.
The technology disclosed in JP-A-2011-154323 describes a display device that includes an image display panel composed of pixels each composed of a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, a third sub pixel, and a fourth sub pixel and arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix, and a signal processor that receives an input signal and outputs an output signal. In JP-A-2011-154323, FIGS. 2, 22, and 23 illustrate the arrays of the first sub pixels, the second sub pixels, the third sub pixels, and the fourth sub pixels. In the pixel arrays disclosed in JP-A-2011-154323, however, the numerical aperture may be reduced as pixel density becomes higher.
For the foregoing reasons, there is a need for a display device in which first sub pixels, second sub pixels, third sub pixels and fourth sub pixels are arranged and in which pixel density cam become higher.
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit in which pixels including three sub pixels out of a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, a third sub pixel, and a fourth sub pixel are arranged and in which a first column of the sub pixels, a second column of the sub pixels arrayed next to the first column, a third column of the sub pixels arrayed next to the second column, and a fourth column of the sub pixels arrayed next to the third column are cyclically arrayed; a plurality of signal lines extending in a column direction that lies along at least one of the first column, the second column, the third column, and the fourth column; and a plurality of scan lines extending in a row direction that intersects with the column direction. The first sub pixel and the second sub pixel arranged in juxtaposition between the adjacent scan lines are lined alternately in the column direction in at least one of the first column and the third column. At least one of the third sub pixel and the fourth sub pixel is arranged between the adjacent scan lines in at least one of the second column and the fourth column. The first sub pixel, the second sub pixel, the third sub pixel, and the fourth sub pixel are included in an identical row of the pixels and in the first column, the second column, the third column, and the fourth column. A first pixel that is in an identical row of the pixels and includes sub pixels of the first column and the second column includes a sub pixel not present in a second pixel that is adjacent to the first pixel in the row direction and is included in the third column and the fourth column.
With reference to the accompanying drawings, a mode to implement the invention (an embodiment) will be described in detail. The content of the following exemplary embodiments described is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The constituent elements described in the following include those that a person skilled in the art can easily assume or that are substantially the same. The constituent elements described in the following can further be combined as appropriate. Note that the disclosure is a mere example in any case, and appropriate modifications retaining the spirit of the invention that a person skilled in the art can easily assume are naturally included within the scope of the invention. Although the drawings may be schematically illustrated in terms of width, thickness, shape, and others of parts as compared with the actual modes to further clarify the explanation, the drawings are examples anyway and are not intended to limit the interpretation of the invention. In the description and each of the drawings, the constituent elements the same as those previously described concerning the previously described drawings are given the same reference symbols or numerals and their detailed explanations may be omitted as appropriate.
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The signal processor 20 is an arithmetic processor that controls the operation of the image display panel 30 and the light source device 50. The signal processor 20 is coupled to the image-display-panel drive circuit 40 for driving the image display panel 30 and the light-source-device control circuit 60 for driving the light source device 50. The signal processor 20 processes an input signal received from the outside and generates an output signal Sout and a light-source device control signal Spwm. That is, the signal processor 20 converts and generates the input signal into an output signal composed of color components of a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color, and outputs the generated output signal to the image display panel 30. The signal processor 20 outputs the generated output signal to the image-display-panel drive circuit 40 and outputs the generated light-source device control signal to the light-source-device control circuit 60. The foregoing processing of color conversion by the signal processor 20 is one example in any case, and is not intended to limit the interpretation of the invention.
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The scan line Gp+1 is coupled to a switching element (not depicted) of the second sub pixel 49G that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48B, and is coupled to a switching element of the first sub pixel 49R that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48A of the next row. The scan line Gp+1 is further coupled to a switching element of the third sub pixel 49B of the second column in the pixel 48A and a switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W of the fourth column in the pixel 48B. The switching element of the third sub pixel 49B may be coupled not to the scan line Gp+1 but to the scan line Gp+2. The switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W of the fourth column may be coupled not to the scan line Gp+1 but to the scan line Gp+2.
The scan line Gp+2 is coupled to the switching element of the second sub pixel 49G that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48A, and is coupled to the switching element of the first sub pixel 49R that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48B in the next row. The scan line Gp+2 is further coupled to the switching element of the third sub pixel 49B of the fourth column in the pixel 48A, and to that of the second sub pixel 49W of the fourth column in the pixel 48B.
The scan line Gp+3 is coupled to the switching element of the second sub pixel 49G that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48B, and is coupled to the switching element (not depicted) of the first sub pixel 49R that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48A in the next row. The scan line Gp+3 is further coupled to the third sub pixel 49B of the fourth column in the pixel 48A, and to the fourth sub pixel 49W of the second column in the pixel 48B.
As just described, out of three of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B included in a single pixel 48A, the second sub pixel 49G is coupled to a scan line different from that of the other sub pixels. Out of three of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the fourth sub pixel 49W included in a single pixel 48B, the second sub pixel 49G is coupled to a scan line different from that of the other sub pixels.
That is, the scan line to which the first sub pixel 49R, which is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G included in a single pixel 48A, and the third sub pixel 49B included in that pixel 48A are coupled is different from the scan line to which the second sub pixel 49G, which is the other included in that pixel, is coupled. The scan line to which the first sub pixel 49R, which is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G included in a single pixel 48B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W included in that pixel 48B are coupled is different from the scan line to which the second sub pixel 49G, which is the other included in that pixel, is coupled.
The signal line Sq+1 is coupled to the switching elements of the first sub pixels 49R of the first column. The signal line Sq+2 is coupled to the switching elements of the second sub pixels 49G of the first column. The signal line Sq+3 is coupled to the switching elements of the third sub pixels 49B and the fourth sub pixels 49W of the second column. The signal line Sq+4 is coupled to the switching elements of the first sub pixels 49R of the third column. The signal line Sq+5 is coupled to the switching elements of the second sub pixels 49G of the third column. The signal line Sq+6 is coupled to the switching elements of the third sub pixels 49B and the fourth sub pixels 49W of the fourth column. The signal line Sq+7 is the same as the signal line Sq+1. The distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+1 is greater than the distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3. Thus, the distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+1 is different from the distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3. In the same manner, the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+4 is greater than the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6. Thus, the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+4 is different from the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6.
By this configuration, between the sub pixels 49 of the first column and the sub pixels 49 of the second column, two of the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3 are arranged. Between the sub pixels 49 of the third column and the sub pixels 49 of the fourth column, two of the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6 are arranged. The fourth sub pixel 49W is of luminance higher than the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G are, and the influence of an effective aperture width on the luminance is smaller than that of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G. Thus, by making the effective aperture widths of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the row direction (X direction) larger than the effective aperture width of the fourth sub pixel 49W, the numerical apertures of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G can be increased. In the column direction (Y direction), the third sub pixel 49B and the fourth sub pixel 49W are arranged alternately. Consequently, the effective aperture widths of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the row direction (X direction) are larger than the effective aperture width of the third sub pixel 49B. The effective aperture width of the third sub pixel 49B in the column direction (Y direction) is larger than the effective aperture width of the first sub pixel 49R or the second sub pixel 49G. Thus, the luminance of the third sub pixel 49B that displays the third color component, which has a lower visual sensitivity of human as compared with the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G, can be supplemented. The luminance of the fourth sub pixel 49W can further supplement the luminance of the third sub pixel 49B. As just described, it is desirable that two of the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3 be biased toward the fourth sub pixel 49W side. In the same manner, it is desirable that the wiring arrangement of two of the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6 be biased toward the fourth sub pixel 49W side. Thus, it is desirable that the wiring arrangement of the two of the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3 and the two of the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6 be biased toward the high luminance side.
The pixel 48 includes the first sub pixels 49R, the second sub pixels 49G, the third sub pixel 49B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W. The first sub pixel 49R displays a first color component (for example, red as the first primary color). The second sub pixel 49G displays a second color component (for example, green as the second primary color). The third sub pixel 49B displays a third color component (for example, blue as the third primary color). The fourth sub pixel 49W displays a fourth color component (for example, white). In the following description, when it is not necessary to distinguish the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, the third sub pixel 49B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W individually, they are referred to as sub pixels 49. The above-described image output unit 12 outputs, as an input signal to the signal processor 20, RGB data that can be displayed by the first color component, the second color component, and the third color component in the pixel 48. The first color component, the second color component, the third color component, and the fourth component are not limited to the primary colors and may be complementary colors.
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The display device 10 is, more specifically, a transmissive color liquid crystal display device. The image display panel 30 is a color liquid crystal display panel, and a first color filter that lets the first primary color pass through is arranged between the first sub pixels 49R and an image viewer, a second color filter that lets the second primary color pass through is arranged between the second sub pixels 49G and the image viewer, and a third color filter that lets the third primary color pass through is arranged between the third sub pixels 49B and the image viewer. In the image display panel 30, no color filter is arranged between the fourth sub pixels 49W and the image viewer. For the fourth sub pixels 49W, a transparent resin layer may be provided in place of a color filter. As just described, in the image display panel 30, by providing the transparent resin layer, the occurrence of a large step at the fourth sub pixels 49W by not providing a color filter for the fourth sub pixels 49W can be suppressed. The display device 10 may be a display device that lights its light-emitting body such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED).
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The data converter 23 determines and outputs, based on the input values for which gamma conversion has been performed and the control information Sα for the extension coefficient α, an intermediate output signal Smid for each of the sub pixels 49 in all of the pixels 48. The decimation and color correction unit 24 performs decimation processing so as to make the signal fit the pixel array of the image display panel 30 and performs color correction. For example, the decimation and color correction unit 24 performs, on display data to be displayed on the pixel 48A including color information on the first color component, the second color component, the third color component, and the fourth color component, the processing of decimating the information on the fourth color component that is not displayable on the pixel 48A. In the same manner, the decimation and color correction unit 24 performs, on the display data to be displayed on the pixel 48B including the color information on the first color component, the second color component, the third color component, and the fourth color component, the processing of decimating the information on the third color component that is not displayable on the pixel 48B. Alternatively, the decimation and color correction unit 24 decimates the information on the fourth color component from the display data to be displayed on the pixel 48A including the color information on the first color component, the second color component, the third color component, and the fourth color component. In addition, the decimation and color correction unit 24 performs correction processing to add the information on the fourth color component that is not displayable on the pixel 48A to the display data to be displayed on the adjacent pixel 48B. In the same manner, the decimation and color correction unit 24 decimates the information on the third color component from the display data to be displayed on the pixel 48B including the color information on the first color component, the second color component, the third color component, and the fourth color component. The decimation and color correction unit 24 further performs correction processing to add the information on the third color component that is not displayable on the pixel 48B to the display data to be displayed on the adjacent pixel 48A. The inverse gamma conversion unit 25 inputs, to the image-display-panel drive circuit 40, the output signal Sout in which inverse gamma conversion has been performed based on the processing information on the decimation and color correction unit 24. The gamma conversion processing 21 and the inverse gamma conversion unit 25 are not essential, and the gamma conversion processing and the inverse gamma conversion processing may not be performed.
The image-display-panel drive circuit 40 includes a signal output circuit 41 and a scanning circuit 42. In the image-display-panel drive circuit 40, the signal output circuit 41 holds video signals to be sequentially output to the image display panel 30. The signal output circuit 41 is electrically coupled to the image display panel 30 via wiring DTL. In the image-display-panel drive circuit 40, the scanning circuit 42 controls ON/OFF of a switching element (for example, a thin film transistor (TFT)) for controlling an operation of the sub pixel (light transmittance) in the image display panel 30. The scanning circuit 42 is electrically coupled to the image display panel 30 via wiring SCL.
The light source device 50 is arranged on a back surface of the image display panel 30, and illuminates the image display panel 30 by irradiating the image display panel 30 with light. The light source device 50 irradiates the entire surface of the image display panel 30 with light to illuminate the image display panel 30. The light-source-device control circuit 60 controls irradiation light quantity and the like of the light output from the light source device 50. Specifically, the light-source-device control circuit 60 adjusts a voltage or a duty ratio to be supplied to the light source device 50 based on the light-source-device control signal output from the signal processor 20 to control the light quantity (light intensity) of the light with which the image display panel 30 is irradiated. The following describes a processing operation executed by the display device 10, more specifically, the signal processor 20.
The signal processor 20 illustrated in
The display device 10, as illustrated in
The signal processor 20 stores therein maximum values Vmax(S) of brightness with the saturation S as a variable in the HSV color space which has been expanded by adding the fourth color component (for example, white). That is, the signal processor 20 stores therein the maximum values Vmax(S) of brightness for respective coordinates (values) of the saturation and hue concerning the solid shape of the HSV color space illustrated in
The signal processor 20 then calculates an output signal of the first sub pixels 49R (signal value X1-(p,q)) based on at least the input signal (signal value x1-(p,q)) and the extension coefficient α of the first sub pixels 49R, and outputs it to the first sub pixels 49R. The signal processor 20 calculates an output signal of the second sub pixels 49G (signal value X2-(p,q)) based on at least the input signal (signal value x2-(p,q)) and the extension coefficient α of the second sub pixels 49G, and outputs it to the second sub pixels 49G. The signal processor 20 calculates an output signal of the third sub pixels 49B (signal value X3-(p,q)) based on at least the input signal (signal value x3-(p,q)) and the extension coefficient α of the third sub pixels 49B, and outputs it to the third sub pixels 49B. The signal processor 20 further calculates an output signal of the fourth sub pixels 49W (signal value X4-(p,q)) based on the input signal of the first sub pixels 49R (signal value x1-(p,q)) based on the input signal of the second sub pixels 49G (signal value x2-(p,q)) and the input signal of the third sub pixels 49B (signal value x3-(p,q)), and outputs it to the fourth sub pixels 49W.
Specifically, the signal processor 20 calculates the output signal of the first sub pixels 49R based on the extension coefficient α of the first sub pixels 49R and the output signal of the fourth sub pixels 49W, calculates the output signal of the second sub pixels 49G based on the extension coefficient α of the second sub pixels 49G and the output signal of the fourth sub pixels 49W, and calculates the output signal of the third sub pixels 49B based on the extension coefficient α of the third sub pixels 49B and the output signal of the fourth sub pixels 49W.
That is, assuming that χ is a constant dependent of the display device 10, the signal processor 20 obtains, from the following Expression (1) to Expression (3), the signal value X1-(p,q) that is the output signal of the first sub pixels 49R, the signal value X2-(p,q) that is the output signal of the second sub pixels 49G, and the signal value X3-(p,q) that is the output signal of the third sub pixels 49B, for the (p,q)-th pixel (or a combination of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B).
X1-(p,q)=α·x1-(p,q)−χ·X4-(p,q) (1)
X2-(p,q)=α·x2-(p,q)−χ·X4-(p,q) (2)
X3-(p,q)=α·x3-(p,q)−χ·X4-(p,q) (3)
The signal processor 20 obtains the maximum value Vmax(S) of brightness with the saturation S, as a variable, in the HSV color space expanded by adding the fourth color, and obtains the saturation S and brightness V(S) in a plurality of pixels based on the input signal values of the sub pixels in those pixels. The signal processor 20 then determines the extension coefficient α such that the ratio of the pixels, for which the extended brightness value obtained by the product of the brightness V(S) and the extension coefficient α exceeds the maximum value Vmax(S), to the total pixels is equal to or smaller than a limit value β (Limit value). The limit value β is, with respect to a maximum of brightness in the extended HSV color space, an upper limit (ratio) of the ratio of width in which the combination of the values of hue and saturation exceeds the maximum.
The saturation S and the brightness V(S) are expressed by S=(Max−Min)/Max and V(S)=Max, respectively. The saturation S can assume the value of 0 to 1, and the brightness V(S) can assume the value of 0 to (2n−1), in which the n is the number of display gradation bits. The Max is a maximum value of the input signal values of three sub pixels, which are the input signal value of the first sub pixel, the input signal value of the second sub pixel, and the input signal value of the third sub pixel, to a pixel. The Min is a minimum value of the input signal values of three sub pixels, which are the input signal value of the first sub pixel, the input signal value of the second sub pixel, and the input signal value of the third sub pixel, to the pixel. The hue H is represented by 0° to 360° as illustrated in
According to the embodiment, the signal value X4-(p,q) can be obtained based on a product of Min(p,q) and the expansion coefficient α. Specifically, the signal value X4-(p,q) can be obtained based on the following Expression (4). In Expression (4), the product of Min(p,q) and the expansion coefficient α is divided by χ. However, the embodiment is not limited thereto. χ will be described later. The expansion coefficient α is determined for each image display frame.
X4-(p,q)=Min(p,q)·α/χ (4)
Generally, in the (p,q)-th pixel, the saturation S(p,q) and the brightness V(S)(p,q) in the cylindrical HSV color space can be obtained from the following Expressions (5) and (6) based on the input signal (signal value x1-(p,q)) of the first sub pixel 49R, the input signal (signal value x2-(p,q)) of the second sub pixel 49G, and the input signal (signal value x3-(p,q)) of the third sub pixel 49B.
S(p,q)=(Max(p,q)−Min(p,q))/Max(p,q) (5)
V(S)(p,q)=Max(p,q) (6)
In the above expressions, Max(p,q) represents the maximum value among the input signal values of three sub pixels 49 (x1-(p,q), x2-(p,q), and x3-(p,q)), and Min(p,q) represents the minimum value among the input signal values of the three sub pixels 49 (x1-(p,q), x2-(p,q), and x3-(p,q)). In the embodiment, n is assumed to be 8. That is, the display gradation bit number is assumed to be 8 bits (a value of the display gradation is assumed to be 256 gradations, that is, 0 to 255).
It is assumed that no color filter is arranged for the fourth sub pixels 49W that display white. Furthermore, when a signal having a value equivalent to a maximum signal value of the output signal of the first sub pixels is input to the first sub pixels 49R, a signal having a value equivalent to a maximum signal value of the output signal of the second sub pixels is input to the second sub pixels 49G, and a signal having a value equivalent to a maximum signal value of the output signal of the third sub pixels is input to the third sub pixels 49B, the luminance of the aggregate of the first sub pixels 49R, the second sub pixels 49G, and the third sub pixels 49B provided in the pixel 48 or a group of pixels 48 is defined as BN1-3. When a signal having a value equivalent to a maximum signal value of the output signal of the fourth sub pixel 49W is input to the fourth sub pixels 49W provided in the pixel 48 or a group of pixels 48, the luminance of the fourth sub pixels 49W is defined as BN4. That is, the white of maximum luminance is displayed by the aggregate of the first sub pixels 49R, the second sub pixels 49G, and the third sub pixels 49B, and the luminance of this white is expressed by BN1-3. Consequently, assuming that χ is a constant dependent of the display device 10, the constant χ is expressed by χ=BN4/BN1-3.
Specifically, the luminance BN4 when the input signal having a value of display gradation 255 is assumed to be input to the fourth sub pixel 49W is 1.5 times the luminance BN1-3 of white when the input signals having values of display gradation such as the signal value x1-(p,q)=255, the signal value x2-(p,q)=255, and the signal value x3-(p,q)=255, are input to the aggregate of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B. That is, χ is 1.5 in the embodiment.
If the signal value X4-(p,q) is given by Expression (4) above, Vmax(S) can be represented by the following Expressions (7) and (8).
When S≦S0,
Vmax(S)=(χ+1)·(2n−1) (7)
When S0<S≦1,
Vmax(S)=(2n−1)·(1/S) (8)
In this case, S0=1/(χ+1).
The thus obtained maximum value Vmax(S) of the brightness using the saturation S as a variable in the HSV color space expanded by adding the fourth color component is stored in the signal processor 20 as a kind of look-up table, for example. Alternatively, the signal processor 20 obtains the maximum value Vmax(S) of the brightness using the saturation S as a variable in the expanded HSV color space as occasion demands.
Next, the following describes a method of obtaining the signal values X1-(p,q), X2-(p,q), X3-(p,q), and X4-(p,q) as output signals of the (p,q)-th pixel 48 (expansion processing). The following processing is performed to keep a ratio among the luminance of the first primary color displayed by (first sub pixel 49R+fourth sub pixel 49W), the luminance of the second primary color displayed by (second sub pixel 49G+fourth sub pixel 49W), and the luminance of the third primary color displayed by (third sub pixel 49B+fourth sub pixel 49W). The processing is performed to also keep (maintain) color tone. In addition, the processing is performed to keep (maintain) a gradation-luminance characteristic (gamma characteristic, γ characteristic). When all of the input signal values are 0 or smaller in any one of the pixels 48 and a group of the pixels 48, the expansion coefficient α may be obtained without including such pixel 48 or a group of pixels 48.
First Process
First, the signal processor 20 obtains the saturation S and the brightness V(S) in the pixels 48 based on the input signal values of the sub pixels 49 of the pixels 48. Specifically, S(p,q) and V(S)(p,q) are obtained from Expressions (5) and (6) based on the signal value x1-(p,q) that is the input signal of the first sub pixel 49R, the signal value x2-(p,q) that is the input signal of the second sub pixel 49G, and the signal value x3-(p,q) that is the input signal of the third sub pixel 49B, each of those signal values being input to the (p,q)-th pixel 48. The signal processor 20 performs this processing on all of the pixels 48.
Second Process
Next, the signal processor 20 obtains the expansion coefficient α(S) based on the Vmax(S)/V(S) obtained in the pixels 48.
α(S)=Vmax(S)/V(S) (9)
Then arranged are values of expansion coefficient α(S) obtained in the pixels (all of P0×Q0 pixels in the embodiment) 48 in ascending order, and it is assumed that the expansion coefficient α(S) corresponding to a range from the minimum value to β×P0×Q0 is the expansion coefficient α among the values of the P0×Q0 expansion coefficients α(S). In this way, the expansion coefficient α can be determined so that a ratio of the pixel in which the expanded value of the brightness obtained by multiplying the brightness V(S) by the expansion coefficient α exceeds the maximum value Vmax(S) to all the pixels is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value (β).
Third Process
Next, the signal processor 20 obtains the signal value X4-(p,q) in the (p,q)-th pixel 48 based on at least the signal value x1-(p,q), the signal value x2-(p,q), and the signal value x3-(p,q) of the input signals. In the embodiment, the signal processor 20 determines the signal value X4-(p,q) based on Min(p,q), the expansion coefficient α, and the constant χ. More specifically, as described above, the signal processor 20 obtains the signal value X4-(p,q) based on Expression (4). The signal processor 20 obtains the signal value X4-(p,q) for all of the P0×Q0 pixels 48.
Fourth Process
Subsequently, the signal processor 20 obtains the signal value X1-(p,q) in the (p,q)-th pixel 48 based on the signal value x1-(p,q), the expansion coefficient α, and the signal value X4-(p,q), obtains the signal value X2-(p,q) in the (p,q)-th pixel 48 based on the signal value x2-(p,q), the expansion coefficient α, and the signal value X4-(p,q), and obtains the signal value X3-(p,q) in the (p,q)-th pixel 48 based on the signal value x3-(p,q), the expansion coefficient α, and the signal value X4-(p,q). Specifically, the signal processor 20 obtains the signal value X1-(p,q), the signal value X2-(p,q), and the signal value X3-(p,q) in the (p,q)-th pixel 48 based on Expressions (1) to (3) described above.
The signal processor 20 expands a value of Min(p,q) with α as represented by Expression (4). In this way, the value of Min(p,q) is expanded by α, so that the luminance of the white display sub pixel (fourth sub pixel 49W) increases, and the luminance of the red, green and blue display sub pixels (corresponding to the first, second, and third sub pixels 49R, 49G, and 49B, respectively) also increases as represented by the above expressions. Due to this, dullness of color can be prevented. That is, the luminance of the entire image is multiplied by α because the value of Min(p,q) is expanded by α, compared with the case in which the value of Min(p,q) is not expanded. Accordingly, for example, a static image and the like can be preferably displayed with high luminance.
The luminance displayed by the output signals X1-(p,q), X2-(p,q), X3-(p,q), and X4-(p,q) in the (p,q)-th pixel 48 is expanded α times the luminance formed by the input signals x1-(p,q), x2-(p,q), and x3-(p,q). Accordingly, the display device 10 may reduce the luminance of the pixel in the light source device 50 based on the expansion coefficient α so as to cause the luminance to be the same as that of the pixel 48 that is not expanded. Specifically, the luminance of the light source device 50 may be multiplied by (1/α).
As described above, the display device 10 according to the embodiment sets the limit value (Limit value) β for each frame of the input signals so as to set the expansion coefficient to a value that allows power consumption to be reduced while maintaining the display quality.
Panel Drive
As in the foregoing, the switching element of the third sub pixel 49B can be coupled to either the scan line Gp+1 or the scan line Gp+2. The switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W of the fourth column can be coupled to either the scan line Gp+1 or the scan line Gp+2. When the switching element of the third sub pixel 49B and the switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W of the fourth column are coupled to the scan line Gp+2, it is necessary to shift the display data of G(1,1) equivalent to the second sub pixel 49G and B(1,1) equivalent to the third sub pixel 49B out of the first pixel (1,1), and thus the storage capacity of a memory that temporarily stores therein the display data G(1,1) and B(1,1) is necessary. In contrast, when the switching element of the third sub pixel 49B and the switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W of the fourth column are coupled to the scan line Gp+1 as illustrated in
As in the foregoing, the display device 10 in the embodiment includes the image display panel 30 that includes the pixels 48A and the pixels 48B including three sub pixels 49 out of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, the third sub pixel 49B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W, and in which the first column, the second column arrayed next to the first column, the third column arrayed next to the second column, and the fourth column arrayed next to the third column are cyclically arrayed. The image display panel 30, as a display unit, includes a plurality of signal lines Sq+1, Sq+2, Sq+3, Sq+4, Sq+5, Sq+6, and Sq+7 extending in the column direction (Y direction) that lies along at least one of the first column, the second column, the third column, and the fourth column, and a plurality of scan lines Gp+1, Gp+2, and Gp+3 extending in the row direction (X direction) that intersects with the column direction.
In the image display panel 30, in at least one of the first column and the third column, the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G arranged in juxtaposition between the adjacent scan line Gp+1 and the scan line Gp+2 are lined alternately in the column direction, and in at least one of the second column and the fourth column, at least one of the third sub pixel 49B and the fourth sub pixel 49W is arranged between the adjacent scan line Gp+1 and the scan line Gp+2. An identical row of pixels and the first column, the second column, the third column, and the fourth column of sub pixels include the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, the third sub pixel 49B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W, and the pixel 48A (first pixel) that is the identical row of pixels and includes the sub pixels of the first column and the second column includes the third sub pixel 49B that is not present in the pixel 48B (second pixel) that is adjacent to the pixel 48A in the row direction and included in the third column and the fourth column. The identical row of pixels means the row divided by the scan lines, or the row in units of the third sub pixel 49B or the fourth sub pixel 49W the numerical aperture of which has a larger numerical value.
In contrast, the pixel illustrated in
As illustrated in
Because the pixels 48A and 48B in the embodiment are both arranged between the adjacent scan line Gp+1 and the scan line Gp+2, an increase in scan lines can be suppressed, and thus an increase in drive frequency can be suppressed. Consequently, the display device 10 in the embodiment yields low power consumption.
First Modification
As illustrated in
The fourth sub pixel 49W has higher luminance than that of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B. The second sub pixel 49G has higher luminance than that of the first sub pixel 49R and the third sub pixel 49B. Consequently, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
The scan line Gp+1 is coupled to the switching element of the third sub pixel 49B that is one of the third sub pixel 49B and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48B, and is coupled to the switching element of the first sub pixel 49R that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the adjacent pixel 48A. The scan line Gp+1 is further coupled to the switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W.
The scan line Gp+2 is coupled to the switching element of the second sub pixel 49G that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48A, and is coupled to the switching element of the third sub pixel 49B that is one of the third sub pixel 49B and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48B in the next row. The scan line Gp+2 is further coupled to the switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W.
The scan line Gp+3 is coupled to the switching element of the second sub pixel 49G that is one of the third sub pixel 49B and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48B, and is coupled to the switching element (not depicted) of the first sub pixel 49R that is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G in the pixel 48A in the next row. The scan line Gp+3 is further coupled to the fourth sub pixel 49W.
As just described, out of three of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the fourth sub pixel 49W included in a single pixel 48A, the second sub pixel 49G is coupled to a scan line different from the other sub pixels. Out of three of the second sub pixel 49G, the third sub pixel 49B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W included in a single pixel 48B, the second sub pixel 49G is coupled to a scan line different from the other sub pixels.
That is, the scan line to which the first sub pixel 49R, which is one of the first sub pixel 49R and the second sub pixel 49G included in a single pixel 48A, and the fourth sub pixel 49W included in that pixel 48A are coupled is different from the scan line to which the second sub pixel 49G that is the other included in that pixel is coupled. The scan line to which the third sub pixel 49B, which is one of the second sub pixel 49G and the third sub pixel 49B included in a single pixel 48B, and the fourth sub pixel 49W included in that pixel 48B are coupled is different from the scan line to which the second sub pixel 49G that is the other included in that pixel is coupled.
The signal line Sq+1 is coupled to the switching elements of the first sub pixels 49R and the third sub pixels 49B of the first column. The signal line Sq+2 is coupled to the switching elements of the second sub pixels 49G of the first column. The signal line Sq+3 is coupled to the switching elements of the fourth sub pixels 49W of the second column. The signal line Sq+4 is coupled to the switching elements of the third sub pixels 49B and the first sub pixels 49R of the third column. The signal line Sq+5 is coupled to the switching elements of the second sub pixels 49G of the third column. The signal line Sq+6 is coupled to the switching element of the fourth sub pixel 49W of the fourth column. The signal line Sq+7 is the same as the signal line Sq+1. The distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+1 is greater than the distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3. Thus, the distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+1 is different from the distance between the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3. The effective aperture width of the first sub pixel 49R or the effective aperture width of the second sub pixel 49G in a single pixel 48A is smaller than the effective aperture width of the fourth sub pixel 49W in the pixel 48A. In the same manner, the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+4 is greater than the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6. Thus, the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+4 is different from the distance between the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6. The effective aperture width of the first sub pixel 49R or the effective aperture width of the second sub pixel 49G in a single pixel 48B is smaller than the effective aperture width of the third sub pixel 49B in the pixel 48B.
By this configuration, between the sub pixels 49 of the first column and the sub pixels 49 of the second column, two of the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3 are arranged. Between the sub pixels 49 of the third column and the sub pixels 49 of the fourth column, two of the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6 are arranged. The fourth sub pixel 49W is of luminance higher than the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B are, and the influence of the effective aperture width on the luminance is smaller than that of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B. Thus, by making the effective aperture widths of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B in the row direction (X direction) larger than the effective aperture width of the fourth sub pixel 49W, the numeral apertures of the first sub pixel 49R, the second sub pixel 49G, and the third sub pixel 49B can be increased. As just described, two of the signal line Sq+2 and the signal line Sq+3 are arranged being biased toward the fourth sub pixel 49W side. In the same manner, the wiring arrangement of two of the signal line Sq+5 and the signal line Sq+6 are arranged being biased toward the fourth sub pixel 49W side.
Second Modification
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
The first substrate 70 is a substrate on which various circuits are formed on a translucent substrate 71, and on the translucent substrate 71, includes a plurality of first electrodes (pixel electrode) 78, which are arranged in a matrix, and a second electrode (common electrodes) 76. As illustrated in
When a thin-film transistor that is the switching element of each of the above-described sub pixels 49 is assumed as a transistor Tr, the first substrate 70 has a semiconductor layer in which the transistor Tr, which is the switching element of each of the above-described sub pixels 49, is formed and wiring such as signal lines Sq (0≦q≦m) that supply a pixel signal to each of the first electrodes 78 and scan lines Gp (0≦p≦n) that drive the transistor Tr, being layer-stacked on the translucent substrate 71 and insulated by insulating layers 72, 73, and 75.
In the display device 10 in the second modification of the embodiment, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
In the display device 10 in the second modification of the embodiment, the second electrode (common electrodes) may be arranged an upper side. One of the first electrodes and the second electrode may be formed as a reflecting electrode. In the display device 10 in the second modification of the embodiment, one of the first electrodes 78 and the second electrode 76 may be arranged on the second substrate 80 and driven by a longitudinal electric field. As in the foregoing, the display device 10 in the embodiment may be reflective or transmissive, and the drive system of liquid crystals may be a transverse electric field or a longitudinal electric field.
Application Examples
With reference to
The electronic apparatus illustrated in
The electronic apparatus illustrated in
The embodiment is not limited to the above description. The components according to the embodiment described above include a component that is easily conceivable by those skilled in the art, substantially the same component, and what is called an equivalent. The components can be variously omitted, replaced, and modified without departing from the gist of the embodiment described above.
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