Seiko Epson Corporation

Hiroyuki Hara

Tomoki Yokota

Mitsutoshi Miyasaka

Mutsumi Kimura

Sumio Utsunomiya

Naoyuki Toyoda

Takayuki Kondo

Kazuhiko Amano

Wakao Miyazawa

Rie Makiura

Tatsuya Shimoda

Satoshi Inoue

Masayoshi Todorokihara

Hayato Nakanishi

Naoki Tomikawa

Daisuke Abe

Kazuyuki Miyashita

Hiroaki Ebihara

Mitsumi Kimura

In an element substrate of a liquid crystal device, in a peripheral region interposed between an image display region and a seal material, a peripheral electrode to which a potential is applied for trapping ionic impurities which is different from a common potential applied to a dummy pixel electrode or the like is formed. In the peripheral electrode, an electrode width of a first portion opposing a sealing material provided at a liquid crystal injection opening of the seal material is set to be greater than electrode widths of the other portions.

Liquid crystal device and projection-type display apparatus

In a display region, pixel electrodes are arranged with a predetermined pitch in a matrix. Dummy pixel electrodes provided in a dummy display region surrounding the display region are formed from the same layer as the pixel electrodes, and are arranged in an island shape so as to have the same size and pitch as the pixel electrodes. The dummy pixel electrodes are connected to each other via a wire positioned under the pixel electrodes.

Electro-optical device and electronic equipment

An electrooptic device includes first and second substrates that are disposed opposing each other with an electrooptic material layer therebetween, a sealing material that bonds the first and second substrates, a pixel area, and an ion trap portion between the pixel area and the sealing material. The ion trap portion includes first and second electrodes that are formed in a comb-tooth shape and are disposed so that branch electrodes of the first electrode and branch electrodes of the second electrode are engaged with each other. A direction of the branch electrodes intersects with an orientation direction of the electrooptic material at an interface between the electrooptic material layer and the first substrate.

Electrooptic device and electronic apparatus

In an element substrate of a liquid crystal device, a peripheral electrode to which a potential different from a common potential applied to a dummy pixel electrode and the like is applied is formed in a region interposed between an image display region and a sealing material. An electrical supply line that supplies the potential from the side to the peripheral electrode runs through the outside from a scanning line driving circuit portion.

Liquid crystal device and projection-type display device

In an element substrate of a liquid crystal device, a peripheral electrode to which a potential Vtrap different from a common potential Vcom applied to a dummy pixel electrode and the like is applied is formed in a peripheral region which is interposed by an image display region and a sealing material. The peripheral electrode extends along the sealing material through the outside of the outside end of a data line driving circuit portion, and the outside end of a scanning line driving circuit portion, and does not intersect a data line and a scanning line.

An electro-optical device includes: a data line driver applying the signal potential in such a manner that a writing polarity is reversed more than once in the field time period, and the writing polarity of each of sub field time periods making up a certain field time period is the opposite of the writing polarity of the corresponding one of sub field time periods making up the next field time period; a scanning line driver applying the scanning signal in such a manner that a total length of the sub field time periods in which writing in one polarity is performed in each cycle of two consecutive fields one of which is an odd field and the other of which is an even field is different from a total length of the sub field time periods in which writing in the other polarity is performed in the each cycle of two consecutive fields.

Electro-optical device driven by polarity reversal during each sub-field and electronic apparatus having the same

In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a liquid crystal device comprises a plurality of conductive patterns formed of a conductive film in a peripheral region between an image display region and a sealing member. The conductive patterns are formed at a same layer as a plurality of pixel electrodes. An insulation film is formed on a side facing a counter substrate so as to correspond to the plurality of conductive patterns and a plurality of pixel electrodes. Peripheral electrodes are formed in a region overlapping the plurality of conductive patterns in a plan view on a side on which the counter substrate is located so as to correspond to the insulation film in the peripheral region.

A pixel circuit that makes an electro-optical element emit light includes a transistor inserted into a driving current path of the electro-optical element; a current value setting circuit that sets a current value of the driving current path; a level holding unit that stores the level of a supplied image signal; and a comparator circuit that compares the level of the stored image signal with the level of a supplied ramp level signal to control the operation of the transistor on the basis of the comparison result.

Pixel circuit, method of driving pixel, and electronic apparatus

An ink cartridge filled with an ink added with an infrared absorption material with a function of absorbing an infrared ray to distinguish the ink from another ink of a same color, the ink cartridge used in a loaded state where the ink cartridge is loaded into a printing apparatus for performing printing, the ink cartridge includes an ink supplying system including a storage portion for storing the ink, an outlet for supplying the ink to the printing apparatus in the loaded state, and a flow path for guiding the ink from the storage portion to the outlet, a light emitter, a sensor including a light receiver disposed in opposition to the light emitter with the ink supplying system intervened therebetween, the light receiver for receiving transmitted light resulting from transmission of emitted light from the light emitter through the ink supplying system, and an ink cartridge-side terminal electrically connected to the sensor, coming in contact with an apparatus-side terminal provided to the printing apparatus in the loaded state, in which the emitted light has a wavelength in an infrared range.

Ink cartridge and printing apparatus

An organic electroluminescent device including: a plurality of pixels, each having a red light emitting element to emit red light, a green light emitting element to emit green light, and a blue light emitting element to emit blue light; and a drive device adjusting a luminance ratio among the red light, the green light, and the blue light by adjusting light emitting time of each of the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element.

Organic EL device, driving method thereof, and electronic apparatus

An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate that is conductive at least on a first surface; a first insulating film located on the first surface of the substrate and including a portion of a first opening, a portion of a second opening, and a portion of a third opening; a semiconductor film located on the first insulating film and receiving a current from the first surface of the substrate via the portion of a first opening; a second insulating film located on the semiconductor film and in contact with the substrate via the portion of a second opening; a capacitance electrode located on the second insulating film; a gate electrode located on the second insulating film and overlapping the semiconductor film; an intermediate insulating film located on the gate electrode and capacitance electrode; a pixel electrode located on the intermediate insulating film and receiving a current via the semiconductor film; a light-emitting layer located on the pixel electrode; a common electrode located on the light-emitting layer; and a power supply section located on the first insulating film and supplying a current to the first surface of the substrate via the portion of a third opening. The second insulating film is interposed between the capacitance electrode and the substrate via the portion of a second opening.

Organic electroluminescent device and electronic apparatus

An ink cartridge that is filled with ink and, used with the ink cartridge loaded into a printer includes a reservoir that reserves the ink, an outlet through which the ink is supplied to the printer with the ink cartridge loaded, at least one ink supply system that includes a channel that leads the ink from the reservoir to the outlet, and a sensor that detects whether the channel is filled with the ink or gas, an ink cartridge terminal that is electrically coupled to the sensor and makes contact with a printer terminal disposed on the printer upon loading of the ink cartridge. A detection region of the channel where detection is carried out by the sensor is previously filled with gas with the ink cartridge yet to be used. Whether or not the use of the ink cartridge is proper is determined based on information from the sensor.

Ink cartridge and printer

An organic electro-luminescence (EL) device including at least an emission layer between an anode and a cathode that are opposed to each other, including an anode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the anode and the emission layer, a cathode buffer layer that is composed of an electrically conductive material and is provided between the cathode and the emission layer, and a drive unit that applies a forward bias voltage and a reverse bias voltage that have opposite polarities to the anode and the cathode with setting application time periods of the forward bias voltage and the reverse bias voltage according to a luminance ratio of an image to be displayed.

Organic electro-luminescence device, driving method thereof and electronic apparatus

An organic electroluminescence device includes: an emissive layer between an anode and a cathode facing each other; an anode buffer layer formed of a conductive material, installed between the anode and the emissive layer; a cathode buffer layer formed of the conductive material, installed between the cathode and the emissive layer; and a driving device which alternately applies a forward-biased voltage and a reverse-biased voltage which have different voltage values and polarities, to the anode and the cathode.

Organic electroluminescence device, method for driving thereof, and electronic appliance

Aspects of the invention can provide a fingerprint sensor for searching for a detection condition in a short period of time in order to read information of ridges and valleys of a fingerprint as changes in capacitance. The fingerprint sensor of the invention can include a plurality of capacitance detection circuits that output a detection signal having ridge/valley information of a fingerprint based on capacitance formed between the sensor and a fingertip surface, a fingerprint detection part in which the plurality of capacitance detection circuits are arranged to intersect with one another in a row direction and a column direction, a plurality of scanning lines, a scanning line driver for driving the scanning line, a plurality of data lines, a data line driver for driving the data line, and search device for searching for a detection condition of ridge/valley information by changing detection conditions of the ridge/valley information in a state that the plurality of capacitance detection circuits arranged along any one of the plurality of scanning lines are being selected.

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Hiroyuki Hara