Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Toshiya Aoki

Toshiya Okamoto

Kazuhiro Maeda

Yasushi Kubota

Hajime Washio

Yasuyoshi Kaise

Sachio Tsujino

Norio Ohmura

Fumiaki Fujimoto

Keiji Takahashi

Noriyuki Tanaka

Daiji Kitagawa

Kazuhiko Yoda

Hideo Takemura

Jun Hamachi

Masaki Kobayashi

Kouichi Oda

Kazuyuki Arita

A video image transfer device includes a transfer section arranged to selectively transfer to a display device a plurality of video signals acquired from at least one image pickup device, an assigning section arranged to divide a refresh rate of the display device into portions and assign the portions among the plurality of video signals, and a transfer controller arranged to control the transfer section in such a manner that each of the video signals is transferred to the display device at a timing according to the portion of the refresh rate assigned to each of the video signals. This makes it possible to prevent a dropped frame and an insufficient resolution of an important video image.

Video image transfer device and display system including the device

An example control signal generating circuit CTL for controlling the writing into pixels PIX instructs a data signal line drive circuit SD, which is for driving pixels in a non-display area, to write a voltage VB or a voltage VW which are for non-displaying, not only in the first frame but also once in a predetermined number of frames. In other words, the pixels in the display area are refreshed at intervals longer than those in the case of refreshing the pixels in each frame. Thus, even if the mobility of an active element is high and the leak current on the occasion of OFF-state is large, or even if a large amount of electric charge is accumulated because of the photoelectric effect due to the use of a backlight, it is possible to prevent unnecessary displaying on the display area, which is caused because the writing into the pixels in the display area influences on the pixels in the non-display area, and hence it is possible to improve the quality of partial displaying, while restraining the power consumption.

Display device having display area and non-display area, and driving method thereof

An instrument panel display system displays vehicle information, amenity information, and safety information as images. In this instrument panel display system, data (image data, image layout data, and image output control data) for displaying the images are generated in a shared manner by a vehicle system processor, an amenity system processor, and a safety system processor. On account of this, the stability of image display on an instrument panel of a vehicle or the like is improved and hence safety of driving is increased.

Display system

A display system includes a combination image dividing section arranged to divide a single combination image composed of a plurality of item images into a plurality of image blocks such that each of the image blocks has an item image; an image inputting controlling section arranged to lay out the individual image blocks; and an image inputting controlling section arranged to generate display data based on the image blocks laid out thereby. This can achieve a display system, to be mounted in the maneuverable moving object and having high degrees of freedom for screen layout, at a lower cost.

Display system, screen design setting tool, display system program, screen design setting program, and recording medium

An input signal INDATA inputted to a sender-side interface portion is encoded by an encoder, and a transmission signal generated by the encoding is transmitted to a receiver-side interface portion through two signal transmission lines. The input signal INDATA is encoded in such a manner that the logic level of the transmission signal transmitted through at least one of the two signal transmission lines is changed in any two consecutive elementary periods. The receiver-side interface portion is provided with a clock receiver, and a clock signal is generated based on the change of the transmission signals supplied from the two signal transmission lines.

Data transmission apparatus and data transmission method

A control signal generating circuit CTL for controlling the writing into pixels PIX instructs a data signal line drive circuit SD, which is for driving pixels in a non-display area, to write a voltage VB or a voltage VW which are for non-displaying, not only in the first frame but also once in a predetermined number of frames. In other words, the pixels in the display area is refreshed at intervals longer than those in the case of refreshing the pixels in each frame. Thus, even if the mobility of an active element is high and the leak current on the occasion of OFF-state is large, or even if a large amount of electric charge is accumulated because of the photoelectric effect due to the use of a backlight, it is possible to prevent unnecessary displaying on the display area, which is caused because the writing into the pixels in the display area influences on the pixels in the non-display area, and hence it is possible to improve the quality of partial displaying, while restraining the power consumption.

Display device and driving method thereof

In a buffer that outputs an analog voltage Vout to be applied as a driving voltage to a pixel capacitance in a display region of an active-matrix liquid crystal display device, a CMOS circuit for generating this analog voltage includes four Pch transistors (QPto QP) connected in parallel and four Nch transistors (QNto QN) connected in parallel. When charging the pixel capacitance, a bias current is reduced and the driving capability is lowered by control with selector switches (SPto SP) at a time at which the large driving capability at the beginning of the charging is not necessary anymore. And when discharging the charge that has accumulated at the pixel capacitance, the bias current is reduced and the driving capability is lowered by control with selector switches (SNto SN) at a time at which the large driving capability at the beginning of the discharging is not necessary anymore. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the power consumption of the output buffer applying the analog voltage for image display to the capacitive load in the display panel.

Display device, driving circuit for the same and driving method for the same

A data bus width conversion apparatus is provided for receiving N-bit data from a first device having a first bus width and outputting the N-bit data to a second device having a second bus width. The first device divides the N-bit data into a plurality of bit data groups and the plurality of bit data groups are transferred to the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a setting section for setting the total number of transfer operations required for the first device to transfer the plurality of bit data groups, and for setting a division pattern of the N-bit data for dividing the N-bit data into the plurality of bit data groups, a receiving section, and an output section for producing the N-bit data from the received data indicated by each of the plurality of bit data groups and outputting the produced N-bit data to the second device.

Data bus width conversion apparatus and data processing apparatus

A color signal correction circuit for correcting a color signal which displays data on each pixel of a display apparatus, comprising: a color signal input section for inputting a color signal of N bits (N is a natural number); an addition section for adding second and third color signals corresponding to first and second adjacent pixels which are adjacent to the predetermined pixel to obtain addition value data; a first comparison section for subtracting duplicated color signal data, which is obtained by duplicating a first color signal corresponding to the predetermined pixel, from the addition value data to obtain a difference value; a LSB determination section for determining an LSB according to the difference value; and a color signal generation section for adding N higher order bits of the duplicated color signal data and the LSB, so as to generate a color signal of (N&plus;1) bits.

Color signal correction circuit, color signal correction apparatus, color signal correction method, color signal correction program, and display apparatus

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Toshiya Aoki