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Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohiro Shibuya, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeshi Suyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3696 (2013.01); G09G 3/3614 (2013.01); G09G 3/3622 (2013.01); G09G 3/3648 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0289 (2013.01); G09G 2310/065 (2013.01); G09G 2310/08 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid crystal drive device includes a common driver configured to sequentially output a scanning signal having a plurality of voltage levels to a plurality of common wirings in a time division manner, a segment driver configured to output a display signal having a plurality of voltage levels to a plurality of segment wirings, and a contrast adjustment unit configured to generate contrast adjustment periods that are inserted into all duty periods, and output, to the common driver and the segment driver, a contrast control signal to control the timing of when the contrast adjustment periods are inserted into the duty periods in synchronization with the timing of the scanning signal and the display signal. The scanning signal and the display signal are output at an identical potential when a contrast adjustment period is indicated by the output of the contrast control signal.


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