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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Shogo Suzuki, Sakai, JP;
Junichi Morinaga, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/136286 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G02F 1/136213 (2013.01); G02F 2203/30 (2013.01); G02F 2203/64 (2013.01); G02F 2203/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an active area including: a matrix of first regions; and a plurality of second regions distributed so as not to overlap the first regions, wherein each first region includes a switching element and is supplied with a grayscale signal via the switching element, and the plurality of second regions includes no switching element and is supplied with a common signal.