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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1997
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A large-area liquid crystal display device of the present invention is fabricated by arranging liquid crystal panels to form a plane surface and connecting the panels at their edges parallel to a first direction corresponding to an up-and-down direction of a displayed image to be obtained. Each liquid crystal panel has pixels which are arranged in a matrix form and include color filters and pixel electrodes arranged in the first direction to correspond to the color filters, scanning lines arranged in the first direction, and signal lines arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction. When driving the liquid crystal display device, the arrangement of image data for performing line sequential scanning in the first direction is changed into an arrangement for performing line sequential scanning in the second direction using a memory. This structure realizes a large-area liquid crystal display device capable of providing a high-quality displayed image with a less noticeable joint of the liquid crystal panels.