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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Takashi Katayama, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Katayama, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method of driving a liquid crystal display device in accordance with the present invention, a transition voltage (+25 VDC) for causing liquid crystal molecules to be in a bend orientation state is applied, and after an entire surface is changed into the bend orientation state, the voltage applied to a liquid crystal layer is continuously reduced from a transition voltage to a reverse tilt eliminating voltage.