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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Masanori Takeuchi, Tsu, JP;
Tomokazu Ohtsubo, Suzuka, JP;
Toshihide Tsubata, Tsu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A segmented-pixel liquid crystal display has a plurality of pixels of which each has three sub-pixels-, namely one middle and two side sub-pixels, arranged next to one another in the column or row direction. The sub-pixels-have different brightness levels when the pixel as a whole is in a given middle halftone state, and the middle sub-pixelhas the highest brightness level. This eliminates unnaturalness as is conventionally produced when an image with a straight border is displayed, and further improves the gamma characteristic.