In an apparatus for modulating light, an spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and configured to modulate input light in response to a drive voltage for each of the pixels. An input value setting unit is configured to set an input value for the each of pixels. The input value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the digital value is N, and N is a natural number. A converting unit is configured to convert the input value to a control value. A control value is a digital value, an entire gray level of the control value is M, and M is a natural number greater than N. A driving unit is configured to convert the control value to a voltage value and drive the each of the pixels in response to the drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value.

A wearable electronic device with a display is provided. The wearable electronic device includes: a stereo camera configured to detect infrared light, a self-luminous display including a plurality of visible light pixels configured to output visible light corresponding to a virtual object image and a plurality of infrared pixels configured to output infrared light, an optical waveguide configured to output the virtual object image by adjusting a path of the visible light, a first control circuit configured to supply driving power and a control signal to the self-luminous display, and a second control circuit configured to supply driving power and a control signal to the stereo camera. The optical waveguide includes a half mirror configured to output reflected infrared light and transmitted infrared light in response to the output infrared light.

A display that contains a sparse array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), including a related system and method of fabrication are disclosed. The display includes at least one panel disposed in or on a transparent material to provide a display on one or both sides of the material. Each tile has a transparent flexible substrate, a sparse array of LEDs disposed on the transparent flexible substrate, a rigid substrate adhered to the transparent flexible substrate via an adhesive layer in which the sparse array of LEDs is encapsulated, and a driver disposed on an edge of the tile and configured to drive the LEDs. The LEDs are sparse enough to enable information to be displayed through the transparent material while still enabling a viewer to see through the transparent material.

A vehicular display that contains a sparse array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), system, and method of fabrication are disclosed. The vehicular display includes at least one tile disposed in a vehicle to provide a display of internal and external information. Each tile has a transparent flexible substrate, a sparse array of LEDs disposed on the transparent flexible substrate, a rigid substrate adhered to the transparent flexible substrate via an adhesive layer in which the sparse array of LEDs is encapsulated, and a driver disposed on an edge of the tile and configured to drive the LEDs. The LEDs are sparse enough to enable information to be displayed through a vehicle window while still enabling a viewer to see through the window.

The color shift compensation method comprises: receiving target input gray scale data of a target sub pixel dot in a present line, and acquiring previous output gray scale data of a sub pixel dot of the previous line in the same display data line of the target sub pixel dot, and then, implementing digital to analog conversion to the target output gray scale data of the target sub pixel dot simultaneously corresponding to the target input gray scale data and the previous output gray scale data with combination of the target relationship table to acquire the target voltage of the target sub pixel dot, and ultimately, adjusting a color displayed by a target pixel where the target sub pixel dot is. With the present invention, the color shift issue due to the resistance difference of the fan section can be solved to promote the display effect.

An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized active matrix type liquid crystal display device that may achieve large-sized display, high precision, high resolution and multi-gray scales. According to the present invention, gray scale display is performed by combining time ratio gray scale and voltage gray scale in a liquid crystal display device which performs display in OCB mode. In doing so, one frame is divided into subframes corresponding to the number of bit for the time ratio gray scale. Initialize voltage is applied onto the liquid crystal upon display of a subframe.

The present invention provides a driving method and a driving device for liquid crystal pixel unit, and a liquid crystal display device. In the driving method, the liquid crystal pixel unit comprises a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a first shared capacitor; the driving method comprises: providing a charging connection signal for charging the first and second pixel electrodes to an equivalent voltage using the data signal; providing a shared connection signal with an interval of a first time after the charging connection signal is finished, electrically connecting the first shared capacitor with first pixel electrode and changing the voltage on the first pixel electrode; said first time is larger than or equal to 1/10 and smaller than or equal to of the display period. The driving method is applicable to the liquid crystal display device of VA mode, especially to that of CS-SPVA mode.

According to an aspect, a display device includes an image display panel, data lines, and scan lines. The image display panel includes arrays of pixels including a plurality of sub-pixels. The arrays of pixels include cyclically arranged columns of first columns each of which includes first sub-pixels, second columns that include second sub-pixels, and third columns. Third sub-pixels and fourth sub-pixels are alternately arranged in the third columns in the direction along the third columns, and are alternately arranged in a direction along the row in the same row of the third columns. Each of the scan lines is coupled to either of the third sub-pixels adjacent thereto or the fourth sub-pixels adjacent thereto, as sub-pixels to be selected thereby.

A liquid-crystal pixel unit includes a storage capacitor, a liquid-crystal capacitor, a data writing circuit, and a source-follower type output circuit. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode is configured to receive a first reference voltage. The liquid-crystal capacitor includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The fourth electrode is configured to receive a second reference voltage. The data writing circuit is electrically connected to the first electrode and the third electrode. The data writing circuit is controlled by a control signal to charge a data voltage into the storage capacitor and the liquid-crystal capacitor. The source-follower type output circuit includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal is electrically connected to the first electrode. The output terminal is electrically connected to the third electrode.

Provided is a liquid crystal display device that can achieve high-speed response in both rise time and fall time and has a high transmittance, a high contrast ratio, and excellent viewing angle characteristics. The liquid crystal display device provides color display using a field sequential driving system where each frame period includes subframe periods and includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a light source that irradiates the liquid crystal display panel with lights of multiple colors; and a controller that drives the light source to time-divisionally irradiate the liquid crystal display panel with the lights of multiple colors. The liquid crystal display panel includes, sequentially in the following order: a first substrate including pixel electrodes; a first alignment film; a liquid crystal layer; a second alignment film; and a second substrate including a common electrode.