JPH09270977A - Liquid crystal display - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] Not only a video signal corresponding to an aspect ratio of 4: 3 but also a video signal corresponding to an aspect ratio of 16: 9 without changing the function of an existing video signal processing system. (EN) Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying even without causing distortion. RGB obtained from a video chroma circuit 1
The signals are thinned out at a rate of one for every four horizontal scanning lines, and the RGB signals corresponding to the respective horizontal scanning lines remaining without being thinned out are displayed on each row of the liquid crystal display panel 4. The timing signal generating circuit 7 supplies the timing signal necessary for this display control to the data line driving circuit 5 and the scanning line driving circuit 6. MA generated by the mask signal generating circuit 2 provided separately is provided in a region where no image is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 4.
An SK signal is sent to display black, for example.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called active matrix type liquid crystal display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines are arranged orthogonally to each other, and a TFT is provided at each intersection of these scanning lines and data lines.
A switching transistor such as (thin film transistor) and an electrode for driving liquid crystal are arranged. In this type of liquid crystal display device, a pixel is displayed by applying a signal voltage to an electrode via each switching transistor, and at that time, the switching transistor and the electrode exert an action of retaining the signal voltage. Therefore, there is little attenuation of the signal voltage, and therefore display with high gradation can be performed. Therefore, the active matrix liquid crystal display device is gradually expanding its applications.

[0003]

Generally, in a display device, the arrangement of pixels is determined corresponding to the aspect ratio of a video signal to be displayed. For example, an NTSC video signal generally corresponds to an aspect ratio of 4: 3 (hereinafter, simply expressed as 4: 3), but a display device for displaying this video signal is adapted to this aspect ratio. That is, the position of each pixel is determined.

However, depending on the application, a video signal corresponding to an aspect ratio different from the optimum aspect ratio may be given to the display device and displayed. For example, a video signal of a wide image captured by a video camera generally corresponds to an aspect ratio of 16: 9 (hereinafter, simply expressed as 16: 9).
When such a display of a video signal having an aspect ratio of 16: 9 is performed by a display device adapted to an aspect ratio of 4: 3, the original image is compressed in the horizontal direction and a vertically distorted image is displayed. The Rukoto.

As a means for solving such a problem,
Although it is conceivable to change the design of the display device itself to the one corresponding to the aspect ratio of 16: 9, if such a means is adopted, it is possible to normally display the video signal corresponding to the aspect ratio of 4: 3. I can not do it.

Therefore, as one solution in this case,
When a video signal with an aspect ratio that does not match the display device is supplied, there is a means to display without distortion by uniformly compressing and displaying the video corresponding to the video signal in the vertical or horizontal direction. Conceivable.

In this case, since the video for one screen is compressed and displayed, a blank area where the video is not displayed appears on the display screen, and the handling of the display of the blank area becomes a problem. Here, when displaying an image corresponding to the image signal, the image signal processing system such as a video chroma circuit converts the image signal into a color signal such as an RGB signal and supplies the color signal to the display device. Since it is common, a method of generating an RGB signal for displaying black and supplying it to a display device by using an external image input function such as an on-screen function in this image signal processing system can be considered. However, if this method is adopted, the video signal processing system stops the generation of the RGB signal corresponding to the black display and the RGB signal corresponding to the video signal is stopped.
There is a problem that the control of the level of the RGB signal becomes transiently unstable when the signal generation is started. Further, since most of the video signal processing system such as the video chroma circuit is generally integrated into an IC, it is preferable to realize the display control of the blank area without changing the design of this part.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to display images of image signals corresponding to various aspect ratios without changing the design of the image signal processing system. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying a constant color in a blank area generated on the display screen in that case.

[0009]

The present invention has a liquid crystal display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, and inputs a video signal composed of a plurality of horizontal scanning lines, and based on this video signal, In a liquid crystal display device for sequentially displaying an image corresponding to each horizontal scanning line on each row constituting the liquid crystal display panel, for displaying an image represented by the image signal on the liquid crystal display panel based on the image signal. Video signal processing means for generating a display signal, mask signal generating means for generating a mask signal for displaying a predetermined color on the liquid crystal display panel, and one of the display signal or the mask signal based on a selection signal A switching circuit for selecting and outputting, and the selection signal for selecting the display signal during a period in which a display signal representing a display target is output from the video signal processing means. Is supplied to the switching circuit and the selection signal for selecting the mask signal is supplied to the switching circuit during another period, and the display signal and the mask signal output via the switching circuit are supplied to the liquid crystal display panel. And a timing signal generating means for outputting a timing signal to be supplied to each of the predetermined regions of the liquid crystal display device.

According to this invention, the display based on the display signal is performed for the predetermined region of the liquid crystal display panel, and the display based on the mask signal is performed for the other regions.
Here, since the mask signal is generated by a means different from the display signal, there is no need to change the design of the video signal processing means for generating the display signal. Further, the function of the video signal processing means is not impaired because the mask signal is generated.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A. Configuration of this Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment includes a video chroma circuit 1, a mask signal generation circuit 2, a switching circuit 3, a liquid crystal display panel 4, a data line drive circuit 5, a scanning line drive circuit 6, and timing. It has a signal generation circuit 7. In this embodiment, the data line driving circuit 5 and the scanning line driving circuit 6 are connected to the liquid crystal display panel 4.
This is true both when formed inside and when connected outside the liquid crystal display panel 4.

The liquid crystal display device is supplied with an NTSC video signal VIDEO from a tuner, a personal computer or the like (not shown). As is well known, NTSC
In the system, one screen is represented by 525 horizontal scanning lines (line images), and a video for one screen is obtained by adding a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal to the video signal corresponding to the 525 horizontal scanning lines. The signal is composed. Such a video signal VIDEO is supplied to the liquid crystal display device at a transmission rate of one screen every fixed frame period, and the liquid crystal display panel 4 displays the video signal.

The video chroma circuit 1 is a circuit for generating and outputting an RGB signal and a sync signal CSYNC based on the video signal VIDEO thus supplied. Here, the RGB signals are composed of analog signals for three colors of R, G, and B that determine the display color of each pixel forming the liquid crystal display panel 4, and correspond to the horizontal scanning lines in the video signal VIDEO. It is generated based on the generated video signal. Further, the synchronization signal CSYNC is the video signal VIDE.
It is a signal including a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal included in O.

The mask signal generating circuit 2 is a circuit for generating a MASK signal. This MASK signal is generated when a liquid crystal display panel 4 has a blank area where no image is displayed.
This is a signal for displaying a halftone color (hereinafter, referred to as a mask color) such as black, white, or gray in the margin area. That is, in the present embodiment, the video signal V
Although the liquid crystal display panel 4 is caused to display by the RGB signal generated based on IDEO, a blank area where an image is not displayed may occur on the liquid crystal display panel 4 depending on the type of the video signal VIDEO. In the present embodiment, the mask color is displayed in the blank area thus generated, and the signal for displaying the mask color is the MASK signal.

Here, in order to display both the image and the mask color on the liquid crystal display panel 4, it is necessary to switch the RGB signal and the MASK signal and supply them to the liquid crystal display panel 4. The switching circuit 3 uses this RGB signal and MASK
Means for switching signals, RGB based on a selection signal VLS supplied from a timing signal generating circuit 7 described later using an analog switch or the like.
One of the signal and the MASK signal is selected and output.

Next, the liquid crystal display panel 4, the data line driving circuit 5 and the scanning line driving circuit 6 will be described. First, the liquid crystal display panel 4 is formed by arranging pixels for display in a matrix. FIG. 2 shows the basic configuration of the liquid crystal display panel 4. Since the liquid crystal display panel 4 performs color display, the actual pixels are composed of portions corresponding to each of the three colors of RGB.
In order to avoid complication, the colors are not shown in the figure.

As shown in this figure, the liquid crystal display panel 4
Is a large number of scanning lines 11, 11, ... And a large number of data lines 1.
, 12 are arranged orthogonally to each other, and an electrode 13 (hereinafter, referred to as a pixel electrode) and a TFT (thin film transistor) 14 which form a pixel are arranged at each intersection of each scanning line and each data line. Is. The pixel electrode 13 arranged at each intersection sandwiches the liquid crystal with the common electrode connected to the reference power source (not shown). Further, in the TFT 14 arranged at each intersection, the drain is connected to the pixel electrode 13 at the intersection, and the gate and the source are connected to the scanning line 11 and the data line 12 which form the intersection.

In such a configuration, for example, when an H level voltage is applied to the uppermost scanning line 11 in FIG. 2, the TFTs 14, 14, ... For the uppermost one row are turned on. As a result, the voltage output to each data line 12, 12, ...
.. are applied to the pixel electrodes 13, 13, ... For the rows to drive the liquid crystal for displaying the pixels for one row.

The data line driving circuit 5 and the scanning line driving circuit 6 are provided for the pixel electrodes 13 and 1 constituting the liquid crystal display panel 4, respectively.
Is a means for sequentially applying voltages corresponding to RGB signals or MASK signals to 3, ....

More specifically, the data line drive circuit 5
Consists of the following components: a. Sample and Hold Circuits Corresponding to One Row of Pixels in the Liquid Crystal Display Panel 4 These sample and hold circuits sequentially hold RGB signals or MASK signals corresponding to the pixels of one row, and each data line of the liquid crystal display panel 4 holds the signals. Is output.

B. Means for sequentially holding the RGB signal or MASK signal output from the switching circuit 3 to each of the sample and hold circuits This means is a pointer constituted by a shift register, and a sample and hold designated by the pointer for the RGB signal and the like. And a circuit that supplies the circuit. Here, in the shift register that is the pointer,
Shift clock CLX and write command signal DX are applied. All of these are signals generated by a timing signal generation circuit 7 which will be described later, but the shift clock CLX is continuously generated at a constant frequency, and the write command signal DX generates an image for one horizontal scanning line. Liquid crystal display panel 4
It is generated prior to displaying the pixels for one row.
The write command signal DX is sequentially shifted to the subsequent stage by the shift register in synchronization with the shift clock CLX. And among the stages of the shift register,
For the sample and hold circuit corresponding to the stage that holds and outputs the write command signal DX, the RGB signal or M
The ASK signal is written.

The scanning line drive circuit 6 is composed of a shift register. Like the shift register in the data line drive circuit 5, this shift register plays a role of a pointer, and a timing signal generation circuit 7 to be described later.
The write command signal DY generated by the above is sequentially shifted to the subsequent stage in synchronization with the shift clock CLY generated from the same circuit. By this shift operation, the write command signal DY is output from each stage of the shift register and sequentially applied to the scanning lines of each row of the liquid crystal display panel 4. In this way, the row in the liquid crystal display panel 4 is selected, and the voltage output to each data line by the driver is applied to each pixel electrode belonging to the selected row.

The timing signal generating circuit 7 operates on the basis of the synchronization signal CSYNC output from the video chroma circuit 1.
The write command signals DX, DY, shift clock CL described above
It is means for generating various timing signals necessary for display control of the liquid crystal display panel 4, such as X and CLY.

Here, in the liquid crystal display panel 4, the arrangement of each pixel electrode is determined on the assumption that a video signal corresponding to an aspect ratio of 4: 3 is supplied. Therefore, when the video signal VIDEO corresponding to such an aspect ratio is supplied to the video chroma circuit 1, the RGB signal corresponding to each horizontal scanning line sequentially output from the circuit is directly output to each row of the liquid crystal display panel 4. The timing signal generating circuit 7 outputs a timing signal for such display control.

However, in the present embodiment, not only such a video signal but also a video signal VIDEO corresponding to an aspect ratio of 16: 9 is handled. When the RGB signal obtained from the video signal VIDEO corresponding to the aspect ratio of 16: 9 is displayed as it is on each row of the liquid crystal display panel 4, an image elongated in the row arrangement direction is displayed. Therefore, when the video signal VIDEO having such an aspect ratio is supplied, the following display control is performed.

A. Thinning-out display control Instead of displaying RGB signals corresponding to each horizontal scanning line obtained from the video signal VIDEO on the liquid crystal display panel 4 as they are, RGB signals are output at a rate of one for every four horizontal scanning lines.
The signals are thinned out and the remaining RGB signals are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 4. The timing signal generation circuit 7 includes a write command signal DX and a write command signal D necessary for such thinning-out display.
Y and shift clock CLY are generated. It should be noted that specific generation modes of these timing signals will be clarified in the description of the operation of this embodiment. As a result of such control, the display image represented by the RGB signals is pseudo compressed to 3/4 in the row direction, and the original image represented by the image signal VIDEO is displayed without distortion. Displayed on panel 4. In this case, the liquid crystal display panel 4 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Of the first display mode in which it is displayed in the vertical center of FIG.
There is a second display mode in which the liquid crystal display panel 4 is displayed above the liquid crystal display panel 4 as shown in FIG. The user can select a desired display mode from these.

B. Mask Color Display Control When the RGB signals are thinned out and displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 4, a blank area where no image is displayed appears on the liquid crystal display panel 4, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Therefore, the MASK signal generated by the mask signal generation circuit 2 is used in the liquid crystal display panel 4 by utilizing the period during which the image is not displayed.
And the mask color is displayed in the blank area. The timing generation circuit 7 generates a write command signal DX, a write command signal DY and a shift clock CLY necessary for displaying the mask color.

B. Operation of this Embodiment Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The operation when a video signal corresponding to an aspect ratio of 4: 3 is supplied is the same as the operation of a conventional general liquid crystal display device, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. In the following, the aspect ratio of 16: 9 is used. Only the operation for displaying a video signal corresponding to will be described.

(1) First Display Mode FIGS. 5 and 6 are time charts showing waveforms of various timing signals generated in the first display mode (FIG. 3). FIG. 5 shows the first half of one frame period. 6 shows the respective waveforms in the odd field period of, and FIG. 6 shows the respective waveforms in the latter half even field period. 5 and 6, there is an item "scanning line No." at the top, but the series of numbers shown here are the video chroma circuit 1 at each time point.
It shows the number of the horizontal scanning line corresponding to the RGB signal output from.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the synchronization signal C
The SYNC includes the horizontal synchronizing signal and the vertical synchronizing signal originally included in the video signal VIDEO. The timing signal generating circuit 7 separates the horizontal synchronizing signal and the vertical synchronizing signal from each other, extracts them from the synchronizing signal CSYNC, and outputs the signal OF.
Output as H and MVSYNC.

The signal OFH is the timing signal generation circuit 7
It is counted by a counter provided inside. FIG.
Also, although the item "internal count number" is provided in FIG. 6, it indicates the count value of this counter.

Further, the scanning line No. 4 to scanning line No. 5
Timing to shift to and scan line No. 266 from the scan line No. At the timing of shifting to 267, there is the first rising edge of the signal OFH after the signal MVSYNC becomes H level, but this rising edge of the signal OFH is used as the vertical system reset signal. That is,
At the rising edge of the signal OFH, the counter that counts the signal OFH is reset. Therefore, the internal count number changes from 1 to 262 in the odd field and from 1 to 263 in the even field. The level of the signal MFS is inverted every time the vertical reset signal appears.

Therefore, it is possible to determine whether the current is an odd field or an even field based on the level of the signal MFS, and based on the internal count number,
It is possible to determine which number of horizontal scanning lines in the current field the RGB signal output from the video chroma circuit 1 corresponds to. In the timing signal generation circuit 7, these pieces of information are referred to instead of the clock, and the generation control of the timing signal necessary for display control is performed. That is, it is as follows.

First, the shift clock CLY is a two-phase clock composed of a positive-phase clock CLY and a reverse-phase clock (indicated by a signal name in which "CLY" is overlined in FIGS. 5 and 6) inverted from the positive-phase clock CLY. It is a clock. Note that in FIG. 1, in order to prevent the drawing from being complicated, it is simply “CLY”. The shift clock CLY is generated by dividing the frequency of the signal OFH, but the level is not inverted every time in synchronization with the rising of the signal OFH, and there are some places where the level is not inverted. The level inversion control of the shift clock CLY is also performed based on the value of the internal count number. Also, the signal F
RP is a timing signal for inverting the polarities of the RGB signals output from the video chroma circuit 1 with respect to the potential of the common electrode of the liquid crystal display panel 4 in synchronization with the shift clock CLY. It is supplied to the signal generation circuit 2. The mask signal generation circuit 2 is supplied with this signal FRP to output a MASK signal whose polarity is inverted in synchronization with the shift clock CLY with respect to the potential of the common electrode of the liquid crystal display panel 4.

The write command signal DY is "252" after the internal count number becomes "250" in each field.
It is set to the H level until it becomes. The write command signal DY is written in the scanning line driving circuit 6 by the shift clock CLY, and thereafter, sequentially shifted to the subsequent stage in synchronization with the shift clock CLY. When the internal count number reaches "257", the write command signal DY reaches the stage connected to the scan line of the first row of the liquid crystal display panel 4, and the write command signal DY is output to the scan line. To be done. As a result, the voltage output to each data line of the liquid crystal display panel 4 at that time is applied to the pixel electrodes of the first row.

After that, the write command signal DY is shifted in synchronization with the shift clock CLY, and the write command signal DY is sequentially applied to the scanning lines of the second and subsequent rows of the liquid crystal display panel 4, so that each row is scanned. Is written to each pixel electrode. Although the item "writing line to panel" is provided at the bottom of FIGS. 5 and 6, the series of numbers described here indicate each row of the liquid crystal display panel 4 in which writing is performed in this manner. It shows the number of.

On the other hand, when the internal count number becomes "252" in the even field, the selection signal VLS becomes H level, and thereafter, the selection signal VLS is switched to the odd field until the internal count number becomes "22".
Maintains H level.

Therefore, during this period, the scan No. 519-5
25 and scanning line No. Although the RGB signals corresponding to 1 to 26 are output from the video chroma circuit 1, the MASK signal is selected by the switching circuit 3 instead of the RGB signals. The MASK signal is applied to the data line drive circuit 5
The data is output to each data line of the liquid crystal display panel 4 via, and is written to each pixel electrode of the row designated by the write command signal DY output from the scanning line drive circuit 6. Further, while the signal VLS is at H level, the shift clock CL
The level of Y is inverted every time the signal OFH rises. Therefore, during this period, the scanning line No. The line number to be written in the liquid crystal display panel 4 is updated by 1 each time is updated.

By the way, during the period from when the internal count number becomes "257" to "18", as shown in FIG. 5, the line numbers "1" to "24" of the liquid crystal display panel 4 are changed. Is being written. In this writing, the write command signal DY output when the internal count number reaches "250" shifts the shift clock CL in the scanning line drive circuit 6.
This is done as a result of shifting in synchronization with Y.

On the other hand, in parallel with this writing, writing is performed on each of the rows of the row numbers "207" to "230" of the liquid crystal display panel 4. This is because the scan line drive circuit 6 is at a timing one field before the time when the write command signal DY is written to the scan line drive circuit 6.
The write command signal DY written in the scanning line driving circuit 6
This is done by outputting the write command signal DY.

As described above, since the voltage output to each data line of the liquid crystal display panel 4 is overwritten and written in each pixel electrode of two rows for a certain period, the mask color is written in the blank area of the liquid crystal display panel 4. The time required to display can be adjusted.

When the internal count number reaches "22" in the odd field, the selection signal VLS is set to the L level. As a result, the RGB signal is selected by the switching circuit 3 and is supplied to the liquid crystal display panel 4 via the data line driving circuit 5 to start displaying an image. During the period in which the image is displayed, the shift clock CLY does not invert the level every time in response to the rising edge of the signal OFH, but is 3 times.
After the level is inverted once, the level is repeatedly changed by resting once.

When the level inversion of shift clock CLY does not occur, write command signal DX is not generated. Therefore, at this time, R output via the switching circuit 3
The GB signal is not written to the data line drive circuit 5, and is not output from the data line drive circuit 5 to the data line of the liquid crystal display panel 4. For example, the scanning line No. in FIG. The RGB command signals 28, 32, and 36 are not written to the liquid crystal display panel 4 because the write command signal DX is not given to the data line drive circuit 5 at the output time.

When this writing is not performed,
Since the level inversion of the shift clock CLY does not occur,
The writing command signal DY in the scanning line driving circuit 6 is not shifted, and the row number to be written in the liquid crystal display panel 4 does not change.

In this way, in the period in which the image is displayed, one RG is provided for every four horizontal scanning lines.
The B signal is thinned out. As a result, the image of the image signal corresponding to the aspect ratio of 16: 9 is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 4 without distortion.

When the internal count number becomes "252" in the odd field, the selection signal VLS is set to the H level, and thereafter, the selection signal VLS is switched to the even field until the internal count number becomes "23". VL
S maintains H level (FIG. 6). During this period, the MASK signal for displaying the mask color is written in the liquid crystal display panel 4 as described above.

When the internal count number reaches "23" in the even field, the selection signal VLS is set to the L level, and the image display is started again. Also in this case, as in the case of the odd field, 1 is set for four horizontal scanning lines.
The RGB signals are thinned out at the rate of books. However, in this case, the RGB signals corresponding to the horizontal scanning lines different from those thinned out in the odd field are thinned out. Figure 7
Shows the horizontal scanning lines thinned out in the odd field and the horizontal scanning lines thinned out in the even field, respectively, which are displayed as diagonal lines for comparison. As shown,
The horizontal scanning lines sandwiched between the horizontal scanning lines thinned in the odd field are targeted for thinning in the even field. In this way, since the thinning target is made different between the odd field and the even field, it is possible to reduce the loss of display information and prevent the deterioration of image quality.

(2) Second Display Mode In this second display mode, as shown in FIG.
A blank area is provided below the liquid crystal display panel 4. Then, in the second display mode, the liquid crystal display panel 4 of the RGB signals of the image to be displayed in each field
After the writing of data into the LCD, the MASK signal must be written in each row corresponding to the blank area in the liquid crystal display panel 4 before the RGB signal of the image to be displayed in the next field is output from the video chroma circuit 1. I have to. In the first display mode, the MASK signal is written in synchronization with the shift clock CLY obtained by dividing the signal OFH. However, if the shift clock CLY having such a low frequency is used in the second display mode, the RGB signal of the image to be displayed is not converted into the video chroma circuit before the writing of the MASK signal to the liquid crystal display panel 4 is completed. It will be output from 1. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8 and FIG.
A shift clock CLY having a high frequency is generated by interweaving a signal having the same frequency as H and a signal obtained by dividing the signal OFH, and the MASK signal is written to the liquid crystal display panel 4 using this shift clock CLY. RGB
The thinning-out display control when displaying signals on the liquid crystal display panel 4 is the same as that in the case of the above-mentioned first display mode, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

The case where the video signal corresponding to the aspect ratio of 16: 9 is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel corresponding to the aspect ratio of 4: 3 has been described above, but as shown in FIG. 10, it is 4: 3. Video signal corresponding to the aspect ratio of 1
Even when displaying on a liquid crystal display panel corresponding to an aspect ratio of 6: 9, a blank area where an image is not displayed occurs. Therefore, the present invention may be applied to the processing of such a blank area.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG.
Liquid crystal display panels designed to support the L system have N
Even when displaying a signal system image with a smaller number of horizontal scanning lines on a liquid crystal display panel originally designed to support more horizontal scanning lines, such as displaying a TSC system video signal. There is a blank area where is not displayed. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to the processing of such a blank area.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, a video signal corresponding to various aspect ratios or a video signal having a different signal system is displayed in a blank area generated when a common liquid crystal display panel is displayed. There is an effect that the control can be performed without changing the function of the video signal processing system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display panel of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display mode of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display mode of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Video Chroma Circuit 2 Mask Signal Generation Circuit 3 Switching Circuit 4 Liquid Crystal Display Panel 5 Data Line Drive Circuit 6 Scan Line Drive Circuit 7 Timing Signal Generation Circuit

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[Submission date] July 12, 1996

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Brief description of drawings

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[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a liquid crystal display panel of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display mode of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display mode of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a time chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 video chroma circuit 2 mask signal generation circuit 3 switching circuit 4 liquid crystal display panel 5 data line drive circuit 6 scanning line drive circuit 7 timing signal generation circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A video having a liquid crystal display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, and a video signal composed of a plurality of horizontal scanning lines is input, and a video corresponding to each horizontal scanning line based on the video signal. In a liquid crystal display device for sequentially displaying each of the rows forming the liquid crystal display panel, based on the video signal, a video signal processing for generating a display signal for displaying an image represented by the video signal on the liquid crystal display panel. Means, a mask signal generating means for generating a mask signal for displaying a predetermined color on the liquid crystal display panel, and a switching circuit for selecting and outputting one of the display signal and the mask signal based on a selection signal. During the period in which a display signal representing a display target is output from the video signal processing means, the selection signal for selecting the display signal is supplied to the switching circuit. In the other period, the selection signal for selecting the mask signal is supplied to the switching circuit, and the display signal and the mask signal output via the switching circuit are supplied to predetermined regions of the liquid crystal display panel, respectively. And a timing signal generating means for outputting a timing signal for performing the liquid crystal display device.