Liquid crystal display and electonic apparatus

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel, when both of transmittance at the front and transmittance at an oblique viewing angle are 1 in white display, having such display characteristics that transmission intensity at the oblique viewing angle is larger than transmission intensity at the front; and a drive voltage setting section (LUT and drive voltage generation section) which sets a drive voltage to activate the liquid crystal panel and supplies the set drive voltage to the liquid crystal panel. The drive voltage setting section (LUT and drive voltage generation section) sets a drive voltage in accordance with viewing angle characteristics of the liquid crystal panel, thereby controlling viewing angle characteristics. With this arrangement, it is possible to provide a simply-structured liquid crystal display device capable of displays with high definition without decrease in aperture ratios.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device capable of switching between a wide viewing angle characteristic and a narrow viewing angle characteristic, and an electronic device including the liquid crystal display device. Background technique [0002] A liquid crystal display device capable of utilizing the viewing angle characteristics of liquid crystals and switching the viewing angle characteristics of the display screen as required is described in, for example, patent documents (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication: Japanese Laid-Open No. 10-153968 (published on June 9, 1998)) Make it public. [0003] In the liquid crystal display device disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to switch between wide viewing angle characteristics and narrow viewing angle characteristics, one pixel is divided into two pixel regions and the same driving voltage is supplied to the two pixel regions to make the oblique viewing angle The gradation...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] However, in the liquid crystal display device of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to switch and supply the driving voltage to two pixel areas in one pixel.

Therefore, it is very difficult to switch the driving voltage using the existing wiring. In order to avoid this, when a switch or wiring for switching the driving voltage is provided separately, a part of the pixel may be covered by the switch or wiring. property, so there is a problem that causes the aperture ratio to decrease

[0005] In addition, since 1 pixel consists of 2 pixel areas, there will be a problem that it is difficult to achieve high-definition liquid crystal display devices.

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