Patent 7679598 was granted and assigned to Hitachi on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An image display device includes a pair of transparent substrates, a liquid crystal composition and at least two types of color filters disposed between the pair of substrates, at least two types of light sources, and a light source controller. Each of the light sources generating peak wavelengths of at least two colors, wherein the peak wavelengths are different from one another. The light source controller switches on and off the light sources in time sequence within one frame period.