Method and circuit for driving display device
First Claim
1. A method of driving a display device, said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns, in accordance with a partial display instruction, said display device performing a desired partial display on a partial display area formed of pixels of s rows by m columns, where s is a desired value, and said display device displaying a background on a remaining background area of said matrix comprising n rows and m columns;
- wherein;
during one frame in a partial display mode, partial display data is written into each pixel of said s row by m column partial display area; and
background display data is written into pixels of an area of k rows by m columns in said background area;
wherein each of n, m, s, and k is an integer greater than 1 and s<
n and k<
n.
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Abstract
In the driving of a liquid crystal display panel with pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns, when a partial display instruction is issued, respective rows in a display area (202) of s rows and m columns within the matrix are sequentially selected for one frame. Then, predetermined partial display data is written into the selected rows. Predetermined background data such as white display data is written into the background area (204) other than the partial display area (202). In the background area 204, either k rows and m columns or pixels of (the leading row ((s+1)-th row) of the background area, next to the final row in the partial display area) are selected during one frame for writing of the background display data, k rows and m columns are sequentially shifted each frame.
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1. A method of driving a display device, said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns,
in accordance with a partial display instruction, said display device performing a desired partial display on a partial display area formed of pixels of s rows by m columns, where s is a desired value, and said display device displaying a background on a remaining background area of said matrix comprising n rows and m columns; - wherein;
during one frame in a partial display mode,partial display data is written into each pixel of said s row by m column partial display area; and
background display data is written into pixels of an area of k rows by m columns in said background area;
wherein each of n, m, s, and k is an integer greater than 1 and s<
n and k<
n. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of driving a display device, said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns,
in accordance with a partial display instruction, said display device performing a partial display on a partial display area formed of an s row by m column matrix, where s is a desired value, and said display device displaying a background on a remaining background area; - wherein
during one frame in a partial display mode, predetermined partial display data is sequentially written into each pixel of said partial display area; and
background display data is written into pixels of the (s+1)-th row area next to the final row in said partial display area and into pixels of an area of k rows by m columns, within said background area;
where each of n, m, s, and k is an integer greater than 1 and s<
n and k<
n−
s−
1. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of driving a display device, said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns,
in accordance with a partial display instruction, said display device performing a desired partial display on a partial display area formed of pixels of area of s rows by m columns, where s is a desired value, and said display device displaying a background on a remaining background area of said matrix comprising n rows and m columns; - wherein;
during a first frame over which said partial display instruction is detected and a normal display mode changes to a partial display mode, predetermined partial display data is sequentially written into each pixel of said partial display area of s rows by m columns; and
background display data is sequentially written into pixels of said background area;
during each frame after the second frame following the first frame in a partial display mode, said partial display data is written into each pixel of said area of s rows by m columns partial display area; and
said background display data is written into pixels of said area of k rows by m columns in said background area;
wherein each of n, m, s, and k is an integer more than 1 and s<
n and k<
n−
s. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A drive circuit for a display device, said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns, and said plurality of pixels are selected every row line and display display data supplied from a column line,
when a partial display instruction is issued, during one frame, said display device selects pixels in an area of s rows by m columns in said matrix comprising n rows and m columns, sequentially writes predetermined partial display data, selects pixels in an area of k rows by m columns in a remaining background area in said matrix comprising n rows and m columns, and writes background display data, said drive circuit comprising: -
a row clock generator for generating a row clock corresponding to a row selection duration of each row;
a row clock counter for counting a row clock every one frame;
a partial display row detector for detecting an incoming timing for s rows to which said partial display data is written;
a background display row detector for detecting an incoming timing for a k row to which background display data is written during said one frame; and
a driver control signal generator for producing a driver control signal when said partial display row detector or said background display row detector detects an arrival of a row to be displayed, said driver control signal allowing a row driver driving said matrix comprising n row and m columns every row to perform a row drive operation;
wherein each of n, m, s and k is an integer greater than 1 and s<
n and k<
n. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A drive circuit for a display device, said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns, and said plurality of pixels are selected every row line and display display data supplied from a column line,
when a partial display instruction is issued, during one frame, said display device selects pixels in an area of s rows by m columns in said matrix comprising n rows and m columns, sequentially writes predetermined partial display data, selects pixels of (s+1)-th row and pixels of an area of k rows by m columns in the remaining background area within said matrix comprising n rows and m columns, and writes background display data, comprising: -
a row clock generator for generating a row clock corresponding to a row selection duration of each row;
a row clock counter for counting a row clock every one frame;
a partial display row detector for detecting an incoming timing for s rows to which said partial display data is written;
a background display row detector for detecting an incoming timing for the (s+1)-th row and k row to which background display data is written during said one frame; and
a driver control signal generator for producing a driver control signal when said partial display row detector or said background display row detector detects an arrival of a row to be displayed, said driver control signal allowing a row driver driving said a matrix comprising n rows and m columns every row to perform a row drive operation,wherein each of n, m, s, and k is an integer more than 1 and s<
n and k<
n−
s-1. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A drive circuit for a display device, wherein said display device having a plurality of pixels in a matrix comprising n rows and m columns, and said plurality of pixels are selected every row line and display display data supplied from a column line,
when a partial display instruction is issued, during one frame, said display device selects pixels in an area of s rows by m columns in said matrix comprising n rows and m columns, sequentially writes predetermined partial display data, selects pixels from an area of k rows and m columns in the remaining background area within said matrix comprising n rows and m columns, and writes background display data, comprising: -
a row clock generator for generating a row clock corresponding to a row selection duration of each row;
a row clock counter for counting a row clock every one frame;
a partial display row detector for detecting an incoming timing for s rows to which said partial display data is written;
a background area detector for detecting an incoming timing for the leading row and the final row of said background area;
a background display row detector for detecting an incoming timing for k rows to which background display data is written during one frame in a partial display mode;
a data output controller for allowing partial display data to be output for the duration over said partial display row detector detects an arrival of a row to be displayed and for setting output display data to background display data for the duration over which said background area detector detects an arrival of the leading row and the final row in said background area, in the first frame in transition from a normal display mode to a partial display mode; and
a driver control signal generator for producing a driver control signal when said partial display row detector or said background display row detector detects an arrival of a row to be displayed after a second frame in transition to a partial display mode, said driver control signal allowing a row driver to perform a row drive operation, wherein each of n, m, s, and k is an integer more than 1 and s<
n and k<
n−
s. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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