Control circuit of display device, display device and electronic appliance having the same, and driving method of the same
First Claim
1. A display device having a control circuit, the control circuit comprising:
- main video data storage means including first and second areas for storing video data;
read-out means for reading out the video data from one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage means, and supplying the video data to a display panel; and
write-in means for converting a video signal supplied in format to video data enabling a gray scale display in the display device, and writing the video data to one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage means that is not being read out while the read-out operation of the video data is not performed, wherein the read-out means switches the first and second areas to be read out the video data in each period in which one ore more images are displayed; and
wherein the read-out means reads out from the main video data storage means, a predetermined quantity of video data that is appropriate for the display timing of the display panel in a plurality of consecutive clock cycles.
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Abstract
Downsizing and improvement in operating efficiency of a control circuit of a display device is achieved. Two video data storage units that have conventionally been used in a control circuit are combined into one, and an address area thereof is divided in half. One of the areas is used as a writing area while the other is used as a reading area, and these areas are alternately switched at regular intervals, for example per frame period. Video data reading from the video data storage unit is performed not in synchronous with a half-cycle of a source clock. Instead, a predetermined quantity of video data is read out continuously in a plurality of consecutive clock cycles, and the video data is temporarily held in a read-out video data storage unit and the like so as to be transmitted to a display panel at any time desired. Write-in operation is performed in the period in which the read-out operation is not performed until a write-in video data storage unit is completely rewritten.
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19 Claims
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1. A display device having a control circuit, the control circuit comprising:
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main video data storage means including first and second areas for storing video data;
read-out means for reading out the video data from one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage means, and supplying the video data to a display panel; and
write-in means for converting a video signal supplied in format to video data enabling a gray scale display in the display device, and writing the video data to one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage means that is not being read out while the read-out operation of the video data is not performed, wherein the read-out means switches the first and second areas to be read out the video data in each period in which one ore more images are displayed; and
wherein the read-out means reads out from the main video data storage means, a predetermined quantity of video data that is appropriate for the display timing of the display panel in a plurality of consecutive clock cycles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A display device comprising:
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main video data storage unit including first and second areas for storing video data;
a read-out circuit for reading out the stored video data from one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage unit; and
a write-in circuit for writing video data to one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage unit that is not being read out while the read-out operation of the stored video data is not performed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A driving method of a control circuit of a display device, which converts a video signal supplied in format to video data enabling a gray scale display in the display device to be supplied to a display panel, and which comprises a main video data storage means including first and second areas for storing the video data, the driving method comprising the steps:
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reading out a predetermined quantity of video data appropriate for the display timing of the display panel continuously in a plurality of consecutive clock cycles from one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage means;
supplying video data readout from the main video data storage unit to the display panel;
converting the video signal supplied in format to the video data, and writing the video data to one of the first and second areas of the main video data storage means that is not being read out while the read-out operation of the video data is not performed; and
switching the first and second areas to be read out the video data in each period for displaying one more images.
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