Method for driving display device
First Claim
1. A method for driving a display device to create a gradationally toned display of at least one of a plurality of brightness levels by setting a plurality of sequential frame time periods, during which each of a plurality of pixels on a screen of the display device is controlled to display an image, as one integration time period and by turning on pixels for a number of specified frame time periods corresponding to display data of the image within the integration time period, the method comprising the steps of:
- grouping the plurality of pixels of the display device into a plurality of groups, each composed of a plurality of contiguous pixels;
selecting a number of pixels to be turned on for one integration time period corresponding to specified gradation data, for each of the plurality of groups; and
setting a number of pixels to be turned on for each of the sequential frame time periods within each integration time period, such that a minimum and a maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period is established by at least the second sequential frame time period, for each of the plurality of brightness levels, to thereby reduce display flicker, wherein the difference between the minimum and maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period, at each brightness level, is, at most, one pixel.
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Abstract
A frame thinning out system has been used as a driving method for a display device for creating a gradational display with several brightness levels on the screen of a liquid crystal display device and the like. This driving method creates a gradational display by setting a plurality of frame time periods, during which each of pixels on the screen of the display device are controlled for displaying an image, as one integration time period, and turning on pixels only for a number of specified frame time periods corresponding to a brightness level to be displayed, out of all frame time periods within the integration time period. In this driving method, all pixels of the display device are grouped into multiple groups, each of which is composed of a plurality of pixels contiguous to each other. The number of pixels to be turned on in each frame time period within one integration time period is selected corresponding to the specified gradation data within the same group. Further, the frame time period during which the number of pixels turned on is kept constant and is set to a period short enough such that a human being does not notice display flicker. In this way, viewing a plurality of pixels as one group over a unit image area, a gradational display without noticeable flicker can be obtained.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for driving a display device to create a gradationally toned display of at least one of a plurality of brightness levels by setting a plurality of sequential frame time periods, during which each of a plurality of pixels on a screen of the display device is controlled to display an image, as one integration time period and by turning on pixels for a number of specified frame time periods corresponding to display data of the image within the integration time period, the method comprising the steps of:
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grouping the plurality of pixels of the display device into a plurality of groups, each composed of a plurality of contiguous pixels; selecting a number of pixels to be turned on for one integration time period corresponding to specified gradation data, for each of the plurality of groups; and setting a number of pixels to be turned on for each of the sequential frame time periods within each integration time period, such that a minimum and a maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period is established by at least the second sequential frame time period, for each of the plurality of brightness levels, to thereby reduce display flicker, wherein the difference between the minimum and maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period, at each brightness level, is, at most, one pixel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A gradation display apparatus comprising:
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display drive means for driving a plurality of pixels on a screen of a display device to display a gradationally toned image of at least one of a plurality of gradation levels based upon input gradation data; grouping means for grouping the plurality of pixels into a plurality of groups, each of which is composed of a plurality of contiguous pixels, and for setting a plurality of sequential frame time periods equal to an integration time period, during which each of the groups of pixels are driven to display the image based on input gradation data; and selection means for selecting a number of pixels to be turned on for each integration time period corresponding to the input gradation data and for selecting a number of pixels to be turned on for each of the sequential frame time periods within each integration time period, such that a minimum and a maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period is established by at least the second sequential frame time period, for each of the plurality of gradation levels, to thus reduce display flicker, wherein the difference between the minimum and maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period, at each gradation level, is, at most, one pixel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method of producing a gradation display comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a number of sequential frame time periods, within one integration time period, in which input gradation display data is to be displayed; (b) grouping each of a plurality of pixels on a display, into a plurality of groups, each composed of a plurality of contiguous pixels; (c) selecting a number of pixels in each of the plurality of groups to be turned on for each integration time period corresponding to the input gradation display data; (d) selecting a number of pixels to be turned on for each sequential frame time period in each group, such that a minimum and a maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period is established by at least the second sequential frame time period, for each of the plurality of gradation levels, wherein the difference between the minimum and maximum number of pixels turned on within each integration time period, at each gradation level, is, at most, one pixel; and (e) driving the selected number of pixels in each group, to be turned on in each of the plurality of sequential frame time periods in each integration time period, to produce a gradation display with minimal flicker. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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