Display control device
First Claim
1. A display control method for controlling a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween, said display control method comprising the steps of:
- applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving selection signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes,wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame,wherein polarities of portions of the first driving signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving signal, andwherein polarities of the first and second driving selection signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode are inverted from polarities of the first and second driving selection signals, respectively, applied to at least one previous scanning electrode.
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Abstract
A display control device controls a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween. A driver circuit applies a non-zero first scanning signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period and applies a non-zero second scanning signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period. The first and second scanning signals are applied to the selected scanning electrode when a driving signal is applied to a predetermined number of signal electrodes of the group of signal electrodes. The first and second periods are separated by a rest period, and a polarity of a portion of the first scanning signal immediately before the rest period is opposite to a polarity of a portion of the second scanning signal immediately after the rest period.
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1. A display control method for controlling a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween, said display control method comprising the steps of:
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applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving selection signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving signal, and wherein polarities of the first and second driving selection signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode are inverted from polarities of the first and second driving selection signals, respectively, applied to at least one previous scanning electrode.
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2. A display control device for controlling a display device having a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes so positioned in a matrix form as to define a group of pixels, and a display element positioned between said group of scanning electrodes and said group of signal electrodes, said display control device comprising:
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a signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein the first and second periods are separated by a zero-voltage rest period, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signal, and wherein said signal generator inverts the polarities of the first and second driving selection signals after all the scanning electrodes in the group have been selected at least once.
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3. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween; display control means for controlling said display device; and a driving selection signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving selection signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signal, and wherein polarities of the driving selection signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode are inverted from polarities of the first and second driving selection signals, respectively, applied to at least one previous scanning electrode.
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4. A display control device for controlling a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween, said display control device comprising:
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a driving selection signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving selection signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes; and a data supply means for supplying the information to be displayed, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signal, and wherein polarities of the first and second driving selection signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode are inverted from polarities of the first and second driving selection signals, respectively, applied to at least one previous scanning electrode. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A display control device for controlling a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween, said display control device comprising:
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a driving selection signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving selection signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signal, wherein the first and second driving selection signals are separated by a zero-voltage rest period, wherein the first driving selection signal comprises a bi-polar pulse, and wherein the second driving selection signal comprises a bi-polar pulse, and wherein a first pulse of the bi-polar pulse of the first driving selection signal has a longer duration than that of a second pulse of the bi-polar pulse of the first driving selection signal, and wherein a first pulse of the bi-polar pulse of the second driving selection signal has a longer duration than that of a second pulse of the bi-polar pulse of the second driving selection signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A display control device for controlling a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween, said display control device comprising:
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a driving selection signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving selection signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signal are opposite to a polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signal, and wherein polarities of the first and second driving selection signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode are inverted from polarities of the first and second driving selection signals, respectively, applied to at least one previous scanning electrode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A display control device for controlling a display device having a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes so positioned in a matrix form as to define a group of pixels, and a display element positioned between said group of scanning electrodes and said group of signal electrodes, said display control device comprising:
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a signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein the first and second periods are separated by a zero-voltage rest period, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signal, and wherein said signal generator inverts the polarities of the first and second driving selection signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode from polarities of the first and second driving selection signals, respectively applied to at least one previous scanning electrode. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A display control device, for controlling a display device having a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes, and a display element placed therebetween, said control device comprising:
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a selecting signal generator for applying a non-zero first selecting signal to an n-th scanning electrode, when that electrode is selected from the group of scanning electrodes during a first frame, simultaneously with an application of a data signal to the group of signal electrodes, and for applying a non-zero second selecting signal to the n-th scanning electrode when that electrode is selected in a second frame after the first frame, wherein the second selecting signal is applied to an (n+1)th scanning electrode during the first frame and the first driving signal is applied to the (n+1)th scanning electrode during the second frame, wherein n is a predetermined positive integer, wherein each of the selecting signals is a two-phase signal in which each phase is a selection signal for enabling a writing operation, and wherein a a polarity of a portion of the first selecting signal before the rest period is opposite to a polarity of a corresponding portion of the second selecting signal after the rest period. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A display control device for controlling a display device having a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes so positioned in a matrix form as to define a group of pixels, and a display element positioned between said group of scanning electrodes and said group of signal electrodes, said display control device comprising:
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a signal generator for applying, in accordance with information to be displayed, a non-zero first driving selection signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second driving selection signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second driving signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while data signals are being applied to the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein the first and second periods are separated by a zero-voltage rest period, wherein polarities of portions of the first driving selection signals are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second driving selection signals, and wherein the first and second driving selection signals are separated by a zero-voltage rest period. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A display control device for controlling a display device provided with a group of scanning electrodes and a group of signal electrodes and a display element placed therebetween, said display control device comprising:
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a scanning signal generator for applying a non-zero first scanning signal to a selected one of the group of scanning electrodes during a first period, and for applying a non-zero second scanning signal to the selected scanning electrode in a second period after the first period, each of the first and second scanning signals being applied to the selected scanning electrode for enabling a writing operation while a driving signal is being applied to a predetermined number of signal electrodes of the group of signal electrodes, wherein the first and second periods both occur during a single horizontal scan period of a frame, wherein the first and second periods are separated by a rest period, wherein polarities of portions of the first scanning signal are opposite to polarities of corresponding portions of the second scanning signal, and wherein polarities of the first and second scanning signals applied to a subsequent scanning electrode are inverted from polarities of the first and second scanning signals, respectively, applied to at least one previous scanning electrode. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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