Liquid crystal display with reduced power dissipation and/or reduced vertical striped shades in frame control and control method for same
First Claim
1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a display comprising a matrix of pixels each having a common reference potential; and
a drive means for driving the display wherein,every other one of said pixels in a row direction of the matrix are driven by a signal having a reversed polarity relative to the reference potential, andevery other pair of said pixels in a column direction of the matrix are driven by said signal having a reversed polarity relative to the reference potential, andthe polarity of the signal supplied to each of the pixels is reversed every frame.
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display is driven so that an arbitrary pair of neighboring ones of M×N matrixed pixels in a row direction are driven by reversing a polarity of a signal potential in either thereof from that in the other thereof, an arbitrary pair of neighboring combinations of neighboring two of the M×N pixels in a column direction are driven by reversing the polarity of the signal potential in each of the neighboring two in either thereof from that in each of the neighboring two in the other thereof, and the polarity of the signal potential in each of the M×N pixels is reversed every frame. Four of the pixels in an arbitrary two-row by two-column area and four of the pixels in an arbitrary quartet of continuous rows in an arbitrary column both contain four drive phases of a pair of drive voltages.
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16 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
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a display comprising a matrix of pixels each having a common reference potential; and a drive means for driving the display wherein, every other one of said pixels in a row direction of the matrix are driven by a signal having a reversed polarity relative to the reference potential, and every other pair of said pixels in a column direction of the matrix are driven by said signal having a reversed polarity relative to the reference potential, and the polarity of the signal supplied to each of the pixels is reversed every frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
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a display comprising a matrix of pixels each having a common reference potential developed therein; and a drive means for driving the display so that the pixels are each respectively supplied with alternately selected one of a first drive voltage and a second drive voltage, said first drive voltage having a pair of drive phases, said pair comprising a relatively small voltage with a positive polarity relative to the reference voltage and a relatively large voltage with a negative polarity relative to the reference voltage, and said second drive voltage having a pair of drive phases, comprising the relatively small voltage with the negative polarity and the relatively large voltage with the positive polarity to thereby display an intermediate tone, wherein four of the pixels in an arbitrary two-row by two-column area of the matrix and four of the pixels in an arbitrary quartet of continuous rows in an arbitrary column of the matrix both contain the first drive voltage and the second drive voltage. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A control method for driving a liquid crystal display including a display comprising a matrix of pixels, comprising the steps of:
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developing a common reference potential in each of the pixels; driving the display in a row direction so that every other pixel in the row direction of the matrix is driven by a signal having a reversed polarity relative to the reference potential; driving the display in a column direction wherein every other pair of pixels in the column direction of the matrix are driven by a signal having a reversed polarity relative to the reference potential; and reversing the polarity of the signal potential in each of the pixels every frame. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A control method for driving a liquid crystal display including a display comprising a matrix of pixels, comprising the steps of:
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developing a common reference potential in each of the pixels; providing a first drive voltage comprising a pair of drive phases comprising one of a small voltage with a positive polarity relative to the reference potential and a large voltage with a negative polarity relative to the reference potential; providing a second drive voltage having a pair of drive phases comprising one of the small voltage with the negative polarity relative to the reference potential and the other with the large voltage with the positive polarity relative to the reference potential to thereby display an intermediate tone, wherein four of the pixels in an arbitrary two-row by two-column area of the matrix and four of the pixels in an arbitrary quartet of continuous rows in an arbitrary column of the matrix both contain both the pair of drive phases of the first drive voltage and the pair of drive phases of the second drive voltage. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of driving a matrix of pixels in a display device, comprising steps of:
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providing a common reference potential for each of said pixels; in a first frame; driving every other one of said pixels in a row direction of said matrix with a positive polarity drive signal with respect to said common reference potential, and driving remaining ones of said pixels in said row direction with a negative polarity drive signal with respect to said common reference potential; and driving every other pair of pixels in a column direction of said matrix with a positive polarity drive signal with respect to said common reference potential, and driving remaining pairs of said pixels with a negative polarity drive signal with respect to said common reference potential; and
in a second frame;reversing the polarities of the drive signals driving each of said pixels in said matrix with respect to the polarities in said first frame. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of driving a matrix of pixels in a display device, comprising steps of:
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providing four phased drive signals; driving every quartet of said pixels in a first two rows and every other two rows thereafter of said matrix with a first combination of said four phased drive signals; and driving a second quartet of pixels in a second two rows and every other two rows thereafter of said matrix with a second combination of said four phased drive signals, wherein said four phased drive signals are labeled one, two, three, four, respectively, and wherein in a first frame, said first combination comprises repeating a pattern one, three, four, two; and said second combination comprises repeating a pattern three, one, two, four. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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