Method and device for driving plasma display panel
First Claim
1. A plasma display panel driving method for driving a plasma display panel, in which discharge cells bearing pixels are formed at intersection points of a plurality of row electrodes corresponding to display lines and a plurality of column electrodes arranged so as to intersect said row electrodes, in a plurality of subfields constituting each field of a video signal, said method comprising:
- an address step for setting each said discharge cell in accordance with the pixel data of each pixel based on said video signal either in an emission enable state or an emission disable state, for each said subfield; and
an emission sustain step for causing only said discharge cells in said emission enable state to emit light repeatedly, wherein said address step comprises a step for, when said discharge cells are in said emission disable state, shifting said discharge cells to an emission enable state by selectively causing said discharge cells to perform a selective writing discharge in accordance with said pixel data, thus generating wall charges in said discharge cells; and
, on the other hand, when said discharge cells are in said emission enable state, shifting said discharge cells to an emission disable state by selectively causing said discharge cells to perform a selective erasing discharge in accordance with said pixel data, thus erasing the wall charges in said discharge cells.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a plasma display driving method and driving device which can improve image display contrast. The method comprises an address step for shifting the discharge cells into an emission enable state when the discharge cells corresponding to each pixel of the plasma display panel are in an emission disable state, by selectively causing the discharge cells to perform a selective writing discharge in accordance with the pixel data of each pixel, based on a video signal, thus generating wall charges in the discharge cells; and, on the other hand, when the discharge cells are in an emission enable state, shifting the discharge cells into an emission disable state by selectively causing the discharge cells to perform a selective erasing discharge in accordance with the pixel data, thus erasing the wall charges in the discharge cells; and an emission sustain step for causing only those discharge cells which are in the emission enable state to emit light repeatedly.
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1. A plasma display panel driving method for driving a plasma display panel, in which discharge cells bearing pixels are formed at intersection points of a plurality of row electrodes corresponding to display lines and a plurality of column electrodes arranged so as to intersect said row electrodes, in a plurality of subfields constituting each field of a video signal, said method comprising:
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an address step for setting each said discharge cell in accordance with the pixel data of each pixel based on said video signal either in an emission enable state or an emission disable state, for each said subfield; and
an emission sustain step for causing only said discharge cells in said emission enable state to emit light repeatedly, wherein said address step comprises a step for, when said discharge cells are in said emission disable state, shifting said discharge cells to an emission enable state by selectively causing said discharge cells to perform a selective writing discharge in accordance with said pixel data, thus generating wall charges in said discharge cells; and
, on the other hand, when said discharge cells are in said emission enable state, shifting said discharge cells to an emission disable state by selectively causing said discharge cells to perform a selective erasing discharge in accordance with said pixel data, thus erasing the wall charges in said discharge cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A plasma display panel driving device for driving a plasma display panel, in which discharge cells bearing pixels are formed at each intersection point of a plurality of row electrodes corresponding to display lines and a plurality of column electrodes arranged so as to intersect said row electrodes, in a plurality of subfields constituting each field of a video signal, comprising:
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an address component for setting each of said discharge cells either in an emission enable state or an emission disable state in accordance with the pixel data of each pixel based on said video signal, for each said subfield; and
an emission sustain component for causing said discharge cells to emit light repeatedly in said emission enable state, wherein, when said discharge cells are in said emission disable state, said address component shifts said discharge cells to an emission enable state by selectively causing said discharge cells to perform a selective writing discharge in accordance with said pixel data, thus generating wall charges in said discharge cells; and
, on the other hand, when said discharge cells are in said emission enable state, said address component causes said discharge cells to shift to an emission disable state by selectively causing said discharge cells to perform a selective erasing discharge in accordance with said pixel data, thus erasing the wall charges in said discharge cells. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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