Display apparatus and display apparatus drive method

• US 7,265,741 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2003
• Issued: 09/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumamoto, Yasuhiro, Funamoto, Taro
• Primary Examiner(s): Awad; Amr A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pervan; Michael
• Application Number:
  US10/474,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20040141094A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,688 Days
• Field of Search: 345/99, 345/554, 348/698, 348/792, 348563-564, 348569-570
• US Class Current: 345/99
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/02 Addressing, scanning or driving the display screen or processing steps related thereto
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0251 Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/061 for resetting or blanking
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/06 Adjustment of display parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0613 The adjustment depending on the type of the information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/062 Adjustment of illumination source parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0633 by amplitude modulation of the brightness of the illumination source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/064 by time modulation of the brightness of the illumination source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/10 Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/66 Transforming electric information into light information scanning details H04N3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/08 Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band , e.g. by time division H04N7/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0887 for the transmission of programme or channel identifying signals

Abstract

An EPG extraction portion extracts EPG information; a program type decision portion decides the type of broadcast program using the extracted EPG information, and outputs a ratio modification signal to change the ratio of the image display interval to the black display interval according to the program type; a driving pulse generation portion generates a gate driver control signal which changes the write timing of a frequency-doubled image signal and frequency-doubled black display signal in one field interval, according to the ratio modification signal; and, a gate driver changes the write timing of the frequency-doubled image signal and frequency-doubled black display signal according to the gate driver control signal, to change the ratio of the image display interval to the black display interval.

Claims

1. A hold-type display device, which continues display of an image for a prescribed display interval, comprising:

a conversion unit operable to convert an input image signal into a high-frequency signal including;

a high-frequency image signal obtained by increasing the frequency of the image signal; and

a black display signal for the display of black;

a generation unit operable to generate a timing signal to change a write timing in a prescribed interval of the high-frequency image signal and the black display signal, in order to modify a ratio, within the prescribed interval, of;

an interval for image display by said high-frequency image signal;

to an interval for black display by said black display signal;

a display unit operable to modify the write timing of the high-frequency image signal and black display signal of the high-frequency signal converted by said conversion unit according to the timing signal generated by said generation unit, and to display the image;

a reception unit operable to receive television broadcast signals including electronic program guide information;

an extraction unit operable to extract electronic program guide information from the television broadcast signal received by said reception unit; and

a decision unit operable to decide the type of broadcast program based on the electronic program guide information extracted by said extraction unit and to output a ratio modification signal to change the ratio of the image display interval by said high-frequency image signal to the black display interval by said black display signal, according to the broadcast program type decision; and

wherein

said generation unit includes a generation unit for programs operable to generate said timing signal according to the ratio modification signal output from said decision unit.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein said decision unit, on deciding that the type of said broadcast program is a first type, outputs to said generation unit for programs a first ratio modification signal to set said black display interval to a first black display interval, and on deciding that the type of said broadcast program is a second type in which images are mainly displayed with motion amounts smaller than for said first type, outputs to said generation unit for programs a second ratio modification signal to set said black display interval to a second black display interval shorter than said first black display interval;

and,

when said first ratio modification signal is input, said generation unit for programs generates a first timing signal which sets said black display interval to said first black display interval according to said first ratio modification signal, and when said second ratio modification signal is input, said generation unit for programs generates a second timing signal which sets said black display interval to said second black display interval according to said second ratio modification signal.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein said conversion unit converts said image signal into a frequency-doubled signal, including a frequency-doubled image signal with doubled frequency and a frequency-doubled black display signal for black display.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein said display unit includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of source lines to which are supplied pixel signals, a plurality of gate lines to which are supplied scan signals, and a plurality of pixel cells positioned in matrix form at the intersections of said source lines and said gate lines.

5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein said pixel cells are OCB cells.

6. A hold-type display device, which continues display of an image for a prescribed display interval, comprising:

a conversion unit operable to convert an input image signal into a high-frequency signal including;

a high-frequency image signal obtained by increasing the frequency of the image signal; and

a black display signal for the display of black;

a generation unit operable to generate a timing signal to change a write timing in a prescribed interval of the high-frequency image signal and the black display signal, in order to modify a ratio, within the prescribed interval, of;

an interval for image display by said high-frequency image signal;

to an interval for black display by said black display signal;

a display unit operable to modify the write timing of the high-frequency image signal and black display signal of the high-frequency signal converted by said conversion unit according to the timing signal generated by said generation unit, and to display the image;

a power supply unit operable to supply electrical power supplied from outside to the display unit,

an internal battery detachably attached to the display unit for supplying power to the display unit when power is not being supplied to the display unit by said power supply unit, and

ajudgment unit operable to judge the state of supply of power by said power supply unit and to output a ratio modification signal to change the ratio of the image display interval by said high-frequency image signal to the black display interval by said black display signal; and

wherein said generation unit includes a generation unit for power operable to generate said timing signal according to the ratio modification signal output from said judgment unit.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein:

said display unit further includes a light-emitting unit operable to emit light for display, and a brightness control unit operable to control the brightness of said light-emitting unit;

said judgment unit, upon judging that power is being supplied from said power supply unit, outputs to said generation unit for power a first ratio modification signal to set said black display interval to a first black display interval, and outputs to said brightness control unit a first brightness control signal to set the brightness of said light-emitting unit to a first brightness level, and, upon judging that power is being supplied from said internal battery, outputs to said generation unit for power a second ratio modification signal to set said black display interval to a second black display interval shorter than said first black display interval, and outputs to said brightness control unit a second brightness control signal to set the brightness of said light-emitting unit to a second brightness level lower than said first brightness level;

said generation unit for power, when said first ratio modification signal is input, generates a first timing signal which sets said black display interval to said first black display interval in response to said first ratio modification signal, and when said second ratio modification signal is input, generates a second timing signal which sets said black display interval to said second black display interval in response to said second ratio modification signal; and

,

said brightness control unit, when said first brightness control signal is input, sets the brightness of said light-emitting unit to said first brightness level in response to said first brightness control signal, and when said second brightness control signal is input, sets the brightness of said light-emitting unit to said second brightness level in response to said second brightness control signal.

8. The display device according to claim 6, wherein said conversion unit converts said image signal into a frequency-doubled signal, including a frequency-doubled image signal with doubled frequency and a frequency-doubled black display signal for black display.

9. The display device according to claim 6, wherein said display unit includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of source lines to which are supplied pixel signals, a plurality of gate lines to which are supplied scan signals, and a plurality of pixel cells positioned in matrix form at the intersections of said source lines and said gate lines.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein said pixel cells are OCB cells.

11. A display device driving method, for use with a hold-type display device which continues display of an image for a prescribed display interval, said method comprising:

converting an input image signal into a high-frequency signal including;

a high-frequency image signal obtained by increasing the frequency of the image signal; and

a black display signal for the display of black;

generating a timing signal to change a write timing in a prescribed interval of the high-frequency image signal and the black display signal, in order to modify a ratio, within the prescribed interval, of;

an interval for image display by said high-frequency image signal;

to an interval for black display by said black display signal;

modifying the write timing of the high-frequency image signal and black display signal of the high-frequency signal according to said timing signal, and displaying the image;

receiving television broadcast signals including electronic program guide information;

extracting electronic program guide information from the received television broadcast signal; and

determining the type of broadcast program based on the extracted electronic program guide information and outputting a ratio modification signal to change the ratio of the image display interval by said high-frequency image signal to the black display interval by said black display signal, according to the broadcast program type decision; and

wherein

in said generating of said timing signal, said timing signal is generated according to the ratio modification signal.

12. A display device driving method, for use with a hold-type display device, which includes an internal battery and which continues display of an image for a prescribed display interval, said method comprising:

converting an input image signal into a high-frequency signal including;

a high-frequency image signal obtained by increasing the frequency of the image signal; and

a black display signal for the display of black;

generating a timing signal to change a write timing in a prescribed interval of the high-frequency image signal and the black display signal, in order to modify a ratio, within the prescribed interval, of;

an interval for image display by said high-frequency image signal;

to an interval for black display by said black display signal;

modifying the write timing of the high-frequency image signal and black display signal of the high-frequency signal according to said timing signal, and displaying the image;

supplying electrical power to the display device from a power source outside the display device;

supplying power to the display device from the internal battery when power is not being supplied to the display device from outside; and

judging the state of supply of power and outputting a ratio modification signal to change the ratio of the image display interval by said high-frequency image signal to the black display interval by said black display signal; and

wherein in said generating of said timing signal, said timing signal is generated according to the ratio modification signal.