Liquid crystal display unit and method for driving the same
View Patent ↗In a method for driving a liquid crystal display apparatus in which in each field, scan lines are successively scanned in order to display an image, the scanning sequence or the polarity of a signal voltage is reversed between a first field and a second field. A liquid crystal display apparatus driven by the method is also disclosed. It is possible to provide a high contrast, high brightness liquid crystal display apparatus which is not affected by electrical asymmetry.
1. A method for driving an active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus without ability of storing, the method comprising the steps of:
scanning successively a plurality of scan lines in a first field of a frame for display;
simultaneously resetting a voltage difference between pixel electrodes and common electrodes in the first field after the scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the scan lines in a second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to that in the first field; and
simultaneously resetting a voltage difference between pixel electrodes and common electrodes in the second field after the scan lines are successively scanned in the second field.
2. The method for driving the active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first and second fields constitute one frame in interlace drive.
3. The method for driving the active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein two write periods are provided for each scan line.
4. The method for driving the active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein two reset periods are provided for each scan line.
5. The method for driving the active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein in each frame a single reset period is provided for each scan line, and a data signal voltage used in a first writing operation after the reset has an absolute value smaller than that of a data signal voltage used in a second writing operation.
6. A method for driving a field-sequential active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus wherein data corresponding to three colors are successively displayed, and the drive for each color is performed by the method of claim 5 .
7. A method for driving a field-sequential active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus in which data corresponding to three colors are successively displayed, and the drive for each color is performed by the method of claim 1 .
8. An active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus characterized by comprising liquid crystal driven by the method according to any one of claims 1 – 5 .
9. An active-matrix liquid crystal display apparatus comprising liquid crystal driven by the method according to claim 6 or 7 .
10. A method for driving a plurality of scan lines of a liquid crystal display apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
scanning successively odd-numbered scan lines in a first field of a frame for display;
simultaneously resetting even-numbered scan lines in the first field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in a second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to the odd-numbered scan lines successively scanned in the first field; and
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the second field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field.
11. A method for driving a plurality of scan lines of a liquid crystal display apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
scanning successively odd-numbered scan lines in a first field of a frame for display;
simultaneously resetting even-numbered scan lines in the first field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in the first field of the frame for display in an order reverse to the odd-numbered scan lines successively scanned in the first field;
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the first field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the odd-numbered scan lines in a second field of the frame for display;
simultaneously resetting the even-numbered scan lines in the second field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in the second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to the odd-numbered scan lines successively scanned in the second field;
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the second field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field.
12. A method for driving a plurality of scan lines of a liquid crystal display apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
scanning successively odd-numbered scan lines in a first field of a frame for display;
simultaneously resetting even-numbered scan lines in the first field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in the first field of the frame for display;
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the first field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the odd-numbered scan lines in a second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to an order of scanning of the odd-numbered scan lines in the first field;
simultaneously resetting the even-numbered scan lines in the second field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in the second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to an order of scanning of the even-numbered scan lines in the first field;
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the second field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field.
13. A method for driving a plurality of scan lines of a liquid crystal display apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
scanning successively odd-numbered scan lines in a first field of a frame for display;
simultaneously resetting even-numbered scan lines in the first field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in the first field of the frame for display in an order reverse to the odd-numbered scan lines successively scanned in the first field;
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the first field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the first field;
scanning successively the odd-numbered scan lines in a second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to the odd-numbered scan lines successively scanned in the first field;
simultaneously resetting the even-numbered scan lines in the second field after the odd-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field;
scanning successively the even-numbered scan lines in the second field of the frame for display in an order reverse to the even-numbered scan lines successively scanned in the first field;
simultaneously resetting the odd-numbered scan lines in the second field after the even-numbered scan lines are successively scanned in the second field.