Method and drive sequence for time-divisionally driving a display panel

1. A method of driving a display panel including:

N×3 pixels arranged along each of a plurality of lines extending in a scanning line direction with N being an integer equal to or more than 2, said N×3 pixels constituting first to N th pixel sets each comprising an R pixel associated with red, a G pixel associated with green, and a B pixel associated with blue, said method comprising:

time-divisionally driving said N×3 pixels positioned in each of said plurality of lines during a specific frame,

wherein a drive sequence of an n th line out of said plurality of lines is different from that of an (n+1) th line out of said plurality of lines, said (n+1) th line being adjacent to said n th line, and

wherein said G pixels, each included within associated one of said first to N th pixels sets, are driven (N+1) th earliest or later for each of said n th and (n+1) th line,

wherein drive sequences of said lines are cycled at a line cycle of M lines,

wherein said R pixels are arranged in columns,

wherein said R, G, and B pixels are assigned with ordinal numbers indicative of a drive sequence of each of said plurality of lines,

wherein ordinal numbers of said R pixels positioned in the same column are different from each other over each line cycle,

wherein said B pixels are arranged in columns,

wherein ordinal numbers of said B pixels positioned in the same column are different from each other over each line cycle,

wherein N is 2K with K being an integer equal to or more than 2,

wherein G pixels within odd-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said n th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the first half of ordinal numbers assigned with said G pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being incremental in a predetermined direction along said scanning line direction,

wherein G pixels within even-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said n th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the second half of said ordinal numbers assigned with said G pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being incremental in said predetermined direction,

wherein G pixels within odd-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said (n+1) th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the second half of said ordinal numbers assigned with said G pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being decremental in said predetermined direction,

wherein G pixels within even-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said (n+1) th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the first half of said ordinal numbers assigned with said G pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being decremental in said predetermined direction,

wherein R and B pixels within odd-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said n th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the first half of ordinal numbers assigned with said R and B pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being incremental in a predetermined direction along said scanning line direction,

wherein R and B pixels within even-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said n th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the second half of said ordinal numbers assigned with said R and B pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being incremental in said predetermined direction,

wherein R and B pixels within odd-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said (n+1) th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the second half of said ordinal numbers assigned with said R and B pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being decremental in said predetermined direction, and

wherein R and B pixels within even-numbered ones of said first to n th pixel sets positioned in said (n+1) th line are assigned with ordinal numbers selected out of the first half of said ordinal numbers assigned with said R and B pixels within said first to n th pixel sets, and determined as being decremental in said predetermined direction.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said display panel includes:

an input node connected to an amplifier, and

N×3 switches connected between said input node and said N×3 pixels, respectively,

wherein said driving said N×3 pixels positioned in said n th line involves sequentially providing drive voltages associated with said N×3 pixels positioned in said n th line on said input node, and sequentially turning on said N×3 switches as timed with said providing said drive voltages, and

wherein said driving said N×3 pixels positioned in said (n+1) th line involves sequentially providing drive voltages associated with said N×3 pixels positioned in said (n+1) th line, respectively, on said input node, and sequentially turning on said N×3 switches as timed with said providing said drive voltages.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said G pixels are driven (2N+1) th earliest or later for each of said n th and (n+1) th lines.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said G pixels are driven (n+1) th to (2N) th earliest for each of said n th and (n+1) th lines.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an ordinal number of each of said N×3 pixels positioned in said n th line are different from that of corresponding one of said N×3 pixels positioned in said (n+1) th line.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sums of said ordinal numbers of said R and B pixels in the same columns over each line cycle are constant.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said line cycle is 2N (=4K) lines,

wherein drive sequences of (n+2) th to (n+N−1) th lines out of said plurality of lines are determined so that drive sequences of (n+2p) th and (n+2p+1) th lines are respectively identical to drive sequences of (n+2p−2) th and (n+2p−1) th lines having relevant ordinal numbers cyclically shifted in said scanning line direction by two pixel sets, for p being any integer of 1 to K−1,

wherein ordinal numbers of G pixels positioned in (n+N) th and (n+N+1) th lines out of said plurality of lines are determined as being identical to those positioned in n th and (n+1) th lines,

wherein ordinal numbers of R and B pixels positioned in (n+N) th and (n+N+1) th lines out of said plurality of lines are determined through exchanging ordinal numbers of R and B pixels positioned in n th and (n+1) th lines between said odd-numbered ones of said first to N th pixel sets and said even-numbered ones of said first to N th pixel sets,

wherein drive sequences of (n+N+2) th to (n+2N−1) th lines out of said plurality of lines are determined so that drive sequences of (n+N+2p) th and (n+N+2p+1) lines are respectively identical to drive sequences of (n+N+2p−2) th and (n+N+2p−1) th lines having relevant ordinal numbers cyclically shifted in said scanning line direction by two pixel sets, for p being any integer of 1 to K−1.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

time-divisionally driving said N×3 pixels positioned in each of said plurality of lines during another frame following said specific frame,

wherein a drive sequence of said n th line for said following frame is different from that of said n th line for said specific frame, and

wherein a drive sequence of said (n+1) th line for said following frame is different from that of said (n+1) th line for said specific frame.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein drive sequences are temporally cycled at a frame rate control period, and

wherein a sum of ordinal numbers of each of R and B pixels over each frame rate control period are constant.