IP Library Granted Patent US 7,742,030
Granted Patent B2
US 7,742,030 · App. 11/525,085 · Granted Jun 22, 2010

Liquid crystal display driving apparatus and method thereof

Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 7,742,030
App. No.
11/525,085
Granted
Jun 22, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel of the LCD is driven according to a precharge pixel value and a compensation pixel value both being generated from a pixel value during a precharge field and a compensation field respectively. A precharge driving voltage corresponding to the precharge pixel value, and a compensation driving voltage corresponding to the compensation pixel value is then determined and used to drive the pixel. The lightness of the pixel driven according to the precharge pixel value and the compensation pixel value is substantially the same as the lightness of the pixel if driven according to the pixel value. The precharge field comes before the compensation field when the precharge pixel value is larger than the compensation pixel value, and the compensation field comes before the precharge field when the compensation pixel value is larger than the precharge pixel value.

Claims (20)

1. A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), the LCD being adapted to receive a pixel value and to drive a pixel of the LCD according to the pixel value during a frame period, the frame period being divided into a precharge field and a compensation field, the method comprising:

deciding a precharge pixel value to be either a predetermined first pixel value or a predetermined second pixel value according to the pixel value;

deciding a compensation pixel value; and

driving the pixel according to the precharge value and the compensation pixel value, comprising:

determining a precharge driving voltage corresponding to the precharge pixel value;

determining a compensation driving voltage corresponding to the compensation pixel value;

driving the pixel according to the precharge driving voltage during the precharge field; and

driving the pixel according to the compensation driving voltage during the compensation field;

wherein at the driving step, the lightness of the pixel driven according to the precharge pixel value and the compensation pixel value is substantially the same as the lightness of the pixel if driven according to the pixel value;

wherein the precharge field comes before the compensation field when the precharge pixel value is larger than the compensation pixel value, and the compensation field comes before the precharge field when the compensation pixel value is larger than the precharge pixel value.

2. A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), the LCD being adapted to receive a pixel value and to drive a pixel of the LCD according to the pixel value during a frame period, the frame period being divided into a precharge field and a compensation field, the method comprising:

deciding a precharge pixel value to be either a predetermined first pixel value or a predetermined second pixel value according to the pixel value;

deciding a compensation pixel value; and

driving the pixel according to the precharge value and the compensation pixel value, comprising:

determining a precharge driving voltage corresponding to the precharge pixel value;

determining a compensation driving voltage corresponding to the compensation pixel value;

driving the pixel according to the precharge driving voltage during the precharge field; and

driving the pixel according to the compensation driving voltage during the compensation field;

wherein at the driving step, the lightness of the pixel driven according to the precharge pixel value and the compensation pixel value is substantially the same as the lightness of the pixel if driven according to the pixel value;

wherein the precharge field comes before the compensation field when the precharge pixel value is smaller than the compensation pixel value, and the compensation field comes before the precharge field when the compensation pixel value is smaller than the precharge pixel value.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: OPTRONIC SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 064658/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2023
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063785/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2006
From: TSAI, CHUNG-KUANG; LYU, LI-RU
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 018340/0277 →
Priority Claims (2)
TW 92113907 A · May 22, 2003 · national
TW 93111798 A · Apr 27, 2005 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 1084823400 · May 19, 2004
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