Method of driving a display
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a method of driving a display comprising: receiving grey level input data, comprising a subpixel input data consisting of N bits, from an external image data source; mapping the L upper bits of the N-bit subpixel input data to an L-bit first mapped data, where L≦(N−1); generating an additional bit of mapped data; using the lower N-L bits of said N-bit subpixel input data for a control operation; including providing a driver data consisting of L+1 bits, based on the first mapped data and the additional bit of mapped data, to a driver circuit; and controlling the driver circuit to output driving voltages set in relation to the driver data, to a display element, wherein the total number of voltage levels correspond to the maximum value representable by the L bits, plus one. The control operation further comprises, performing frame mixing comprising providing said driver data as either representing said first mapped data or an increment thereof. The additional bit is, inter alia, used to enable representation of said increment.
1. A method of driving a display, comprising:
receiving grey level input data from an external image data source, said grey level input data comprising a subpixel input data consisting of N bits;
mapping the N-bit subpixel input data to a first mapped data consisting of L bits, where L≦(N−1), wherein the L upper bits of said N-bit subpixel input data are used for providing said L-bit first mapped data;
generating an additional bit of mapped data the value of which is dependent on the value of said first mapped data, wherein the additional bit of mapped data has only one bit, the additional bit of mapped data is high when all bits of said first mapped data are high, and the additional bit of mapped data is low when all bits of said first mapped data are not high;
using the lower N-L bits of said N-bit input data for a control operation; said control operation including providing a driver data consisting of L+1 bits to a driver circuit, wherein said driver data is based on said first mapped data and said additional bit of mapped data, and controlling the driver circuit to output driving voltages to a display element, wherein a voltage level of each driving voltage is set on basis of said driver data, wherein the total number n of voltage levels fulfils the relation n=2 L +1; said control operation further comprising, on basis of said lower bits, performing frame mixing comprising providing said driver data as either representing said first mapped data or representing an increment of said first mapped data.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein if all bits of said first mapped data are high, said increment consists of said first mapped data and said additional bit of mapped data set high.
3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said increment consists of said first mapped data and said additional bit of mapped data as a most significant bit of increment, and said increment is a true increment by one of said first mapped data.
4. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said voltage level is set to the highest voltage level if said additional bit of mapped data is a ‘1’.
5. A method according to claim 2 , wherein N=8 and L=6.
6. A method according to claim 2 , wherein said frame mixing comprises temporal and spatial frame mixing and combinations thereof.
7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said increment consists of said first mapped data and said additional bit of mapped data as a most significant bit of increment, and said increment is a true increment by one of said first mapped data.
8. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said voltage level is set to the highest voltage level if said additional bit of mapped data is a ‘1’.
9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein N=8 and L=6.
10. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said frame mixing comprises temporal and spatial frame mixing and combinations thereof.