IP Library Granted Patent US 8,111,231
Granted Patent B2
US 8,111,231 · App. 12/292,680 · Granted Feb 7, 2012

Display method for liquid crystal panel, and display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,111,231
App. No.
12/292,680
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display method for a liquid crystal panel is provided. The method includes a step of scanning pixels, arranged in a matrix, in an horizontal direction and in a vertical direction, to write video signals, thereby performing display; and a step of delaying the vertical-direction scanning for writing the video signals by a predetermined amount of time and writing a first predetermined fixed-level signal to all pixels in a row specified by the vertical-direction scanning delayed by the predetermined amount of time, in a predetermined time in the horizontal blanking period, thereby performing display.

Claims (22)

1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:

a liquid-crystal cell array having a plurality of sets, the sets being configured by pixels and TFTs for driving the pixels respectively;

a data-line drive circuit that scans data lines connected to the TFTs to supply video signals including a black-level signal and a pre-charge level signal in a horizontal blanking period; and

a row drive circuit that scans gate lines connected to the TFTs to supply a drive signal, thereby writing the video signals to the pixels, wherein:

the data-line drive circuit supplies the black level signal to all the data lines simultaneously in a first period of the horizontal blanking period, supplies the pre-charge level signal to all the data lines simultaneously in a second period of the horizontal blanking period, and successively supplies the image signals excluding the black level and the pre-charge level signals in a horizontal period after the horizontal blanking period;

the row drive circuit includes a first row selection circuit and a second row selection circuit;

the first row selection circuit scans the gate lines, writes the black-level signal to all the pixels in the scanned lines simultaneously and then writes the pre-charge level signal to all the pixels in the scanned lines simultaneously, and successively writes the image signals excluding the black-level and the pre-charge level signals to the pixels in the scanned lines; and

the second row selection circuit starts to scan the gate lines with delay of a predetermined time relative to the first row selection circuit, scans the gate lines only in a time corresponding to the first period of the horizontal blanking period, and writes the black-level signal to all the pixels in the scanned lines simultaneously in the first period of the horizontal blanking period.

2. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined time is determined according to a movement amount of an entire image expressed by video signals or scene mode switching signals.

3. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-control unit for controlling an amount of emission light of the liquid crystal display apparatus, thereby adjusting the amount of emission light in accordance with a scene-mode switching signal or a movement amount of an entire image expressed by the video signals.

4. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a gamma corrector or a gain adjustor to adjust a gamma curve or gain in accordance with a scene-mode switching signal or a movement amount of an entire image expressed by the video signals.

5. A display method for a liquid crystal display apparatus having a liquid-crystal cell array having a plurality of sets, the sets being configured by pixels and TFTs for driving the pixels respectively, a data-line drive circuit that scans data lines connected to the TFTs to supply video signals including a black-level signal and a pre-charge level signal in a horizontal blanking period, and a row drive circuit that scans gate lines connected to the TFTs to supply a drive signal, thereby writing the video signals to pixels, the row drive circuit includes a first row selection circuit and a second row selection circuit, the method comprising:

supplying the black level signal to all the data lines simultaneously in a first period of the horizontal blanking period with the data-line drive circuit;

supplying the pre-charge level signal to all the data lines simultaneously in a second period of the horizontal blanking period with the data-line drive circuit; and

successively supplying the image signals excluding the black-level and the pre-charge level signals in a horizontal period after the horizontal blanking period with the data-line drive circuit;

scanning the gate lines with the first row selection circuit;

writing the black-level signal to all the pixels in the scanned lines simultaneously with the first row selection circuit;

writing the pre-charge level signal to all the pixels in the scanned lines simultaneously with the first row selection circuit;

successively writing the image signals excluding the black-level and the pre-charge level signals to the pixels in the scanned lines with the first row selection circuit;

starting to scan the gate lines with delay of a predetermined time relative to the first row selection circuit with the second row selection circuit;

scanning the gate lines only in a time corresponding to the first period of the horizontal blanking period with the second row selection circuit; and

writing the black-level signal to all the pixels in the scanned lines simultaneously in the first period of the horizontal blanking period with the second row selection circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
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