Driving method for reducing image sticking
A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.
1. A driving method for reducing image sticking associated with images of a liquid crystal display, the liquid crystal display comprising a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixel areas, one end of each of the plurality of the pixel areas being connected to a common voltage, the driving method comprising:
according to a first data-to-voltage relation, converting a first data to a first voltage and a second voltage;
according to a second data-to-voltage relation, converting a second data to a third voltage and a fourth voltage;
in a first half of a period of time, turning on a first scan line of the plurality of scan lines;
in a first half of a period of time, applying the first voltage to a first corresponding pixel area of the plurality of pixel areas;
in a second half of the period of time, turning on the first scan line of the plurality of scan lines;
in the second half of the period of time, applying the second voltage to the first corresponding pixel area of the plurality of pixel areas;
in the first half of the period of time, turning on a second scan line of the plurality of scan lines;
in the first half of the period of time, applying the third voltage to a second corresponding pixel area of the plurality of pixel areas;
in the second half of the period of time, turning on a second scan line of the plurality of scan lines; and
in the second half of the period of time, applying the fourth voltage to the second corresponding pixel area of the plurality of pixel area;
wherein the sum of the difference between the first voltage and the common voltage and the difference between the second voltage and the common voltage is different from the sum of the difference between the third voltage and the common voltage and the difference between the fourth voltage and the common voltage.
2. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein a value of the common voltage remains at a constant.
3. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein a value of the common voltage in the first half of the period of time is different from a value of the common voltage in the second half of the period of time.
4. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein the first data-to-voltage relation is different from the second data-to-voltage relation.
5. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein the difference between the third voltage and the common voltage is different from the difference between the fourth voltage and the common voltage.
6. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein polarities of the first voltage and the third voltage with respect to the common voltage are the same, and polarities of the second voltage and the fourth voltage with respect to the common voltage are the same.
7. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein polarities of the first voltage and the third voltage with respect to the common voltage are different, and polarities of the second voltage and the fourth voltage with respect to the common voltage are different.
8. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein polarities of the first voltage and the second voltage with respect to the common voltage are different, and polarities of the third voltage and the fourth voltage with respect to the common voltage are different.
9. The driving method of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel area is adjacent to the second pixel area.