Electro-optical device

1. A method of driving multi-stable display device including a plurality of pixels, comprising:

receiving a number of images to be displayed as instructed by a user;

displaying a part of the number of the images using a first driving method based on the number of images; and

displaying remains of the number of images using a second driving method after the displaying in the first driving method,

wherein the second driving method is performed at a lower speed than the first driving method such that, at each of the pixels, a time required for rewriting in the second driving method is greater than a time required for rewriting in the first drive method; and

wherein the second driving method is selected from a plurality of driving methods that are each performed at different speeds in comparison to the speed of the first driving method.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second driving method includes a clear operation and an image display operation,

the first driving method includes an image display operation and does not include a clear operation.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first driving method execute a difference image display operation which displays a difference image between a new image and the image displayed on the display section.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the remains of the number of is a final image at which the display is fixed.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a control value c is changed based on the received number of images to be displayed as instructed by the user.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second driving method selected when the control value c is equal to a predetermined lower limit.

7. A method of driving multi-stable display device including a plurality of pixels, comprising:

receiving a number of images to be displayed as instructed by a user;

displaying a part of the number of the images using a first driving method based on the number of images;

displaying a part of remains of the number of the images using a second driving method after the displaying in the first driving method; and

displaying remains of the part of remains of the number of the images in a third driving method after the displaying in the second driving method,

wherein the third driving method has a lower speed than the first driving method such that, at each of the pixels, a time required for rewriting in the third driving method is greater than a time required for rewriting in the first drive method; and

wherein each of the first, second, and third driving methods are performed at different speeds.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the second driving method includes a clear operation and an image display operation,

the first driving method includes an image display operation and does not include a clear operation.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first driving method execute a difference image display operation which displays a difference image between a new image and the image displayed on the display section.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the remains of the number of images is a final image at which the display is fixed.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the second driving method is selected from a plurality of driving methods that are each performed at different speeds.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein a control value c is changed based on the received number of images to be displayed as instructed by the user.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the second driving method selected when the control value c is equal to a predetermined lower limit.

14. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the display device includes a display section having a plurality of pixels;

a control value acquisition section that acquires an initial value of a control value c which is used when one of the images is displayed on the display section;

a calculation section that decreases the control value c whenever the image of the display section is rewritten; and

a control section that selects the third driving method from a plurality of driving methods on the basis of the control value c and rewrites the image of the display section by using the third driving method.