IP Library Granted Patent US 9,798,415
Granted Patent B2
US 9,798,415 · App. 14/851,319 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Display device using at least two types of display periods with different lengths

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Patent No.
US 9,798,415
App. No.
14/851,319
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, and a controller configured to control display by sequentially supplying an image signal and a control signal to the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of scanning lines, respectively, wherein the controller repeats a display period in which the display is controlled and a display blanking period in which the display is paused to display a frame image, and at least two types of display periods with different lengths are used when a frame image is displayed.

Claims (38)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix;

a plurality of scanning lines extending along the display elements which are arranged in a row direction;

a plurality of signal lines extending along the display elements which are arranged in a column direction; and

a controller configured to control display by sequentially supplying an image signal and a control signal to the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of scanning lines, respectively,

wherein the controller repeats a display period in which the display is controlled and a display blanking period in which the display is paused to display a frame image, and at least two types of display periods with different lengths are used when a frame image is displayed, and

lengths of the display periods arranged in time sequential order sequentially increase, or sequentially decrease when a frame image is displayed.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the display blanking period with one type of length is used by the controller when a frame image is displayed.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

a length of the display period is specified using a number of scanning lines controlled in the display period.

4. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising

a touch detector configured to execute a touch driving operation and a detection operation for detecting an external proximity object in the display blanking period.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the touch detector is provided in the display device as an in-cell touchsensor.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

data as to how the at least two types of display periods are arranged in time sequential order when a frame image is displayed is transferred from a register, and

the controller controls the display referring to the register.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

a plurality of data items as to how the at least two types of display periods are arranged in time sequential order are provided, and

the controller controls the display using a selected data item concerning the arrangement.

8. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising

a touch detector configured to execute a touch driving operation and a detection operation for detecting an external proximity object in the display blanking period.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the touch detector is provided in the display device as an in-cell touchsensor.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the display device is controlled at a frequency selected from a plurality of frequencies, and

lengths of the display period and the display blanking period change depending on the selected frequency.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

the display device selects a higher frequency as a signal-to-noise ratio of a signal is higher.

12. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising

a touch detector configured to execute a touch driving operation and a detection operation for detecting an external proximity object in the display blanking period.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the touch detector is provided in the display device as an in-cell touchsensor.

14. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising

a touch detector configured to execute a touch driving operation and a detection operation for detecting an external proximity object in the display blanking period.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein

the touch detector is provided in the display device as an in-cell touchsensor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2015
From: AZUMI, KOHEI; KOMATSU, HIDETOSHI; OTA, JIN; MIZUHASHI, HIROSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 036541/0515 →