Display device driving method and video display apparatus

1. A display device driving method for driving a display device, the display device driving method comprising:

receiving a training signal, for inquiring whether the display device is ready to accept a video signal representing a moving image, that is transmitted from an external signal source;

after receiving the training signal, transmitting a lock signal, indicating that the display device is ready to accept the video signal, to the external signal source at a timing based on an internal synchronization signal of the display device;

after transmitting the lock signal, receiving the video signal that is transmitted from the external signal source and is synchronous with an external synchronization signal; and

displaying a video by using the video signal received from the external signal source,

wherein in the receiving of the video signal, the external synchronization signal is further received, and

the timing is a timing at which the external synchronization signal is received within an effective window period of the internal synchronization signal in the receiving of the video signal, the effective window period being a period in which a received signal is enabled.

2. The display device driving method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the transmitting of the lock signal, when the display device is ready to accept the video signal, the lock signal is transmitted at a timing at which the internal synchronization signal has a predetermined phase.

3. The display device driving method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display device includes a memory that stores information indicating a predetermined image, and

in the displaying of the video, the predetermined image being displayed is switched to the video so as to display the video.

4. The display device driving method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display device has a PSR-enabled mode in which PSR driving is enabled and a PSR-disabled mode in which the PSR driving is disabled, the term PSR standing for panel self refresh,

in the receiving of the training signal, the training signal is received in the PSR-enabled mode, and

in the displaying of the video, the video is displayed in the PSR-disabled mode.

5. The display device driving method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the training signal is received when a signal input into the display device switches from a still image to a video signal.

6. The display device driving method according to claim 1 ,

wherein prior to receipt of the training signal, the display device is in a panel-self-refresh mode displaying a still image, and wherein the training signal is also a signal inquiring of the display device whether to deactivate the panel-self-refresh mode and to transition to a panel-self-refresh-disabled mode in which the display device displays video.

7. The display device driving method according to claim 1 , wherein the lock signal is transmitted when the display device is ready to accept the video signal, and the method also transmits a signal, different from the lock signal, to the external signal source indicating that the display device is not ready to accept the video signal when the display device is not ready to accept the video signal.

8. The display device driving method according to claim 1 , further comprising setting a range of time during which the transmitting is performed.

9. The display device driving method according to claim 1 , wherein the training signal and the video signal are received from the external signal source that is incorporated into a different appliance from the display device.

10. A video display apparatus comprising:

an external signal source having a transmitter for transmitting a training signal, for inquiring whether the display device is ready to accept a video signal representing a moving image; and

a display device,

wherein the display device generates an internal synchronization signal and includes:

a receiver that receives the training signal transmitted by the transmitter of the external signal source;

a second transmitter that transmits a lock signal, indicating that the display device is ready to accept the video signal, to the external signal source at a timing based on a time at which the display device generates the internal synchronization signal, wherein after transmitting the lock signal, the receiver of the display device receives the video signal that is transmitted from the transmitter of the external signal source and is synchronous with an external synchronization signal; and

a display that displays video by using the video signal received from the external signal source by the receiver,

wherein, when the receiver receives the video signal, the external synchronization signal is further received, and

the timing is a timing at which the external synchronization signal is received within an effective window period of the internal synchronization signal when the receiver receives the video signal, the effective window period being a period in which a received signal is enabled.

11. The video display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the receiver receives the training signal when a signal input into the display device switches from a still image to a video signal.

12. The video display apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein prior to the receiving the training signal, the display device is in a panel-self-refresh mode displaying a still image, and wherein the training signal is also a signal inquiring of the display device whether to deactivate the panel-self-refresh mode and to transition to a panel-self-refresh-disabled mode in which the display device displays video.

13. The video display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the second transmitter transmits the lock signal when the display device is ready to accept the video signal, and transmits a signal to the external signal source indicating that the display device is not ready to accept the video signal when the display device is not ready to accept the video signal.

14. The video display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the second transmitter transmits the lock signal during a predetermined range of time.

15. The video display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the external signal source is part of an appliance in which the display device is included.

16. The video display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the external signal source is incorporated into a different appliance from the display device.

17. A display device driving method for driving a display device, the display device driving method comprising:

receiving a training signal, for inquiring whether the display device is ready to accept a video signal representing a moving image, that is transmitted from an external signal source;

after receiving the training signal, transmitting a lock signal, indicating that the display device is ready to accept the video signal, to the external signal source at a timing based on an internal synchronization signal of the display device;

after transmitting the lock signal, receiving the video signal that is transmitted from the external signal source and is synchronous with an external synchronization signal;

displaying a video by using the video signal received from the external signal source; and

using a predetermined phase between a start of a next internal synchronization signal and a receipt of the external synchronization signal to determine a time of transmitting of the lock signal.

18. A display device driving method for driving a display device, the method comprising:

receiving a training signal transmitted from an external signal source;

after receiving the training signal, transmitting a lock signal to the external signal source at a timing based on an internal synchronization signal of the display device;

after transmitting the lock signal, receiving a video signal representing a moving image that is transmitted from the external signal source and is synchronous with an external synchronization signal; and

displaying a video by using the video signal received from the external signal source,

wherein the following relationship is satisfied:

Δ Ta<ΔTb+ΔTc , where

ΔTa is the time from the transmission of the lock signal to the start of the next internal synchronization signal,

ΔTb is the time from the transmission of the lock signal to the reception of the external synchronization signal, and

ΔTc is the time from the start of an effective window period during which receipt of the video signal is enabled by the display device and the start of the next internal synchronization signal.