Display unit and electronic apparatus
A display unit includes a plurality of pixels and a drive circuit. The plurality of pixels each includes a light emitting device, a transistor, and a capacitor. The drive circuit writes an image signal into each of the pixels and thereby performs display drive. The pixels as a whole are dividable into a plurality of pixel groups. The drive circuit performs intermittent stopping of the display drive for the respective pixel groups independently of each other in a still image display period based on the image signal.
1. A display unit comprising:
a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting device, a transistor, and a capacitor; and
a drive circuit configured to write an image signal into each of the pixels to perform a display drive,
the pixels forming a plurality of pixel groups, and
the drive circuit performing intermittent stopping of the display drive for respective ones of the pixel groups independently of each other in a still image display period based on the image signal,
wherein
each of the pixel groups includes more than one of the pixels disposed along one or more scan lines,
the drive circuit performs the intermittent stopping of the display drive in the still image display period for one or more of the scan lines independently of each other,
the drive circuit performs the intermittent stopping of the display drive in the still image display period alternately for more than one of the pixels disposed along one or more odd-numbered scan lines and more than one of the pixels disposed along one or more even-numbered scan lines, the one or more odd-numbered scan lines being at one or more odd-numbered scan line positions, and the one or more even-numbered scan lines being at one or more even-numbered scan line positions, and
the drive circuit adjusts timings of performing the intermittent stopping of the display drive for the one or more odd-numbered scan lines and the one or more even-numbered scan lines independently of each other to cause the display drive in the still image display period to be performed in a constant cycle on the pixels as a whole.
2. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the pixels is coupled to one of the scan lines on which application of a selection pulse is used to sequentially select the pixels and is coupled to a signal line to which the image signal is supplied, and
the drive circuit is configured to stop the application of the selection pulse on the scan line and to stop the display drive.
3. The display unit according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the pixels further includes a light-emission control switch that controls a light-emission period of the light emitting device, and
the drive circuit performs a control of an ON-period of the light-emission control switch for the respective pixel groups independently of each other.
4. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting device is an organic electroluminescence light emitting device.
5. An electronic apparatus with a display unit, the display unit comprising:
a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting device, a transistor, and a capacitor; and
a drive circuit configured to write an image signal into each of the pixels to perform display drive,
the pixels forming a plurality of pixel groups, and
the drive circuit performing intermittent stopping of the display drive for the respective pixel groups independently of each other in a still image display period based on the image signal,
wherein
each of the pixel groups includes more than one of the pixels disposed along one or more scan lines,
the drive circuit performs the intermittent stopping of the display drive in the still image display period for one or more of the scan lines independently of each other,
the drive circuit performs the intermittent stopping of the display drive in the still image display period alternately for more than one of the pixels disposed along one or more odd-numbered scan lines and more than one of the pixels disposed along one or more even-numbered scan lines, the one or more odd-numbered scan lines being at one or more odd-numbered scan line positions, and the one or more even-numbered scan lines being at one or more even-numbered scan line positions, and
the drive circuit adjusts timings of performing the intermittent stopping of the display drive for the one or more odd-numbered scan lines and the one or more even-numbered scan lines independently of each other to cause the display drive in the still image display period to be performed in a constant cycle on the pixels as a whole.
6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
each of the pixels is coupled to one of the scan lines on which application of a selection pulse is used to sequentially select the pixels and is coupled to a signal line to which the image signal is supplied, and
the drive circuit is configured to stop the application of the selection pulse on the scan line and to stop the display drive.
7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
each of the pixels further includes a light-emission control switch that controls a light-emission period of the light emitting device, and
the drive circuit performs a control of an ON-period of the light-emission control switch for the respective pixel groups independently of each other.
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the light emitting device is an organic electroluminescence light emitting device.