IP Library Granted Patent US 10,354,593
Granted Patent B2
US 10,354,593 · App. 15/800,600 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Display apparatus

Inventors: Yuta Murakami (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Kubota (Tokyo, JP); Norio Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,354,593
App. No.
15/800,600
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display device including pixels each including a light emitting element; a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of different voltages; a switching device configured to be capable of switching the voltages in a manner such that any one of the voltages is applied to each of the pixels; and a controller configured to control operation of the switching device. The controller is configured to cause, at least once during a period for displaying an image corresponding to one frame, the switching device to operate in a manner such that voltages applied to the pixel are switched from a lower to a higher voltage.

Claims (48)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display device including pixels each including a light emitting element;

a drive transistor coupled to the light emitting element, and

a capacitor disposed between a gate and a source of the drive transistor, the capacitor storing electric charge;

a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of different voltages;

a switching device configured to be capable of switching the voltages in a manner such that any one of the voltages is applied to each of the pixels; and

a controller configured to control operation of the switching device, wherein

at least once during a period for displaying an image corresponding to one frame, the controller is configured to cause the switching device to operate in a manner such that voltages applied to the pixel are switched from a lower to a higher voltage, after completing writing in the capacitor to update a frame image corresponding to the one frame and turning off a gate of the drive transistor to cause the electric charge of the capacitor to be decreased,

which allows a current flowing through the drive transistor to increase to a current value of a timing to write in the capacitor to update the frame image.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the voltage generator is configured to generate a plurality of high potentials, a low potential and one of the high potentials generating a voltage across the pixel, and

the switching device is configured to be capable of switching between the high potentials.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the voltage generator is configured to generate a plurality of low potentials, one of the low potentials and a high potential generating a voltage across the pixel, and

the switching device is configured to be capable of switching between the low potentials.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the display device is configured to be switchable between

a high refresh rate mode in which the period for displaying an image corresponding to one frame is relatively short and

a low refresh rate mode in which the period during which an image corresponding to one frame is displayed is relatively long, and

the controller causes the switching device to operate when display device is set to the low refresh rate mode.

5. A display apparatus comprising:

a display device including pixels;

a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of different voltages;

a switching device configured to be capable of switching the voltages in a manner such that any one of the voltages is applied to each of the pixels; and

a controller configured to control operation of the switching device, wherein

each of the pixels includes:

a drive transistor;

a capacitor disposed between a gate and a source of the drive transistor, that stores therein electric charge according to display output; and

a light emitting element that lights up with an amount of luminescence according to a current that flows therethrough,

the drive transistor is provided on a path from which a current according to the voltage generated by the voltage generator is caused to flow into the light emitting element, and sets a current that flows through the light emitting element to a current according to electric charge stored in the capacitor, and

the controller is configured to cause, at least once during a period for displaying an image corresponding to one frame, the switching device to operate in a manner such that voltages applied to the pixel are switched from a lower to a higher voltage, after completing writing in the capacitor to update a frame image corresponding to the one frame and turning off a gate of the drive transistor to cause the electric charge of the capacitor to be decreased,

which allows a current flowing through the drive transistor to increase to a current value of a timing to write in the capacitor to update the frame image.

6. A display apparatus comprising:

a display device including pixels each including a light emitting element;

a drive transistor coupled to the light emitting element, and

a capacitor disposed between a gate and a source of the drive transistor, the capacitor storing electric charge;

a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of different voltages;

a switching device configured to be capable of switching the voltages in a manner such that any one of the voltages is applied to each of the pixels; and

a controller configured to control operation of the switching device,

wherein

at least once during a period for displaying an image corresponding to one frame, the controller is configured to cause the switching device to operate in a manner such that voltages applied to the pixel are switched from a lower to a higher voltage, after completing writing in the capacitor to update a frame image corresponding to the one frame,

the voltage generator is configured to generate a plurality of high potentials, a low potential and one of the high potentials generating a voltage across the pixel,

the switching device is configured to be capable of switching between the high potentials,

the high potentials include a first high-potential and a second high-potential that is higher than the first high-potential,

at least once during the period for displaying the frame image, the switching device is configured to couple the drive transistor to one of

a first high-potential wire to transmit the first high-potential and

a second high-potential wire to transmit the second high-potential, and

the light emitting element is supplied with a voltage changed from a lower voltage according to a potential difference between the first high-potential and the low potential, to a higher voltage according to a potential difference between the second high-potential and the low potential, after completing writing in the capacitor to update the frame image corresponding to the one frame.

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 Jan 9, 2018
From: MURAKAMI, YUTA; KUBOTA, MASAHIRO; NAKAMURA, NORIO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 044574/0825 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-216596 · Nov 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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