Drive apparatus for display medium, computer readable medium storing drive program, display apparatus, and drive method for display medium
A drive apparatus that drives a display medium that includes display and rear substrates, a disperse medium, and a particle group, includes a voltage application unit that applies first and second voltages to the display medium, in which, when a color of the particle group is displayed, the voltage application unit applies the first voltage higher than or equal to a threshold voltage necessary for the particle group to be detached from the display substrate or the rear substrate to a pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and applies the second voltage having a same polarity as the first voltage and is lower than the threshold voltage to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and to a pixel adjacent to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and the particle group of which is not moved.
1. A drive apparatus that drives a display medium that includes a display substrate having a light transparency, a rear substrate facing the display substrate with a gap between the display substrate and the rear substrate, a disperse medium filled in between the display substrate and the rear substrate, and a particle group that includes a plurality of particles which is dispersed in the disperse medium and has a color different from a color of the disperse medium and moves the plurality of particles between the substrates in accordance with an electric field,
the drive apparatus comprising:
a voltage application unit that applies a first voltage and a second voltage to the display medium,
wherein, in a case where the color of the particle group is displayed, the voltage application unit applies the first voltage higher than or equal to a threshold voltage necessary for the particle group to be detached from the display substrate or the rear substrate to a pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and thereafter applies the second voltage that has a same polarity as the first voltage and is lower than the threshold voltage to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and to a pixel which is adjacent to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and the particle group of which is not moved.
2. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the voltage application unit applies the second voltage for a certain period of time and gradually decreases the second voltage.
3. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the voltage application unit expands a region including the pixels where the second voltage is applied as a size of the pixel is reduced.
4. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 2 ,
wherein the voltage application unit expands a region including the pixels where the second voltage is applied as a size of the pixel is reduced.
5. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the particle group includes a plurality of particle groups each different in colors and charge polarities.
6. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 2 ,
wherein the particle group includes a plurality of particle groups each different in colors and charge polarities.
7. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 3 ,
wherein the particle group includes a plurality of particle groups each different in colors and charge polarities.
8. The drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 4 ,
wherein the particle group includes a plurality of particle groups each different in colors, and at least two of the plurality of particle groups have different charge polarities.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for driving a display medium that includes a display substrate having a light transparency, a rear substrate facing the display substrate with a gap between the display substrate and the rear substrate, a disperse medium filled in between the display substrate and the rear substrate, and a particle group that includes a plurality of particles which is dispersed in the disperse medium and has a color different from a color of the disperse medium and moves the plurality of particles between the substrates in accordance with an electric field,
the process comprising:
applying, in a case where the color of the particle group is displayed, a first voltage higher than or equal to a threshold voltage necessary for the particle group to be detached from the display substrate or the rear substrate to a pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates; and
applying a second voltage that has a same polarity as the first voltage and is lower than the threshold voltage to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and to a pixel which is adjacent to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and the particle group of which is not moved.
10. A display apparatus comprising:
a display medium that includes a display substrate having a light transparency, a rear substrate facing the display substrate with a gap between the display substrate and the rear substrate, a disperse medium filled in between the display substrate and the rear substrate, and a particle group that includes a plurality of particles which is dispersed in the disperse medium and has a color different from a color of the disperse medium; and
the drive apparatus that drives the display medium according to claim 1 .
11. A drive method for a display medium that includes a display substrate having a light transparency, a rear substrate facing the display substrate with a gap between the display substrate and the rear substrate, a disperse medium filled in between the display substrate and the rear substrate, and a particle group that includes a plurality of particles which is dispersed in the disperse medium and has a color different from a color of the disperse medium and moves the plurality of particles between the substrates in accordance with an electric field,
the drive method comprising:
applying, in a case where the color of the particle group is displayed, a first voltage higher than or equal to a threshold voltage necessary for the particle group to be detached from the display substrate or the rear substrate to a pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates; and
applying a second voltage that has a same polarity as the first voltage and is lower than the threshold voltage to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and to a pixel which is adjacent to the pixel where the particle group is moved between the substrates and the particle group of which is not moved.