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US 12,731,548 · App. 19/069,630 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Display device whose duty ratio in sub-frame period is controlled

Inventor: Yota Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G09G3/3258G09G2320/045G09G2320/0626G09G2340/0435G09G2354/00G09G2360/145
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Patent No.
US 12,731,548
App. No.
19/069,630
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a pixel array, a driver configured to drive the pixel array, and a controller configured to control the driver. The controller controls the driver such that each unit frame period is formed by a plurality of sub-frame periods, and a duty ratio in each sub-frame period is controlled. The controller controls the driver such that in each unit frame, the duty ratio of a last sub-frame period is smaller than the duty ratio of a first sub-frame period.

Claims (50)

1 . A display device comprising:

a pixel array;

a driver configured to drive the pixel array; and

a controller configured to control the driver,

wherein the controller controls the driver such that each unit frame period is formed by a plurality of sub-frame periods, and a duty ratio in each sub-frame period is controlled,

wherein the controller controls the driver such that each sub-frame period is formed by a first non-light-emitting period, a light-emitting period, and a second non-light-emitting period,

wherein the first non-light-emitting period starts at a start of each sub-frame period, the light-emitting period starts at an end of the first non-light-emitting period, and the second non-light-emitting period starts at the end of the light-emitting period, and

wherein when lengths of the first non-light-emitting period, the light-emitting period, and the second non-light-emitting period in a kth (k is 1 to n) sub-frame are defined as t Dk,1 , t Lk , and t Dk,2 , respectively, the controller controls the driver to satisfy

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2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sub-frame periods have time lengths equal to each other.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the driver such that the lengths t Dk,1 in k=1 to n−1 equal each other, the lengths t Lk in k=1 to n−1 equal each other, and the lengths t Dk,2 in k=1 to n−1 equal each other.

4 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the driver such that t D1,2 +t D2,1 is not less than 3 msec.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver supplies to the pixel array a signal having a voltage according to a luminance signal.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver supplies to the pixel array a signal once in each unit frame period.

7 . The device according to claim 6 , further comprising a measuring unit configured to measure a luminance on the periphery of the pixel array,

wherein the controller determines the duty ratio of each sub-frame period in accordance with an output of the measuring unit.

8 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein after the duty ratio is determined in accordance with the output of the measuring unit, the controller changes the duty ratios of remaining sub-frame periods to the determined duty ratio from the end of the first sub-frame period in the unit frame.

9 . A display apparatus comprising:

an information processing unit configured to process information; and

a display device according to claim 1 , which is configured to display information generated by the information processing unit.

10 . A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:

an optical unit including a plurality of lenses;

an image sensor configured to receive light having passed through the optical unit; and

a display unit configured to display an image,

wherein the display unit includes a display device according to claim 1 , which is configured to display an image captured by the image sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2025
From: ITO, YOTA
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 070643/0153 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2024-040190 · Mar 14, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
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