IP Library Granted Patent US 8,106,865
Granted Patent B2
US 8,106,865 · App. 11/797,534 · Granted Jan 31, 2012

Display device and driving method thereof

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,106,865
App. No.
11/797,534
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which problems such as an increase of power consumption and increase of a load of when light is emitted are reduced by using a method for realizing pseudo impulsive driving by inserting an dark image, and a driving method thereof. A display device which displays a gray scale by dividing one frame period into a plurality of subframe periods, where one frame period is divided into at least a first subframe period and a second subframe period; and when luminance in the first subframe period to display the maximum gray scale is Lmax 1 and luminance in the second subframe period to display the maximum gray scale is Lmax 2 , (½) Lmax 2 <Lmax 1 <( 9/10) Lmax 2 is satisfied in the one frame period, is provided.

Claims (22)

1. A driving method of a display device,

wherein one frame period comprises at least a first subframe period and a second subframe period,

wherein each of the first subframe period and the second subframe period consists of one subframe period,

wherein, when the display device displays a maximum gray scale in the one frame period, a first luminance Lmax 1 in the first subframe period and a second luminance Lmax 2 in the second subframe period satisfy (½) Lmax 2 <Lmax 1 <( 9/10) Lmax 2 , and

wherein a luminance change with respect to a gray scale change is constant in either the first subframe period or the second subframe period.

2. A driving method of a display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one frame period further comprises a third subframe period, and

wherein, when a maximum luminance in the third subframe period is Lmax 3 , Lmax 3 is less than or equal to 1/10 of a maximum luminance in the first subframe period.

3. A driving method of a display device,

wherein one frame period comprises at least a first subframe period and a second subframe period,

wherein each of the first subframe period and the second subframe period consists of one subframe period,

wherein, when the display device displays a maximum gray scale in the one frame period, a first luminance Lmax 1 in the first subframe period and a second luminance Lmax 2 in the second subframe period satisfy (½) Lmax 1 <Lmax 2 <( 9/10) Lmax 1 , and

wherein a luminance change with respect to a gray scale change is constant in either the first subframe period or the second subframe period.

4. A driving method of a display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the one frame period further comprises a third subframe period, and

wherein, when a maximum luminance in the third subframe period is Lmax 3 , Lmax 3 is less than or equal to 1/10 of a maximum luminance in the second subframe period.

5. A driving method of a display device,

wherein one frame period comprises at least a first subframe period, a second subframe period, and a third subframe period,

wherein each of the first subframe period, the second subframe period, and the third subframe period consists of one subframe period,

wherein a gray scale which can be displayed include divided n (n is an integer number greater than 1) gray scale regions,

wherein, in each of the gray scale regions, a luminance change with respect to a gray scale change is constant in either the first subframe period or the second subframe period, or a ratio between first luminance in the first subframe period and second luminance in the second subframe period is constant with respect to a gray scale, and

wherein, when a maximum luminance in the third subframe period is Lmax 3 , Lmax 3 is less than or equal to 1/10 of a maximum luminance in the first subframe period and less than or equal to 1/10 of a maximum luminance in the second subframe period, in each of the gray scale regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2007
From: YOSHIDA, YASUNORI; KIMURA, HAJIME
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019338/0478 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-155459 · Jun 2, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070279359A1 · Dec 6, 2007