EP0478186A2
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Display device
Assignee: Central Research Laboratories Ltd
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Filing: 1991-09-13
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-09-13
Abstract
Abstract A colour sequential liquid crystal display (2), such as a television display, includes a lattice (4) of selectably settable pixel elements (6) which are time multiplex addressed and contemporaneously illuminated during addressing to produce sequential red, green and blue light outputs in any display period. The addressing of pixel elements (6) in successive frame periods is arranged to occur in opposing directions so as to compensate spatial intensity variation which would otherwise arise from illumination of the pixel elements (6) during the addressing. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Paul William Herbert Surguy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/3406; G09G2310/00; G09G2310/02; G09G2310/0235; G09G2310/0264; G09G2310/0283
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of operating a disply device (2) having a lattice of selectably settable pixel elements (6), the method comprising time multiplex addressing pixel elements (6) of the display during each of a plurality of time intervals within a display period and, contemporaneously therewith illuminating the lattice to produce within a display period a plurality of light outputs (8,10,12) each having a respective colour characteristic and a respective time interval within the display period, the time multiplexed addressing of pixel elements arranged to produce a light output of at least one respective colour characteristic during any display period, which output is arranged in a first sequence direction, and the time multiplexed adddressing is arranged to produce a light output of the at least one respective colour characteristic during a display period following the said any display period and being arranged in a second sequence direction opposite to the first sequence direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the display period following the said any display period in which the time multiplexed addressing of the pixels occurs in the first sequence direction comprises the immediately succeeeding display period.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method according to either claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the light outputs of a respective colour characteristic comprise red, green and blue light outputs, and the pixels are time multiplexed in one of the sequence directions to provide the red and blue light outputs and in the opposite direction to provide the green light output.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
48 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the lattice comprises a plurality of rows and colums of pixel elements, the first sequence direction comprising addressing the elements from top towards bottom, and the second sequence direction comprising addressing the elements from bottom towards top.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
59 words
A method according to any one of claims 1-3 wherein the lattice comprises a plurality of rows and colums of pixel elements, the first sequence direction comprising addressing the elements from a first side thereof towards the opposite side thereof, and the second sequence direction comprising addressing the elements from the opposite side thereof towards the first side thereof.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
58 words
A method according to any one of claims 1-3 wherein the lattice comprises a plurality of rows and colums of pixel elements, the first sequence direction comprising addressing the elements from a central region of the display towards one side thereof, and the second sequence direction comprising addressing the elements from one side thereof towards the central region.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
24 words
A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the respective time intervals each comprise substantially one third of a display period.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
161 words
A display device (2) comprising: a lattice (4) of selectably settable pixel elements (6); addressing means (22,24) for time multiplex addressing pixel elements (6) during each of a plurality of time intervals within a display period for the dispaly; and illumination means (8,10,12) for illuminating the lattice (4) contemporaneously with the time multiplexed addressing thereof, for providing within a display period a plurality of light outputs each having a respective colour characteristic and a respective time interval within the display period, the addressing means (22,24) being arranged to time multiplex address pixel elements (6) in a first sequence direction in any one display period to produce a light output of at least one respective colour characteristic, and, in a display period following the said display period, to time multiplex address pixel elements in a second sequence direction to produce a light output of the said at least one colour characteristic, the second sequence direction being opposite to the first sequence direction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
A device according to claim 8 wherein the light outputs comprise red, green and blue light outputs and the addressing means is arranged to time multiplex pixels to provide the red and blue light outputs in one of the sequence directions and the green light output in the opposite sequence direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device according to either claim 8 or claim 9 further comprising blanking means for blanking the lattice during each time interval of a display period thereby to provide no light output from the display during blanking.
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