Matrix type display driving system

Claim 2

A display system comprising: a. display device including a plurality of first and second radiation elements for emitting first and second kinds of radiation respectively, said plurality of radiation elements disposed in a matrix of rows and columns so that said first radiation elements are separated from each other along said columns and rows; b. energizing means for providing energizing signals to be applied to said radiation elements; and c. control means for applying first the energizing signals to a first field of picture elements, each comprising at least one first radiation element and one second radiation element, and thereafter applying the energizing signals to a second field of different picture elements, each comprised of said one second radiation element and another first radiation element.

Claim 3

The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first radiation elements emit a relatively high intensity radiation and said second radiation elements emit a relatively low intensity radiation.

Claim 4

The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first radiation elements emit radiation of a first wavelength and said second radiation elements emit radiation of a second, different wavelength.

Claim 5

The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display device includes third and fourth radiation elements, said first and second radiation elements emitting radiation of a first color of a first and a second intensity level, respectively, said third and fourth radiation elements emitting radiation of a second, different color of said first and second intensity levels, respectively.

Claim 6

The display system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said control means includes a color control circuit responsive to an input information signal for providing first and second color signals indicative of the first and second colors, respectively; first and second decOder circuits responsive respectively to the first and second color signals for each providing outputs indicative of said first and second intensity levels of its respective color; and first and second memory means, said first memory means responsive to said first output of said first decoder circuit and said second output of said second decoder circuit for storing signals indicative of intensity level and color for at least a portion of the picture elements of a first row, said second memory means responsive to the second output of said first decoder and said first output of said second decoder for storing the energizing signals indicative of the color and intensity level for at least a portion of the picture elements of a second row adjacent to said first row.

Claim 7

The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display device includes third and forth radiation elements for emitting, respectively, third and fourth kinds of radiation, said first and second radiation elements being arranged alternately along a first column, said third and fourth radiation elements being arranged alternately along a second column adjacent to said first column, said control means comprising row control means responsive to a first field signal for selectively applying the energizing signals to a first and a second row of said radiation elements comprising a single row of said picture elements, and responsive to a second field signal for applying the energizing signal to said second row of radiation elements and a third row of radiation elements adjacent to said second row.

Claim 8

The display system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said energizing means is responsive to a video input signal to provide first, second, third and fourth outputs corresponding to the information contained by said video signal for energizing, respectively, said first, second, third and fourth radiation elements, said control means including first and second switch means associated, respectively, with said first and second columns of said display device, said first switch means responsive to first and second timing signals for applying respectively said first and second outputs to said first column, said second switch means responsive to said first and second timing signals for applying said third and fourth outputs, respectively, to said second column.

Claim 9

The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display device comprises a plasma display panel including a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes disposed to intersect each other, and a discharge gas disposed therebetween, whereby a plurality of said radiation emitting elements is formed at the intersecting points of said X and Y electrodes.

Claim 10

The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rows of radiation elements are disposed at approximately 45* with respect to said columns of said radiation elements.

Claim 13

The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein in step (a), the one first radiation element and the one second radiation element are disposed respectively upon first and second rows adjacent to each other, and in step (b), the another second radiation element is disposed upon a third row adjacent to the second row, whereby said first and second fields are interlaced with each other.

Claim 14

The method as claimeD in claim 10, wherein the display apparatus includes first, second, third and fourth radiation elements for emitting different kinds of radiation, the first and second radiation elements arranged alternately in each of the first and third columns of the display apparatus, the third and fourth radiation elements disposed alternately in a second column intermediate to the first and third columns, wherein said step (a) includes forming the first field of at least one picture element comprised of the first, second, third and fourth radiation elements disposed in the first and second columns and rows of the display apparatus, said step (b) includes the forming of the second field of a second, different picture element comprised of the first, second, third and fourth radiation elements disposed in the first and second columns of the second and third rows of the display device, and thereafter forming a third field comprised of at least one third picture element comprising the first, second, third and fourth radiation elements disposed in the second and third columns of the first and second rows, and thereafter forming a fourth field comprised of at least one fourth picture element comprising first, second, third and fourth radiation elements disposed in the second and third rows and columns of the display apparatus.

Claim 15

The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the display apparatus includes third and fourth radiation elements for emitting, respectively, radiation of a second wavelength of first and second low intensity levels, the first and second radiation elements emitting respectively, radiation of a first wavelength of the first and second intensity levels, wherein said step (a) includes the forming of picture elements comprised of the first, second, third and fourth radiation elements with at least one idle row and column formed therebetween; said step (b) includes the forming the second field of picture elements of the first, second, third and fourth radiation elements selected from a row of the first picture element and the adjacent idle row; and further including the steps of energizing the radiation elements to form a third field wherein a third picture element is formed of the first, second, third and fourth radiation elements selected from a column of the first picture element and the adjacent idle column; and energizing the radiation elements selectively to form a fourth field of fourth picture elements comprised of selected first, second, third and fourth radiation elements selected in part from the idle row and column associated with the first picture element.

Claim 16

A color picture display system comprising: a matrix type display apparatus having arrays of picture elements, each array composed of a plurality of luminous elements of different colors and brightness levels; and means for selectively controlling the energization of each of said plurality of luminous elements of each picture element to ''''on'''' and ''''off'''' states in accordance with color and luminance signals applied to the picture element, the ''''on'''' luminous elements, in combination, providing a display of color picture information of the picture element and the picture elements, in combination, providing a display of a color picture of one frame.

Claim 17

A color picture display system comprising: a matrix type display apparatus having arrays of picture elements, each array composed of a plurality of luminous elements of different colors and brightness levels; and means for selectively controlling the energization of each of said plurality of luminous elements of each picture element to ''''on'''' and ''''off'''' states in accordance with color and luminance signals applied to the picture element, the ''''on'''' luminous elements, in combination, providing a display of color picture information of the picture element and the picture elements, in combination, providing a display of a color picture of one frame.

Claim 18

A color picture display system according to claim 14, in which said matrix type display apparatus is a plasma display panel having first and second sets of electrodes disposed in intersecting relationship and defining discharge cells at the said intersections of said electrodes said discharge cells serving as said luminous elements, each picture element being composed of nine discharge cells defined by the intersections of three adjacent electrodes of each of said first and second sets, and said energizing means comprises means for applying different electric signals to said electrodes of said first set of each picture element to cause the discharge cells associated with a given electrode of said first set to discharGe at a frequency different from said cells associated with the other electrodes of said first set, thereby to cause the three discharge cells associated with each electrode of said first set to emit respectively different colors.

Claim 19

A color picture display system according to claim 15, wherein said first and second sets of electrodes are disposed in inclined relationship with respect to each other.