Display apparatus

Claim 2

A display apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first means for applying a scanning signal to said scanning electrodes and second means for applying data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning signal; and (c) control means for controlling said drive means so as to divide said scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes and select said scanning electrodes with skipping of at least one scanning electrode apart so that starting scanning electrodes in neighboring blocks from which the skipping-selection of scanning electrodes is started in each block of said scanning electrodes have mutually different positional ranks respectively in said neighboring blocks.

Claim 3

A display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a liquid crystal is disposed between said scanning electrodes and said data electrodes.

Claim 4

A display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said liquid crystal is a ferroelectric liquid crystal.

Claim 5

A display apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix having a picture area with scanning lines and comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes and second drive means for applying data signals to said data electrodes; and (c) control means for controlling said first drive means so as to divide said picture area into a plurality of picture sections in a scanning direction, each picture section comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes, sequentially scan-selecting a picture section and applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes in a selected picture section with skipping of a prescribed number of at least one scanning electrode apart from a starting scanning electrode in said selected picture section which has a positional rank in a certain picture section so that a starting scanning electrode from which the scanning is started in a selected certain picture section which is different from that of a starting scanning electrode in a subsequently selected picture section from which the scanning is started in the subsequently selected picture section in one vertical scanning operation, effecting a plurality of vertical scanning operations to form a whole picture, and controlling said second drive means so as to apply data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning selection signal.

Claim 6

A display apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix having a picture area with scanning lines and comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes and second drive means for applying data signals to said data electrodes; and (c) control means for controlling said first drive means so as to divide said picture area into a plurality of picture sections in a scanning direction, each picture section comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes, sequentially scan-selecting a picture section and applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes in a selected picture section with skipping of a prescribed number of at least one scanning electrode apart from a starting scanning electrode in said selected picture section which has a positional rank in a certain picture section so that a starting scanning electrode from which the scanning is started in a selected certain picture section which is different from that of a starting scanning electrode in a subsequently selected picture section from which the scanning is started in the subsequently selected picture section in one vertical scanning operation, effecting a plurality of vertical scanning operations to form a whole picture, and controlling said second drive means so as to apply data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning selection signal.

Claim 7

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said starting scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section has a positional rank differing by +1 from that of said starting scanning electrode in said certain picture section.

Claim 8

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said starting scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section has a positional rank differing by -1 from that of said starting scanning electrode in said certain picture section.

Claim 9

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said starting scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section has a positional rank differing by an odd number from that of said starting scanning electrode in said certain picture section.

Claim 10

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said respective picture sections have said same size.

Claim 11

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the picture sections are present in a total number of 2 n , wherein n is a natural number and 2 n < the total number of scanning lines.

Claim 12

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said scanning selection signal is applied to an every 2n-th scanning electrode, with n=a natural number and 2 n < the number of scanning lines in an associated picture section.

Claim 13

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a liquid crystal is disposed between said scanning electrodes and said data electrodes.

Claim 14

A display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said liquid crystal is a ferroelectric liquid crystal.

Claim 15

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said starting scanning electrode in said certain picture section is an n-th scanning electrode in said picture section and said starting scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section is an n+1-th scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section, wherein n is a natural number.

Claim 16

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said starting scanning electrode in said certain picture section is a 2n-th scanning electrode in said picture section and said starting scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section is a (2n-1)th scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section, wherein n is a natural number.

Claim 17

A display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said starting scanning electrode in said certain picture section is an n-th scanning electrode in the picture section and said starting scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section is an n+m-th scanning electrode in said subsequently selected picture section, wherein n is natural number and m is a positive odd number.

Claim 18

A display system, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first means for applying a scanning signal to said scanning electrodes and second means for applying data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning signal; (c) control means for controlling said drive means so as to divide said scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes and select said scanning electrodes with skipping of at least one scanning electrode apart so that starting scanning electrodes in neighboring blocks from which the skipping-selection of scanning electrodes is started in each block of said scanning electrodes have mutually different positional ranks respectively in said neighboring blocks; and (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data.

Claim 19

A display system, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first means for applying a scanning signal to said scanning electrodes and second means for applying data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning signal; (c) control means for controlling said drive means so as to divide said scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes and select said scanning electrodes with skipping of at least one scanning electrode apart so that starting scanning electrodes in neighboring blocks from which the skipping-selection of scanning electrodes is started in each block of said scanning electrodes have mutually different positional ranks respectively in said neighboring blocks; and (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data.

Claim 20

A display system, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix having a picture area and comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes and second drive means for applying data signals to said data electrodes; and (c) control means for controlling said first drive means so as to divide said picture area into a plurality of picture sections in a scanning direction, each picture section comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes, sequentially scan-selecting a picture section and applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes in a selected picture section with skipping of a prescribed number of at least one scanning electrode apart from a starting scanning electrode in said selected picture section so that a starting scanning electrode from which the scanning is started in a selected certain picture section has a positional rank in said certain picture section which is different from that of a starting scanning electrode in a subsequently selected picture section from which the scanning is started in said subsequently selected picture section in one vertical scanning operation, effecting a plurality of vertical scanning operations to form a whole picture, and controlling said second drive means so as to apply data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning selection signal; and (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data.

Claim 21

A display system, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix having a picture area and comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes and second drive means for applying data signals to said data electrodes; and (c) control means for controlling said first drive means so as to divide said picture area into a plurality of picture sections in a scanning direction, each picture section comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes, sequentially scan-selecting a picture section and applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes in a selected picture section with skipping of a prescribed number of at least one scanning electrode apart from a starting scanning electrode in said selected picture section so that a starting scanning electrode from which the scanning is started in a selected certain picture section has a positional rank in said certain picture section which is different from that of a starting scanning electrode in a subsequently selected picture section from which the scanning is started in said subsequently selected picture section in one vertical scanning operation, effecting a plurality of vertical scanning operations to form a whole picture, and controlling said second drive means so as to apply data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning selection signal; and (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data.

Claim 22

A recording apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first means for applying a scanning signal to said scanning electrodes and second means for applying data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning signal; (c) control means for controlling said drive means so as to divide said scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes and select said scanning electrodes with skipping of at least one scanning electrode apart so that starting scanning electrodes in neighboring blocks from which the skipping-selection of scanning electrodes is started in each block of said scanning electrodes have mutually different positional ranks respectively in said neighboring blocks; (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data; (e) a photosensitive member; and (f) a developing device.

Claim 23

A recording apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first means for applying a scanning signal to said scanning electrodes and second means for applying data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning signal; (c) control means for controlling said drive means so as to divide said scanning electrodes into a plurality of blocks each comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes and select said scanning electrodes with skipping of at least one scanning electrode apart so that starting scanning electrodes in neighboring blocks from which the skipping-selection of scanning electrodes is started in each block of said scanning electrodes have mutually different positional ranks respectively in said neighboring blocks; (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data; (e) a photosensitive member; and (f) a developing device.

Claim 24

A recording apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix having a picture area and comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes and second drive means for applying data signals to said data electrodes; (c) control means for controlling said first drive means so as to divide said picture area into a plurality of picture sections in a scanning direction, each picture section comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes, sequentially scan-selecting a picture section and applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes in a selected picture section with skipping of a prescribed number of at least one scanning electrode apart from a starting scanning electrode in said selected picture section so that a starting scanning electrode from which the scanning is started in a selected certain picture section has a positional rank in said certain picture section which is different from that of a starting scanning electrode in a subsequently selected picture section from which the scanning is started in said subsequently selected picture section in one vertical scanning operation, effecting a plurality of vertical scanning operations to form a whole picture, and controlling said second drive means so as to apply data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning selection signal; (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data; (e) a photosensitive member; and (f) a developing state.

Claim 25

A recording apparatus, comprising: (a) an electrode matrix having a picture area and comprising a group of scanning electrodes and a group of data electrodes; (b) drive means including first drive means for applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes and second drive means for applying data signals to said data electrodes; (c) control means for controlling said first drive means so as to divide said picture area into a plurality of picture sections in a scanning direction, each picture section comprising a plurality of scanning electrodes, sequentially scan-selecting a picture section and applying a scanning selection signal to said scanning electrodes in a selected picture section with skipping of a prescribed number of at least one scanning electrode apart from a starting scanning electrode in said selected picture section so that a starting scanning electrode from which the scanning is started in a selected certain picture section has a positional rank in said certain picture section which is different from that of a starting scanning electrode in a subsequently selected picture section from which the scanning is started in said subsequently selected picture section in one vertical scanning operation, effecting a plurality of vertical scanning operations to form a whole picture, and controlling said second drive means so as to apply data signals to said data electrodes in synchronism with said scanning selection signal; (d) image data control means for supplying data to said control means corresponding to given image data; (e) a photosensitive member; and (f) a developing state.