Patent ID: 7053872
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A display panel driving method for driving a display panel formed with a plurality of pixel cells serving as pixels on each of n display lines every plural sub-fields which make up each field of an input video signal for providing a gradation display, wherein: each of said sub-field includes: an addressing stage for scanning each of pixel cells formed on each of said n display lines from one display line to another to set said pixel cells into either a light emission mode or a light extinction mode based on the input video signal, and a sustain stage for forcing only said pixel cells set in the light emission mode to emit light for a duration corresponding to said sub-field; and wherein a set of scanning modes including a progressive scanning mode and a plurality of interlaced scanning modes which respectively have different numbers of skipping lines is prepared, and a scanning mode is changed from one of said set of scanning modes to another one of said set of scanning modes at intervals of a subfield or a subfield group.