Patent ID: 8638289
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A driving method for an electro-optical apparatus that includes a plurality of pixels and an irradiation unit, each of the pixels having a transmissivity or a reflectivity in response to writing, the irradiation unit sequentially irradiating the plurality of pixels with at least three different primary colors of light, the method comprising: dividing a unit period into a plurality of sub-frame periods corresponding to the primary colors; writing a primary color component in each sub-frame period by a first scan executed on the plurality of pixels; irradiating, in each sub-frame period, the plurality of pixels with the corresponding primary color of light by the irradiation unit at a timing that is after the first scan and before the first scan of a subsequent sub-frame period; and waiting for duration of a wait period that is from when the first scan of one primary color component among the at least three colors ends until when the irradiation unit starts irradiating the one primary color of light, the wait period for the one primary color being different from wait periods for the other colors, each of the durations of the plurality of sub-frame periods for the primary colors being different in response to each of the durations of the wait periods for the primary colors, wherein the wait period of each primary color is made longer as a response speed of the primary color is determined to be slower with respect to the other primary colors due to different response speeds of wavelengths of light of each primary color, or is made shorter as the response speed of the primary color becomes faster.