Patent ID: 6337674
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A method of driving a display panel device having a matrix of pixels to display an image, the method comprising:driving Y electrodes extending in a first direction with a first decoder; driving X electrodes that extend parallel to the Y electrodes with a second decoder; driving addressing electrodes that extend orthogonal to the X and Y electrodes with a third decoder, wherein each pixel includes an X electrode, a Y electrode and an addressing electrode; dividing the image data into odd and even sub-frames of a data frame using first and second groups of the Y electrodes; concurrently writing an image of the odd sub-frame using the first group of the Y electrodes in an addressing period for the first group of Y electrodes and performing maintenance discharge on an image of the even sub-frame using the second group of the Y electrodes in the first group of Y electrodes addressing period; and concurrently writing the image of the even sub-frame using the second group of Y electrodes in an addressing period for the second group of Y electrodes and performing the maintenance discharge on the image of the odd sub-frame using the first group of Y electrodes in the second group of Y electrodes addressing period, wherein each image writing period to each of said electrode groups is preceded by a single period in which the electrodes are prepared for the image writing by at least one of writing and erasing all members of the group at the same time.