Patent ID: 8947345
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a display unit that has a plurality of pixels displaying a first image and a second image, the second image being displayed after the first image is changed, each of the plurality of pixels having a first state and a second state; a calculation unit that calculates a different state number of the plurality of pixels between the first image and the second image; and a refresh control unit that executes a refresh operation of the display unit, wherein the different state number is calculated by comparing each of the plurality of pixels of the first image and each corresponding pixel of the second image and counting a number of pixels that switched from one of the first or second states to the other of the first or second states, and the refresh control unit executes the refresh operation to the plurality of pixels when the different state number is equal to or more than a predetermined number, a plurality of regions that are defined by dividing the display unit, wherein the calculation unit weights the different state number in the each of the plurality of regions in accordance with a number of times an image displayed on the display unit changes since a previous refresh operation so as to calculate a total number of the different state number.