Patent ID: 7505018

Claim:
A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display, said method comprising: (a) illuminating selective ones of a plurality of regions of a display at a first non-zero illumination level during an initial frame; (b) illuminating said selective ones at a second non-zero illumination level during a subsequent frame, wherein said subsequent frame is temporally later than said initial frame; (c) wherein said selective ones are decreased in illumination to an intermediate illumination level, after illuminating said selective ones during said initial frame and before illuminating said selective ones during said subsequent frame, that is less than that which said selective ones are otherwise illuminated to achieve said second illumination level, wherein said intermediate illumination level is limited to a spatial extent less than the full area of said display, and is based on a transient code having a bit length with a first portion and a second portion, said first portion quantifying said intermediate illumination level and said second portion specifying a temporal subframe during which said selective ones are illuminated at said intermediate illumination level.