Patent ID: 8203526

Claim:
A method for driving an electrophoretic device, the method comprising: providing the electrophoretic device including: a display region including a plurality of electrophoretic elements each including electrophoretic particles; and a first electrode and a second electrode having at least one of the plurality of electrophoretic elements disposed therebetween, wherein the display region is rewritten during a plurality of rewrite periods, the plurality of rewrite periods being spaced apart by different rewrite intervals, the rewrite intervals including a first rewrite interval and a second rewrite interval that is shorter than the first rewrite interval, and applying a second voltage to a second electrophoretic element which is rewritten during a second rewrite period subsequent to the second rewrite interval, the second voltage being lower than a first voltage applied to a first electrophoretic element which is rewritten during a first rewrite period subsequent to the first rewrite interval.