Patent ID: 8593450

Claim:
A method of displaying an image on a display including a plurality of lines of display pixels, each display pixel being associated with a common electrode, the method comprising: applying a first signal to the common electrode associated with each of a plurality of display pixels in a first group of display pixels, the first group including one or more of the plurality of lines of display pixels, wherein the first signal is an alternating current signal; scanning a first set of the lines of display pixels of the first group while not applying a second signal to the common electrode associated with each of a plurality of display pixels in a second group of display pixels, the second group including one or more of the plurality of lines of display pixels different from the first group, wherein the second signal is an alternating current signal; applying the second signal to the common electrode associated with each of the plurality of display pixels in the second group; scanning a second set of the lines of display pixels of the first group while the first and second signals are being applied discontinuing application of the first signal; and scanning a third set of the lines of display pixels of the second group while the second signal is being applied.