Patent ID: 6911784

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels capable of representing a plurality of gradation levels; and a driver which receives an input data, and outputs a plurality of data signals to said pixel based on said input data to control said plurality of sub-pixels, wherein when a first sub-pixel of said plurality of sub-pixels represents one of a minimum gradation level and a maximum gradation level of said plurality of gradation levels, a second sub-pixel of said plurality of sub-pixels adjacent to said first sub-pixel is always restricted to represent other than the other of said minimum gradation level and said maximum gradation level so that when a first sub-pixel of the pixel represents a minimum gradation level, the other sub-pixels of the pixel are restricted from representing the maximum gradation level and when the first sub-pixel represents a maximum gradation level, the other sub-pixels are restricted from representing the minimum gradation level.