Patent ID: 7176875

Claim:
A data transfer method in which scanning lines in a row direction and signal lines in a column direction are formed in a matrix pattern, and a data signal which corresponds to a position on the matrix is applied within one horizontal period to a signal line which corresponds to this position, the signal lines being divided into a plurality of blocks and being sequentially conducted for each line per block so as to transfer the data signal between a matrix section and a data transfer section with respect to each block, the method comprising the step of: with respect to at least one pair of the blocks respectively having signal lines which are adjacent to each other, among which a block for which the application of the data signal is finished earlier is BL 1 , and a block for which the application of the data signal is finished later is BL 2 , the blocks BL 1 and BL 2 having adjacent signal lines SL 1 and SL 2 , respectively, conducting the SL 2 as preliminary conduction within one horizontal period prior to the time the application of the data signal to the BL 1 is finished as normal conduction for applying the data signal.