Patent ID: 8094114

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: a timing controller, for outputting an image data, a clock signal, a mode signal and at least one command signal according to a timing sequence, wherein the timing controller encodes a plurality of control signals and adds in the command signal according to the timing of the clock signal during a command mode period of the mode signal, wherein the command mode period of the mode signal is determined according to a transition of one of the control signals which is to be transmitted, the image data and the at least one command signal are transmitted via different signal lines, and the mode signal and the one of the control signals are transmitted via different signal lines; a driver unit, coupled to the timing controller, for receiving the image data and decoding the command signal to recover the control signals according to the timing of the clock signal, a logic value of the command signal and the command mode period of the mode signal; and a display panel, coupled to the driver unit, for displaying pictures when driven by the driver.