US Patent No: 6,636,187

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Display and method of driving the display capable of reducing current and power consumption without deteriorating quality of displayed images

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Abstract

A display has a panel, and first and second electrodes. The first and second electrodes define a matrix of cells on the panel. The second electrodes, which correspond to lines of the cells, are scanned to select the cell lines one by one. The first electrodes are driven to set display data for a selected one of the cell lines. The display also has a sequence setting unit for setting sequences of scanning the second electrodes, and a sequence selection unit for selecting one of the sequences that minimizes the current and power consumption of a first-electrode driver without deteriorating the quality of the displayed images.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.TOKYO389

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asami, Fumitaka Kawasaki, JP 33 545
Awata, Yoshimasa Kawasaki, JP 6 156
Fujisaki, Takashi Kawasaki, JP 25 120
Ishida, Katsuhiro Kawasaki, JP 85 1188
Kondo, Nobuyoshi Kawasaki, JP 10 160
Matsui, Naoki Osaka, JP 30 316
Okayasu, Junichi Kawasaki, JP 4 61
Tajima, Masaya Kawasaki, JP 44 712
Takata, Kiyoshi Kawasaki, JP 6 89
Tanaka, Shinsuke Kawasaki, JP 87 334

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