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Weighted frame rate control with dynamically variable driver bias voltage for producing high quality grayscale shading on matrix displays

US6184854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1995
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2330/028
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for improving the grayshading of matrix displays that effect grayshading by frame rate control (i.e., temporal dithering) includes a computer program which dynamically controls the bias voltage of the electrodes that define the pixels of the display. Per frame rate control principles, an image is established by a plurality of sequentially displayed frames, with the energization of the pixels of the frames being dithered so that the frames together establish a desired grayshading for the image. In accordance with the present invention, the electrode bias voltage to the display is dynamically varied for each frame and/or row to provide for an increased number of grayshades vis-a-vis frame rate control systems that have a constant bias voltage.

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