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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1976
Minoru Natori, Tokyo, JA;
Toshikazu Hatuse, Tanashi, JA;
Kouhei Kawanobe, Kawagoe, JA;
Hiroshi Ogawa, Tokorozawa, JA;
Fukuo Sekiya, Tokorozawa, JA;
Heihachiro Ebihara, Tokorozawa, JA;
Misao Uchino, Tokorozawa, JA;
Citizen Watch Company Limited, Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for driving an electrochromic display device in which an electric current is applied only to one of display elements for which non-coincidence exists between an initially applied display information signal and a subsequently applied display information signal. In one preferred embodiment, a driver circuit comprises a latch circuit for storing a display information signal, a non-coincidence detection circuit for detecting non-coincidence between a subsequently applied display information signal and an initially applied display information signal stored in the latch circuit, and a signal generating circuit responsive to a non-coincidence signal from the detection circuit for generating an output signal for a display element for which non-coincidence is detected. In another preferred embodiment, a driver circuit comprises a latch circuit for generating an output at the instant delayed from a display information signal, and gate means for generating an output signal in response to the display information signal and the output from the latch circuit.