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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Kenji Awamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadatsugu Hirose, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumitaka Asami, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus permitting high resolution and a large number of gray-scale levels and causing indiscernible flicker has been disclosed. One frame is divided into or composed of j subframes, and light is produced according to a luminance level predetermined subframe by subframe in order to express intermediate gray-scale of a picture. Emphasis is put on the fact that display to be performed during each subframe within one frame can be controlled independently. An interlaced-scanning display is carried out during k subframes associated with low-order weighted bits out of j subframes, and a noninterlaced-scanning display is carried out during the other j-k subframes associated with high-order weighted bits. The ratio of an addressing scan time to a subframe associated with a small weight is large, and the ratio of an addressing scan time to a whole frame is very large. If the addressing scan time can be reduced as mentioned above, a great effect would be exerted. Moreover, the luminance levels to be determined in relation to the subframes during which interlaced-scanning display is carried out are so low that the influence of the reduction on a whole picture is limited.