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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Isamu Orita, Kokubunji, JP;
Akihiko Kougami, Kokubunji, JP;
Shigeo Mikoshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Takeaki Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kouzou Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Eto, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ; G09G / ; G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345 66 ; 345 60 ; 345 75 ; 345 76 ;
Abstract
In a method for driving a display device, by which energy stored in a plurality of electrodes serving as a capacitive load is recovered through switches, current paths for charging said electrodes from a charge supplying source differ from current paths for discharging the electrodes for the energy recovery.