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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/22 ;
Abstract
A method for displaying an image with gradation and a high brightness with a plasma display panel is provided. In this method, one field is divided into eight subfields, and each subfield is divided into an addressing period and sustaining period. In the upper four bits b,, b,, b,, and b,, in which the sustaining period is long, all of the scanning electrodes are scanned sequentially. In the lower four bits b,, b,, b,and b,, in which the sustaining period is short, the scanning electrodes are scanned alternately by interlace scanning.