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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Age Jochem Van Dalfsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marinus Van Splunter, Helmond, NL;
Koninilijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A display device ( ) is driven in a number of sub-fields. Each of the sub-fields is for outputting a respective illumination level by the display device. In each sub-field, a pixel of the displayed image may emit an amount of light corresponding to the particular sub-field, depending on whether it is switched on or not. A required intensity level of the pixel is realized by selecting an appropriate combination of sub-fields in which the pixel is switched on. A selection is made from the possible intensity levels that can be generated by all possible combinations of sub-fields. This selection contains those intensity levels that can be generated by sub-fields that are temporally close together, thus causing that the light of a pixel is emitted during a relatively short period. The image display unit ( ) has a look-up table ( ) for storing the combinations of sub-fields for the respective selected intensity levels.