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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Rieko Kataoka, Sagamihara, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hideki Ogawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tetsuya Sakaedani, Sagamihara, JP;
Rieko Kataoka, Sagamihara, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hideki Ogawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Tetsuya Sakaedani, Sagamihara, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A display unitequipped with a panelin which pixels are arranged in a matrix, includes: a mode setting sectionfor setting the display unitto one of a plurality of display modes; a voltage supply sectionfor changing a drive voltage which serves as a reference voltage for voltage supplied to the panel, according to the display mode set by the mode setting section; a gate driverfor supplying a selection signal to a plurality of the pixels arranged in a row direction in the panel; and a source driverfor supplying each of the plurality of pixels selected based on the selection signal with a pixel drive voltage generated according to luminance data which specifies luminance of the given pixel and to the drive voltage.