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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Takayuki Ohe, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Ueda, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for driving a display apparatus has a predetermined plural number of light emission blocks in each field, and displays grayscale by combining the light emission blocks. A grayscale level addition/subtraction operation is performed, by computation, on a discontinuous grayscale in accordance with an input grayscale level or the grayscale level addition/subtraction operation is performed, on a discontinuous grayscale, in accordance with an input grayscale level, before applying error diffusion, for any brightness discontinuous portion occurring due to the combination of the light emission blocks.