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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Katsunori Yamazaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Takashi Kurumisawa, Shiujui, JP;
Masanori Ishida, Kagoshima, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aspect of the invention provides an image display apparatus that displays a plurality of input pixels which form input image data on a display section. In that case, each input pixel can be displayed in such a manner that display pixels having gradation values differing from the gradation value of the input pixel are combined. For example, when a pixel having a particular gradation value exists as an input pixel, the pixel is not displayed on the display section as it is being kept at the gradation value, but instead, is displayed in such a manner that a plurality of display pixels having gradation values differing from the gradation value of the input pixel are combined. As a result, the same gradation value is not displayed continuously. Therefore, this results in that the occurrence of crosstalk, which is problematical particularly in a TFD liquid-crystal panel, is reduced. Accordingly, the invention can remove crosstalk which is likely to occur in a TFD liquid-crystal panel by controlling the gradation level of a display image.