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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2010
Gwan-hyung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Joo-hoon Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sun-tae Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Se-jin Kim, Gimhae-si, KR;
Gwan-Hyung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Joo-Hoon Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sun-Tae Jung, Yongin-si, KR;
Se-Jin Kim, Gimhae-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for driving an ElectroPhoretic Display (EPD) are provided, in which upon sensing a request for displaying data in a gradual graphic representation scheme, a plurality of segments for displaying the data are determined, a display changing order of the segments is determined, an inter-segment time interval is calculated, driving voltage pulses are applied to a first segment according to the display changing order, and driving voltage pulses are applied to each of the other segments at the inter-segment time interval after driving voltage pulses are applied to a previous segment according to the display changing order.