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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Atsushi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus is disclosed that includes two opposing substrates, an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates; pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group, a common electrode that is arranged on the other substrate, and a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups. The control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed.