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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Hiroaki Kanamori, Suwa, JP;
Munenori Sawada, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroaki Kanamori, Suwa, JP;
Munenori Sawada, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving method for driving an electrophoretic display apparatus, which has a display section including a plurality of pixels each having a pixel electrode and a common electrode opposing each other and an electrophoretic element interposed therebetween which includes electrophoretic particles, includes erasing a first image displayed on the display section, during a process of rewriting the first image into a second image. The driving method includes displaying the second image on the display section, during the process of rewriting the first image into the second image, wherein the corrected image data is image data obtained by correcting image data associated with the second image so as to reduce an area displaying the one gradation and expand an area displaying the other gradation in the second image.