Display apparatus, driving method for display apparatus and electronic apparatus

US8937583B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8937583-B2
Application numberUS-29218108-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 13, 2008
Priority dateNov 14, 2007
Publication dateJan 20, 2015
Grant dateJan 20, 2015

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The present invention provides a display apparatus, includes: a pixel array section including a plurality of scanning lines disposed in rows, a plurality of signal lines disposed in columns, and a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns at places at which the scanning lines and the signal lines intersect with each other; and a driving section configured to drive the pixels through the scanning lines and the signal lines; the driving section carrying out block-sequential driving wherein the scanning lines are grouped for each predetermined number to form blocks and the pixels disposed in rows and columns are sequentially driven in a unit of a block and line-sequential driving wherein the scanning lines are scanned in each of the blocks to sequentially drive the pixels in a unit of a row.

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What is claimed is: 1. A display apparatus, comprising: a pixel array section including a plurality of scanning lines disposed in rows, a plurality of signal lines disposed in columns, and a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns at places at which the scanning lines and the signal lines intersect with each other; and a driving section configured to drive the pixels through the scanning lines and the signal lines; the driving section carrying out block-sequent…

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What does patent US8937583B2 cover?
The present invention provides a display apparatus, includes: a pixel array section including a plurality of scanning lines disposed in rows, a plurality of signal lines disposed in columns, and a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns at places at which the scanning lines and the signal lines intersect with each other; and a driving section configured to drive the pixels through the …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yamamoto Tetsuro, Uchino Katsuhide, Sony Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G09G3/3266. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).