Bi-stable display with accurate greyscale and natural image update
    1.
    发明申请
    Bi-stable display with accurate greyscale and natural image update 审中-公开
    双稳态显示,精准的灰度和自然图像更新

    公开(公告)号:US20070052667A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-08

    申请号:US10573309

    申请日:2004-09-24

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: An accurate greyscale is obtained with more natural image updates when updating a display (310) in a bi-stable electronic reading device (300,400), such as one using an electrophoretic display, by applying a first shaking pulse (S1) to the display, applying a first portion (R1) of a reset pulse to the display following the first shaking pulse (S1), applying a second shaking pulse (S2) to the display following the first portion (R1), and applying a second portion (R2) of the reset pulse to the display following the second shaking pulse (S2). The first portion may have a standard reset duration, while the second portion has an over-reset duration. A visual shock effect is avoided which would otherwise as applied after the entire reset pulse.

    摘要翻译: 通过对显示器施加第一摇动脉冲(S1),在使用电泳显示器的双稳态电子阅读装置(300,400)中更新显示器(310)时,获得更自然的图像更新的精确灰度, ,在第一摇动脉冲(S1)之后向显示器施加复位脉冲的第一部分(R 1),对第一部分(R 1)之后的显示器施加第二抖动脉冲(S 2),并施加 复位脉冲的第二部分(R 2)到第二抖动脉冲之后的显示(S 2)。 第一部分可以具有标准复位持续时间,而第二部分具有过度复位持续时间。 避免视觉冲击效应,否则将在整个复位脉冲之后施加。

    Driving scheme for monochrome mode and transition method for monochrome-to-greyscale mode in bi-stable displays
    2.
    发明申请
    Driving scheme for monochrome mode and transition method for monochrome-to-greyscale mode in bi-stable displays 审中-公开
    双稳态显示器中单色到灰度模式的单色模式和转换方法的驱动方案

    公开(公告)号:US20060290652A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-28

    申请号:US10573548

    申请日:2004-09-24

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: Image quality is improved when updating a display image (310) in a bi-stable electronic reading device (300, 400) such as one using an electrophoretic display, by providing both monochrome and greyscale images. When an update mode of a pixel (2) of the display changes from a monochrome to greyscale, a compensating pulse (805, 825, 845, 865) is applied. The compensating pulse represents an energy based on the energy difference between: (a) an over-reset pulse (815, 835, 855, 875) used during the greyscale update mode and (b) a standard reset pulse (610, 660) used during the monochrome update mode. Also, a monochrome update waveform (600, 650) includes a standard reset pulse (610, 660) whose duration is substantially less than a duration of an over-reset pulse (815, 835, 855, 875) used in a greyscale update waveform (800, 820, 840 and 860). The monochrome update mode is used in combination with the greyscale update mode when possible.

    摘要翻译: 通过提供单色和灰度图像,在使用电泳显示器的双稳态电子读取装置(300,400)中更新显示图像(310)时,图像质量得到改善。 当显示器的像素(2)的更新模式从单色变为灰度时,应用补偿脉冲(805,825,845,865)。 补偿脉冲表示基于以下之间的能量差的能量:(a)在灰度级更新模式期间使用的过度复位脉冲(815,835,855,875)和(b)使用的标准复位脉冲(610,660) 在单色更新模式下。 此外,单色更新波形(600,650)包括标准复位脉冲(610,660),其持续时间基本上小于在灰度更新波形中使用的过度复位脉冲(815,835,855,875)的持续时间 (800,820,840和860)。 单色更新模式可以与灰度更新模式结合使用。

    Driving method of an electrophoretic display with high frame rate and low peak power consumption
    3.
    发明申请
    Driving method of an electrophoretic display with high frame rate and low peak power consumption 审中-公开
    具有高帧速率和低峰值功耗的电泳显示器的驱动方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060291032A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-28

    申请号:US10569178

    申请日:2004-08-23

    IPC分类号: G02B26/00

    摘要: An image is updated on a bi-stable display (310) such as an electrophoretic display by applying a drive waveform (900,920,940, 960; 1000, 1020,1040, 1060; 1100, 1120, 1140, 1160; 1220, 1240, 1260) with a compensating impulse (C) to at least one pixel (2) in the display. An energy of the compensating impulse depends on the image holding time, and is sufficient to restore the display to an original, pre-drift, brightness level. In one approach, the energy of the compensating impulse is determined as a predetermined function of the image holding time. In another approach, data defining different waveforms for respective different image holding times is provided in respective different look-up tables, and the data from one of the tables is selected according to the image holding time for driving the display. The compensating impulse may be provided in different portions of the drive waveform.

    摘要翻译: 通过施加驱动波形(900,920,940,960; 1000,1020,1040,1060; 1100,1120,1140,1160; 1220,1240,1260),在诸如电泳显示器的双稳态显示器(310)上更新图像, 对显示器中的至少一个像素(2)施加补偿脉冲(C)。 补偿脉冲的能量取决于图像保持时间,并且足以将显示恢复到原始的预漂移亮度水平。 在一种方法中,补偿脉冲的能量被确定为图像保持时间的预定函数。 在另一种方法中,在各个不同的查找表中提供定义用于各个不同图像保持时间的不同波形的数据,并且根据用于驱动显示的图像保持时间选择来自一个表的数据。 补偿脉冲可以设置在驱动波形的不同部分。

    Electrophoretic display panel
    4.
    发明申请
    Electrophoretic display panel 审中-公开
    电泳显示面板

    公开(公告)号:US20060139307A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-29

    申请号:US10545062

    申请日:2004-01-29

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: The electrophoretic display panel (1), for displaying a picture, has drive means (100) which are arranged for controlling the potential difference of each picture element (2) to be a sequence of preset potential differences and subsequently to be a picture potential difference for enabling the particles (6) to occupy one of said positions for displaying the picture. Each preset potential difference represents a preset energy and has as a result a change of the position of the particles (6). For the display panel (1) to be able to display a picture of relatively high quality and to have relatively small changes in the appearances of picture elements (2) as a result of the sequences of preset potential differences even when the number of preset potential differences in the sequences is relatively small, the drive mean (100) are further arranged for controlling for each picture element (2) of at least a number of the picture elements (2) the preset energies of the preset potential differences in the sequence to depend on a serial number in the sequence to obtain for each preset potential difference in the sequence a substantially equal magnitude of the change of the position of the particles (6).

    摘要翻译: 用于显示图像的电泳显示面板(1)具有驱动装置(100),其被配置为将每个图像元素(2)的电位差控制为预设电位差序列,并且随后成为图像电位差 用于使颗粒(6)能够占据用于显示图像的所述位置之一。 每个预设电位差表示预设的能量,并且其结果是颗粒(6)的位置的改变。 为了使显示面板(1)能够显示相对高质量的图像,并且由于预置电位差的顺序,即使当预设电位的数量时,图像元素(2)的出现也具有相对小的变化 序列中的差异相对较小,驱动平均值(100)还被布置为用于控制至少数量的图像元素(2)的每个图像元素(2)的预设电势序列中的预设电位 取决于序列中的序列号以获得序列中的每个预设电位差,基本上等于粒子(6)的位置变化的大小。

    Electrophoretic display unit
    5.
    发明申请
    Electrophoretic display unit 审中-公开
    电泳显示单元

    公开(公告)号:US20060119567A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-08

    申请号:US10559357

    申请日:2004-06-03

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: Electrophoretic display units (1) are driven more flexibly by creating sequences of frame periods in which at least two frame periods of the sequence of frame periods have a different frame period duration and by selecting frame periods from a sequence of frame periods for providing driving pulses to the pixels (11). The number of possible gray values is increased, and the gray values can be generated more accurately. During the rest of the frame periods not chosen for driving the pixel (11), this pixel (11) keeps its gray value due to the bi-stable character. A frame period duration of a frame period is adapted by delaying a start of a next frame period. By supplying data-dependent signals having sections with a positive amplitude and with a negative amplitude, the net driving result is the difference between the sections with the positive and negative amplitudes, to further increase the number of possible gray values.

    摘要翻译: 电泳显示单元(1)通过创建帧周期的序列而被更灵活地驱动,其中帧周期序列的至少两个帧周期具有不同的帧周期持续时间,并且通过从用于提供驱动脉冲的帧周期序列中选择帧周期 到像素(11)。 可能的灰度值的数量增加,可以更准确地生成灰度值。 在未被选择用于驱动像素(11)的帧周期的其余部分期间,该像素(11)由于双稳态特性而保持其灰度值。 通过延迟下一帧周期的开始来适配帧周期的帧周期持续时间。 通过提供具有正幅度和负幅度的部分的数据相关信号,净驱动结果是具有正和负幅度的部分之间的差异,以进一步增加可能的灰度值的数量。

    Electrophoretic display unit
    7.
    发明申请
    Electrophoretic display unit 审中-公开
    电泳显示单元

    公开(公告)号:US20070103426A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-10

    申请号:US10559048

    申请日:2004-05-25

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: Electrophoretic display units (1) can get a shorter total image update time by generating and supplying at least some of the data independent signals (Sh1, Sh2, S4, Sh5) during the processing of image information (Del). The processing is done to calculate the data-dependent signals (R,Dr). Data-independent signals (Sh1, Sh2, Sh3, Sh4, Sh5) do not depend on this processing, so these signals may be supplied during the processing. The total image update time is formed by the sum of the time required for image processing (Del) and of the subsequent time required to supply the data-dependent signals (R,Dr) to the pixels (11).

    摘要翻译: 电泳显示单元(1)可以通过生成和提供至少一些数据无关信号(Sh SUB 1,SH 2,S SUB)来获得较短的总图像更新时间 在图像信息(Del)的处理期间,> 4 ,Sh <5>)。 进行处理以计算数据相关信号(R,Dr)。 与数据无关的信号(Sh 1,Sh 2,Sh 3,Sh 4,Sh 3, )不依赖于该处理,因此在处理期间可以提供这些信号。 总图像更新时间由图像处理(Del)所需的时间和向像素(11)提供数据相关信号(R,Dr)所需的后续时间之和形成。

    Electrophoretic display unit
    8.
    发明申请
    Electrophoretic display unit 审中-公开
    电泳显示单元

    公开(公告)号:US20060262082A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-23

    申请号:US10570533

    申请日:2004-09-02

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: Electrophoretic display units (1) are driven with a reduced amount of power by efficiently clocking a data signal into the data driving circuitry (30) only once and then supplying this data signal subsequently to two or more pixels (11) in two or more different lines. This can be done in case the pixels (11) in a same column require the same data pulse, like a shaking data pulse (Sh1, Sh2) or a reset data pulse (R). As a result, time is saved, which allows frame periods to be shorter. Even more time can be saved and even shorter frame periods are possible when combining the efficient clocking with the parallel driving of groups of lines (70-72).

    摘要翻译: 电动显示单元(1)通过有效地将数据信号计时到数据驱动电路(30)仅一次,然后将数据信号随后提供给两个或更多个不同的两个或更多个像素(11)而以较少的功率被驱动 线条。 这可以在同一列中的像素(11)需要相同的数据脉冲的情况下完成,例如摇动数据脉冲(Sh1> 1,Sh2> 2)或复位 数据脉冲(R)。 结果,节省了时间,这允许帧周期更短。 当有效的时钟与行组(70 - 72)的并行驱动组合时,可以节省更多的时间,甚至更短的帧周期。

    Driving circuit and driving method for an electrophoretic display
    9.
    发明申请
    Driving circuit and driving method for an electrophoretic display 审中-公开
    电泳显示器的驱动电路和驱动方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060244714A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-02

    申请号:US10558736

    申请日:2004-05-19

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: A driving circuit for an electrophoretic display has a plurality of pixels (18) of an electrophoretic material which comprises charged particles (8, 9). The pixels (18) are associated with a respective first electrode (6) and second electrode (5, 5′) which present a drive voltage (VD) to the pixels (18) to at least enable the charged particles (8, 9) to occupy one of two limit positions between the first electrode (6) and the second electrode (5, 5′). The driving circuit comprises an addressing circuit (16, 10) which generates the drive voltage (VD) by applying between the first electrode (6) and the second electrode (5, 5′): (i) an reset pulse (RE) which has an energy content sufficient or larger than required for the charged particles (8, 9) to reach one of the limit positions, and (ii) a shaking pulse (SP1) which at least partially overlaps the reset pulse (RE). The shaking pulse SP1 has, during the reset pulse (RE), at least partially a level with an opposite polarity than a level of the reset pulse (RE). The shaking pulse (SPI) comprises at least one preset pulse (PR) having an energy sufficient to release the charged particles (8, 9) present in one of the limit positions, but insufficient to enable said particles (8, 9) to reach the other one of the limit positions.

    摘要翻译: 电泳显示器的驱动电路具有包含带电粒子(8,9)的电泳材料的多个像素(18)。 像素(18)与相应的第一电极(6)和向像素(18)提供驱动电压(VD)的至少使得带电粒子(8,9)的第二电极(5,5')相关联, 以占据第一电极(6)和第二电极(5,5')之间的两个极限位置之一。 驱动电路包括通过施加在第一电极(6)和第二电极(5,5')之间产生驱动电压(VD)的寻址电路(16,10):(i)复位脉冲(RE) 具有足够或大于带电粒子(8,9)达到极限位置之一所需的能量含量,和(ii)与复位脉冲(RE)至少部分重叠的摇动脉冲(SP 1)。 在复位脉冲(RE)期间,抖动脉冲SP 1至少部分地具有与复位脉冲(RE)的电平相反极性的电平。 抖动脉冲(SPI)包括至少一个预设脉冲(PR),其具有足以释放存在于一个极限位置中的带电粒子(8,9)的能量,但不足以使所述粒子(8,9)达到 另一个极限位置。

    Method for calibrating an electrophoretic dispaly panel
    10.
    发明申请
    Method for calibrating an electrophoretic dispaly panel 审中-公开
    校准电泳显示面板的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060146008A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-06

    申请号:US10562169

    申请日:2004-06-23

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an electrophoretic display panel (1) comprising a plurality of pixels (2) capable of representing at least two optical states by receiving driving signals (30), comprising the steps of displaying a first calibration image (22) containing said optical states in a first arrangement on said electrophoretic display panel and providing driving signals (30) to said pixels (2) corresponding to a required image (23) resulting in a second calibration image (24) containing said optical states in a second arrangement on said electrophoretic display panel (1). The second calibration image (24) is compared with said required image (23) to determine differences (26) between said second calibration image (24) and said required image (23) and said driving signals (30) are adjusted in accordance with said differences such that said second calibration image (23) and said required image (24) match. By this method the uniformity of the electrophoretic display (1) is improved.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于校准电泳显示面板(1)的方法,该电泳显示面板(1)包括通过接收驱动信号(30)能够表示至少两个光学状态的多个像素(2),包括以下步骤:显示第一校准图像 ),其包含所述电泳显示面板上的第一布置中的所述光学状态,并向与所需图像(23)相对应的所述像素(2)提供驱动信号(30),从而产生包含所述光学状态的第二校准图像(24) 第二布置在所述电泳显示面板(1)上。 将第二校准图像(24)与所需要的图像(23)进行比较,以确定所述第二校准图像(24)与所需要的图像(23)之间的差异(26),并且根据所述图像调整所述驱动信号(30) 使得所述第二校准图像(23)和所述所需图像(24)匹配的差异。 通过该方法,提高了电泳显示器(1)的均匀性。