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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
In a first display mode, only the information in a first sub-area (W1) of the display screen of a bi-stable matrix display (100) has to be updated. In a second display mode, the information in a second sub-area (W2) of the display screen has to be updated. The information in the first sub-area (W1) is displayed using optical states which require first drive voltage waveforms (DV1) having a maximum duration equal to a first image update period (IUPI). The information in the second area (W2) is displayed using optical states which require second drive voltage waveforms (DV2) having a maximum duration equal to a second image update period (IUP2). The optical states allowed to be used during the first mode are selected to obtain a first image update period (IUP1) which is shorter than the second image update period (IUP2). In this manner, the refresh rate off the information in the first area (WI) is higher than the refresh rate in the second area (W2).
摘要:
An electrophoretic display (10) and a system (12) implement a method of activating a portion of the electrophoretic display (10). The method involves a reception of drawing information (14), a determination of at least one drawing-mode waveform (68) based on the drawing information (14), and an addressing of the electrophoretic display (10) based on the received drawing information (14) and the drawing-mode waveform (68).
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:
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:
A method and system for controlling electrophoretic and other bi-stable displays (310). Coded data (605, 610, 615) for driving the display is stored in memory (320) for different pixel transitions and different temperatures. The coded data includes voltage level and timing information for the different pixel transitions. A portion (705, 710, 715, 720, 725, 730) of the coded data is retrieved by a controller (100) such as an ASIC based on a selected pixel transition, temperature, and update mode. The portion of the coded data, which may include fixed length frame instructions, is decoded to provide decoded data. The decoded data is used to provide voltage waveforms for driving the display.