JP2009037166A - Display device and display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the number of wires on a substrate without significantly degrading the quality of a displayed color image. <P>SOLUTION: Six lines can be simultaneously illuminated at a display part. In light emitting elements constituting the display part, pixels adjoining horizontally and vertically to the light emitting elements forming one pixel with a pair of G and R are configured to form one pixel with a pair of G and B, and pixels adjoining in an oblique direction to the light emitting elements forming one pixel with a pair of G and R are configured to form one pixel with the pair of G and R. As data wiring in each row, twelve data wires are provided in total including six for Green LEDs, three for Red LEDs and three for Blue LEDs. The number of data wires for color display can thereby be reduced while making six horizontal lines simultaneously independent. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device and a display method, and more particularly to a display device and a display method suitable for use in displaying an image by matrix driving.

  In the simple matrix (passive matrix) method, X electrodes and Y electrodes are arranged in a lattice pattern, and these electrodes are turned on and off in a timely manner, such as LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and liquid crystal elements provided at the intersections. The light emitting element is driven. A liquid crystal display device using a simple matrix method is less expensive than a product using the active matrix method because it has few electrodes and is easy to manufacture. In a simple matrix display panel, the emission time of one pixel in one frame of an image is [display time of one frame / number of scan rows].

  A conventional simple matrix display device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The display device 1 includes a controller 11, a display unit 12, a data driver 13, and a scan driver 14.

  The controller 11 receives input of image data corresponding to an image to be displayed on the display unit 12 and controls the data driver 13 and the scan driver 14.

  In the display unit 12, wirings for connecting outputs from the data driver 13 and the scan driver 14 to the electrodes of the light emitting elements 21 are stretched in a vertical and horizontal grid pattern. The image signal wiring to which the output from the data driver 13 is connected is referred to as data wiring, and the scanning signal wiring to which the output from the scan driver 14 is connected is referred to as scanning wiring. A plurality of light emitting elements 21 are provided at intersections between the data lines and the scan lines. The display unit 12 displays an image by light emission of the light emitting element 21 driven by the data driver 13 and the scan driver 14.

  That is, when the display unit 12 is in monochrome display, data wiring for the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame is provided in a row (vertical direction in FIG. 1), and the output of the data driver 13 is connected. . On the other hand, when the display unit 12 performs full color display, it is necessary to supply signals for three colors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) in each pixel. The data wiring three times as many as the number of pixels arranged in a row is provided in a row, and the output of the data driver 13 is connected. Further, regardless of whether the display unit 12 is monochrome display or full-color display, scan wiring for the number of horizontal lines (rows) of one frame is provided in rows (horizontal direction in FIG. 1), and the scan driver 14 Is connected.

  The display unit 12 is provided with the number of light emitting elements 21 corresponding to the number of pixels in the case of monochrome display, or three times the number of pixels in the case of full color display. 13 has a data electrode connected to the output of 13 and a scan electrode connected to the output of the scan driver 14.

  In the simple matrix display device 1, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) can be used as the light emitting element 21. In the display device 1, it is also possible to use liquid crystal as the light emitting element 21 and use a display method such as a simple matrix type STN (Super Twisted Nematic) method or a DSTN (Dual-scan Super Twisted Nematic) method.

  When distinguishing each light emitting element 21 of the display part 12 individually, it is expressed as light emitting element 21-nm, where n is a row and m is a column. Specifically, in FIG. 1, the light emitting elements 21 provided in the uppermost row of the display unit 122 in the drawing are referred to as light emitting elements 21-1-1, light emitting elements 21-1-2,. Similarly, the light-emitting elements 21 provided in the next row are referred to as light-emitting elements 21-2-1, light-emitting elements 21-2-2,. These are referred to as light emitting element 21-3-1, light emitting element 21-3-2,. When the light emitting elements 21 of the display unit 12 are not individually distinguished, they are simply referred to as the light emitting elements 21.

  The data driver 13 acquires a data signal indicating information to be displayed on the display unit 12 from the controller 11 for each line, latches (holds) the data signal corresponding to each pixel for one line, and latches the data signal. Based on the data signal, PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control is performed, the data signal is converted into a corresponding current value, and a charge is applied to the data electrode of the light emitting element 21 at a predetermined timing. The detailed configuration of the data driver 13 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The scan driver 14 is composed of the same number of shift registers as the number of horizontal lines, and receives a scan start pulse having the same pulse width as the scan clock from the controller 11 at the head of each frame. The pulse width of the scan clock (ON / OFF 1 cycle) is equal to [1 frame display time / number of scan rows]. Each shift register of the scan driver 14 sequentially shifts the supplied scan start pulse from the shift register corresponding to the line of the first row to the shift register corresponding to the lower line based on the scan clock. . As a result, the switching element (for example, the switching transistor) connected to the shift register that has received the ON signal of the scan start pulse is turned ON, the corresponding line is scanned, and the pixel of the corresponding line corresponds to the data signal. And emits light.

  The scan electrodes of the light-emitting elements 21 arranged in a matrix on the display unit 12 are common to each line. While the switching elements connected to the scan wiring are ON, the light-emitting elements 21 in that row are connected to the data driver. Light is emitted based on the current value supplied from 13. The ON / OFF of the scan driver 14 and the light emission timing for each line will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 2 shows a more detailed configuration of the data driver 13.

  Inside the data driver 13, the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame or three times the number of pixels is the same as the number of data wires (here, the data wires wired from the data driver 13 Shift registers 41-1 to 41-a, latches 42-1 to 42-a, comparators 43-1 to 43-a, and drivers 44-1 to 44-a. A counter 45 that counts the number of clocks used for PWM control by the comparators 43-1 to 43-a is provided.

  Hereinafter, when the shift registers 41-1 to 41-a are not individually distinguished, they are simply referred to as shift registers 41, and when the latches 42-1 to 42-a are not individually distinguished, they are simply referred to as latches 42. Similarly, when the comparators 43-1 to 43-a are not individually distinguished, they are simply referred to as the comparator 43, and when the drivers 44-1 to 44-a are not individually distinguished, they are simply referred to as the driver 44.

  The shift register 41-1 shifts the image data signal supplied from the controller 11 to the shift register 41-2. Similarly, the shift registers after the shift register 41-2 supply the image data signal to the next shift register. An image data signal in a certain row, that is, a signal corresponding to the light emission intensity in a certain frame of a pixel of one line or a sub-pixel corresponding to each of RGB constituting the pixel is a shift register. When all the signals are transmitted to 41-1 through shift register 41-a, shift registers 41-1 through 41-a supply the signals to latch 42-1 through latch 42-a for storage (latching). . Here, the sub-pixel refers to an element constituting a pixel. The number of sub-pixels is equal to the number of pixels in monochrome display, and the number of sub-pixels is three times the number of pixels in color display.

  The latches 42-1 to 42-a receive a data latch clock and supply the stored data signals to the comparators 43-1 to 43-a at a predetermined timing.

  The comparator 43 controls the driver 44 that drives the light emitting element 21 by PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control. That is, the comparator 43 controls the light emission period of the light emitting element 21 by controlling the time during which the driver 44 is turned on within a predetermined period (PWM period) based on the data signal supplied from the latch 42. The driver 44 drives the light emitting element 21 based on the control of the comparator 43. Further, while the light emitting element 21 is driven by the comparator 43 and the driver 44, the shift register and the latch 42 execute data transmission and latch of the next line.

  Next, control of light emission timing of the light emitting element 21 and data transmission will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows the scan start pulse, the scan clock, and the light emission timing of each line.

  The scan clock is a clock for controlling the light emission start timing of each line. When the light emission time of each line is T, that is, when T = [display time of 1 frame / number of scan rows], The light emission start timing of the line is also shifted by T.

The scan driver 14 receives a scan start pulse from the controller 11 at the head of each frame, counts the scan clock, emits the first line for a time T from time t ₁ to time t _{2, and} then outputs two lines. The light is emitted for the time T from the time t ₂ to the time t ₃ , and the b (b is a positive integer not less than 3 and not more than one frame line) line from the time t _b to the time t ₍ Until _{b + 1)} , light is emitted for a time T.

  The operation of the scan driver 14 for causing each line to emit light at the timing described with reference to FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The scan driver 14 includes shift registers 61-1 to 61-c (c is the number of horizontal lines constituting one frame) and switching transistors 62-1 to 62-c corresponding to the respective shift registers. It is configured. When the scan start pulse is supplied to the shift register 61-1, the scan start pulse is supplied to the shift register 61-1, the corresponding switching transistor 62-1 is turned on, and each of the light emitting elements 21 in the first row is turned on. A voltage is applied to the scan electrode. Based on the output from the data driver 13 at that time, each of the light emitting elements 21 in the first row emits light for a predetermined time.

  That is, as described with reference to FIG. 2, image data signals corresponding to one row are sequentially supplied to the data driver 13, and the data driver 13 can latch only one row of image data signals at a time. The time required to transmit the data signal for one line of the image data from the controller 11 to the data driver 13 must be within T.

  Then, after time T has elapsed from the start of light emission in the first row, the shift register 61-1 shifts the ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-2 based on the scan clock. Since the scan start pulse is an ON signal having a width corresponding to one scan clock cycle, the shift register 61-1 shifts the ON signal (Hi) corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-2, and then the OFF signal ( Low). Accordingly, at this time, the switching transistor 62-1 is turned off. Then, the shift register 61-2 that has received the ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse turns on the switching transistor 62-2, so that a voltage is applied to each scan electrode of the light emitting elements 21 in the second row. Based on the output from the data driver 13 at that time, each of the light emitting elements 21 in the second row emits light for a predetermined time.

  After that, after time T has elapsed from the start of light emission of each row, the light emission of that row is finished, and the scan start pulse is sent to the shift registers 61-3 to 61-c so that the light emission of the next row is started. The ON signal corresponding to is shifted.

  The data transmission to the data driver 13 and the light emission timing of each line will be described with reference to FIG.

The controller 11 supplies the data driver 13 with an image data signal of the k-th line (k is a positive integer not less than 1 and not more than the number c of lines constituting one frame). As described above, when the light emission time of each line is T, the time required for data transmission of one line must be within T. Then, the data transmission and latching of the image data signal of the k-th line are finished, and at time t _{(k + 1) when the} time T has elapsed from the transmission start time t _k of the image data signal of the k-th line, the k-th line emits light. At the same time, the supply of the image data signal of the (k + 1) th line is started. Then, the data transmission and the latch of the image data signal of the _{(k + 1) th} line are finished, and at time t _{(k + 2) when the} time T has elapsed from the transmission start time t _{(k + 1)} of the image data signal of the _{(k + 1) th line.} The line is emitted, and the supply of the image data signal of the k + 2th line is started. Then, the data transmission and the latch of the image data signal of the k + 2 line are finished, and at time t _{(k + 3) when} time T has elapsed from the transmission start time t _{(k + 2)} of the image data signal of the k + 2 line, k + 2 While the line is emitted, the supply of the image data signal of the k + 3th line is started. In the same manner, the image data signal of the next line is supplied while one line is emitting light up to the last line of the frame.

  In FIG. 5, when the light emission period of each line is fH, the data transmission period and the horizontal frequency in the display of the display unit 12 are also fH, the number of pixels in one horizontal line is a, and the number of gradations in light emission of each pixel is Assuming D, the light emission clock frequency fp is represented by fp = fH × D, and the data transmission clock frequency fd is represented by fd = fH × a.

  The entire operation of the display device 1 described above will be specifically described as follows.

  First, the image data in the first row is transmitted from the controller 11 to the shift register 41 of the data driver 13 and latched in the latch 42. The scan driver 14 receives the scan start pulse and receives the scan electrodes in the first column of the display unit 12, that is, the columns of the light emitting elements 21-1-1, 21-1-2,. The switching transistor 62-1 connected to is turned on for a period of [display time of one frame / number of scan rows] = time T. At that time, the first row of the display unit 12, that is, the light emitting element 21-1-1 and the light emitting element 21-with the luminance corresponding to the ON duty of the driver 44 controlled by each comparator 43 of the data driver 13. 1-2, ... emit light. While the light emission in the first column of the display unit 12 is performed, the image data in the second row is transmitted to the shift register 41 of the data driver 13 and latched in the latch 42.

  Then, at the next timing, the scan driver 14 is connected to the scan electrodes of the second row of the display unit 12, that is, the rows of the light emitting elements 21-2-1, 21-2-2,. The switching transistor 62-2 is turned on for a period of time T. At that time, the second row of the display unit 12, that is, the light emitting element 21-2-1, the light emitting element 21-with the luminance corresponding to the ON duty of the driver 44 controlled by each comparator 43 of the data driver 13. 2-2 ... emits light. While light emission in the second column of the display unit 12 is performed, the image data in the third row is transmitted to the shift register 41 of the data driver 13 and latched in the latch 42.

  Similarly, the switching transistors 62 connected to the scan electrodes in the kth column are turned on for a period of time T, and at that time, the drivers 44 controlled by the respective comparators 43 of the data driver 13 are turned on. The k-th column of the display unit 12 emits light at a luminance corresponding to the duty. Then, the image data of the (k + 1) th row is transmitted to the shift register 41 of the data driver 13 and is latched by the latch 42 while the light emission of the kth column of the display unit 12 is performed. Then, such a process is repeated line by line to display one frame of image data.

  The simple matrix method described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 can manufacture a panel at a low cost because of its simple structure. However, as described above, the light emission time of one pixel in one frame of an image is [1 frame display time / The number of scan lines] is not sufficient. Therefore, in the flat display field, an active matrix system such as TFT (Thin Film Transistor) is often used instead of a simple matrix system.

  In the active matrix method, signal input is performed only on the line being scanned, but by providing TFTs for each of the RGB (sub-pixel) light emitting elements included in one pixel, even during times when scanning is not performed, The applied voltage can be maintained. That is, the active matrix method is a hold-type drive display method in which each subpixel can maintain a constant luminance until the next scan.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in some display devices that perform matrix driving, a scanning signal is applied simultaneously to a plurality of row electrodes in order to perform halftone display.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-25893

Further, the display unit is divided into two in the horizontal direction, and driving drivers for the data electrodes in the two regions are provided separately, and each of the two regions emits light by one line at the same timing, that is, on one screen. Some light sources emit light at the same time so that sufficient luminance can be obtained even in the simple matrix system.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-280586

  Due to advances in broadcasting, communication, information technology, etc., the amount of video / image information is currently increasing, and there is a great demand for display devices to improve resolution (number of pixels). For example, in a television, a standard having a display performance of 1920 × 1080 pixels, called FHD (Full High Definition), from a conventional 640 (or 854) × 480 pixels, called SD (Standard Definition), is standard. It is becoming. For example, in a conventional liquid crystal display device or the like, when realizing FHD resolution with color display, 5760 data lines and 1080 scan lines are required.

  In addition, for the purpose of improving the number of pixels and display quality, the number of wirings on a substrate on which the light emitting element 21 is mounted, for example, made of glass or the like, tends to increase.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to delete the number of wirings on a substrate without greatly degrading the quality of a displayed color image.

  A display device according to one aspect of the present invention is a display device that displays a color image by matrix driving, and includes a light emitting unit that is arranged in L rows with a scanning direction as a row and that corresponds to each pixel to be displayed. Display means, scanning drive means for scanning the light emitting means, data signal driving means for driving the light emitting means driven by the scan driving means to display a predetermined image, and the data And supplying a data signal corresponding to a predetermined image to the signal driving means, and controlling means for controlling the scanning driving means, wherein the light emitting means is a first pixel composed of green and red. The first light emitting means and the second light emitting means corresponding to the second pixel composed of green and blue, and the first light emitting means and the second light emitting means are arranged in the scanning direction. And alternately It is.

  The control unit supplies the first light emitting unit with a signal of a corresponding pixel regarding the green component, and supplies a signal for the corresponding pixel and two adjacent pixels regarding the red component, In the predetermined image, the second light emitting means is supplied with a signal of a corresponding pixel with respect to a green component, and is supplied with a signal of the corresponding pixel and two adjacent pixels with respect to a blue component. The corresponding data signal can be calculated, and the calculation result can be supplied to the data signal driving means.

  The display means can drive M rows of the light emitting means simultaneously.

  The data signal driving means may be provided in M pieces, the display time of one frame is X, N is an integer satisfying 0 ≦ N <L / M−1, and a is 0 When <a ≦ M, the control means can supply the M × N + a-th row data signal to the a-th data signal drive means, and the scan drive means Scans the light emitting means so that the M rows of the light emitting means are simultaneously driven, the difference between the drive start times of each successive row is X / L, and the continuous light emission time of each row is M × X / L. You can make it.

  The display means may be provided with two light emitting means for one pixel so that viewing angle characteristics can be improved.

  The first light emitting means and the second light emitting means may be provided with the same light emitting means in the same column with the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction as the column.

  The first light emitting means and the second light emitting means may be alternately arranged in each column direction, with the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction as a column.

  A display method according to one aspect of the present invention is a display method for a display device that displays a color image by matrix driving a display unit configured by a light emitting unit corresponding to each pixel to be displayed. A first light emitting unit corresponding to a first pixel composed of green and red, and a second light emitting unit corresponding to a second pixel composed of green and blue, and scanning The first light emitting means and the second light emitting means are alternately arranged in a direction, and the first light emitting means and the second light emitting means in a predetermined row are scan-driven with the scanning direction as a row. The first light emitting means is supplied with a signal of a corresponding pixel for the green component, and is supplied with a signal for the corresponding pixel and two adjacent pixels for the red component. For the green component, the corresponding pixel signal is sent to the light emitting means. Feeding to supply the two pixels of the signal of the corresponding pixel and its neighbors regarding the blue component.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the display means includes light emitting means corresponding to each pixel to be displayed arranged in the L row with the scanning direction as a row, and the light emitting means includes one pixel of green and red. First light emitting means corresponding to the first pixel and second light emitting means corresponding to the second pixel composed of green and blue, and in the scanning direction, the first light emitting means The second light emitting means are alternately arranged, and a color image is displayed by matrix driving.

  The display device may be an independent device, or may be a block that performs display processing of a television receiver or an information processing device.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a color image can be displayed, and in particular, the number of wirings on a substrate can be reduced. Thereby, the distance between terminals can be ensured, for example.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Correspondences between the constituent elements of the present invention and the embodiments described in the specification or the drawings are exemplified as follows. This description is intended to confirm that the embodiments supporting the present invention are described in the specification or the drawings. Therefore, even if there is an embodiment which is described in the specification or the drawings but is not described here as an embodiment corresponding to the constituent elements of the present invention, that is not the case. It does not mean that the form does not correspond to the constituent requirements. Conversely, even if an embodiment is described here as corresponding to a configuration requirement, that means that the embodiment does not correspond to a configuration requirement other than the configuration requirement. It's not something to do.

  A display device according to one aspect of the present invention is a display device (for example, the display device 201 in FIG. 17) that displays a color image by matrix driving, and is arranged in L rows with a scanning direction as a row. Display means (for example, the display unit 222 in FIG. 17) configured by light emitting means (for example, the light emitting element described with reference to FIG. 15 or FIG. 16) corresponding to each pixel, and the light emitting means for scanning driving A data driving unit (for example, # 1 in FIG. 17) that drives the scanning driving unit (for example, the scan driver 226 in FIG. 17) and the light emitting unit that is driven by the scanning driving unit to display a predetermined image. A data driver 223, a # 2 data driver 224, a # 3 data driver 225) and a data signal corresponding to a predetermined image are supplied to the data signal driving means. Control means (for example, the controller 221 in FIG. 17) for controlling the scan driving means, and the light emitting means emits first light corresponding to a first pixel in which one pixel is composed of green and red. And second light emitting means corresponding to the second pixel composed of green and blue, and the first light emitting means and the second light emitting means are alternately arranged in the scanning direction. ing.

  The display method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a display unit (for example, the display unit in FIG. 17) configured by a light emitting unit (for example, the light emitting element described with reference to FIG. 15 or 16) corresponding to each pixel to be displayed. 222) is a display method of a display device (for example, the display device 201 in FIG. 17) that displays a color image by matrix driving, wherein the light emitting means includes a first pixel in which one pixel is formed of green and red. A first light emitting unit corresponding to the pixel, and a second light emitting unit corresponding to the second pixel composed of green and blue, and the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit in the scanning direction. When the first light-emitting means and the second light-emitting means in a predetermined row are scan-driven with the light-emitting means arranged alternately and the scanning direction as a row, the first light-emitting means has a green component. Supplies the corresponding pixel signal and red For the minute, the corresponding pixel and the signal for the two adjacent pixels are supplied, the corresponding pixel signal for the green component is supplied to the second light emitting means, and the corresponding pixel for the blue component. And signals for two adjacent pixels are supplied.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  A display device 101 to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG.

  The display device 101 includes a controller 121, a display unit 122, a # 1 data driver 123, a # 2 data driver 124, a # 3 data driver 125, and a scan driver 126.

  The controller 121 receives input of image data corresponding to an image to be displayed on the display unit 122, divides the image data in units of horizontal lines, and supplies them to the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125, respectively. Supply. The controller 121 also controls the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, the # 3 data driver 125, and the scan driver 126.

  Specifically, the controller 121 outputs an image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 1 (N is an integer, 0 ≦ N ≦ [(number of scan rows−1) / 3]) row of one frame to # 1. The image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 2 row is supplied to the data driver 123, supplied to the # 2 data driver 124, and the image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 3 row is supplied to the # 3 data driver 125. In addition, the controller 121 supplies the scan start pulse to the scan driver 126 as a pulse width that is three times the scan clock. The pulse width of the scan clock (ON / OFF 1 cycle) is equal to [1 frame display time / number of scan rows].

  The display unit 122 includes a vertical data wiring in the drawing from the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125 and a horizontal scanning wiring in the drawing from the scan driver 126. Wiring is stretched in the form of vertical and horizontal grids. A plurality of light emitting elements 21 are provided at intersections between the data lines and the scan lines. The display unit 122 displays an image by light emission of the light emitting element 21 driven by the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, # 3 data driver 125, and scan driver 126.

  In the display device 101, the light emitting element 21 provided in the display unit 122 is configured by an LED. When the LED is used as the light emitting element 21, it is possible to reduce power consumption compared to the case where a liquid crystal display element is used.

  For example, when the display unit 122 is a monochrome display, the number of data lines from each of the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125 is the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame. is there. Therefore, the display portion 122 is provided with data wiring three times as many as the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame (in the vertical direction in FIG. 6).

  When the display unit 122 is in full color display, the number of data lines from each of the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125 is 3 which is the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame. Doubled. That is, the display unit 122 is provided with data wirings in the form of a column (in the vertical direction in FIG. 6) three times as many as the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame.

  Further, regardless of whether the display unit 12 is monochrome display or full color display, scan wirings corresponding to the number of horizontal lines are provided in rows (in the horizontal direction in FIG. 6), and the output of the scan driver 126 is connected. Yes.

  The display unit 122 is provided with light-emitting elements 21 corresponding to the number of pixels in the case of monochrome display, and three times the number of pixels in the case of full-color display. Each light-emitting element 21 includes a # 1 data driver. 123, an electrode to which the output of any of the # 2 data driver 124 and # 3 data driver 125 is connected, and an electrode to which the output of the scan driver 126 is connected.

  For example, each light emitting element 21 of the display unit 122 is distinguished as a light emitting element 21-nm by distinguishing the row as n and the column as m. Specifically, in FIG. 6, the light emitting elements 21 provided in the uppermost row in the drawing of the display unit 122 are light emitting elements 21-1-1, light emitting elements 21-1-2,. The light emitting elements 21 provided in the rows are the light emitting elements 21-2-1, 21-2-2,..., And the light emitting elements 21 provided in the next row are the light emitting elements 21-3-1,. It represents as light emitting element 21-3-2, .... In the display unit 122, the light emitting elements 21 with n = 1, 4, 7, 10,... Are connected to the # 1 data driver 123, and the light emitting elements 21 with n = 2, 5, 8, 11,. The light emitting element 21 with n = 3, 6, 9, 12,... Is connected to the # 3 data driver 125.

  The # 1 data driver 123 has basically the same configuration as that of the conventional data driver 13 described with reference to FIG. 2, and the image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 1th row of one frame from the controller 121. Are supplied to the light emitting elements 21 of n = 1, 4, 7, 10... At a predetermined timing by PWM control.

  The # 2 data driver 124 has basically the same configuration as that of the conventional data driver 13 described with reference to FIG. 2, and the image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 2th row of one frame from the controller 121. Are supplied to the light emitting elements 21 of n = 2, 5, 8, 11,... At a predetermined timing by PWM control.

  The # 3 data driver 125 has basically the same configuration as that of the conventional data driver 13 described with reference to FIG. 2, and the controller 121 outputs an image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 3th row in one frame. And the current value corresponding to the image data is supplied to the light emitting elements 21 of n = 3, 6, 9, 12,... At a predetermined timing by PWM control.

  Similar to the conventional scan driver 14, the scan driver 126 includes shift registers 61-1 to 61-c and switching transistors 62-1 to 62-c, which are the same number as the number of horizontal lines. Yes. The scan driver 126 receives a scan start pulse from the controller 121 at the head of each frame, and applies a predetermined charge to the scan electrode of the light emitting element 21 at a predetermined timing for every three rows.

  That is, in the display device 101, the light emitting elements 21 of the display unit 122 emit light in three rows at the same time. The scan driver 126 drives the light emitting elements 21 for three rows to emit light at a time. Basically, the light emission start timing of each row is shifted by [display time of one frame / number of scan rows] = time T. The one-time emission duration is [(display time of one frame / number of scan lines) × 3] = time 3T.

  A scan start pulse having a pulse width three times the scan clock is supplied from the controller 121 to the scan driver 126. In the scan driver 126, the ON signal of the scan start pulse is supplied to the shift register 61-1, the switching transistor 62-1 is turned on, and the light-emitting elements 21 in the first row start from the # 1 data driver 123 at that time. It emits light based on the output of.

  Then, after time T has elapsed from the start of light emission in the first row, the shift register 61-1 supplies an ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-2 based on the scan clock. At this time, since the scan start pulse supplied to the shift register 61-1 is still Hi (ON), the switching transistor 62-1 remains ON. Then, the shift register 61-2 to which the ON signal is shifted turns on the switching transistor 62-2. Therefore, the light emitting elements 21 in the first row emit light based on the output from the # 1 data driver 123 at that time, and the light emitting elements 21 in the second row based on the output from the # 2 data driver 124 at that time. Flashes.

  Then, after time T has elapsed from the start of light emission of the second line, the shift register 61-1 supplies an ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-2, and the shift register 61-2 supplies the shift register 61-3. An ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse is supplied. At this time, since the scan start pulse supplied to the shift register 61-1 and the shift register 61-2 is still Hi (ON), the switching transistor 62-1 and the switching transistor 62-2 remain ON. Then, the shift register 61-3 to which the ON signal is shifted turns on the switching transistor 62-3. Therefore, the light emitting elements 21 in the first row emit light based on the output from the # 1 data driver 123 at that time, and the light emitting elements 21 in the second row emit light based on the output from the # 2 data driver 124. Based on the output from the # 3 data driver 125 at that time, the light emitting elements 21 in the third row emit light.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, after the shift registers 61-1 to 61-3 are turned on, in other words, the first row to the third row are in a light emitting state. After the elapse of time T, the shift register 61-1 supplies an ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-2, and the shift register 61-2 supplies an ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-3. Further, the shift register 61-3 supplies an ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse to the shift register 61-4. Then, the shift register 61-4 to which the ON signal is shifted turns on the switching transistor 62-4. At this time, since the scan start pulse supplied to the shift register 61-2 and the shift register 61-3 is still Hi (ON), the switching transistor 62-2 and the switching transistor 62-3 remain ON. Since the scan start pulse supplied to the shift register 61-1 changes to Low (OFF), the switching transistor 62-1 is turned off.

  Thereafter, every time T = [display time of one frame / number of scan lines], the shift transistor 61 of the next line turns on the corresponding switching transistor 62, and the uppermost shift of the light emission is performed. The operation in which the register 61 turns off the corresponding switching transistor 62 is repeated.

  That is, the ON time of each switching transistor 62, in other words, the light emission time of the light emitting elements 21 in each line is 3T. In addition, the timing at which each switching transistor 62 is turned on, in other words, the light emission start time of the light emitting elements 21 in each line is shifted by T.

  FIG. 8 shows the light emission timing of each line when the shift register 61 is turned on / off in this way.

As shown in FIG. 8, after the scan start pulse is generated, light emission of the first line is started at time t ₁ based on the timing controlled by the scan clock. An image data signal corresponding to each pixel in the first line is output. Then, light emission of the second line is started at time t ₂ , and at this time, an image data signal corresponding to each pixel of the second line is output from the # 2 data driver 124. Then, light emission of the third line is started at time t ₃ , and at this time, output of an image data signal corresponding to each pixel of the third line is started from the # 3 data driver 125. At time t ₄ , light emission for the fourth line starts and light emission for the first line ends, and an image data signal corresponding to each pixel on the fourth line is output from the # 1 data driver 123.

  Then, at the time t5 (not shown), the light emission of the fifth line is started and the light emission of the second line is finished, and the output of the image data signal corresponding to each pixel of the fifth line is started from the # 2 data driver 124. Thereafter, similarly, after the time T has elapsed from the start of light emission of each row, the light emission of the next row is started, and after time 3T from the start of light emission of each row, the light emission of that row is finished, and the light emission of the next row is started. The ON signal corresponding to the scan start pulse is shifted to the shift register 61-3 to the shift register 61-c so as to be started.

  As described above, in the display device 101, the continuous lines always emit light every three lines, and the light emission start timing of each line is shifted by [display time of one frame / number of scan lines]. The response time for display is the same as in the conventional case described with reference to FIG. 3, but the light emission duration time for each row is equal to the [one frame display time in the conventional case described with reference to FIG. When the number of scan lines] is time T, 3T is 3 times that. Therefore, as compared with the case where the light emission time of one row is T, the luminance of each pixel is increased by the increase of the light emission time.

  The data transmission from the controller 121 to the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, or # 3 data driver 125 and the light emission timing of each line will be described with reference to FIG.

  The controller 121 supplies the image data signal of the 3N + 1 (N is an integer and 0 ≦ N ≦ [(number of scan rows−1) / 3]) line to the # 1 data driver 123. As described above, since the deviation of the light emission start time of each line is T = [display time of one frame / number of scan lines] and the light emission time of each line is 3T, the time required for data transmission of one line is as follows. It may be within 3T. Then, after the time T elapses from the transmission start time of the image data signal of the 3N + 1 line, the data of the next 3N + 2 line, which is the next line, is supplied from the controller 121 to the # 2 data driver 124. Data on the 3N + 3th row, which is a row, is supplied from the controller 121 to the # 3 data driver 125.

Then, at the time t _{(3N + 1)} after the elapse of time 3T from the transmission start time of the image data signal of the 3N + 1 line, the 3N + 1 line emits light and the # of the image data signal of the 3 (N + 1) +1 line Supply to one data driver 123 is started. Then, after the time 3T elapses from the transmission start time of the image data signal of the 3N + 2 line, that is, at time t _{3N + 2} after time T _{3N + 1} , the 3N + 2 line emits light and 3 ( N + 1) +2 line image data signal supply to the # 2 data driver 124 is started. At time t _{3N + 2} , the 3N + 1 line is still emitting light.

Then, after elapse of the duration 3T from the transmission start time of 3N + 3 line image data signal, i.e., at time t _{3N + 2} after elapse of the duration T from the time t _{3N + 3,} with 3N + 3 line is lit, 3 ( (N + 1) +3 line image data signal supply to the # 3 data driver 125 is started. At time t _{3N + 3} , the 3N + 1 line and the 3N + 2 line are still emitting light. Then, after the time 3T has elapsed from the transmission start time of the image data signal of the 3 (N + 1) +1 line, that is, at time t _{3 (N + 1) +1} after the time T has elapsed from time t _{3N + 3} , 3 ( The (N + 1) +1 line is emitted and the supply of the image data signal of the 3 (N + 2) +1 line to the # 1 data driver 123 is started. At time t _{(3N + 2)} , the light emission of the 3N + 1 line is finished, but the 3N + 2 line and the 3N + 3 line are still emitting light.

  In the same manner, each line is emitted so that the light emission start time of each line is shifted by time T and the light emission time of each line is 3T. Then, transmission of the image data signal corresponding to the line after three lines is started.

  That is, the data signal is supplied from the controller 121 to any of the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125 at any one-third transmission speed in the conventional line. Is done. The transmission start timing shift when the data signal of each line is transmitted from the controller 121 is the time T as in the conventional case. On the other hand, each of the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125 starts receiving one line of data signal every time 3T.

  The light emission period of each line is a time 3T, which is three times that in the conventional case. The deviation of the light emission start times of successive lines is a time T that is 1/3 of the time 3T that is the light emission period of each line. That is, since the deviation in the light emission time of the continuous lines is the same as in the conventional case, the response time for displaying one frame is the same as in the conventional case.

  As described above, the display device 101 shown in FIG. 6 has three data drivers, the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125. The light emitting element 21 can emit light.

  Further, in the display device 101, when the light emission start timing of each line of the display unit 122 is shifted by T as in the conventional case, that is, when the response time for displaying one frame is the same as the conventional case, the light emission of each line is performed. The time is 3T, which is three times longer. Therefore, the luminance is higher than in the conventional case. Therefore, even when an LED is used as the light emitting element of the display device 101 to which the simple matrix method is applied, it is possible to obtain necessary luminance without increasing the drive current value. Moreover, since it is not necessary to raise the drive current value of LED, the lifetime of LED becomes long.

  Further, in the display device 101, each of the three data drivers # 1, # 2, # 1, and # 3 can be latched only for one row of image data signals. However, the time required for data transmission of one line may be within 3T. Therefore, the data transmission rate of the image signal corresponding to one line can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

  Furthermore, by having such a configuration, one PWM cycle of PWM control executed in the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125 is tripled. That is, since the PWM switching frequency is lowered, the life of the switching element is extended, power consumption is reduced, and electromagnetic interference (EMI: Electro Magnetic Interference) due to switching is less likely to occur. In addition, since the number of times of switching of the LED used as the light emitting element 21 is also reduced, the life of the LED becomes longer than when the PWM cycle is short.

  In the display device 101, the number of data drivers may be two or four, for example, and the display device 101 has the same number of rows as the number of data drivers. The light emitting element 21 can emit light simultaneously.

  For example, if the number of rows that emit light simultaneously is M, M data drivers are provided in parallel. In the display unit for monochrome display, data lines M times as many as the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction are arranged in the vertical direction. In addition, in the display portion for color display, data wiring of M times, which is three times the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction, is arranged in the vertical direction. Note that the number of horizontal scan lines from the scan driver is the same as the number of horizontal lines constituting one frame and is unchanged. The scan start pulse supplied from the controller to the scan driver has a pulse width that is M times the scan clock. As a result, one row of light emitting elements emits light continuously for time M × T, and the light emission start time of successive lines is shifted by time T, so that M rows of lines are emitted simultaneously.

  Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 10, each of the controller 121, # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, # 3 data driver 125, and scan driver 126 displays one frame image on the display unit 122. A description will be given of the processing executed for display and the relationship between them.

  In step S1, the controller 121 starts acquisition of image data to be displayed on the display unit 122, and starts processing for dividing the acquired image data for each line.

  In step S <b> 2, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the first row to the # 1 data driver 123.

  In step S3, the # 1 data driver 123 starts latch processing of the data signal in the first row that is supplied from the controller 121 in parallel with the processing of the controller 121 in step S2.

  In step S4, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the second row to the # 2 data driver 124.

  In step S5, the # 2 data driver 124 starts latch processing of the data signal of the second row that is supplied from the controller 121 in parallel with the processing of the controller 121 in step S4.

  In step S <b> 6, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the third row to the # 3 data driver 125.

  In step S <b> 7, the # 3 data driver 125 starts latch processing of the data signal of the third row started to be supplied from the controller 121 in parallel with the processing of the controller 121 in step S <b> 6.

  In step S <b> 8, the controller 121 supplies a scan start pulse to the scan driver 126.

  In step S <b> 9, the scan driver 126 acquires the scan start pulse generated by the controller 121.

  After the supply of the data signal on the first row, in step S10, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal on the fourth row to the # 1 data driver 123.

  In step S11, the # 1 data driver 123 performs a voltage application process corresponding to each pixel signal in the first row on which the latch process is performed in step S3, and in parallel with the process of the controller 121 in step S10. The latch processing of the data signal in the fourth row started to be supplied from the controller 121 is started.

  In step S12, the scan driver 126 performs switching to start light emission of the first line at the same time that the # 1 data driver 123 performs the application of the voltage corresponding to each pixel signal of the first line. The transistor 62-1 is turned on. Therefore, the first line of the image is displayed on the display unit 122.

  After the supply of the data signal of the second row, in step S13, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the fifth row to the # 2 data driver 124.

  In step S14, the # 2 data driver 124 performs a voltage application process corresponding to each pixel signal in the second row on which the latch process is performed in step S5, and in parallel with the process of the controller 121 in step S13. The latch processing of the data signal in the fifth row started to be supplied from the controller 121 is started.

  In step S15, the scan driver 126 performs switching to start light emission of the second line at the same time that the # 2 data driver 124 applies the voltage corresponding to each pixel signal of the second line. The transistor 62-2 is turned on. Accordingly, the first and second lines of the image are displayed on the display unit 122.

  After the supply of the data signal in the third row, in step S16, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal in the sixth row to the # 3 data driver 125.

  In step S17, the # 3 data driver 125 performs a voltage application process corresponding to each pixel signal in the third row on which the latch process is performed in step S7, and in parallel with the process of the controller 121 in step S16. The latch processing of the data signal of the sixth row started to be supplied from the controller 121 is started.

  In step S18, the scan driver 126 performs switching to start light emission of the third line at the same time that the # 3 data driver 125 performs the application of the voltage corresponding to each pixel signal of the third line. The transistor 62-3 is turned on. Therefore, the first to third lines of the image are displayed on the display unit 122.

  Thereafter, assuming that N is a positive integer and N = 2, 3, 4,..., The following steps S19 to S27 are repeatedly executed until the display of one frame is completed. Here, the process in the case of N = 0 corresponds to the process in steps S2 to S7, and the process in the case of N = 1 corresponds to the process in steps S10 to S18 here.

  That is, in step S19, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the 3N + 1th row to the # 1 data driver 123.

  In step S20, the # 1 data driver 123 performs a voltage application process corresponding to each pixel signal in the 3 (N−1) + 1th row for which the latch process was executed immediately before, and the process of the controller 121 in step S19. In parallel with this, the latch processing of the data signal of the 3N + 1th row started to be supplied from the controller 121 is started.

  In step S21, the scan driver 126 performs 3 (N-2) +1 row simultaneously with the application of the voltage corresponding to each pixel signal in the 3 (N-1) +1 row by the # 1 data driver 123. The light emission of the eye line is terminated, and the light emission of the line of the 3 (N-1) + 1th row is started. Therefore, the display unit 122 displays the 3 (N−1) +1 line of the image. At this time, the 3 (N−2) +2 line and the 3 (N−2) +3 line are also displayed.

  In step S22, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the 3N + 2th row to the # 2 data driver 124.

  In step S23, the # 2 data driver 124 performs voltage application processing corresponding to each pixel signal in the 3 (N-1) + 2th row for which the latch processing was executed immediately before, and the processing of the controller 121 in step S22. In parallel with this, the latch processing of the data signal of the 3N + 2th row started to be supplied from the controller 121 is started.

  In step S24, the scan driver 126 performs the application of the voltage corresponding to each pixel signal in the 3 (N-1) + 2th row by the # 2 data driver 124, and at the same time, 3 (N-2) + 2th row. The light emission of the eye line is finished, and the light emission of the 3 (N-1) + 2nd line is started. Therefore, the display unit 122 displays the 3 (N−1) + 2nd line of the image. At this time, the 3 (N-2) + 3rd row and the 3 (N-1) + 1th row are also displayed.

  In step S25, the controller 121 starts supplying the 3N + 3rd row data signal to the # 3 data driver 125.

  In step S26, the # 3 data driver 125 performs voltage application processing corresponding to each pixel signal in the 3 (N-1) + 3th row for which the latch processing was executed immediately before, and the processing of the controller 121 in step S25. In parallel with this, the latch processing of the data signal of the 3N + 3rd row started to be supplied from the controller 121 is started.

  In step S27, the scan driver 126 performs a process of applying a voltage corresponding to each pixel signal in the 3 (N-1) + 3th row by the # 3 data driver 125, and at the same time, 3 (N-2) + 3th row. The light emission of the eye line is finished, and the light emission of the 3 (N−1) + 3rd line is started. Therefore, the display unit 122 displays the 3 (N−1) + 3rd line of the image. At this time, the 3 (N-1) +1 line and the 3 (N-1) +2 line are also displayed.

  The processes in steps S19 to S27 are repeated until the display of one frame is completed, and the above-described processes are repeated until the image display process is completed.

  With such a process, three consecutive lines are emitted while shifting the timing of light emission start, and each light emission time becomes longer than in the conventional case, so that the drive current value of the LED used as the light emitting element 21 is increased. The brightness of the display unit 122 is increased. In addition, since one PWM cycle in the PWM control for adjusting the luminance of each light emitting element becomes longer, the life of the LED used as the light emitting element 21 becomes longer and electromagnetic interference is less likely to occur.

  Next, processing of the controller 121 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S51, the controller 121 starts obtaining image data and dividing the image data for each line.

  In step S52, the controller 121 initializes a value N indicating which line in one frame the data being processed is, and sets N = 0.

  In step S53, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the 3N + 1th row to the # 1 data driver 123.

  In step S54, the controller 121 starts the supply of the data signal to the # 1 data driver 123 in step S53, and the predetermined first count value [one frame display time / number of scan rows] = time T It is determined whether or not it has been counted. If it is determined in step S54 that the first count value has not been counted, the process of step S54 is repeated until it is determined that the first count value has been counted.

  When it is determined in step S54 that the first count value has been counted, in step S55, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the 3N + 2th row to the # 2 data driver 124.

  In step S56, the controller 121 determines whether or not the time T, which is a predetermined first count value, has been counted from the start of the supply of the data signal to the # 2 data driver 124 in step S55. If it is determined in step S56 that the first count value has not been counted, the process of step S56 is repeated until it is determined that the first count value has been counted.

  If it is determined in step S56 that the first count value has been counted, in step S57, the controller 121 starts supplying the data signal of the 3N + 3rd row to the # 3 data driver 125.

  In step S58, the controller 121 determines whether or not the time T, which is a predetermined first count value, has been counted from the start of supply of the data signal to the # 3 data driver 125 in step S57. If it is determined in step S58 that the first count value has not been counted, the process of step S58 is repeated until it is determined that the first count value has been counted.

  If it is determined in step S58 that the first count value has been counted, in step S59, the controller 121 increments a value N indicating a line corresponding to the data being processed.

  In step S60, the controller 121 determines whether or not the value N indicating the line is N = 1.

  If it is determined in step S60 that N = 1, in step S61, the controller 121 supplies the scan driver 126 with a scan start pulse having a pulse width three times the scan clock.

  If it is determined in step S60 that N = 1 is not satisfied, or after the processing in step S61 is completed, in step S62, the controller 121 determines whether or not the display for one frame has been completed. If it is determined in step S62 that the display for one frame has not been completed, the process returns to step S53, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  When it is determined in step S62 that the display for one frame is completed, in step S63, the controller 121 determines whether or not the image display process is ended. If it is determined in step S63 that the image display process is not terminated, the process returns to step S52, and the subsequent processes are repeated. If it is determined in step S63 that the image display process has been completed, the process ends.

  By such processing, data for each line is supplied to a plurality of data drivers (# 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125) within 3T. That is, each data transfer rate may be 1/3 of the conventional case. Further, the scan driver 126 is supplied with a scan start pulse having a pulse width three times the scan clock.

  Next, processing of the scan driver 126 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S <b> 91, the scan driver 126 acquires a scan start pulse having a pulse width three times the scan clock from the controller 121. This scan start pulse is the one supplied to the scan driver 126 by the controller 121 in step S61 of the process of the controller 121 described with reference to FIG.

  In step S92, the scan driver 126 initializes a value N indicating which line in one frame the data being processed is N = 0.

  In step S93, the scan driver 126 displays the 3 (N−1) +1 line, or the 3 × α + 1 line indicating the data of the last line by the # 1 data driver 123 in the previous frame. And the emission of the 3N + 1 line is started. Here, the value of α varies depending on the number of lines constituting one frame.

  Note that when N = 0, there is no line in the 3 (N−1) + 1th row, and therefore, when the frame being displayed is the first frame, the scan driver 126 does not end the emission of any line. However, when the frame being displayed is the second frame or later, the scan driver 126 ends the emission of the 3 × α + 1 line of the previous frame. When N ≧ 1, since the 3 (N−1) +1 line is present, the scan driver 126 ends the emission of the 3 (N−1) +1 line of the frame.

  In step S94, the scan driver 126 starts light emission of the 3N + 1-th line in step S93, and then a predetermined first count value [one frame display time / number of scan rows] = time T is counted. It is judged whether it was done. When it is determined in step S94 that the predetermined first count value is not counted, the process of step S94 is repeated until it is determined that the predetermined first count value is counted.

  When it is determined in step S94 that the predetermined first count value has been counted, in step S95, the scan driver 126 selects the # 2 data driver in the 3 (N-1) +2 line or the previous frame. The light emission of the line of 3 × α + 2 row displaying the data of the last line by 124 is finished, and the light emission of the line of 3N + 2 row is started. Note that when N = 0, there is no 3 (N−1) +2 line, so when the frame being displayed is the first frame, the scan driver 126 does not end the emission of any line. However, when the frame being displayed is the second frame or later, the scan driver 126 ends the emission of the 3 × α + 2 line of the previous frame. When N ≧ 1, since the 3 (N−1) +2 line is present, the scan driver 126 ends the emission of the 3 (N−1) +2 line of the frame.

  In step S96, the scan driver 126 determines whether or not the time T, which is a predetermined first count value, has been counted since the emission of the 3N + 2nd line in step S95. If it is determined in step S96 that the predetermined first count value has not been counted, the process of step S96 is repeated until it is determined that the predetermined first count value has been counted.

  When it is determined in step S96 that the predetermined first count value has been counted, in step S97, the scan driver 126 selects the # 3 data driver in the 3 (N-1) + 3rd line or the previous frame. The emission of the 3 × α + 3 line in which the data of the last line 125 is displayed is terminated, and the emission of the 3N + 3 line is started. Note that when N = 0, there is no 3 (N−1) +3 line, and therefore the scan driver 126 does not end the emission of any line when the frame being displayed is the first frame. However, when the frame being displayed is the second frame or later, the scan driver 126 ends the emission of the 3 × α + 3th line of the previous frame. When N ≧ 1, since the 3 (N−1) + 3rd line exists, the scan driver 126 ends the emission of the 3 (N−1) + 3th line of the frame.

  In step S98, the scan driver 126 determines whether or not the time T, which is a predetermined first count value, has been counted since the emission of the 3N + 3rd line in step S97 is started. If it is determined in step S98 that the predetermined first count value has not been counted, the process of step S98 is repeated until it is determined that the predetermined first count value has been counted.

  If it is determined in step S98 that the predetermined first count value has been counted, in step S99, the scan driver 126 increments a value N indicating a line corresponding to the data being processed.

  In step S100, the scan driver 126 determines whether or not the display for one frame has been completed. If it is determined in step S100 that the display for one frame has not been completed, the process returns to step S93, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S100 that the display for one frame has been completed, in step S101, the scan driver 126 determines whether or not the image display process is to be ended. If it is determined in step S101 that the image display process is not terminated, the process returns to step S92, and the subsequent processes are repeated. If it is determined in step S101 that the image display process is to be terminated, the process is terminated.

  With such a process, three consecutive lines are emitted while shifting the timing of starting light emission by time T. Since the light emission time of each line is three times longer than in the conventional case, even if an LED is used as the light emitting element of the display device 101 to which the simple matrix method is applied, the required luminance is not increased without increasing the drive current value. Can be obtained. Moreover, since it is not necessary to raise the drive current value of LED, the lifetime of LED becomes long. In addition, since the number of times of switching of the LED used as the light emitting element 21 is also reduced, the occurrence of electromagnetic interference can be suppressed and the life of the LED is increased as compared with the case where the PWM cycle is short.

  Next, processing of the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, as a representative, the processing executed by the # 1 data driver 123 will be described, but the processing of the # 2 data driver 124 and the # 3 data driver 125 is basically the same, and different parts are described. This will be described as appropriate.

  In step S131, the # 1 data driver 123 starts acquiring data signals for each pixel for one horizontal line and starts latching data for one horizontal line. The data signal of each pixel acquired here is a data signal corresponding to the image of the (3N + 1) th row supplied in the process of step S53 among the processes of the controller 121 described with reference to FIG.

  When the # 2 data driver 124 executes the process, the data signal of each pixel acquired in the process corresponding to step S131 is step S55 of the process of the controller 121 described with reference to FIG. This is a data signal corresponding to the 3N + 2nd row image supplied in the above process. When the # 3 data driver 125 executes the process, the data signal of each pixel acquired in the process corresponding to step S131 is step S57 in the process of the controller 121 described with reference to FIG. This is a data signal corresponding to the 3N + 3rd row image supplied in the above process.

  In step S132, the # 1 data driver 123 determines whether or not the latch of the data signal of each pixel for one horizontal line has already been completed.

  When it is determined in step S132 that the latch of the data signal of each pixel for one horizontal line is not completed, in step S133, the # 1 data driver 123 acquires the data from the controller 121 and acquires the data. Continue to latch data. After the process of step S133 is completed, the process returns to step S132, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S132 that the latch of the data signal of each pixel for one horizontal line has been completed, in step S134, the # 1 data driver 123 starts data acquisition from the start of the data signal for one horizontal line. It is determined whether or not [the display time of one frame / the number of scan lines] × 3 = time 3T, which is a predetermined second count value that determines the timing of the application processing of “3”. If it is determined in step S134 that the time 3T has not been counted, the process of step S134 is repeated until it is determined that the time 3T has been counted.

  If it is determined in step S134 that the time 3T has been counted, in step S135, the # 1 data driver 123 starts applying a voltage corresponding to each latched pixel signal. Specifically, the comparator 43 of the # 1 data driver 123 responds by controlling the time during which the driver 44 is turned on within a predetermined period (PWM period) based on the data signal supplied from the latch 42. The light emission period of the light emitting element 21 to be controlled is controlled.

  In step S136, the # 1 data driver 123 determines whether or not the image processing is ended. If it is determined in step S136 that the image processing is to be terminated, the processing is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S136 that the image processing is not completed, in step S137, the # 1 data driver 123 performs the next horizontal line for each pixel in parallel with the voltage application processing started in step S135. At the same time as the acquisition of the data signal, the latch processing of the data for the next horizontal line is started. Then, the process returns to step S132, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  By such processing, one PWM cycle in the PWM control for adjusting the luminance of each light emitting element 21 is increased from the conventional time T to time 3T, so that the switching frequency of the driver is lowered. Therefore, the power consumption of the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125 is reduced, the life of the light emitting element is extended, and electromagnetic interference is less likely to occur.

  As described above, the display device 101 to which the present invention is applied has three data drivers, the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125. Three rows of light can be emitted simultaneously.

  Needless to say, the number of data drivers may be other than three.

  For example, if the number of rows that emit light simultaneously is M, M data drivers are provided in parallel. In the display unit for monochrome display, data lines M times as many as the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction are arranged in the vertical direction. In addition, in the display portion for color display, data wiring of M times, which is three times the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction, is arranged in the vertical direction. Note that the number of horizontal scan lines from the scan driver is the same as the number of horizontal lines constituting one frame and is unchanged. The scan start pulse supplied from the controller to the scan driver has a pulse width that is M times the scan clock. As a result, one row of light emitting elements emits light continuously for time M × T, and the light emission start time of successive lines is shifted by time T, so that M rows of lines are emitted simultaneously.

  In addition, when the present invention is applied, the light emission start timing of each line of the display unit 122 is shifted by [1 frame display time / number of scan lines] as in the conventional case, so that the response time for displaying 1 frame is displayed. It is the same as the conventional one. However, the light emission time of each line is 3T, which is three times as long. Therefore, compared with the conventional case, the luminance is high while maintaining a simple and inexpensive structure that can be manufactured.

  Further, even if each of the M data drivers can only latch the image data signal for one row, in order to emit M rows at a time, the time required for data transmission of one row is It may be within 3T. Therefore, the data transmission rate of the image signal corresponding to one line can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

  Furthermore, by having such a configuration, one PWM cycle of PWM control executed in the M data drivers is M times. That is, since the PWM switching frequency is lowered, the life of the switching element is extended, power consumption is reduced, and electromagnetic interference (EMI: Electro Magnetic Interference) due to unnecessary radiation due to switching is less likely to occur. Thereby, the man-hour and number of parts concerning countermeasures against electromagnetic interference can be reduced. In addition, since the number of times of switching of the LED used as the light emitting element 21 is also reduced, the life of the LED becomes longer than when the PWM cycle is short.

  Further, the lines that emit light are M rows in succession, and the light emission start time is controlled to be shifted by 1 / M of the light emission time of one row for each row. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress flickering of the screen and blurring of moving images compared to a case where a plurality of separated lines in the screen emit light at a time.

  In the above description, the light emitting element 21 provided in the display unit 122 of the display device 101 is described as using an LED. However, the light emitting element 21 is a case where another element such as a liquid crystal is used. Even in this case, by adopting the same configuration, it is possible to increase the luminance without changing the response speed of the display, and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of electromagnetic interference as compared with the case where the PWM cycle is short. .

  In the above description, the data drivers corresponding to the number of lines to be driven simultaneously are provided in parallel. However, all data is provided in one data driver that performs the same driving process as when a plurality of data drivers are used. Needless to say, the wiring may be connected.

  Further, in the above description, the luminance of the LED used as the light emitting element 21 is driven and controlled using PWM control. However, the luminance of the LED is controlled not only by PWM but also by current control, for example. Also good. Even when the brightness of the LED is controlled by current control, as described above, by simultaneously driving a plurality of lines, the current value supplied per unit time to obtain the same brightness can be suppressed, It becomes possible to extend the lifetime of the LED.

  Incidentally, when the display device 101 can perform color display, as described above, one pixel is provided with three LEDs of R, G, and B. In that case, the number of data lines required for one pixel is tripled.

  When the light emitting elements 21 of the three horizontal lines are caused to emit light simultaneously as in the display device 101 described above, color display is performed, and three LEDs R, G, and B (corresponding to RGB sub-pixels, respectively). When the LED is provided, the display unit 122 is provided with three times as many wires as the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in the vertical direction. Further, for example, when the number of horizontal lines that emit light at the same time is M, the display unit 122 is provided with M lines that are three times the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in the vertical direction. .

  For example, in a 40-inch FHD (Full High Definition) panel, a simple matrix-driven display device in which 1920 × 1080 = 2070000 pairs of RGB three-color LEDs are arranged as one pixel in a 40-inch FHD panel, to obtain the required brightness, 6 lines are simultaneously used. A case where light emission is necessary will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 14, the data wiring corresponding to G is represented by a dotted line, the data wiring corresponding to R is represented by a solid line, and the data wiring corresponding to B is represented by a one-point difference line.

  As shown in FIG. 14, light-emitting elements 21-1-1, 21-2-1,..., 21- (c-1)-constituting one column of pixels arranged on the leftmost side of one frame. The vertical wires that supply the outputs from the six data drivers to drive 1,21-c-1 are G1 through G6 for the G LEDs, R1 through R6 for the R LEDs, and A total of 18 B1 to B6 for B LEDs are provided. For example, in a 40-inch type FHD panel, the distance between pixel pitches is about 460 μm, and RGB LEDs having a size of 100 μm square are closely arranged in the vertical direction so that the pixel size of one pixel is 100 μm wide and 300 μm high. In this case, the lateral space in which the data wiring can be wired on the same plane is 360 μm or less. When wiring 18 data lines required for one pixel, wiring with a pitch of 20 μm or less is required, and the wiring is performed with a precision of ± several μm or less for a 40-inch horizontal screen size of 885 mm. There is a need.

  Further, when an LCD is used as the light emitting element 21, a pixel structure in which each sub-pixel is divided into two may be used in order to improve viewing angle characteristics (characteristics in which luminance and chromaticity change depending on the viewing angle of the screen). is there. In that case, the number of data wirings further increases.

  Therefore, instead of setting the light emitting elements constituting one pixel as a set of three colors of RGB, one pixel is set as two colors of GR, and pixels adjacent to the pixel in the horizontal direction are set as two colors of GB. In other words, each pixel has a configuration in which one pixel is paired with either G or RB.

  If the configuration of the light-emitting elements constituting one pixel is paired with either G or RB, for example, even if 6 lines are driven simultaneously, the number of data lines is 12 per pixel. In general, it is possible to reduce six data lines for one pixel as compared to a case where one pixel is constituted by three colors of RGB and 18 data lines are required for one pixel. As a result, the wiring pitch of the data wiring can be increased to about 1.5 times (for example, in the case of a 40-inch FHD panel, 30 μ compared to 20 μ) when one pixel is composed of three colors of RGB. Become.

  This not only relaxes the accuracy of the wiring pattern formation, but also increases the pitch of the connection part with the outside, which makes it possible to provide an LED display panel that is relatively simple and inexpensive. Become.

  A display device in which each pixel is paired with either G or RB will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, with reference to FIG. 15, a first example of the arrangement of the light emitting elements in the case where 6 lines are caused to emit light at the same time to be paired with one of G and RB will be described. Also in FIG. 15, the data wiring corresponding to G is represented by a dotted line, the data wiring corresponding to R is represented by a solid line, and the data wiring corresponding to B is represented by a one-point difference line.

  In this example, in the odd-numbered and even-numbered light-emitting elements that constitute the display unit, one of the light-emitting elements in one column is one pixel in a pair of G and R, and the light-emitting elements in the other column are G and B. Each pixel is one pixel. Therefore, the data wiring which is the data signal wiring in the leftmost column in which the light emitting element is one pixel in a pair of G and R is G1 to G6 for the G LED and R1 for the R LED. To R6, a total of 12 light-emitting elements are arranged in a pair of G and B, and the data wiring in the second column from the left is G7 to G12 for the G LED, and B A total of 12 LEDs B1 to B6 for LEDs are provided.

  That is, with respect to G, six data lines are arranged in a row and arranged between each pixel, and the data lines G1, G7, G13... Are connected, and the data lines G2, G8, G14... Are connected to the pixels on the second line. G12, G18... Are connected.

  Since R and B are arranged every other pixel in the horizontal direction, there are six data lines for R between the first and second pixels, and between the second and third pixels. Six data lines for B are arranged, and as in the case of G, the data lines R1, R7, R13... Or the data line B1 are connected to the first line of the six lines that are driven simultaneously. , B7, B13... Are connected, and data wiring R2, R8, R14... Or data wiring B2, B8, B14. The data lines R6, R12, R18... Or the data lines B6, B12, B18... Are connected to the driven pixels on the sixth line.

  That is, between each pixel, six G data wirings are arranged side by side, and twelve data wirings are arranged by arranging six R or G data wirings side by side.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 16, a second example of the arrangement of the light emitting elements in the case where 6 lines are caused to emit light at the same time and are paired with either G or RB will be described. Also in FIG. 16, the data wiring corresponding to G is represented by a dotted line, the data wiring corresponding to R is represented by a solid line, and the data wiring corresponding to B is represented by a one-point difference line.

  In this example, in the light emitting element that constitutes the display unit, the light emitting element that is adjacent to the top, bottom, left, and right of the light emitting element that is a pair of G and R is one pixel that is the pair of G and B. A pixel adjacent to the light emitting element, which is an element and is a pixel of G and R in a diagonal direction, is similarly a light emitting element of which a pixel is a pair of G and R. Thus, a total of 12 data wires are provided for each column, 6 for the G LEDs, 3 for the R LEDs, and 3 for the B LEDs.

  That is, for G, as in the case of the first example, six data lines are arranged in a row and arranged between each pixel, and the first line of the six lines that are driven simultaneously. The data lines G1, G7, G13... Are connected to the pixels to be connected, and the data lines G2, G8, G14... Are connected to the pixels to be the second line. Data lines G6, G12, G18,... Are connected to the pixels serving as the line.

  R and B are arranged every other pixel in the horizontal direction and every other pixel in the vertical direction, so there is one data wiring for R and one data wiring for B. The data lines RB1, RB7, RB13... Are connected to the pixels that are arranged every other line and are driven simultaneously, and the data lines RB2, RB8, RB14. In the same manner, the data lines RB6, RB12, and RB18 are connected to the pixels on the sixth line that are simultaneously driven. Further, the data lines RB1, RB2, RB3,... Connected to the pixels of each line are alternately provided with data lines for R and data lines for B.

  That is, between each pixel, six G data wirings are arranged side by side, and twelve data wirings in which six R and G data wirings are alternately arranged are arranged.

  In this way, in order to configure a display panel compatible with FHD, a horizontal 1920-pixel and vertical 1080-pixel light emitting element (here, an LED, but the other elements are the same) are arranged. The data wiring between them is 6 wirings for G and 6 wirings for any of RBs. That is, in the entire display unit, the number of pixels in the horizontal direction 1920 × 12 = 223040 is required.

  When this is pulled out to the periphery of the substrate for external connection, if the wiring and terminals (electrode pads provided at the ends of the wiring) are laid out evenly across the 40-inch lateral effective screen 885 mm, the pitch becomes about 38 μm, The pitch allows connection using an anisotropic conductive film (hereinafter referred to as ACF). Further, the scan wiring wired for each line in the horizontal direction is the same as in the conventional case, and terminals on the side different from the data wiring of the light emitting elements 21 of the pixels (for each color) of all the horizontal one lines are connected. The

  By having such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the number of data lines for performing color display while simultaneously making the six horizontal lines independent.

  However, as described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16, when one pixel is configured with two colors of light emitting elements, as described with reference to FIG. 14, with one pixel configured with three colors of light emitting elements, Compared with this, there is a concern that the resolution is lowered.

  Specifically, in order to configure a display device compatible with FHD, when light emitting elements 21 (here, LEDs are used, but the other elements are the same) of horizontal 1920 pixels and vertical 1080 pixels, they correspond to G The light emitting elements 21 to be arranged are 1920 × 1080 of all the pixels of the FHD, but the light emitting elements corresponding to R and B are 960 × 1080, which is half the number of G pixels. Thereby, the effective resolutions of R and B are halved in the horizontal direction in the case of the first example described with reference to FIG. 15, and horizontal in the case of the second example described with reference to FIG. In the vertical direction, each square root is 1/2, that is, about 0.7 times.

  However, for example, an image signal displayed on a display device such as a television signal has already been thinned out on the signal transmission side, that is, the video production side.

  In creating an actual video signal, on the transmission side of the image signal to be displayed such as a television signal, the pixel corresponding to the broadcast format is converted into a Y signal of the luminance component and color difference signals Cb and Cr, and the data is the original. In addition, after compression by MPEG or the like, a signal is transmitted to a television signal receiving side (that is, a display device or a receiving device for supplying a television signal to the display device). At that time, Y, Cb, and Cr signals are digitally sampled. Even in the sampling format on the sending side that requires high fidelity, the Y signal is an average of two pixels, and Cb and Cr are averages of two pixels. It is sampled at. Further, in the MPEG compression and HD transmission signals, the vertical resolution of the color difference signal is further reduced, and it is considered that there is no problem in practical use in this state.

  An example is given for the 4: 2: 2 format, which has the highest sampling rate on the sending side. For the maximum resolution on the imaging (sending) side, 1920H × 1080V, sampling of the component signal is performed for each pixel. That is, Y1, Cb1, and Cr1 of the transmission signal are generated from R1, G1, and B1 of the imaging signal of the first pixel, and Y2, Cb2, and Cr2 of the transmission signal are generated from R2, G2, and B2 of the imaging signal of the second pixel. Thereafter, similarly, corresponding Y, Cb, and Cr are generated from RGB of one pixel.

  In a display device that acquires and displays an image signal composed of Y, Cb, and Cr generated in this way, first, as described with reference to FIG. 14, RGB is aligned in one pixel. In the case, the case where Y, Cb, Cr of the acquired image signal is demodulated to RGB corresponding to each LED will be described.

The RGB signal of a certain pixel r _a, g _a, and b _a, the obtained image signals corresponding to the pixel Y _a, Cb _a, and Cr _a, the RGB signals of the pixels adjacent in the horizontal direction to the pixel When r _b , g _b , and b _b are used, and the acquired image signals corresponding to the pixels are Y _b , Cb _b , and Cr _b , an RGB signal is obtained based on the following equations (1) to (6). Is demodulated. At this point, the conversion from the RGB signal to the YCrCb signal is reversible and can be completely demodulated.

g _a = Y _a −0344 Cb _a −0.714 Cr _a (1)
r _a = Y _a + 1.402Cr _a (2)
b _a = Y _a +1.772 Cb _a (3)
_{g b = Y b -0344Cb b -0.714Cr} b ··· (4)
r _b = Y _b + 1.402Cr _b (5)
b _b = Y _b +1.772 Cb _b (6)

However, 4: 2: 2 format, the color difference signal Cb as described above, since Cr is sampled one data in two pixels adjacent in the horizontal direction, Cb _a and Cr _a, the following equation (7) And Equation (8).

Cb _a = Cb _b = 0.564 × (B _a + B _b −Y _a −Y _b ) / 2 (7)
Cr _a = Cr _b = 0.713 × (R _a + R _b −Y _a −Y _b ) / 2 (8)

Further, each Y _a and Y _b, becomes the following equation (9).

Y _a = Y _b = 0.299R + 0.587G + 0.144B (9)

Here, assuming that Cb _a = Cb _b = Cb and Cr _a = Cr _b = Cr, these two pixels are expressed by the following equations (10) to (15). That is, it is demodulated from the common Cb and Cr signals.

_{g a = Y a -0344Cb-0.714Cr} ··· (10)
r _a = Y _a + 1.402Cr (11)
b _a = Y _a +1.772 Cb (12)
_{g b = Y b -0344Cb-0.714Cr} ··· (13)
r _b = Y _b + 1.402Cr (14)
b _b = Y _b +1.772 Cb (15)

For the Cr signal, the signal level of 2 pixels of (R _a + R _b ) is modulated with a weight of 70%, and the signal level of 2 pixels of (G _a + G _b ) is also modulated with a weight of about 60%. Has been. For the Cb signal, the signal level for two pixels of (B _a + B _b ) is modulated with a weight of about 85%, and the signal level for two pixels of (G _a + G _b ) is also weighted with a weight of about 60%. It is modulated. Therefore, even if the signal of the first pixel of G and the signal of the second pixel are demodulated from different Y signals (Y _a , Y _b ), the first pixel of G averages Cr and Cb by two pixels. At the time of sampling, not only the original signal level for one pixel but also the signal for two pixels is affected by a certain weight.

For example, when g _a is demodulated from Y _a , even if Y _a is an unaveraged signal, the weight of the two-pixel average of G included in Cb is 60% × 0.344, that is, about 20% , The average weight of two pixels of G included in Cr is 60% × 0.71, that is, about 40% is affected, and when there is a change in luminance of the first and second pixels of B and R, B is As much as 35% and R is 50% will affect the demodulation result of G.

  Therefore, even when three colors of RGB are arranged for each pixel, RGB signal before transmission cannot be completely demodulated when performing signal transmission and demodulation by sampling in 4: 2: 2 format.

  Next, in the same way, in the display device that acquires and displays an image signal composed of Y, Cb, and Cr, as described with reference to FIG. 15 or FIG. A case where Y, Cb, and Cr of the acquired image signal are demodulated to RG or GB corresponding to each LED in the case where it is configured with either one of B will be described.

  When driving a display unit composed of G and any one of R and B as described with reference to FIG. 15 or 16 with an image signal composed of Y, Cb, and Cr, for example, Of the two pixels adjacent in the horizontal direction, the first pixel is provided with a GR LED, and the second pixel is provided with a GB LED. B needs to emit light for two pixels by one pixel.

  That is, G and R of the first pixel are demodulated according to the following equations (16) and (17), and G and B of the second pixel are demodulated according to the following equations (18) and (19).

_{g a = Y a -0344Cb-0.714Cr} ··· (16)
r _a = ((Y _a + Y _b ) /2+1.402Cr) × 2 (17)
_{g b = Y b -0344Cb-0.714Cr} ··· (18)
b _b = ((Y _a + Y _b ) /2+1.772 Cb) × 2 (19)

However, as described above, 4: 2: 2 format, the color difference signals Cb, Cr are sampled one data in two pixels adjacent in the horizontal direction, Cb _a and Cr _a is the above equation (7 ) And equation (8).

  That is, when the equations (7) and (8) are substituted into the equations (17) and (19), the following equations (20) and (21) are obtained.

r _a = R _a + R _b (20)
b _b = B _a + B _b (21)

  That is, G is modulated for each pixel, and the original signal can be reproduced by adding a signal for two pixels to the RB for each two pixels.

  In other words, even when R and B are half the number of pixels compared to the case where RGB is aligned for one pixel, the pitch of RBs when viewed at a close distance in actual screen display is as follows. Although it becomes rough and color separation may be felt, in actual use, it is possible to almost reproduce the transmitted video.

  That is, the Y signal mainly represents the G component, Cb represents the signal of B and its complementary yellow component, Cr represents the signal of R and its complementary color cyan component, and on the display side, considering sampling of the signal on the transmission side. Even if the number of RB pixels in the horizontal direction is halved, the image does not deteriorate significantly.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 17, a configuration of the display device 201 including a display unit in which one pixel includes a light emitting element formed by G and any one of R and B will be described.

  The display device 201 includes a controller 221, a display unit 222, a # 1 data driver 223, a # 2 data driver 224, a # 3 data driver 225, and a scan driver 226.

  The controller 221 receives input of image data corresponding to an image to be displayed on the display unit 222, divides the image data in units of horizontal lines, and is configured by a pair of G and any one of R and B The arithmetic processing described using the equations (16) to (21) for reproducing the original signal using is performed. Then, the image signal of each line obtained as a result of the calculation is supplied to the # 1 data driver 223, the # 2 data driver 224, and the # 3 data driver 225, respectively. Also, it controls the # 1 data driver 223, the # 2 data driver 224, the # 3 data driver 225, and the scan driver 226.

  Specifically, the controller 221 outputs the post-computation image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 1 (N is an integer, 0 ≦ N ≦ [(number of scan rows−1) / 3]) row of one frame. , Supplied to the # 1 data driver 223 and supplied to the # 2 data driver 224 for the processed image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 2th row, and supplied with the processed image data signal corresponding to the 3N + 3th row as the # 3 data This is supplied to the driver 225. In addition, the controller 221 supplies the scan start pulse to the scan driver 226 as a pulse width of 6 times the scan clock (the number of lines driven simultaneously).

  The display unit 222 includes a vertical data wiring in the drawing from the # 1 data driver 223, a # 2 data driver 224, and a # 3 data driver 225, and a horizontal scanning wiring in the drawing from the scan driver 226. Wiring is stretched in the form of vertical and horizontal grids. The data wiring is wired as described with reference to FIG. 15 or FIG. One pixel has a plurality of light-emitting elements each composed of G and R or B at the intersection of the data line and the scan line. The display unit 222 is driven by the # 1 data driver 223, the # 2 data driver 224, the # 3 data driver 225, and the scan driver 226, and one pixel is configured by either G, R, or B. An image is displayed by light emission of the light emitting element.

  The scan driver 226 receives a scan start pulse having a pulse width 6 times the scan clock (the number of lines driven simultaneously), emits 6 lines simultaneously, and the light emission start timing of each successive line is shifted by time T. Each light emitting element 21 provided in the display unit 222 is driven to scan so that each line continuously emits light for 6T.

  The # 1 data driver 223 has basically the same configuration as that of the conventional data driver 13 described with reference to FIG. 2, and includes one pixel corresponding to the 3N + 1th row in one frame from the controller 221. Is supplied with a calculated image data signal composed of G and one of R and B, and the current value corresponding to the image data is set to n = 1, 4 at a predetermined timing by PWM control. , 7, 10...

  The # 2 data driver 224 has basically the same configuration as that of the conventional data driver 13 described with reference to FIG. 2, and one pixel corresponding to the 3N + 2th row of one frame from the controller 221. Is supplied with a calculated image data signal composed of G and one of R and B, and the current value corresponding to the image data is set to n = 2, 5 at a predetermined timing by PWM control. , 8, 11...

  The # 3 data driver 225 has basically the same configuration as that of the conventional data driver 13 described with reference to FIG. 2, and includes one pixel corresponding to the 3N + 3th row of one frame from the controller 221. Is supplied with an already-calculated image data signal composed of G and one of R and B, and the current value corresponding to the image data is set to n = 3, 6 at a predetermined timing by PWM control. , 9, 12...

  Note that the number of data lines from each of the # 1 data driver 223, # 2 data driver 224, and # 3 data driver 225 is twice the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame. In other words, the display unit 222 is provided with data wiring in a column shape (vertical direction in FIG. 6) twice as many as the number of pixels arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame (6 times the number of lines driven simultaneously). It has been. That is, in the display device 201, the number of data lines from each of the # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver 125 of the display device 101 described above is a pixel arranged in the horizontal direction in one frame. If the number of lines to be driven simultaneously is the same, the total number of data wirings is 2/3 as compared with the case of three times the number.

  Further, the output of the scan driver 226 and the wiring of the scan wiring are basically the same as those in the display device 101 described above, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The data signal transmission and driving timing are also different in the number of lines that are driven simultaneously, but are basically the same as those in the display device 101 described above, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Thus, in the display device 201 to which the arrangement of the light emitting elements and the data wiring described with reference to FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 are applied, the number of data wirings in color display can be reduced.

  In addition, when a color image is displayed on the display device 201 in the case of the arrangement and data wiring of the light emitting elements described with reference to FIG. 15, the light emission points are widened because the light emission points of R and B are biased. However, the effect on the horizontal resolution is not a problem in practice.

  Specifically, the response of Y signal is deteriorated around 1000 TV lines (about 2 pitches) in the middle, but the effective half-value width is about 0.7 pitch even at a high frequency for each pixel pitch. And fully resolve.

  As for color signals, both Cb and Cr have a resolution higher than the sampling resolution on the B single color side and R single color side (plus side), and there is no problem. On the negative side of the complementary color side, the effective resolution for Cb is about 1.5 pitches at the maximum, and the maximum resolution is 2.8 pitches for Cr, which may exceed the 2 sampling pitches of Cr. This is a case where 4: 2: 2 is directly displayed, and the actual signal may have a lower resolution than that, and there is no practical problem.

  In this way, the number of G pixels having a high contribution to luminance and resolution is not reduced, and the R and B pixels are thinned by half, and one pixel is paired with either G and R or B. With this configuration, in the display device 201 capable of simple matrix color display, the number of data lines can be reduced without greatly degrading the image resolution. In other words, due to the characteristics of the television signal, large image deterioration does not occur when the R and B pixels are thinned out to ½. In addition, by reducing the number of data lines, the pitch interval of the external connection terminals on the substrate constituting the display unit 222 can be increased, and the connection between the substrate and the driver can be performed easily and reliably, and a small panel FHD can be realized.

  In addition, although the case where LED is used for the light emitting element is described here, even when an element different from LED is used as the light emitting element, either one of G and RB is similarly used. By applying the configuration in which one pixel is used as a pair, the number of wirings (supplied from the data driver) in the vertical direction can be reduced.

  In addition, here, the case where a plurality of horizontal lines are simultaneously emitted has been described as an example. For example, in the conventional simple matrix method described with reference to FIG. 1, either G or RB is paired. Needless to say, the number of wirings (supplied from the data driver) in the vertical direction can be reduced in the same manner even when the configuration with one pixel is applied.

  That is, in the case where a plurality of horizontal lines are caused to emit light at the same time, the number of wirings (supplied from the data driver) in the vertical direction increases by the number of simultaneous light emission lines. In the display device 201, it is possible to obtain a very remarkable effect that the luminance can be ensured while reducing the number of data lines. In contrast, for example, in the conventional simple matrix method described with reference to FIG. 1, when a configuration in which one of G and RB is paired with one pixel is applied, the above-described FIG. Compared to the case of the display device 201 described with reference to FIG. 1, the luminance cannot be ensured, but the effect of reducing the number of data lines can be similarly achieved.

  Further, when an LCD is used as the light emitting element 21, a pixel structure in which each sub-pixel is divided into two may be used in order to improve viewing angle characteristics (characteristics in which luminance and chromaticity change depending on the viewing angle of the screen). However, even in that case, the effect of reducing the number of data wirings can be obtained by applying a configuration in which one of G and RB is paired as one pixel.

  In addition, as described above, the display unit 122 or the display unit 222 is configured such that a plurality of scan wirings and data wirings intersect at a portion of the light emitting element 21 such as an LED on a pair of substrates or a single substrate. It is arranged. For example, when the display unit 122 or the display unit 222 is configured by a pair of substrate pairs, the scan wiring is arranged on one substrate of the substrate pair, and the data wiring is arranged on the other substrate. In this case, a certain number of each wiring is collected on each substrate and pulled out from the area of the effective screen to the edge of the substrate on one substrate, thereby preventing interference with the electrode wiring on the other substrate. It is configured to prevent and connect with an external drive circuit.

  Since the number of wirings can be reduced in this way, external drive circuits (for example, # 1 data driver 123, # 2 data driver 124, and # 3 data driver are compared with the case where the number of wirings is not reduced. 125), it is easy to ensure the distance between the electrodes in the electrode provided at the end of the substrate in the connection with 125).

  The substrate pair constituting the display unit 122 or the display unit 222 and the respective drivers which are external drive circuits (for example, the # 1 data driver 123, the # 2 data driver 124, and the # 3 data driver 125) are flexible prints. They are connected via a TAB (Tape Automated. Bonding) substrate such as a substrate (FPC: Flexible Printed Circuit). The flexible printed circuit board is a printed circuit board that is flexible and can be greatly deformed, and maintains its electrical characteristics even when deformed. Flexible printed circuit boards include TCP (Tape Carrier Package) and COF (Chip On Film). An electrode pad provided on a substrate constituting the display unit 122 or the display unit 222 and a TAB substrate such as a flexible printed circuit board are generally connected by thermocompression bonding with an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) interposed therebetween. . However, in order to use ACF, the thermocompression bonding conditions are limited by the distance between the electrodes.

  That is, by securing the distance between the electrodes, it is possible to apply the conventional thermocompression bonding method and to properly connect to the external drive circuit using, for example, ACF.

  Furthermore, it is possible to suppress leakage between electrodes by securing the distance between terminals.

  Note that each step in this specification includes not only processing performed in time series in the order described, but also processing executed in parallel or individually even if processing is not necessarily performed in time series. .

  Further, in this specification, the system represents the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses.

  The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the conventional display apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a part of the configuration of the data driver in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining scan timing in the display device of FIG. 1. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the scan driver of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the data transmission in the display apparatus of FIG. 1, and the light emission timing for every line. It is a figure which shows the structure of the display apparatus to which this invention is applied. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an operation of the scan driver of FIG. 6. It is a figure for demonstrating the scanning timing in the display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the data transmission in the display apparatus of FIG. 6, and the light emission timing for every line. 7 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the display device of FIG. 6. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process of a controller. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process of a scan driver. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process of a data driver. It is a figure explaining the data wiring example in the case of making 6 lines light-emit simultaneously. It is a figure explaining the data wiring example at the time of making each pixel into 1 pixel as a pair with either one of G and RB. It is a figure explaining the data wiring example at the time of making each pixel into 1 pixel as a pair with either one of G and RB. It is a figure which shows the structure of a display apparatus at the time of setting each pixel as 1 pixel as a pair with either one of G and RB.

Explanation of symbols

  21 light emitting element, 101 display device, 121 controller, 122 display unit, 123 # 1 data driver, 124 # 2 data driver, 125 # 3 data driver, 126 scan driver, 201 display device, 221 controller, 222 display unit, 223 # 1 data driver, 224 # 2 data driver, 225 # 3 data driver, 226 scan driver

Claims (8)

In a display device that displays a color image by matrix driving,
Display means configured by light emitting means corresponding to each pixel to be displayed, arranged in L rows with the scanning direction as a row;
Scanning drive means for scanning and driving the light emitting means;
Data signal driving means for driving the light emitting means being scanned and driven by the scanning driving means to display a predetermined image;
A control means for supplying a data signal corresponding to a predetermined image to the data signal driving means and for controlling the scanning driving means,
The light emitting means includes a first light emitting means corresponding to a first pixel in which one pixel is composed of green and red, and a second light emitting means corresponding to a second pixel composed of green and blue. A display device configured, wherein the first light emitting means and the second light emitting means are alternately arranged in a scanning direction. The control means supplies the first light emitting means with a signal of a corresponding pixel regarding the green component, and supplies a signal for the corresponding pixel and two adjacent pixels regarding the red component, Corresponding to a predetermined image so as to supply the signal of the corresponding pixel for the green component to the second light emitting means, and supply the signal of the corresponding pixel and the adjacent two pixels for the blue component The display device according to claim 1, wherein a data signal to be calculated is calculated and a calculation result is supplied to the data signal driving unit. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit simultaneously drives M rows of the light emitting unit. M data signal driving means are provided,
When the display time of one frame is X, N is an integer satisfying 0 ≦ N <L / M−1, and a is an integer satisfying 0 <a ≦ M,
The control means supplies the data signal of the M × N + a row to the a-th data signal driving means,
The scan driving means drives the light emitting means so that M rows of the light emitting means are simultaneously driven, a difference in driving start time between consecutive rows becomes X / L, and a continuous light emission time of each row becomes M × X / L. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the means is driven to scan. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes two light emitting units for one pixel so that viewing angle characteristics can be improved. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are provided with the same light emitting unit in the same column with a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction as a column. 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are alternately arranged in each column direction with a column perpendicular to the scanning direction. In a display method of a display device for displaying a color image by matrix driving a display means constituted by light emitting means corresponding to each pixel to be displayed,
The light emitting means includes a first light emitting means corresponding to a first pixel in which one pixel is composed of green and red, and a second light emitting means corresponding to a second pixel composed of green and blue. Configured, the first light emitting means and the second light emitting means are alternately arranged in the scanning direction,
When scanning and driving the first light emitting means and the second light emitting means in a predetermined row with a scanning direction as a row,
The first light emitting means is supplied with a signal of a corresponding pixel for the green component, and is supplied with a signal for the corresponding pixel and two adjacent pixels for the red component,
A display method of supplying a signal of a corresponding pixel with respect to a green component and supplying a signal of the corresponding pixel and two adjacent pixels with respect to a blue component to the second light emitting means.

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