JPH0573005A - Picture display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain high response speed and high picture quality by a simple matrix by performing gradation display based or gradation data formed in accordance with the result of comparison between the display data of a previous screen and the display data of this screen. CONSTITUTION:A display control circuit 51 controls the display data of the upper side liquid crystal panel of a liquid crystal panel 20, and a display control circuit 52 controls the display data of the lower side liquid crystal panel thereof. The display data of the frame of previous time and the display data of the frame of this time are written in the RAM-A73 and the RAM-C83, and in the RAM-B74 and the RAM-D84 of a frame memory, respectively. The data in the RAM-A73 and the RAM-C83 (or the RAM-C83 and the RAM-D84) are read out four times in one field and compared in ROM 77 and 87 so that gradation signals are outputted by divided four times so as to make a response speed high. The liquid crystal panel is driven based on the plural display data formed in such a manner, and the number of transmission bits is reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display device having a relatively large screen used for a liquid crystal projector, a liquid crystal television, etc., and more particularly to an image display device using a simple matrix liquid crystal such as STN.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In displaying on a television screen, high-performance and high-quality display functions such as high resolution, high gradation, high-speed response, and high contrast are required. As a display method, TN (Twis
Ted (Nematic) type, STN (Supertmwisted Nematic) type, etc. are used, and the driving method is TFT (Thin Film).
Active matrix drive using a transistor and simple matrix drive are adopted.

[0003]

By the way, there are the above-mentioned simple matrix system and TFT system in the liquid crystal display device, and it is said that the TFT is superior in image quality and response speed. That is, the simple matrix has the drawbacks that i) the response time is slow due to the effect of cumulative response, and ii) the margin is small and the contrast is low due to the high duty. In particular, the response of the liquid crystal is slow, and STN
When (1) is adopted, the contrast is improved but the responsiveness is further deteriorated. Further, in such a conventional liquid crystal display device, since the image quality is determined by the number of control bits, there is a problem that the circuit scale and the number of wirings are increased in order to obtain a high quality display. there were. For example, if the number of bits can be reduced in a liquid crystal drive circuit that performs gradation display on the liquid crystal by pulse width modulation, the number of wirings and the circuit scale can be reduced, and the device cost can be reduced, but without reducing the number of bits. It was difficult to improve the image quality. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image display device capable of achieving high response speed and high image quality with a simple matrix. Another object of the present invention is to provide an image display device capable of achieving high image quality with a small number of bits.

[0004]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In order to achieve the above object, in an image display device that scans N times in one field of a video signal, the display data of the previous screen is compared with the display data of the current screen, and the grayscale data for N times is compared according to the comparison result. Is provided, and gradation display is performed based on the gradation data generated by the gradation data generating means. For example, as described in claim 2, the image display device inputs and compares the display data of the previous screen and the display data of the current screen, and creates a table for outputting gradation data according to the input data. I have it. Further, the table is, for example, in claim 3.
The number of bits of the output display data may be smaller than the number of bits of the input display data, and, for example, as described in claim 4. The display data may be output N times with respect to one input of the display data. Further, as described in claim 5, for example, the table is composed of gradation data having a value such that the response speed becomes faster with respect to the gradation signal when read according to the previous screen and the current screen. It may be According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the display data is generated from the display data generating means for comparing the display data of the previous frame and the display data of the current frame and generating a plurality of display data according to the comparison result. And a liquid crystal driving means for driving the liquid crystal display panel based on a plurality of display data.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in an image display device displaying the same screen N times, the screen is compared with a previous screen, and grayscale data generating means for generating a plurality of display data according to the comparison result is provided. Grayscale display is performed based on a plurality of display data generated by the grayscale data generating means. The invention according to claim 8 is accessed by A / D conversion means for converting a video signal into a digital signal and display data A / D converted by the A / D conversion means, and gradation data according to the display data. And a table for outputting the grayscale data so that the number of bits of the gradation data to be output is smaller than the number of bits of the display data to be input.
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, an A / D conversion means for converting a video signal into a digital signal and an A / D conversion means by the A / D conversion means.
A table which is accessed by the converted display data and outputs gradation data according to the display data,
The table shows N for each display data access.
The gradation data is output once.

[0005]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. In the inventions of claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4 and claim 5, first, the display data of the previous screen and the display data of the current screen are input, and the gradation data corresponding to the input data is input. A table is provided for outputting. In this case, in the table, the number of bits of output display data is smaller than the number of bits of input display data, and the display data can be output N times with respect to one input of display data. It is composed. Next, the display data of the previous screen is compared with the display data of the current screen when scanning is performed N times in one field of the video signal by the gradation data generating means, and N times of floors are displayed from the table according to the comparison result. Key data is generated. Then, gradation display is performed based on the generated gradation data. Therefore, the gradation data is converted, and the response speed is significantly improved. In particular, even if the number of bits is small, a desired gradation is expressed by dividing it N times, so that it is possible to improve the response speed while reducing the number of transmission bits. In the invention of claim 6, the display data generating means compares the display data of the previous frame with the display data of the current frame, generates a plurality of display data according to the comparison result, and generates the plurality of display data. Based on this, the liquid crystal drive means drives the liquid crystal display panel. Therefore, the number of transmission bits can be reduced by decomposing into a plurality of display data. According to the invention of claim 7, when the same screen is displayed N times, the gradation data generating means compares the screen with the previous screen, and a plurality of display data are generated and generated according to the comparison result. The gradation display is performed based on the plurality of display data. Therefore, even if the number of bits is small, a desired gradation is expressed by dividing it N times, so that it is possible to improve the image quality while reducing the number of transmission bits. In the invention of claim 8, the table for outputting the gradation data according to the display data is configured such that the number of bits of the gradation data to be output is smaller than the number of bits of the display data to be input. Therefore, in the image display device for displaying the A / D converted display data as an image,
The response speed can be significantly improved. According to the invention of claim 9, the table for outputting the gradation data according to the display data is configured to output the gradation data N times for each access of the display data. Therefore, A
In the image display device that displays the display data that has been D / D converted, the number of transmission bits can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

[0006]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the image display device. In this embodiment, the light from one light source of the image display device is used as an R (red) component, a G (green) component, and a B (blue) component. The light is decomposed into the three light components, and the corresponding three liquid crystal display modules are irradiated, and the images displayed by being decomposed into the three colors of R, G, and B on each liquid crystal display module are combined by reflection and transmission. This is an example of application to a liquid crystal projector that magnifies and projects on a screen with one projection lens.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a liquid crystal projector 1. In FIG. 1, the liquid crystal projector 1 includes R, G,
The video signal input after being separated into the three colors of B is R, G, B
An image display device 2 for displaying on three liquid crystal panels for use,
There is provided an optical system 4 for synthesizing the images displayed on the R, G, B liquid crystal panels by reflection and transmission based on the light from the light source, and enlarging and projecting them on the screen 3 by one projection lens.

The image display device 2 generates various timing signals and supplies the timing signals to each circuit, and a video signal from a video signal source based on a sampling clock Φs.
A / D converter 1 for converting to a 5-bit digital signal
2, an R display control unit 13, a G display control unit 14, a B display control unit 15, which performs display control for each R, G, B display signal by a control signal from the timing control circuit 11,
Display control unit 13, G display control unit 14, B display control unit 15
R liquid crystal display device 16, G liquid crystal display device 17, B liquid crystal display device 1 for driving R, G, and B liquid crystal panels by the output of
Eight. A detailed description of the image display device 2 will be given later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the liquid crystal display devices 16, 17 and 18, and the R liquid crystal display device 16 is shown as a representative because it is composed of the same circuit for three systems of R, G and B. As shown in FIG. 2, the R liquid crystal display device 16 includes a vertically divided liquid crystal panel 20, a scanning side drive circuit 21 for driving the upper side liquid crystal panel 20A, and a scanning side drive circuit 22 for driving the lower side liquid crystal panel 20B. , And signal side drive circuits 23 and 24 for driving gradation display by the output of the R display control unit 13.

The R liquid crystal driving device 16 applies a scanning signal from the upper limit scanning side driving circuits 21 and 22 to the upper and lower scanning line electrodes of the liquid crystal panel 20, and the signal side driving circuits 23 and 24 to the signal line electrodes of the liquid crystal panel 20. A video signal is applied to control the driving of the liquid crystal pixels where the two signal line electrodes intersect. The gradation signal data output from the R display control unit 13 is supplied to the liquid crystal for 1H, but is first converted into a pulse width (PWM) by the signal side drive circuits 23 and 24. Any one of the signals having 16 kinds of pulse widths is generated in the signal drive circuits 23 and 24, and the density of each pixel in the selected scanning line electrode is determined by this. The above operation is repeated every time the selection of the scanning line electrode is switched.

In describing the present embodiment, technical features will first be briefly described for convenience of description. Increase the frame frequency. In the image display device, a period for scanning the entire one screen is called one frame, and one screen is displayed in one field of the video signal, so that the cycle (frame frequency) is 1 / 60S. In the image display device 2, the liquid crystal panel 20 is 1 / 60th.
One screen is displayed four times by scanning four times during S, and the frequency is 240 Hz. In order to realize this, in this embodiment, the display control units 13, 14 and 15 are provided with four frame memories (RAM-A, RAM-B, RAMC, RAM).
-D) is provided so that the data once stored in the memory is read four times at a predetermined timing. It should be noted that the two fields of the video signal are also referred to as a frame, and in this specification, the word "frame" is used both for the meaning of one scan of the liquid crystal panel and the meaning of the two fields of the video signal.

Upper and lower split panels are used. As shown in FIG. 2, the scanning side driving circuit of the liquid crystal driving device 16 for driving the vertically divided liquid crystal panel 20 is divided into a scanning side driving circuit 21 and a scanning side driving circuit 22, and at the same time, the scanning lines of the upper side liquid crystal panel 20A. The electrode and the scanning line electrode of the lower liquid crystal panel 20B are selected. That is, under the condition that the larger the duty of the liquid crystal, the higher the margin, there was a situation in which the margin became insufficient when the number of scan line electrodes was increased. However, by performing such an operation, the duty can be halved. The selection time for one scan is doubled. However, in order to display at the same time as described above, for example, the data of X1 and the data of X241 must be obtained at the same time, so at least one of the data needs to be read from the memory. In this embodiment, this memory is used as the RAM-A, RAM-B, RAM-C,
It is realized by using RAM-D.

The gradation signals are converted using the ROM table. As shown in FIG. 3, when a certain pixel on the liquid crystal panel 20 has a gradation signal of "2" in a certain frame, the response speed of the liquid crystal is small even if this becomes "10" in the next frame. "2" to "10" will slowly follow. If this is regarded as the luminance, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 4, even if the gradation signal “10” continues four times, a response delay occurs even though the luminance of “2” becomes the luminance of “10”.

Therefore, in the present application, in the case as shown by the broken line in FIG. 3, the above “10” is converted into “16”, and the response speed is significantly increased as shown by the broken line in FIG. ing. Similarly, when the value becomes "3" in the next frame, this "3" is converted to "0" to improve the falling response speed.

In order to convert the gradation signal, a ROM table in which the values of the previous frame and the current frame are tabulated is provided in the ROM, and the gradation signal is converted by referring to the ROM table to speed up the process. To do so. For example, when the previous frame is “0”, the current frame is “0”, the table data is “0”, the previous frame is “2”,
If the current frame is "10", table data "1"
5 ”. As described above, the display data (gradation signal) of the video signal is not directly applied to the liquid crystal panel, but the ROM is used.
A table is used to transform and give.

When the current frame is "10", RO
When "15" is given by the M table, if the next frame is "10", the previous frame is "10",
Since the current frame is "10", for example, "10" is read from the ROM table. In this case, as long as "10" continues in the next frame, "10" is read from the ROM table and the data converges to "10".

If it is sufficient to simply increase the response speed, the maximum value is given if it is larger than the previous value, and the minimum value is given if it is smaller than the previous value. Shoot) occurs.
Therefore, the optimum value is actually obtained in advance by simulation or the like and stored in the ROM table. Further, since the optimum value differs depending on the temperature, a plurality of ROM tables may be prepared according to the temperature.

The gradation signal is decomposed and divided into four times to realize gradation. This makes it possible to reduce the number of transmission bits of the drive system (described in detail below). First, the merit of reducing the number of transmission bits will be described. For example, when the gradation signal obtained by the A / D converter 12 is 5 bits, 000
There are 32 gradations from 00 to 11111. In this case, shift registers (described later) inside the display control units 13, 14, 15 shown in FIG. 1 must be operated at 5 bits, and memory access must also be performed at 5 bits per pixel. However, there is a demand for operating the liquid crystal driving devices 16, 17, and 18 at 3 bits in order to reduce the number of wirings. Therefore, as described below, the number of bits in the liquid crystal driving device is reduced from, for example, 5 bits to 3 bits by realizing gradation in four steps.

That is, as described above, one pixel is displayed four times and the frequency is 240 Hz. This means that the same data is displayed four times. For example, in the conventional case, one screen is 1/60 and the data is "5" as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), and one screen is displayed four times as shown in FIG. 5 (c). “5” is displayed in each of the four divided areas. That is, 00000-1111 with 5 bits
Instead of displaying 32 gradations of 1, one screen is divided into 4 times and each of them is expressed by 3 bits (see FIG. 5D). Then, for example, when the original 5-bit data is "0",
As shown in (e), 3-bit data is divided into four times, and each of them may be represented by "0", "0", "0", "0".
When the bit data is "31", it is 3b as shown in Fig. 5 (f).
Divide the it data into 4 times, and divide each into "7""7""7"
It may be displayed as "7". Since the liquid crystal operates in this manner depending on the effective value of the applied voltage, the same result can be obtained by averaging even if the liquid crystal is divided into four times. In other words, 3bit
However, 8 gradations from 0 to 7 can be obtained, but by dividing this into 4 times, 8 gradations can be expressed by 4 combinations, and 28 gradations can be realized with 3 bits × 4.

The above will be specifically described with reference to the waveform chart shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, the solid line in the figure is 60 Hz.
Shows the waveform of the gradation signal at that time, and the broken line indicates 240H in the present application.
The signal waveform at the time of z is shown.

If the gradation signal waveform is "1" as shown in FIG. 6 (a), this application may also have "1" (FIG. 6).
(B)), as shown in FIG. 6 (c), when the gradation signal waveform is "20", this is divided into four times and "5".
If “5”, “5”, and “5” are set, 5 × 4 = 20, and the width (that is, gradation) is the same as “20” in the case of 5 bits (see FIG. 6D). Similarly, when the gradation signal waveform is “21” as shown in FIG. 6E, this is set to “6”.
If divided into "5", "5", and "5" four times, it becomes "21" (see FIG. 6 (f)). In addition, the gradation signal waveform is "31 (f
"(ull)", it is "7" as shown in FIG.
If “7”, “7”, and “7” are set, 7 × 4 becomes “28”.
Therefore, in the conventional example, 5 bits are required to express 32 gradations, but in the present application, by dividing the waveform, 3 bi
28 gradations can be expressed by t × 4. 5bit
In case of 3, the gradation expression from 0 to 31 can be expressed, but in case of 3bit, only 0 to 28 can be expressed.
In case of 8, 29, 30, 31 all are full (see FIG. 6).
(G)).

Two scan electrodes are driven. If there are 480 scanning lines as shown in FIG. 7, there are 240 scanning lines in one field. In the case of a CRT, interlaced scanning is performed and the odd lines 1, 3, 5, 7 ... Are displayed first, and then the even lines 2, 4, 6 ... are displayed in the next field. If the duty is high, the operating margin (voltage drive ratio) will decrease, so it is desirable to avoid interlacing scanning lines. Therefore, in the field which is originally displayed as 1, 3, 5, 7 as shown in FIG. 7a., Line 2 is at line 1, line 4 is at line 3, and line 6 is at line 5. It is displayed at the same time, and the combination is changed in the next field, and line 3 is displayed in the case of line 2 and line 5 is displayed in the case of line 4 as shown in FIG.
I am trying. This is operated by the liquid crystal driving side regardless of the signal side, and for example, as shown in FIG. 2, the line 2 (X2) which is not originally scanned is turned on together with the line 1 (X1), and in the next frame, the line is turned on. 3 (X3) and line 4 (X4) are turned on together.

8 to 14 are views showing an embodiment of the image display device based on the above basic concept. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 8 is a block configuration diagram of the image display device 2. The image display device 2 is configured by the same circuit for three systems of R (red), G (green), and B (blue). Here, one system out of the three systems (for example, , R) (that is, the timing control circuit 11, the A / D converter 12, the R display controller 13, and the R liquid crystal display device 16) are shown as representatives. In the figure, the image display device 2 includes a timing control circuit 11 for generating various timing signals and a control signal based on the timing signals, and display control circuits 51, 5 for performing display control by the control signals from the timing control circuit 11.
2. Signal side drive circuits 51, 52 for driving gradation display by the output of the display control circuit 51, scanning side drive circuit 21, for driving the liquid crystal panel 20 based on a predetermined timing signal,
22 is provided. Here, the timing control circuit 11 and the display control circuit 51, which are control systems, operate in 5 bits, and the signal side drive circuits 23, 24 and the scanning side drive circuits 21, 22 in the drive system operate in 3 bits.

The timing control circuit 11 counts the vertical synchronizing signal Φv, and generates a clock for various vertical timings based on the output of the V counter 62 and the V counter 62. The timing generating circuit 63 (the operation timing is shown in FIG. 11). Reference), voltage-controlled oscillator (OSC) 6
4, a phase comparator 65 and an H counter 66, and a PLL circuit 67 for comparing and locking the phase of a signal obtained by dividing the horizontal synchronizing signal Φ _H and the output of the OSC 64, and timing is based on the output of the H counter 66 of the PLL circuit 67. At the same time, it is composed of a timing generation circuit 68 for generating various horizontal timing clocks, and a control circuit 69 for generating various control signals based on the outputs of the timing generation circuits 63, 68.

The output of the A / D converter 12 is the liquid crystal panel 20.
Of the display control circuit 51 for controlling the upper side of the display control circuit 51 and the display control circuit 52 for controlling the lower side of the display control circuit 52.
52 are supplied respectively. The hardware configuration of the display control circuit 51 is the same as that of the display control circuit 52, but the operation timing of each internal circuit is different.

The display control circuit 51 decodes the D / D control signal from the timing control circuit 11 to decode RAM-A73, RAM-B74, and SOM (Se which will be described later).
rialOut Memory) -A75, SOM-B76 write enable signals WEA, WEB for enabling write operations, OP decoder (operation decoder) 71 for outputting a read pulse RS (see FIG. 11), and conversion to a 5-bit digital signal The stored video data (for example, R (red) data RD) is stored in the shift register (SIM (Serial In Memory) -A) 72 and the shift register (SIM-A) 72 for storing one scanning line (1H). 1H data R
The frame memory (RAM-A) 73 for sequentially writing D at the timing of the write enable WEB shown in FIG. 11 and the 1H data RD stored in the shift register (SIM-A) 72 of the write enable WEB shown in FIG. Frame memory (RAM-B) 74 that writes in sequence at timing
And a shift register (SOM-A) 75 for performing parallel-serial conversion operation for reading the video data written in the RAM-A 73 at the timing of the read pulse RS and storing the same row at a time, and the video written in the RAM-B 74. A shift register (SOM-B) 76 that performs a parallel-serial conversion operation that reads out and stores the same row at one time at the timing of the read pulse RS and stores the ROM table 100 shown in FIG.
75 and SOM-B76 are used as ROM addresses to sequentially compare the data of the previous frame and the data of the current frame, and a ROM 77 that outputs a data conversion value based on the ROM table 100 to the signal side drive circuit 55. There is.

Similarly, the display control circuit 52 decodes the D / D control signal from the timing control circuit 11 to decode RAM-C83, RAM-D84, S which will be described later.
Write enable signals WEC, WED and read pulse R that enable the write operation of the OM-C85 and SOM-D86.
OP decoder 81 that outputs S (see FIG. 11) and 5 bits
Video data converted to a digital signal (for example,
A shift register (SIM-C) 82 that stores R (red) data RD) for one scanning line (1H) and 1H data RD stored in the shift register (SIM-B) 82 are shown in FIG. 1H data R stored in the frame memory (RAM-C) 83 and the shift register (SIM-B) 82 which are sequentially written at the enable WEC timing.
Frame memory (RAM-D) 84 and RA for sequentially writing D at the timing of write enable WED shown in FIG.
A shift register (SOM that performs a parallel-serial conversion operation in which the video data written in the M-C83 is read and stored in the same row at one time at the timing of the read pulse RS.
-C) 85, a shift register (SOM-A) 86 for performing parallel-to-serial conversion operation for reading and storing the same row at a time with the read pulse RS for the video data written in the RAM-D 84, and the ROM table 100. SOM-C85 and SOM
The ROM 87 outputs the data conversion value based on the ROM table 100 to the signal side drive circuit 56 by sequentially comparing the data of the previous frame and the data of the current frame with the data stored in D86 as the ROM address.

Here, in the present embodiment, assuming that the number of pixels of the liquid crystal panel 20 is 736 dots in one line, the shift registers (SIM-A) 72 and (SIM-B) 82 are described.
Becomes a 736-stage shift register. This SIM-A
72, data stored in SIM-B82 is RAM-A73, RAM-B74, RAM-C8 of the frame memory.
3, will be input to the RAM-D84. The operation in this case will be described later (see FIGS. 10 and 11).

The data processed by the contents of the ROM 77 of the display control circuit 51 is output to the signal side drive circuit 23, and the data processed by the contents of the ROM 87 of the display control circuit 52 is output to the signal side drive circuit 24. It The signal side drive circuits 23 and 24 perform gradation expression with 3 bits based on the data output from the display control circuits 51 and 52 (the number of bits for gradation expression within the display control circuits 51 and 52 is 5 bits. (32 gradations).

The scanning side drive circuit 21 is shown in FIG.
The liquid crystal panel 20 is driven at the timing shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid crystal panel 20 has 736 pixels and scanning line electrodes of x1 to x2.
Three 40, x241 to x480 ones are used for R, G and B. In this case, the number of pixels for projection display is (the number of pixels for display) = 480 × 736 × 3, and the amount of data is data amount = (the number of pixels for display) × 5 bits. Further, the duty is: duty = 1/480 × 2 (because it is divided into upper and lower parts) × 2 (to select two lines of scanning electrodes) = 1/120

FIG. 9 shows the RO stored in the ROMs 77 and 82.
It is a figure which shows the structure of the M table 100. In FIG. 9, the ROM table 100 is created according to both the concept of the gradation signal conversion described in FIGS. 3 and 4 and the concept of the gradation signal decomposition described in FIGS. 5 and 6. It is a table and has the following features.

That is, from the viewpoint of converting the gradation signal, as shown in FIG. 9, the 0 bit indicating the 5-bit gradation signal in the previous frame is shown in the vertical direction of the ROM table 100.
~ 31, 5 bits in the current frame in the horizontal direction
0 to 31 indicating the gradation signal of
For each table value tabulated by 1 and this time frames 0 to 31, 3 bits are divided into 4 times and data conversion values 0 to 7 are divided.
(7 is the maximum value because it is 3 bits) is stored. The data conversion value is gradation signal data set so that the response speed is as high as possible based on the movement between the previous frame and the current frame, and the optimum value is calculated and stored in advance by simulation or the like. In this embodiment, the data conversion value is 3 bits for the reason described below.
Is stored as data. For example, the previous frame is "2" and the current frame is "15" (all 5bit information)
In this case, the maximum value "7" of 3 bits is read from the ROM table 100, and the response speed can be improved by using the data conversion value "7" read from the ROM table 100.

On the other hand, from the viewpoint of decomposing the gradation signal, as shown in FIG. 9, by dividing one screen into four times, the data conversion values 0 to 7 are provided at each of the times represented by 3 bits. To do so. Therefore, the data of 3 bits × 4 is read from the ROM table 100 accessed by 5 bits, and the drive system in the subsequent stage can be operated by 3 bits.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when the previous frame is "2" and the current frame is "15", the table value is "7777". Therefore, the 3-bit data conversion value "7" is 2 at the first time. The value "7" is read for the first time, "7" for the third time, and "7" for the fourth time. When the previous frame is “15” and the current frame is “15”, “444”
Since it is "3", the first time the 3-bit data conversion value "4",
"4" is read for the second time, "4" is read for the third time, and "3" is read for the fourth time.

As described above, by using the ROM table 100, the conversion and decomposition of the gradation signal can be realized at the same time, the response speed is improved by the conversion of the gradation signal, and the driving system by the decomposition of the gradation signal. It is possible to simultaneously achieve the contradictory objectives of reducing the number of transmission bits of.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Overall Operation First, in the timing control circuit 11, the phase and frequency of the horizontal synchronizing signal Φ _H generated from the video signal and the signal divided by the OSC 64 and the H counter 66 are locked by the PLL circuit 67. The output of the H counter 66 that constitutes the frequency dividing circuit is input to the timing generating circuit 68,
The timing generation circuit 68 creates various timing clocks for H (horizontal). The vertical synchronizing signal Φv is input to the V counter 62, and the V counter 62 counts the number of H in synchronization with Φv from the video signal based on the count output of the H counter 66, and the timing generating circuit 63 outputs V. Create various timing clocks in (vertical).

On the other hand, the R, G and B video signals are converted into 5-bit digital signals by the A / D converter 12 and the SIM-A72 and SIM-B8 of the display control circuits 51 and 52.
2 is output. In the display control circuits 51 and 52, the A / D
The data RD of the reproduced video signal R (red) is SIM for 1H.
-The data stored in A72 and the data stored in SIM-A72 are write enable WE as data of the A and B fields.
The data is sequentially written in the RAM-A73 at the timing of A (FIG. 11). Similarly, the data of the C and D fields are stored in the RAM-B at the timing of the write enable WEB (FIG. 11).
74 are sequentially written. RAM-A73, RAM-B
The video data written in 74 is a read pulse RS.
(FIG. 11) shows that the same row is SOM-A75,
Read to SOM-B76, SOM-A75, SOM
-ROM7 using the data of B76 as the ROM address
7, the data of the previous frame and the data of the current frame are sequentially compared. Then, the ROM table 100 stored in the ROM 77 is compared by comparing the data displayed in the same pixel.
The data subjected to the data conversion processing in accordance with the contents of (1) is sent to the signal side drive circuit 23. Here, since the image display device 2 has a frame frequency of 240 Hz / upper and lower division,
Data for one line is read during the H period and displayed on the liquid crystal panel 54 through the signal side drive circuit 23. The lower screen is also displayed in the same procedure, and the display control for G and B is performed in the same manner as for R.

Operation in the display control circuits 51, 52 1H of the data of the video signal R which has been A / D converted is SI.
The data of 1H stored in the M-A72 and SIM-B82 is stored in the frame memory RAM-A73 and RAM-B7.
4, RAM-C83, RAM-D84. The operation in this case will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 10 shows f ₅ of the fields f _{1 to} f _8.
The is a diagram for explaining the write operation of RAM-A~RAM-D when taken as an example, FIG. 11 is a field f _5
7 is a timing chart showing detailed operation timings of each unit at to f ₈ .

As shown in FIG. 11, first, the field f
_{At 5} , the upper half data (H1 to H120) is written to the RAM-A73 by the write enable WEA,
Data in the lower half of the field f ₅ (H121 to H24
0) is RAM-C83 by write enable WEC
Written in. After that, when the field f ₆ is reached, the upper half data is again written to the RAM by the write enable WEA.
-A73 and the lower half data is written to RAM-C83 by write enable WEC. Then, in the field f ₇ , the upper half data is written in the RAM-B74 by the write enable WEB, and the lower half data is written in the RAM-B74 by the write enable WEB.
Written to D84. Thereafter, when the field f ₈ is reached, the upper half data is written in the RAM-B74 by the write enable WEB, and the lower half data is written in the RAM-C84 by the write enable WEC. Therefore, the display control device 52 uses the SIC shown in FIG.
The data of the field f ₅ H1 is SIM-A7 by A.
Field f ₅ H12 by SICB
The data of 1 is taken into SIM-B82. As described above, the SIC-A72 and SIC-B82 are individually loaded with data for 1H, but are written into the frame memory (here, RAM-A73 and RAM-C83) by the latch clock for each line. Be done. Similarly, in the next frame, the frame memory (RAM-B74, RAM-D84)
Data is written in every line.

[0042] Thus, the data of f ₂ at the timing of the field f ₂ as shown in FIG. 10 is written into the frame memory (f ₂ W), at the timing of f ₃ to write the data of f ₃ in the frame memory ( f ₃ W). Hereinafter, likewise at the timing of f ₈ writes data of f ₈ (f
₈ W).

[0043] performed in this case, will be described by focusing on the timing of the field f _5, it is the timing of f ₅ data f ₂ lead (f ₂ R) 4 times. The relationship with the frame memory for one time of f ₂ R is shown in the enlarged portion of FIG. 10, and as shown in this figure, for one time of f ₂ R of the field f ₅ , RAM-A 73 to f ₂ upper data ( H1R H2
R H3R to H120R) is f ₄ from RAM-B74.
Upper data (H1R H2R H3R to H120R)
However, from the RAM-C83, the lower data of f ₂ (H240R
H239R to H121R) is f ₄ from RAM-D84.
The lower data (H240R H239R to H121R) is read out (here, H represents each horizontal number). Also, similarly in the other times of f ₂ R and other fields, the upper half for the previous screen from the frame memory,
The data of the upper half for the current screen, the upper half for the previous screen, and the lower half for the current screen are read. Here, RAM-C83, R
When reading the lower data from AM-D84, H240
The reason for reading in the reverse direction from H to H121 will be described later.

As described above, the shift register (SIM
-A) Data of 736 dots for 1H is input to 72, and RA of the data of 736 stored in SIM-A72.
M-A73 and RAM-B74 are accessed. RAM
-A73, RAM-B74 read 736 × 5 bit data, and these data are SOM-A85, SO
It is output to the M-B86. SOM-A85, SOM-B
86 is read from RAM-A73 and RAM-B74 7
The 36 × 5 bit data is read by the read pulse RS (FIG. 11) in the same row arranged at a time like parallel-serial conversion, and the read 736 × 5 bit data is R.
Access OM77. Here, 5 bits are accessed 736 times, and this is performed during 1 / 2H. That is, in order to increase the frame frequency, one screen is
It is displayed once and is set to 240 Hz, so it should be 1 /
Although it is necessary to access at 4H, in this embodiment, the upper display control circuit 51 and the lower display control circuit 52 are shared (divided into two), and therefore access is performed at 1 / 2H for 736 times. The same applies to SOM-B86.

Here, the contents of RAM-A73 and RAM-
Since one frame is deviated from the contents of B74, for example, in the above-mentioned case, the contents of the fields f ₅ and f ₇ are 2
Access ROM 77 as input. 3bi data converted from ROM77 accessed with 5bit data
Since the data of t is read and output to the signal side drive circuit 23, the drive system of the liquid crystal panel 54 can be operated at 3 bits (see FIG. 12). Therefore, FIG.
As shown in (a), the data of f ₂ is put in the frame memory, and the data of the same position of the next frame is necessary to compare the data of this f ₂ , so the data of f ₄ is put in the frame memory. Then, the data of f ₂ and f ₄ are compared at the time of f ₅ . This causes the display to be delayed by the frame. In order to realize the above, the image display device 2 of the present embodiment has four blocks of the frame memory, that is, RA.
M-A73, RAM-B74, RAM-C83, RAM
-D84.

As described with reference to FIG. 12, since the liquid crystal drive system for driving the liquid crystal panel 20 can be operated by 3 bits, the circuit scale can be greatly reduced. In this case, each of the R, G, and B systems has 3 bits.
It is possible to operate, and it is possible to obtain an information amount of 5 bits while operating with 3 bits.

Operation in Liquid Crystal Driving System FIG. 13 is a waveform diagram showing driving waveforms of the scanning side driving circuits 21 and 22. In the present embodiment, since the scanning electrodes are driven two by two (see FIG. 7), the line 2 (X2) and the line 3 (X) are generated in one field (f ₁ ) as shown in FIG.
3), line 4 (X4) and line 5 (X5), and next 2 fields (f ₂ ), line 3 (X3) and line 4
The combination is shifted such as (X4).
As a result, the drive margin of the liquid crystal is increased.

Further, in this embodiment, in order to drive the liquid crystal panel 20 with an alternating current, a method of inverting the drive waveform every one selection period of the scanning line electrode is adopted. Further, in the present embodiment, when scanning the vertically divided liquid crystal panel 20, the upper liquid crystal panel 20A and the lower liquid crystal panel 20B are not both scanned in the quasi-direction as shown in FIG. As shown in b, the lower liquid crystal panel 20B scans in the opposite direction. By driving in this way, it is possible to make the connecting line between the upper liquid crystal panel 20A and the lower liquid crystal panel 20B inconspicuous. Therefore, the RAM-C83 and RAM- of the display control circuit 52 are used.
When reading the data from D84, the data is read in the reverse direction from H240 to H121 as shown in FIG.

As described above, the display control circuit 51 of the image display device 2 of the present embodiment has the SIM-A 72 and the SIM-A 72 which store 5 bits of video data for one scanning line (1H).
-RAM-A73 for sequentially writing at the timing of 1H data WEA stored in A72, and shift register (SI
The RAM-B74 which sequentially writes at the timing of the data WEB of 1H stored in the M-A) 72 and the SOM-A75 which stores the data written in the RAM-A73 by reading the same row at one time at the timing of the read pulse RS. And R
Read pulse RS for reading data written in AM-B74
SOM that reads and stores the same row at the same time
-B76 and the ROM table 100 are stored, and the data stored in the SOM-A75 and the SOM-B76 are used as ROM addresses to sequentially compare the data of the previous frame and the data of the current frame, and the ROM table 100
And a ROM 77 that outputs a data conversion value based on the above to the signal side drive circuit 55, decomposes the gradation signal and gradation is divided into four, and the gradation signal divided into four is RO
Since the gradation signal is converted by comparing the motion between the previous frame and the current frame using the M table 100,
With one ROM table 100, it is possible to simultaneously achieve the contradictory objectives of improving the response speed by converting the gradation signal and reducing the number of transmission bits of the driving system by disassembling the gradation signal. That is, in this embodiment, the drive system is 3 bits
However, 28 gradations, which is close to 32 gradations (5 bits) of the control system, can be realized, and the drive system can be operated at all 3 bits, so that the circuit scale can be greatly reduced.
Image quality for 5 bits can be realized while operating at t.

The present embodiment is an example in which the image display device is applied to a liquid crystal projector using STN, for example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to all devices using a table. Needless to say.

Further, in the present embodiment, the gradation signal is divided into four times, but it goes without saying that any kind may be used as long as it decomposes the gradation signal.

Furthermore, the number of control bits of the image display device and R
The number of bits of the OM table is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and any number can be used.

Further, it goes without saying that the circuits, the number of pixels, the types, etc. constituting the image display device, the liquid crystal panel, etc. are not limited to those in the above-mentioned embodiments.

[0054]

According to the inventions of claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, and claim 5, the display data of the previous screen and the display data of the current screen are compared, and the comparison result is shown. Accordingly, the grayscale data for N times is generated, and the grayscale display is performed based on the generated grayscale data. Therefore, the response of the liquid crystal can be remarkably enhanced. However, the response can be improved without lowering the contrast. Therefore, it is possible to realize high response speed and high image quality even with a simple matrix. Further, even if the number of bits is small, a desired gradation is expressed by dividing it N times, so that it is possible to improve the response speed while reducing the number of transmission bits.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the display data of the previous frame and the display data of the current frame are compared, a plurality of display data are generated according to the comparison result, and the generated display data are generated. Since the gradation display is performed based on the display, the number of transmission bits can be reduced by dividing the display data.

According to the invention of claim 7, when the same screen is displayed N times, the screen and the previous screen are compared, a plurality of display data are generated according to the comparison result, and the generated floor is generated. Since the liquid crystal driving means drives the liquid crystal display panel based on the tone data, even if the bit number is small, the desired gray scale is expressed by dividing it N times to reduce the number of transmission bits. In addition, the image quality can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 8, the table for outputting the gradation data according to the display data is configured so that the number of bits of the gradation data to be output is smaller than the number of bits of the input display data. Therefore, the response speed can be significantly improved in the image display device that displays the A / D converted display data as an image.

According to the invention of claim 9, the table for outputting the gradation data according to the display data is constructed so that the gradation data is output N times for each access of the display data. Therefore, in the image display device that displays the A / D converted display data as an image, the number of transmission bits can be reduced, and the cost of the entire device can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a liquid crystal projector.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of a liquid crystal display device of the image display device.

FIG. 3 is a waveform diagram for explaining conversion of a gradation signal of the image display device.

FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram for explaining a response speed of a gradation signal of the image display device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining decomposition of gradation signals of the image display device.

FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram for explaining decomposition of gradation signals of the image display device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining driving two scan electrodes of the image display device.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an image display device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a structure of a ROM table of the image display device.

FIG. 10 is a waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the image display device.

FIG. 11 is a waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the image display device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing that the number of transmission bits of the drive system of the image display device is reduced.

FIG. 13 is a waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the liquid crystal drive circuit of the image display device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a method of driving scan electrodes of the image display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Liquid crystal projector 2 Image display device 11 Timing control circuit 12 A / D converter 13, 14, 15 Display control unit 16, 17, 18 Liquid crystal display device 20 Liquid crystal panel 20A Upper liquid crystal panel 20B Lower liquid crystal panel 21, 22 Scanning side driving circuit 23, 24 Signal side driving circuit 51, 52 Display control circuit 71 OP decoder 72, 82 Shift register (SIM-A, SIM-
B) 73, 74, 83, 84 frame memory (RAM-
A, RAM-B, RAM-C, RAM-D) 75, 76, 85, 86 Shift register (SOM-
A, SOM-B, SOM-C, SOM-D) 77,78 ROM 100 ROM table

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Hideki Mori 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo office

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An image display device that scans N times in one field of a video signal, compares the display data of the previous screen with the display data of the current screen, and outputs the gradation data for N times according to the comparison result. An image display device comprising: a gradation data generating unit for generating the gradation data, and performing gradation display based on the gradation data generated by the gradation data generating unit. 2. A table for inputting display data of a previous screen and display data of a current screen and outputting gradation data according to the input data is provided. Image display device. 3. The image display device according to claim 2, wherein in the table, the number of bits of output display data is smaller than the number of bits of input display data. 4. The image display device according to claim 2, wherein the table outputs the display data N times when the display data is input once. 5. The table is composed of gradation data having a value such that a response speed becomes faster with respect to a gradation signal when read according to a previous screen and a current screen. 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4
The image display device described. 6. Display data generating means for comparing the display data of the previous frame and the display data of the current frame, and generating a plurality of display data according to the comparison result, and a plurality of display data generating means generated from said display data generating means. An image display device comprising: a liquid crystal driving unit that drives a liquid crystal display panel based on display data. 7. An image display device for displaying the same screen N times, comprising gradation data generating means for comparing the screen with a previous screen and generating a plurality of display data according to the comparison result, An image display device, which performs gradation display based on a plurality of display data generated from a gradation data generating means. 8. A for converting a video signal into a digital signal
A / D conversion means and a table which is accessed by the display data A / D converted by the A / D conversion means and outputs gradation data according to the display data, the table being the floor to which the data is output. An image display device characterized in that the number of bits of key data is smaller than the number of bits of input display data. 9. A for converting a video signal into a digital signal
And a table which is accessed by the display data A / D converted by the A / D conversion unit and outputs gradation data according to the display data. N for data access
An image display device characterized by outputting gradation data once.