Display panel, driving method thereof and display apparatus

A display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

• a first base substrate and a plurality of pixels on one side of the first base substrate;
• each pixel comprises:
• a pixel electrode comprising a plurality of pixel sub-electrodes independent from each other and configured to form an electric field with an angle greater than 0 with respect to a direction perpendicular to the first base substrate under control of driving signals;
• a common electrode on a side of the pixel electrode away from the first base substrate;
• and
• an electrophoretic liquid layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the electrophoretic liquid layer comprises a plurality of charged particles therein;
• wherein the driving signals are provided to the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes;
• and any one driving signal of the driving signals provided to the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes is different from at least one other driving signal of the driving signals;
• wherein each pixel sub-electrode at least comprises one strip-shaped electrode, and at least some of the strip-shaped electrodes of the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes are arranged at intervals;
• wherein the display panel comprises a blocking electrode group, comprising a strip-shaped blocking electrode portion;
• and
• in an arrangement direction of the strip-shaped electrodes, a width of the strip-shaped blocking electrode portion is less than that of each strip-shaped electrode, a distance between every two adjacent strip-shaped blocking electrode portions is less than that between every two adjacent strip-shaped electrodes, and a distance between the strip-shaped electrode and the strip-shaped blocking electrode portion adjacent to each other is less than that between every two adjacent strip-shaped electrodes.

A method for driving a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

• a first base substrate and a plurality of pixels on one side of the first base substrate;
• each pixel comprises:
• a pixel electrode comprising a plurality of pixel sub-electrodes independent from each other and configured to form an electric field with an angle greater than 0 with respect to a direction perpendicular to the first base substrate under control of driving signals;
• a common electrode on a side of the pixel electrode away from the first base substrate;
• and
• an electrophoretic liquid layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the electrophoretic liquid layer comprises a plurality of charged particles therein;
• wherein the driving signals are provided to the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes;
• and any one driving signal of the driving signals provided to the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes is different from at least one other driving signal of the driving signals;
• wherein the method comprises:
• determining a pixel in which charged particles are to move along the direction parallel to the plane where the first base substrate is located according to a picture to be displayed;
• and
• in a data writing stage, providing a first driving signal to the common electrode in the pixel in which the charged particles are to move along the direction parallel to the plane where the first base substrate is located, providing second driving signals to the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes in the pixel electrode in the pixel, to drive at least a part of the charged particles to move along the direction parallel to the plane where the first base substrate is located;
• wherein any one second driving signal of the second driving signals provided to the plurality of pixel sub-electrodes is different from at least one other second driving signal of the second driving signals.