PDP display drive pulse controller for preventing light emission center fluctuation

A drive pulse controller for creating a driving signal for a display device in order to display images such that a gradation display is produced, each field of an input image signal, corresponding to a plurality of pixels, being divided into a plurality of Z weighted subfields, each field having a constant period, the drive pulse controller comprising:

• a device that determines a number of subfields Z for each field of the input image signal;
• a picture signal-subfield corresponding device that changes the input image signal into a Z-bit brightness signal;
• a pulse number setting device that specifies a number of sustain pulses for each subfield within a field;
• a subfield processor that creates a driving signal for each field based on the Z-bit brightness signal and the number of sustain pulses;
• a time data source that stores light emission time data in association with different Z values, the light emission time data being indicative of a time at which a most-weighted subfield, which has the largest number of sustain pulses of all subfields in a field, is positioned within the field;
• a selecting device that selects one of the light emission time data stored in the time data source based on the determined number of subfields Z;
• a calculating device that calculates a delay time for positioning the most-weighted subfield at a predetermined time in a field based on the selected light emission time data, such that the most-weighted subfields of consecutive fields having different numbers of subfields Z are positioned substantially at a same time;
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• a delay device that delays the driving signal in accordance with the calculated delay time.