Drive device and display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkizumi Fujioka, Toshihiro Yanagi, Satoshi Ihida, Kazuki Takahashi, Taketoshi Nakano
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Abstract
Included are: refresh a rate changing section (15) for changing a refresh rate of a display panel (2) by configuring settings for scan periods during each of which a plurality of gate signal lines (G) of the display panel (2) are sequentially scanned and for pause periods during each of which sequential scanning of the plurality of gate signal lines (G) is suspended; and a drive amount control section (20) for controlling, in accordance with a ratio of the scan periods to the pause periods, drive time during which each of the gate signal lines is driven in each of the scan periods.
Claims7
A drive device for driving a display panel having a plurality of pixels, comprising:
- refresh rate changing means for changing a refresh rate of the display panel by configuring settings for scan periods during each of which a plurality of gate signal lines of the display panel are sequentially scanned and for pause periods during each of which sequential scanning of the plurality of gate signal lines is suspended;
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- drive amount control means for controlling, in accordance with a ratio of the scan periods to the pause periods, drive time during which each of the gate signal lines is driven in each of the scan periods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.