Method of driving pixel arrangement structure having plurality of subpixels, driving chip for driving pixel arrangement structure having plurality of subpixels, display apparatus, and computer-program product

A display apparatus, comprising a plurality of subpixels, the plurality of subpixels comprising a plurality of first subpixels, a plurality of second subpixels, and a plurality of third subpixels;

• wherein the plurality of third subpixels are arranged in an array of I columns and J rows;
• and
• the display apparatus comprises a plurality of repeating units, a respective repeating unit of the plurality of repeating units comprising one of the plurality of first subpixels, one of the plurality of second subpixels, and two of the plurality third subpixels;
• the two of the plurality third subpixels in the respective repeating unit are arranged along a first direction, the one of the plurality of first subpixels and the one of the plurality of second subpixels in the respective repeating unit are arranged along a second direction, or the two of the plurality third subpixels in the respective repeating unit are arranged along the second direction, the one of the plurality of first subpixels and the one of the plurality of second subpixels in the respective repeating unit are arranged along the first direction, the first direction and the second direction are non-parallel to each other;
• the plurality of repeating units are arranged along the first direction, forming multiple repeating groups, the multiple repeating group arranged along the second direction;
• the display apparatus comprises a plurality of virtual pixels, a respective virtual pixel comprises a respective third subpixel of the plurality third subpixels, and at least one of a respective first subpixel of plurality of first subpixels or a respective second subpixel of the plurality of second subpixels;
• the plurality of virtual pixels are arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows of virtual pixels arranged along the first direction and a plurality of columns of virtual pixels arranged along the second direction;
• the two of the plurality third subpixels in the respective repeating unit are in two adjacent rows of virtual pixels, respectively, and in a same column of virtual pixels, a first virtual pixel comprising at least one third subpixel belonging to a first adjacent repeating group of the multiple repeating group and a second virtual pixel comprising at least one third subpixel belonging to a second adjacent repeating group of the multiple repeating group are in a same column of virtual pixels, the first adjacent repeating group and the second adjacent repeating group directly adjacent to each other;
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• the display apparatus further comprises a driving circuit configured to drive image display according to the array of virtual pixels, at least a virtual pixel shares a first subpixel or a second subpixel belonging to an adjacent virtual pixel so that when the virtual pixel is driven to display image, the first subpixel or the second subpixel belonging to the adjacent virtual pixel also emits light.