Plasma display device drive circuit identifies signal format of the input video signal to select previously determined control information to drive the display

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a signal format identifying circuit for identifying a signal format of said input video signal and generating an identification output representative of an identified signal format;
• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to said signal format of said input video signal identified by said signal format identifying circuit;
• said control signal output circuit including,
• a selecting circuit selecting one of a plurality of previously determined pieces of control information based on said identification output developed by said signal format identifying circuit, said control signal output by said control signal output circuit being based on said selected piece of control information;
• and
• drive circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit;
• and
• wherein whether or not to divide a one field time period into a plurality of subfield time periods, the number of which is greater than a minimum number of subfields required to represent said gradation in order to prevent a pseudo contour of a moving picture, is controlled in response to said signal format of said input video signal.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a signal format identifying circuit for identifying a signal format of said input video signal and generating an identification output representative of an identified signal format;
• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to said signal format of said input video signal identified by said signal format identifying circuit;
• said control signal output circuit including,
• a selecting circuit selecting one of a plurality of previously determined pieces of control information based on said identification output developed by said signal format identifying circuit, said control signal output by said control signal output circuit being based on said selected piece of control information;
• and
• drive circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit;
• wherein said pieces of control information include the number of sustain pulses per field for an average picture level (“APL”), said number of sustain pulses being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal, and
• wherein automatic power control (“APC”) characteristics are changed based on said number of sustain pulses.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a signal format identifying circuit for identifying a signal format of said input video signal and generating an identification output representative of an identified signal format;
• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to said signal format of said input video signal identified by said signal format identifying circuit;
• said control signal output circuit including,
• a selecting circuit selecting one of a plurality of previously determined pieces of control information based on said identification output developed by said signal format identifying circuit, said control signal output by said control signal output circuit being based on said selected piece of control information;
• and
• drive circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit;
• wherein said pieces of control information include color temperature conversion characteristics of image data, said color temperature conversion characteristics being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal.

A method of driving a plasma display device from an input video signal, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a signal format of said input video signal;
• outputting a control signal in response to said signal format of said input video signal identified in said step of identifying;
• and
• driving a plasma display panel based on said control signal;
• wherein said control signal is generated based on an identification output responsive to said signal format of said input video signal;
• wherein said control signal is provided based on one piece of control information selected in response to said identification output among a plurality of previously prepared pieces of control information;
• and
• wherein said step of identifying identifies said signal format based on attributes which are detected from said input video signal.

A method of driving a plasma display device from an input video signal, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a signal format of said input video signal from the content of the video signal;
• outputting a control signal in response to said signal format of said input video signal identified in said step of identifying;
• and
• driving a plasma display panel based on said control signal;
• wherein said control signal is generated based on an identification output responsive to said signal format of said input video signal;
• wherein said control signal is provided based on one piece of control information selected in response to said identification output among a plurality of previously prepared pieces of control information;
• and
• wherein whether or not to divide a one field time period into a plurality of subfield time periods, the number of which is greater than a minimum number of subfields required to represent said gradation in order to prevent a pseudo contour of a moving picture, is controlled in response to said signal format of said input video signal.

A method of driving a plasma display device from an input video signal, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a signal format of said input video signal from the content of the video signal;
• outputting a control signal in response to said signal format of said input video signal identified in said step of identifying;
• and
• driving a plasma display panel based on said control signal;
• wherein said control signal is generated based on an identification output responsive to said signal format of said input video signal;
• wherein said control signal is provided based on one piece of control information selected in response to said identification output among a plurality of previously prepared pieces of control information;
• and
• wherein said pieces of control information include the number of sustain pulses per field for an average picture level (“APL”), said number of sustain pulses being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal;
• and
• wherein automatic power control (“APC”) characteristics are changed based on said number of sustain pulses.

A method of driving a plasma display device from an input video signal, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a signal format of said input video signal from the content of the video signal;
• outputting a control signal in response to said signal format of said input video signal identified in said step of identifying;
• and
• driving a plasma display panel based on said control signal;
• wherein said control signal is generated based on an identification output responsive to said signal format of said input video signal;
• wherein said control signal is provided based on one piece of control information selected in response to said identification output among a plurality of previously prepared pieces of control information;
• and
• wherein said pieces of control information include color temperature conversion characteristics of image data, said color temperature conversion characteristics being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to a signal format which is detected from said input video signal;
• a driving circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit,
• wherein said control signal is provided based on control information
• wherein said control information includes a number of subfields which is previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal;
• and
• wherein one field time period is divided into subfield time periods the number of which equals said number of subfields for representation of gradation.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to a signal format which is detected from said input video signal;
• a driving circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit,
• wherein said control signal is provided based on control information;
• and
• wherein said control information includes a frequency with which a priming pulse is generated per field, said frequency being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to a signal format which is detected from said input video signal;
• and
• a driving circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit;
• wherein said control signal is provided based on control information:
• wherein said control information includes a set value for write time per cell, said set value for write time being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal;
• and
• wherein a write operation of data into said plasma display panel is controlled based on said set value for write time.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a control signal output circuit for outputting a control signal responsive to the signal format of said input video signal;
• and
• a driving circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit,
• wherein said control signal is provided based on control information:
• wherein said control information includes a number of sustain pulses per field for an average picture lever (“APL”), said number of sustain pulses being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal, and
• wherein automatic power control (“APC”) characteristics are changed based on said number of sustain pulses.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a control signal output circuit outputting a control signal responsive to a signal format which is detected from said input video signal;
• a driving circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit,
• wherein said control signal is provided based on control information;
• and
• wherein said control information includes a number of sustain pulses per field, said number of sustain pulses being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal.

A plasma display device drive circuit for driving a plasma display panel from an input video signal comprising:

• a control signal output circuit for outputting a control signal responsive to the signal format of said input video signal;
• and
• a driving circuit for driving said plasma display panel based on said control signal outputted from said control signal output circuit,
• wherein said control signal is provided based on control information, and
• wherein said control information includes color temperature conversion characteristics of image data, said color temperature conversion characteristics being previously determined in response to said signal format of said input video signal.