Method and apparatus for driving device and display

A display driving device for a display, comprising:

• an optical wave guide plate which introduces light to said display;
• a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate, said drive section including a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots, said drive section controlling a displacement of said plurality of actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate, said displacement corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said image signal by controlling a leakage light from specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• a first drive circuit which alternately selects pixels for odd numbered rows and even numbered rows;
• a second drive circuit which outputs a data signal for each dot, said data signal being based on image signal, said data signal including one of a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal;
• and
• a signal processing circuit which controls said first and second drive circuits, wherein one dot is configured by one or more actuators and one pixel is configured by one or more dots, and wherein said signal processing circuit controls at least said second drive circuit which in turn controls gradation at least by a temporal modulation method.

A method of driving displays, comprising the steps of:

• introducing light in an optical wave guide plate;
• providing a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots;
• providing a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate which controls a displacement of said actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said input image signal by controlling leakage light of specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• configuring each dot by at least one actuator;
• configuring each pixel by at least one dot;
• applying an offset potential to said plurality of dots;
• outputting a data signal comprising a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal for each dot based on said input image signal;
• and
• controlling gradation by at least a temporal modulation method.

A method of driving displays, comprising the steps of:

• introducing light in an optical wave guide plate;
• providing a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots;
• providing a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate which controls a displacement of said actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said input image signal by controlling leakage light of specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• configuring each dot by at least one actuator;
• configuring each pixel by at least one dot;
• alternately selecting pixels of odd number rows and even number rows;
• outputting display information to pixels of said selected rows for each dot based on said input image signal, wherein said display information includes a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal;
• and
• controlling gradation by at least a temporal modulation method.

A display driving device for a display, comprising:

• an optical wave guide plate which introduces light to said display;
• a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate, said drive section including a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots, said drive section controlling a displacement of said plurality of actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate, said displacement corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said image signal by controlling a leakage light from specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• a first drive circuit which selects dots of designated rows for said plurality of pixels;
• a second drive circuit which outputs a data signal for each dot, said data signal being based on said input image signal, said data signal including one of a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal;
• and
• a signal processing circuit which controls said first and second drive circuits,
• wherein one dot is configured by two or more actuators and one pixel is configured by one or more dots, and wherein said signal processing circuit controls said first and second drive circuits which in turn control gradation by at least a temporal modulation method,
• wherein a display interval for one image is one frame, said frame is divided into a plurality of fields, one field per designated row, and each field includes a plurality of subfields, and each subfield is designated a time duration corresponding to a unit gradation level assigned to that subfield.

A display driving device for a display, comprising:

• an optical wave guide plate which introduces light to said display;
• a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate, said drive section including a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots, said drive section controlling a displacement of said plurality of actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate, said displacement corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said image signal by controlling a leakage light from specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• a first drive circuit which selects dots of designated rows for said plurality of pixels;
• a second drive circuit which outputs a data signal for each dot, said data signal being based on said input image signal, said data signal including one of a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal;
• and
• a signal processing circuit which controls said first and second drive circuits,
• wherein one dot is configured by two or more actuators and one pixel is configured by one or more dots, and wherein said signal processing circuit controls said first and second drive circuits which in turn control gradation by at least a temporal modulation method,
• wherein a display interval for one image is one frame, said frame is divided into a plurality of fields, with one field per designated row, and each field is equally divided into a plurality of linear subfields, and a timing of said second drive circuit is controlled by said signal processing circuit so that for each dot selected by said first drive circuit, display time corresponding to respective gradation levels is continuously allotted to necessary linear subfields so that created dot data is output to said actuators associated with said dots.

A method of driving displays, comprising the steps of:

• introducing light in an optical wave guide plate;
• providing a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots;
• providing a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate which controls a displacement of said actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said input image signal by controlling leakage light of specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• configuring each dot by at least two actuators;
• configuring each pixel by at least one dot;
• selecting, in turn, dots of all pixels in designated rows;
• outputting a data signal comprising a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal for each dot based on said input image signal;
• controlling gradation by at least a temporal modulation method;
• and
• setting a display interval for one image as one frame, partitioning said frame into a plurality of fields corresponding to a number of said designated rows, and each field includes a plurality of subfields, and designating a time duration for each subfield corresponding to a unit gradation level assigned to that subfield.

A method of driving displays, comprising the steps of:

• introducing light in an optical wave guide plate;
• providing a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots;
• providing a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate which controls a displacement of said actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said input image signal by controlling leakage light of specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• configuring each dot by at least two actuators;
• configuring each pixel by at least one dot;
• selecting, in turn, dots of all pixels in designated rows;
• outputting a data signal comprising a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal for each dot based on said input image signal;
• controlling gradation by at least a temporal modulation method;
• setting a display interval for one image as one frame, and partitioning said frame into a plurality of fields conforming to a number of designated rows, wherein each field is equally divided into a plurality of linear subfields;
• and
• controlling timing so that for each dot of selected rows, display time corresponding to respective gradation levels is continuously allotted to necessary linear subfields so that created dot data is output to said actuators associated with said dots.

A display driving device for a display, comprising:

• an optical wave guide plate which introduces light to said display;
• a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate, said drive section including a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots, said drive section controlling a displacement of said plurality of actuators in contacting and separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate, said displacement corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said image signal by controlling a leakage light from specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• a first drive circuit which applies an offset potential to all of said actuators;
• a second drive circuit which outputs a data signal for each dot, said data signal being based on said image signal, said data signal comprising one of a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal;
• a signal processing circuit which controls said first and second drive circuits wherein one dot is configured by one or more actuators and one pixel is configured by one or more dots;
• wherein said signal processing circuit includes means for controlling gradation;
• and
• wherein said signal processing means includes correction means for correcting brightness to compensate for brightness variations between each of said dots.

A method of driving displays, comprising the steps of:

• introducing light in an optical wave guide plate;
• providing a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots;
• providing a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate which controls a displacement of said actuators in contacting/separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said input image signal by controlling leakage light of specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• configuring each dot by at least one actuator;
• configuring each pixel by at least one dot;
• applying an offset potential to said plurality of dots;
• outputting a data signal comprising a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal for each dot based on said input image signal;
• controlling gradation;
• and
• performing brightness correction processing to correct brightness variations between each of said dots.

A display driving device for a display, comprising:

• an optical wave guide plate which introduces light to said display;
• a drive section disposed opposite one face of said optical wave guide plate, said drive section including a plurality of actuators arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels which in turn correspond to a plurality of dots, said drive section controlling a displacement of said plurality of actuators in contacting and separating directions with respect to said optical wave guide plate, said displacement corresponding to attributes of an input image signal, thereby causing an image to be displayed on said optical wave guide plate corresponding to said image signal by controlling a leakage light from specified parts of said optical wave guide plate;
• each of said actuators including a shape retaining portion consisting of at least first and second layers, wherein said first and second layers are partially separated by a row electrode, and wherein said shape retaining portion is bounded on an upper and lower side by a column electrode;
• a first drive circuit which applies an offset potential to all of said actuators;
• a second drive circuit which outputs a data signal for each dot, said data signal being based on said image signal, said data signal comprising one of a light emitting signal and a light extinguishing signal;
• and
• a signal processing circuit which controls said first and second drive circuits,
• wherein one dot is configured by two or more actuators and one pixel is configured by one or more dots.