Lcd addressing system
CA 2060735 C · Owner: Clifton, Benjamin Robert · Inventors: Scheffer, Terry James; Clifton, Benjamin Robert
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A method and apparatus for addressing faster responding liquid crystal panels (LCDs) so that video rate high information content LCDs having time constants on the order of 50ms or less, are perceived as having brighter bright states and darker dark states by limiting peak voltage levels across the pixels. A first set of LCD electrodes are continuously driven with signals each comprising a train of pulses that: are periodic in time; have a common period T; are independent of the information to be displayed; and are preferably orthonormal. A plurality of column signals are generated from the collective information state of the pixels defined by the overlap with a second electrode pattern. …
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- Filed February 6, 1992 and granted April 13, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 6, 2012.
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