1. A method for updating at least a portion of a bi-stable display in successive frame periods, the method comprising:
accessing data defining at least one voltage waveform for the successive frame periods; and
driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display (310) during the successive frame periods according to the accessed data so that at least one longer frame period (FT, 1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802) is used during at least a first portion of the voltage waveforms, and at least one shorter frame period (FT\u2032) is used during at least a second portion of the voltage waveforms.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the accessing data defining the at least one voltage waveform comprises accessing data defining a plurality of voltage waveforms.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one longer frame period comprises at least one elongated frame period (1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802), during which each of the voltage waveforms has a respective constant voltage value.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one elongated frame period is the longest period during which each of the voltage waveforms has its respective constant voltage value.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one elongated frame period occurs during a reset portion (RE) of the voltage waveforms.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one elongated frame period occurs during a drive portion (DR, DR1) of the voltage waveforms.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one shorter frame period occurs during at least a terminal portion of a drive portion (DR, DR1) of the voltage waveforms.
8. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one shorter frame period occurs during at least a shaking pulse portion (S1) of the voltage waveforms.
9. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the voltage waveforms include at least one rest portion (R, R1, R2) immediately prior to a frame period rate change in the successive frame periods.
10. The method of claim 2, wherein:
each of the voltage waveforms include first drive portions, and time-aligned second drive portions with a reduced range of voltage values.
11. The method of claim 2, wherein:
each of the voltage waveforms includes a drive portion for providing a direct image transition without reset to an optical rail state; and
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one shorter frame period is used during at least a terminal portion of the drive portion.
12. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the bi-stable display comprises an electrophoretic display.
13. A program storage device tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method for updating at least a portion of a bi-stable display in successive frame periods, the method comprising:
accessing data defining a set of voltage waveforms for the successive frame periods; and
driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display (310) during the successive frame periods according to the accessed data so that at least one longer frame period (FT, 1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802) is used during at least a first portion of the voltage waveforms, and at least one shorter frame period (FT\u2032) is used during at least a second portion of the voltage waveforms.
14. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one longer frame period comprises at least one elongated frame period (1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802), during which each of the voltage waveforms has a respective constant voltage value.
15. The program storage device of claim 14, wherein:
the driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display comprises driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one elongated frame period is the longest period during which each of the voltage waveforms has its respective constant voltage value.
16. The program storage device of claim 13, wherein:
the bi-stable display comprises an electrophoretic display.
17. An display device, comprising:
a bi-stable display (310); and
a control (100) for updating at least a portion of the bi-stable display in successive frame periods by: (a) accessing data defining a set of voltage waveforms for the successive frame periods, and (b) driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display (310) during the successive frame periods according to the accessed data so that at least one longer frame period (FT, 1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802) is used during at least a first portion of the voltage waveforms, and at least one shorter frame period (FT\u2032) is used during at least a second portion of the voltage waveforms.
18. The display device of claim 17, wherein:
the control drives the at least a portion of the bi-stable display by driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one longer frame period comprises at least one elongated frame period (1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802), during which each of the voltage waveforms has a respective constant voltage value.
19. The display device of claim 18, wherein:
the control drives the at least a portion of the bi-stable display by driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display so that the at least one elongated frame period is the longest period during which each of the voltage waveforms has its respective constant voltage value.
20. The display device of claim 17, wherein:
the bi-stable display comprises an electrophoretic display.
21. A controller (330) comprising a processor and a program of instructions executable by the processor, the program of instructions comprising computer code device means for accessing data defining a set of voltage waveforms for successive frame periods during updating of at least a portion of a bi-stable display (310) and means for driving the at least a portion of the bi-stable display (310) during the successive frame periods according to the accessed data so that at least one longer frame period (FT, 1302, 1304, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802) is used during at least a first portion of the voltage waveforms, and at least one shorter frame period (FT\u2032) is used during at least a second portion of the voltage waveforms.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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37. A method for generating an immune response in a vertebrate, the method comprising administering to the vertebrate an immunomer comprising at least two oligonucleotides linked together by a non-nucleotidic linker, wherein at least one of the oligonucleotides is an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide having an accessible 5\u2032 end and comprising an immunostimulatory dinucleotide.
38. A method for generating an immune response in a vertebrate, the method comprising administering to the vertebrate an immunomer conjugate comprising an immunomer, comprising at least two oligonucleotides linked together by a non-nucleotidic linker, wherein at least one of the oligonucleotides is an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide having an accessible 5\u2032 end and comprising an immunostimulatory dinucleotide and an antigen conjugated to the immunomer at a position other than the accessible 5\u2032 end.
39. The method of claim 37 further comprising administering a vaccine.
40. The method of claim 39, wherein the immunomer or the vaccine, or both, are linked to an immunogenic protein.
41. The method of claim 37 further comprising administering an adjuvant.