Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Ik Hyun Ahn

Bong Im Park

Yoon Gu Kim

Hyun Sik Hwang

Seon Ki Kim

Jung-Won Kim

Jun-Pyo Lee

Bongim Park

Yoongu Kim

Jun Pyo Lee

Daecheol Kim

Tae-Jong Jun

Ho Seok Son

Se Huhn Hur

Woojoo Lee

Bong-Im Park

Hoi Sik Moon

Won-Sik Oh

Jae Sung Bae

Kang-Min Kim

Ho-Seok Son

Cheol Min Kim

Seung Young Choi

Nam Jae Lim

Yoon-gu Kim

Ju Gon Seok

Jae Woo Jung

Young-Woo Choi

Sun Koo Kang

Jin Pil Kim

Ah Young Son

Ji Ye Moon

Hyeng-Woo Cho

Tae Hyeong An

Byungkook Sim

Hyeon Uk Won

Woo Joo Lee

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The driving controller processes input image data according to a variable input frequency and generates a data signal having a varied frame length. The data driver converts the data signal into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. The driving controller determines a variable frequency mode and generates an asymmetric data signal including a positive data signal and a negative data signal which are asymmetric with respect to a common voltage for a same grayscale value in the variable frequency mode.

Display apparatus having variable frequency mode and method of driving the same

A display device includes: a gray converter which adds compensation grays to input grays to provide output grays; a data driver which provides data voltages corresponding to the output grays; and a display panel which includes pixels which receives the data voltages, where the gray converter includes: a voltage domain converter which converts the input grays into conversion grays; and a compensation gray calculator which calculates the compensation grays based on the conversion grays.

Display device and driving method thereof

A method of driving a display panel includes determining a present polarity of a pixel data signal of a present frame, generating a first compensated grayscale of the pixel data signal of the present frame using a pixel data signal of a previous frame, the pixel data signal of the present frame, and the present polarity, and displaying an image using the first compensated grayscale. The first compensated grayscale varies according to the present polarity.

Method of driving a display panel and a display apparatus for performing the same

A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows, a data driver configured to transfer data voltages to the display panel, a gate driver configured to transfer gate signals to the display panel, and a signal controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver. The pixel rows are divided into i (i is a natural number of 2 or more) pixel row groups including a plurality of pixel rows, respectively. The display panel displays one still image for one frame set including the i sequential frames, and each of the i pixel row groups is charged by receiving the data voltage for each frame of the frame set, and the frames in which the i pixel row groups are charged are different from each other.

A display device includes a display panel including unit areas. Each of the unit areas includes pixels arranged in a matrix formation; and data lines (DLs) connected to the pixels. The display device is configured to: apply data voltages of a same polarity to first DLs positioned between adjacent pixel columns; and apply DVs of different polarities to second DLs positioned at respective sides of each pixel column. Each of the pixels is connected to one of the second DLs. A connection direction between the pixels and the DLs in each of a plurality of pixel rows is changed in a determined pixel column interval. Connection directions between the pixels and the DLs are opposite each other in odd-numbered pixel rows adjacent in a column direction. Connection directions between the pixels and the DLs are opposite each other in even-numbered pixel rows adjacent in the column direction.

Display device

A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines which are connected to the plurality of pixels, a data driver applying data voltages to the plurality of data lines, and a gate driver delaying and outputting first gate signals applied to gate lines among the plurality of gate lines in a first sub-frame included in one frame and advancing and outputting second gate signals which are applied to remaining gate lines among the plurality of gate lines in a second sub-frame.

A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines, each of the plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of color sub-pixels, and a data driver configured to output data voltages of a positive polarity and a negative polarity opposite to the positive polarity with respect to the reference voltage to the plurality of data lines, wherein a polarity stuck period of at least one color sub-pixel of the plurality of color sub-pixels is different from a polarity stuck period of other color sub-pixel of the plurality of color sub-pixels, and the polarity stuck period is a pixel distance in which a same polarity moves per a frame.

Display apparatus and method of driving the same

The disclosed display device of improved display quality and reduced power consumption includes a display unit including pixels coupled to gate lines and data lines, a gate driving unit for outputting a gate signal to the gate lines, a data driving unit for outputting a data signal to the data lines, a voltage supply unit for supplying to the gate driving unit a gate-on voltage to generate the gate signal a gate-off voltage, and a kickback compensation voltage having a voltage level varied at a section of time of the gate-on voltage, and a display mode control unit for controlling the voltage supply unit to supply the kickback compensation voltage during a first display mode for displaying an image on an entire area of the display unit, and to block supply of the kickback compensation voltage during a second display mode for displaying an image on only a partial area.

Display device of improved display quality and reduced power consumption

A method of driving a display panel includes comparing a previous line data and a present line data to generate a charge sharing enable (EQ) signal indicating whether or not a charge sharing is to be applied to a pixel; selectively applying the charge sharing to the present line data utilizing a charge sharing voltage according to the EQ signal to generate a data voltage; and outputting the data voltage to the pixel.

Method of driving display panel and display apparatus for performing the same

A display device includes a signal controller and a data driver. The signal controller processes an input image signal to generate an output image signal. The signal controller processes the input image signal using a correction unit. The correction unit corrects the input image signal to a first gray scale value greater than 0 gray scale value when the gray scale value of the input image signal is 0. The output image signal is based on the corrected input image signal. The data driver converts the output image signal into a data voltage to be applied to a display panel.

Display device including gray scale corrector and driving method thereof

A display device and a driving method thereof is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines arranged in a column direction, and a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of gate lines; a data driver transferring data voltages to the plurality of data lines; a gate driver transferring gate signals to the plurality of gate lines; and a signal controller controlling the data driver and the gate driver. The signal controller includes: a vertical boundary detector determining whether a first pixel among the plurality of pixels is positioned in the vicinity of a boundary region of an image pattern based on an input image signal for the first pixel; and a first adjuster adjusting an image signal of the first pixel based on an image signal of a second pixel positioned in a row previous to the first pixel and the image signal of the first pixel to output an adjusted image signal, in the case in which it is determined by the vertical boundary detector that the first pixel is positioned in the vicinity of the boundary region of the image pattern.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Ik Hyun Ahn