Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jae-Seob Chung

Kang-Hyun Kim

Jung-Suk Han

Jong-Hee Na

Hoi-Sik Moon

Hoisik Moon

Hyungwoo Yim

Juneyoung Lee

Hoi Sik Moon

Woo-jin Jung

Jae-Seok Choi

Woo-Jin Jung

Hyun-Sang Cho

Joo-Hwan Park

Kang Hyun Kim

Nam-Suk Bang

Jun-Il Park

Ji-Eun Jang

Junpyo Lee

Hak-Mo Choi

Hyun-Sik Yoon

Woo-Young Lee

Min-Yup Chae

Ji-Hye Choi

Hyung Woo Yim

ByungKil Jeon

Gwangho Nam

Shim-Ho Yi

Seung Hwan Park

Go-Eun Cha

Min-yup Chae

Hak Mo Choi

Minyup Chae

A vision inspection apparatus includes an inspection controller which displays a grid pattern with a plurality of gray levels on a display panel, an imaging converter which drives a charge-coupled device with a predetermined or set exposure-time and converts the grid pattern displayed on the display panel into a grid pattern signal, a charge calculator which calculates a charge amount per unit time for each color of a reference gray level using a reference gray level signal, included in the grid pattern signal, and the set exposure-time, and an exposure-time calculator which calculates an optimum exposure-time for each color of the reference gray level based on a target charge amount of the reference gray level.

Vision inspection apparatus and a method of driving the same

In a method of generating correction data for a display device, measured tristimulus data at a maximum gray level are obtained, measured luminance and color coordinate profiles are obtained based on the measured tristimulus data, a target color coordinate profile is determined based on the measured color coordinate profile, measured red, green and blue maximum luminances of each pixel are obtained, a maximum target luminance of the each pixel is determined such that red, green and blue luminances of the each pixel become lower than or equal to the measured red, green and blue maximum luminances, respectively, a final target luminance profile is determined based on the measured luminance profile and the maximum target luminance of the each pixel, and correction data may be generated and stored in the display device based on the final target luminance profile and the target color coordinate profile.

Method of generating correction data for display device, and display device storing correction data

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a driving controller. The display panel is configured to display an image based on input image data. The gate driver is configured to output gate signals to gate lines of the display panel. The data driver is configured to output data voltages to data lines of the display panel. The driving controller includes a first compensation lookup table and a second compensation lookup table which are configured to compensate the input image data. The driving controller is configured to select one of the first compensation lookup table and the second compensation lookup table based on a first color shift and a second color shift and to apply the selected one of the first compensation lookup table and the second compensation lookup table to the input image data.

Display apparatus, display system having the same and method of compensating display quality using the same

In a method of generating correction data for each of a plurality of display devices, a characteristic distribution for initial display devices among the plurality of display devices may be obtained, center characteristic compensation data may be generated based on the characteristic distribution for the initial display devices, the center characteristic compensation data may be applied to subsequent display devices that are subsequent to the initial display devices among the plurality of display devices, mura correction data and image quality correction data may be generated by performing mura correction and image quality correction on each of the subsequent display devices to which the center characteristic compensation data are applied, and the center characteristic compensation data, the mura correction data and the image quality correction data may be written into each of the subsequent display devices.

Method of generating correction data for display device, test device, and display device

A display apparatus includes, a first pattern included in a first layer, a second pattern included in a second layer, a first test pattern including a plurality of first lines extending in a first direction and having a first width, and being spaced apart from each other, a second test pattern included in the second layer, including a central line and a plurality of second lines connected to the central line, wherein the plurality of second lines extend in the first direction have a second width, and are spaced apart from each other, and wherein at least one of the second lines is electrically connected to the first lines, and a shift tester configured to apply a test voltage to the central line to determine a degree by which the second pattern is shifted with respect to the first pattern by measuring the voltages at the first lines.

Display apparatus, method of driving the same and method of manufacturing the same

A method of driving a display apparatus including generating first gamma correction data of input data using a first gamma look-up table ('LUT'), determining a Mura correction value of the first gamma correction data, adding the Mura correction value to the input data to generate added input data, generating second gamma correction data of the added input data using the first gamma LUT, and driving a pixel in the display panel using the second gamma correction data of the added input data. The Mura correction value is determined after the gamma correction data is generated, and the generating of the added input data is performed prior to any gamma correction being performed on the input data.

Display apparatus, method of driving the same and vision inspection apparatus for the same

A display device includes a mapping unit for mapping main color data having information on three main colors to generate mapped main data including red, green, and blue information and mapped white data including white information, a compensation lookup table for storing a plurality of gamma compensation values, a gamma compensator for generating compensated main data obtained by gamma-compensating the mapped main data based on a first gamma compensation value corresponding to first gamma white data from among the plurality of gamma compensation values and a second gamma compensation value corresponding to second gamma white data from among the plurality of gamma compensation values by referring to the compensation lookup table, a renderer for sub-pixel-rendering the mapped white data to generate rendered white data, and a splitter for converting the rendered white data into the first and second gamma white data based on different first and second gamma curves, respectively.

Display device and driving method thereof

A display apparatus includes a gamma controller configured to determine whether the target pixel unit is driven in both time division method and space division method based on a plurality of comparison values and a reference condition, and an output controller configured to generate normal gamma-data of the target pixel unit using a normal gamma curve if the plurality of comparison values satisfy the reference condition and to generate high gamma-data and low gamma-data of the target pixel unit using a high gamma curve and a low gamma curve in both time division method and space division method if the plurality of comparison values do not satisfy the reference condition.

Display apparatus and method of driving the same

A display apparatus includes a display panel that comprises a plurality of pixels, a first image data corrector configured to calculate a Mura correction value of input data based on gamma correction data of the input data, to add the Mura correction value to the input data to generate added input data, and to generate gamma correction data of the added input data, and a data driver configured to drive the plurality of pixels based on the gamma correction data provided from the first image data corrector.

A method of reducing a total, per device, measurements taking time in a calibration system that uses a sensor array that serially reports out its readings and a data processing unit that needs to receive the reported out readings in good order before allowing an under-measurement first display device to advance away from a measurements taking station includes the step of not driving the first display device with all of required full screen test images where each is a full screen display of only a respective one of a predetermined minimum number of grayscale values produced as a minimum number of needed full screen sample images and; in place of at least a first plurality of the not-produced full screen images, driving the under-measurement first display device with a partial screen multi-pattern that presents a plurality of different grayscale values including ones not presented by those of all of the full screen test images that are used to drive the under-measurement first display device. The serially reported out readings from the sensor array for the partial screen multi-pattern and for the full screen test images are obtained and used to generate virtual full screen sample images based on the obtained partial screen multi-pattern and for the full screen test images.

Method of more quickly calibrating display panels and calibration apparatus for performing the same

A method of displaying an image on a display panel which comprises a plurality of pixels arranged as a matrix type includes measuring a tristimulus value of X, Y and Z values of a displayed image to generate a target curve, generating a corrected grayscale data of a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel using X, Y and Z values of the target curve and converting the corrected grayscale data to a data voltage to provide a data line of the display panel with the data voltage.

Method of displaying an image, display apparatus performing the same, method of calculating a correction value applied to the same and method of correcting grayscale data

A vision inspection apparatus includes a first luminance profile generator configured to generate a plurality of first luminance profiles corresponding to the plurality of reference grayscales, a gamma corrector configured to calculate a gamma correction value of the display apparatus using the plurality of first luminance profiles corresponding to the plurality of reference grayscales, and a second luminance profile generator configured to apply the gamma correction value to each of the plurality of first luminance profiles and to generate a plurality of second luminance profiles corresponding to the plurality of reference grayscales.

Vision inspection apparatus and method of compensating gamma defect and mura defect thereof

A liquid crystal display includes a gate driver including stages, and a clock generator which receives a clock generation control signal, generates a clock signal and a clock bar signal based on one or more of the clock generation control signal, a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage, and outputs the clock signal and the clock bar signal to the gate driver. The clock generator includes an overcurrent protector unit which intercepts at least one of the clock signal and the clock bar signal when a voltage level of at least one of the gate-on voltage and the gate-off voltage is greater than a reference level.

Liquid crystal display

A stereoscopic image display system includes a three-dimensional (3D) image signal generator, a display panel, a timing controller, a data driver, and a gate driver. The 3D image signal generator generates left-eye data and right-eye data on the basis of an image signal outputs the left-eye data and the right-eye data to the timing controller. The timing controller outputs the left-eye data and the right-eye data having a first frequency to the data driver in a first mode and outputs left-eye frame data and right-eye frame data having a second frequency to the data driver in a second mode. Two pixels, which are respectively connected to an i-th gate line and an (i+1)th gate line among the gate lines and to a same data line among the data lines, are operated with the same driving time in the first and second modes.

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Asan-si, South Korea

Jae-Seob Chung