Driving device and driving method of electroluminescent display apparatus

Abstract

A driving device of an electroluminescent display apparatus, including a display panel where a pixel line including a set of pixels is provided in plurality, includes a pixel line determiner configured to select a representative pixel line, disposed at a position at which an accumulation stress caused by repetitive display of an input image is largest, from among all pixel lines, an over driving control controller configured to select a sample pixel characteristic value from among pixel characteristic values of the representative pixel line and selectively output a first ODC control signal and a second ODC control signal, based on a magnitude of the sample pixel characteristic value, and a sensing and driving circuit configured to pre-sense pixel characteristic values of the representative pixel line in the first sensing period, perform ODC sensing on the pixel characteristic values of the all pixel lines once each according to the first ODC control signal in a second sensing period succeeding the first sensing period, and perform the ODC sensing on the pixel characteristic values of the all pixel lines a plurality of times each according to the second ODC control signal in the second sensing period, wherein a sensing data voltage supplied to each pixel of the all pixel lines has multi-voltage levels, in the second sensing period for the ODC sensing.