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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2008
Se-ki Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Gi-cherl Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Ju-young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Dong-min Yeo, Daegu, KR;
Eun-jeong Kang, Cheonan-si, KR;
Ho-sik Shin, Anyang-si, KR;
Se-Ki Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Gi-Cherl Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Ju-Young Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Dong-Min Yeo, Daegu, KR;
Eun-Jeong Kang, Cheonan-si, KR;
Ho-Sik Shin, Anyang-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A display device and a method of driving the same are provided according to one or more embodiments. According to an embodiment, the display device includes a display panel including a plurality of display blocks arranged in the form of a matrix; a plurality of lighting blocks emitting light to the display panel, each of the lighting blocks arranged so as to correspond to at least one row of the matrix and having adjustable light luminance; and a signal control unit adapted to receive an image signal, determine display block luminance of the respective display blocks when an image is displayed on the respective display blocks in accordance with the image signal, determine the light luminance of the respective lighting blocks by using the display block luminance of some display blocks corresponding to the respective lighting blocks, correct the image signal by using the light luminance and the display block luminance, and provide the corrected image signal to the display panel.