Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090040156 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device and a method for driving the same, in which the display device includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of reference gradation code data corresponding to a plurality of gradations, and some of variable gradation code data corresponding to some of the gradation points of the plurality of gradations; a signal controller for converting gradations of original pixel data into gradation code signals of different levels using the plurality of reference gradation code data or both the plurality of reference gradation code data and the some variable gradation code data according to an operation mode; a data driver for converting the gradation code signal into an analog pixel data signal; and an image display unit for displaying an image according to the pixel data signal. The original pixel data are converted into gradation code signals of different levels according to an image display mode, thereby preventing luminance degradation and flicker generation due to the image display mode. Only the reference gradation code data and some of the variable gradation code data are stored in the memory to thereby reduce the amount of data stored in the memory, so that manufacturing costs of display devices caused by additional memories can be reduced. | 02-12-2009 |
20090153592 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CORRECTION DATA USING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A signal processing device includes a memory in which a color correction data is stored. The memory stores a first color correction data having the same number of bits as an input image data and a second color correction data having fewer number of bits than the input image data. The number of color correction data corresponding to a low gray-scale range increases and the number of color correction data corresponding to a high gray-scale range decreases by the same amount that the number of the color correction data corresponding to the low gray-scale range increased. Thus, a color characteristic corresponding to the low gray-scale range may be improved without changing the total number of color correction data. | 06-18-2009 |
20090184664 | METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES, DEVICE FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for driving light sources, a device for driving light sources and a display device having the device for driving the light sources. Power information is read based on position information on the light sources to output a light source control signal transmitting the power information. The power information determines a level of power applied to each of the light sources. Externally provided input power is changed into a plurality of driving powers having a level changed based on the light source control signal. The driving powers are applied to the light sources, respectively. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, uniformity of luminance distribution of a display panel may be improved. | 07-23-2009 |
20090256865 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA FOR DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL, DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE DATA DRIVING CIRCUIT - A method for generating data for driving a display panel is provided in which first compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to grayscale data of N bits, is generated, wherein values of N and k are natural numbers. A first gamma curve is applied to the first compensation data of (N+k) bits. Second compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to the grayscale data of N bits, is generated. A second gamma curve is applied to the second compensation data of (N+k) bits. The first compensation data or the second compensation data are selectively output and converted into analog data signals. The analog data signals are output to a data line. Accordingly, the first compensation data and second compensation data includes a multidomain structure which improves display quality. A data driving circuit and a display device including the data driving circuit for performing the method are also provided. | 10-15-2009 |
20090295840 | IMAGE SIGNAL COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are an image signal compensation apparatus and a liquid crystal display (LCD) including the same. The image signal compensation apparatus includes a lookup table (LUT) and an image signal compensation unit. The LUT includes reference data that corresponds to each combination of first and second reference gray levels and is arranged in a matrix. The image signal compensation unit receives first and second image signals, receives reference data corresponding to the first and second image signals from the LUT, and compensates the second image signal using the reference data. The reference data includes diagonal reference data located on a diagonal line in the matrix, and at least one diagonal reference data from among the diagonal reference data has a different value from a corresponding combination of the first and second reference gray levels. | 12-03-2009 |
20090309903 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display system including a signal processing device uses interpolation to generate an intermediate image frame using previous image frame data and present image frame data. The system converts data of the intermediate image frame into transposed image data that is to be used to drive a liquid crystal display panel and display a corresponding image. The transposed image data and the present image data are subjected to a prespecified DCC process (dynamic capacitance compensation process) to thereby generate respective first and second compensation image data. Since the first compensation image data is generated based on the transposed image data and the transposition is configured to prevent over-compensation by the DCC process, over-compensation by the dynamic capacitance compensation process can be reduced or prevented. | 12-17-2009 |
20100007639 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - In a method of driving a display panel and a display apparatus for performing the method, a first pixel equipped in the display panel is driven with a first data voltage to which a first gamma curve is applied and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel is driven with a second data voltage to which a second gamma curve is applied during an (N)-th frame, wherein N is a natural number. The first pixel and the second pixel is driven with a third data voltage to which a third gamma curve having a luminance between the first gamma curve and the second gamma curve is applied during a (N+1)-th frame. | 01-14-2010 |
20100033414 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMON VOLTAGE THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixels, a lookup table which stores information about a plurality of digital common voltages, each of the plurality of digital common voltages corresponding to at least one gray value, a timing controller which analyzes gray characteristics of image signals to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel and which selects one of the digital common voltages based on an analysis result, and a common voltage generator which generates an analog common voltage in response to the digital common voltage selected by the timing controller and which supplies the analog common voltage to the liquid crystal panel. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033475 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a liquid crystal display includes comparing a pixel data signal from a previous frame with a pixel data signal from a present frame to generate a comparison result, controlling a driving voltage based on the comparison result, generating gray scale voltages, and adjusting voltage differences between the gray scale voltages based on the driving voltage. The controlling the driving voltage includes changing the driving voltage when the pixel data signal from the previous frame corresponds to a full-black gray scale level and the pixel data signal from the present frame corresponds to a full-white gray scale level. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033634 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes; an image signal processing unit which extracts a motion vector of an (n−1)-th frame by comparing two consecutive (n−2)-th and (n−1)-th frames of a first image signal, generates an interpolated frame using the motion vector of the (n−1)-th frame, and generates a second image signal including the interpolated frame, the interpolated frame being inserted between the (n−1)-th frame and the n-th frame, wherein n is a natural number, and a display panel which displays an image corresponding to the second image signal. | 02-11-2010 |
20100156949 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a timing controller and a liquid crystal panel. The timing controller sequentially receives first through third primitive image signals and sequentially outputs first through third corrected image signals. The liquid crystal panel displays an image based on the first through third corrected image signals. The timing controller generates a first converted image signal having a first gray level based on the first primitive image signal and stores the first converted image signal. The second primitive image signal has a second gray level and the timing controller generates a second converted image signal having a third gray level higher than the second gray level when the second gray level is lower than the first gray level. The timing controller generates the third corrected image signal using the second converted image signal and the third primitive image signal. | 06-24-2010 |
20120249405 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A liquid crystal display system including a signal processing device uses interpolation to generate an intermediate image frame using previous image frame data and present image frame data. The system converts data of the intermediate image frame into transposed image data that is to be used to drive a liquid crystal display panel and display a corresponding image. The transposed image data and the present image data are subjected to a prespecified DCC process (dynamic capacitance compensation process) to thereby generate respective first and second compensation image data. Since the first compensation image data is generated based on the transposed image data and the transposition is configured to prevent over-compensation by the DCC process, over-compensation by the dynamic capacitance compensation process can be reduced or prevented. | 10-04-2012 |
20130155129 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A liquid crystal display system including a signal processing device uses interpolation to generate an intermediate image frame using previous image frame data and present image frame data. The system converts data of the intermediate image frame into transposed image data that is to be used to drive a liquid crystal display panel and display a corresponding image. The transposed image data and the present image data are subjected to a prespecified DCC process (dynamic capacitance compensation process) to thereby generate respective first and second compensation image data. Since the first compensation image data is generated based on the transposed image data and the transposition is configured to prevent over-compensation by the DCC process, over-compensation by the dynamic capacitance compensation process can be reduced or prevented. | 06-20-2013 |
20140139563 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a timing controller and a liquid crystal panel. The timing controller sequentially receives first through third primitive image signals and sequentially outputs first through third corrected image signals. The liquid crystal panel displays an image based on the first through third corrected image signals. The timing controller generates a first converted image signal having a first gray level based on the first primitive image signal and stores the first converted image signal. The second primitive image signal has a second gray level and the timing controller generates a second converted image signal having a third gray level higher than the second gray level when the second gray level is lower than the first gray level. The timing controller generates the third corrected image signal using the second converted image signal and the third primitive image signal. | 05-22-2014 |