Abstract:
The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
Abstract:
A display device includes: a first substrate that includes a plurality of first pads arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second pads arranged in parallel with the plurality of first pads; a second substrate that overlaps the first substrate and includes a second substrate including one edge exposing the plurality of first pads and the plurality of second pads; a first flexible printed circuit board that is electrically connected with the plurality of first pads; a second flexible printed circuit board that overlaps the first flexible printed circuit board and is electrically connected with the plurality of second pads; a protective layer that covers the first flexible printed circuit board and the second flexible printed circuit board from one edge of the second substrate to a width including the plurality of first pads and the plurality of second pads; and a blocking portion disposed on the first substrate at a distance from one edge of the second substrate by a width of the protective layer and contacting the protective layer.
Abstract:
A display device includes a display panel including: a plurality of pixels; and a signal controller which generates, on a frame-by-frame basis, a display signal based on an input image signal and a control signal from an outside. The signal controller includes a memory which stores a preset image signal, a receiver which receives the control signal, a clock signal modulator which generates an internal clock signal having a first frequency during a blank period, which is determined based on the control signal in a frame period, and a data processor which reads the preset image signal from the memory in response to the internal clock signal for an image processing.
Abstract:
A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driving part, a data driving part and an off voltage controlling part. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel. The off voltage controlling part is configured to receive a first off voltage and a second off voltage applied to the gate driving part to generate the gate signal, measure a leakage current of the gate driving part, and control the first off voltage based on the leakage current. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus including the gate driving part may be improved.
Abstract:
A display panel driving apparatus includes a timing controlling part, a data driving part and a gate driving part. The timing controlling part outputs a first line data of an image data, and determines whether the first line data and a second line data next to the first line data are the same. The data driving part outputs a first line data signal based on the first line data to a data line corresponding to a first line, and outputs the first line data signal based on the first line data to a data line corresponding to a second line, when the first line data and the second line data are the same.
Abstract:
A driving method of a display device is provided. The display device comprises a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a signal controller for controlling operation of the display panel, and a memory connected to the signal controller. The driving method comprises receiving an input image signal for a motion picture or a stationary image, and if the input image signal for the stationary image is received, determining whether the stationary image includes at least one weak pattern, setting a first frequency as a driving frequency to display the stationary image if the stationary image does not include a weak pattern, and setting a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency as the driving frequency if the stationary image includes the at least one weak pattern.
Abstract:
A display device includes a display panel, a first connection film, and a second connection film. The display panel includes first pads and second pads. The first connection film includes a first film, which includes a first region connected to the first pads and having a first width and a second region adjacent to the first region and having a second width different from the first width, and a first driving chip mounted on the first film. The second connection film includes a second film, which includes a third region connected to the second pads and having a third width and a fourth region adjacent to the third region and having a fourth width different from the third width and less than the second width, and a second driving chip mounted on the second film.
Abstract:
A display device includes a substrate, pixels on the substrate, pads, and test lines. The pads are between the pixels and an edge of the substrate and include a first pad and a second pad. The test lines include a first test line and a second test line. The first test line includes a first section and a second section. The second section is closer to the edge of the substrate than the first section and is connected through the first section to the first pad. The second test line includes a first segment and a second segment. The second segment is closer to the edge of the substrate than the first segment and is connected through the first segment to the second pad. A minimum distance between the first section and the first segment is larger than a minimum distance between the second section and the second segment.
Abstract:
A display device includes a first pixel connected to a first gate line and a data line, a second pixel connected to a second gate line, different from the first gate line, and the data line, the second pixel being pre-charged when the first pixel is charged, a compensation LUT which stores LUT values for compensating a charging rate during a main charging of the second pixel; and an image signal processor which generates a compensated image signal for the main charging of the second pixel. The image signal processor may include a correction value calculating unit which calculates a correction value from the compensation LUT based on first and second input image signal of respective first and second pixels, and a compensated value generating unit which generates a compensated image signal for the second pixel based on the correction value and the second input image signal.
Abstract:
In a method of operating a display device supporting a variable frame mode, frame data are received during a constant active period of a frame period including the active period and a variable blank period, the received frame data are written to a frame memory in the active period, the received frame data are outputted to a data driver in the active period to display an image based on the received frame data, a time of the variable blank period is counted, and, when the time of the variable blank period reaches a predetermined threshold blank time, the frame data stored in the frame memory are outputted to the data driver in the variable blank period to display an image based on the frame data stored in the frame memory.