| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20100013811 | PHOTO SENSOR AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A photo sensor capable of reducing the distortion of signals output from the photo sensor to output a correct measured value and an organic light emitting display using the same. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit formed on a transparent substrate to display an image in response to scan signals and data signals, a scan driver generating the scan signals to transmit the scan signals to the pixel unit, a data driver generating the data signals to transmit the data signals to the pixel unit, and a photo sensor including a sensing unit sensing brightness of ambient light to output a sensing signal and a control unit for receiving the sensing signal to output a brightness control signal for controlling brightness of the image. The sensing unit disposed in a predetermined region of the transparent substrate and includes a first photo diode receiving a first driving power source to generate optical current so that a magnitude of the optical current is controlled in response to the brightness of the ambient light, a first capacitor for storing the optical current, and a first switch coupled between the first driving power source and the first photo diode to perform a switching operation. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100141593 | Stylus pen and flat panel display apparatus including the same - A stylus pen includes a body portion, and an end portion on the body portion, the end portion including a reflecting unit and adapted to contact a touch screen. The reflecting unit is adapted to reflect light toward a display apparatus including the stylus pen, so light receiving accuracy of a photosensor in the display apparatus is increased. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110122096 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEDIUM FOR RECORDING METHOD, AND TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch screen display apparatus includes a touch detector for detecting a touch by an object and for generating an input signal, a panel including photo sensor units for capturing an image of the object, and a plurality of light emitting units for realizing an image to be displayed, a signal converter for converting the input signal into an output signal having a plurality of enable periods and at least one disable period, an updating unit for updating a noise determination reference of a sensing signal provided from the photo sensor unit during the at least one disable period, and a noise remove for removing noise from the sensing signal is according to the updated noise determination reference during an enable period of the enable periods. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110233387 | Light sensor circuit and driving method thereof - Embodiments provide a light sensor circuit for a flat panel display which improves resolution at low luminance and increases the range of sensible ambient light by divisionally driving a frame period, in which light is sensed, into a plurality of sub-frames, and a method of driving the light sensor circuit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110254871 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of said plurality of pixels includes a driving transistor and a light emitting diode, a compensator to receive first and second pixel currents generated by the plurality of pixels according to first and second data voltages respectively applied to the plurality of pixels, the compensator to calculate an image data compensation amount to compensate for variations in characteristics of the driving transistor of each of said plurality of pixels and a data selector to transmit the first and second data voltages to the plurality of pixels and to transmit the first and second pixel currents to the compensator, the compensator to measure the first and second pixel currents generated as a result of the first and second data voltages corresponding to different gray scale levels and to calculate an actual threshold voltage and mobility of the driving transistor of each of the pixels, the compensator including a measurement resistor, the compensator to control a resistance value of the measurement resistor, the measurement resistor to convert the first pixel current corresponding to the first data voltage into a first measured voltage and the second pixel current corresponding to the second data voltage into a second measured voltage. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110279436 | Display device and driving method thereof - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines, a data driver transmitting a plurality of data signals to the plurality of data lines, a scan driver transmitting a plurality of scan signals to the plurality of scan lines, a compensation controller supplying a predetermined first current to each organic light emitting diode in each of the plurality of pixels during a sensing period for measuring a driving voltage of the organic light emitting diode for each of a plurality of pixels, receiving the driving voltage of the organic light emitting diode supplied with the first current, and outputting measuring data for the transmitted driving voltage; and a signal controller compensating an input video signal according to the measuring data to generate image data. The compensation controller is separate from and external to the data driver. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279437 | Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a driving method thereof include an OLED, a driving transistor supplying a driving current to the OLED, a data line transmitting a data signal to the driving transistor, a first switch including a first electrode connected to one electrode of the OLED and a second electrode connected to the data line, and a second switch including a first electrode connected to the data line and a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor. The first switch is turned on such that a predetermined first current is transmitted to the OLED, the voltage of one electrode of the OLED is received through the data line, the deterioration degree of the OLED is detected according to the transmitted voltage, and the data signal transmitted to the data line is compensated according to the detected deterioration. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279444 | DISPLAY DEVICE TO COMPENSATE CHARACTERISTIC DEVIATION OF DRVING TRANSISTOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display having a plurality of pixels, a compensator that for each of a plurality of pixels, calculates an image data compensation amount that compensates a characteristic deviation of a driving transistor of each pixel by measuring the first pixel current generated by the first data voltage and the second pixel current generated by the second data voltage obtained by amending the first data voltage, and initializes a panel capacitor that is parasitic on a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels in the measurement of the first pixel current and the measurement of the second pixel current; and a signal controller that generates an image data signal by reflecting the compensation amount of the image data. It is possible to shorten a compensation period for compensating a characteristic deviation between driving transistors, and since a data writing period in which a data signal is written in each pixel and a light emitting period in which, after the writing of the data signal corresponding to each pixel is completed, the entire pixel emits light at once, making it possible to more efficiently display the image. | 11-17-2011 |