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| 20080218489 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving a display device having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units, and a plurality of sense data lines to which the plurality of sensing units are connected, includes: reading sense signals from the sense data lines; determining whether or not the display has been touched and the number of touches, generating X-axis and Y-axis position data based on the sense signals, and determining, when the quantity of touches is plural, whether a plurality of touches are sequentially generated, and the touch position of each. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080252558 | COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a color display apparatus which has a pixel pattern including a plurality of repeating units of a pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of repeating units of the pixel array is composed of at least five sub-pixels while including at least one sub-pixel from a first to fourth sub-pixel, respectively, the first sub-pixel representing a red color (R), the second sub-pixel representing a green color (G), the third sub-pixel representing a blue color (B), and the fourth sub-pixel representing a mixed color of at least two colors from among the R, G, and B, and each of the plurality of repeating units of the pixel array corresponds to at least two image pixels. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080297538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A COMMON VOLTAGE - An apparatus for setting a common voltage include a screen generator, a flicker measuring part, a main controller and a read-only memory (“ROM”) programming part. The screen generator generates image data of a test screen. The flicker measuring part measures flicker on the test screen displayed on a display panel to which a common voltage corresponding to an estimated setting value is applied. The main controller calculates a measured flicker index from the measured flicker and compares the measured flicker index with a predetermined threshold value to determine a setting value corresponding to a flicker index of a plurality of calculated flicker indexes that is less than the threshold value. The ROM programming part writes the determined setting value to a ROM of a display module. Therefore, a common voltage is reestablished by the setting value, thus preventing flicker due to process variations. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090027425 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel which comprises sub-pixels including an R sub-pixel, a G sub-pixel, a B sub-pixel and a W sub-pixel and disposed in a matrix form, a gate line and a data line which insulatingly cross each other and transmit a driving signal to the sub-pixels; a driver connected to the gate line and the data line; and a signal controller which comprises a signal converter including a W extracting unit to convert R, G and B image signals into R, G, B and W image signals and a rendering unit to render the R, G, B and W image signals so that eight sub-pixels adjacent in an extending direction of the gate line display three pixels, and controls the driver to apply rendered image signals to the display panel. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090040214 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a signal processor using an (n−1)-th conversion signal corresponding to an (n−1)-th raw image signal of an (n−1)-th frame to correct an n-th raw image signal of an n-th frame, and outputting an n-th corrected image signal, the (n−1)-th raw image signal. The n-th raw image signal, and the n-th corrected image signal each have ‘a’ bits and the (n−1)-th conversion signal has ‘b’ bits. The ‘b’ bits is smaller than the ‘a’ bits (a>b). A liquid crystal panel displays an image corresponding to the n-th corrected image signal. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090127432 | LIGHT SENSOR, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a light sensor, a display apparatus including the same, and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a display panel which includes a display area through which an image is displayed and a non-display area. A light receiving transistor which is formed in the non-display area and receives outside light. A charging part which includes a first terminal is connected to a drain electrode of the light receiving part and a second terminal is connected to a direct current voltage terminal. A signal amplifying part which includes a first terminal and a second terminal which is connected to a source of reference voltage and receives a reference voltage. A charging switching part is connected between the first input terminal and the first terminal of the charging part. A controller is provided which controls the charging switching part according to a predetermined first cycle to charge or discharge the charging part. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090146964 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In a touch sensing display device, a plurality of sensor scanning lines extend in a first direction and sequentially receive a first voltage, and a plurality of sensor data lines extend in a second, different, direction. A plurality of sensing elements are formed in regions defined by the sensor scanning lines and the sensor data lines, and each sensing element transmits the first voltage from a corresponding sensor scanning line to a corresponding sensor data line responsive to an external touch. A sensing signal processor converts voltages of the sensor data lines into sensing data, and, a touch determining unit processes the sensing data corresponding to the sensor scanning lines by at least one scanning line to determine positions of touch regions generated during at least one frame. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090167718 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a touch sensible display device, a first sensing unit is connected to a row sensor data line and outputs a first sensing signal according to a touch, and a second sensing unit is connected to a column sensor data line and outputs a second sensing signal according to the touch. A sensing signal processor alternately applies a reset voltage to the row sensor data line and the column sensor data line and generates a sensing data signal according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, and a touch determiner processes a sensing data signal to generate touch information. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090174692 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND A DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A pixel driving circuit includes a first driver and a second driver. The first gate driver includes a plurality of stage units connected to odd-numbered gate lines. The second gate driver includes a plurality of stage units connected to even-numbered gate lines. Each of the stage units of the first and second gate drivers includes an input unit, a first signal output unit, and a second signal output unit. The input unit outputs a driving control signal according to a previous stage driving signal output from the previous stage unit and a next stage driving signal output from the next stage unit. The first signal output unit outputs a stage driving signal according to the driving control signal and a driving clock signal. The second signal output unit outputs a gate voltage signal to the corresponding gate line according to the driving control signal and a gate clock signal. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100007597 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes: a liquid crystal panel, a timing controller which receives previous image data and current image data, corrects or does not correct the current image data according to a reference bit of conversion image data generated using the previous image data, and outputs a display image signal to the liquid crystal panel, and a data driver which receives the display image signal and applies a data voltage corresponding to the display image signal to the liquid crystal panel. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100117980 | TOUCH SENSIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel; a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel; a plurality of sensor data lines disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels; and a plurality of sensing units disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100214203 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SENSING ELEMENT - A liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel and spaced apart from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a variable capacitor having a capacitance that varies by a touch and generating a control voltage that has a magnitude depending on the capacitance, and a sensing element disposed on the second panel and generating a sensing signal based on the control voltage. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100253644 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of pixels formed on the display panel, a plurality of sensing units formed on the display panel and generating sensor output signals in response to a touch exerted on the display panel, a sensing signal processor receiving and processing an analog sensor data signal originated from the sensor output signals to generate a digital sensor data signal, a first touch-determination unit detecting whether a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for a plurality of frames, and operating in a power saving mode, and a second touch-determination unit detecting whether and where a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for the plurality of frames, and operating in a normal mode. The display device includes hardwired logic units for detecting the touch, it detects the touch using the hardwired logic units in the power saving mode and converts the operation mode to the normal mode when the touch is detected, thus reducing power consumption. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100277444 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR TESTING THE SAME - A method of economically manufacturing display devices having a matrix of drivable pixels arranged in rows and columns arranged to be driven by IC drivers, including the steps of including a plurality of sensor signal lines in the display device that are selectively connectable to certain of the pixel rows, a plurality of sensor signal lines selectively connectable to certain of the pixel columns, transmitting test signals to test predetermined ones of the rows and columns of pixels, and connecting pixel driving circuits to those display devices exhibiting uniform pixel brightness in response to the test signals. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110074722 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display device, the display device including a display panel unit, a sensing unit formed on the display panel unit, receiving a sensor control signal, and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch exerted on the display panel unit, an output unit generating a sensing signal based on the sensor data signal from the sensing unit, and a compensation unit adjusting the sensor control signal such that the sensing signal is bounded in a predetermined range. | 03-31-2011 |
