IP Library Granted Patent US 12706012
Granted Patent B2
US 12706012 · App. 18/943,138 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Display device and method of driving display device

Inventor: Si Beak Pyo (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/20G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2360/144
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12706012
App. No.
18/943,138
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a pixel, a voltage generator for generating a plurality of driving voltages, an illuminance sensor for sensing an amount of ambient light of the display panel and generating a sensing value corresponding to a sensing result, and a driver for generating a data signal transferred to the pixel. The driver controls the voltage generator to change at least one driving voltage among the plurality of driving voltages, based on the sensing value.

Claims (53)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel including a pixel;

a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of driving voltages;

an illuminance sensor configured to sense an amount of ambient light of the display panel, and generate a sensing value corresponding to a sensing result;

a driver configured to generate a data signal transferred to the pixel; and

a memory configured to store a driving lookup table,

wherein the driver controls the voltage generator to change at least one driving voltage among the plurality of driving voltages, based on the sensing value,

wherein the driver includes a controller configured to generate a first offset value corresponding to the sensing value with reference to the driving lookup table, and provide the first offset value to the voltage generator.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel includes:

a pixel circuit connected to a line configured to supply a first power voltage; and

a light emitting element connected between the pixel circuit and a line configured to supply a second power voltage, and

wherein the voltage generator generates the second power voltage, using the first offset value.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the voltage generator generates the second power voltage by adding the first offset value to an initial second power voltage.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the pixel circuit includes at least one P-type transistor, and

wherein the voltage generator generates a voltage supplied to a gate of the at least one P-type transistor and for turning on the at least one P-type transistor, using the first offset value.

5 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the pixel circuit includes at least one N-type transistor, and

wherein the voltage generator generates a voltage supplied to a gate of the at least one N-type transistor and for turning off the at least one N-type transistor, using the first offset value.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the controller receives first image data, and generates second image data, based on the first image data,

wherein the driver further includes:

a data converter configured to receive the second image data, and generate a voltage value corresponding to the second image data; and

a data driver connected to the pixel through a data line, the data driver generating the data signal, which corresponds to the voltage value, and supplying the generated data signal to the data line, and

wherein the controller generates a second offset value corresponding to the sensing value with reference to the driving lookup table, and provides the second offset value to the voltage generator.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the pixel includes:

a pixel circuit connected to a line configured to supply a first power voltage; and

a light emitting element connected between the pixel circuit and a line configured to supply a second power voltage,

wherein the pixel circuit includes at least one N-type transistor, and

wherein the voltage generator generates a voltage supplied to a gate of the at least one N-type transistor and for turning on the at least one N-type transistor, using the second offset value.

8 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the pixel includes:

a pixel circuit connected to a line configured to supply a first power voltage; and

a light emitting element connected between the pixel circuit and a line configured to supply a second power voltage,

wherein the pixel circuit includes at least one P-type transistor, and

wherein the voltage generator generates a voltage supplied to a gate of the at least one P-type transistor and for turning off the at least one P-type transistor, using the second offset value.

9 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the voltage generator generates a driving voltage of an operational amplifier included in the data driver, using the second offset value.

10 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the memory further stores a plurality of gamma lookup tables, and

wherein the data converter generates the voltage value, using a gamma lookup table corresponding to the sensing value among the plurality of gamma lookup tables.

11 . A method of driving a display device, the method comprising:

generating, by an illuminance sensor, a sensing value of illuminance of ambient light of the display device;

determining at least one offset value corresponding to the sensing value with reference to a driving lookup table;

generating at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value; and

displaying an image, using the driving voltage,

wherein the generating of the at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value, includes generating a power voltage supplied to a cathode of a light emitting element in a pixel of the display device, based on the offset value.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein, in the generating of the at least one driving voltage, a smaller voltage as the driving voltage is generated as the sensing value indicates a higher illuminance.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value, includes generating a voltage supplied to a gate of a P-type transistor included in a pixel of the display device, based on the offset value.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value, includes generating a voltage supplied to a gate of an N-type transistor included in a pixel of the display device, based on the offset value.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value, includes generating a driving voltage of an operational amplifier included in a data driver configured to generate a data signal to be supplied to a data line connected to a pixel of the display device, based on the offset value.

16 . A method of driving a display device, the method comprising:

generating, by an illuminance sensor, a sensing value of illuminance of ambient light of the display device;

determining at least one offset value and a gamma lookup table, which correspond to the sensing value, with reference to a driving lookup table;

generating at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value;

generating a voltage value corresponding to input image data, using the gamma lookup table; and

displaying an image, using the driving voltage and the voltage value,

wherein the generating of the at least one driving voltage, based on the offset value, includes generating a power voltage supplied to a cathode of a light emitting element in a pixel of the display device, based on the offset value.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein, in the generating of the at least one driving voltage, a smaller voltage as the driving voltage is generated as the sensing value indicates a higher illuminance.