Display device

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including:

a display region,

a non-display region,

a first substrate,

a second substrate facing the first substrate, and

a leaked light sensing unit disposed between the first substrate and second substrate in the non-display region, the leaked light sensing unit configured to sense intensity of light leaked from the display region to the non-display region; and

a luminance control signal generator which is electrically connected to the leaked light sensing unit and configured to generate a luminance control signal to adjust luminance of the display region according to the sensed leaked light intensity.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the leaked light sensing unit is formed on a side of the non-display region to be substantially parallel to a boundary between the non-display region and the display region.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the leaked light sensing unit comprises a plurality of photosensors disposed on the first substrate and a plurality of reflective films respectively disposed on the second substrate.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of thin-film transistors (TFTs) formed in the display region, each TFT comprising a first source electrode, a first drain electrode and a first gate electrode, wherein each of the photosensors comprises a second source electrode, a second drain electrode and a second gate electrode respectively made of substantially the same materials as the first source electrode, the first drain electrode and the first gate electrode.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a driving voltage generator configured to provide a common voltage to a common electrode of the second substrate, wherein the luminance control signal generator is configured to transmit a luminance control signal to adjust a level of the common voltage to the driving voltage generator, and the driving voltage generator is configured to receive the luminance control signal and to adjust the level of the common voltage.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the luminance control signal generator is configured to generate a luminance control signal to increase the common voltage if the intensity of leaked light in a positive polarity frame is greater than that of leaked light in a negative polarity frame and to generate a luminance control signal to reduce the common voltage if the intensity of the leaked light in the positive polarity frame is less than that of the leaked light in the negative polarity frame.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of data lines formed in the display region and further comprising a data driver configured to transmit data signals to the data lines and a timing controller configured to process an image signal received from an external source and to transmit the processed image signal to the data driver, wherein the luminance control signal generator is configured to transmit to the timing controller a luminance control signal to adjust the luminance of the display region by adjusting levels of the data voltages applied to the data lines, and the timing controller is configured to receive the luminance control signal and to generate the processed image signal.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the luminance control signal generator is configured to measure a luminance indicative of the luminance of the entire display region using the intensity of leaked light sensed by the leaked light sensing unit, to calculate a difference between a reference luminance corresponding to a reference data voltage and the measured luminance, to calculate an amount by which the reference data voltage is to be corrected based on the calculated difference, and to transmit a luminance control signal corresponding to the calculated amount to the timing controller.