Display device and driving method thereof

1. A display device, comprising:

a display including a plurality of pixels; and

a timing controller to form a frame of an image signal based on a main frame, a compensation frame, and at least one blank frame, and to determine a driving method of each of the pixels to generate output image data, wherein the main frame serves to display the image signal, the compensation frame serves to compensate a luminance of the main frame, and the blank frame serves to express a black gray scale value.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the timing controller includes a sub-frame controller which includes:

a luminance measurer to measure a luminance value of at least one area of the display;

a sub-frame generator to convert the image signal into a main image data signal; and

a luminance compensator to generate a compensation image data signal to compensate luminance according to the image signal based on the measured luminance value.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:

the timing controller further includes a sub-frame arranger,

the sub-frame arranger forms a frame of the image signal based on the main frame, the compensation frame, and the blank frame, and

the sub-frame arranger generates an output image data signal based on arranging the main image data signal corresponding to a period of the main frame, the compensation image data signal corresponding to a period of the compensation frame, and an image data signal corresponding to a period of the blank frame.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 4, grayscale 16, grayscale 64, grayscale 128, grayscale 32, grayscale 8, and grayscale 2 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 4, grayscale 16, grayscale 64, grayscale 128, grayscale 32, grayscale 8, and grayscale 2 which are successively arranged.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a first blank frame, a compensation frame, and a second blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame having a first blank frame, a compensation frame, and a second blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 0, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first main frame, a compensation frame, a second main frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first main frame, the compensation frame, and the second main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged,

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first main frame, a first blank frame, a compensation frame, a second blank frame, a second main frame, and a third blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first main frame, the compensation frame, and the second main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged,

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first compensation frame, a main frame, a second compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first main frame, the compensation frame, and the second main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first compensation frame, a first blank frame, a main frame, a second blank frame, a second compensation frame, and a third blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first compensation frame, the main frame, and the second compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames, and

the frame of the image signal includes a first main frame of grayscale 1, a first compensation frame of grayscale 2, a second main frame of grayscale 4, a second compensation frame of grayscale 8, a third main frame of grayscale 16, a third compensation frame of grayscale 32, a fourth main frame of grayscale 64, a fifth main frame of grayscale 128, a fourth compensation frame of grayscale 64, a sixth main frame of grayscale 32, a fifth compensation frame of grayscale 16, a seventh main frame of grayscale 8, a sixth compensation frame of grayscale 4, an eighth main frame of grayscale 2, a seventh compensation frame of grayscale 1, and a blank frame arranged in that order.

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

measuring a luminance value of at least one area of a display;

converting the image signal into a main image data signal;

generating a compensation image data signal for compensating luminance according to the image signal based on the measured luminance value; and

forming a frame of the image signal based on a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame.

15. The driving method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the forming the frame of the image signal includes:

generating an output image data signal by arranging the main image data signal corresponding to a period of the main frame, the compensation image data signal corresponding to a period of the compensation frame, and an image data signal corresponding to a period of the blank frame.

16. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 4, grayscale 16, grayscale 64, grayscale 128, grayscale 32, grayscale 8, and grayscale 2 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 4, grayscale 16, grayscale 64, grayscale 128, grayscale 32, grayscale 8, and grayscale 2 which are successively arranged.

17. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

18. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a first blank frame, a compensation frame, and a second blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

19. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame, a compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

20. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a main frame having a first blank frame, a compensation frame, and a second blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 0, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

21. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first main frame, a compensation frame, a second main frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first main frame, the compensation frame, and the second main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged,

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

22. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein;

the frame of the image signal includes a first main frame, a first blank frame, a compensation frame, a second blank frame, a second main frame, and a third blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first main frame, the compensation frame, and the second main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged,

the compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged.

23. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first compensation frame, a main frame, a second compensation frame, and a blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first main frame, the compensation frame, and the second main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged.

24. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the frame of the image signal includes a first compensation frame, a first blank frame, a main frame, a second blank frame, a second compensation frame, and a third blank frame arranged in that order,

each of the first compensation frame, the main frame, and the second compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames,

the first compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged,

the main frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, grayscale 64, grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, grayscale 32, and grayscale 64 which are successively arranged, and

the second compensation frame includes sub-frames having weight values of grayscale 1, grayscale 2, grayscale 4, grayscale 8, grayscale 16, and grayscale 32 which are successively arranged.

25. The driving method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

each of the main frame and the compensation frame includes a plurality of sub-frames, and

the frame of the image signal includes a first main frame of grayscale 1, a first compensation frame of grayscale 2, a second main frame of grayscale 4, a second compensation frame of grayscale 8, a third main frame of grayscale 16, a third compensation frame of grayscale 32, a fourth main frame of grayscale 64, a fifth main frame of grayscale 128, a fourth compensation frame of grayscale 64, a sixth main frame of grayscale 32, a fifth compensation frame of grayscale 16, a seventh main frame of grayscale 8, a sixth compensation frame of grayscale 4, an eighth main frame of grayscale 2, a seventh compensation frame of grayscale 1, and a blank frame arranged in that order.