Display device and method for driving display device

1. A display device comprising:

a display which includes a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element; and

a controller configured to adjust a value of a luminance signal to be supplied to a target pixel, such that an actual luminance of the target pixel is equal to a reference luminance, the reference luminance being an actual luminance of a reference pixel obtained when the luminance signal to be supplied to the target pixel is supplied to the reference pixel, the reference pixel having a predetermined attenuation characteristic for light emission amount,

wherein, in the adjustment of the value of the luminance signal, the controller is configured to:

reduce the value of the luminance signal for a first target pixel having a first deterioration characteristic in which an attenuation amount of the actual luminance of the first target pixel over time is less than an attenuation amount of the luminance of the first target pixel over time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic for the light emission amount; and

increase the value of the luminance signal for a second target pixel having a second deterioration characteristic in which an attenuation amount of the actual luminance of the second target pixel over time is greater than an attenuation amount of the luminance of the second target pixel over time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic for the light emission amount,

wherein the luminance signal for the first target pixel is reduced at a first rate and the luminance signal for the second target pixel is increased at a second rate different from the first rate to equalize attenuation characteristics of the first target pixel and the second target pixel for maintaining a luminance difference between the first target pixel and the second pixel with respect to time,

wherein the value of the luminance signal is adjusted by adjusting an amount of current transmitted to the light emitting element corresponding to the target pixel, and

wherein the amount of current is adjusted according to the physical deterioration amount of the lighting emitting element in the target pixel.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined attenuation characteristic for the light emission amount is defined by an attenuation amount of the actual luminance of the reference pixel relative to elapsed time,

the predetermined attenuation characteristic for the light emission amount is set such that the attenuation amount is (i) greater than a minimum deterioration characteristic in which the attenuation amount relative to elapsed time is a minimum, and (ii) less than a maximum deterioration characteristic in which the attenuation amount relative to elapsed time is a maximum, and

the minimum deterioration characteristic and the maximum deterioration characteristic are statistically estimated.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined attenuation characteristic for light emission amount is predesigned according to a specification of the display device.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light emitting element is an organic electroluminescent element.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller detects the light emission state of the display, and

equally reduces the value of the luminance signal for all of the pixels at a same reduction rate based on an accumulation of periods during which images are displayed on the display derived from the detected light emission state of the display, and

adjusts the reduced value of the luminance signal for the target pixel at a first time, the adjustment being based on a comparison of the actual value of the luminance of the reference pixel at the first time and an attenuation amount of the luminance of the reference pixel at the first time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic of the reference pixel.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reference pixel is a virtual pixel.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the attenuation characteristics for light emission amount are commonly set among all colors.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein deterioration characteristics for light emission amount of the first target pixel is reduced with respect to time at a greater rate with the adjustment of the value of the luminance signal than deterioration characteristics for light emission amount of the first target pixel without the adjustment of the value of the luminance signal, and

wherein deterioration characteristics for light emission amount of the second target pixel is reduced with respect to time at a lower rate with the adjustment of the value of the luminance signal than deterioration characteristics for light emission amount of the second target pixel without the adjustment of the value of the luminance signal.

9. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein different deterioration rates are set for the first target pixel and the second target pixel.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first target pixel and the second target pixel are located at different regions displaying different amount of luminance data with respect to time.

11. A method for driving a display device which includes a display which includes a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element, the method comprising:

adjusting, by a controller of the display device, a value of a luminance signal to be supplied to a target pixel, such that an actual luminance of the target pixel is equal to a reference luminance, the reference luminance being an actual luminance of a reference pixel obtained when the luminance signal to be supplied to the target pixel is supplied to the reference pixel, the reference pixel having a predetermined attenuation characteristic for light emission amount, the adjusting comprising:

reducing the value of the luminance signal for a first target pixel having a first deterioration characteristic in which an attenuation amount of the actual luminance of the first target pixel over time is less than an attenuation amount of the luminance of the first target pixel over time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic for the light emission amount; and

increasing the value of the luminance signal for a second target pixel having a second deterioration characteristic in which an attenuation amount of the actual luminance of the second target pixel over time is greater than an attenuation amount of the luminance of the second target pixel over time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic for the light emission amount,

wherein the luminance signal for the first target pixel is reduced at a first rate and the luminance signal for the second target pixel is increased at a second rate different from the first rate to equalize attenuation characteristics of the first target pixel and the second target pixel for maintaining a luminance difference between the first target pixel and the second pixel with respect to time,

wherein the value of the luminance signal is adjusted by adjusting an amount of current transmitted to the light emitting element corresponding to the target pixel, and

wherein the amount of current is adjusted according to the physical deterioration amount of the lighting emitting element in the target pixel.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

detecting the light emission state of the display,

equally reducing the value of the luminance signal for all of the pixels at a same reduction rate based on an accumulation of periods during which images are displayed on the display derived from the detected light emission state of the display, and

adjusting the reduced value of the luminance signal for the target pixel at a first time, the adjustment being based on a comparison of the actual value of the luminance of the reference pixel at the first time and an attenuation amount of the luminance of the reference pixel at the first time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic of the reference pixel.

13. A display device comprising:

a display which includes a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element; and

a controller that adjusts a value of a luminance signal to be supplied to a target pixel, such that an actual luminance of the target pixel is equal to a reference luminance, the reference luminance being an actual luminance of a reference pixel obtained when the luminance signal to be supplied to the target pixel is supplied to the reference pixel, the reference pixel having a predetermined attenuation characteristic for light emission amount,

wherein the controller detects the light emission state of the display, and

equally reduces the value of the luminance signal for all of the pixels at a same reduction rate based on an accumulation of periods during which images are displayed on the display derived from the detected light emission state of the display, and

adjusts the reduced value of the luminance signal for the target pixel at a first time, the adjustment being based on a comparison of the actual value of the luminance of the reference pixel at the first time and an attenuation amount of the luminance of the reference pixel at the first time specified by the predetermined attenuation characteristic of the reference pixel,

wherein the adjustment in the value of the luminance signal is to allow equalization of attenuation characteristics for maintaining a luminance difference between a pixel located in a high luminance region and a pixel located in a low luminance region,

wherein the value of the luminance signal is adjusted by adjusting an amount of current transmitted to the light emitting element corresponding to the target pixel, and

wherein the amount of current is adjusted according to the physical deterioration amount of the lighting emitting element in the target pixel.