Display device and sound providing method thereof

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate;

a first sound generator disposed on a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, the first sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a first sound signal to output first sound;

a second sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the second sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a second sound signal to output second sound;

a third sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the third sound generator configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a third sound signal to output third sound; and

a sound driver, wherein

the first sound includes both sound in a low-frequency range and sound in a high-frequency range, which is higher than the low-frequency range, and

the second sound includes sound in the high-frequency range, and

the third sound includes sound in the high-frequency range, wherein

the sound driver includes a digital signal processor configured to:

calculate first and second high-frequency signals by high-pass-filtering first and second stereo signals, respectively,

generate a mixed stereo signal by mixing the first and second stereo signals,

calculate a mixed low-frequency signal by low-pass filtering the mixed stereo signal,

output the mixed low-frequency signal in a first mode, and

output a modulated stereo signal by mixing the mixed low-frequency signal and a third stereo signal in a second mode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the low-frequency range is less than or equal to about 800 Hz, and the high-frequency range is greater than or equal to about 800 Hz.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sound driver is further configured to

generate the first, second, and third sound signals from first and second stereo signals in a first mode, and

generate the first, second, and third sound signals from the first stereo signal, the second stereo signal, and a third stereo signal in a second mode.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the sound driver further includes:

a digital-to-analog converter, which in the first mode, is configured to

convert the mixed low-frequency signal into a first analog signal,

convert the first high-frequency signal into a second analog signal, and

convert the second high-frequency signal into a third analog signal; and

an amplifier, which in the first mode, is configured to

amplify the first analog signal into the first sound signal and output the first sound signal to the first sound generator,

amplify the second analog signal into the second sound signal and output the second sound signal to the second sound generator, and

amplify the third analog signal into the third sound signal and output the third sound signal to the third sound generator.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the sound driver further includes:

a digital-to-analog converter, which in the second mode, is configured to

convert the mixed low-frequency signal into a first analog signal,

convert the first high-frequency signal into a second analog signal, and

convert the second high-frequency signal into a third analog signal; and

an amplifier, which in the second mode, is configured to

amplify the first analog signal into the first sound signal and output the first sound signal to the first sound generator,

amplify the second analog signal into the second sound signal and output the second sound signal to the second sound generator, and

amplify the third analog signal into the third sound signal and output the third sound signal to the third sound generator.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sound driver is further configured to

generate first, second, and third modulated stereo signals using first and second stereo signals,

generate the first, second, and third sound signals from the first and second modulated stereo signals in a first mode, and

generate the first, second, and third sound signals from the first, second, and third modulated stereo signals in a second mode.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first sound generator includes a bobbin disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a voice coil around the bobbin, and a magnet disposed on and spaced apart from the bobbin, and

each of the second and third sound generators includes a first electrode to which a first driving voltage is applied, a second electrode to which a second driving voltage is applied, and a piezoelectric material configured to contract or expand in accordance with at least one of the first and second driving voltage.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second sound generator is closer to a first side of the display panel than is the third sound generator,

the third sound generator is closer to a second side of the display panel, which is opposite the first side, than is the second sound generator, and

the first sound generator is closer to a center of the display panel than are the second and third sound generators.

9. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate;

a first sound generator disposed on a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, the first sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a first sound signal to output first sound;

a second sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the second sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a second sound signal to output second sound;

a third sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the third sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a third sound signal to output third sound; and

a sound driver, wherein

the sound driver includes:

a digital signal processor, which in a second mode, is configured to

calculate first, second, and third high-frequency signals by high-pass-filtering first, second, and third stereo signals, respectively,

calculate first, second, and third low-frequency signals by low-pass-filtering the first, second, and third stereo signals, respectively,

generate a mixed stereo signal by mixing the first and second stereo signals, calculate a mixed low-frequency signal by low-pass-filtering the mixed stereo signal,

generate a mixed low-frequency signal by mixing the first, second, and third low-frequency signals, and

generate a modulated stereo signal by mixing the third high-frequency signal and the mixed low-frequency signal;

a digital-to-analog converter, which in the second mode, is configured to

convert the mixed low-frequency signal into a first analog signal,

convert the first high-frequency signal into a second analog signal, and

convert the second high-frequency signal into a third analog signal; and

an amplifier, which in the second mode, is configured to

amplify the first analog signal into the first sound signal and output the first sound signal to the first sound generator,

amplify the second analog signal into the second sound signal and output the second sound signal to the second sound generator, and

amplify the third analog signal into the third sound signal and output the third sound signal to the third sound generator.

10. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate;

a first sound generator disposed on a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, the first sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a first sound signal to output first sound;

a second sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the second sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a second sound signal to output second sound; and

a fourth sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the fourth sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a fourth sound signal to reinforce the first sound,

wherein

the first sound includes sound in a low-frequency range,

the second sound includes sound in a high-frequency range, which is higher than the low-frequency range,

the first sound generator includes:

a bobbin disposed on the first surface of the substrate;

a voice coil disposed around the bobbin; and

a magnet disposed on and spaced apart from the bobbin, and

the bobbin of the first sound generator is around the fourth sound generator or the bobbin of the first sound generator is on a surface of the fourth sound generator.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

a distance between the first and fourth sound generators is smaller than a distance between the first and second sound generators,

a length in a first direction of the fourth sound generator is smaller than a length in the first direction of the second sound generator, and

a length in a second direction of the fourth sound generator is smaller than a length in the second direction of the second sound generator.

12. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a third sound generator disposed on the second surface of the first substrate, the third sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a third sound signal to output third sound,

wherein the third sound includes sound in the high-frequency range.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the low-frequency range is less than or equal to about 800 Hz, and the high-frequency range is greater than or equal to about 800 Hz.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

a distance between the first and fourth sound generators is smaller than a distance between the first and third sound generators,

a length in a first direction of the fourth sound generator is smaller than a length in the first direction of the third sound generator, and

a length in a second direction of the fourth sound generator is smaller than a length in the second direction of the third sound generator.

15. The display device of claim 12 , further comprising:

a sound driver configured to

generate the first, second, and fourth sound signals from first and second stereo signals in a first mode, and

generate the first, second, third, and fourth sound signals from the first stereo signal, the second stereo signal, and a third stereo signal in a second mode.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the sound driver includes:

a digital signal processor, which in the second mode, is configured to

calculate first, second, and third high-frequency signals from the first, second, and third stereo signals, respectively,

generate a mixed stereo signal by mixing the first, second, and third stereo signals, and

calculate a mixed low-frequency signal by low-pass-filtering the mixed stereo signal;

a digital-to-analog converter, which in the second mode, is configured to

convert the mixed low-frequency signal into a first analog signal,

convert the first high-frequency signal into a second analog signal,

convert the second high-frequency signal into a third analog signal, and

convert the third high-frequency signal into a fourth analog signal; and

an amplifier, which in the second mode, is configured to

amplify the first analog signal into the first sound signal and output the first sound signal to the first sound generator,

amplify the second analog signal into the second sound signal and output the second sound signal to the second sound generator,

amplify the third analog signal into the third sound signal and output the third sound signal to the third sound generator, and

amplify the fourth analog signal into the fourth sound signal and output the fourth sound signal to the fourth sound generator.

17. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

each of the second and fourth sound generators includes

a first electrode to which a first driving voltage is applied,

a second electrode to which a second driving voltage is applied, and

a piezoelectric material configured to contract or expand in accordance with at least one of the first and second driving voltage.

18. A sound providing method, comprising:

in a first mode

calculating a first high-frequency signal, a second high-frequency signal, and a mixed low-frequency signal from first stereo sound and second stereo sound,

converting the mixed low-frequency signal into a first sound signal and outputting the first sound signal to a first sound generator,

converting the first high-frequency signal into a second sound signal and outputting the second sound signal to a second sound generator, and

converting the second high-frequency signal into a third sound signal and outputting the third sound signal to a third sound generator; and

in a second mode

calculating the first high-frequency signal, the second high-frequency signal, and a modulated stereo signal from the first stereo signal, the second stereo signal, and a third stereo signal,

converting the modulated stereo signal into the first sound signal and outputting the first sound signal to the first sound generator,

converting the first high-frequency signal into the second sound signal and outputting the second sound signal to the second sound generator, and

converting the second high-frequency signal into the third sound signal and outputting the third sound signal to the third sound generator.