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Granted Patent B2
US 11,410,595 · App. 17/109,242 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Display device and driving method for display device

Inventors: Tetsuo Morita (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Ogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,410,595
App. No.
17/109,242
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display area and a driver. Each of pixels includes a light emitting element and a drive transistor connected in series. An image signal includes a first luminance data and a second luminance data. The first luminance data is based on an average value of a gradation value of pixels, and is common among the pixels included in said one area. The second luminance data is, based on a difference between the gradation value and the average value, an independent luminance data of each of the pixels. The driver controls a common luminance time of the pixels based on the first luminance data, and controls a current value to be supplied to the luminance element of each of the pixels based on the second luminance data.

Claims (53)

1. A display device comprising:

a display area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and

a driver configured to drive the pixels based on an image signal, wherein

each of the pixels includes a light emitting element and a drive transistor to control a current value to the light emitting element,

the drive transistor and the light emitting element are connected in series between a first power potential and a second power potential having a potential different from the first power potential,

the image signal to drive the pixels includes a first luminance data and a plurality of second luminance data,

the first luminance data is based on an average value of gradation values of the plurality of pixels included in one area of the display area divided into a plurality of areas,

the first luminance data is common among each of the plurality of pixels included in said one area,

each of the plurality of second luminance data is based on a difference between the gradation value of each of the plurality of pixels included in said one area and the average value, respectively, wherein

the second luminance data in one pixel included in said one area and the second luminance data in another one pixel included in said one area are independent of each other, and

the driver controls a common luminance time of the pixels included in said one area based on the first luminance data, and controls a current value to be supplied to the luminance element of each of the pixels included in said one area based on the second luminance data.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the gradation of the pixels included in said one area is determined by accumulating a light emitting time controlled based on the first luminance data and a light emitting luminance based on a current value controlled based on the plurality of second luminance data.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the light emitting element is a micro LED mounted on a pixel electrode formed to corresponding to the pixel in the display area.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein

the current value controlled based on one of the plurality of second luminance data is a value within a range predetermined from a current value which maximizes efficiency of light emittance of the micro LED.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of pixels includes a control transistor connected in series with the drive transistor and the light emitting element between the first power potential and the second power potential, and

the light emitting time is controlled by conductivity/non-conductivity of the control transistor.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the first luminance data and the plurality of second luminance data are included in the image signal to perform one frame display.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of second luminance data is included in the image signal to perform one frame display, and

the first luminance data is included in the image signal to perform a frame display which is prior to the one frame display.

8. A driving method for a display device,

the display device including a display area on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a light emitting element and a drive transistor to control a current value to the light emitting element, and

the drive transistor and the light emitting element being connected in series between a first power potential and a second power potential having a potential different from the first power potential,

the method comprising:

acquiring an image signal; and

driving the pixels based on the acquired image signal, wherein

the image signal to drive the pixels includes a first luminance data and a plurality of second luminance data,

the first luminance data is based on an average gradation value of gradation values of the plurality of pixels included in one area of the display area divided into a plurality of areas,

the first luminance data is common among each of the plurality of pixels included in said one area,

each of the plurality of second luminance data is based on a difference between the gradation value of each of the plurality of pixels included in said one area and the average value, respectively, wherein

the second luminance data in one pixel included in said one area and the second luminance data in another one pixel included in said one area are independent of each other, and

the driving includes:

controlling a common luminance time of the pixels included in said one area based on the first luminance data; and

controlling a current value to be supplied to the luminance element of each of the pixels included in said one area based on the second luminance data.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the gradation of the pixels included in said one area is determined by accumulating a light emitting time controlled based on the first luminance data and a light emitting luminance based on a current value controlled based on the plurality of second luminance data.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the light emitting element is a micro LED mounted on a pixel electrode formed to corresponding to the pixel in the display area.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein

the current value controlled based on one of the plurality of second luminance data is a value within a range predetermined from a current value which maximizes efficiency of light emittance of the micro LED.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein

each of the plurality of pixels includes a control transistor connected in series with the drive transistor and the light emitting element between the first power potential and the second power potential, and

the light emitting time is controlled by conductivity/non-conductivity of the control transistor.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the first luminance data and the plurality of second luminance data are included in the image signal to perform one frame display.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the plurality of second luminance data is included in the image signal to perform one frame display, and

the first luminance data is included in the image signal to perform a frame display which is prior to the one frame display.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2020
From: MORITA, TETSUO; OGAWA, YASUHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 054512/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-108596 · Jun 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019018152 · Apr 26, 2019
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