IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,798,454
Granted Patent B2
US 11,798,454 · App. 17/717,977 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Si Beak Pyo (Yongin-si, KR); Seung Kyu Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Choon Yul Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Jun Ho Hwang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,798,454
App. No.
17/717,977
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a target pixel; observation target pixels located adjacent to the target pixel; and a grayscale corrector for converting an input grayscale value corresponding to the target pixel with reference to observation target grayscale values corresponding to the observation target pixels. The grayscale corrector includes: a light emitting pixel counter for providing a number of light emitting pixels by counting a number of observation target pixels that exceeds a reference value; and a grayscale converter for providing a converted grayscale value by converting the input grayscale value, based on the number of light emitting pixels.

Claims (21)

1. A display device comprising:

a target pixel; and

observation pixels located adjacent to the target pixel,

wherein, when the target pixel and all of the observation pixels emit light, the target pixel emits light of a first luminance in response to a first input grayscale value, and

wherein, when the target pixel emits light but none of the observation pixels emit light, the target pixel emits light of a second luminance higher than the first luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, when the target pixel emits light and only one of the observation pixels emits light, the target pixel emits light of a third luminance between the first luminance and the second luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein, when the target pixel emits light and only two of the observation pixels emit light, the target pixel emits light of a fourth luminance between the first luminance and the third luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein, when the target pixel emits light and only three of the observation pixels emit light, the target pixel emits light of a fifth luminance between the first luminance and the fourth luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the target pixel is configured to emit light of a first color, and

wherein the observation pixels are configured to emit light of a second color different from the first color.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first color is red or blue.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein an emission area of the target pixel is larger than each of emission areas of the observation pixels.

8. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the target pixel is configured to emit light of a first color,

wherein two of the observation pixels are configured to emit light of a second color different from the first color, and

wherein other two of the observation pixels are configured to emit light of a third color different from the first color and the second color.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first color is green.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein an emission area of the target pixel is smaller than each of emission areas of the observation pixels.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the target pixel is connected to a first data line different from second and third data lines to which the observation pixels are connected.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first data line is located between the second and third data lines.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the target pixel is connected to a first scan line different from second and third scan lines to which the observation pixels are connected.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first scan line is located between the second and third scan lines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2023
From: PYO, SI BEAK; LEE, SEUNG KYU; OH, CHOON YUL; HWANG, JUN HO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0120765 · Oct 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16532411 · Aug 5, 2019
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