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US 8,432,100 · App. 12/497,374 · Granted Apr 30, 2013

Organic light emitting display device and driving method for the same

Inventor: Jae Sung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,432,100
App. No.
12/497,374
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device is provided. The device includes a photo sensor adapted to: sense a brightness of ambient light; output a pulse width of an emission control signal corresponding to a sensed brightness of the ambient light; and output a gamma compensation coefficient corresponding to the sensed brightness of the ambient light and a user selected brightness. The device also includes a gamma compensation circuit adapted to adjust a magnitude of a voltage between a plurality of gradation voltages according to the output gamma compensation coefficient. The device also includes a scan driver and a data driver. The device also includes a pixel portion including a pixel adapted to: emit light according to the data signal, the scan signal, and the emission control signal; and display an image corresponding to the user selected brightness.

Claims (6)

1. A method for driving an organic light emitting display device, the method comprising:

categorizing a luminance of a pixel portion into a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages being configured to adjust voltage differences between gradation voltages differently;

receiving a signal from a user for selecting one of the plurality of stages; and

adjusting an emission time of the pixel portion corresponding to a sensed brightness of an ambient light in accordance with the selected stage and according to a reference voltage corresponding to the sensed brightness in each of the stages,

wherein an increase in the sensed brightness of the ambient light results in an increase in the reference voltage.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of stages comprise a dark stage, an intermediate stage, and a bright stage.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028884/0128 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2009
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023101/0736 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 2006-0028613 · Mar 29, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11585690 · Oct 23, 2006
Related Publication 20090267973A1 · Oct 29, 2009