Display device operating in 2D and 3D display modes and method for driving the same

1. A display device, comprising:

a first scan line;

a second scan line;

a third scan line;

a data line;

a first pixel, comprising:

a first sub-pixel, comprising:

a first sub-pixel electrode; and

a first switch, receiving a second scan signal from the second scan line to selectively couple the data line to the first sub-pixel electrode; and

a second sub-pixel, comprising:

a second sub-pixel electrode; and

a second switch, receiving the second scan signal from the second scan line to selectively couple the data line to the second sub-pixel electrode;

a low color-shifting circuit, comprising:

a compensating capacitor; and

a low color-shifting switch, receiving a third scan signal from the third scan line to selectively couple the compensating capacitor to the second sub-pixel electrode of the second sub-pixel; and

a black zone generation circuit, receiving a black zone generation signal to couple the first sub-pixel electrode to a common node such that the first sub-pixel becomes a black zone;

wherein the black zone generation circuit comprises a black zone switch having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, wherein the control terminal is coupled to the first scan line, the first terminal is coupled to the first sub-pixel electrode, and the second terminal is coupled to the common node;

wherein the display device further comprises:

a scan driving unit, coupled to the first scan line, the second scan line, and the third scan line;

wherein when the display device operates in a 3D (three-dimensional) display mode, the scan driving unit sequentially outputs the third scan signal, the second scan signal, and a first scan signal to the third scan line, the second scan line, and the first scan line, respectively, wherein the first scan signal is the black zone generation signal; and

wherein when the display device operates in a 2D (two-dimensional) display mode, the scan driving unit sequentially outputs the first scan signal, the second scan signal, and the third scan signal to the first scan line, the second scan line, and the third scan line, respectively.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the black zone generation circuit further comprises a storage capacitor coupled between the second terminal and the common node.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first switch, the second switch, and the low color-shifting switch are transistors.

4. A method for driving a display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in a 3D (three-dimensional) display mode, the following steps are performed sequentially:

outputting the third scan signal to the third scan line;

outputting the second scan signal to the second scan line such that the data of the data line is input to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel; and

outputting a first scan signal to the first scan line, wherein the first scan signal is the black zone generation signal such that the first sub-pixel becomes the black zone.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein in a 2D (two-dimensional) display mode, the following steps are performed sequentially:

outputting the first scan signal to the first scan line;

outputting the second scan signal to the second scan line such that the data of the data line is input to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel; and

outputting the third scan signal to the third scan line such that a liquid-crystal capacitor of the second sub-pixel shares charges with the compensating capacitor.