Image display method

1. An image display method comprising:

receiving image data including a black region and a white region;

determining a boundary between the black and white regions;

determining a pixel to be corrected which is adjacent to the boundary;

determining a direction of the boundary and an arrangement of the black and white regions with respect to the boundary;

converting pixel data corresponding to the pixel into corrected pixel data based at least in part on the boundary direction and the arrangement; and

displaying images on a display device based at least in part on corrected image data including the corrected pixel data,

wherein the display device comprises first and second pixels that are alternately arranged along horizontal and vertical directions,

wherein each of the first pixels comprises first and second sub-pixels respectively displaying first and second colors, wherein each of the second pixels comprises a third sub-pixel displaying a third color and the second sub-pixel, and

wherein the image data comprises first to third sub-pixel data respectively corresponding to the first to third sub-pixels.

2. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the pixel determining comprises:

determining a region as the black region, in which there is a group of pixels corresponding to pixel data having a brightness value that is substantially equal to or less than a first brightness value; and

determining a region as the white region, in which there is a group of pixels corresponding to pixel data having a brightness value that is substantially equal to or greater than a second brightness value.

3. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the pixel determining comprises, if the difference between first and second brightness values of the pixel data corresponding to two adjacent pixels is substantially equal to or greater than a third brightness value, determining a space between the two adjacent pixels as the boundary, and

wherein the boundary determining comprises determining at least one of the two adjacent pixels as the pixel to be corrected.

4. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the boundary determining comprises determining a pixel in the black region as the pixel to be corrected, and wherein the converting comprises increasing a value of at least one sub-pixel data included in the pixel data by a value that is determined based at least in part on the boundary direction and the arrangement so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

5. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the boundary determining comprises determining a pixel in the white region as the pixel to be corrected, and wherein the converting comprises decreasing a value of at least one sub-pixel data included in the pixel data by a value determined based at least in part on the boundary direction and the arrangement so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

6. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the pixel to be corrected comprises first and second sub-pixels, wherein the first sub-pixel is closer to the boundary than the second sub-pixel, and wherein the converting comprises determining whether a variation amount of first sub-pixel data corresponding to the first sub-pixel is greater than a variation amount of second sub-pixel data corresponding to the second sub-pixel.

7. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the boundary direction is one of i) a horizontal direction, ii) a vertical direction, iii) a first substantially diagonal direction extending from a first quadrant to a third quadrant, and iv) a second substantially diagonal direction extending from a second quadrant to a fourth quadrant, and wherein the first to fourth quadrants are located with respect to the pixel to be corrected.

8. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sub-pixels are respectively located at an upper left portion of the second sub-pixel in the first and second pixels.

9. The image display method of claim 1 , wherein the black and white regions are included in a 3×3 pixel matrix, and wherein the direction of the boundary includes a column, row or diagonal direction of the matrix.

10. The image display method of claim 8 , wherein the boundary determining comprises determining a pixel in the black region as the pixel to be corrected.

11. The image display method of claim 10 , wherein the converting comprises, if the boundary direction is the horizontal direction and the black region is located above the boundary, increasing a value of the second sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

12. The image display method of claim 10 , wherein the converting comprises, if the boundary direction is the horizontal direction and the black region is located below the boundary, increasing a value of at least one of the first and third sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

13. The image display method of claim 10 , wherein the converting comprises, if the boundary direction is the vertical direction and the black region is located at a left portion of the boundary, increasing a value of the second sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

14. The image display method of claim 10 , wherein the converting comprises, if the boundary direction is the vertical direction and the black region is located at a right portion of the boundary, increasing a value of at least one of the first and third sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

15. The image display method of claim 10 , further comprising performing a sub-pixel rendering operation on the first and third sub-pixel data of the image data, wherein the performing comprises i) displaying the third sub-pixel data of the first pixel by using the third sub-pixel in one of the adjacent second pixels and ii) displaying the first sub-pixel data of the second pixel by using the first sub-pixel in one of the adjacent first pixels.

16. The image display method of claim 15 , wherein the converting comprises, if the boundary direction is the vertical direction, increasing a value of the second sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

17. The image display method of claim 15 , wherein the converting comprises, if i) the boundary direction is a first substantially diagonal direction extending from a first quadrant to a third quadrant and the black region is located at an upper left portion of the boundary or ii) the boundary direction is a second substantially diagonal direction extending from a second quadrant to a fourth quadrant and the black region is located at an upper right portion of the boundary, increasing a value of the second sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data, and wherein the first to fourth quadrants are located with respect to the pixel to be corrected.

18. The image display method of claim 15 , wherein the converting comprises, if i) the boundary direction is a first substantially diagonal direction extending from a first quadrant to a third quadrant and the black region is located at a lower right portion of the boundary or ii) the boundary direction is a second substantially diagonal direction extending from a second quadrant to a fourth quadrant and the black region is located at a lower left portion of the boundary, increasing a first value of at least one of the first and third sub-pixel data in the pixel data and a second value of the second sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data, wherein the first to fourth quadrants are located with respect to the pixel to be corrected, and

wherein the increased amount of the first value is greater than the increased amount of the second value.

19. The image display method of claim 8 , wherein the boundary determining comprises determining a pixel in the white region as the pixel to be corrected, and wherein, if the boundary direction is the horizontal direction and the white region is located above the boundary, decreasing the value of the second sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.

20. The image display method of claim 8 , wherein the boundary determining comprises determining a pixel in the white region as the pixel to be corrected, and wherein, if the boundary direction is the horizontal direction and the white region is located below the boundary, decreasing the value of at least one of the first sub-pixel data and the third sub-pixel data in the pixel data so as to generate the corrected pixel data.