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Granted Patent B2
US 11,620,955 · App. 17/737,910 · Granted Apr 4, 2023

Display apparatus and method of driving the same

Inventors: Chang-Soo Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Boyong Chung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3291G09G3/3266G09G2300/0452G09G2300/0842G09G2310/027
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Patent No.
US 11,620,955
App. No.
17/737,910
Granted
Apr 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a driving controller. The display panel includes a gate line, a data line, a sensing line and a subpixel connected to the gate line, the data line and the sensing line. The gate outputs a gate signal to the gate line. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the data line. The driving controller controls the gate driver and the data driver. The display panel includes a first color subpixel, a second color subpixel and a third color subpixel. The driving controller is configured to determine a sensing target gate line among a plurality of gate lines based on first color data corresponding to the first color subpixel, second color data corresponding to the second color subpixel and third color data corresponding to the third color subpixel.

Claims (47)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel including a gate line, a data line, a sensing line and a subpixel connected to the gate line, the data line and the sensing line;

a gate driver configured to output a gate signal to the gate line;

a data driver configured to output a data voltage to the data line; and

a driving controller configured to control the gate driver and the data driver;

wherein the display panel includes a first color subpixel, a second color subpixel and a third color subpixel, and

wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a sensing target gate line among a plurality of gate lines of the display panel based on first color data corresponding to the first color subpixel, second color data corresponding to the second color subpixel and third color data corresponding to the third color subpixel.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing line overlaps the first color subpixel.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a ratio of grayscale data of the first color data, a ratio of grayscale data of the second color data and a ratio of grayscale data of the third color data in each gate line.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a gate line having a lowest ratio of the grayscale data of the first color data among the plurality of gate lines as a first sensing target gate line in a first frame.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a gate line having a lowest ratio of the grayscale data of the first color data among the plurality of gate lines except for the first sensing target gate line as a second sensing target gate line in a second frame.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine an average value of grayscale data of the first color data, an average value of grayscale data of the second color data and an average value of grayscale data of the third color data in each gate line.

7. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a ratio of a number of the first color subpixels among subpixels having a grayscale value equal to or greater than a threshold grayscale value, a ratio of a number of the second color subpixels among the subpixels having a grayscale value equal to or greater than the threshold grayscale value and a ratio of a number of the third color subpixels among the subpixels having a grayscale value equal to or greater than the threshold grayscale value in each gate line.

8. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a number of the first color subpixels among subpixels having a grayscale value equal to or greater than a threshold grayscale value, a number of the second color subpixels among the subpixels having a grayscale value equal to or greater than the threshold grayscale value and a number of the third color subpixels among the subpixels having a grayscale value equal to or greater than the threshold grayscale value in each gate line.

9. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first color subpixel is a red subpixel,

wherein the second color subpixel is a green subpixel, and

wherein the third color subpixel is a blue subpixel.

10. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first color subpixel is a green subpixel,

wherein the second color subpixel is a red subpixel, and

wherein the third color subpixel is a blue subpixel.

11. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first color subpixel is a blue subpixel,

wherein the second color subpixel is a red subpixel, and

wherein the third color subpixel is a green subpixel.

12. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing line overlaps the first color subpixel and the second color subpixel.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a ratio of grayscale data of the first color data, a ratio of grayscale data of the second color data and a ratio of grayscale data of the third color data in each gate line, and

wherein the driving controller is configured to determine a gate line having a lowest sum of the ratio of the grayscale data of the first color data and the ratio of the grayscale data of the second color data among the plurality of gate lines as a first sensing target gate line in a first frame.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the subpixel comprises:

a first transistor configured to apply a first power voltage to a second node in response to a signal at a first node;

a second transistor configured to output the data voltage to the first node in response to a first signal;

a third transistor configured to output a signal at the second node to the sensing line in response to a second signal;

a storage capacitor including a first end portion connected to the first node and a second end portion connected to the second node; and

a light emitting element including a first electrode connected to the second node and a second electrode configured to receive a second power voltage.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising an initialization switch configured to apply a sensing initialization voltage to the sensing line in response to a third signal,

wherein the first signal has an active level and the second signal has an inactive level in a writing mode, and

wherein the first signal has the active level and the second signal has an active level and the third signal has an inactive level in a sensing mode.

16. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus is driven in a unit of a frame,

wherein the frame includes an active period and a vertical blank period, and

wherein the subpixel is sensed during the vertical blank period.

17. A method of driving a display apparatus, the method comprising:

outputting a gate signal to a gate line of a display panel, the display panel comprising a first color subpixel, a second color subpixel and a third color subpixel;

outputting a data voltage to a data line of the display panel;

determining a sensing target gate line among a plurality of gate lines of the display panel based on first color data corresponding to the first color subpixel, second color data corresponding to the second color subpixel and third color data corresponding to the third color subpixel;

receiving a sensing signal from a sensing line of a subpixel corresponding to the sensing target gate line; and

compensating a data signal based on the sensing signal.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the sensing line overlaps the first color subpixel.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising determining a ratio of grayscale data of the first color data, a ratio of grayscale data of the second color data and a ratio of grayscale data of the third color data in each gate line.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein a gate line having a lowest ratio of the grayscale data of the first color data among the plurality of gate lines is determined as a first sensing target gate line in a first frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2022
From: LEE, CHANG-SOO; CHUNG, BOYONG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059833/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0058808 · May 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220358885A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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