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US 11,955,086 · App. 17/881,609 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Display device and electronic device including the same

Inventor: Bon Seog Gu (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3266G02B27/0172G09G3/3275H10K59/131G02B2027/014G02B2027/0178G09G2320/0233
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,955,086
App. No.
17/881,609
Filed
Aug 5, 2022
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2627
USPC
345/76
Abstract

A display device includes a silicon substrate; a semiconductor layer provided on the silicon substrate and including a pixel circuit; an image sensor provided on the silicon substrate and activated based on an imaging instruction; light emitting elements disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and a display driver electrically connected to the pixel circuit to control the pixel circuit and to control image luminance of an imaging frame in which the image sensor is activated.

Claims (50)

1. A display device comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a semiconductor layer provided on the silicon substrate and including a pixel circuit;

an image sensor provided on the silicon substrate and activated based on an imaging instruction;

light emitting elements disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and

a display driver electrically connected to the pixel circuit to control the pixel circuit and to control image luminance of an imaging frame in which the image sensor is activated,

wherein the display driver corrects image data of first and second frames adjacent to before and after the imaging frame to increase luminance of the first frame and luminance of the second frame.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display driver generates black image data corresponding to the imaging frame based on the imaging instruction, and provides a data signal corresponding to the black image data to the pixel circuit.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light emitting elements display a black image in the imaging frame.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the silicon substrate includes a single crystal silicon wafer, a polycrystalline silicon wafer, or an amorphous silicon wafer.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the pixel circuit includes a CMOS circuit.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein each of the light emitting elements includes an inorganic light emitting element, and

the semiconductor layer further includes:

a contact protruding from the pixel circuit in a vertical direction to electrically connect the inorganic light emitting element and the pixel circuit.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein each of the light emitting elements includes an organic light emitting element.

8. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the image sensor includes a CMOS image sensor, and

the image sensor is mounted on the semiconductor layer in a form of a module.

9. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the image sensor includes a CMOS image sensor, and

the image sensor is integrated into the semiconductor layer.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein when input image data of the first frame and input image data of a third frame not adjacent to the imaging frame are the same, the luminance of the first frame is higher than that of the third frame.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display driver comprises:

a controller generating black image data corresponding to the imaging frame based on the imaging instruction; and

a data driver converting the black image data into an analog data signal and supplying the data signal to the light emitting elements.

12. A display device comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a semiconductor layer provided on the silicon substrate and including a pixel circuit;

an image sensor provided on the silicon substrate and activated based on an imaging instruction;

light emitting elements disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and

a display driver electrically connected to the pixel circuit to control the pixel circuit and to control image luminance of an imaging frame in which the image sensor is activated,

wherein the display driver comprises:

a controller generating black image data corresponding to the imaging frame based on the imaging instruction;

a data driver converting the black image data into an analog data signal and supplying the data signal to the light emitting elements;

a memory temporarily storing input image data;

an image analyzer counting black image data of the input image data in units of frames based on the imaging instruction; and

an imaging frame determiner determining the imaging frame based on a counting value of the black image data and generating an image sensor activation signal.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the imaging frame determiner compares the counting value with a predetermined threshold value and determines a frame in which the counting value is larger than the threshold value as the imaging frame.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the image sensor images an external image in the imaging frame in response to the image sensor activation signal.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a semiconductor layer provided on the silicon substrate and including a pixel circuit;

an image sensor provided on the semiconductor layer and imaging an image;

light emitting elements disposed on the semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit;

a display driver electrically connected to the pixel circuit to control the pixel circuit and to control image luminance of an imaging frame in which the image sensor is activated;

a sensor driver controlling the image sensor based on an imaging instruction; and

a processor providing the imaging instruction to the display driver and the sensor driver,

wherein the display driver corrects image data of first and second frames adjacent to before and after the imaging frame to increase luminance of the first frame and luminance of the second frame.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the display driver generates black image data corresponding to the imaging frame based on the imaging instruction and provides a data signal corresponding to the black image data to the pixel circuit; and

the light emitting elements display a black image in the imaging frame.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the image sensor and the processor is mounted on the semiconductor layer.

18. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the processor generates input image data corresponding to an augmented reality image in which an image obtained from the image sensor and a display image are combined, and provides the input image data to the display driver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: GU, BON SEOG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060726/0279 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0131185 · Oct 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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