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Granted Patent B2
US 12,315,415 · App. 18/418,322 · Granted May 27, 2025

Image data corrector and display device having the same

Inventor: Jong Woong Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/2007G09G3/2096G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0276G09G2360/06G09G2360/16
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Patent No.
US 12,315,415
App. No.
18/418,322
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including: a pixel unit including first pixels disposed in a first pixel area and second pixels disposed in a second pixel area; an image data corrector adjusting a limit grayscale of first image data corresponding to the first pixel area based on a dimming level defining a maximum luminance at which the pixel unit is able to emit light, and correcting the first image data based on the limit grayscale; a data driver supplying data signals to the pixel unit based on the corrected first image data and second image data corresponding to the second pixel area; and a scan driver supplying scan signals to the pixel unit.

Claims (21)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a pixel unit including first pixels disposed in a first pixel area and second pixels disposed in a second pixel area;

a camera overlapped with the first pixel area;

a timing controller configured to provide a first image data corresponding to the first pixel area and a second image data corresponding to the second pixel area;

a controller configured to correct grayscales of the first image data based on a dimming level defining a maximum luminance at which the pixel unit is able to emit light; and

a data driver configured to supply data signals to the pixel unit based on the corrected first image data and the second image data,

wherein:

a luminance of the first pixel is lower than a luminance of the second pixel responding to input grayscales in a first grayscale range; and

a number of the first pixels disposed per unit area is less than a number of the second pixels disposed per unit area.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the luminance of the first pixel is higher than the luminance of the second pixel responding to input grayscales in a second grayscale range.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the input grayscales in the second grayscale range are lower than the input grayscales in the first grayscale range.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein:

the input grayscales in the first grayscale range are higher than a limit grayscale; and

the input grayscales in the second grayscale range are lower than the limit grayscale.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the luminance of the first pixel is limited to a luminance corresponding to the limit grayscale.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the luminance of the first pixel is same as the luminance of the second pixel responding to input grayscales in a second grayscale range.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the input grayscales in the second grayscale range are lower than the input grayscales in the first grayscale range.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein:

the input grayscales in the first grayscale range are higher than a limit grayscale; and

the input grayscales in the second grayscale range are lower than the limit grayscale.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the luminance of the first pixel is limited to a luminance corresponding to the limit grayscale.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0088430 · Jul 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17986742 · Nov 14, 2022
Continuation 17240863 · Apr 26, 2021
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