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Granted Patent B2
US 12,417,726 · App. 18/829,244 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Si Beak Pyo (Yongin-si, KR); Seung Kyu Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Choon Yul Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Jun Ho Hwang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,417,726
App. No.
18/829,244
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a target pixel; observation target pixels located adjacent to the target pixel; and a grayscale corrector for converting an input grayscale value corresponding to the target pixel with reference to observation target grayscale values corresponding to the observation target pixels. The grayscale corrector includes: a light emitting pixel counter for providing a number of light emitting pixels by counting a number of observation target pixels that exceeds a reference value; and a grayscale converter for providing a converted grayscale value by converting the input grayscale value, based on the number of light emitting pixels.

Claims (50)

1. A display device comprising:

a first pixel having a first emission area; and

second pixels located adjacent to the first pixel and having a second emission area smaller than the first emission area,

wherein, when the first pixel and all of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a first luminance in response to a first input grayscale value, and

wherein, when the first pixel emits light but none of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a second luminance higher than the first luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

2. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein, when the first pixel emits light and only one of the second pixels emits light, the first pixel emits light of a third luminance between the first luminance and the second luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

3. The display device of claim 2 ,

wherein, when the first pixel emits light and only two of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a fourth luminance between the first luminance and the third luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

4. The display device of claim 3 ,

wherein, when the first pixel emits light and only three of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a fifth luminance between the first luminance and the fourth luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

5. The display device of claim 4 ,

wherein the first pixel emits light of a first color, and

wherein the second pixels emit light of a second color different from the first color.

6. The display device of claim 5 ,

wherein the first color is red.

7. The display device of claim 6 ,

wherein the second color is green.

8. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first pixel is connected to a first data line different from second and third data lines to which the second pixels are connected.

9. The display device of claim 8 ,

wherein the first pixel is connected to a first scan line different from second and third scan lines to which the second pixels are connected.

10. The display device of claim 9 ,

wherein the first data line is located between the second and third data lines, and

wherein the first scan line is located between the second and third scan lines.

11. A display device comprising:

a first pixel having a first emission area; and

second pixels located adjacent to the first pixel and having a second emission area smaller than the first emission area,

wherein, when the first pixel and all of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a first luminance in response to a first input grayscale value, and

wherein, when the first pixel emits light but none of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a second luminance lower than the first luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

12. The display device of claim 11 ,

wherein, when the first pixel emits light and only one of the second pixels emits light, the first pixel emits light of a third luminance between the first luminance and the second luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

13. The display device of claim 12 ,

wherein, when the first pixel emits light and only two of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a fourth luminance between the first luminance and the third luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

14. The display device of claim 13 ,

wherein, when the first pixel emits light and only three of the second pixels emit light, the first pixel emits light of a fifth luminance between the first luminance and the fourth luminance in response to the first input grayscale value.

15. The display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the first pixel emits light of a first color, and

wherein the second pixels emit light of a second color different from the first color.

16. The display device of claim 15 ,

wherein the first color is blue.

17. The display device of claim 16 ,

wherein the second color is green.

18. The display device of claim 11 ,

wherein the first pixel is connected to a first data line different from second and third data lines to which the second pixels are connected.

19. The display device of claim 18 ,

wherein the first pixel is connected to a first scan line different from second and third scan lines to which the second pixels are connected.

20. The display device of claim 19 ,

wherein the first data line is located between the second and third data lines, and

wherein the first scan line is located between the second and third scan lines.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0120765 · Oct 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18491499 · Oct 20, 2023
Continuation 17717977 · Apr 11, 2022
Continuation 16532411 · Aug 5, 2019
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