Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel and spaced apart from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel, a variable capacitor having a capacitance that varies by a touch and generating a control voltage that has a magnitude depending on the capacitance, and a sensing element disposed on the second panel and generating a sensing signal based on the control voltage.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of pixels formed on the display panel, a plurality of sensing units formed on the display panel and generating sensor output signals in response to a touch exerted on the display panel, a sensing signal processor receiving and processing an analog sensor data signal originated from the sensor output signals to generate a digital sensor data signal, a first touch-determination unit detecting whether a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for a plurality of frames, and operating in a power saving mode, and a second touch-determination unit detecting whether and where a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for the plurality of frames, and operating in a normal mode. The display device includes hardwired logic units for detecting the touch, it detects the touch using the hardwired logic units in the power saving mode and converts the operation mode to the normal mode when the touch is detected, thus reducing power consumption.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a signal controller generating data accumulations for current image data for the pixels based on an accumulation of input image data, calculating modification coefficients according to the data accumulations, and modifying the current input image data based on the modification coefficients to generate modified image data; and a data driver generating data voltages corresponding to the modified image data and supplying the data voltages to the pixels.

Abstract: A touch screen display device and a driving method of the same are provided.

Abstract: An image display system includes a light pen to generate light to input data, and a display panel to display images in response to the light provided from the light pen. The display panel includes a first substrate on which pixel electrodes are formed, a second substrate on which a common electrode are formed, and a photo-sensor formed on the first substrate. The photo-sensor detects the light provided from the light pen to generate a light detect signal. The image display system also includes a driving module to provide new image data to the display panel to display new images in response to the light detect signal from the photo-sensor.

Abstract: A display device includes a panel assembly, a backlight unit supplying light to the panel assembly, a first photosensor, a second photosensor, a sensing signal processor and a signal controller. The first photosensor is supplied with ambient light and light from the backlight unit to generate a first sensing signal. The second photosensor is blocked from the ambient light and receives the light from the backlight unit to generate a second sensing signal. The sensing signal processor receives the first and the second sensing signals from the first and the second photosensors for processing. The signal controller determines a sensing state responsive to processed first and second sensing signals from the sensing signal processor and performing a predetermined control operation responsive to the sensing state.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a display device includes a driver, a main display panel that receives an image signal from the driver to display an image and that is substantially fixed to the driver, a backlight assembly that is disposed between the main display panel and the driver to radiate light to a rear surface of the main display panel, and a sub-display panel that receives a image signal from the driver to display an image and that can be moved. The display device includes a first mode, in which the sub-display panel is disposed to be opposite to a rear surface of the main display panel, and a second mode, in which the sub-display panel is disposed to be opposite to a front surface of the main display panel.

Abstract: In a touch sensing display device, a plurality of sensor scanning lines extend in a first direction and sequentially receive a first voltage, and a plurality of sensor data lines extend in a second, different, direction. A plurality of sensing elements are formed in regions defined by the sensor scanning lines and the sensor data lines, and each sensing element transmits the first voltage from a corresponding sensor scanning line to a corresponding sensor data line responsive to an external touch. A sensing signal processor converts voltages of the sensor data lines into sensing data, and, a touch determining unit processes the sensing data corresponding to the sensor scanning lines by at least one scanning line to determine positions of touch regions generated during at least one frame.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a signal processor using an (n?1)-th conversion signal corresponding to an (n?1)-th raw image signal of an (n?1)-th frame to correct an n-th raw image signal of an n-th frame, and outputting an n-th corrected image signal, the (n?1)-th raw image signal. The n-th raw image signal, and the n-th corrected image signal each have ‘a’ bits and the (n?1)-th conversion signal has ‘b’ bits. The ‘b’ bits is smaller than the ‘a’ bits (a>b). A liquid crystal panel displays an image corresponding to the n-th corrected image signal.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel which comprises sub-pixels including an R sub-pixel, a G sub-pixel, a B sub-pixel and a W sub-pixel and disposed in a matrix form, a gate line and a data line which insulatingly cross each other and transmit a driving signal to the sub-pixels; a driver connected to the gate line and the data line; and a signal controller which comprises a signal converter including a W extracting unit to convert R, G and B image signals into R, G, B and W image signals and a rendering unit to render the R, G, B and W image signals so that eight sub-pixels adjacent in an extending direction of the gate line display three pixels, and controls the driver to apply rendered image signals to the display panel.

Abstract: A method for preventing flicker in a display apparatus, a circuit for performing the method and a display apparatus which includes the circuit. The method includes displaying an inspection image on a plurality of sensing pixels formed in a display panel of the display apparatus, sensing an amount of light of the inspection image and outputting sensing signals corresponding to the amount of light of the inspection image, adding the sensing signals by every frame, detecting a maximum value and a minimum value of sum values of the sensing signals, producing a flicker index using the maximum value and the minimum value detected, comparing the flicker index with a predetermined threshold value such that a present common voltage applied to the display panel is maintained when the flicker index is smaller than the threshold value. Therefore, the display quality of the display apparatus may be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a color display apparatus which has a pixel pattern including a plurality of repeating units of a pixel array, wherein each of the plurality of repeating units of the pixel array is composed of at least five sub-pixels while including at least one sub-pixel from a first to fourth sub-pixel, respectively, the first sub-pixel representing a red color (R), the second sub-pixel representing a green color (G), the third sub-pixel representing a blue color (B), and the fourth sub-pixel representing a mixed color of at least two colors from among the R, G, and B, and each of the plurality of repeating units of the pixel array corresponds to at least two image pixels.

Abstract: A method of driving a display device having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units, and a plurality of sense data lines to which the plurality of sensing units are connected, includes: reading sense signals from the sense data lines; determining whether or not the display has been touched and the number of touches, generating X-axis and Y-axis position data based on the sense signals, and determining, when the quantity of touches is plural, whether a plurality of touches are sequentially generated, and the touch position of each.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units formed in row and column directions in the display panel, each of the sensing units generating a first sense data signal based on a contact on the display panel, a sense signal processor generating second sense data signals based on the first sense data signals, and a contact determiner generating first deviation data based on the second sense data signal of a predetermined frame and the second sense data of a sample frame group, in the second sense data signals with respect to a predetermined sensing unit of the second sense data signals in a plurality of frames, generating second deviation data based on the first deviation data of a predetermined sensing unit and the first deviation data of a sample sensing unit, in the first deviation data of a predetermined frame, and determining whether a contact occurs and a contact position based on the second deviation data.

Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels; a plurality of detection units formed in row and column directions that generate an element output signal when the display panel is touched; a detection signal processor that generates detection data based on the element output signal; and a touch determination unit that classifies the detection data in a row or column direction, that converts a row or column coordinate of a touch position or sustains a previous coordinate by comparing a reference value of each direction with the detection data, and that determines whether the touch has occurred according to the conversion number of the row or column coordinate. When the screen is continuously touched along a row or column direction, the touch or lack thereof and its position can be accurately determined by using the previous touch position information as current touch position information.

Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, a plurality of pixels that are disposed on the display panel, a plurality of sensing units that are disposed on the display panel to generate sensing signals based on touch of the display panel, a sensing signal processor that receives the sensing signals and performs predetermined signal processes to generate sensing data, and a touch detection unit. The touch detection unit may include a first controller that determines, based on the sensing data from the sensing signal process, whether or not there is a touch occurrence of the sensing units and whether or not the sensing signal is in an appropriate state. The touch detection unit may also include a second controller that determines the touch occurrence and touch positions on the sensing units based on the sensing data and controls the sensing signals to be in the desired range.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of sensing data lines; a plurality of sensing units that output sensing signals through the plurality of sensing data lines; a signal selector that selects one sensing signal among the plurality of sensing signals; an automatic voltage adjusting unit that, when one sensing signal is selected by the signal selector, performs a controlling operation so as to allow a magnitude of the selected sensing signal to be in a predetermined range; and a voltage generator that adjusts the magnitude of the voltage applied to the sensing data lines based on a control signal output from the automatic voltage adjusting unit. According to the voltage adjusting operation, the sensing signal output through the sensing data line is always in an appropriate range. As a result, the touch determining operation on the sensing units can be accurately performed, so that it is possible to improve reliability of the sensing units.

Abstract: A display device which includes a touch screen panel including a plurality of x-axis sensors and a plurality of y-axis sensors and outputting sensor data sensed by the x-axis and y-axis sensors in a frame unit, and a controller for receiving the sensor data to output coordinates of a contact point of the touch screen panel, wherein the controller includes a plurality of frame memories for storing the sensor data in a frame unit, a first calculation part for adding the sensor data in the frame memories to output an added value of the sensor data, a plurality of buffer memories for storing the added value of the sensor data, and a detecting part for detecting the coordinates of the contact point using the values in the buffer memories.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display device, the display device including a display panel unit, a sensing unit formed on the display panel unit, receiving a sensor control signal, and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch exerted on the display panel unit, an output unit generating a sensing signal based on the sensor data signal from the sensing unit, and a compensation unit adjusting the sensor control signal such that the sensing signal is bounded in a predetermined range.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display device may include a display panel, a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel, a plurality of first sensing units disposed on the display panel and generating first sensing signals in response to a touch exerted on the display panel, and a sensing signal processor configured to process the first sensing signals and generate second sensing signals for a plurality of frames, the sensing signal processor determining whether a touch occurs based on the second sensing signals for the plurality of frames.