Abstract: A display device for measuring biometric information such as blood pressure by utilizing both display pixels and light sensing pixels within a display panel. The display device includes a main driving circuit that dynamically sets and adjusts light emission conditions, including emission color and luminance based on the user's touch area and shape, thereby optimizing the detection of biosignals such as pulse waves. The system enhances the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and improves the accuracy of biometric measurements.

Abstract: A display device including: scan lines including first and second scan lines; pixels connected to the scan lines; photo sensors connected to some of the scan lines, the photo sensors including a first photo sensor connected to the first scan line and a readout line, and a second photo sensor connected to the second scan line and the readout line; a scan driver to provide scan signals to the scan lines; and a readout circuit to receive, through the readout line, detection signals which are outputted from the photo sensors in response to the scan signals, wherein, while the scan signals are provided to the first and second scan lines, the readout circuit samples a detection signal of one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor without sampling a detection signal of the other one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of light emitting elements, a cover glass covering an upper surface of the display panel and including a first area overlapping the display panel and a second area adjacent to the first area, a black matrix overlapping the second area of the cover glass, a pressure sensor overlapping the black matrix under the cover glass and configured to sense a pressure applied through the cover glass, and a set frame covering a lower surface of the display panel. The set frame includes a support contacting the pressure sensor on an upper surface of the set frame facing the cover glass.

Abstract: A display device including: display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel; light sensing pixels arranged in the display area; a display scan driver configured to cause the display pixels to emit light; a light sensing scan driver configured to cause the light sensing pixels to sense light; and a main driving circuit configured to measure a user's biometric information by using light sensing signals provided from the light sensing pixels, wherein the main driving circuit senses the user's touch area when the user's biometric information is measured, and sets a biometric information measurement area and a measurement condition, which includes an emission color and an emission luminance, according to a shape of a sensed touch area and touch area information to measure the user's biometric information.

Abstract: A display device including: scan lines including first and second scan lines; pixels connected to the scan lines; photo sensors connected to some of the scan lines, the photo sensors including a first photo sensor connected to the first scan line and a readout line, and a second photo sensor connected to the second scan line and the readout line; a scan driver to provide scan signals to the scan lines; and a readout circuit to receive, through the readout line, detection signals which are outputted from the photo sensors in response to the scan signals, wherein, while the scan signals are provided to the first and second scan lines, the readout circuit samples a detection signal of one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor without sampling a detection signal of the other one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method of driving the electronic device. The electronic device may include: a display panel including a display area, with photo sensors and pixels disposed in the display area; a panel driving circuit configured to cause pixels located in a light emitting area of the display area to emit light; a sensing circuit configured to sense signals of the photo sensors located in a light receiving area of the display area; a memory configured to store at least one application; and a processor configured to vary a setting of at least one of the light emitting area and the light receiving area depending on the application executed with reference to the memory. The electronic device and the method of driving the electronic device may provide a biometric authentication function and a biometric signal measuring function.

Abstract: Provided herein may be an electronic device including a processor configured to control, in a selected first mode, one unit pixel among the plurality of unit pixels to emit light, and control the one unit pixel to be sensed, and configured to control, in a selected second mode, one unit pixel among the plurality of unit pixels to emit light, and control another unit pixel that does not emit light among the plurality of unit pixels to be sensed. The electronic device and a method of driving the electronic device in accordance with embodiments may provide a biometric authentication function and a biometric signal sensing function.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for measuring physical properties of hairpin coils, which includes a current sensor configured to apply a current for each frequency to a material of a hairpin coil to measure an induced current applied to the material, and a measurement processor configured to measure physical properties of the material by measuring an impedance of the material with the induced current measured by the current sensor and applying the impedance to a model established in the material.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel which comprises scan lines, sensing lines, pixels electrically connected to each of the scan lines, and photo sensors electrically to each of the scan lines and the sensing lines, a scan driver which outputs scan signals to the scan lines according to a scan control signal, a timing controller which outputs the scan control signal to the scan driver, and a readout circuit which receives light sensing signals of the photo sensors from the sensing lines. The timing controller sets a frame frequency of the scan control signal to a first frame frequency in a first mode in which the display panel displays an image. The timing controller sets the frame frequency of the scan control signal to a second frame frequency in a second mode in which the photo sensors sense a fingerprint.

Abstract: A display device includes light emitting and receiving pixels, a reset line, a fingerprint scan line, a fingerprint sensing line, and first and second voltage lines in a display region. Each light receiving pixel includes a light receiving element including a first electrode and a second electrode connected to the second voltage line, a sensing transistor connecting the first electrode to the fingerprint sensing line according to a fingerprint scan signal applied to the fingerprint scan line and a reset transistor to connect the first voltage line to the first electrode according to a reset signal applied to the reset line. A first voltage applied to the first voltage line is greater than a second voltage applied to the second voltage line, and a third voltage applied to the fingerprint sensing line is greater than the second voltage and smaller than the first voltage.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pinhole optical system and an optical sensor overlapping the pinhole optical system. A fingerprint detection method which detects a user's fingerprint using the display device includes obtaining fingerprint sensing data by sensing a user's fingerprint using the display device, detecting misalignment information indicating a degree of misalignment between the pinhole optical system and the optical sensor, generating calibration data using at least one piece of reference data corresponding to at least one reference folding angle according to the detected misalignment information, generating fingerprint data by correcting the fingerprint sensing data using the calibration data, and detecting the user's fingerprint according to the fingerprint data.

Abstract: A display device including: scan lines including first and second scan lines; pixels connected to the scan lines; photo sensors connected to some of the scan lines, the photo sensors including a first photo sensor connected to the first scan line and a readout line, and a second photo sensor connected to the second scan line and the readout line; a scan driver to provide scan signals to the scan lines; and a readout circuit to receive, through the readout line, detection signals which are outputted from the photo sensors in response to the scan signals, wherein, while the scan signals are provided to the first and second scan lines, the readout circuit samples a detection signal of one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor without sampling a detection signal of the other one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor.

Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting pixel and a sensor pixel. The light-emitting pixel includes a light-emitting element, a first transistor electrically connected between a first line and a second line and configured to control a driving current flowing through the light-emitting element in response to a voltage of a first node, and a second transistor connected between the first node and a third line. The sensor pixel includes a light-receiving element connected between a sensor node and the second line, and a first sensor transistor configured to control a current flowing between the third line and a readout line in response to a voltage of the sensor node.

Abstract: A display device includes light emitting and receiving pixels, a reset line, a fingerprint scan line, a fingerprint sensing line, and first and second voltage lines in a display region. Each light receiving pixel includes a light receiving element including a first electrode and a second electrode connected to the second voltage line, a sensing transistor connecting the first electrode to the fingerprint sensing line according to a fingerprint scan signal applied to the fingerprint scan line and a reset transistor to connect the first voltage line to the first electrode according to a reset signal applied to the reset line. A first voltage applied to the first voltage line is greater than a second voltage applied to the second voltage line, and a third voltage applied to the fingerprint sensing line is greater than the second voltage and smaller than the first voltage.

Abstract: A test system, a method of testing a display cell using the same, and a display device are provided. There is provided a test system comprising: a display cell including a pixel and a data line connected to the pixel, an optical sensor and a readout line connected to the optical sensor, and a signal selection unit for selectively connecting a test signal line to any one of the data line and the readout line; and a test member configured to apply a first test control signal to the signal selection unit in a data test mode and apply a second test control signal to the signal selection unit in a sensing test mode.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having an active region and a first non-active region positioned around the active region. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the active region and emits light. A light source unit is disposed in the first non-active region and emits light. A plurality of optical sensors is disposed in the active region and senses incident light emitted by the light source unit. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the plurality of pixels, the plurality of optical sensors, and the light source unit. A scattering pattern layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer in the first non-active region and includes a plurality of holes.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel which comprises scan lines, sensing lines, pixels electrically connected to each of the scan lines, and photo sensors electrically to each of the scan lines and the sensing lines, a scan driver which outputs scan signals to the scan lines according to a scan control signal, a timing controller which outputs the scan control signal to the scan driver, and a readout circuit which receives light sensing signals of the photo sensors from the sensing lines. The timing controller sets a frame frequency of the scan control signal to a first frame frequency in a first mode in which the display panel displays an image. The timing controller sets the frame frequency of the scan control signal to a second frame frequency in a second mode in which the photo sensors sense a fingerprint.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate that includes a display area that displays an image and a non-display area disposed around the display area, display pixels that each include a light emitting element disposed in the display area and a pixel driver connected to the light emitting element, and light sensing pixels that each include a light receiving element and a fingerprint driver connected to the light receiving element. The fingerprint driver includes at least one transistor, the light receiving element is disposed in the display area, and the at least one transistor of the fingerprint driver is disposed in the non-display area.

Abstract: A display device includes light emitting and receiving pixels, a reset line, a fingerprint scan line, a fingerprint sensing line, and first and second voltage lines in a display region. Each light receiving pixel includes a light receiving element including a first electrode and a second electrode connected to the second voltage line, a sensing transistor connecting the first electrode to the fingerprint sensing line according to a fingerprint scan signal applied to the fingerprint scan line and a reset transistor to connect the first voltage line to the first electrode according to a reset signal applied to the reset line. A first voltage applied to the first voltage line is greater than a second voltage applied to the second voltage line, and a third voltage applied to the fingerprint sensing line is greater than the second voltage and smaller than the first voltage.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes a substrate, a light blocking layer that is on a first surface of the substrate and includes openings in a light blocking mask, and a sensor layer that is on a second surface of the substrate and includes photo sensors. A fingerprint sensing method of the fingerprint sensor includes: storing a calibration image; generating an original image, based on sensing signals from the photo sensors; performing calibration on the original image by utilizing the calibration image; and detecting a fingerprint, based on the calibrated image. The calibration image is generated by synthetizing valid regions extracted from an original calibration image corresponding to the original image.