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.

Abstract: A display device includes a fingerprint sensor including a first layer having at least one photo sensor to generate a fingerprint image corresponding to reflected light from a fingerprint contact surface, light emitting elements to transmit light reflected by the fingerprint, and a second layer including pin holes to allow reflected light to be incident upon the at least one photo sensor; and fingerprint detector to receive the fingerprint image from the fingerprint sensor, to extract a first image corresponding to a first region of the fingerprint and a second image corresponding to a second region of the fingerprint, to compare the first and second images to determine similarity, and to perform fingerprint authentication, based on similarity determination, where the fingerprint first region is in contact with the fingerprint contact surface and the fingerprint second region is not in contact with the fingerprint contact surface.

Abstract: A head mounted display device includes a display unit divided into at least one first area and at least one second area, a lens unit which supplies an image displayed on the display unit to a user, and a frame which fixes the display unit and the lens unit thereto. The display unit includes a memory which stores first compensation data corresponding to the first area and second compensation data corresponding to the second area, and a position determiner which determines whether first data supplied from an outside belong to the first area or the second area.

Abstract: A timing controller may include a first compensator configured to generate second data by optically compensating for first data, based on compensation data, a first compensation memory configured to store the compensation data, a second compensator configured to generate image data by compensating for a lifetime of the second data, based on accumulated data of the second data, and a second compensation memory configured to store the accumulated data and the compensation data.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel block that includes pixels, a degradation sensor for measuring degradation information of the pixel block, and a degradation calculator for accumulating input data provided to each of the pixels and for calculating pixel degradation data of each of the pixels based on accumulated input data and the degradation information.

Abstract: A head mounted display device includes a display unit divided into at least one first area and at least one second area, a lens unit which supplies an image displayed on the display unit to a user, and a frame which fixes the display unit and the lens unit thereto. The display unit includes a memory which stores first compensation data corresponding to the first area and second compensation data corresponding to the second area, and a position determiner which determines whether first data supplied from an outside belong to the first area or the second area.

Abstract: A common sub-expression elimination method for simplifying hardware logic of a hardware filter circuit by eliminating a common sub-expression included in a plurality of sub-expressions is provided. Each of the sub-expressions includes a corresponding two or more of inputs constituting a plurality of coefficients used by the hardware filter circuit. The method is implemented on a computing device and includes: identifying for each coefficient of the plurality of coefficients, a combination of the inputs constituting the coefficient; counting occurrences of the sub-expressions in each of the coefficients; identifying one or more of the sub-expressions having a maximum one of the counts and including the corresponding two or more of the inputs; selecting one of the one or more of the sub-expressions as the common sub-expression; eliminating the common sub-expression; and repeating these steps to eliminate more of the sub-expressions common to multiple ones of the coefficients.

Abstract: A method for detecting noise includes determining whether a data value of a candidate pixel in a predetermined region of an image matches a first dynamic false contour (DFC) candidate value, determining whether a data value of at least one pixel adjacent to the candidate pixel matches a second DFC candidate value, and changing the data value of the candidate pixel the prior two determinations. The data value of the candidate pixel may be changed to a value in a lookup table. The first and second DFC candidate values may also be stored in one or more lookup tables.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel block that includes pixels, a degradation sensor for measuring degradation information of the pixel block, and a degradation calculator for accumulating input data provided to each of the pixels and for calculating pixel degradation data of each of the pixels based on accumulated input data and the degradation information.

Abstract: A touch sensing method for a touch screen including an image display device with a touch-sensitive screen. The method includes a filtering process that includes calculating an output signal of an nth frame from a sensing signal of the nth frame output from a touch sensing unit configured to sense touches of the touch-sensitive screen, the calculating using an equation F(n)=I(n)×W(n)+F(n?1)×[1?W(n)], wherein F(n) represents the output signal of the nth frame, I(n) represents the sensing signal of the nth frame, F(n?1) represents an output signal of an (n?1)th frame, and W(n) represents a filtering coefficient; and outputting the output signal of the nth frame to an output end. The filtering coefficient is calculated by an equation W ? ( n ) = ? I ? ( n ) - F ? ( n - 1 ) ? R , wherein R is a scale constant. The touch sensing method has high touch sensitivity in an environment with heavy noise while being capable of correctly detecting touch coordinates.

Abstract: A common sub-expression elimination method for simplifying hardware logic of a hardware filter circuit by eliminating a common sub-expression included in a plurality of sub-expressions is provided. Each of the sub-expressions includes a corresponding two or more of inputs constituting a plurality of coefficients used by the hardware filter circuit. The method is implemented on a computing device and includes: identifying for each coefficient of the plurality of coefficients, a combination of the inputs constituting the coefficient; counting occurrences of the sub-expressions in each of the coefficients; identifying one or more of the sub-expressions having a maximum one of the counts and including the corresponding two or more of the inputs; selecting one of the one or more of the sub-expressions as the common sub-expression; eliminating the common sub-expression; and repeating these steps to eliminate more of the sub-expressions common to multiple ones of the coefficients.

Abstract: A method of operating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and an OLED display using the method are disclosed. In one aspect, input data is received, the input data is converted into mapped data based on random data mapping information, one sub-frame pattern is selected from a plurality of sub-frame patterns based on the random data mapping information, and an image is formed for the display device based on the mapped data and the selected sub-frame pattern.

Abstract: A display panel driver including a moving image determining part, a sensing part and a dithering part. The moving image determining part determines whether an input image data represents a moving image or a static image. The sensing part senses a movement of a display apparatus or a user of the display apparatus. The dithering part performs a dithering operation to the input image data when the input image data represents the moving image or when at least one of the display apparatus and the user moves when the input image data represents the static image.

Abstract: A mobile device including a first display, a second display, a foldable coupling portion for coupling the first display to the second display, an angle sensing unit for sensing a folding angle between the first display and the second display, a direction-of-sight sensing unit for sensing a direction of sight of a user, and a controller for determining whether to use a touch input sensed by either the first display or the second display based on the sensed folding angle and the sensed direction of sight.

Abstract: A touch screen panel is disclosed. The touch screen panel includes a pixel unit, a touch sensing unit, and a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the pixel unit and to provide driving signals to the touch sensing unit.

Abstract: A method of operating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and an OLED display using the method are disclosed. In one aspect, input data is received, the input data is converted into mapped data based on random data mapping information, one sub-frame pattern is selected from a plurality of sub-frame patterns based on the random data mapping information, and an image is formed for the display device based on the mapped data and the selected sub-frame pattern.

Abstract: A touch sensing system comprises: a touch sensing unit which includes regions having predetermined coordinates; and a baseline updating unit for updating a baseline by reflecting sensing signals outputted from the touch sensing unit. The baseline updating unit includes a comparator for calculating difference values between the sensing signal of an n-th frame and the baseline of an n?1-th frame for each region, and for comparing the difference values with predetermined reference values. The touch sensing system further comprises an arithmetic unit for setting the baseline of the n?1-th frame as the baseline of the n-th frame for a region in which the difference values are larger than the reference values and for the region adjacent to it, and for updating the baseline of the n-th frame by a predetermined arithmetic for a remaining region.

Abstract: A method for detecting noise includes determining whether a data value of a candidate pixel in a predetermined region of an image matches a first dynamic false contour (DFC) candidate value, determining whether a data value of at least one pixel adjacent to the candidate pixel matches a second DFC candidate value, and changing the data value of the candidate pixel the prior two determinations. The data value of the candidate pixel may be changed to a value in a lookup table. The first and second DFC candidate values may also be stored in one or more lookup tables.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a built in touch screen including a first substrate having pixel units comprising: a plurality of pixels displaying an image and sensor regions having light sensors formed adjacent to the corresponding pixel units to sense a position of a contacted object; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, comprising: color filters formed on regions corresponding to the pixel units and first black matrices formed on regions corresponding to the sensor regions of the pixel units; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a backlight assembly disposed on a bottom portion of the first substrate and providing light to the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal display device with the built in touch screen determines a point of contact on the touch screen.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch screen includes: a first substrate including a sensor area having a plurality of photosensors; a second substrate positioned over the first substrate, and including a color filter, a light receiving portion, and a transparent electrode layer and a front polarizing plate; an LCD panel including a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; a touch screen driver circuit to measure a capacitance variation sensed through a first sensing line connected to the transparent electrode layer and to calculate a touch area using optical information sensed through a second sensing line connected to the photosensors when a contact object is in contact with the LCD panel, and to output position information of the contact object, sensed by determining whether a touch occurs and whether a multi-touch occurs using the capacitance variation and the touch area.