Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel to display an image, a first frame counter to count a first number of frames during a first duration and to be reset when the first number reaches a first reference number, a second frame counter to count a second number of the frames during a second duration and to be reset when the second number reaches a second reference number, wherein the second duration occurs after and is shorter than the first duration, a level counter to hold a count value at a first count value during the first duration, to change the count value when the first frame counter is reset, and to change the count value when the second frame counter is reset, and a common voltage generator to control a level of a common voltage to correspond to the count value and to output the common voltage.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a backlight to generate light; a display panel to display an image by utilizing the light; a driving part to provide image signals corresponding to the image to the display panel; and a timing controller to drive the backlight, to drive the driving part at a first frequency when the image is a moving image, and to drive the driving part at a second frequency lower than the first frequency when the image is a still image. The timing controller is to set the second frequency based on a value obtained by applying a reduction rate of a flicker index corresponding to a dimming index of the backlight to a flicker index of image signals of a previous frame.

Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an over-driving part, where the over-driving part is configured to receive first image data, and to output second image data using first over-driving data and second over-driving data, the first over-driving data is generated according to previous frame data and present frame data for a minimum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, the second over-driving data is generated according to the previous frame data and the present frame data for a maximum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, and a high display quality of a display apparatus may be achieved.

Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines; a data driver applying data voltages to the plurality of data lines; a signal controller controlling the data driver; and a graphic controller inputting an image signal that is dithered based on dithering patterns of one set to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller includes a dithering cycle detector configured to detect a dithering cycle which is a cycle in which the dithering patterns of one set are repeated, and a still image detector configured to determine whether a current frame is a frame displaying a still image or a frame displaying a motion picture image based on the dithering cycle and the image signal.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel to display an image, a first frame counter to count a first number of frames during a first duration and to be reset when the first number reaches a first reference number, a second frame counter to count a second number of the frames during a second duration and to be reset when the second number reaches a second reference number, wherein the second duration occurs after and is shorter than the first duration, a level counter to hold a count value at a first count value during the first duration, to change the count value when the first frame counter is reset, and to change the count value when the second frame counter is reset, and a common voltage generator to control a level of a common voltage to correspond to the count value and to output the common voltage.

Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an over-driving part, where the over-driving part is configured to receive first image data, and to output second image data using first over-driving data and second over-driving data, the first over-driving data is generated according to previous frame data and present frame data for a minimum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, the second over-driving data is generated according to the previous frame data and the present frame data for a maximum blank period between the previous frame data and the present frame data of the first image data, and a high display quality of a display apparatus may be achieved.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a backlight to generate light; a display panel to display an image by utilizing the light; a driving part to provide image signals corresponding to the image to the display panel; and a timing controller to drive the backlight, to drive the driving part at a first frequency when the image is a moving image, and to drive the driving part at a second frequency lower than the first frequency when the image is a still image. The timing controller is to set the second frequency based on a value obtained by applying a reduction rate of a flicker index corresponding to a dimming index of the backlight to a flicker index of image signals of a previous frame.

Abstract: A display device including a first substrate comprising pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a power supply unit disposed on a peripheral area of the first substrate that does not overlap the second substrate.

Abstract: A method of processing three-dimensional image data includes demodulating a first transmission signal into image data which is image data for a left-eye or image data for a right-eye, wherein the first transmission signal is received during an enable period of a frame; demodulating a second transmission signal into identification data, where the second transmission signal is received during a blanking period of the frame, and the identification data identifies the image data of a subsequent frame; identifying whether the image data of the subsequent frame is the image data for the left-eye or the image data for the right-eye based on the identification data; and processing the image data based on an identified result from the identifying whether the image data of the subsequent frame is the image data for the left-eye or the image data for the right-eye.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a method of driving a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a display panel, a controller configured to generate and output an inversion switch signal for controlling inversion driving of the display panel by receiving a common voltage fed back from the display panel, and a data driver configured to receive the inversion switch signal and switch an inversion driving scheme. The controller includes a waveform converter for converting the common voltage to a square wave.

Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a data voltage of a first-eye data frame to a plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first normal frame, and outputting a partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame to a first partial line of the plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first partial frame, where a polarity of the partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame in the first partial frame is substantially the same as a polarity of the data voltage of the first-eye data frame outputted to the first partial line of the plurality of data lines in the first normal frame, and where an interval of the first partial frame is less than an interval of the first normal frame.

Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines; a data driver applying data voltages to the plurality of data lines; a signal controller controlling the data driver; and a graphic controller inputting an image signal that is dithered based on dithering patterns of one set to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller includes a dithering cycle detector configured to detect a dithering cycle which is a cycle in which the dithering patterns of one set are repeated, and a still image detector configured to determine whether a current frame is a frame displaying a still image or a frame displaying a motion picture image based on the dithering cycle and the image signal.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a first region and a second region; a first signal controller which generates a first representative value representing image signals of the first region; a second signal controller which generates a second representative value representing image signals of the second region and transmits the second representative value to the first signal controller; a light source unit which irradiates light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light source driver which controls luminance of the light source unit. The first signal controller transmits a luminance of the light source unit to the light source driver. The luminance of the light source unit is calculated from the first representative value and the second representative value.

Abstract: A liquid crystal includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix format. The plurality of gate lines transmit a gate signal to the pixels. The plurality of data lines cross the gate lines and transmit data voltages respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels a plural number of times. A voltage that is the same as that of the data lines neighboring the first and last data lines is applied to the first and last data lines among the plurality of data lines at least once.

Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes outputting a data voltage of a first-eye data frame to a plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first normal frame, and outputting a partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame to a first partial line of the plurality of data lines of the display panel in a first partial frame, where a polarity of the partial line data voltage of the first-eye data frame in the first partial frame is substantially the same as a polarity of the data voltage of the first-eye data frame outputted to the first partial line of the plurality of data lines in the first normal frame, and where an interval of the first partial frame is less than an interval of the first normal frame.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes; a display panel which displays an image in response to a gate voltage and a data voltage, a panel driver which receives a control signal, and which supplies the gate voltage and the data voltage to the display panel according to the control signal, a backlight which supplies a light to the display panel, an inverter which receives a backlight dimming signal, and which controls a brightness of a light emitted from the backlight according to the backlight dimming signal, and a timing controller which receives a synchronization signal, determines a frame frequency of the display panel according to the synchronization signal, outputs the control signal, and modulates the synchronization signal based on a ratio of a predetermined backlight dimming frequency to the frame frequency, and which outputs the backlight dimming signal according to the modulated synchronization signal.

Abstract: A method of processing three-dimensional image data includes demodulating a first transmission signal into image data which is image data for a left-eye or image data for a right-eye, wherein the first transmission signal is received during an enable period of a frame; demodulating a second transmission signal into identification data, where the second transmission signal is received during a blanking period of the frame, and the identification data identifies the image data of a subsequent frame; identifying whether the image data of the subsequent frame is the image data for the left-eye or the image data for the right-eye based on the identification data; and processing the image data based on an identified result from the identifying whether the image data of the subsequent frame is the image data for the left-eye or the image data for the right-eye.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel including a first region and a second region; a first signal controller which generates a first representative value representing image signals of the first region; a second signal controller which generates a second representative value representing image signals of the second region and transmits the second representative value to the first signal controller; a light source unit which irradiates light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light source driver which controls luminance of the light source unit. The first signal controller transmits a luminance of the light source unit to the light source driver. The luminance of the light source unit is calculated from the first representative value and the second representative value.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a gate driving shift register having symmetrically split circuit portions by which each of plural gate lines is dually driven from both ends of the gate line during ripple-through scanning of rows of the LCD device. The LCD device includes a timing controller generating an output enable signal and a gate clock, where the timing controller adjusts a timing of a load signal for deciding a data output timing point when data will be loaded into a currently activated display row. The data output timing point is a function of a delay measuring feedback signal that is used to measure the cumulative delays of the sequentially connected stages of the shift register.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a display device, comprises a signal controller which receives an image signal and an input control signal from an outside, a signal error judgment unit which judges an error of the input control signal, and a data driver and a gate driver which receive a signal output from the signal controller, wherein the signal error judgment unit does not judge an error of the input control signal during a predetermined error judgment holding time after the error of the input control signal is generated and judges the error of the input control signal at the substantially a same time as when the error judgment holding time is terminated when the error of the input control signal is continued after the predetermined error judgment holding time.