Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a substantially circular or oval display, a processor configured to generate content, a display driving unit comprising display driving circuitry including a first driver and a second driver, wherein the display driving unit is configured to control driving of the display, to identify a shape of an area of content which is displayed in the display, to identify the shape of the display, to determine a first area of the display in which the content is to be displayed, to determine a second area of the display in which the content is not to be displayed based on at least a result of the identification, to deactivate at least part of the display driving unit, corresponding to the second area, while activating the display driving unit corresponding to the first area.

Abstract: A display driving device includes a first source amplifier that receives first display data and supplies a first pixel voltage to a first pixel based on the received first display data, and a second source amplifier that receives second display data and first control data and supplies a second pixel voltage to a second pixel based on the received second display data and first control data. The second source amplifier has a first stage in which a first process is performed on an input signal based on the second display data, and a second stage in which a second process is performed on the first processed input signal to output the second pixel voltage. The first source amplifier may be configured to conditionally supply the first pixel voltage to the second pixel.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display driver module configured to, in response to receiving display data, divide the display data into a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of display regions, compare the display data in the plurality of segments to determine whether the display data in at least one segment is substantially same as the display data in another segment, and based on the comparison outcome, selectively amplify a first display signal generated from the display data in the at least one segment or a second display signal generated from the display data in the another segment.

Abstract: Provided are an output buffer circuit having an amplifier offset compensation function and a source driving circuit including the output buffer circuit. The output buffer circuit may include a plurality of channel amplifiers, each of which is configured to adjust an amount of current flowing through transistors connected to at least one of a non-inverted input terminal and an inverted input terminal of a differential input unit to compensate an amplifier offset, and adjust buffer input voltage signals to generate output voltage signals.

Abstract: A display driving circuit includes first through (2*n)-th buffers, a buffer controller, first through n-th image processing units, and a source driver. The buffer controller circularly selects one of the first through (2*n)-th buffers in an order from the first buffer to the (2*n)-th buffer at each of a plurality of first time intervals, and stores pixel data received during the first time interval in the selected buffer. Each of the first through n-th image processing units is coupled to two corresponding buffers among the first through (2*n)-th buffers, and processes the pixel data, which are stored in at least one of their corresponding buffers, during n of the first time intervals to generate processed data when the pixel data are stored in the corresponding buffer during the first time interval. The source driver generates analog signals based on the processed data.

Abstract: Methods of operating a display driver integrated circuit (IC) are provided. A method of operating a display driver IC may include generating a first clock signal, and calculating a frequency of the first clock signal using a second clock signal. Moreover, the method may include generating an adjustment signal using the frequency of the first clock signal and a target frequency, and adjusting the frequency of the first clock signal using the adjustment signal. Related display driver ICs and portable electronic devices are also provided.

Abstract: A display device includes: an application processor (AP) comprising an encoder for determining the repeatability of display data, generating conversion information, encoding the display data based on the conversion information, and generating encoded display data; and a display driver integrated circuit (IC) for receiving the encoded display data and driving a display panel.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an application processor that generates conversion data by downsizing display data of each frame according to display characteristic information of each frame; and a display driver that receives the conversion data and the display characteristic information and drives a display panel in response to received conversion data and display characteristic information.

Abstract: Methods of operating a display driver integrated circuit (IC) are provided. A method of operating a display driver IC may include generating a first clock signal, and calculating a frequency of the first clock signal using a second clock signal. Moreover, the method may include generating an adjustment signal using the frequency of the first clock signal and a target frequency, and adjusting the frequency of the first clock signal using the adjustment signal. Related display driver ICs and portable electronic devices are also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel including a plurality of transmission electrode lines and a plurality of receiving electrode lines and a touch panel operation module configured to select a part of the plurality of transmission electrode lines and the plurality of receiving electrode lines and to sense a partial area of the touch panel based on a sensing mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image data compression method including calculating an estimated error of each of a plurality of compression modes for compressing image data based on the image data and a weighted value in each sub-pixel, selecting one mode among the plurality of compression modes based on the estimated error of each of the plurality of compression modes, and encoding the image data according to the selected mode.

Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit is provided which includes a first line buffer which receives first pixel data of an odd lane in response to an external clock and outputs the first pixel data in response to an internal clock; a second line buffer which receives second pixel data of an even lane in response to the external clock and outputs the second pixel data in response to the internal clock; a line buffer controller which receives display data by the two pixel data to output the first and second pixel data; a data merger which merges the first pixel data output from the first line buffer and second pixel data output from the second line buffer; and an image data processing block which processes the merged pixel data, wherein a frequency of the internal clock is lower than a frequency of the external clock.

Abstract: A method for displaying content by an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating converted data by encoding a plurality of screen data according to first clocks, restoring the screen data by decoding the converted data based on second clocks separate from the first clocks, and displaying the restored screen data.

Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit which includes a distributor configured to output display data; a plurality of first-in first-out (FIFO) memories configured to receive the display data from the distributor according to an external clock and output the display data in response to an internal clock; and a plurality of graphics memories configured to receive the display data from the FIFO memories.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image-processing method are provided. The image processing method includes encoding an image according to a first encoding type, encoding the image, which has been encoded according to the first encoding type, according to a second encoding type, and decoding the image, which has been encoded according to the second encoding type, in which the second encoding type is contrast dependent encoding (CDE) which is dependent on a contrast of the image.

Abstract: A display driving circuit includes first through (2*n)-th buffers, a buffer controller, first through n-th image processing units, and a source driver. The buffer controller circularly selects one of the first through (2*n)-th buffers in an order from the first buffer to the (2*n)-th buffer at each of a plurality of first time intervals, and stores pixel data received during the first time interval in the selected buffer. Each of the first through n-th image processing units is coupled to two corresponding buffers among the first through (2*n)-th buffers, and processes the pixel data, which are stored in at least one of their corresponding buffers, during n of the first time intervals to generate processed data when the pixel data are stored in the corresponding buffer during the first time interval. The source driver generates analog signals based on the processed data.

Abstract: Provided are an output buffer circuit having an amplifier offset compensation function and a source driving circuit including the output buffer circuit. The output butler circuit may include a plurality of channel amplifiers, each of which is configured to adjust an amount of current flowing through transistors connected to at least one of a non-inverted input terminal and an inverted input terminal of a differential input unit to compensate an amplifier offset, and adjust buffer input voltage signals to generate output voltage signals.

Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (IC) (DDI) includes a graphic memory that receives and stores line data including a plurality of pixel data blocks, an indicator generating circuit that compares the pixel data blocks of the line data received by the graphic memory with each other and generates an indicator signal corresponding to results of the comparison, and a read controller that performs a read operation with respect to the whole or a part of the line data from the graphic memory, based on a read command for the line data and the indicator signal.

Abstract: Provided is a method for compensating for a defective pixel of a display. The method includes identifying at least one of a plurality of pixels of a display as a defective pixel and compensating for a function of the defective pixel by using at least one pixel from a first pixel group located in a first partial region corresponding to the defective pixel and a second pixel group located in a second partial region located adjacent to the first partial region among a plurality of partial regions, each partial region comprising some adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels.