Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device
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1. An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display having a data driver, comprising:
- a picture quality improving unit that receives input data for a frame, wherein the picture quality improving unit analyzes green input data to determine a brightness of the frame and performs a gamma compensation on the input data in accordance with the brightness of the frame to generate output data; and
a timing controller that rearranges the output data to supply the rearranged output data to the data driver.
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Abstract
An apparatus of driving the liquid crystal display of the present invention includes a picture quality improving unit that receives input data for a frame, wherein the picture quality improving unit analyzes green input data to determine a brightness of the frame and performs a gamma compensation on the input data in accordance with the brightness of the frame to generate output data; and a timing controller that rearranges the output data to supply the rearranged output data to the data driver.
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1. An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display having a data driver, comprising:
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a picture quality improving unit that receives input data for a frame, wherein the picture quality improving unit analyzes green input data to determine a brightness of the frame and performs a gamma compensation on the input data in accordance with the brightness of the frame to generate output data; and
a timing controller that rearranges the output data to supply the rearranged output data to the data driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display having a data driver and a gate driver, comprising:
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an image signal modulation unit that analyzes input green data from input data for a frame to determine the brightness of the frame and that generates output data, wherein the brightness of the output data has been changed in accordance with the analyzed brightness to increase the contrast of the frame;
a controller that modulates an input synchronization signal associated with the input data to generate a output synchronization signal to synchronize the output data; and
a timing controller that rearranges the output data and that generates a driving control signal to be supplied to the data driver and the gate driver by using the output synchronization signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of driving a liquid crystal display having a data driver, comprising the steps of:
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producing a brightness histogram using input green data of input data from a frame that indicates brightness information;
performing a gamma compensation of the input data in order to increase contrast of the frame if an average value of the brightness information is higher than a predetermined reference value; and
rearranging the compensated input data to supply to the data driver. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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