Organic light emitting diode display and driving method thereof

• US 20080204380A1
• Filed: 01/10/2008
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Myung-ho, Shin, Hye-jin
• Granted Patent: US 8,059,073 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/80
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0861 with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0242 Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0666 for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/18 Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2003 Display of colours specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3225 using an active matrix
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/06 using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, including a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, a scan driver adapted to generate and supply scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver adapted to generate and supply data signals to the data lines, an optical sensor adapted to generate an optical sensing signal according to an intensity of light, and a data converter adapted to store input image data or changed data from the input image data corresponding with the optical sensing signal. The data driver may be adapted to generate the data signal corresponding to the input image data or the changed data.

Claims

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels connected to scan lines and data lines;

a scan driver adapted to generate and supply scan signals to the scan lines;

a data driver adapted to generate and supply data signals to the data lines;

an optical sensor adapted to generate an optical sensing signal according to an intensity of light; and

a data converter adapted to store input image data or changed input image data in accordance to the optical sensing signal,

wherein the data driver is adapted to generate the data signal corresponding to the input image data or the changed input image data.

2. The OLED display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data converter further comprises:

a comparator adapted to output a selection signal corresponding to the optical sensing signal;

a controller adapted to determine a state of the input image data corresponding to the selection signal;

a first calculator adapted to generate pixel saturation data corresponding to the input image data received from the controller;

a second calculator adapted to extract changed data corresponding to the pixel saturation data; and

a memory adapted to store the input image data received from the controller or the changed data supplied from the second calculator.

3. The OLED display as claimed in claim 2, wherein the comparator compares the optical sensing signal with a predetermined reference value.

4. The OLED display as claimed in claim 3, wherein the comparator outputs the selection signal not to change the input image data when the optical sensing signal is less than the predetermined reference value.

5. The OLED display as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller stores the input image data in the memory corresponding to the selection signal.

6. The OLED display as claimed in claim 3, wherein the comparator outputs the selection signal to change the input image data when the optical sensing signal is greater than the predetermined reference value.

7. The OLED display as claimed in claim 6, wherein the controller transmits the input image data to the first calculator corresponding to the selection signal.

8. The OLED display as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a saturation change matrix to be calculated by the first calculator.

9. The OLED display as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first calculator calculates input data by subpixels included in the input image data and the saturation change matrix to obtain destination saturation data by subpixels, and generates the pixel saturation data using the destination saturation data.

10. The OLED display as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a reference look-up table calculated by the second calculator, the reference look-up table includes saturation and luminance look-up tables.

11. The OLED display as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second calculator extracts the change data from the reference look-up table corresponding to the pixel saturation data.

12. The OLED display as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second calculator linearly interpolates between two values adjacent to the pixel saturation data among values stored in the reference look-up table, so as to extract the changed data when the pixel saturation data not stored in the reference look-up table are inputted.

13. A method for driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

supplying scan signals generated by a scan driver to scan lines;

supplying data signals generated by a data driver to data lines;

generating an optical sensing signal according to an intensity of light sensed on an optical sensor; and

storing input image data or changed input image data in accordance with the optical sensing signal,

wherein the data driver generates the data signal corresponding to the input image data or the changed input image data.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

generating a selection signal corresponding to the intensity of light;

determining a state of input image data according to the selection signal; and

extracting data when the changed input image data is determined, the changed data being obtained by changing at least one of a saturation or a luminance of the input image data.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the selection signal is set to change the input image data when the intensity of light is greater than a predetermined reference value.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein extracting data when the changed input image data is determined further comprises:

generating pixel saturation data from the input image data; and

extracting changed data from a reference look-up table corresponding to the pixel saturation data.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein generating pixel saturation data from the input image data further comprises:

calculating the input image data and a saturation change matrix to obtain destination saturation data by subpixels; and

generating the pixel saturation data corresponding to the destination saturation data by subpixels.

18. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising performing a linear interpolation between two values adjacent to the pixel saturation data among the values stored in the reference look-up table to extract the changed data when the pixel saturation data not stored in the reference look-up table are input.

19. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the selection signal is set not to change the input image data when an intensity of peripheral light is less than a predetermined reference value.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, further comprising storing the input image data and generating a data signal corresponding to the stored input image data.