Method of driving a display panel, display panel driving apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the display panel driving apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of driving a display panel by a display panel driving apparatus comprising a viewer position determining part and a data driving part, the method comprising:
- detecting by the viewer position determining part a position of a viewer to output a viewer position detection signal;
determining by the viewer position determining part whether the viewer is less than a reference distance from the display panel or not less than the reference distance from the display panel based on the viewer position detection signal; and
driving by the data driving part a unit pixel of the display panel using a single gamma value when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be less than the reference distance from the display panel and using a plurality of gamma values when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be not less than the reference distance from the display panel.
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Abstract
A method of driving a display panel includes detecting a position of a viewer to output a viewer position detection signal, determining whether the position of the viewer is in a first area or in a second area based on the viewer position detection signal to output a viewer position signal, and driving a unit pixel of the display panel using a plurality of gamma values according to the viewer position signal. The first area is less than a reference distance, and the second area is not less than the reference distance. Thus, side visibility of a display apparatus may be improved.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of driving a display panel by a display panel driving apparatus comprising a viewer position determining part and a data driving part, the method comprising:
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detecting by the viewer position determining part a position of a viewer to output a viewer position detection signal; determining by the viewer position determining part whether the viewer is less than a reference distance from the display panel or not less than the reference distance from the display panel based on the viewer position detection signal; and driving by the data driving part a unit pixel of the display panel using a single gamma value when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be less than the reference distance from the display panel and using a plurality of gamma values when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be not less than the reference distance from the display panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A display panel driving apparatus for driving a display panel, the display panel driving apparatus comprising:
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a viewer position determining part configured to detect a position of a viewer to output a viewer position detection signal, and determine whether the viewer is less than a reference distance from the display panel or not less than the reference distance from the display panel based on the viewer position detection signal; and a data driving part configured to drive a unit pixel of the display panel using a single gamma value when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be less than the reference distance from the display panel and using a plurality of gamma values when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be not less than the reference distance from the display panel.
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16. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display panel configured to display an image and comprising a gate line and a data line; and a display panel driving apparatus comprising a gate driving part configured to output a gate signal to the gate line, a viewer position determining part configured to detect a position of a viewer viewing the image to output a viewer position detection signal, and determine whether the viewer is less than a reference distance from the display panel or not less than the reference distance from the display panel based on the viewer position detection signal, and a data driving part configured to drive a unit pixel of the display panel using a single gamma value when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be less than the reference distance from the display panel and using a plurality of gamma values when the viewer is determined by the viewer position determining part to be not less than the reference distance from the display panel.
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