Organic light emitting diode display device and method of driving the same
First Claim
1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising:
- a system configured to;
split a display panel into a plurality of regions and operate in separate modes including a split window mode for transmitting split image data corresponding to respective regions to display different images on the respective regions and a normal mode for transmitting normal image data to display one image on the entire display panel; and
a panel driving circuit configured to;
drive the display panel according to the split image data or the normal image data provided from the system,vary a plurality of gamma voltage levels to separately control luminance or color characteristics of each of the plurality of regions during a blank period between a period for scanning a first window region and a period for scanning a second window region according to a result obtained by analyzing the split image data in the split window mode, andcontrol a specific region in a lowest luminance state until a user input signal is generated when the user input signal is not present during a predetermined period of time or more in the specific portion of the plurality of regions,wherein the panel driving circuit includes a gamma voltage generating circuit to vary the plurality of gamma voltage levels to reduce power consumption.
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Abstract
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device using split window technology and a method of controlling the OLED display device. The OLED display device includes a system configured to split a display panel into a plurality of regions and operate in separate modes including a split window mode for transmitting split image data corresponding to respective regions to display different images on the respective regions and a normal mode for transmitting normal image data to display one image on the entire display panel, and a panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel according to the split image data or the normal image data provided from the system.
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1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising:
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a system configured to; split a display panel into a plurality of regions and operate in separate modes including a split window mode for transmitting split image data corresponding to respective regions to display different images on the respective regions and a normal mode for transmitting normal image data to display one image on the entire display panel; and a panel driving circuit configured to; drive the display panel according to the split image data or the normal image data provided from the system, vary a plurality of gamma voltage levels to separately control luminance or color characteristics of each of the plurality of regions during a blank period between a period for scanning a first window region and a period for scanning a second window region according to a result obtained by analyzing the split image data in the split window mode, and control a specific region in a lowest luminance state until a user input signal is generated when the user input signal is not present during a predetermined period of time or more in the specific portion of the plurality of regions, wherein the panel driving circuit includes a gamma voltage generating circuit to vary the plurality of gamma voltage levels to reduce power consumption. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising a system configured to split a display panel into a plurality of regions and operate in separate modes comprising a split window mode for transmitting split image data corresponding to respective regions to display different images on the respective regions and a normal mode for transmitting normal image data to display one image on the entire display panel, and a panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel according to the split image data or the normal image data provided from the system, the method comprising:
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varying a plurality of gamma voltage levels to separately controlling luminance or color characteristics of each of the plurality of regions during a blank period between a period for scanning a first window region and a period for scanning a second window region, according to a result obtained by analyzing the split image data by the panel driving circuit; and controlling a specific region in a lowest luminance state by the panel driving circuit until a user input signal is generated when the user input signal is not present during a predetermined period of time or more in the specific portion of the plurality of regions, wherein the panel driving circuit includes a gamma voltage generating circuit to vary the plurality of gamma voltage levels to reduce power consumption. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising:
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a display panel including gate lines and data lines; a gate driver and a data driver configured to sequentially supply scan pulses to the gate lines panel, and apply a data voltage to the data lines, respectively; and a panel driving circuit chip including a timing controller, the gate driver, the data driver, and a gamma voltage generating circuit, wherein the panel driving circuit is configured to; sequentially receive, from a system, first split image data and then second split image data to split the display panel into a plurality of regions in a split window mode in which different images are respectively displayed on the plurality of regions, and receive normal image data from the system in a normal mode in which one image is displayed on the entire display panel, and wherein the gamma voltage generating circuit is configured to vary a plurality of gamma voltage levels to separately control luminance of each region during a blank period between a period for scanning a first window region and a period for scanning a second window region. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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