Display device and driving method thereof

Abstract

A display device includes a scan driver transmitting a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines, a data driver transmitting a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines, a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected to corresponding scan lines and corresponding data lines, and respectively receiving the corresponding data signal when the plurality of pixels are selected with the corresponding scan signal, and a timing controller controlling the scan driver and the data driver, dividing one frame period into a first viewpoint image display period, a second viewpoint image display period, and a black image display period, and generating image data signals corresponding to the first viewpoint image display period, the second viewpoint image display period, and the black image display period, and supplying the respective image data signals to the data driver, wherein the black image display period is shorter than the first viewpoint image display period and the second viewpoint image display period, and the image data signal corresponding to the black image display period is a black image data signal controlling the plurality of pixels not to emit light.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0048736 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on May 25, 2010, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field[0003]An aspect of the present invention relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. More particularly, an aspect of the present invention relates to a driving method for driving a stereoscopic video signal in a display device generating a three-dimensional or stereoscopic image.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Currently, various flat panel displays having reduced weight and volume, as compared to cathode ray tubes, are being developed. A flat panel display includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), a field emission display (FED), a plasma display panel (PDP), and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.[0006]The OLED display of the flat panel display disp...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]An aspect of the present invention provides a display device produced with an economical module production cost by being correctly driven and reducing driving power consumption in a display panel of a large size through a low driving frequency, and driving the display device to produce a three-dimensional or stereoscopic image.

[0014]According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driving method of a display device that is capable of reducing an RC-delay of the display panel, an erroneous operation of a circuit installed in a TFT, and driving timing of a driver IC and a controller when driving a three-dimensional or stereoscopic image of the display device by reducing the driving frequency.

[0039]According to an aspect of the present invention, in the display device for driving the three-dimensional or stereoscopic image, the driving frequency is largely reduced such that the low speed operation is possible, and thereby the power consumption of the module circuit and the module production cost may be decreased.

[0040]Also, according to another aspect of the present invention, the method for driving the three-dimensional or stereoscopic image through the low driving frequency is provided such that the driving timing is sufficient, and the RC-delay of the display panel, the erroneous operation of the TFT installation circuit, and the driving timing of the driver IC and the controller may be solved.

Problems solved by technology

Particularly, in a large organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, an incorrect image display operation may occur in the display panel for the display device, and driving power consumption of a driver of the display device by the high driving frequency is increased.

As a result, the cost of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is increased such that improvement and research therefor are required.