# US 12,223,897 B2 · Display device having a driving voltage controller and method of driving the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,897 B2 - Document ID: US12223897B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/124,044 - Filed: 2023-03-21 - Published: 2023-11-02 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-02 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kihyun Pyun; Sung-Mo Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223897B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G09G 3/2096: {Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167)} - G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor - G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery - G09G 2320/0271: Adjustment of the gradation levels within the range of the gradation scale, e.g. by redistribution or clipping - G09G 2320/0295: by monitoring each display pixel - G09G 2330/021: Power management, e.g. power saving - G09G 2330/025: Reduction of instantaneous peaks of current - G09G 2330/028: Generation of voltages supplied to electrode drivers in a matrix display other than LCD - G09G 2330/04: Display protection - G09G 2330/12: Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof - G09G 2360/16: Calculation or use of calculated indices related to luminance levels in display data - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A display device may include a display panel displaying an image and including pixels, a driving voltage controller including an overcurrent detector generating an alert signal when a driving current of the display panel is greater than a reference current, a load calculator calculating a load of input image data in response to the alert signal and generating a load escape signal when the load is greater than a reference load, a vertical blank counter generating a vertical blank count value by counting a time of a vertical blank period in response to the alert signal and the load escape signal, and generating a counter escape signal when the vertical blank count value is greater than a reference count value, and a driving voltage generator altering a driving voltage provided to the display panel in response to the alert signal and the counter escape signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a display panel displaying an image based on output image data which is converted input image data, and including a plurality of pixels; a driving voltage controller including: an overcurrent detector generating an alert signal when a driving current of the display panel is greater than a reference current, a load calculator calculating a load of the input image data in response to the alert signal and generating a load escape signal when the load is greater than a reference load, and a vertical blank counter generating a vertical blank count value by counting a time of a vertical blank period of a frame period that includes an active period and the vertical blank period in response to the alert signal and the load escape signal, and generating a counter escape signal when the vertical blank count value is greater than a reference count value; and a driving voltage generator decreasing a driving voltage provided to the display panel from a high voltage level to a low voltage level in response to the alert signal, and increasing the driving voltage in response to the counter escape signal, wherein, when the alert signal is generated in a first frame period, the vertical blank period is included in a second frame period following the first frame period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a length of the vertical blank period is altered according to a refresh rate of the display panel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving voltage generator increases the driving voltage from the low voltage level to the high voltage level in response to the counter escape signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving voltage generator increases the driving voltage from the low voltage level to an intermediate voltage level between the low voltage level and the high voltage level in response to the counter escape signal, and increases the driving voltage from the intermediate voltage level to the high voltage level when the vertical blank period ends. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving voltage controller further includes: a driving voltage code generator generating a driving voltage code for decreasing the driving voltage in response to the alert signal, and generating the driving voltage code for increasing the driving voltage in response to the counter escape signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the vertical blank counter detects a start of the vertical blank period based on a data enable signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: a power controller calculating the load of the input image data, and calculating a scale factor based on the load; and a timing controller generating the output image data by scaling grayscale values of the input image data using the scale factor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the power controller calculates the scale factor based on a load of input image data in a first frame period, and wherein the timing controller scales grayscale values of input image data in a second frame period following the first frame period using the scale factor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the driving current is a sum of currents flowing through light emitting elements respectively included in the pixels, and wherein the driving voltage is provided to the light emitting elements. ### Claim 10 A display device, comprising: a display panel displaying an image based on output image data which is converted input image data, and including a plurality of pixels; a driving voltage controller including: an overcurrent detector generating an alert signal when a driving current of the display panel is greater than a reference current, a load calculator calculating a load of the input image data in response to the alert signal and generating a load escape signal when the load is greater than a reference load, a sensing period detector detecting a sensing period in a vertical blank period of a frame period that includes an active period and the vertical blank period in response to the alert signal, and generating a sensing end signal when the sensing period ends; and a driving voltage generator decreasing a driving voltage provided to the display panel from a high voltage level to a low voltage level in response to the alert signal, and increasing the driving voltage in response to the load escape signal and the sensing end signal, wherein, when the alert signal is generated in a first frame period, the vertical blank period is included in a second frame period following the first frame period. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein a length of the vertical blank period is altered according to a refresh rate of the display panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein the driving voltage generator increases the driving voltage from the low voltage level to the high voltage level in response to the load escape signal and the sensing end signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein the driving voltage generator increases the driving voltage from the low voltage level to an intermediate voltage level between the low voltage level and the high voltage level in response to the load escape signal and the sensing end signal, and increases the driving voltage from the intermediate voltage level to the high voltage level when the vertical blank period ends. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein the driving voltage controller further includes: a driving voltage code generator generating a driving voltage code for decreasing the driving voltage in response to the alert signal, and generating the driving voltage code for increasing the driving voltage in response to the load escape signal and the sensing end signal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, further comprising: a sensing circuit measuring sensing currents of the pixels during the sensing period. ### Claim 16 A method of driving a display device, the method comprising: generating an alert signal when a driving current of a display panel is greater than a reference current; decreasing a driving voltage provided to the display panel in response to the alert signal; calculating a load of input image data in response to the alert signal, and generating a load escape signal when the load is greater than a reference load; generating a vertical blank count value by counting a time of a vertical blank period of a frame period that includes an active period and the vertical blank period in response to the alert signal and the load escape signal, and generating a counter escape signal when the vertical blank count value is greater than a reference count value; and increasing the driving voltage in response to the counter escape signal, wherein, when the alert signal is generated in a first frame period, the vertical blank period is included in a second frame period following the first frame period. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein a length of the vertical blank period is altered according to a refresh rate of the display panel.