Display device and method of driving the display device

A display device, comprising:

• a display panel including a plurality of virtual pixels each having only two sub-pixels, the plurality of virtual pixels having at least a first virtual pixel and a second virtual pixel adjacent to the first virtual pixel, and the first and second virtual pixels to display colors corresponding to first and second output color data, respectively;
• and
• a color data converter to convert first and second input color data into the first and second output color data, the color data converter including:
• a determiner configured to receive the first and second input color data, to determine whether the first input color data is a white color data and the second input color data is a black color data, and to generate a first determination signal indicating that the first input color data is the white color data and the second input color data is the black color data based on the determination, and
• an adjuster to adjust the first output color data for the first virtual pixel or the second output color data for the second virtual pixel based on the first determination signal.

A display device, comprising:

• a display panel including a plurality of virtual pixels each having only two sub-pixels, the plurality of virtual pixels having at least a first virtual pixel and a second virtual pixel adjacent to the virtual first pixel, and the first and second virtual pixels to display colors corresponding to first and second output color data, respectively;
• a data driver to supply the first and second output color data to the first and second virtual pixels, respectively;
• a gate driver to supply a gate on voltage to the first and second virtual pixels;
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• a timing controller to control driving of the data driver and the gate driver, the timing controller including:
• a determiner to receive first and second input color data to be converted into the first and second output color data, respectively, to determine whether the first input color data is a white color data and the second input color data is a black color data, and to generate a first determination signal indicating that the first input color data is a white color data and the second input color data is a black color data based on the determination, and
• an adjuster to adjust the first output color data for the first virtual pixel or the second output color data for the second virtual pixel based on the first determination signal.

A method of driving a display device, the display device including a display panel including a plurality of virtual pixels each having only two sub-pixels, the plurality of virtual pixels having at least a first virtual pixel and a second virtual pixel adjacent to the first virtual pixel, and the first and second virtual pixels to display colors corresponding to first and second output color data, respectively, the method comprising:

• receiving first and second input color data to be converted into the first and second output color data, respectively, by a determiner;
• determining whether the first input color data is a white color data and the second input color data is a black color data, by the determiner;
• generating a first determination signal indicating that the first input color data is a white color data and the second input color data is a black color data based on the determination, by the determiner;
• and
• adjusting the first output color data for the first virtual pixel or the second output color data for the second virtual pixel based on the first determination signal, by an adjuster.