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US 2026/0268844 A1Published application
Display device and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSungjin LIM, Jihye KIM
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel, a display driver electrically connected to the display panel, a panel processor that transmits a driving signal to the display driver, and a power supply that supplies power to the display panel, the display driver, and the panel processor. The panel processor controls the power supply to maintain power supplied to the display panel and reduce power supplied to at least one of the display driver or the panel processor in an always on display (AOD) mode.
Claims15
A display device, comprising:
- a display panel;
- a display driver electrically connected to the display panel;
- a panel processor configured to transmit a driving signal to the display driver;
- and
- a power supply configured to supply power to the display panel, the display driver, and the panel processor,
- wherein the panel processor is configured to control the power supply to maintain power supplied to the display panel and reduce power supplied to at least one of the display driver or the panel processor in an always on display (AOD) mode.
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A method for controlling a display device, comprising:
- based on an entry into an always on display (AOD) mode, reducing power supplied to at least one of a display driver or a panel processor and maintaining power supplied to a display panel;
- based on an entry into an update mode, restoring power supplied to at least one of a first processor, a second processor, or the display driver, and maintaining power supplied to the display panel;
- transmitting, by the first processor, an image signal received from an external device to the second processor;
- converting, by the second processor, the image signal into a driving signal, and transmitting the driving signal to the display driver;
- and
- transmitting, by the display driver, the driving signal to the display panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.