US 11,914,823 B2
Display device and method of driving the same
Dong Hyun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Sung Hoon Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Ok Kyung Park, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,218.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0074336 (KR), filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391039 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G09G 3/32 (2016.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0443 (2019.05) [G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G09G 3/32 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0842 (2013.01); G09G 2310/027 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel which displays an image in a plurality of pixel areas;
a timing controller which supplies a first control signal for controlling a display position, a display shape, a display size and number of at least one touch bar; and
a data driver which supplies a data signal to display the at least one touch bar at the display position in response to the first control signal,
wherein the display panel is configured to display, in one of the plurality of pixel areas, at least one partial image, the at least one touch bar, at least one touch bar partial icon for controlling the image, and at least one touch button for controlling the at least one touch bar and the at least one touch bar partial icon,
wherein the timing controller further comprises:
a mode selector which selects the display position, the display shape, and the display size according to a mode; and
a touch bar controller which supplies a second control signal for displaying a same number of touch bars of the at least one touch bar as a number of the pixel areas, in response to the mode,
wherein when the mode is not set, the touch bar controller determines the display position, the display shape, and the display size of the touch bar according to a selection of a user,
wherein when the at least one touch button is touched, a menu window for setting a display size of the at least one touch bar and a menu window for setting the at least one touch bar partial icon to perform different functions from each other are displayed in the one of the plurality of pixel areas.