Patent Publication Number: US-9837025-B2

Title: Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of driving the same

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority from and the benefit of Korean Patent Applications No. 10-2014-0110656, filed on Aug. 25, 2014 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Field 
     The described technology generally relates to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays and methods of driving the same. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     Display devices that can output images in a two-dimensional (2D) display mode and a stereoscopic (e.g., a three-dimensional (3D)) display mode have recently been a focus of research and development. 
     Further, digital driving techniques, which generally have a simplified structure compared to analog driving techniques, have also been under development for OLED displays. In digital techniques, each frame is produced by displaying a plurality of sub-frames. That is, one frame is divided into a plurality of sub-frames, where the emission time of each sub-frame is varied. A specific gray level is displayed by a pixel based on the sum of emission periods of the selected sub-frames. 
     SUMMARY OF CERTAIN INVENTIVE ASPECTS 
     One inventive aspect is an OLED display that can output 2D images and 3D images when receiving image data at a uniform input frequency. 
     Another aspect is a method of driving the OLED display. 
     Another aspect is a display comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driver configured to apply a scan signal to the display panel, a data driver configured to generate a data signal based on two-dimensional (2D) image data in a 2D display mode, to generate the data signal based on stereoscopic image data in a stereoscopic display mode, and to apply the data signal to the display panel, a controller configured to receive an image signal from an external image source, to convert the image signal to the 2D image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N×k sub-fields in the 2D display mode, and to convert the image signal to the stereoscopic image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N sub-fields, where N and k are integers greater than 1, and a frame memory configured to store one of the 2D image data and the stereoscopic image data. 
     In example embodiments, an input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the 2D display mode may be substantially the same as the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the 2D image data may be generated by a first look-up table that has a weight of each of the N×k sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N×k sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the 2D display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the stereoscopic image data may be generated by a second look-up table that has a weight of each of the N sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data may be different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data, where J is a positive integer, and is less than or equal to N. 
     In example embodiments, the controller may include a memory controller configured to control the frame memory to store the 2D image data or the stereoscopic image data and to read the 2D image data or the stereoscopic image data from the frame memory, and a timing controller configured to transfer the 2D image data or the stereoscopic image data read from the frame memory to the data driver and to control the scan driver and the data driver. 
     In example embodiments, the controller may further include a display mode determination unit configured to receive the image signal, to determine whether a display mode of the OLED display is the 2D display mode or the stereoscopic display mode, to output the image signal to the first look-up table when the display mode is the 2D display mode, and to output the image signal to the second look-up table when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the memory controller may include a first write controller configured to write the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory, a second write controller configured to write the stereoscopic image data corresponding to a first half of the one frame to a first half of the frame memory, and to write the stereoscopic image data corresponding to a second half of the one frame following the first half to a second half of the frame memory, and a read controller configured to read the 2D image data from the frame memory, and to read the stereoscopic image data from the first half and the second half of the frame memory. 
     In example embodiments, the memory controller may include a first write controller configured to write the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory, a second write controller configured to write the stereoscopic image data corresponding to a half of the one frame to a half of the frame memory, a first read controller configured to read the 2D image data from the frame memory, and a second read controller configured to read the stereoscopic image data from the half of the frame memory. 
     In example embodiments, the second look-up table may convert the image signal to two stereoscopic image data each representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N sub-fields when k is 2. 
     In example embodiments, the two stereoscopic image data may be substantially the same. 
     In example embodiments, the memory controller may include a write controller configured to write one of the stereoscopic image data from the second look-up table to a first half of the frame memory and to write the other of the stereoscopic image data from the second look-up table to a second half of the frame memory, and a read controller configured to read the stereoscopic image data from the frame memory. 
     In example embodiments, the write controller may write the 2D image data of the one frame to the frame memory and the read controller may read the 2D image data from the frame memory. 
     In example embodiments, the data signal may be applied to the display panel in a progressive emission with simultaneous scan (PESS) method. 
     Another aspect is an OLED display comprising determining whether a display mode of the OLED display is a two-dimensional (2D) display mode or a stereoscopic display mode, wherein an image signal is applied from an external source to a controller in an input frequency, converting the image signal to 2D image data representing on or off states of a plurality of pixels included in the OLED display at each of 2N-sub-fields when the display mode is the 2D display mode, where N is an integer greater than 1, and converting the image signal to stereoscopic image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N-sub-fields when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the 2D display mode may be substantially the same as the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the 2D image data may be generated by a first look-up table that has a weight of each of the 2N-sub-fields and on/off information at each of the 2N-sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the 2D display mode and the stereoscopic image data may be generated by a second look-up table that has a weight of each of the N-sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N-sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data may be different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data, where J is a positive integer, and is less than or equal to N. 
     In example embodiments, converting the image signal to the stereoscopic image data may include writing the stereoscopic image data of a first frame to a first half of the frame memory and the stereoscopic image data of a second frame following the first frame to a second half of the frame memory, and reading the stereoscopic image data from the first half and the second half of the frame memory to display a stereoscopic image. 
     In example embodiments, converting the image signal to the 2D image data may include writing the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory and reading the 2D image data from the frame memory to display a 2D image. 
     Another aspect is an OLED display comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver configured to apply a scan signal to the display panel; a data driver configured to generate a data signal based on: i) two-dimensional (2D) image data in a 2D display mode and ii) stereoscopic image data in a stereoscopic display mode, wherein the data driver is further configured to apply the data signal to the display panel; a controller configured to: i) receive an image signal, ii) convert the image signal to the 2D image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N×k sub-fields in the 2D display mode, and iii) convert the image signal to the stereoscopic image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N sub-fields in the stereoscopic display mode, where N and k are integers greater than 1; and a frame memory configured to store the 2D image data in the 2D display mode and the stereoscopic image data in the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the 2D display mode is substantially the same as the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the stereoscopic display mode. The OLED display can further comprise a first look-up table storing data used to generate the 2D image data based on a weight for each of the N×k sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N×k sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal. The OLED display can further comprise a second look-up table storing data used to generate the stereoscopic image data based on a weight for each of the N sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal. The weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data can be different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data, where J is a positive integer and is less than or equal to N. 
     In example embodiments, the controller includes a memory controller configured to: i) control the frame memory to store the 2D image data and the stereoscopic image data and ii) read the 2D image data and the stereoscopic image data from the frame memory; and a timing controller configured to: i) transfer the 2D image data and the stereoscopic image data read from the frame memory to the data driver and ii) control the scan driver and the data driver, wherein k is 2. The controller can further include a display mode determination unit configured to: i) receive the image signal, ii) determine whether the OLED display is in the 2D display mode or the stereoscopic display mode, iii) output the image signal to the first look-up table when the OLED display is in the 2D display mode, and iv) output the image signal to the second look-up table when the OLED display is in the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the memory controller includes a first write controller configured to write the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory; a second write controller configured to: i) write the stereoscopic image data corresponding to a first half of one frame to a first half of the frame memory and ii) write the stereoscopic image data corresponding to a second half of one frame to a second half of the frame memory; and a read controller configured to: i) read the 2D image data from the frame memory and ii) read the stereoscopic image data from the first and second halves of the frame memory. The memory controller can include a first write controller configured to write the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory; a second write controller configured to write the stereoscopic image data corresponding to a half of one frame to a half of the frame memory; a first read controller configured to read the 2D image data from the frame memory; and a second read controller configured to read the stereoscopic image data from the half of the frame memory. 
     In example embodiments, the second look-up table further stores data used to convert the image signal to two stereoscopic image data each representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N sub-fields when k is 2. The two stereoscopic image data can be substantially the same. The memory controller can include a write controller configured to: i) write one of the stereoscopic image data from the second look-up table to a first half of the frame memory and ii) write the other of the stereoscopic image data from the second look-up table to a second half of the frame memory; and a read controller configured to read the stereoscopic image data from the frame memory. The write controller can be further configured to write the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory and the read controller can be further configured to read the 2D image data from the frame memory. The data signal can be applied to the display panel in a progressive emission with simultaneous scan (PESS) method. 
     Another aspect is a method of driving an OLED display comprising determining whether a display mode of the OLED display is a two-dimensional (2D) display mode or a stereoscopic display mode, wherein the OLED display comprises a plurality of pixels and a controller configured to receive an image signal from an external source at an input frequency; converting the image signal to 2D image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of 2N-sub-fields when the display mode is the 2D display mode, where N is an integer greater than 1; and converting the image signal to stereoscopic image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N-sub-fields when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. 
     In example embodiments, the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the 2D display mode is substantially the same as the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the stereoscopic display mode. The OLED display can further comprise first and second look-up tables and the method can further comprise generating the 2D image data based on data stored in the first look-up table including a weight of each of the 2N-sub-fields and on/off information at each of the 2N-sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal; and generating the stereoscopic image data based on data stored in the second look-up table including a weight of each of the N-sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N-sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal. The weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data can be different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data, where J is a positive integer, and is less than or equal to N. 
     In example embodiments, the OLED display further comprises a frame memory and converting the image signal to the stereoscopic image data comprises writing the stereoscopic image data of a first frame to a first half of the frame memory; writing the stereoscopic image data of a second frame following the first frame to a second half of the frame memory; and reading the stereoscopic image data from the first and second halves of the frame memory so as to display a stereoscopic image. The OLED display can further comprise a frame memory and converting the image signal to the 2D image data can comprise writing the 2D image data of one frame to the frame memory and reading the 2D image data from the frame memory so as to display a 2D image. 
     Therefore, the OLED display and the method of driving the OLED display according to at least one embodiment can receive the image signal in a constant input frequency regardless of the current display mode, convert the image signal to the 2D image data that is determined to be 2N-bit (or 3N-bit, 4N-bit, etc.), and convert the image signal to the stereoscopic image data that is determined to be a half of (or ⅓, ¼, etc.) the 2D image data (i.e., N-bit). Thus, the output frequency of the controller compared with the constant input frequency is effectively doubled (or three times, four times) when the OLED display is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. As a result, it is not necessary to increase the input frequency in the stereoscopic display mode, and thus the power consumption can be decreased. Further, frequency amplification apparatuses such as a frequency acceleration engine, a frequency scaler, etc., are removed in the OLED display so that circuits of the OLED display can be simplified. 
     In addition, the construction of the memory controller is simplified according to the method of memory read/write operations. Thus, power consumption for driving the memory controller can be decreased. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Example embodiments can be understood in more detail from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an OLED display according to example embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example in which the OLED display of  FIG. 1  operates based on a digital driving technique. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of an image data generated in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of a two-dimensional image data generated by a first look-up table stored in a frame memory of the OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5A  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a controller included in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a stereoscopic image data stored in a frame memory due to the operation of the controller of  FIG. 5A . 
         FIG. 6A  is a block diagram illustrating another example of the controller included in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 6B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of stereoscopic image data stored in a frame memory due to the operation of the controller of  FIG. 6A . 
         FIG. 7A  is a block diagram illustrating still another example of the controller included in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 7B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of stereoscopic image data stored in a frame memory due to the operation of the controller of  FIG. 7A . 
         FIG. 8  is a flow chart illustrating a method of driving the OLED display according to example embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INVENTIVE ASPECTS 
     The input frequency of a signal input to an OLED display is synchronized with external image data provided to the controller of the display. The input frequency is substantially the same as the output frequency which is synchronized with image data generated by the controller. In the 3D display mode, the display outputs a left-eye image and a right-eye image within one frame in order to prevent flicker. Accordingly, the output frequency in the 3D display mode must be doubled in comparison to the output frequency in the 2D display mode. Thus, in the 3D display mode, the input frequency must be doubled to match the doubled output frequency. As a result, a frequency amplification circuit having complex logic such as a frequency acceleration engine, a frequency scaler, etc., must be included in the display device. Therefore, in the 3D display mode, the power consumption of the controller and the generated heat increase. 
     Exemplary embodiments will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which various embodiments are shown. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display according to example embodiments. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the OLED display  100  includes a display panel  110 , a scan driver  120 , a data driver  130 , a controller  140 , and a frame memory  150 . The OLED display may employ a digital driving technique that divides one frame into a plurality of sub-fields. In one example embodiment, the OLED display  100  performs a data write operation via a progressive emission with simultaneous scan (PESS) method of the digital driving technique. 
     The display panel  110  includes a plurality of scan lines SL 1  to SLn, a plurality of data lines DL 1  to DLm, and a plurality of pixels respectively connected to the scan lines SL 1  to SLn and the data lines DL 1  to DLm. The pixels emit light having a certain gray level via the combination of on and off states of a plurality of sub-fields. The display panel  110  can display a two-dimensional (2D) image in a 2D display mode and a stereoscopic image (e.g., three-dimensional (3D) image) in a stereoscopic display mode (i.e., 3D display mode). Since these are examples, the display modes are not limited thereto. For example, the display mode may further include a 2D multi-view mode wherein the display panel displays a plurality of 2D images, and so on. 
     The scan driver  120  applies a scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines SL 1  to SLn. The scan driver  120  generates scan signals in response to a first control signal CNT 1  received from the controller  140 . The scan driver  120  sequentially outputs the scan signals in a predetermined order to the scan lines SL 1  to SLn. 
     The data driver  130  applies a data signal to the pixels through the data lines DL 1  to DLm. The data driver  130  receives a second control signal CNT 2  and pixel data RGB DATA from the controller  140 . The data driver  130  generates a data signal based on the pixel data RGB DATA and outputs the data signal to the data lines DL 1  to DLm. 
     The controller  140  can receive an image signal 2DS/3DS from external source(s). In one example embodiment, the controller  140  receives a 2D image signal 2DS in the 2D display mode and receives a stereoscopic image signal (e.g., a three-dimensional (3D) image signal) 3DS in the stereoscopic display mode. In one example embodiment, the input frequency of the image signal 2DS/3DS applied to the controller  140  in the 2D display mode is substantially the same as the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the stereoscopic display mode. For example, the controller  140  receives the image signal 2DS/3DS at the input frequency 120 Hz when the display mode is both the 2D display mode and the stereoscopic display mode. That is, although the display mode of the OLED display  100  is changed, the input frequency of the image signal received from the external image sources is not changed (i.e., the input frequency is fixed to a predetermined value). 
     The controller  140  receives the image signal 2DS/3DS from the external image source, converts the image signal to a 2D image data DATA 1  represented by a plurality of on or off states of the pixels at each of N×k sub-fields in the 2D display mode, and converts the image signal 2DS/3DS to the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  represented by the on or off states of the pixels at each of N sub-fields, where N and k are integers greater than 1. When k is 2 and the controller  140  outputs the 2D image data DATA 1  having 2N-bits to emit light within one frame, the controller  140  outputs the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  having N-bits to emit light within a half of the frame. Thus, the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  output within the one frame is about twice the 2D image data output within the same time period. In other words, the output frequency of the controller  140  in the stereoscopic display mode is about twice the output frequency of the controller  140  in the 2D display mode. However, the number of sub-fields in the stereoscopic display mode is not limited thereto. For example, if the 2D image data DATA 1  includes information of the N sub-fields to emit light within one frame, the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  may include information of N/3 sub-fields (or N/4 sub-fields) to emit light within ⅓ of a frame (or ¼ of a frame). Thus, the output frequency of the stereoscopic display mode may be about three times (or four times) the output frequency of the 2D display mode. 
     The controller  140  receives the image signal 2DS/3DS from the external source(s) (e.g., a host device) and applies control signals CLT 1  and CLT 2  and the image data RGB DATA to the data driver  130  and the scan driver  120 . The controller  140  includes a first look-up table (LUT)  142 , a second look-up table  144 , a memory controller  146 , and a timing controller  148 . The controller  140  may further include a display mode determination unit (not shown). 
     The first look-up table  142  includes a weight of each of the N×k sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N×k sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the 2D display mode. For example, the image signal of the one frame is converted to the 2D image data DATA 1  having information at each of the 2N sub-fields through the first look-up table  142 . For example, when the one frame includes 8 sub-fields and the 2D image data DATA 1  is represented by 8 bit data, each bit represents emission or non-emission of each sub-field. The weight of each sub-field determines an emission time of the corresponding sub-field. 
     The second look-up table  144  includes a weight of each of the N sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the stereoscopic display mode. Thus, the image signal of the one frame is converted to the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  having information at each of the N sub-fields through the second look-up table  144 . For example, the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is represented by 4 bits data (having on or off states at each of 4 sub-fields) when the 2D image data DATA 1  is represented by 8 bit data (having on or off states at each of 8 sub-fields). The stereoscopic image data corresponds to one of left-eye image data and right-eye image data. 
     In one example embodiment, the total emission time of the N sub-fields stereoscopic image data DATA 2  corresponds to half of the total emission time of the 2N sub-field 2D image data DATA 1 . Thus, stereoscopic images based on two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  (i.e., the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data) is displayed by the display panel  110  during a time period corresponding to the one frame in which one of the 2D image is displayed by the 2D image data DATA 1 . 
     The weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  may be different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data DATA 1 , where J is a positive integer, and is less than or equal to N. For example, the emission time period of a first sub-field generated by the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  may be different from the emission time period of a first sub-field generated by the 2D image data DATA 1 . 
     The memory controller  146  controls the overall operations of the frame memory  150 . The memory controller  146  controls an address where a write operation and a read operation are performed and timings. The memory controller  146  performs the write and read operations of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  in various methods. 
     The timing controller  148  transfers pixel data RGB DATA that is read from the frame memory  150  (i.e., the 2D image data and/or the stereoscopic image data) to the data driver  130 . In addition, the timing controller  148  control the scan driver  120  and the data driver  130 . 
     The timing controller  148  generates a first control signal CNT 1  to control the scan driver  120  and applies the first control signal CNT 1  to the scan driver  120 . The timing controller  148  generates a second control signal CNT 2  to control the data driver  130  and applies the second control signal CNT 2  to the data driver  130 . 
     The frame memory  150  stores one of the 2D image data DATA 1  and the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . In one example embodiment, the frame memory  150  includes a first memory for storing the 2D image data DATA 1 , a second memory for storing the left-eye image data, and a third memory for storing the right-eye image data. 
     As described above, the controller  140  in the OLED display  100  employing the digital driving technique according to example embodiments receives the image signal at a constant input frequency regardless of the current display mode, converts the image signal to the 2D image data that is determined to be 2N-bit (or 3N-bit, 4N-bit, etc.), and converts the image signal to the stereoscopic image data that is determined to be a half of (or ⅓, ¼, etc.) the 2D image data (i.e., N-bit). Thus, the output frequency of the controller  140  compared with the constant input frequency is effectively doubled (or tripled, quadrupled) when the OLED display  100  is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. As a result, it is not necessary to increase the input frequency in the stereoscopic display mode, so that power consumption can be decreased. Further, frequency amplification apparatuses such as a frequency acceleration engine, a frequency scaler, etc., are removed from the OLED display  100  so that circuits of the OLED display  100  can be simplified. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an example in which the OLED display of  FIG. 1  operates based on a digital driving technique. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the OLED display can employ a progressive emission with simultaneous scan (PESS) method. 
     The OLED display  100  can employ a digital driving technique that divides one frame into a plurality of sub-fields. In  FIG. 2 , one frame is illustrated as being divided into first through fifth sub-fields SF 1 , SF 2 , SF 3 , SF 4 , and SF 5 , with the fifth sub-field SF 5  corresponding to a blank sub-field. Here, the number of sub-fields of one frame can be determined according to required conditions. In addition, the blank sub-field SF 5  may be omitted. 
     Each sub-field of one frame has a scan time period during which a scan signal is provided to pixels, an emission time period during which the pixels emits light based on a data signal (e.g., the 2D image data or the stereoscopic image data), and a reset time period (not illustrated) during which the pixels are reset (i.e., the states of the pixels are changed from an emission state to a non-emission state). In detail, except for the fifth sub-field (i.e., the blank sub-field), each emission time period of the first through fourth sub-fields differs by a factor of 2 (i.e., by a weight). That is, each emission time period of the first through fourth sub-fields is set to a different length. Thus, each emission time period of the first through fourth sub-fields corresponds to each bit of the data signal. For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the emission time period of the second sub-field is twice of the emission time period of the first sub-field, the emission time period of the third sub-field is twice of the emission time period of the second sub-field, and the emission time period of the fourth sub-field is twice of the emission time period of the third sub-field. Here, the sub-field having the longest emission time period (i.e., the fourth sub-field) corresponds to the most significant bit (MSB) of the data signal, and the sub-field having the shortest emission time period (i.e., the first sub-field) corresponds to the least significant bit (LSB) of the data signal. As a result, the specific gray level is implemented based on a sum of the emission time periods of the first through fourth sub-fields. 
       FIG. 2  shows a digital driving technique employing a random scan method (i.e., the PESS method) for an OLED display  100 . As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the digital driving technique of the PESS method randomly performs scan operations of all scan-lines for each sub-frame  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 , and  5  by shifting each sub-frame scan timing of the scan-lines by a specific time period, and thus randomly (i.e., separately) performs emission operations of all scan-lines for each sub-frame  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 , and  5 . Here, the sub-frame emission order of all scan-lines is fixed (e.g., in order of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). 
       FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an example of image data generated in an OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 3 , the controller  140  in the OLED display  100  generates the 2D image data DATA 1  and/or the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . 
     The 2D image data can be determined to be N-bit (or 2N-bit). For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the 2D image data can be determined to be 8 bit and one frame is divided into 8 sub-fields. 
     In one example embodiment, the stereoscopic image data is determined to be N/2-bit (or N-bit). For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the stereoscopic image data can be determined to be 4 bit and half of the one frame is divided into 4 sub-fields. Thus, the controller  140  outputs two stereoscopic image data corresponding to a specific pixel within the one frame. In one example embodiment, one of the stereoscopic image data corresponds to a left-eye image data and the other stereoscopic image data corresponds to a right-eye image data. However, the number of s sub-fields constituting the one frame is not limited thereto. 
     In one example embodiment, the weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  can be different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data DATA 1 , where J is a positive integer, and is less than or equal to N. For example, the emission time period of a first sub-field by the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  can be longer than the emission time period of a first sub-field by the 2D image data DATA 1 . 
       FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an example of a two-dimensional image data generated by a first look-up table stored in a frame memory of the OLED display of  FIG. 1 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the controller  140  of the OLED display  100  includes a first look-up table  142  that converts the image signal to the 2D image data DATA 1 . The first look-up table  142  includes a weight of each of the 8 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 8  and on/off information at each of the 8 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 8  corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the 2D display mode. For example, the first look-up table  142  can be as illustrated in the following TABLE 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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     Since this is an example, the gray level, the number of sub-fields, and the on/off information of the sub-fields are not limited thereto. 
     As illustrated in TABLE 1, in one embodiment, one frame is divided into 8 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 8 . In one example embodiment, when the number of gray levels to be displayed by the display panel  110  is, e.g., 256, the 2D image data DATA 1  can be determined to be 8 bit data. Each bit represents whether each of the subfields emits light. For example, a first subfield SF 1  is set to emit light when the least significant bit (LSB) of the 2D image data DATA 1  is set as “1” and a eighth subfield is set not to emit light when the most significant bit (MSB) of the 2D image data DATA 1  is set as “0”. For example, when the image signal has information of a gray level  182 , the first look-up table  142  converts the image signal to the 2D image signal DATA 1  as “10110110”. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the 2D image data DATA 1  can be stored in the frame memory  150  by a write operation of the memory controller  146 .  FIG. 4  shows a frame memory map in which the 2D image data DATA 1  are (is) stored in the frame memory  150  at a specific time. 
     Emission information and address information of each of the sub-fields SF 1  through SF 8  of the 2D image data DATA 1  can be stored in the frame memory  150 . The address information includes a first location information ROW and a second location information COLUMN. The first location information ROW refers to the row line information corresponding to a scan line of the display panel  110 . The second location information COLUMN refers to the column line information corresponding to a data line of the display panel  110 . The emission information refers to the on/off information of each of the sub-fields SF 1  through SF 8 . 
     The memory controller  146  includes a write controller that writes the 2D image data DATA 1  generated by the first look-up table  142  to the frame memory  150  and a read controller that reads the 2D image data DATA 1  written at the frame memory  150 . A 2D image can be displayed on the display panel  110  by the read controller that read the written 2D image data DATA 1 . In one example embodiment, the 2D image data DATA 1  that is read by the read controller is converted to the pixel data RGB DATA representing the on or off states of the pixel at each of 8 sub-fields. The pixel data RGB DATA can be applied to the display panel  110 . 
       FIG. 5A  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a controller included in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 5B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a stereoscopic image data stored in a frame memory due to the operation of the controller of  FIG. 5A . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 5B , the controller  240  includes a display mode determination unit or determining unit  141 , a first look-up table  242 , a second look-up table  244 , a memory controller  246 , and a timing controller  148 . The controller  240  may further include an image processor. The stereoscopic image data DATA 2  can be respectively stored a first half BLOCK 1  and a second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . 
     The display mode determination unit  141  receives the image signal 2DS/3DS. The display mode determination unit  141  determines whether a display mode of the OLED display is the 2D display mode or the stereoscopic display mode. The display mode determination unit  141  outputs the image signal 2DS to the first look-up table  242  when the display mode is the 2D display mode and outputs the image signal 3DS to the second look-up table  244  when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. 
     The image signal 2DS is converted to the 2D image data DATA 1  determined to be 2N-bit by the first look-up table  242  when the display mode is the 2D display mode. For example, as illustrated in TABLE 1, the 2D image data DATA 1  can be determined to be 8 bit, and one frame is divided into 8 sub-fields. 
     The image signal 3DS is converted to the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  determined to be N-bit by the second look-up table  244  when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. In one example embodiment, the second look-up table  244  includes a weight of each of the 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4  and on/off information at each of the 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4  corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the stereoscopic display mode when the 2D image is displayed by 8 bit 2D image data DATA 1  (i.e., one frame of the 2D image is divided into 8 sub-fields). For example, the second look-up table  244  may be as illustrated in the following TABLE 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
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     Since this is an example, the gray level, the number of sub-fields, and the on/off information of the sub-fields are not limited thereto. 
     One frame can be divided into a left-eye image frame and a right-eye image frame. The left-eye image frame and the right-eye image frame can be divided into 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4 , respectively. As illustrated in TABLE 1, half of the one frame is divided into 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4 . Thus, the pixel emits light based on the two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  within the one frame. In one example embodiment, one of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  corresponds to the left-eye image data or the right-eye image data of the one frame. 
     The number of subfields (or the number of bits) in the stereoscopic display mode corresponds to about half of the subfields in the 2D display mode such that a quantity of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  output from the controller  240  is about twice of the 2D image data DATA 1  during certain durations. Thus, the stereoscopic image is displayed without increasing the input frequency. 
     The memory controller  246  includes a first write controller  22 , a second write controller  24 , and a read controller  26 . 
     The first write controller  22  writes the 2D image data DATA 1  of the one frame to the frame memory  150 . The first write controller  22  controls the write operation of the 2D image data DATA 1 . For example, the first write controller  22  controls the write timing that the 2D image data DATA 1  is written in the frame memory  150  and a write clock. The first write controller  22  provides address information where the write operation will be performed to the frame memory  150 . Thus, the 2D image data DATA 1  is written in the frame memory  150  according to the address information. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the frame memory  150  stores emission information and address information of each of the sub-fields SF 1  through SF 8  based on the operation of the first write controller  22 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5B , the second write controller  24  writes the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  of a first frame to a first half BLOCK 1  of the frame memory  150  and writes the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  of a second frame following the first frame to a second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 .  FIG. 5B  shows a frame memory map in which the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  are (is) stored in the frame memory  150  at a specific time. The sizes of each stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is half of the size of each 2D image data DATA 1  so that two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  are stored in the first half BLOCK 1  and second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 , respectively. For example, the first half BLOCK 1  of the frame memory  150  corresponds to an area where information of the first through fourth sub-fields of the 2D image data DATA 1  is stored and the second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150  corresponds to an area where information of the fifth through eighth sub-fields of the 2D image data DATA 1  is stored. Therefore, as illustrated in  FIG. 5B , two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  can be respectively stored in the first half BLOCK 1  and the second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . 
     The read controller  26  reads the 2D image data DATA 1  from the frame memory  150 . The read controller  26  reads the 8 bit 2D image data DATA 1  and provides the image data DATA 1  to the timing controller  148 . 
     In one example embodiment, the read controller  26  reads the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  from the first half BLOCK 1  and the second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . Two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  each having 4 bits are stored in the frame memory  150 , so that the read controller for reading the 2D image data can read the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . Therefore, additional read controller for reading the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is not needed. 
     The controller  240  may further include an image processor. In one example embodiment, the image data (i.e., the 2D image data DATA 1  or the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 ) read by the read controller can be applied to the image processor. The image processor may generate the pixel data RGB DATA based on the 2D image data DATA 1  or the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  and apply the pixel data RGB DATA to the timing controller  148 . For example, the image processor may generate the 2D image pixel data based on the read 2D image data DATA 1  and generate the left-eye stereoscopic image pixel data and/or the right-eye stereoscopic image pixel data based on the read stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . 
     The timing controller  148  applies the first control signal CNT 1  to the scan driver  120  and the second control signal CNT 2  to the data driver  130 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5B , emission information and address information of each of the sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4  of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  can be stored in the frame memory  150 . The address information includes a first location information ROW and a second location information COLUMN. The first location information ROW refers to row line information corresponding to a scan line of the display panel  110 . The second location information COLUMN refers to column line information corresponding to a data line of the display panel  110 . The emission information represents the on/off information of each of the sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4 . 
     As described above, the controller  240  in the OLED display  100  employing the digital driving technique according to example embodiments receives the image signal at a constant input frequency regardless of display mode, converts the image signal to the 2D image data that is determined to be 2N-bit, and converts the image signal to the stereoscopic image data that is determined to be a half of the 2D image data (i.e., N-bit). Thus, the output frequency of the controller  240  compared to the constant input frequency is effectively doubled when the OLED display  100  is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. As a result, it is not necessary to increase the input frequency in the stereoscopic display mode, so that power consumption can be decreased. Further, frequency amplification apparatuses such as a frequency acceleration engine, a frequency scaler are, etc., can be removed in the OLED display  100  so that circuits of the OLED display  100  can be simplified. In addition, only one read controller  26  can be used control both the read operation of the 2D image data DATA 1  and the read operation of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . Thus, an additional read controller is not needed. 
       FIG. 6A  is a block diagram illustrating another example of the controller included in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 6B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a stereoscopic image data stored in a frame memory due to the operation of the controller of  FIG. 6A . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 4, 6A and 6B , the controller  340  includes a display mode determination unit  141 , a first look-up table  342 , a second look-up table  344 , a memory controller  346 , and a timing controller  148 . The controller  340  may further include an image processor. The stereoscopic image data DATA 2  may be respectively stored a first half BLOCK 1  and a second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . 
     The controller of the present example embodiments is substantially the same as the controller explained with reference to  FIG. 5A  except for construction of the memory controller  340 . Thus, the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the same or like parts as those described in the example embodiments of  FIGS. 1 through 5B , and any repetitive explanation concerning the above elements will be omitted. 
     The display mode determination unit  141  receives the image signal 2DS/3DS. The display mode determination unit  141  outputs the image signal 2DS to the first look-up table  242  when the display mode is the 2D display mode and outputs the image signal 3DS to the second look-up table  244  when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. 
     The first look-up table  342  employs the look-up table of TABLE 1 and the second look-up table  344  employs the look-up table of TABLE 2. 
     The memory controller  346  includes a first write controller  32 , a first read controller  34 , a second write controller  36 , and a second read controller  38 . 
     The first write controller  32  writes the 2D image data DATA 1  of the one frame to the frame memory  150 . The first write controller  32  controls the write operation of the 2D image data DATA 1 . The first read controller  34  reads the 2D image data DATA 1  from the frame memory  150 . Since the operations of the timing controller  340  in the 2D display mode have been described above referred to  FIGS. 1 through 4 , duplicate descriptions thereof will not be repeated. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6B , the second write controller  36  writes the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  corresponding to half of the one frame to a first half BLOCK 1  of the frame memory  150 .  FIG. 6B  shows a frame memory map in which the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  are (is) stored in the frame memory  150  at a specific time. The second write controller  34  writes the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  to the frame memory  150 . The size of each stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is half of the size of each 2D image data DATA 1  so that the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is stored in the first half BLOCK 1  by the operation of the second write controller  34 . For example, the 4 bit stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is stored in the first half BLOCK 1  of the frame memory  150 . 
     The second read controller  38  reads the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  from the half BLOCK 1  of the frame memory  150 . In one example embodiment, image processor converts the 2D image data DATA 1  or the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  to the pixel data RGB DATA. 
     As described above, the size (i.e., the number of bits) of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  corresponds to about half of the size of the 2D image data DATA 1 , so that the output frequency of the controller  340  compared with the constant input frequency is effectively doubled (or three times, four times) when the OLED display  100  is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. In addition, the size of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  written (or stored) in the frame memory decreases so that power consumption by controlling the frame memory  150  can be improved. 
       FIG. 7A  is a block diagram illustrating still another example of the controller included in the OLED display of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 7B  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a stereoscopic image data stored in a frame memory due to the operation of the controller of  FIG. 7A . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 through 4, 7A and 7B , the controller  440  includes a display mode determination unit  141 , a first look-up table  442 , a second look-up table  444 , a memory controller  446 , and a timing controller  148 . The controller  440  may further include an image processor. 
     The controller of the  FIG. 7A  embodiment is substantially the same as the controller explained with reference to  FIG. 5A  except for construction of the second look-up table  444  and the memory controller  440 . Thus, the same reference numerals will be used to refer to the same or like parts as those described in the example embodiments of  FIGS. 1 through 5B , and any repetitive explanation concerning the above elements will be omitted. The first look-up table  442  employs the look-up table of TABLE 1. 
     The memory controller  446  includes a write controller  42  and a read controller  44 . 
     The write controller  42  writes the 2D image data DATA 1  of the one frame to the frame memory  150 . The first write controller  42  controls the write operation of the 2D image data DATA 1 . The read controller  44  reads the 2D image data DATA 1  from the frame memory  150 . Since the operation of the timing controller  440  in the 2D display mode is described above referred to  FIGS. 1 through 4 , duplicate descriptions thereof will not be repeated. 
     The second look-up table  444  converts the image signal into two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  each representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N sub-fields when k is 2. In one example embodiment, the two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  may be substantially the same. For example, one selected image signal among image signals can be converted into a first stereoscopic image data and a second stereoscopic image data by the second look-up table  444 . The first stereoscopic image data and the second stereoscopic image data may be substantially the same. In one example embodiment, the second look-up table  444  includes a weight of each of the 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4  and on/off information at each of the 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4  corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the stereoscopic display mode when the 2D image is displayed by 8 bit 2D image data DATA 1  (i.e., one frame of the 2D image is divided into 8 sub-fields). For example, the second look-up table  444  may be constituted as illustrated in the following TABLE 3. For example, the first stereoscopic image data and the second stereoscopic image data may have the on/off information at each of the 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4   
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
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     Since this is an example, the gray level, the number of sub-fields, and the on/off information of the sub-fields are not limited thereto. 
     One frame can be divided into a left-eye image frame and a right-eye image frame. The left-eye image frame and the right-eye image frame can be respectively divided into 4 sub-fields SF 1  through SF 4 . Thus, the pixel emits light based on the two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  within the one frame. In one example embodiment, one of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  corresponds to the left-eye image data or the right-eye image data of the one frame. 
     The number of subfields (or the number of bits) in the stereoscopic display mode corresponds to about half of the subfields in the 2D display mode such that the quantity of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  output from the controller  240  is about twice of the 2D image data DATA 1  during certain durations. Thus, the stereoscopic image can be displayed without increasing the input frequency. 
     The memory controller  446  includes a write controller  42  and a read controller  44 . The write controller  42  may be a common write controller that controls both a write operation of the 2D image data DATA 1  and a write operation of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 7B , the write controller  42  writes the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  of one frame output from the second look-up table  444  to the frame memory. In one example embodiment, the write controller  42  writes one of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  from the second look-up table  444  to a first half BLCOK 1  of the frame memory  150  and writes the other of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  from the second look-up table  444  to a second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . For example, the first stereoscopic image data is written at the first half BLOCK 1  of the frame memory  150  and the second stereoscopic image data is written at the second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . The frame memory map of  FIG. 7B  may be substantially the same as the frame memory map of  FIG. 5B . The data sizes of the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  output from the first look-up table  442  may be substantially the same as data size of the 2D image data DATA 1  output from the first look-up table  442 , so that the write controller  42  can be commonly used to write the 2D image data DATA 1  and to write the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . Thus, an additional write controller for writing the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is not needed. 
     The read controller  44  reads the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  from the frame memory. In one example embodiment, the read controller  44  reads the stereoscopic image data from the first half BLOCK 1  and the second half BLOCK 2  of the frame memory  150 . Two stereoscopic image data DATA 2  each having 4 bits are stored in the frame memory  150 , so that the read controller for reading the 2D image data can be employed to read the stereoscopic image data DATA 2 . Therefore, an additional read controller for reading the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  is not needed. The stereoscopic image data DATA 2  read by the read controller  44  can be converted to the pixel data RGB DATA by the image processor and the display panel  110  can display the stereoscopic images. 
     Since the frame memory map of  FIG. 7B  is described above referred to  FIG. 5B , duplicate descriptions will not be repeated. 
     As described above, the 2D image data is determined to be 2N-bit (or 3N-bit, 4N-bit, etc.), and the stereoscopic image data is determined to be a half of (or ⅓, ¼, etc.) the 2D image data (i.e., N-bit). Thus, the output frequency of the controller compared with the constant input frequency is effectively doubled (or three times, four times) when the OLED display is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. As a result, it is not necessary to increase the input frequency in the stereoscopic display mode, so that power consumption can be decreased. Further, frequency amplification apparatuses such as a frequency acceleration engine, a frequency scaler, etc., are removed in the OLED display so that circuits of the OLED display  100  may be simplified. 
       FIG. 8  is a flow chart illustrating a method of driving an OLED display according to example embodiments. 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , the method of driving the OLED display employing the digital driving technique includes determining whether the display mode of the OLED display is a two-dimensional (2D) display mode or a stereoscopic display mode S 100 . The method may include converting the image signal to 2D image data S 120  representing on or off states of a plurality of pixels included in the OLED display at each of 2N-sub-fields (N is an integer greater than 1) when the display mode is the 2D display mode. The method may also include converting the image signal to stereoscopic image data S 130  representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N-sub-fields when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. In one example embodiment, the OLED display employs a progressive emission with simultaneous scan (PESS) method. 
     In detail, an image signal is applied from an external image source to a controller in an input frequency. The controller may determine the display mode is the 2D display mode or the stereoscopic display mode based on the image signal S 100 . In one example embodiment, the image signal is applied to a first look-up table included in the controller when the OLED display is driven in the 2D display mode. In contrast, the image signal may be applied to a second look-up table included in the controller when the OLED display is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. In one example embodiment, the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the 2D display mode is substantially the same as the input frequency of the image signal applied to the controller in the stereoscopic display mode. 
     When the OLED display is driven in the 2D display mode, the image signal may be converted to the 2D image data represented by 2N-bit S 120 . In other words, the image signal may be converted to the 2D image data representing on or off states of a plurality of pixels included in the OLED display at each of 2N-sub-fields when the display mode is the 2D display mode. In one example embodiment, the 2D image data is generated by the first look-up table that has a weight of each of the 2N-sub-fields and on/off information at each of the 2N-sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the 2D display mode. For example, one frame includes 8 sub-fields and the 2D image data is represented by 8 bit data. 
     The 2D image data may be written to the frame memory S 140 . In one example embodiment, the 2D image data is stored in the frame memory by writing operation of a memory controller. The memory controller may include a first write controller that writes the 2D image data generated by the first look-up table to the frame memory and a read controller that read the 2D image data written at the frame memory. 
     The 2D image data stored in the frame memory may be read and the 2D image may be displayed at the display panel S 160 . The 2D image data that is read by the read controller may be converted to the pixel data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N-sub-fields such that the 2D images may be displayed. Since the method of displaying the 2D image is described above referred to  FIGS. 1 through 4 , duplicate descriptions thereof will not be repeated. 
     When the OLED display is driven in the stereoscopic display mode, the image signal may be converted to the stereoscopic image data represented by N-bit S 130 . In other words, the image signal is converted to stereoscopic image data representing on or off states of the pixels at each of N-sub-fields when the display mode is the stereoscopic display mode. In one example embodiment, the stereoscopic image data is generated by the second look-up table that has a weight of each of the N-sub-fields and on/off information at each of the N-sub-fields corresponding to a gray level of the image signal of the stereoscopic display mode. For example, when the one frame includes 8 sub-fields and the 2D image data is represented by 8 bit data, the stereoscopic data is represented by 4 bit data. 
     In one example embodiment, the weight of a J-th sub-field of the stereoscopic image data is different from the weight of a J-th sub-field of the 2D image data, where J is a positive integer, and is less than or equal to N. 
     The stereoscopic image data of a first frame may be written to a first half of the frame memory and the stereoscopic image data of a second frame following the first frame may be written to a second half of the frame memory S 150 . The memory controller may include a second write controller that writes the stereoscopic image data DATA 2  to the first half and the second half of the frame memory. The sizes of each stereoscopic image data is half of the size of each 2D image data so that two stereoscopic image data are respectively stored in the first half and second half of the frame memory. 
     The stereoscopic image data stored the first half and the second half of the frame memory may be read and the stereoscopic image may be displayed at the display panel S 170 . Two stereoscopic image data each having N-bit (e.g., 4 bit) are stored in the frame memory, so that the read controller for reading the 2D image data can be employed to read the stereoscopic image data. Therefore, an additional read controller for reading the stereoscopic image data is not needed. In one example embodiment, a left-eye image data and a right-eye image data are generated based on the stereoscopic image data. However, read/write operations of the stereoscopic image data are not limited thereto. Since the method of displaying the stereoscopic image is described above referred to  FIGS. 1 through 3, and 5 through 7B , duplicate descriptions will not be repeated. 
     As described above, the method of driving the OLED display according to example embodiments may convert the image data to the 2D image data or the stereoscopic image data. Here, the size (or the number of bits) of the stereoscopic image data is less than the 2D image data. For example, the size of the stereoscopic image data is about half of the 2D image data. Thus, the output frequency of the controller compared with the constant input frequency is effectively doubled when the OLED display is driven in the stereoscopic display mode. As a result, it is not necessary to increase the input frequency in the stereoscopic display mode, and thus power consumption can be decreased. Further, frequency amplification apparatuses such as a frequency acceleration engine, a frequency scaler, etc., are removed in the OLED display  100  so that circuits of the OLED display  100  can be simplified. 
     The present embodiments can be applied to any display device and any system including the display device. For example, the present embodiments may be applied to a television, a computer monitor, a laptop, a digital camera, a cellular phone, a smart phone, a smart pad, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a MP3 player, a navigation system, a game console, a video phone, etc. 
     The foregoing is illustrative of example embodiments, and is not to be construed as limiting thereof. Although a few example embodiments have been described, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible in the example embodiments without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of example embodiments. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of invention as defined in the claims. In the claims, means-plus-function clauses are intended to cover the structures described herein as performing the recited function and not only structural equivalents but also equivalent structures. Therefore, it is to be understood that the foregoing is illustrative of example embodiments and is not to be construed as limited to the specific embodiments disclosed, and that modifications to the disclosed example embodiments, as well as other example embodiments, are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. The invention is defined by the following claims, with equivalents of the claims to be included therein.