Patent ID: 7889188

Claim:
A flat panel display device, comprising: a display panel which has a non-defect area and a panel defect area and has at least one link pixel where adjacent pixels are interlinked; a memory which stores a first compensation data for compensating data to be displayed on odd-numbered lines in the panel defect area, a second compensation data for compensating data to be displayed on even-numbered lines in the panel defect area, a third compensation data for compensating data to be displayed on odd-numbered lines included in a boundary part between the panel defect area and the non-defect area, a fourth compensation data for compensating data to be displayed on even-numbered lines of the boundary part, and a fifth compensation data for compensating data that are to be displayed in the link pixel; a compensation part that modulates the data to be displayed in the panel defect area, a fixed area inclusive of the boundary part and the link pixel, with the compensation data; and a driver for driving the display panel in use of the data modulated by the compensation part.