IP Library Granted Patent US 8,139,018
Granted Patent B2
US 8,139,018 · App. 11/640,850 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same

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Patent No.
US 8,139,018
App. No.
11/640,850
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for driving a liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and a plurality of lamps. The method includes: sequentially driving the plurality of lamps to supply light to the liquid crystal panel, at least one of the lamps having a different on-time interval from another one of the lamps.

Claims (38)

1. A method for driving a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device including a plurality of lamps and a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystals, the method comprising:

sequentially driving the plurality of lamps to supply light to the liquid crystal panel, at least one of the lamps having a different on-time interval from another one of the lamps,

wherein the on-time of the lamp in a first region having a relatively fast response time of the liquid crystal is lengthened and on-time of lamp in a second region having a relatively slow response time of the liquid crystal is shortened,

wherein the second region in a low-temperature region is shortened in an on-time of the lamp and lengthened in an off-time of the lamp, and

wherein the first region in a high-temperature region is lengthened in an on-time of the lamp and is shortened in an off-time of the lamp.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lamps corresponds to one of a plurality of regions of the liquid crystal panel, and the on-time intervals of the lamps are respectively based on a liquid crystal response time of the regions corresponding to the lamps.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid crystal response time of the liquid crystal panel is faster in one of the regions having a temperature higher than in another one of the regions having a relatively lower temperature.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising progressively increasing or decreasing the on-time intervals of the lamps from one of the lamps disposed on one side of the liquid crystal panel to another of the lamps disposed on another side of the liquid crystal panel.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising widening an overlapping period of an off-time interval of a pixel region and an off-time interval of a corresponding one of the lamps in the liquid crystal panel to remove a ghost phenomenon when a moving image is displayed in the liquid crystal panel.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the lamps has a different off-time interval from the another one of the lamps.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lamps has a different on-time interval from the other of the lamps.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of the on-time of each of the lamps and an off-time of each of the lamps is substantially the same to all of the lamps.

9. A method for driving a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display device including a plurality of lamps and a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal, the method comprising:

sequentially driving the plurality of lamps to supply light to the liquid crystal panel, at least one of the lamps having a different off-time interval from another one of the lamps,

wherein on-time of the lamp in a first region having a relatively fast response time of the liquid crystal is lengthened and the on-time of the lamp in a second region having a relatively slow response time of the liquid crystal is shortened,

wherein the second region in a low-temperature region is shortened in an on-time of the lamp and is lengthened in an off-time of the lamp in a response delay region of a LCD panel, and

wherein the first region in a high-temperature region is lengthened in an on-time of the lamp and is shortened in an off-time of the lamp.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein each of the lamps corresponds to one of a plurality of regions of the liquid crystal panel, and the off-time intervals of the lamps are based on by a liquid crystal response time of the regions corresponding to the lamps.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the liquid crystal response time of the liquid crystal panel is faster in one of the regions having a temperature higher than in another one of the regions having a relatively lower temperature.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein off-time interval in one of the regions having a faster liquid crystal response time of the liquid crystal panel is shorter than that in another one of the regions having a relatively slower liquid crystal response time.

13. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising progressively increasing or decreasing the off-time intervals of the lamps from one of the lamps disposed on one side of the liquid crystal panel to another one of the lamps disposed on another side of the liquid crystal panel.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein each of the lamps has a different on-time interval from the other of the lamps.

15. The method according to claim 9 , wherein a sum of an on-time of each of the lamps and the off-time of each of the lamps is substantially the same to all of the lamps.

16. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of lamps as a light source of the liquid crystal panel; and

a lamp driving unit sequentially driving the plurality of lamps so that at least one of the lamps having a different on-time interval from another one of the lamps,

wherein the on-time of the lamp in a first region having a relatively fast response time of the liquid crystal is lengthened and the on-time of the lamp in a second region having a relatively slow response time of the liquid crystal is shortened,

wherein the second region in a low-temperature region is shortened in an on-time of the lamp and is lengthened in an off-time of the lamp in a response delay region of a LCD panel, and

wherein the first region in a high-temperature region is lengthened in an on-time of the lamp and is shortened in an off-time of the lamp.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a gate line driver and a data line driver respectively supplying drive signals and data signals to the liquid crystal panel; and

a timing controller controlling the gate line driver, the data line driver, and the lamp driving unit.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein each of the lamps corresponds to one of a plurality of regions of the liquid crystal panel, and the on-time intervals of the lamps are respectively based on a liquid crystal response time of the regions corresponding to the lamps.

19. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 18 , wherein the liquid crystal response time of the liquid crystal panel is faster in one of the regions having a temperature higher than in another one of the regions having a relatively lower temperature.

20. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein the lamp driving unit progressively increase or decrease the on-time intervals of the lamps from one of the lamps disposed on one side of the liquid crystal panel to another one of the lamps disposed on the other side of the liquid crystal panel.

21. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein the lamp driving unit widens an overlapping period of an off-time interval of a pixel region and an off-time interval of a corresponding one of the lamps in the liquid crystal panel to remove a ghost phenomenon when a moving image is displayed in the liquid crystal panel when a moving image is displayed in the liquid crystal panel.

22. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the lamps has a different off-time interval from the another one of the lamps.

23. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein each of the lamps has a different on-time interval from the other of the lamps.

24. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein a sum of the on-time of each of the lamps and an off-time of each of the lamps is substantially the same to all of the lamps.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020985/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2006
From: KIM, HYUK JIN
To: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018725/0872 →