IP Library Granted Patent US 8,194,029
Granted Patent B2
US 8,194,029 · App. 12/273,361 · Granted Jun 5, 2012

Display device and method of controlling the same

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Patent No.
US 8,194,029
App. No.
12/273,361
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a driving signal generator being supplied with a synchronous signal and a clock signal and generating an inverter driving signal having a given frequency that is multiplied by a predetermined ratio from a frequency of the synchronous signal, an inverter outputting a driving signal based on the inverter driving signal, and a backlight unit controlling turned-on or turned-off based on the driving signal from the inverter. The driving signal generator operates the number of clocks of the clock signal included in a predetermined period of the synchronous signal by using a predetermined value, defines a magnitude of each section of the inverter driving signal with respect to the predetermined period of the synchronous signal, and adjusts the section magnitude of the inverter driving signal when the number of clocks differs from the total section magnitude of the inverter driving signal based on the magnitude of each section.

Claims (18)

1. A display device, comprising:

a driving signal generator being supplied with a synchronous signal and a clock signal and generating an inverter driving signal having a given frequency that is multiplied by a predetermined ratio from a frequency of the synchronous signal;

an inverter outputting a driving signal based on the inverter driving signal; and

a backlight unit controlling turned-on or turned-off based on the driving signal from the inverter,

wherein the driving signal generator operates the number of clocks of the clock signal included in a predetermined period of the synchronous signal by using a predetermined value, defines a magnitude of each section of the inverter driving signal with respect to the predetermined period of the synchronous signal, and adjusts the section magnitude of the inverter driving signal when the number of clocks differs from the total section magnitude of the inverter driving signal based on the magnitude of each section.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving signal generator divides the number of clocks of the clock signal in the predetermined period of the synchronous signal by the predetermined value to define the magnitude of each section of the inverter driving signal, and adjusts the magnitude of section based on the remainder of the division when the remainder exists.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the driving signal generator adjusts the magnitude from the first section among the plurality of sections of the inverter driving signal.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined value is defined based on the predetermined ratio.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the synchronous signal comprises at least one of a horizontal synchronous signal and a vertical synchronous signal.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the clock signal comprises at least one of a main clock signal and a data clock signal.

7. A method of controlling a display device comprising a backlight unit, the method comprising:

adjusting a section magnitude of an inverter driving signal by dividing the number of clocks of a clock signal in a predetermined period of a synchronous signal by a multiplying value corresponding to a frequency of the synchronous signal and a frequency of the inverter driving signal;

adjusting the magnitude of section based on a remainder of the division when the remainder exists, wherein the number of adjusted sections being the same as the remainder; and

driving the backlight unit based on the inverter driving signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the adjusting the section magnitude comprises adjusting the magnitude from the first section among the plurality of sections of the inverter driving signal.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the multiplying value is defined based on a predetermined ratio of the frequency of the synchronous signal and the frequency of the inverter driving signal.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the synchronous signal comprises at least one of a horizontal synchronous signal and a vertical synchronous signal.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the clock signal comprises at least one of a main clock signal and a data clock signal.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029008/0085 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COUNTRY OF ASSIGNEE: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021853 FRAME 0586. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ADDRESS & COUNTRY IS: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., 416, MAETAN-DONG, YEONGTONG-GU, SUWON-SI, GYEONGGI-DO, REPUBLIC OF KOREA. Recorded May 3, 2012
From: YEO, DONG-HYUN; JEON, BYUNG-KIL; CHOI, NAM-GON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028154/0024 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2008
From: YEO, DONG-HYUN; JEON, BYUNG-KIL; CHOI, NAM-GON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 021853/0586 →