IP Library Granted Patent US 8,860,655
Granted Patent B2
US 8,860,655 · App. 13/583,226 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Edge-lit backlight module and scanning method thereof

Inventor: Kuangyao Chang (Guandong, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
G09G3/36G02B27/22
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Patent No.
US 8,860,655
App. No.
13/583,226
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an edge-lit backlight module containing 2n+1 sequentially and equally separated backlight partitions where the 2n+1 backlight partitions are lit or turned off individually under a time-sequence control; a LCD panel scanned by the edge-lit backlight module is correspondingly separated into 2n+1 display partitions; the signal to the LCD panel is loaded into the LCD panel frame by frame and display partition by display partition under a time-sequence control; the time sequences to the signal to the LCD panel and the signal to the backlight partitions are controlled so that, whenever the signal loaded into the 2n+1 display partitions of the LCD panel constitutes a complete frame, the n+1 backlight partition in the middle of the edge-lit backlight module is always lit. The present invention also provides a scanning method of an edge-lit backlight module.

Claims (12)

1. An edge-lit backlight module comprising 2n+1 sequentially and equally separated backlight partitions wherein n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1; the 2n+1 backlight partitions are lit or turned off individually and sequentially under a time-sequence control; a LCD panel scanned by the edge-lit backlight module is separated correspondingly into 2n+1 display partitions; the signal to the LCD panel is loaded into the LCD panel frame by frame and display partition by display partition sequentially under a time-sequence control; and the time sequences to the signal to the LCD panel and the signal to the backlight partitions are controlled so that, whenever a first backlight partition is lit, the first n+1 display partitions are loaded with a current frame for a first eye whereas the remaining n display partitions are loaded with a previous frame for a second eye; whenever the n+1 backlight partition in the middle of the edge-lit backlight module is lit, the 2n+1 display partitions are completely loaded with a current frame for the first eye; and, whenever a last backlight partition is lit, the first n display partitions are loaded with a next frame for the second eye whereas the remaining n+1 display partitions are loaded with the current frame for the first eye.

2. The edge-lit backlight module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edge-lit backlight module is a single-shorter-edge-lit backlight module.

3. The edge-lit backlight module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edge-lit backlight module is a dual-shorter-edge-lit backlight module.

4. The edge-lit backlight module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein n is equal to 1.

5. An edge-lit backlight module comprising 2n+1 sequentially and equally separated backlight partitions wherein n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1; the 2n+1 backlight partitions are lit or turned off individually under a time-sequence control; a LCD panel scanned by the edge-lit backlight module is correspondingly separated into 2n+1 display partitions; the signal to the LCD panel is loaded into the LCD panel frame by frame and display partition by display partition under a time-sequence control; the time sequences to the signal to the LCD panel and the signal to the backlight partitions are controlled so that, whenever a first backlight partition is lit, the first n+1 display partitions are loaded with a current frame for a first eye whereas the remaining n display partitions are loaded with a previous frame for a second eye; whenever the n+1 backlight partition in the middle of the edge-lit backlight module is lit, the 2n+1 display partitions are completely loaded with a current frame for the first eye; and whenever a last backlight partition is lit, the first n display partitions are loaded with a next frame for the second eye whereas the remaining n+1 display partitions are loaded with the current frame for the first eye; the edge-lit backlight module is a single-shorter-edge-lit backlight module; and n is equal to 1.

6. A scanning method of an edge-lit backlight module comprising the steps of:

separating the edge-lit backlight module sequentially and equally into 2n+1 backlight partitions where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1;

separating a LCD panel correspondingly into 2n+1 display partitions where the signal to the LCD panel is loaded into the LCD panel frame by frame and display partition by display partition under a time sequence; and

controlling the time sequences to the signal to the LCD panel and the signal to the backlight partitions so that, whenever a first backlight partition is lit, the first n+1 display partitions are loaded with a current frame for a first eye whereas the remaining n display partitions are loaded with a previous frame for a second eye; whenever the n+1 backlight partition in the middle of the edge-lit backlight module is lit, the 2n+1 display partitions are completely loaded with a current frame for the first eye; and whenever a last backlight partition is lit, the first n display partitions are loaded with a next frame for the second eye whereas the remaining n+1 display partitions are loaded with the current frame for the first eye.

7. The scanning method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the edge-lit backlight module is a single-shorter-edge-lit backlight module.

8. The scanning method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the edge-lit backlight module is a dual-shorter-edge-lit backlight module.

9. The scanning method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein n is equal to 1.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Dec 30, 2014
From: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 034713/0343 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2012
From: CHANG, KUANGYAO
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028912/0112 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0218689 · Jun 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140002513A1 · Jan 2, 2014