Dynamic dimming LED backlight

1. An LED backlight assembly for a liquid crystal display (LCD), the LED backlight assembly comprising:

an LED backlight having a number of individually controllable subsections, wherein each subsection comprises a number of red light emitting LEDs, a number of green light emitting LEDs, and a number of blue light emitting LEDs, wherein simultaneous illumination of each of said number of red, green, and blue light emitting LEDs within a given subsection is configured to produce white light, and wherein each of said subsections comprises an equal number of red, green, and blue light emitting LEDs;

an unpenetrated dividing wall extending away from the LED backlight and separating adjacent subsections of the LED backlight;

a diffusing element placed in front of the LED backlight;

a gap located between the dividing wall and the diffusing element;

a histogram accumulator in electrical communication with the LED backlight;

a frame buffer; and

a digital signal processor in electrical communication with the LED backlight, wherein the digital signal processor is also in electrical communication with the LCD and is configured to send virtual backlight data to the LCD.

2. A system for controlling the interactions of light between adjacent subsections of a dynamic LED backlight, the system comprising:

a dividing wall positioned between adjacent subsections of the dynamic LED backlight, wherein the dividing wall extends below a diffusing element such that a gap is created between the diffusing element and an upper portion of the dividing wall;

wherein the dividing wall extends away from the LED backlight at a distance which creates a luminance overlap of adjacent subsections of 50% within the gap when measured at the dividing wall;

wherein said dynamic LED backlight comprises a number of color producing LEDs that are configured to be illuminated simultaneously to produce white light.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein:

the dividing wall is adapted to produce a Gaussian relationship for the interactions of light between adjacent subsections of the LED backlight.

4. The system of claim 2 further comprising:

a histogram accumulator in electrical communication with the LED backlight.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein:

the dividing wall extends less than three inches away from the LED backlight.

6. A system for controlling the interactions of light between adjacent subsections of a dynamic LED backlight, the system comprising:

a first subsection of the LED backlight;

a second subsection of the LED backlight positioned adjacent to the first subsection so as to create a border between the first and second LED subsections; and

a dividing wall positioned along the border and extending away from the LED backlight such that approximately one-half of the luminance of the first subsection and approximately one-half of the luminance of the second subsection is present at the dividing wall;

a gap located between the dividing wall and a diffusing element such that the border extends within the gap;

wherein each of said first subsection of the LED backlight and said second subsection of the LED backlight comprise a number of color producing LEDs that are configured to be illuminated simultaneously to produce white light;

wherein the first subsection and the second subsection are configured to be illuminated at approximately one-half of the full luminance when measured at the border and the remainder of the first subsection and the second subsection are configured to be illuminated at approximately full luminance when measured away from the border.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising:

a histogram accumulator in electrical communication with the first and second subsections of the LED backlight.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein:

the full luminance of the first subsection is not permitted to cross the border into the second subsection.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein:

the luminance of the first subsection is gradually reduced as one moves from the border and into the second subsection.