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Granted Patent B2
US 12,488,763 · App. 18/821,395 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Display apparatus and control method thereof

Inventors: Hyukjun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Kyehoon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Sungyeol Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungyong Shin (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G09G3/3426G09G3/32G09G2300/0842G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0247
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Patent No.
US 12,488,763
App. No.
18/821,395
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus may include: at least one LED block including LEDs connected in series; a driver IC configured to apply a voltage to the at least one LED block; at least one processor; and memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the display apparatus to: detect at least one forward voltage of the at least one LED block, respectively, based on a first voltage being applied to the at least one LED block; determine a margin voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the at least one forward voltage; and determine a second voltage to be applied to the at least one LED block based on the first voltage and the margin voltage.

Claims (28)

1 . A display apparatus comprising:

at least one light emitting diode (LED) block comprising LEDs connected in series;

a driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to apply a voltage to the at least one LED block;

at least one processor; and

memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the display apparatus to:

detect a maximum value of at least one forward voltage of the at least one LED block, respectively, based on a first voltage being applied to the at least one LED block;

determine a margin voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the maximum value of the at least one forward voltage;

determine a second voltage to be applied to the at least one LED block by adding the first voltage to the margin voltage,

wherein the second voltage is determined based on the margin voltage being below a preset reference value.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the display apparatus to:

control the driver IC to drive the at least one LED block based on the second voltage.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first voltage has a value stored in a lookup table of the memory.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the display apparatus to:

update the lookup table by changing the first voltage to the second voltage.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the display apparatus to:

control the driver IC to drive the at least one LED block based on the updated lookup table.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a voltage sensor,

wherein the at least one instruction further causes the display apparatus to determine the second voltage to be applied to the at least one LED block by detecting the at least one forward voltage of the at least one LED block from the voltage sensor.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the display apparatus to determine the second voltage to be applied to the at least one LED block by detecting the at least one forward voltage.

8 . A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

applying a first voltage to at least one light emitting diode (LED) block comprising LEDs connected in series;

detecting a maximum value of at least one forward voltage of the at least one LED block, respectively, based on the first voltage being applied to the at least one LED block;

determining a margin voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the maximum value of the at least one forward voltage;

determining a second voltage to be applied to the at least one LED block by adding the first voltage to the margin voltage,

wherein the determining of the second voltage comprises determining the second voltage based on the margin voltage being below a preset reference value.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

controlling a driver integrated circuit (IC) to drive the at least one LED block based on the second voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2024
From: JANG, HYUKJUN; LEE, KYEHOON; KIM, SUNGYEOL; SHIN, SEUNGYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068820/0276 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0043568 · Apr 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2023003156 · Mar 8, 2023
Related Publication 20240428746A1 · Dec 26, 2024
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