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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyungsuk Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sungyeol Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Taeyeon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyehoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyukjun Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a backlight unit including a substrate and light sources configured to emit light to a liquid crystal panel; and a processor configured to: identify a plurality of dimming blocks, each of which includes at least one light source among the plurality of light sources; predict a temperature for each of the plurality of dimming blocks based on a dimming signal corresponding to an input image and current-specific temperature profile information corresponding to the plurality of dimming blocks; update the dimming signal based on the temperature predicted for each of the plurality of dimming blocks; and control a supply current for each of the plurality of dimming blocks based on the dimming signal.