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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Masao Orio, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nose, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirobumi Furihata, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Minaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Aogaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes processing input image data to produce resulting image data corresponding to a resulting image such that a first region of the resulting image is filled with black pixels. The method further includes driving a display panel based on the resulting image data. The method further includes producing black pixel pattern data indicative of an arrangement of the black pixels in the resulting image. The method further includes controlling, based on the resulting image data and the black pixel pattern data, luminance levels of one or more of a plurality of light sources of a backlight device configured to illuminate the display panel.