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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
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 display device includes a backlight device, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight device includes a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate a plurality of zones of a display panel, respectively. The zones are aligned in a first direction, and each zone includes a plurality of subzones aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The backlight control circuit is configured to receive an input image and determine a backlight value for a target light source of the light sources, the target light source corresponding to a target zone of the plurality of zones. Determining the backlight value for the target light source includes: determining local brightness values of respective subzones of the target zone based on the input image; and determining the backlight value for the target light source based on the local brightness values of the subzones of the target zone.