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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2024
Auo Display Plus Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
PO-Kun Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Ying-Han Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Yueh-Han Chung, Hsinchu, TW;
Ren-Wei Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
AUO Display Plus Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides a display device and its backlight control method. The display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and a timing control unit. The display panel has a plurality of scan lines, and the backlight module has a plurality of light-emitting units. These light-emitting units are divided into a first backlight area and a second backlight area along the scanning direction of one of the scan lines. The backlight control method includes the steps of obtaining a backlight luminance data by the timing control unit, outputting a first backlight area control signal to the backlight driving unit by the timing control unit to control the luminance of the first backlight area, and outputting a second backlight area control signal to the backlight driving unit by the timing control unit to control the luminance of the second backlight area.