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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2024
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yi-Fan Lin, Zhubei, TW;
Taiquan Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Chung-Yi Chiu, Zhubei, TW;
Steve Shaw-Jong Liu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for controlling a backlight apparatus in a media device with driver ICs. In some embodiments, the media device can include a display screen and the backlight apparatus. In some embodiments, the backlight apparatus can include first and second LEDs in a first horizontal zone and third and fourth LEDs in a second horizontal zone. The backlight apparatus can include a first driver IC connected to the first and third LEDs and configured to turn on the first LED during a first time period and the third LED during a second time period. The backlight apparatus can include a second driver IC connected to the second and fourth LEDs and configured to turn on the second LED during the first time period and the fourth LED during the second time period.
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