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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Heume IL Baek, Anyang-shi, KR;
Heume Il Baek, Anyang-shi, KR;
LG. Display Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display, which is capable of controlling image brightness according to an Average Picture Level (APL) in a red-green-blue-white (RGBW) type display, and a driving method using the same is disclosed. The apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including 4-color sub-pixels; a data driver for providing video data signals to each sub-pixel; a gate driver for providing a scan pulse to each sub-pixel A data converter determines an Average Picture Level (APL) of 3-color source data, and generates a gain value corresponding to the average picture level. The 3-color source data is converted into 4-color data using the generated gain value; and a timing controller for communicates the 4-color data received through the data converter to the data driver.