The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2007
Hyung-rae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hoon Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-ho Sung, Seoul, KR;
Ki-bum Seong, Anyang-si, KR;
Jun-ho Jung, Seoul, KR;
Hyung-rae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hoon Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-ho Sung, Seoul, KR;
Ki-bum Seong, Anyang-si, KR;
Jun-ho Jung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus having a displaying part on which an image is displayed, includes: a backlight unit comprising a plurality of light emitting elements that emit different color light which illuminates the displaying part, the plurality of light emitting elements being arranged in a predetermined pattern; a driving part that applies driving current to the backlight unit to control the operation of the light emitting elements and the intensity of light emitted from each of the light emitting elements; a sensing part that senses the amount of light emitted from the backlight unit; and a controller that detects a level of driving current applied to the backlight unit by the driving part, and if the detected level of driving current exceeds a predetermined reference current level, controls the driving part to adjust the backlight unit based on the amount of light sensed by the sensing part.