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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Sang Joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Byung Hyun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sang Joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Byung Hyun Lee, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A mobile terminal having a display unit provided with an LED backlight and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a housing, a display unit including a liquid crystal display provided to one side of the housing and a backlight unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes for a backlight provided to a backside of the liquid crystal display and a control unit controlling the backlight unit to selectively adjust brightness of the light emitting diodes in part. Accordingly, a mobile terminal according to at least one of embodiments of the present invention controls light emission of an LED backlight locally, thereby providing more various display visual effects. And, a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention is able to use at least one portion of the light emitted from an LED BLU of a display unit as an illumination of a main body without using a separate light source for external illumination. Moreover, the illumination of the main body is able to play a role as a transmitter in a visible light communication.
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