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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
Applicant:
Young-kook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Young-kook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes: an LCD panel which displays an image; a backlight unit which is formed of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and emits light to the LCD panel; a cooling fan which radiates heat generated from the backlight unit; a fan driver which drives the cooling fan; and a controller which selectively controls either the fan driver or the backlight unit to set a rotation speed of the cooling fan to be corresponded with a luminance value of the backlight unit.