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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Ki-bum Seong, Anyang-si, KR;
Jun-ho Sung, Seoul, KR;
Yung-jun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-il Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Su-gun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyung-rae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Ki-bum Seong, Anyang-si, KR;
Jun-ho Sung, Seoul, KR;
Yung-jun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-il Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Su-gun Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyung-rae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a light source unit which comprises a light source and has a plurality of division areas which are separated and independently driven each other, and is located at the back of the display panel; a drive unit which supplies drive power for the light source unit; and a light source controller which controls the drive unit so that the drive power can be supplied sequentially to the division areas which are divided in a first direction, in synchronization with a scanning period for which one frame of an image signal is displayed, and a lighting period of the division areas can be changed according to the kind of the image signal which is displayed on the display panel.