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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Mian Dong, Houston, TX (US);
Xin Zhao, East Setauket, NY (US);
Felix C. A. Fernandes, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 3/3406 (2013.01); G09G 5/363 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0606 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0646 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2360/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods scale a backlight of a display. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is configured to calculate a histogram. A central processing unit (CPU) is configured to control the backlight of the display responsive to a backlight level that is based on the histogram.