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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Greg Neal, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Inventor:
Greg Neal, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0238 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0285 (2013.01); G09G 2360/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a backlight controller for a zoned backlight display includes a processor having a brightness value output. The processor is configured to provide a brightness value for at least one brightness zone of the display based on a target brightness value for the at least one zone, a past brightness value of the at least one zone, and a brightness time response.