Apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal display device
First Claim
1. An apparatus that drives an LCD device comprising:
- an LCD panel that includes red, green, blue and white sub-pixels;
a data converter that converts input data of three colors into input data of four colors;
a data driver that is operative to convert the input data of four colors into a video signal, and supply the video signal to each sub-pixel;
a gate driver that supplies a scan pulse to each sub-pixel;
a timing controller that is operative to arrange the input data of four colors for at least three sub-frames, supply the arranged data to the data driver, and generate a sub-frame control signal corresponding to each sub-frame;
a backlight unit that includes LEDs of at least five colors; and
a backlight controller that controls the backlight unit in accordance with the input data of three colors and the sub-frame control signal.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for driving an LCD device is provided. The apparatus includes an LCD panel that is comprised of red, green, blue and white sub-pixels. A data converter converts input data of three colors into input data of four colors. A data driver converts the input data of four colors into a video signal, and supplies the video signal to each sub-pixel. A gate driver supplies a scan pulse to each sub-pixel. A timing controller arranges the input data of four colors supplied from the data converter and then supplies the arranged data to the data driver. A backlight unit is comprised of LEDs of at least five colors to emit the light to the LCD panel. A backlight controller controls the backlight unit in accordance with the input data of three colors and the sub-frame control signal.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus that drives an LCD device comprising:
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an LCD panel that includes red, green, blue and white sub-pixels; a data converter that converts input data of three colors into input data of four colors; a data driver that is operative to convert the input data of four colors into a video signal, and supply the video signal to each sub-pixel; a gate driver that supplies a scan pulse to each sub-pixel; a timing controller that is operative to arrange the input data of four colors for at least three sub-frames, supply the arranged data to the data driver, and generate a sub-frame control signal corresponding to each sub-frame; a backlight unit that includes LEDs of at least five colors; and a backlight controller that controls the backlight unit in accordance with the input data of three colors and the sub-frame control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for driving an LCD device comprising:
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an LCD panel that includes red, green, blue and white sub-pixels; a data converter that is operative to convert input data of three colors into input data of four colors; a data driver that is operative to convert the input data of four colors into a video signal, and supply the video signal to each sub-pixel; a gate driver that supplies a scan pulse to each sub-pixel; a timing controller that is operative to arrange the input data of four colors for at least three sub-frames, supply the arranged data to the data driver, and generate a sub-frame control signal corresponding to each sub-frame; a backlight unit that includes at least one lamp and at least two LEDs; and a backlight controller that controls the backlight unit in accordance with the input data of three colors and the sub-frame control signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method that drives an LCD device including an LCD panel provided with red, green, blue and white sub-pixels comprising:
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converting input data of three colors into input data of four colors; arranging the four-color data of each frame in four-color input data for at least three sub-frames, and supplying the arranged four-color data to the data driver, and generating a sub-frame control signal corresponding to each sub-frame; supplying a scan pulse to each sub-pixel; converting the four-color input data into a video signal, and supplying the video signal to each sub-pixel in synchronization with the four-color input data; and driving a backlight unit that has LEDs of at least five colors in accordance with the three-color input data and the sub-frame control signal, to thereby emit the light to the LCD panel. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for driving an LCD device including an LCD panel provided with red, green, blue and white sub-pixels comprising:
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converting input data of three colors into input data of four colors; arranging the four-color data of each frame in four-color input data for at least three sub-frames, and supplying the arranged four-color data to the data driver, and generating a sub-frame control signal corresponding to each sub-frame; supplying a scan pulse to each sub-pixel; converting the four-color input data into a video signal, and supplying the video signal to each sub-pixel in synchronization with the four-color input data; and driving backlight unit having at least one lamp and at least two LEDs in accordance with the three-color input data and the sub-frame control signal, to thereby emit the light to the LCD panel. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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