Method for controlling LED-based backlight module
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a LED-based, direct-lit backlight module of a display device, said backlight module having a plurality of LEDs as light source arranged in a plurality of horizontal lines, said backlight module having a plurality of driver, each driving at least one of said lines of LEDs, said drivers being connected to a driver controller in an appropriate manner, said method, being implemented in said driver controller, comprising the steps of:
- applying driver control signals having a train of pulses to said drivers respectively, said driver control signals having a frequency being a multiple integral of the frame rate of said display device and a duty cycle at least 50%, the phase of said driver control signals being delayed sequentially line by line from top to bottom so that, within a frame time, said lines of LEDs being sequentially turned off from top to bottom at least once and, after the bottommost line of LEDs is turned off, the process repeats from the topmost line of LEDs.
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Abstract
The method of the present invention turns off the line of LEDs of a backlight module behind the currently enabled scanline of a LCD device so that the transient behavior of the liquid crystal molecules are less obvious, thereby enhancing the dynamic response of the LCD device. For one type of embodiments, in accordance with the top-down scanning of the LCD device, the corresponding horizontal lines of the LEDs of the backlight module are turned off in a certain manner so that they exhibit a lighting (or, more precisely, darkening) pattern as if they are also “scanned” from top to down. For another type of embodiments, the horizontal lines of the LEDs of the backlight module are turned off and on simultaneously so that the backlight module actually “flashes” the LCD device.
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1. A method for controlling a LED-based, direct-lit backlight module of a display device, said backlight module having a plurality of LEDs as light source arranged in a plurality of horizontal lines, said backlight module having a plurality of driver, each driving at least one of said lines of LEDs, said drivers being connected to a driver controller in an appropriate manner, said method, being implemented in said driver controller, comprising the steps of:
applying driver control signals having a train of pulses to said drivers respectively, said driver control signals having a frequency being a multiple integral of the frame rate of said display device and a duty cycle at least 50%, the phase of said driver control signals being delayed sequentially line by line from top to bottom so that, within a frame time, said lines of LEDs being sequentially turned off from top to bottom at least once and, after the bottommost line of LEDs is turned off, the process repeats from the topmost line of LEDs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for controlling a LED-based, direct-lit backlight module of a display device, said backlight module having a plurality of LEDs as light source arranged in a plurality of horizontal lines, said backlight module having a plurality of driver, each driving at least one of said lines of LEDs, said drivers being connected to a driver controller in an appropriate manner, said method, being implemented in said driver controller, comprising the following steps:
applying a driver control signal having a train of pulses to said drivers simultaneously, said driver control signal having a frequency being a multiple integral of the frame rate of said display device and a duty cycle at least 50% so that, within a frame time, said lines of LEDs being turned on and off simultaneously and periodically. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for controlling a LED-based, direct-lit backlight module of a display device, said backlight module having a plurality of LEDs as light source arranged in a plurality of horizontal lines, said backlight module having a plurality of driver, each driving at least one of said lines of LEDs, said drivers being connected to a driver controller in an appropriate manner, said method, being implemented in said driver controller, comprising the following steps:
applying a driver control signal having a train of pulses to said drivers of odd-numbered lines of LEDs simultaneously, said driver control signal having a frequency being a multiple integral of the frame rate of said display device and a duty cycle at least 50%; and
concurrently applying another driver control signal which is the inversion of said driver control signal to said drivers of even-numbered lines of LEDs simultaneously.- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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