US 12,230,185 B2
Display apparatus and driving method thereof
Jinjoo Chung, Suwon-si (KR); and Daesung Lim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,756.
Application 18/123,756 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/013613, filed on Oct. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0165719 (KR), filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0230527 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/2096 (2013.01) [G09G 3/342 (2013.01); G09G 3/36 (2013.01); G09G 2320/02 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0414 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0421 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0435 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a backlight unit comprising a plurality of backlight blocks; and
a processor configured to drive the backlight unit to output light,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
adjust a first image having a first resolution to a second image having a second resolution that is smaller than the first resolution,
divide an image area corresponding to a first backlight block among the plurality of backlight blocks in the second image having the second resolution into a plurality of image areas,
acquire current information corresponding to the first backlight block and a second backlight block adjacent to the first backlight block, based on the plurality of image areas, and
drive the backlight unit based on the acquired current information.