US 12,307,950 B2
Display device and method for controlling same
Seungyong Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Jungmo Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Changhoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yongmin Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Jonghoon Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/395,105.
Application 18/395,105 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/009327, filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0096677 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0127745 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/32 (2016.01)
CPC G09G 3/32 (2013.01) [G09G 2310/04 (2013.01); G09G 2310/08 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0633 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a plurality of Light Emitting Diode (LED) blocks configured to be connected in series;
a driver Integrated Circuit (IC) configured to:
supply a current to the plurality of LED blocks, and
be connected in series to a first LED block of the plurality of LED blocks;
a plurality of switching elements configured to be connected in parallel to the plurality of LED blocks; and
a controller configured to control on/off of the plurality of switching elements to adjust one of the plurality of LED blocks, to which the current is supplied, over a time for implementing a unit frame,
wherein the time for implementing the unit frame includes a first time period, a second time period, and a third time period, and
wherein the first time period indicates a time period corresponding to a first half of the time for implementing the unit frame, the second time period indicates a time period corresponding to a first half of a remaining half of the time for implementing the unit frame, and the third time period indicates a time period corresponding to a last quarter of the time for implementing the unit frame.