US 12,322,351 B2
Electronic device and control method therefor
Gyonyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byungkwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngjin Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/372,840.
Application 18/372,840 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005258, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0074005 (KR), filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021166 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/3426 (2013.01) [G09G 3/2011 (2013.01); G09G 3/2018 (2013.01); G09G 3/2081 (2013.01); G09G 2320/041 (2013.01); G09G 2320/064 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a backlight unit including a plurality of backlights;
a driving unit configured to drive the backlight unit; and
a processor configured to:
based on a number of a plurality of first bits among a plurality of bits expressing a gray scale of an input image, determine a number of a plurality of time intervals included in a backlight dimming interval,
based on values of the plurality of first bits, identify a number of time intervals in which each of the plurality of backlights is to be turned on among the plurality of time intervals, and
control the driving unit so that the plurality of backlights are turned on during the identified number of time intervals by variously changing time points on which the plurality of backlights are turned on.