Patent ID: 7663320
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G09G,H05B

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus having a displaying part on which an image is displayed, comprising: a backlight unit comprising a plurality of light emitting elements that emit different color lights which illuminate the displaying part, the plurality of light emitting elements being arranged in a predetermined pattern; a driving part that applies driving currents to the backlight unit to control an operation of the plurality of light emitting elements and intensities of lights emitted from the plurality of the light emitting elements; a sensing part that senses an amount of light emitted from the backlight unit; and a controller that detects a level of one of the driving currents applied to the backlight unit by the driving part, and if the detected level of the one driving current exceeds a predetermined reference current level, controls the driving part to adjust the backlight unit based on the amount of light sensed by the sensing part.