Patent ID: 7952544

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a backlight configured to emit first, second, and third colors of light; and a backlight controller configured to activate the backlight to simultaneously emit the first and second colors of light to generate a first image component including a combination of first color image data and second color image data, and to separately emit the third color of light at a different time than the first and second colors of light to generate a second image component including third color image data; and a pixel array including a plurality of pixels configured to sequentially display the first and second image components to provide the image, wherein the plurality of pixels respectively comprise: a first subpixel configured to display the first color image data, the first subpixel including a first liquid crystal shutter configured to be activated to an open position and a closed position, and a first color filter configured to allow passage of the first color of light and prevent passage of the second color of light; a second subpixel configured to display the second color image data, the second subpixel including a second liquid crystal shutter configured to be activated to an open position and a closed position, and a second color filter configured to allow passage of the second color of light and prevent passage of the first color of light; and a third subpixel configured to display the third color image data, the third subpixel including a third liquid crystal shutter configured to be activated to an open position and a closed position, wherein the third subpixel is configured to allow passage of the first and/or second colors of light in the open position, wherein the LCD device is configured to display the first and second image components to provide a single image frame.