Patent ID: 8089436

Claim:
A method of controlling a backlight for image stability in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: providing a sequence of display image information to a plurality of pixel elements of the LCD device; turning the backlight of the LCD device to an off state during a first portion of a refresh cycle of the pixel elements, where a first pixel transitions from on to off and a second pixel transitions from off to on during the first portion of the refresh cycle; and turning the backlight of the LCD device to an on state during a second portion of the refresh cycle of the pixel elements and having the backlight of the LCD device remain on during the second portion of the refresh cycle of the pixel elements to display an area of brightness associated with the first pixel and the second pixel that has a luminance that is the same as a luminance of the area of brightness associated with the first pixel and the second pixel during a second portion of an immediately prior refresh cycle based on the sequence of display image information on the LCD device.