Liquid crystal display module and driving apparatus thereof

Abstract

A liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of lamps for irradiating a first light onto the liquid crystal display panel, and a back light unit including a plurality of light emitting diode arrays, each of the light emitting diode arrays having a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged between the lamps to irradiate a second light onto the liquid crystal display panel.

1 - 14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . An apparatus of driving a liquid crystal display module, comprising:
 a liquid crystal display panel;   a plurality of lamps for irradiating a first light onto the liquid crystal display panel;   a back light unit including a plurality of light emitting diode arrays, each light emitting diode array having a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged between the lamps for irradiating a second light onto the liquid crystal display panel;   a lamp driving system for driving the lamps;   a light emitting diode driving system for driving the light emitting diodes;   a frame memory for storing image data; and   a controller having a pattern analyzer for detecting the image data provided from the frame memory and a control signal generator for generating a control signal to control the lamp driver and the light emitting diode driving system in accordance with a result analyzed by the pattern analyzer,   wherein an interval between the light emitting diodes at an edge region of the light emitting array along a lengthwise direction of the lamp is different from and larger than intervals between remaining light emitting diodes of the light emitting array.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein the pattern analyzer analyzes the image data for each frame unit stored in the frame memory to detect information including brightness and color purity for the image data and generates a detection signal corresponding to the information. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the control signal generator supplies a driving signal to the light emitting diode driver to drive the emitting diodes in response to the detection signal from the pattern analyzer. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein the liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter layer for converting the second light generated from the back light unit into a plurality of colored lights. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein the color filter layer has color pixel regions of red, green, and blue. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein each of the plurality of colored lights has a wavelength width of less than about 30 nm. 
     
     
         21 . The apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein each of the light emitting diode arrays includes a circuit for controlling the light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         22 . The apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the light emitting diodes include a plurality of white light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         23 . The apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the light emitting diodes include a first number of yellow light emitting diodes and a second number of cyan light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         24 . The apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein each of the yellow light emitting diodes and each of the cyan light emitting diodes are alternately arranged with each other. 
     
     
         25 . The apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the light emitting diodes include a first number of yellow light emitting diodes and a second number of magenta light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         26 . The apparatus according to  claim 25 , wherein each of the yellow light emitting diodes and each of the magenta light emitting diodes are alternately arranged with each other. 
     
     
         27 . The apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the light emitting diodes include a first number of yellow light emitting diodes, a second number of cyan light emitting diodes, and a third number of magenta light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         28 . The apparatus according to  claim 27 , wherein each of the yellow light emitting diodes, each of the cyan light emitting diodes, and each of the magenta light emitting diodes are alternately arranged with each other. 
     
     
         29 . The apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the light emitting diodes include a first number of yellow light emitting diodes, a second number of cyan light emitting diodes, a third number of magenta light emitting diodes, and a fourth number of white light emitting diodes. 
     
     
         30 . The apparatus according to  claim 29 , wherein each of the yellow light emitting diodes, each of the cyan light emitting diodes, each of the magenta light emitting diodes, and each of the white light emitting diodes are alternately arranged with each other.