Techniques are described for portable computing devices and other apparatus that include an ambient light sensor. The techniques can be particularly advantageous for situations in which the ambient light sensor is disposed behind a display screen of a host device such that ambient light detected by the sensor passes through the light emitting display before being detected by the sensor.

A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light source gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of light source data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of light source emission lines, a plurality of feedback lines and a plurality of light source blocks. At least one of the light source blocks is connected to the light source gate line, the light source data line, the light source emission line and the feedback line.

A transparent display apparatus includes a liquid crystal cell and a Sight source opposite to a side surface of the ceil. The cell Includes a first substrate, first electrodes on the first substrate, a second substrate, a second electrode on the first or second substrata, a liquid crystal layer between the two substrates, signal lines on the first substrate, and a light-shielding pattern on the second substrate. The layer is configured to totally reflect or scatter light from the light source incident to a region, opposite to a first electrode, due to action of an electric field provided by the first and second electrodes. At least one signal line has a bottom surface and a light-reflecting side surface facing the light source, and a slope angle therebetween is acute. The pattern is located in a reflection path after a portion of the light irradiates the light-reflecting side surface.

A light module driving method for a illumination device, wherein the illumination device includes a driving unit, a transformation unit, a compensation and calibration unit and a light module, and the driving unit is configured to output a light driving signal according to a source, wherein the transformation unit is coupled to the driving unit and the light module, and the light driving signal is configured to drive a plurality of lighting zones corresponding to a light-emitting diode (LED) module of the light module, wherein the light module driving method includes transforming, by the transformation unit, the light driving signal into a plurality of modulated light driving signals according to the compensation and calibration unit to drive each lighting zone corresponding to the LED module.

In one embodiment, a method for managing visual uniformity in a foldable display includes identifying a hinge angle of the foldable display, the hinge angle indicating a degree to which the foldable display is opened or closed; receiving surface curvature data from a plurality of sensors of the foldable display, the surface curvature data indicating a mechanical state of a surface of the foldable display; accessing a plurality of surface maps stored in a display database of the foldable display, each of the plurality of surface maps indicating one or more display settings associated with a respective mechanical state of the surface of the foldable display; retrieving the one or more display settings from the display database based on the hinge angle and the surface curvature data; and causing a plurality of pixels to illuminate using the one or more display settings.

A voltage monitoring device includes a voltage supply device configured to supply a second voltage generated from a first voltage to the electric component, a voltage supply control section configured to control the voltage supply device, a voltage level detection section configured to detect a voltage level related to the first voltage, and a voltage monitor section configured to monitor the first voltage, compare the voltage level with a first threshold in the voltage non-supply time, compare the voltage level with a second threshold that is lower than the first threshold in the voltage supply time, control the voltage supply device to continue supplying the second voltage when the voltage level is higher than the first threshold or the second threshold, and control the voltage supply device to stop supplying the second voltage when the voltage level is lower than the first threshold or the second threshold.

A display device including: a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels, and outputs image data in an active section of a frame, and does not output image data in a blank section of the frame; and a backlight unit configured to irradiate the display panel with light, wherein a length of the blank section is variable, and the backlight unit is configured to irradiate the display panel with strobe light at the active section, and is configured to irradiate the display panel with a first flat light at the blank section.

An electronic apparatus using a liquid crystal display device, a display control method used in the liquid crystal display device, and a non-transitory recording medium for storing a display control program, sets a region having a larger area of an information display region and a background region as a transmission region and a region having a smaller area as a shielding region. A tint change of the shielding region caused by a TN type liquid crystal and a light source for backlight is reduced, and thus, it is possible to make the tint change depending on the viewing direction unremarkable.

The application discloses a dual-layer display assembly and a display device. The dual-layer display assembly includes a first display screen, a second display screen, a first print circuit board, a second print circuit board and a fixing structure, where the second display screen is arranged in layers with the first display screen; the first print circuit board drives the first display screen; the second print circuit board drives the second display screen; and the fixing structure connects and fixes the first print circuit board and the second print circuit board.

Throttling circuitry may throttle the backlight reconstruction via backlight reconstruction and compensation circuitry in a display pipeline when power may be limited. This throttling of the display pipeline may limit a number of cycles that may be used for performing backlight reconstruction and compensation.