Predictive backlight control

Abstract

A display system and method are disclosed. The display system has a display including a backlight unit that includes a plurality of backlight regions that are individually controllable. The display system further includes at least one processor configured to obtain motion information indicating motion of image content across a sequence of at least two image frames; determine, based on the motion information, a predicted backlight state for a next image frame to be presented on the display, wherein the predicted backlight state indicates respective emission levels for the plurality of backlight regions; and control the plurality of backlight regions for presentation of the next image frame on the display, based on the predicted backlight state.

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