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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshihisa Furumoto, Machida, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133601 (2013.01); G09G 2300/023 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0233 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0238 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a display device including: a first panel of which light transmittance is controlled; a second panel of which light transmittance is controlled, the second panel being disposed on the rear surface side of the first panel; a light emitting unit of which brightness is individually controlled for each divided area, the light emitting unit being disposed on the rear surface side of the second panel; a second panel control unit configured to control the transmittance of the second panel based on a brightness distribution of the light emitting unit so that the brightness of the transmitted light of the second panel becomes uniform; and a first panel control unit configured to control the transmittance of the first panel based on image data.


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