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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Seiichi Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image display device which provides an enlarged main display image together with an environmental image disposed at its periphery; which is provided with a circumstances-detecting unit for detecting the operating conditions of the image display device and an image-changing unit for varying the environmental image according to parameters detected by the circumstances-detecting unit. The circumstances-detecting means detects the quantity or brightness of light inside or outside the display device and the sound volume of the display or surrounding sound outside the display device. The image-changing unit varies a light quantity and color tone of an environmental image of the display device according to the detected light quantity or brightness, or according to the detected sound volume or surrounding sound.
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