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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2005
Masahiro Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide an image display device for improving the image quality of moving images and still images displayed on a liquid crystal display device while controlling increase in power consumption. A liquid crystal panel for performing input image display and black image display at an arbitrary black display time ratio in one frame period, a movement detection unit for detecting a movement of the input image and outputting movement information, a display ratio control unit for fixing the black display time ratio based on the movement information, and a display brightness control unit for controlling brightness of the liquid crystal panel for one frame period to be substantially constant irrespective of the black display period are provided. The movement detection unit detects whether the input image is a moving image or a still image, and the display ratio control unit sets at least one transient black display time ratio between the black display time ratios for the moving image and the still image which is determined according to the result of the movement detection unit, so that the black display time ratio changes midway to the transient black display time ratio in the period when the black display time ratio is switched between the moving image and the still image.