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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Takao Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/16 (2006.01); G06T 15/60 (2006.01); H04N 5/65 (2006.01); H04N 5/72 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/28 (2006.01); C09K 19/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/10 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A display device includes: a reflection property control layer which is disposed in the front face of a display screen, whereby reflection properties are switched for each predetermined region; and a control unit configured to switch the reflection properties of the reflection property control layer depending on an input image, with the control means detecting a gloss region from the input image, and switching the reflection properties of a predetermined region according to the relevant detection result.