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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Ryuhei Sakanoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuhei Sakanoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a control amount calculating unit configured to calculate an equivalent electric power value using a pixel value of an input video signal, the equivalent electric power value corresponding to an amount of energy involved when an image based on the video signal is displayed on a display unit, and to calculate a control amount for controlling display luminance of the display unit so that the equivalent electric power value becomes equal to a predetermined value, and a correction processing unit configured to control the display luminance using the control amount calculated by the control amount calculating unit.