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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Takafumi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Takafumi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A picture display device including a display unit which displays a picture in accordance with a picture signal included in a broadcast signal. A display control unit displays a picture for an electronic program guide including characters on the display unit in accordance with program information included in the broadcast signal. A brightness information retriever retrieves information related to the brightness of the picture displayed on the display unit. The display control unit adjusts the size of the characters in the electronic program guide displayed on the display unit in accordance with the brightness information retrieved by the brightness information retriever.