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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2010
Himio Yamauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Himio Yamauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus comprises a detector configured to detect an illuminance of surroundings, an upper and lower limit calculator configured to calculate an upper limit and a lower limit of luminance based on the detection result of the illuminance, a luminance calculator configured to calculate the luminance of each of light sources to display an image based on an input image signal in the range of the upper limit to the lower limit, a correction module configured to correct the input image signal based on the calculated luminance, a light emitter configured to emit light based on the calculated luminance, the light emitter includes the light sources, and a light modulator configured to display an image by modulating light from each of the light sources based on the corrected input image signal.