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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Toru Katahira, Matsumoto, JP;
Toru Katahira, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display device includes: an external light measurement unit measuring the illuminance of an external light a plurality of times, and generating a measurement value indicating the illuminance; a storage unit storing history data which shows the measurement values, and color mode data which shows a correspondence between the illuminance and a color mode; a determination unit, based on the history data, determining whether or not it is a changed condition wherein the illuminance changes upward or downward, or the illuminance fluctuates; and an adjustment unit, in the event that it is not the changed condition, determining the color mode to be applied based on the measurement values and the color mode data, and adjusting the color or brightness of an image in accordance with the color mode, and in the event that it is the changed condition, continuing the adjustment currently being applied as the image adjustment.