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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Display apparatus, quantity-of-light adjusting method for display apparatus and electronic equipment
Applicants:
Hiroaki Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimio Hatajiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0869 (2013.01); G09G 2320/041 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0666 (2013.01); G09G 2320/064 (2013.01); G09G 2360/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus includes display means for displaying an image, a light source that irradiates light to the display means, and control means for controlling the quantity of light of the light source with pulse width modulation. The control means controls the quantity of light of the light source based on the ratio of the light-on period with pulse width modulation to the light-off period when the light source is turned off.