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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Noriaki Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Noriaki Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0237 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display panel having a transmittance that can be changed for each frame of an input video signal, an adjusting unit that adjusts a timing at which the transmittance of the display panel changes, and a backlight unit that emits light in a period corresponding to a period of an applied alternating-current voltage, wherein the adjusting unit adjusts the timing at which the transmittance of the display panel changes on the basis of the period of the alternating-current voltage.