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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Hiroto Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroto Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In order to enable cables to be easily and correctly connected in a display device requiring a plurality of cables to be connected to source device, even if cables having the same appearance are used, the display device () is provided with one display panel () and a plurality of input terminals, and is able to be connected via a plurality of cables to source device (), which outputs a video signal for a video to be displayed on the display panel (). The display device () includes an on-screen display (OSD) processing portion. When a plurality of video signals, which show a test image having different colors in split display areas formed by splitting a display area of the display panel () so as to have the same number as the number of cables, are received from the source device () via the plurality of cables, an OSD image that prompts a user to switch the cables is displayed on the display panel () according to the received test image.