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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Teruki Kikkawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a backlight; a displaying unit configured to display an image on a screen by allowing the light from the backlight to be transmitted therethrough; a first measuring unit provided on a light-emitting surface of the backlight, to detect the brightness on the light-emitting surface; a correcting unit configured to correct the detection brightness which is the brightness detected by the first measuring unit; and a controlling unit configured to control the light emission brightness of the backlight. The correcting unit reduces the detection brightness by a greater reduction amount, when the image displayed in a predetermined area corresponding to a position where the first measuring unit is provided is dark, than when the image displayed in the predetermined area is bright.