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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Masaaki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaomi Nabeta, Tokyo, JP;
Naomasa Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Yohsuke Kaji, Chiba, JP;
Yoichi Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaomi Nabeta, Tokyo, JP;
Naomasa Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Yohsuke Kaji, Chiba, JP;
Yoichi Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To appropriately prevent a burn-in phenomenon when a still image such as an OSD screen is displayed on a display panel. When a menu screen is displayed on a video screen in a superimposed manner, a menu phrase in at least one of a left-eye video and a right-eye video is deleted on a menu background area. A time period in which a brightness difference between still pixels in a boundary between a menu background area and a menu phrase remains large is reduced, and thus the occurrence of the burn-in phenomenon can be prevented. However, the menu background area is constantly displayed without being deleted, so that screen flickering does not occur.