IP Library Granted Patent US 8,670,660
Granted Patent B2
US 8,670,660 · App. 13/028,096 · Granted Mar 11, 2014

Image display device, brightness control method and brightness control program

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Patent No.
US 8,670,660
App. No.
13/028,096
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device includes a display unit that is installed inside a finder window provided in a housing and displays images, an obtaining unit that obtains brightness of a space inside the finder window, and a control unit that when the brightness obtained by the obtaining unit is a first brightness, sets the brightness of the display unit to a second brightness, and when the brightness obtained by the obtaining unit is a third brightness brighter than the first brightness, sets the brightness of the display unit to a fourth brightness brighter than the second brightness.

Claims (14)

1. An image display device comprising:

a display unit that is installed inside a finder window provided in a housing and displays images;

an obtaining unit that obtains brightness of a space inside the finder window; and

a control unit that when the brightness obtained by the obtaining unit is a first brightness, sets the brightness of the display unit to a second brightness, and when the brightness obtained by the obtaining unit is a third brightness brighter than the first brightness, sets the brightness of the display unit to a fourth brightness brighter than the second brightness.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least wall surfaces around the display unit of wall surfaces inside the housing are white.

3. A brightness control method comprising:

displaying images on a display unit installed inside a finder window provided in a housing;

obtaining brightness of a space inside the finder window; and

when the obtained brightness is first brightness, setting the brightness of the display unit to a second brightness, and when the obtained brightness is a third brightness brighter than the first brightness, setting the brightness of the display unit to a fourth brightness brighter than the second brightness.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing thereon a brightness control program enabling a computer to perform:

displaying images on a display unit installed inside a finder window provided in a housing;

obtaining brightness of a space inside the finder window; and

when the obtained brightness is a first brightness, setting the brightness of the display unit to a second brightness, and when the obtained brightness is a third brightness brighter than the first brightness, setting the brightness of the display unit to fourth brightness brighter than the second brightness.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an illumination unit disposed inside the finder window, wherein the brightness obtained by the obtaining unit is at least partly dependent on an amount of illumination output by the illumination unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046464/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2011
From: ICHIKAWA, TATSUYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025813/0290 →