IP Library Granted Patent US 8,306,413
Granted Patent B2
US 8,306,413 · App. 13/028,107 · Granted Nov 6, 2012

Image display device, brightness control method and brightness control program

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Patent No.
US 8,306,413
App. No.
13/028,107
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
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 illumination unit that illuminates a space inside the finder window, and a control unit that when brightness of the display unit is a first brightness, sets the brightness of the illumination unit to a second brightness, and when the brightness of the display unit is a third brightness brighter than the first brightness, sets the brightness of the illumination unit to a fourth brightness brighter than the second brightness.

Claims (16)

1. An image display device comprising:

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

an illumination unit that illuminates a space inside the finder window, between the finder window and the display unit; and

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

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a determination unit that determines whether or not the finder window is viewed,

wherein the control unit increases the brightness of the display unit and the brightness of the illumination unit as a time for the determination unit to determine that the finder window is viewed becomes longer.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a photographing unit that photographs an outside of the housing and generates image data, wherein the display unit is a liquid crystal display unit having a backlight and displaying images based on the image data generated by the photographing unit, and wherein the control unit obtains brightness of the display unit based on any one or both of the image data and brightness of the backlight.

4. 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.

5. A brightness control method comprising:

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

causing an illumination unit provided in a space inside the finder window to illuminate the space between the finder window and the display unit; and

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

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a brightness control program executable by a processor enabling a computer to perform a method comprising:

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

causing an illumination unit provided in a space inside the finder window to illuminate the space between the finder window and the display unit; and

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

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 025813/0299 →