Liquid crystal display apparatus enabling a user to recognize positions and boundaries of light source blocks, method for controlling the same, and image display system

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PATENT NO 9274740
APP PUB NO 20120274659A1
SERIAL NO

13452107

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A liquid crystal display apparatus which enables a user to recognize positions and boundaries of light source blocks, a method for controlling the same, and an image display system are provided. The apparatus comprises a liquid crystal panel; a backlight which has a plurality of light source blocks and which radiates light onto the liquid crystal panel; a generating unit which generates boundary image data which indicates a light source block area as an area corresponding to each of the light source blocks on the liquid crystal panel; a combining unit which combines image data to be inputted and the boundary image data; and a display control unit which displays composite image data combined by the combining unit on the liquid crystal panel.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asanuma, Tomoya Kawasaki, JP 17 60
Hanamitsu, Satoshi Kawasaki, JP 9 57

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