Display device and method for controlling display device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMakoto KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A projector includes: a projection unit having a light modulation device and projecting a projection image via the light modulation device; an image pickup unit picking up the projection image projected by the projection unit and generating picked-up image data; a decision unit deciding a first elimination execution time for which an elimination function to eliminate burn-in on the light modulation device is executed, based on the picked-up image data; and a processing unit executing the elimination function during the first elimination execution time decided by the decision unit.
Claims7
A display device comprising:
- a display unit having an electro-optical device and displaying an image via the electro-optical device;
- an image pickup unit picking up the image displayed by the display unit and generating picked-up image data;
- a decision unit deciding a first time period for which an elimination function to eliminate burn-in on the electro-optical device is executed, based on the picked-up image data;
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- a processing unit executing the elimination function during the first time period decided by the decision unit.
A method for controlling a display device which has a display unit having an electro-optical device and displaying an image via the electro-optical device and an image pickup unit picking up the image displayed by the display unit and generating picked-up image data, the method comprising:
- deciding a first time period for which an elimination function to eliminate burn-in on the electro-optical device is executed, based on the picked-up image data;
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- executing the elimination function during the first time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.