Brightness adjusting device and brightness adjusting method

A brightness adjusting device of a display device, comprising:

• a first inside temperature detecting unit which detects a first inside temperature, which is a temperature of a first portion of the display device, with a first inside temperature sensor device existing at the first portion of the display device;
• a second inside temperature detecting unit which detects a second inside temperature, which is a temperature of a second portion of the display device, with a second inside temperature sensor device existing at the second portion of the display device;
• a product inside temperature table storing unit in which a temperature difference between the first inside temperature and the second inside temperature, and a warm-up time of the display device are associated with each other beforehand to be stored as a product inside temperature table;
• a target brightness value table storing unit in which the warm-up time and a target brightness value, which is a brightness value becoming a target of the display device at the warm-up time, are associated with each other beforehand to be stored as a target brightness value table;
• a warm-up time determining unit which calculates a temperature difference between the first inside temperature detected by the first inside temperature detecting unit and the second inside temperature detected by the second inside temperature detecting unit, and reads and determines a warm-up time corresponding to the calculated temperature difference, as an estimated warm-up time, from the product inside temperature table stored in the product inside temperature table storing unit;
• a target brightness value determining unit which reads and determines a target brightness value, which corresponds to the estimated warm-up time read and determined by the warm-up time determining unit, from the target brightness value table stored in the target brightness value table storing unit;
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• a brightness value setting unit which sets a brightness value of the display device according to the target brightness value read and determined by the target brightness value determining unit.

A brightness adjusting method used in a display device, including:

• a product inside temperature table storing step in which a temperature difference between an outside temperature of the display device and the inside temperature, and a warm-up time of the display device are associated with each other beforehand to be stored as a product inside temperature table in a product inside temperature table storing unit;
• a target brightness value table storing step in which the warm-up time, and a target brightness value, which is a brightness value becoming a target of the display device at the warm-up time, are associated with each other beforehand to be stored as a target brightness value table in a target brightness value table storing unit;
• an outside temperature detecting step in which an outside temperature sensor device existing outside the display device detects the outside temperature of the display device;
• an inside temperature detecting step in which an inside temperature sensor device existing inside the display device detects the inside temperature of the display device;
• a warm-up time determining step in which a warm-up time determining unit calculates a temperature difference between the outside temperature detected by the outside temperature detecting unit and the inside temperature detected by the inside temperature detecting unit, and reads and determines a warm-up time corresponding to the calculated temperature difference, as an estimated warm-up time, from the product inside temperature table;
• a target brightness value determining step in which a target brightness value determining unit reads and determines a target brightness value, which corresponds to the estimated warm-up time read and determined, from the target brightness value table;
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• a brightness value setting step in which a brightness value setting unit sets a brightness value of the display device according to the target brightness value read and determined.