Patent ID: 9299297
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G09G

Claim Text:
1. An image display apparatus for displaying an image on the basis of image data, the image display apparatus comprising: light emitting unit which has a plurality of light sources for performing light emission that can be independently controlled respectively; setting unit which sets light emission control blocks for controlling one light source or the plurality of light sources with a common light emission brightness; brightness determining unit which determines the light emission brightness of each of the light emission control blocks on the basis of the image data; and control unit which controls the light emission of the light emitting unit for each of the light emission control blocks in accordance with the light emission brightness determined by the brightness determining unit, wherein: the setting unit sets a size of the light emission control block of the light emitting unit depending on an amount of motion of the image, and the setting unit sets the size of the light emission control block so that the brightness determining unit can determine the light emission brightness of the light source of each of all of the light emission control blocks within a predetermined period of time.