Patent ID: 8248488
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a display section configured to display information; an automatic determination section configured to determine a set value for brightness of the display section in accordance with ambient brightness; an operation section configured to accept an operation on an other set value for the brightness of the display section; a brightness adjustment section configured to adjust the brightness of the display section based on the set value determined by the automatic determination section or the other set value accepted by the operation section, and a prohibition section configured to prohibit the brightness adjustment section from adjusting the brightness of the display section based on the set value determined by the automatic determination section, wherein during a period from a point when the prohibition section prohibits the brightness adjustment that is based on the set value determined by the automatic determination section until the operation section accepts a new manual operation for adjusting the brightness of the display section, the brightness adjustment section adjusts the brightness of the display section based on a first set value that is the set value determined by the automatic determination section last before the point of prohibition, or a second set value obtained by correcting the first set value.