Patent ID: 8305476
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: first and second display units each operable to display an image; a state detecting unit operable to detect a first state and a second state; a manipulation unit operable to be manipulated; and a control unit operable to control the first and second display units, wherein the control unit is operable to control the first and second display units depending on the state detected by the state detecting unit to cause the first display unit to display the image when the state detecting unit detects the first state, and to cause the second display unit to display the image when the state detecting unit detects the second state, the control unit switches a display unit to be activated from the first or second display unit which is displaying the image to the first or second display unit which is not displaying the image when the manipulation unit is manipulated, and when the first or second display unit which is displaying the image has been forcedly activated by a previous manipulation of the manipulation unit regardless of the state detected by the state detecting unit, the control unit causes the first or second display unit which has been forcedly activated to continuously display the image until a change in state is detected twice by the state detecting unit.