Patent ID: 7081721

Claim:
A projection type video display apparatus comprising: a light source lamp; a light valve for modulating the intensity of light from the light source lamp to display an image; input means for inputting a power saving mode setting command for forcedly fixing the illuminance of the light source lamp to a predetermined power saving level; average luminance level detection means for detecting the average luminance level of an input video signal; PWM generation means for generating a first PWM signal having a duty ratio corresponding to the average luminance level detected by the average luminance level detection means in a predetermined duty ratio range, while generating, when the power saving mode setting command is inputted by the input means, a second PWM signal having a duty ratio outside the predetermined duty ratio range; and lamp control means receiving the PWM signal generated by the PWM generation means for controlling the illuminance of the light source lamp on the basis of the duty ratio of the inputted PWM signal, the lamp control means controlling, when the first PWM signal is inputted, the illuminance of the light source lamp such that the higher the average luminance level of the input video signal is, the higher the illuminance of the light source lamp becomes on the basis of the duty ratio of the first PWM signal, while controlling, when the second PWM signal is inputted, the illuminance of the light source lamp such that the illuminance of the light source lamp is fixed to the power saving level.