Patent ID: 7242379

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: an image display member having a plurality of light-emitting portions, each of which emits light; detection means for detecting an average brightness from a plurality of image signals, each of which corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of the light-emitting portions; adjustment means for adjusting an image signal to adjust a light emitting brightness of the plurality of light-emitting portions; and a plurality of first means arranged on a substrate, each of said plurality of first means causing a respective one of the light-emitting portions to emit light in accordance with an adjustment by said adjustment means, wherein the adjustment by said adjustment means is performed in accordance with a correction amount based on a correction value by which the light emitting brightness of the plurality of light-emitting portions is distributed, and the correction amount is adjusted by using the average brightness, and wherein in the adjustment, a light emitting brightness of a light-emitting portion near the center of an image display area of the image display member is set to be higher than a light emitting brightness of at least one light-emitting portion near a periphery of the image display area.