Patent ID: 7619619

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a body; a first signal processing unit that generates a first signal for displaying an image on a display device connected to the body; a second signal processing unit that performs an image quality improving process upon the first signal to generate a second signal for displaying an image on the display device; a control unit that executes a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) and an intermediate module, the control unit configured to refer to a table and change a setting of parameters used in the second signal processing unit that generates the second signal in accordance with instructions provided by the BIOS when the BIOS receives from the intermediate module a notification to increase or decrease a luminance level of the display device selectable by a user; and a selector provided to selectively connect one of the first signal processing unit or the second signal processing unit to the display device, wherein the selector connects the first signal processing unit to the display device when the first signal includes a still image data and connects the second signal processing unit to the display device when the second signal includes a moving image data.