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DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD

  • US 20100090939A1
  • Filed: 11/05/2007
  • Published: 04/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display apparatus using a cold cathode fluorescent lamp as a light source, the apparatus comprising:

  • a gradient detector which detects a condition in which one end of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disposed higher than an other end thereof; and

    a controller which conducts control so that emitted luminance of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is inhibited when the condition in which the one end of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disposed higher than the other end thereof is detected by the gradient detector.

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