Patent attributes
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a start of a reproducing of a motion picture to be displayed on a display unit; a change unit configured to change a refresh rate of the display unit when the start of the reproducing of the motion picture is detected, the refresh rate being changed not by changing an operating frequency of the display unit, the refresh rate being changed by changing a blanking period, the blanking period being a period during which a drawing operation of a screen on the display unit is not performed; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the motion picture based on the changed refresh rate.