Patent ID: 8817009
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G09G,G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for driving a display device comprising the steps of: supplying an image signal of a still image from a display control circuit to a driver circuit portion; writing a data of the image signal from the driver circuit portion into a pixel; after writing the data of the image signal, holding the data written into the pixel by stopping a supply of a signal for operating the driver circuit portion from the display control circuit to the driver circuit portion for a period; and after the period, restarting the supply of the signal for operating the driver circuit portion from the display control circuit to the driver circuit portion to write the data of the image signal of the still image from the driver circuit portion into the pixel; wherein a length of the period from a step of stopping the supply of the signal for operating the driver circuit portion to a step of restarting the supply of the signal for operating the driver circuit portion is set in accordance with a temperature of the display device detected by a temperature detection circuit in the display device, and wherein the pixel is configured to display the still image in the period.