Patent ID: 8836732
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image display device for projecting and displaying an image on a screen, the device comprising: a plurality of solid-state light sources; a light-source drive controller configured to, in each of consecutive subframes included in a period of each frame and when displaying moving images by changing images on a frame-by-frame basis, control driving of the plurality of solid-state light sources and turn on the plurality of solid-state light sources in accordance with a plurality of subfields of each of the subframes; and an image display portion configured to display the subframes on the screen during a period of the consecutive subframes, by modulating light emitted from the plurality of solid-state light sources based on image data of the frame; wherein the light-source drive controller is configured to turn off all the plurality of solid-state light sources during a black period which is other than the period of the consecutive subframes and which is inserted before or after the period of the consecutive subframes in the period of each of the frames.