Patent ID: 7532295

Claim:
An electro-optical device comprising: a plurality of pixel portions disposed in a pixel area; a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines disposed in the pixel area; at least one scanning line drive circuit that supplies scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines; and at least one reverse-direction control signal generating circuit that: receives a forward-direction control signal for controlling the scanning line drive circuit to drive the scanning lines in a first order by supplying the scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines in the first order, generates, based on the forward-direction control signal, a reverse-direction control signal for controlling the scanning line drive circuit to drive the scanning lines in a second order, which is the reverse of the first order, by supplying the scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines in the second order, and supplies the forward-direction control signal and the reverse-direction control signal to the scanning line drive circuit.