Patent ID: 7612750

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: scanning wires, provided corresponding to a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix manner, to which scanning signals are applied; signal wires, provided corresponding to the pixels so as to cross the scanning wires, to which data signals are applied; switching elements, electrically connected to the scanning wires and the signal wires, each of which is provided in a vicinity of each of intersections of the scanning wires and the signal wires; pixel electrodes connected to the switching elements; a dummy pixel, provided externally adjacent to an endmost pixel column, that is driven by a dummy signal wire; and wherein the dummy signal wire is connected to a first signal wire, the dummy signal wire is externally adjacent to an endmost signal wire of the endmost pixel column, and the first signal wire is not adjacent to the endmost signal wire; wherein the first signal wire is selected so that it leads signals of the same color and polarity as the dummy signal wire so as to thereby cause the pixel of the endmost signal wire to be driven under similar conditions as pixels that are more centrally located; and wherein the color and polarity of the signals of the dummy signal wire are determined based on the specific combination of color and polarity in an AC driving cycle for the signal wires for an adjacent wire that is externally adjacent to the endmost signal wire.