Patent ID: 8411117

Claim:
A display device having a plurality of optical sensors, the display device comprising: a display panel including a plurality of pixel circuits and a plurality of optical sensors which are arranged two-dimensionally; a drive circuit that drives the display panel; a backlight that directs light to a back surface of the display panel; a backlight control unit that controls the backlight such that, when a reflection image of an object is detected, an amount of light detected by the optical sensors is larger during a sensing period during which signals are read from the optical sensors than during a display period during which signals are written into the pixel circuits; an operating mode selecting unit that selects one of a shadow image mode that detects a shadow image of the object and a reflection image mode that detects a reflection image of the object, wherein the backlight control unit controls the backlight such that, when the reflection image mode is selected, the amount of light detected by the optical sensors is larger during the sensing period than during the display period; wherein the backlight control unit controls the backlight such that, when the reflection image mode is selected, luminance thereof is higher during the sensing period than during the display period.