Patent ID: 8068190

Claim:
A display device comprising a photosensor in a pixel region of an active matrix substrate, the photosensor comprising: a photodetection element that receives incident light; a storage node that is connected to the photodetection element, the potential of the storage node changing in accordance with an output current from the photodetection element; reset signal wiring that supplies a reset signal to the photosensor; readout signal wiring that supplies a readout signal to the photosensor; and a sensor switching element for reading out the potential of the storage node to output wiring as sensor circuit output, the potential of the storage node having changed in accordance with the amount of light received by the photodetection element in a sensing period, the sensing period being from when the reset signal is supplied until when the readout signal is supplied, wherein a sensor startup period whose length is greater than or equal to the length of the sensing period is provided after a sensor data unnecessary period in which the sensor circuit output is not necessary, and furthermore before a valid sensor data period in which the sensor circuit output is necessary, and the sensor circuit output is read out in the valid sensor data period from the photosensor to which the reset signal was applied in the sensor startup period.