Patent ID: 7804547

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; an illumination light source which illuminates said liquid crystal display panel; and a display control circuit which controls said liquid crystal display panel and said illumination light source; wherein said display control circuit includes a panel driving section which drives said liquid crystal display panel after supply of power, a state detecting section which detects a display driving state that said panel driving section drives said liquid crystal display panel for display of a stable image corresponding to a video signal, and a light source driving section which drives said illumination light source in accordance with a request of illumination, after detection of the display driving state by said state detecting section, wherein said panel driving section is configured to be in a transfer driving state of transferring liquid crystal molecules from a splay alignment to a bend alignment upon supply of power in a case where said liquid crystal display panel is of an OCB mode, and in the display driving state subsequently to the transfer driving state.