Patent ID: 8502810

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel array unit including a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines; a scanning line driving unit that sequentially applies a driving voltage to the plurality of scanning lines according to a shift timing indicated by a shift clock; a signal line driving unit that drives the plurality of signal lines on the basis of an input video signal; a clock adjusting unit that adjusts the shift clock such that there are n (n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) shift timings within each one horizontal line period for which an image signal corresponding to one horizontal line is displayed, wherein the clock adjusting unit adjusts the shift clock in response to an instruction such that a state in which there are plurality of shift timings within one horizontal line period and a state in which there is one shift timing within one horizontal line period are switched; and a video evaluating unit that evaluates the input video signal, wherein the clock adjusting unit adjusts the shift clock in response to an instruction based on the evaluation result of the video evaluating unit such that the state in which there are the plurality of shift timings within one horizontal line period and the state in which there is one shift timing within one horizontal line period are switched.