Patent ID: 7358952

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel array comprising a plurality of signal lines, a gate line crossing said plurality of signal lines, and pixels located correspondingly to cross portions of said plurality of signal lines and said gate line said pixels each comprising a first switching element controlled by said selection voltage supplied from said gate line and a second switching element controlled by a rewrite signal that controls rewriting of said display signals in respective pixels connected to said gate line a scanning circuit which applies a selection voltage onto said gate line; a signal circuit which outputs said display signal corresponding to each of said pixels connected to said gate line that is applied with said selection voltage; a plurality of horizontal display control lines arranged in said pixel array along said plurality of signal lines; and a horizontal display control circuit which outputs said rewrite signals, through said plurality of horizontal display control lines to said pixels; wherein: said horizontal display control circuit turns off the second switching elements included in a first pixel among said pixels for which the display signal is not to be rewritten among said pixels of which the first switching elements are in an ON state, and turns on the second switching element included in a second pixel for which the display signal is to be rewritten among said pixels of which the first switching elements are in the ON state.