Patent ID: 7425996

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels different in color, and that can display a multi-color and gray-scale image by one vertical scan; a video signal output circuit that outputs video signals, for a plurality of images sequentially displayed by a plurality of vertical scans, corresponding to an input video signal for one vertical scan; and a control circuit that controls an output of said video signals so that a non-display period TC set between an end of display of a plurality of images corresponding to a first input video signal for one vertical scan and a start of display of an image corresponding to a second input video signal for a next one vertical scan can satisfy a relationship: TC >( TA−TB )/ N, where TA denotes a period between the start of the display of said plurality of images corresponding to said first input video signal and the start of the display of said image corresponding to said second input video signal, TB denotes a sum of display periods for said respective plurality of images corresponding to said first input video signal, and N denotes the number of said plurality of images corresponding to said first input video signal.