Patent ID: 8325125

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a cholesteric liquid crystal display panel; a control circuit which classifies pixels into a first group for a highest gradation level, a second group for a lowest gradation level, a third group for a low intermediate gradation level close to the lowest gradation level, and fourth group for a high intermediate gradation level between the highest gradation level and the low intermediate gradation level in accordance with a gradation level to be displayed; and a driving circuit which applies, to the cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, a first driving waveform so as to bring pixels belonging to the first group and the fourth group into a state corresponding to the highest gradation level, pixels belonging to the second group into a state corresponding to the lowest gradation level and pixels belonging to the third group into states corresponding to gradation levels to be displayed, and a second driving waveform so as to bring pixels belonging to the fourth group into states corresponding to gradation levels to be displayed.