Patent ID: 8068075

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display element section that is initialized such that the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules is transitioned from a splay alignment to a bend alignment capable of displaying an image; a driving circuit that applies to said liquid crystal display element section a transition voltage that causes the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules to be transitioned from the splay alignment to the bend alignment as the initialization, and that drives the liquid crystal display element section in accordance with a display signal and a sync signal supplied together as a processing result of an external image information processing unit after the initialization; and a clock signal generator that generates upon supply of power to said driving circuit executed prior to the supply of the sync signal, a clock signal, which is delivered to said driving circuit, as a reference for starting application of the transition voltage and for measuring a transition voltage application period in which the transition voltage is applied, wherein the transition voltage application period is divided into a reset period and a transition period following the reset period, and the driving circuit is configured to output a first voltage signal during the reset period to maintain the transition voltage at a preset value for uniformizing the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules in the reset period, and to output a second voltage signal during the transition period, the second voltage signal being different from the first voltage signal, to set the transition voltage at a value which causes the alignment state of the liquid crystal molecules to be transitioned from the splay alignment to the bend alignment in the transition period.