Patent ID: 8379001

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first display area including first scan lines arranged in a row direction, first signal lines arranged in a column direction and first pixels arranged in a matrix at intersections of the first scan lines and the first signal lines; a second display area including second scan lines arranged in the row direction, second signal lines arranged in the column direction and second pixels arranged in a matrix at intersections of the second scan lines and the second signal lines; a first scan line driving unit formed in the first display area to drive the first scan lines and a second scan line driving unit formed in the second display area to drive the second scan lines; and a signal line driving unit to drive the first and second signal lines; and wherein at least some of the first signal lines and the second signal lines are connected to each other, and when the first display area is in a non-display mode and the second display area is in a display mode, the first scan line driving unit drives some of the first scan lines during a vertical blanking time of the second display area.