Patent ID: 7133013

Claim:
A display device driving circuit comprising: a scanning signal line driving section for outputting display scanning signals respectively to scanning signal lines for displaying an image according to the display data with respect to pixels which are disposed in a matrix; a control section including a set section in which is set each of an image display area and one or more non-image areas, each of the one or more non-image areas comprising a plurality or more of adjacent scanning signal lines, and wherein said control section is configured and arranged to determine from inputs thereto if the image data to be outputted corresponds to any of the one or more non-image areas and so as to output a transition instruction signal for each of the one or more non-image areas when it is so determined, and wherein said scanning signal line driving section includes a control means for controlling scanning line signal outputs from said scanning signal line driving section, said control means being configured and arranged to switch the output of the display scanning signals to the respective scanning signal lines from the scanning signal line driving section, based on the transition instruction signal from said control section, so as to cause a transition from successive output of display scanning signals to simultaneous output of display scanning signals, and to control the output of the display scanning signals from the scanning signal line driving section to the respective scanning signal lines based on the received transition instruction signal, so that the display scanning signals are outputted simultaneously with respect to all of the plurality or more scanning signal lines of each of the one or more non-image areas until receipt of an instructional signal of a start of a next successive output for successively outputting the display scanning signals.