Patent ID: 8810615

Claim:
A display device comprising: a scanning line driving circuit configured to sequentially select a plurality of scanning signal lines included in a screen which is made up of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern; a signal line driving circuit configured to sequentially supply data signals via data signal lines to pixels connected to a selected one of the plurality of scanning signal lines, the data signal lines corresponding to the respective pixels; a driving control section configured to drive the scanning line driving circuit and the signal line driving circuit by providing (i) a scanning period during which one (1) screen is scanned and (ii) a pause period which follows the scanning period and during which all the plurality of scanning signal lines are in a non-scanning state; a detection data obtaining section configured to obtain detection data on an external light intensity; and a luminance control signal outputting section configured to output, at least during the pause period, a luminance control signal configured to adjust, in accordance with the detection data obtained by the detection data obtaining section, a luminance of light to be emitted to the screen, wherein the luminance control signal outputting section generating the luminance control signal in accordance with a luminance setting value to be determined based on a correspondence relationship between a predetermined external light intensity and the luminance of the light to be emitted to the screen, the luminance control signal outputting section outputting, during a dimming period during which the luminance of the light is adjusted and which includes at least one vertical synchronization period, the luminance control signal for each of the at least one vertical synchronization period included in the dimming period, the driving control section is configured to provide a new scanning period in the dimming period, and the driving control section is configured to return the new scanning period to the pause period by ending the new scanning period at a timing at which the luminance control signal outputting section stops outputting the luminance control signal.