Patent ID: 8823617

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus configured to display an input image signal using a liquid crystal display element, the liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a feature amount generator configured to generate a feature amount of an entire area that includes a plurality of pixels, by sequentially setting a target pixel to each of the plurality of pixels, by obtaining information of the number of pixel pairs that satisfy a correspondence relationship between a gradation value of the target pixel and a gradation value of a surrounding pixel around the target pixel at each position of the target pixel, and by superimposing the number of pixel pairs, for an image represented by the input image signal; a processor configured to provide processing for the entire image so as to set a correction value that reduces a dynamic range of a gradation value of the input image signal when the feature amount is larger than a first threshold, and so as not to set the correction value when the feature amount is equal to or smaller than the first threshold; and a liquid crystal driver configured to drive the liquid crystal display element based on the input image signal that has been corrected by the correction value.