Patent ID: 8659504

Claim:
A display device that displays an image based on image signals, comprising: at least one display panel having (i) a display area in which a plurality of display elements for displaying the image are disposed in a matrix and (ii) a frame area which is located at an end of the at least one display panel and in which no display element is provided; a backlight which emits light, in a form of plane emission, towards a back surface opposite to a display surface of the display area; and a light guide element which is provided in a peripheral area on the at least one display panel and which changes a light path of part of light emitted from the plurality of display elements so that the part of light is guided to the frame area; and an image signal correcting section which, (i) carries out gamma correction of correcting at least one of (a) an image signal to be supplied to a display element in the area where the light guide element is provided and (b) an image signal to be supplied to a display element in the area where the light guide element is not provided so that a gamma characteristic in the area where the light guide element is provided approaches that in the area where the light guide element is not provided, and (ii) outputs, as a corrected image signal, a result obtained by the gamma correction, wherein, luminance per unit area in a light-emitting surface of the backlight being is larger in an area where the light guide element is provided than in an area where the light guide element is not provided out of the display area.