Patent ID: 8339338

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a display including a plurality of display elements arranged in lines of a matrix, said plurality of display elements each configured to emit light based on a video signal that is received by said display; a proportion determiner configured to determine, for each of the lines of the matrix, a proportion of a single frame period during which each of said plurality of display elements of a corresponding line of the lines of the matrix is not to emit the light; a signal converter configured to convert an amplitude of the video signal for each of the lines of the matrix according to the proportion determined for each of the lines of the matrix by said proportion determiner; a signal output configured to output the video signal converted by said signal converter to said display as a converted video signal; and a scanner configured to output a scanning signal to said display for each of the lines of the matrix for inputting the converted video signal to said plurality of display elements of each of the lines of the matrix based on the proportion determined for each of the lines of the matrix by said proportion determiner.