Patent ID: 8786530

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; and a driver circuit driving the liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a phase difference layer, and a polarizing plate, the pixel electrodes being provided in a region facing the liquid crystal layer and applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and the phase difference layer and the polarizing plate being provided on a side, relative to the liquid crystal layer, which ambient light enters, wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a plurality of partial electrodes, and the driver circuit selects one or more partial electrodes from the partial electrodes to which a constant voltage is to be applied in accordance with an image signal, the constant voltage causing the liquid crystal display panel to be in a white state, and performs gray-scale display by modulating lighting area of each pixel at a frame rate of less than 60 Hz.