Patent ID: 7990358

Claim:
A display apparatus for, by time-dividing a single frame into a plurality of sub-frames and by displaying, in a single frame period, images respectively corresponding to the plurality of sub-frames, displaying an image corresponding to the single frame, comprising: a display module having a display screen divided into a plurality of screen regions in each of which an image is able to be independently displayed; and a control device configured to control an image display operation of the display module, wherein the control device including (i) a signal division section for dividing an incoming image signal in accordance with the screen regions of the display module and (ii) a signal generation section for generating a display signal for each of the plurality of sub-frames from the incoming image signal, the number of screen regions into which the display screen has been divided is equal to the number of sub-frames, the control device further includes a timing control section for generating a control signal for controlling an image display operation of each of the sub-frames, the timing control section generating a control signal so that timing of an image display operation of each sub-frame of an identical stage varies between the screen regions in such a manner that an image display operation of each sub-frame of a given stage in an upper one of the screen regions precedes an image display operation of each sub-frame of the same stage in a lower one of the screen regions, and the timing control section generates a control signal so that, in a given sub-frame, with respect to a delay between (i) a point of time where an image signal is inputted to each horizontal line of a first screen region of the display screen and (ii) a point of time where an operation of causing the horizontal line to display an image is carried out, a delay between (a) a point of time where an image signal is inputted to each horizontal line of a second screen region, situated next to the first screen region, which displays an image after the first screen region has displayed an image and (b) a point of time where an image display operation is carried out is equal or longer by less than 18% of one frame period.