Patent ID: 7884789

Claim:
A display apparatus, which comprises a light source for emitting a plurality of colored lights in sequence and in a repetitive manner and a display section for controlling transmission or reflection of the lights emitted from said light source, produces a color display by dividing each field into a plurality of subfields and by causing a designated one of said plurality of colored lights to be emitted at least during a part of a period within said plurality of subfields, thereby displaying on said display section an image corresponding to said designated colored light, wherein each of said subfields includes at least a data writing period for writing display data to said display section and a light-emission period for emitting said designated colored light, the apparatus further comprising a control input terminal to which a control input signal for setting an end timing of said light-emission period is applied, wherein said subfield begins with said data writing period, and when the end timing of said light-emission period is set by said control input signal so as to provide the shortest light-emission period, said light-emission period ends within said subfield period, but when the end timing of said light-emission period is set by said control input signal so as to provide the longest light-emission period, said light-emission period ends within the next subfield period.