Display apparatus

A display apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of light sources aligned in at least one direction;
• a display device that includes a display area provided with n1 pixels and that is irradiated with light from the light sources to output an image;
• a light source controller that controls an operation of the light sources in accordance with a display output content of the display device;
• and
• a display controller that controls an output gradation value of part or all of the pixels based on an amount of light emitted from each of the light sources,
• wherein the display area includes a plurality of partial areas, the partial areas corresponding to the light sources on a one-to-one basis,
• wherein the partial areas each include n2 pixels aligned in at least the one direction,
• wherein the light source controller determines the amount of light emitted from each light source corresponding to a corresponding one of the partial areas based on luminance of light required for the corresponding partial area,
• wherein the display controller performs first correction and second correction when the amounts of light emitted from two light sources corresponding to two adjacent partial areas are different,
• wherein the first correction is a correction of decreasing the output gradation values of the pixels arranged in a first region extending from a boundary to a position of an m-th pixel from the boundary out of the pixels in a first partial area, the second correction is a correction of increasing the output gradation values of the pixels arranged in a second region extending from the boundary to a position of an m-th pixel from the boundary out of the pixels in a second partial area, and the boundary is a boundary between the first partial area and the second partial area,
• wherein the first partial area is one of the two adjacent partial areas and corresponds to a first light source, and the second partial area is the other of the two adjacent partial areas and corresponds to a second light source,
• wherein the first light source is one of the two light sources and emits a relatively large amount of light, and the second light source is the other of the two light sources and emits a relatively small amount of light,
• wherein the output gradation value after the first correction is an output gradation value obtained when the pixels controlled by the output gradation value prior to the first correction are irradiated with light from a first virtual light source, and the amount of light from the first virtual light source is less than the amount of light emitted from the first light source emitting a relatively large amount of light and more than an intermediate amount of the amounts of light emitted from the two light sources,
• wherein the output gradation value after the second correction is an output gradation value obtained when the pixels controlled by the output gradation value prior to the second correction are irradiated with light from a second virtual light source, and the amount of light from the second virtual light is more than the amount of light emitted from the second light source emitting a relatively small amount of light and less than the intermediate amount of the amounts of light emitted from the two light sources, and
• wherein n1>n2>m≧1 is satisfied.