Display device that controls gradation of display image, and method for controlling the gradation of display image

A display device that performs gradation display by means of a sub-field driving scheme, the display device comprising:

• a display area in which a plurality of pixels is arrayed, the display device controlling an ON/OFF state for each of the plurality of pixels for each of a plurality of sub fields that make up one field, each sub-field having an equal time period, one part of the plurality of sub-fields constituting a first time period, the remaining part of the plurality of sub fields constituting a second time period;
• a first storing section that pre-stores, for each of the sub fields that belong to the first time period, a gradation that is to be displayed and an ON/OFF state of the pixel in association with each other;
• a first converting section that looks up the first storing section so as to convert an image signal that indicates a gradation that is to be displayed into a first sub-field data that specifies an ON/OFF state of the pixel for each of the sub fields that belong to the first time period;
• a temperature-data acquiring section that acquires a temperature of the display area;
• a second storing section that pre-stores, for each of the sub fields that belong to the second time period, a temperature of the display area and an ON/OFF state of the pixel in association with each other;
• a second converting section that looks up the second storing section so as to convert the temperature acquired by the temperature-data acquiring section into a second sub-field data that specifies an ON/OFF state of the pixel for each of the sub fields that belong to the second time period;
• a combining section that combines the first sub-field data and the second sub-field data so as to generate a combined sub-field data that specifies an ON/OFF state for each of the plurality of sub fields that make up one field;
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• a driving section that controls an ON/OFF state for each of the plurality of pixels for each of the plurality of sub fields on the basis of the combined sub-field data.