Electro-optical device

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a display unit including a plurality of display areas in which pixels are arranged;

common electrodes provided in correspondence with the plurality of display areas;

pixel electrodes provided in correspondence with the pixels and facing the common electrodes with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween;

a driving control unit which controls writing of an image signal to the pixel electrode in each of the plurality of display areas; and

a voltage applying control unit which controls applying of a predetermined voltage to the common electrode in each of the plurality of display areas;

wherein the driving control unit is configured to stop the writing of the image signal to the pixel electrode during a predetermined period in a period close to at least one of a start time point or an end time point of the applying of the predetermined voltage, when the predetermined voltage is applied to the common electrode of the display area adjacent to one display area by the voltage applying control unit during a period in which the image signal is written to the pixel electrode in one of the plurality of display areas.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising auxiliary capacitive electrodes provided in the pixel electrodes,

wherein the driving control unit is configured to apply the predetermined voltage to the common electrode of the display area and to apply the predetermined voltage to the auxiliary capacitive line.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the stop of the writing of the image signal to the pixel electrode during the predetermined period is performed in periods close to both the start time point and the end time point of the applying of the predetermined voltage.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein:

in the display area, the pixels are arranged in a matrix, and

the predetermined period is a period equal to or greater than at least two horizontal scanning periods in which the pixels arranged in the matrix are scanned.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein, in one of the plurality of display areas, black display is performed in the pixel by applying the predetermined voltage to at least one of the common electrode or the auxiliary capacitive line and, in the display area adjacent to one display area in which the black display is performed, the writing of the image signal to the pixel electrode is stopped during the predetermined period in the period close to at least one of the start time point or the end time point of the black display.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving control unit writes the image signal to the pixel electrode on the basis of a clock signal and stops the clock signal to the driving control unit in the predetermined period.

7. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein a dummy image signal is supplied to a data line in the predetermined period in which the writing of the image signal is stopped.

8. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the electro-optical material is liquid crystal, and is driven by a liquid crystal mode which becomes bend alignment in which constituent molecules are arranged in a bow form, after a phase transition voltage is applied to the liquid crystal.

9. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display areas respectively include light sources which time-divisionally emit lights of three colors of red, green and blue, three colors of red, green and yellow, or four colors of red, green, yellow and orange.

10. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display areas include three or more display areas.

11. An electro-optical device comprising:

a display unit including a plurality of display areas in which pixels are arranged;

common electrodes provided in correspondence with the plurality of display areas;

pixel electrodes provided in correspondence with the pixels and facing the common electrodes with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween;

auxiliary capacitive electrodes provided in correspondence with the pixel electrodes;

a driving control unit which controls writing of an image signal to the pixel electrode in each of the plurality of display areas; and

a voltage applying control unit which controls applying of a predetermined voltage to the auxiliary capacitive electrode in each of the plurality of display areas;

wherein the driving control unit is configured to stop the writing of the image signal to the pixel electrode during a predetermined period in a period close to at least one of a start time point or an end time point of the applying of the predetermined voltage, when the predetermined voltage is applied to the auxiliary capacitive electrode of the display area adjacent to one display area by the voltage applying control unit during a period in which the image signal is written to the pixel electrode in one of the plurality of display areas.