Display device, display drive method and electronic apparatus

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel array formed by arranging a plurality of pixels whose display grayscales are controlled according to a pixel signal written, in the row direction and in the column direction;

a signal line drive unit that outputs a pixel signal with respect to each pixel, to a plurality of signal lines arranged in the pixel array, with a polarity according to a polarity signal, every one line period defined by a vertical clock;

a scan line drive unit that sequentially drives a plurality of scan lines arranged in the pixel array and performs a writing of the pixel signal output to the signal line into the pixels in each line, every vertical clock timing, during one frame period starting with a timing of a vertical start pulse;

a polarity signal generation unit that generates the polarity signal, the polarity signal instructing the polarity of the pixel signal to be reversed in an N line period cycle and being asynchronous with respect to the vertical start pulse, and supplies the result to the signal line drive unit; and

a frame cycle set unit that generates the vertical start pulse in such a manner that a period of the number of vertical clocks that is not a multiple of the N is one frame period, where N is a positive integer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the frame cycle set unit generates the vertical start pulse in such a manner that the number of the vertical clocks during one frame is not a multiple of the N, with a selection of the number of the vertical clocks during a vertical blanking period, during one frame period that is made up of the effective line period and the vertical blanking period.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage unit that stores the number of vertical clocks, as one frame period, that is not a multiple of the N,

wherein the frame cycle set unit generates the vertical start pulse of which one cycle is the number of the vertical clocks stored in the storage unit.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polarity signal generation unit generates the polarity signal by dividing the vertical clock, and the corresponding polarity signal is not reset by the vertical start pulse, thereby being asynchronous with the vertical start pulse.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal line drive unit that outputs the pixel signal to be output to each signal line during one line period, with a polarity assigned by the polarity signal.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal line drive unit sets a polarity of the pixel signal, which is to be output to each signal line during one line period, to be a polarity that is reversed in the unit of M columns, and outputs the pixel signal to each of the signal lines, by reversing the polarity that is set, according to the polarity signal.

7. A display drive method for use in a display device including,

a pixel array formed by arranging a plurality of pixels whose display grayscales are controlled according to a pixel signal written, in the row direction and in the column direction,

a signal line drive unit that outputs a pixel signal with respect to each pixel, to a plurality of signal lines arranged in the pixel array, with a polarity according to a polarity signal, every one line period defined by a vertical clock, and

a scan line drive unit that sequentially drives a plurality of scan lines arranged in the pixel array and performs a writing of the pixel signal output to the signal line into the pixels in each line, every vertical clock timing, during one frame period starting with a timing of a vertical start pulse, the display drive method comprising:

generating the polarity signal, the polarity signal instructing the polarity of the pixel signal to be reversed in an N line period cycle and being asynchronous with respect to the vertical start pulse, and supplying the result to the signal line drive unit; and

generating the vertical start pulse in such a manner that a period of the number of vertical clocks that is not a multiple of the N is one frame period, where N is a positive integer.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display device including,

a pixel array forming by arranging a plurality of pixels whose display grayscales are controlled according to a pixel signal written, in the row direction and in the column direction,

a signal line drive unit that outputs a pixel signal with respect to each pixel, to a plurality of signal lines arranged in the pixel array, with a polarity according to a polarity signal, every one line period defined by a vertical clock,

a scan line drive unit that sequentially drives a plurality of scan lines arranged in the pixel array and performs a writing of the pixel signal output to the signal line into the pixels in each line, every vertical clock timing, during one frame period starting with a timing of a vertical start pulse,

a polarity signal generation unit that generates the polarity signal, the polarity signal instructing the polarity of the pixel signal to be reversed in an N line period cycle and being asynchronous with respect to the vertical start pulse, and supplies the result to the signal line drive unit, and

a frame cycle set unit that generates the vertical start pulse in such a manner that a period of the number of vertical clocks that is not a multiple of the N is one frame period, where N is a positive integer.