Image display apparatus and control method thereof for controlling brightness unevenness due to resistance of column wirings

1. An image display apparatus, comprising:

a display panel having a plurality of row wirings, a plurality of column wirings, and a plurality of pixels disposed on each intersection of the row wirings and the column wirings;

a row wiring driving circuit which sequentially selects the row wirings and outputs a scanning signal to the selected row wiring;

a column wiring driving circuit which outputs a modulation signal generated based on image data to the plurality of column wirings, in synchronization with the output of the scanning signal; and

a variable resistance circuit which dynamically changes resistance values between the column wiring driving circuit and the column wirings,

wherein the variable resistance circuit changes the resistance values according to a position of the selected row wiring so that the resistance value becomes higher as the selected row wiring is closer to the column wiring driving circuit.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the variable resistance circuit changes the resistance values between the column wiring driving circuit and the column wirings, so that the resistance value between a pixel connected to the selected row wiring and the column wiring driving circuit is constant regardless the position of the selected row wiring.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the variable resistance circuit changes the resistance value stepwise according to the position of the selected row wiring.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the variable resistance circuit changes the resistance values between the column wiring driving circuit and the column wirings, in synchronization with the output of the scanning signal.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the variable resistance circuit comprises:

a variable resistance unit which has a field effect transistor which is to be a resistor between the column wiring driving circuit and the column wiring; and

a resistance value control unit which outputs control voltage to the variable resistance unit,

the resistance value of the field effect transistor is set according to the voltage difference between the modulation signal and the control voltage, and

the resistance value control unit changes the control voltage according to the position of the selected row wiring.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the resistance value control unit is constituted by a ladder resistance circuit which divides a reference voltage that is input.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the ladder resistance circuit inputs a reference voltage value for specifying potential of an end point of the ladder resistance circuit and a reference voltage value for specifying potential of an intermediate point.

8. A method for controlling an image display apparatus having a display panel having a plurality of row wirings, a plurality of column wirings, a plurality of pixels disposed on each intersection of the row wirings and the column wirings, a row wiring driving circuit, a column driving circuit, and a variable resistance circuit, the method comprising:

a step in which the row wiring driving circuit sequentially selects the row wirings and outputs a scanning signal to the selected row wiring;

a step in which the column wiring driving circuit outputs a modulation signal generated based on image data to the plurality of column wirings, in synchronization with the output of the scanning signal; and

a step in which the variable resistance circuit dynamically changes resistance values between the column wiring driving circuit and the column wirings according to a position of the selected row wiring, so that the resistance value becomes higher as the selected row wiring is closer to the column wiring driving circuit.