LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

1 . A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel having a number of first scanning lines and a number of second scanning lines;

a first scanning line driving circuit for supplying a scanning voltage to said number of first scanning lines;

a second scanning line driving circuit for supplying a scanning voltage to said number of second scanning lines;

a backlight having a number of light sources; and

a light controlling circuit for controlling the turning on and off of said backlight, characterized in that

said number of first scanning lines are divided into M groups when M is an integer of 2 or more (M≧2),

said number of second scanning lines are divided into N groups when N is an integer of 2 or more (N≧2),

the region of said backlight which corresponds to said number of first scanning lines is divided into M regions and the region which corresponds to said number of second scanning lines is divided into N regions, and

said light controlling circuit turns off the jth region of said backlight (1≦j≦M) when said first scanning line driving circuit is supplying a selective scanning voltage to the first scanning lines within the jth group of said number of first scanning lines, turns on the jth region of said backlight when no selective scanning voltage is supplied to the first scanning lines within the jth group, turns off the kth region of said backlight (1≦k≦N) when at least one of said second scanning line driving circuits supplies a selective scanning voltage to the second scanning lines within the kth group of said number of second scanning lines, and turns on the kth region of said backlight when no selective scanning voltage is supplied to the second scanning lines within the kth group.

2 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , characterized in that

said liquid crystal display panel has:

a number of first video lines which cross said number of first scanning lines; and

a number of second video lines which cross said number of second scanning lines, and

each of said number of first video lines and said number of second video lines is provided in such a manner as to be cut out between said number of first scanning lines and said number of second scanning lines.

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

at least one first video line driving circuit for supplying a video voltage to said number of first video lines; and

at least one second video line driving circuit for supplying a video voltage to said number of second video lines, characterized in that

said first video line driving circuit an said second video line driving circuit are provided along two sides of said liquid crystal display panel which face each other, and

when the direction from said first video line driving circuit toward said second video line driving circuit is a first scanning direction and the direction from said second video line driving circuit toward said first video line driving circuit is a second scanning direction, the direction in which a selective scanning voltage is supplied from said first scanning line driving circuit to each scanning line of said number of first scanning lines in sequence, and the direction in which a selective scanning voltage is supplied from said second scanning line driving circuit to each scanning line of said number of second scanning lines in sequence are either said first scanning direction or said second scanning direction.

4 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one first video line driving circuit for supplying a video voltage to said number of first video lines; and

at least one second video line driving circuit for supplying a video voltage to said number of second video lines, characterized in that

said first video line driving circuit an said second video line driving circuit are provided along two sides of said liquid crystal display panel which face each other, and

when the direction from said first video line driving circuit toward said second video line driving circuit is a first scanning direction and the direction from said second video line driving circuit toward said first video line driving circuit is a second scanning direction, the direction in which a selective scanning voltage is supplied from said first scanning line driving circuit to each scanning line of said number of first scanning lines in sequence is said first scanning direction, and the direction in which a selective scanning voltage is supplied from said second scanning line driving circuit to each scanning line of said number of second scanning lines in sequence is said second scanning direction.

5 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one first video line driving circuit for supplying a video voltage to said number of first video lines; and

at least one second video line driving circuit for supplying a video voltage to said number of second video lines, characterized in that

said first video line driving circuit an said second video line driving circuit are provided along two sides of said liquid crystal display panel which face each other, and

when the direction from said first video line driving circuit toward said second video line driving circuit is a first scanning direction and the direction from said second video line driving circuit toward said first video line driving circuit is a second scanning direction, the direction in which a selective scanning voltage is supplied from said first scanning line driving circuit to each scanning line of said number of first scanning lines in sequence is said second scanning direction, and the direction in which a selective scanning voltage is supplied from said second scanning line driving circuit to each scanning line of said number of second scanning lines in sequence is said first scanning direction.

6 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4 , characterized in that said light controlling circuit makes the period during which the Mth region from among said M regions of said backlight and the first region from among said N regions which are adjacent to said Mth region are turned on shorter than the time during which the remaining regions are turned on.

7 . The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , characterized in that said light controlling circuit makes the period during which the Mth region from among said M regions of said backlight and the first region from among said N regions which are adjacent to said Mth region are turned on shorter than the time during which the remaining regions are turned on.

8 . The liquid crystal display device according to any of claim 1 , characterized in that

the jth region and the kth region of said backlight have at least one cold cathode fluorescent tube, and

said light controlling circuit controls the turning on and off of said cold cathode fluorescent tube in the jth region and the kth region of said backlight.

9 . The liquid crystal display device according to any of claim 1 , characterized in that

the jth region and the kth region of said backlight have at least one light emitting diode, and

said light controlling circuit controls the turning on and off of said light emitting diode in the jth region and the kth region of said backlight.