An image-correction-amount detecting device includes an 
image signal generation unit, a luminance detecting unit, and a correction value calculation unit. The 
image signal generation unit generates and supplies image signals having inverted polarities to a display section in which pixels are formed so as to correspond to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of 
source lines which are arranged in a matrix and which performs pixel display by allowing an 
image signal supplied to a source line to be applied to a pixel 
electrode of each pixel via switching elements, the image 
signal being supplied to the source line by turning on a switching element disposed in the pixel with the scanning 
signal supplied to the scanning line. The luminance detecting unit detects the luminance of each pixel position of an image displayed by the display section. While changing the reference 
voltage which is set in the display section, the correction value calculation unit calculates the difference of the luminance between a positive polarity image 
signal and a negative polarity image signal in each pixel position, calculates the distribution of reference voltages in the display section which applies the minimum luminance difference, and outputs an 
image correction amount to obtain the optimal reference 
voltage that matches the effective value of the positive polarity image signal with the effective value of the negative polarity image signal.