The liquid crystal display device inputs a signal, corrected by a correction circuit provided with a sigmoid inverse function generator, to a source driver. A sigmoid function which is an S-shaped function is used to approximate an input/output characteristic (applied voltage-transmittance curve) of a liquid crystal panel. The sigmoid inverse function generator converts an input signal by using an inverse function of the sigmoid function obtained by performing the approximation. A .gamma. conversion circuit provided on the correction circuit and the sigmoid inverse function generator realize the desired .gamma. characteristic regardless of a characteristic of the liquid crystal panel. Further, since the inverse function of the sigmoid function which is an S-shaped function is used, it is possible to provide a display device which corrects the input/output characteristic of the display panel by performing the approximation in accordance with not plural functions but a single function (without dividing the characteristic into sections).