A liquid crystal display device includes a panel unit and a driving unit driving the panel unit. The driving unit includes as operation modes a first mode in which a detection operation of a first external object is performed in units of a divided region obtained by dividing an entire surface of a touch region of the panel unit and a second mode in which a detection operation of a second external object is performed on the entire surface of the touch region of the panel unit. The first mode is a mode detecting, in units of the divided region of the panel unit, a contact position of the first external object with each divided region, and the second mode is a mode detecting, on the entire surface of the panel unit, whether or not the second external object approaches the entire surface.