Patent ID: 8643574

Claim:
An imaging device having a display area wherein plural pixels comprising self-luminous light elements are disposed at intersections of display scanning lines and signal lines, a display scanning circuit for applying a scanning signal to the display scanning lines, a signal drive circuit for supplying image data to the signal lines, and a power supply circuit for supplying current to the pixels, the device comprising: detection scanning lines that select pixels to detect a deterioration of an image; detection lines that inform the outside of the display area of the property of the selected pixels; deterioration determination means that detects the property of the pixels via the detection lines and determines a deterioration amount based on the detected signal; and deterioration correction means that reflects the determination result of the deterioration determination means in image data supplied to and displayed by the pixels, wherein the display area includes a plurality of blocks arranged along the display scanning lines and the signal lines, each of the plurality of blocks being composed of a plurality of pixels selected by adjacent scanning lines and adjacent signal lines, the deterioration determination means is configured to calculate a first deterioration determination reference value corresponding to a first block of the plurality of blocks for determining a first deterioration of pixels in the first block and a second deterioration determination reference value corresponding to a second block of the plurality of blocks for determining a second deterioration of pixels in the second block, the deterioration determination means detects a first property of the pixels in the first block and determines a first deterioration amount based on the first property by using the first deterioration determination reference value, the deterioration determination means detects a second property of the pixels in the second block and determines a second deterioration amount based on the second property by using the second deterioration determination reference value, and the deterioration correction means reflects the first deterioration amount as the determination result of the deterioration determination means in the image data supplied to and displayed by the pixels in the first block and the second deterioration amount as the determination result of the deterioration determination means in the image data supplied to and displayed by the pixels in the second block.