Patent ID: 8552653

Claim:
An electro-optical device comprising: a plurality of pixel circuits each of which is disposed so as to correspond to each intersection between a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines sorted as a plurality of blocks each having data lines; a plurality of signal lines each of which corresponds one-to-one to the plurality of blocks; a plurality of selection sections each of which is provided so as to correspond one-to-one to each of the plurality of blocks and which switches a connection and disconnection state between each data line included in the corresponding block and the signal line corresponding to the block; and a driving circuit that drives the plurality of pixel circuits at a cycle of a unit period, wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes: a selection transistor that writes a data potential of the data line as an on state in the pixel circuit, and a light emitting element that emits light with luminance in accordance with the written data potential, wherein the unit period includes a plurality of selection periods and a writing period after the plurality of selection periods, wherein the driving circuit is operated in the plurality of selection periods such that the data potential in accordance with the luminance of the light emitting element of the pixel circuit corresponding to each intersection between the scanning line to be selected in the unit period and each data line included in the block corresponding to the signal line is sequentially output to each signal line and each selection transistor of the plurality of pixel circuits corresponding to the scanning line to be selected in the unit period is set to an off state, wherein the driving circuit is operated in the writing period such that the respective selection transistors of the plurality of pixel circuits corresponding to the scanning line to be selected in the unit period are set to an on state in a batch, and wherein each of the plurality of selection sections is operated in each of the plurality of selection periods such that the data line corresponding to the pixel circuit to be used to supply the data potential output to the signal line corresponding to the selection section in the corresponding selection period and the data line corresponding to the pixel circuit to be used to supply the data potential output to the signal line in the selection period after the corresponding section period are selected to be electrically connected to the signal line.