Patent ID: 7489293

Claim:
A method of driving a pixel circuit having a driving element, a capacitor, and an electro-optical element, comprising: first setting a brightness of the electro-optical element by generating a first driving current by the driving element in accordance with data stored in the capacitor, and by supplying the first driving current to the electro-optical element when a first driving mode is set; second setting the brightness of the electro-optical element by generating a second driving current by the driving element in accordance with data stored in the capacitor, and by supplying the second driving current to the electro-optical element, when a second driving mode, having a different connection state from the first driving mode, is set, an error polarity of the second driving current being opposite to an error polarity of the first driving current; and third alternately switching between the first driving mode and the second driving mode in a predetermined period.