Patent ID: 8130176

Claim:
An electro-optical apparatus, comprising: a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of pixel circuits corresponding to intersections of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, the pixel circuits including a light-emitting element having an anode and a cathode, a circuit that controls a gradation of light emitted from the light-emitting element, current-blocking means that blocks a current path of the light-emitting element, and a potential fixing circuit; the light-emitting element being driven in a driving period including a light-emitting period and an adjusting period following the light-emitting period; the pixel circuits having a function of setting the current-blocking means to an active state in at least part of a period in which current flows to the pixel circuits through the data lines; and the potential fixing circuit supplying a specified potential to a specified transistor included in the pixel circuits, in the adjusting period.