Patent ID: 8089430

Claim:
A self-luminous display panel driving method for driving a self-luminous display panel of the active matrix driving type, the method comprising: executing threshold value correction operation for a driving transistor of a self-luminous display element divisionally in a plurality of periods within at least one of which, after a point of time of an end of a preceding correction period till a point of time of a start of a succeeding correction period, a potential to be applied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor is controlled to an intermediate potential between a first potential for lighting driving of the driving transistor and a second potential for initialization applied within a preparation period of the first one of the correction periods, controlling the self-luminous element to emit light in response to a signal voltage held by a capacitor, and within a writing period of the signal voltage, correcting a mobility characteristic of the driving transistor in parallel to writing of the signal voltage.