Patent ID: 8633920

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel array including pixel circuits arranged in a matrix state, in which a given one of the pixel circuits has at least: a light emitting element, a drive transistor configured to supply electric current to the light emitting element by a drive voltage supplied to the drive transistor, and a storage capacitor connected between a gate of the drive transistor and a source of the drive transistor, wherein a magnitude of the electric current depends on a voltage stored in the storage capacitor; threshold correction means for performing a threshold correction operation in a time-divided manner across a plurality of threshold correction periods, the plurality of threshold correction periods occurring within one frame period, the threshold correction operation comprising supplying a drive voltage to the drive transistor while the potential of the gate of the drive transistor is at a reference potential such that, upon completion of performance of the threshold correction operation across the plurality of threshold correction periods, the threshold voltage of the drive transistor is stored in the storage capacitor; and cut-off control means for placing the drive transistor in a non-conducting state in an after-correction period, which is a period between two successive threshold correction periods of the plurality of threshold correction periods.