Patent ID: 7319444

Claim:
A pixel circuit disposed at the intersection of a scanning line and a data line, comprising: a capacitor that accumulates, when the scanning line is selected, charge in accordance with current flowing through the data line or voltage on the data line; a drive transistor being turned ON/OFF in accordance with the charge accumulated in the capacitor, the drive transistor allowing current to flow between a first terminal and a second terminal of the drive transistor; a driven element having one end that is electrically connected to the first terminal, the driven element being driven at least by the current allowed to flow by the drive transistor; a detector that is connected in parallel with the drive transistor and detects voltage at the one end of the driven element, the detector being a detection transistor and a resistance of the detection transistor varying in accordance with the voltage detected by the detector; and a correction circuit that corrects the current flowing through the driven element in accordance with the absolute value of the voltage detected by the detector.