Patent ID: 8102337

Claim:
A display device comprising: a plurality of scan lines; at least one data line; a pixel circuit provided with an electro-optic element and disposed in a matrix at each intersection of the scan lines and the at least one data line; and a driving circuit for driving the pixel circuit, said driving circuit including: a signal output circuit which holds a current value of a reference ON signal that turns on the electro-optic element, said signal output circuit outputting the ON signal to the at least one data line with a current value held according to ON data, and outputting an OFF signal to the at least one data line so as to turn off the electro-optic element according to OFF data; and a control circuit which controls the hold operation of the signal output circuit so as to enable the ON signal to reset its current value within a set period in which a display state of all pixel circuits on a selected scan line is set to a specific state, said display device changing a display state of the electro-optic element M times within one frame period, and setting the display state to be any one of R display states, so as to carry out N gradation display that satisfies N≦R M , where M and R are each an integer of not less than 2.