Patent ID: 8648776

Claim:
A method for driving a pixel circuit, a plurality of which are arranged on a current-driven type display device, at respective intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, the method comprising the steps of: when the pixel circuit includes: a drive element provided on a path connecting a first wiring line to a second wiring line, having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, and controlling a current flowing through the path; an electro-optic element provided in series with the drive element on the path, being connected to the first terminal of the drive element, and emitting light at a luminance according to the current flowing through the path; a first switching element provided between the first terminal of the drive element and the data line; a second switching element provided between the control terminal and the second terminal of the drive element; a third switching element provided between the second terminal of the drive element and the first wiring line; and a capacitor provided between the control terminal of the drive element and one of a plurality of third wiring lines, controlling the first and second switching elements to a conducting state and the third switching element to a non-conducting state, and providing a potential which changes according to display data and at which a voltage applied to the electro-optic element is a light-emission threshold voltage or less, to the data line; controlling potentials of the plurality of the third wiring lines; and controlling the first and second switching elements to a non-conducting state and the third switching element to a conducting state, wherein said controlling the potentials of the plurality of the third wiring lines comprises selecting one of the plurality of the third wiring lines, providing a first potential for non-light emitting to the selected wiring line to place the electro-optic element in a non-light emitting state when the first and second switching elements are controlled to a conducting state and the third switching element is controlled to a non-conducting state, providing a second potential for light emitting to the selected wiring line to place the electro-optic element in a light emitting state after the first and second switching elements are controlled to a non-conducting state, and continuously providing the second potential to the rest of the plurality of the third wiring lines.