Patent ID: 8085223

Claim:
A driving method of an image display apparatus comprising a plurality of electron-emitting devices, and a plurality of scanning wirings and a plurality of signal wirings that are connected to the plurality of electron-emitting devices in a matrix form, wherein the electron-emitting device emits electrons when a voltage applied to the electron-emitting device through the scanning wiring and the signal wiring becomes not less than a threshold voltage, the driving method comprising the steps of: applying a non-selection potential to a first scanning wiring of the plurality of scanning wirings, and applying a selection potential to the first scanning wiring, wherein a voltage applied to the electron-emitting device connected to the first scanning wiring is set to a voltage having a polarity reverse to that of a voltage to be applied upon emitting electrons during at least partial period of a period when the non-selection potential is applied to the first scanning wiring, the voltage applied to the electron-emitting device connected to the first scanning wiring is set to zero volt or to a voltage having a polarity same as that of the voltage to be applied upon emitting electrons and less than the threshold voltage, during a predetermined period before the selection potential is applied to the first scanning wiring, wherein the predetermined period commences before the time when the selection potential is applied to a second scanning wiring to which the selection potential is to be applied immediately before the time when the selection potential is applied to the first scanning wiring.