Patent ID: 8294702

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel array part configured to be formed of an aggregation of pixels arranged in a matrix and include row first drive lines disposed corresponding to rows of the pixels, row second drive lines disposed corresponding to the rows of the pixels, and column signal lines disposed corresponding to columns of the pixels; and a drive part configured to drive the pixel array part and include a horizontal drive circuit that supplies a video signal to the column signal lines and a first vertical drive circuit and a second vertical drive circuit that cause light-emission operation of the pixels on a row-by-row basis via the row first drive lines and the row second drive lines, respectively, to thereby allow displaying of an image dependent upon a video signal on the pixel array part, wherein the first vertical drive circuit simultaneously drives the pixels on two rows adjacent to each other, the second vertical drive circuit simultaneously drives the pixels on two rows adjacent to each other, and a pair of rows of the pixels simultaneously driven by the first vertical drive circuit and a pair of rows of the pixels simultaneously driven by the second vertical drive circuit are shifted from each other by one row, for light-emission operation of the pixels on a row-by-row basis, wherein the drive part divides operation for displaying an image of one frame on the pixel array part into operation in a former field and operation in a latter field, in the former field, the first vertical drive circuit sequentially drives pairs of rows of the pixels and the second vertical drive circuit selectively drives every other pair of rows of the pixels so that the pixels on one row of each of the pairs of rows of the pixels driven by the first vertical drive circuit carry out light-emission operation, and in the latter field, the first vertical drive circuit sequentially drives the pairs of rows of the pixels and the second vertical drive circuit selectively drives pairs of rows of the pixels that were not driven in the former field, of all the pairs of rows of the pixels so that the pixels on the other row of each of the pairs of rows of the pixels driven by the first vertical drive circuit carry out light-emission operation.