Patent ID: 8766964

Claim:
An image display device, comprising: a plurality of pixel circuits; a power supply line; a data line for supplying a data signal to each of the plurality of pixel circuits; and a current path control unit, wherein: the each of the plurality of pixel circuits comprises: a light emitting element which emits light at a luminance corresponding to an amount of current; a drive transistor for controlling a current flowing to the light emitting element; a storage capacitor provided between the data line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, for storing a potential difference corresponding to a display gray level; and a data line connection switch for connecting a first end of the storage capacitor and the data line, where the first end of the storage capacitor is an end directly connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor; wherein, before the data line supplies the data signal to each of the plurality of pixel circuits, the data line connection switch included in corresponding one of the plurality of pixel circuits is turned ON by the current path control unit to interrupt a first current path from the power supply line to the first end of the storage capacitor included in the corresponding one of the plurality of pixel circuits.