Patent ID: 8514153

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: a display unit that includes a display area in which a plurality of pixels composed of self-emission elements are arranged in a matrix, a scanning circuit for display, a signal driving circuit, and a power supply circuit; a deterioration detecting and correcting unit that includes a scanning circuit for detection, detects a correction reference voltage, and feeds back the detected value to the signal driving circuit to correct display signals to be transmitted to deteriorated pixels; signal lines that extend from the signal driving circuit to the display area and supply a display signal voltage to the pixels arranged in a column direction of the matrix; and mode selector switch units that selectively connect the signal driving circuit and the deterioration detecting and correcting unit to the signal lines, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a detection switch which is turned on in case of detecting deterioration of the self-emission elements between the self-emission elements and corresponding one of the signal lines, and wherein the mode selector switch units connects the signal lines and the deterioration detecting and correcting unit in case of detecting deterioration of the self-emission elements, and wherein, when the detection switch is turned on so as to connect the self-emission elements with corresponding one of the signal lines, the deterioration detecting and correcting unit detects a voltage of the self-emission elements through the corresponding one of the signal lines.