Patent ID: 8922464

Claim:
A driving method for an active matrix display device comprising: a display element; a capacitor; a data line; a first gate signal line; a second gate signal line; a plurality of first transistors each including a gate electrode connected to the first gate signal line; a plurality of second transistors each including a gate electrode connected to the second gate signal line; and one or more third transistors, the driving method comprising: a first period; a second period; a third period; and a fourth period, wherein: a first electrode of the third transistor is connected to a first electrode of one of the first transistors and a second electrode of one of the second transistors, a gate electrode of the third transistor is connected to a second electrode of the one of the first transistors and a first electrode of the capacitor, a second electrode of the third transistor is connected to a first electrode of the other one of the second transistors and a second electrode of the other one of the first transistors, a first electrode of the other one of the first transistors is connected to the data line, a second electrode of the other one of the second transistors is connected to a first electrode of the display element, all the first transistors and all the second transistors are on in the first period, all the first transistors are on and all the second transistors are off in the second period, all the first transistors and all the second transistors are off in the third period, and all the first transistors are off and all the second transistors are on in the fourth period.