Patent ID: 8896502

Claim:
A display device that displays a desired image, comprising: a display unit, by which the desired image is displayed, the display unit being formed by disposing a plurality of pixels in a matrix formation, and the image being formed by driving each pixel using a horizontal drive circuit and a vertical drive circuit via a signal line and a scan line provided in the display unit; wherein each pixel includes a light-emitting element, a signal level hold capacitor for retaining the signal level, a write transistor that connects one terminal of the signal level hold capacitor to the signal line, being switched on by a write signal output from the vertical drive circuit, and a drive transistor that drives the light-emitting element using a driving current in accordance with the voltage between the terminals of the signal level hold capacitor; wherein during a non-emitting period in which the emission of light from the light-emitting element is suspended, the horizontal drive circuit switches the voltage of the signal line successively from a fixed voltage, to an intermediate voltage, and to a tone voltage that corresponds to the luminance of the light-emitting element, and the vertical drive circuit controls the write signal as well as the power source of the drive transistor to set the differential voltage between the terminals of the signal level hold capacitor to a pre-mobility compensation voltage, this voltage being the threshold voltage of the drive transistor; wherein during a period that is subsequent to the horizontal drive circuit switching the voltage of the signal line from the fixed voltage, to the intermediate voltage, and to the tone voltage, the voltage of the signal line is again set to the intermediate voltage and the tone voltage, and the vertical drive circuit controls the write signal to compensate for a mobility of the drive transistor and set the differential voltage between the terminals of the signal level hold capacitor to a voltage corresponding to the tone voltage; and wherein the vertical drive circuit is connected to the scanning line at an input terminal thereof, the horizontal drive circuit is configured to, for each of the plurality of pixels in each frame period, variably select a value of the intermediate voltage based on at least: the tone voltage to be input to the respective pixel in the respective frame period; and a distance from the input terminal of the scanning line to the respective pixel, such that the values of the intermediate voltage are expressible by a second-order function, wherein varying the intermediate voltage in accordance with changes in the tone voltage includes: increasing the time required to compensate for the mobility when the tone voltage is higher than the intermediate voltage, and decreasing time required to compensate for the mobility when the tone voltage is lower than the intermediate voltage.