Patent ID: 8471840

Claim:
A display comprising: a pixel array section having pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel including a circuit configuration in which an anode electrode of an organic EL (Electro Luminescent) device and a source electrode of a driving transistor are interconnected, a gate electrode of the driving transistor and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a writing transistor are interconnected, and a storage capacitor is connected between the gate and source electrodes of the driving transistor; scan lines wired for respective pixel rows of the pixel array section and providing a scanning signal to a gate electrode of the writing transistor; power supply lines wired for respective pixel rows of the pixel array section and selectively providing a first potential and a second potential lower than the first potential to a drain electrode of the driving transistor; and signal lines arranged for respective pixel columns of the pixel array section and selectively providing a video signal and a video signal reference potential to the drain electrode or the source electrode of the writing transistor, wherein, a potential setting period is provided in which a potential provided to a power supply line is set at the video signal reference potential within a period from when the organic EL device of the pixels is turned off until the first potential is provided to the power supply line, a threshold correction period is provided in which the video signal reference potential is provided to a signal line while the scanning signal is provided to a scan line within a period of driving a previous pixel row so as to carry out threshold correction of the driving transistor in a pixel currently being processed, a threshold correction preparation period is provided in which a potential of the source electrode of the driving transistor is set at the second potential from when the organic EL device of the pixels is turned off until the threshold correction period starts, and the potential setting period is provided from when a turned-off state starts until the middle of the threshold correction preparation period.