Patent ID: 7894116

Claim:
An electro-optical device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate which is capable of emitting light from a plurality of pixels including at least a first subpixel and a second subpixel, the first subpixel forming a first image and the second subpixel forming a second image; a light-shielding layer arranged between the second substrate and the light-emitting layer having an opening which is capable of transmitting light emitted from a first subpixel in the light-emitting layer through the second substrate to a first range and transmitting light emitted from the second subpixel of the light-emitting layer through the second substrate to a second range; a first electrode arranged between the first substrate and the light-emitting layer, the first electrode facing the light-emitting layer; a second electrode arranged between the light-emitting layer and the light-shielding layer, the second electrode facing the light-emitting layer; a plurality of transistors corresponding to each of the pixels, each of the transistors being capable of controlling the flow of current between first electrode and the second electrode through the light-emitting layer; a power line arranged between the first substrate and the first electrode extending in a first direction which is capable of supplying electric power to the plurality of transistors, a plurality of control lines; a plurality of signal lines; a plurality of capacitor elements corresponding to each of the pixels arranged in the area between the first substrate and the power line above the power line, the capacitor elements being capable of holding a gate potential of each of the transistors; and a plurality of switching elements corresponding to each of the pixels arranged between the first substrate and the light-emitting layer, the switching elements being capable of supplying and blocking of the flow of a current between the first and second electrode through the light-emitting layer, and each of the switching elements being controlled by a control signal supplied to one control line selected from the plurality of control lines.