Patent ID: 8754880

Claim:
A method of driving a pixel circuit that includes a current-driven element connected in series with a driving transistor, a storage capacitor disposed between a path between the current-driven element and the driving transistor and a gate of the driving transistor, and a select switch disposed between a signal line that supplies a driving signal and the gate of the driving transistor, the method comprising: supplying the driving signal to the select switch; changing a potential of the driving signal over time to have a constant time rate of change over a unit time period, the time rate of change corresponding to a specified gradation of the pixel circuit by starting to change the potential of the driving signal with the time rate of change corresponding to the specified gradation after the passing of an adjustment time from the leading edge of the selection pulse; setting the adjustment time to be variable in accordance with the specified gradation; and controlling the select switch to be in an ON state in response to supply of a selection pulse, so that the driving signal is supplied from the signal line to the gate of the driving transistor.