Patent ID: 7098900

Claim:
A method of driving a plurality of display elements, which are arranged in a matrix and which constitute a region to make each display element display in the region a gray level that the display element should display through at least one frame period of a plurality of frame periods, by using a plurality of scanning lines for supplying a scanning signal that selects the display and a plurality of data lines for supplying a data signal that specifies the gray level, the method comprising: a partial display mode including: a first supplying step of supplying the scanning signal to certain scanning lines of the plurality of scanning lines and not to other scanning lines of the plurality of scanning lines, the certain scanning lines corresponding to display elements included in a certain part of the region for displaying the gray level, the other scanning lines corresponding to display elements included in another part of the region other than the certain part of the region, the first step including supplying a data signal that specifies the gray level to the plurality of data lines corresponding to the display elements included in the certain part of the region; and a second supplying step of supplying the scanning signal to both the certain scanning lines and the other scanning lines, the second step including: supplying a data signal that specifies the gray level to the plurality of data lines corresponding to the display elements included in the certain part of the region, and supplying a non-display signal that specifies a non-display voltage level to the plurality of data lines corresponding to the display elements included in the other part of the region.