| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the degree of freedom in designing of an active element inside a pixel to allow good designing and to freely set display brightness in a simple manner. <P>SOLUTION: Writing of brightness information into each of pixels PXL is performed by applying an electric signal corresponding to the brightness information to a data line Y while a scanning line X is selected. The brightness information written in each of the pixels is held by each pixel also after the scanning line X is placed into a non-selected state so that the light emitting element of each pixel can continue lighting with brightness corresponding to the held brightness information. An image display apparatus has a stopping control line Z which compulsorily extinguishes the light emitting elements of each of the pixels which are connected to the same scanning line X at least in a unit of a scanning line so that the light emitting elements are placed into an extinguished state from a lit state within a period of one scanning cycle after the brightness information is written in each pixel until new brightness information is written into each pixel subsequently. In this case, the duty ratio representing the ratio of lighting time in one scanning cycle is set so as to be equal to or below 50%. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
