Display device and control method thereof

1. A display device comprising:

a luminescence element;

a power line that provides the luminescence element with an electric current;

a capacitor that accumulates a driving voltage corresponding to a data voltage;

a driver that flows the electric current according to the driving voltage accumulated in the capacitor through the luminescence element via the power line; and

a controller configured to:

set a reverse bias voltage and an application time period according to an amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element; and

determine luminance levels in luminescence periods,

wherein the controller is configured to set the reverse bias voltage and the application time period according to a peak luminance of the luminance levels when a difference between the peak luminance and an average luminance of the luminance levels exceeds a predetermined threshold, and

the controller is configured to apply the reverse bias voltage for the application time period within an OFF period of the data voltage for removing an electric charge accumulated in the luminescence element, the OFF period being within one of the luminescence periods.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to set the revere bias voltage according to the amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element and the application time period of the reverse bias voltage when the difference between the peak luminance and the average luminance is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold and when the average luminance exceeds a second threshold.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the controller is configured to not apply the reverse bias voltage to the luminescence element when the average luminance is equal to or less than the second threshold.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to apply, to the luminescence element, an intermediate voltage that is lower than the driving voltage and higher than the reverse bias voltage at least one of before and after the reverse bias voltage is applied to the luminescence element.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the OFF period is included in a last luminescence period among the luminescence periods.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to set the reverse bias voltage to be fixed and the application time period to be variable.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to set the reverse bias voltage to be variable and the application time period to be fixed.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to set the reverse bias voltage to be variable and the application time period to be variable.

9. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to set the revere bias voltage according to the amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element and the application time period of the reverse bias voltage, the amount of luminescence being a sum total of the luminance levels in each luminescence period.

10. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to set the reverse bias voltage according to the amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element and the application time period of the reverse bias voltage, the amount of luminescence being a sum total of luminescence luminance indicated by data signals corresponding to the data voltage in each of the luminescence periods.

11. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to determine the amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element based on a sum total of the luminance levels in each luminescence period and a sum total of luminescence luminance indicated by data signals corresponding to the data voltage in each of the luminescence periods, and

the controller is configured to set the reverse bias voltage according to the amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element and the application time period of the reverse bias voltage.

12. A control method for controlling a display device, the display device comprising:

a luminescence element;

a power line that provides the luminescence element with an electric current;

a capacitor that accumulates a driving voltage corresponding to a data voltage;

a driver that flows the electric current according to the driving voltage accumulated in the capacitor through the luminescence element via the power line; and

a controller configured to set a reverse bias voltage and an application time period according to an amount of luminescence produced by the luminescence element, and

the control method comprising:

determining, with the controller, luminance levels in luminescence periods;

setting, with the controller, the reverse bias voltage and the application time period according to a peak luminance of the luminance levels when a difference between the peak luminance and an average luminance of the luminance levels exceeds a predetermined threshold; and

applying, with the controller, the reverse bias voltage for the application time period within an OFF period of the data voltage for removing an electric charge accumulated in the luminescence element, the OFF period being within one of the luminescence periods.