A display panel device, that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the pixels includes: a luminescence element; a capacitor arranged to hold a voltage; and arranged to a driving transistor including a source or a drain electrode connected to a first electrode of the luminescence element, a gate electrode connected to a first electrode of the capacitor, said driving transistor being arranged to drive the luminescence element to produce luminescence by passing, into the luminescence element, a drain current corresponding to the voltage held by the capacitor, and wherein the display panel device comprises: a first power line arranged to set a potential of the other one of the drain or source electrode of the driving transistor; a second power line connected to a second electrode of the luminescence element; and a data line arranged to supply a data voltage to a second electrode of the capacitor; and wherein each of the pixels further includes: a first switch connected to the first electrode of the capacitor arranged to set a reference voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor; a second switch connected between the data line and the second electrode of the capacitor arranged to be switched between a conduction state and a non-conduction state; and a wiring connected to the first electrode of the luminescence element and the second electrode of the capacitor; a third switch connected in series with the driving transistor between the first electrode of the luminescence element and the first power line, arranged to determine an ON state and an OFF state of the drain current of the driving transistor, and wherein the display panel device comprises a controller configured to control the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch, and configured to carry out the following steps: turn OFF the third switch to interrupt a flow of a current from the first power line to the luminescence element; turn ON the first switch and the second switch to set the reference voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor and to set the data voltage to the second electrode of the capacitor thereby causing the capacitor to hold the voltage having a predetermined potential difference; and turn OFF the first switch and turn ON the second switch and the third switch to pass, into the data line, the drain current corresponding to the voltage having the predetermined potential difference via the wiring and the second switch. a luminescence element; a capacitor arranged to hold a voltage; and arranged to a driving transistor including a source or a drain electrode connected to a first electrode of the luminescence element, a gate electrode connected to a first electrode of the capacitor, said driving transistor being arranged to drive the luminescence element to produce luminescence by passing, into the luminescence element, a drain current corresponding to the voltage held by the capacitor, a first power line arranged to set a potential of the other one of the drain or source electrode of the driving transistor; a second power line connected to a second electrode of the luminescence element; and a data line arranged to supply a data voltage to a second electrode of the capacitor; a first switch connected to the first electrode of the capacitor arranged to set a reference voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor; a second switch connected between the data line and the second electrode of the capacitor arranged to be switched between a conduction state and a non-conduction state; and a wiring connected to the first electrode of the luminescence element and the second electrode of the capacitor; a third switch connected in series with the driving transistor between the first electrode of the luminescence element and the first power line, arranged to determine an ON state and an OFF state of the drain current of the driving transistor, and a controller configured to control the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch, and configured to carry out the following steps: turn OFF the third switch to interrupt a flow of a current from the first power line to the luminescence element; turn ON the first switch and the second switch to set the reference voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor and to set the data voltage to the second electrode of the capacitor thereby causing the capacitor to hold the voltage having a predetermined potential difference; and turn OFF the first switch and turn ON the second switch and the third switch to pass, into the data line, the drain current corresponding to the voltage having the predetermined potential difference via the wiring and the second switch. turn OFF the third switch to interrupt a flow of a current from the first power line to the luminescence element; turn ON the first switch and the second switch to set the reference voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor and to set the data voltage to the second electrode of the capacitor thereby causing the capacitor to hold the voltage having a predetermined potential difference; and turn OFF the first switch and turn ON the second switch and the third switch to pass, into the data line, the drain current corresponding to the voltage having the predetermined potential difference via the wiring and the second switch.