EP 0973146 A1 20000119 - Small size display apparatus together with scrolling and proportional spacing character display method
Title (en)
Small size display apparatus together with scrolling and proportional spacing character display method
Title (de)
Kleines Anzeigegerät mit Verschiebungs- und zeichenproportionalen Abstands-Anzeigeverfahren
Title (fr)
Système d'affichage de petite taille ainsi que méthode d'affichage de caractères avec défilement et espacement proportionnel
Publication
Application
Priority
- EP 98305652 A 19980715
- JP 1383297 A 19970128
Abstract (en)
An object of the invention is to implement an information display apparatus that is able to easily read a large amount of information even on a compact-sized display unit by improving a display mode in the display unit. In displaying characters on a liquid crystal display panel (3) used for an information display apparatus (1), characters, such as "w", "i", and "n", have different widths by amounts of five dots, one dot, and four dots, respectively. Even with the above amount of dots, the characters are sufficiently legible. Accordingly, characters are displayed with only minimal widths required for identifying them, and furthermore, only a limited space is interposed within the characters. In displaying English words, a word is not broken across two lines to begin a new line. A fixed display method is used when an amount of information to be displayed is not greater than four lines. On the other hand, when an amount of information to be displayed exceeds four lines, scroll display is automatically repeated three times, as well as informing that the amount of information exceeds four lines. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/32 (2006.01); G09G 5/34 (2006.01); H04M 11/02 (2006.01); H04Q 7/14 (2006.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); G09G 5/26 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G09G 3/20 (2013.01); G09G 5/26 (2013.01); G09G 5/34 (2013.01); G09G 2340/145 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 3740743 A 19730619 - BARON S
- [XAY] CH 680756 A5 19921030 - ERIKA KOECHLER
- [YA] WO 9016052 A1 19901227 - MOTOROLA INC [US]
- [XY] EP 0825571 A1 19980225 - NEC CORP [JP]
- [XA] EP 0585118 A1 19940302 - NEC CORP [JP]
- [XA] WO 9810408 A1 19980312 - MOTOROLA INC [US]
- [XA] US 4646081 A 19870224 - TSUNODA KAZUYUKI [JP]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 98305652 A 19980715; JP 1383297 A 19970128