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(11) EP 0 405 504 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/01

(21) Application number: 90112258.0

(22) Date of filing: 27.06.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G09G 3/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 29.06.1989 JP 168125/89
29.06.1989 JP 75570/89 U

(71) Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER COMPANY LIMITED
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Arai, Tatsuo, c/o Pat.Dept., Hamura R&D Center
    Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 190-11 (JP)
  • Kuriyama, Yuuji, c/o Pat.Dept., Hamura R&D Center
    Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 190-11 (JP)

(74) Representative: Strasse, Joachim, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Strasse, Vonnemann & Partner Balanstrasse 55
81541 München
81541 München (DE)


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    (54) Information display system suitable for compact electronic appliances having different display sizes


    (57) In a compact electronic appliance (1) having a display unit (21), a size of the display unit, namely a line number and a column number for a character display has been stored, and a judgment is made whether or not the inputted character position exceeds over the line number and column number while inputting display information on the display unit. An external storage medium (4), so-called "IC card stores the display information, monitors a judgment result made by the compact electronic appliance, and controls a transfer of the display information in accordance with the judgment result. Even when the sort of the compact electronic appliance is different from each other and the display size is not constant, the display information can be properly displayed.







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