Seiko Instruments Inc

Koji Naradate

Kazuhisa Takazawa

A liquid crystal panel, and a device and a method using the panel for displaying alphanumeric characters. The inventive liquid crystal panel has a structure that groups of display segments are arranged as display units; each of the groups including twenty-two display segments: four segments located in four corners of a rough quadrilateral, two oblong segments located on a left side area of the quadrilateral, two oblong segments located in a right side area of the quadrilateral, three segments located on a lower side area of the quadrilateral, nine segments in three columns in three rows located inside of the quadrilateral outlined by the above thirteen segments, and two segments located on an upper side area of the quadrilateral and having a width larger than those of the above nine segments inside the quadrilateral. In the inventive liquid crystal panel, a predetermined character data is displayed by actuating predetermined segments among the twenty-two segments on the panel.

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Tokyo, Japan

Koji Naradate