Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Video and Information System, Inc.

Hitachi Video Engineering, Incorporated

Nobuo Tsuchiya

Kiyokazu Nishioka

Masahiro Jinushi

Tsuguji Tachiuchi

Hideki Kamimaki

Koichi Isaji

Koichi Kimura

Hiroyuki Mano

Tsuyoshi Nakagawa

Tadashi Kyoda

Taisuke Kashima

Hiroshi Ito

Takashi Maruyama

Akira Takahashi

Satoshi Konuma

Takao Ohba

Hitoshi Sadamitsu

Takashi Yoshitomi

Yoshiyuki Amano

Ryooichi Mizuno

An information processing apparatus includes in its body at least a power supply unit, a disk type storage and a printed circuit board arranged in a predetermined order and further has a keyboard unit which can be sandwiched between the display unit and a keyboard unit supporting portion extending from the body by pivotally moving the display unit. A detector for detecting the detachment of the keyboard unit from the body may be provided to restrict the range of pivotal movement of the display unit in accordance with a detection signal of the detector. Further, the display unit may be provided with pilot light emitting portions, thereby making it possible to recognize a condition of the information processing apparatus.

Space-saving information processing apparatus

A display controller of a flat display apparatus which performs multiple color display and variable color display for display data read out of a lookup table. The lookup table comprises a parallel lookup table which has n (n.gtoreq.2) registers for storing color information and m selectors which receive n pieces of color information independently from the n registers, each select one of n pieces of color information, and deliver m pieces of color information simultaneously. The controller further comprises a data selector which selectively delivers the output of other register in the parallel lookup table in place of the register which has been made the read access.

Display controller for a flat display apparatus

A data processing apparatus which includes a display unit and a power supply controller for supplying power to the display unit. The display unit has a display screen and a back light controller. The power supply controller comprises a switch, at least one output line for receiving the power from the switch and for supplying therethrough the power to electronic devices, a delay circuit for receiving the power from the switch and when the switch is turned ON to start supply of the power, for outputting the power after passage of a predetermined time from the start of the power supply, and a second output line for supplying the power from the delay circuit to the back light controller therethrough. The display unit has a memory means for storing therein a luminance data on the display screen through the back light controller when the power supply is turned OFF and for determining an output state of the display unit through the back light controller on the basis of the luminance data read out from the memory means when the power supply is turned ON. Further, the data processing apparatus has a means for invalidating output of a display data to be output onto the display screen and a means, after the display data is invalidated, for reducing a frequency of a timing signal or invalidating output of the timing signal for the display unit.

Data processing apparatus, power supply controller and display unit

A display controller of a flat display apparatus which performs multiple color display and variable color display for display data read out of a lookup table. The lookup table comprises a parallel lookup table which has n (n.ltoreq.2) registers for storing color information and m selectors which receive n pieces of color information independently from the n registers, each select one of n pieces of color information, and deliver m pieces of color information simultaneously. The controller further comprises a data selector which selectively delivers the output of another register to in the parallel lookup table in place of the register to which the read access has been made.

Disclosed is a system selecting one out of a plurality of gray scale signals for each color information in display information including color information of a plurality of colors for providing monochromatic gray scale signals at multiple levels corresponding to the display information, or, when multiple colors are produced by combining a plurality of colors, selecting one out of a plurality of gray scales for each color corresponding to gray scales of the multiple colors, to thereby attain a multi-level monochromatic emulation display.

Apparatus and method for gray scale display

A one-dimensional image sensor comprising a solid image pick-up element takes images in sequence, and generates an image signal. Clock pulses from a frequency variable type clock pulse generator having a frequency which varies in correspondence to a control signal are supplied to a one-dimensional image sensor, thereby image signals are outputted in sequence. The image signal is amplified by an amplifier and inputted to a comparator and compared with a reference signal. A frequency variable range of the frequency variable type clock pulse generator is set higher than the cut-off frequency of the amplifier, and the binary level output by the comparator is substantially the same as the image inputted to the one-dimensional image sensor and control is effected by the variable frequency of the clock pulses.

Image signal binary circuit with a variable-frequency clock signal

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Nobuo Tsuchiya