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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1980
Filed:
May. 31, 1978
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device having means for display of data in digital form and means for suppression of non-significant zero digits, which comprises storage circuit means for storing and circulating said data, detection circuit means coupled to an output terminal of said storage circuit means for detecting zero value digits in said data, counter circuit means responsive to an output signal from said detection circuit means for counting the number of non-significant zero value digits in said data, and gate circuit means coupled between said storage circuit means and said display means responsive to an output signal of said counter circuit means for suppressing display of said non-significant zero value digits by said display means.