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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1986
Tsuyoshi Matsushita, Shizuoka, JP;
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dot character display apparatus includes a control circuit for transferring data corresponding to character body and upper and lower symbols from first to third character generators to image buffers, a drive circuit for driving a dot matrix display section on the basis of the data stored in the image buffers. The dot matrix display section has an upper display area to display the upper symbol, a central display area to display the charcter body, and a lower display area to display the lower symbol. The drive circuit has a first drive section to drive the central display area of the dot matrix display section in accordance with data indicative of the character body from the first character generator, and a secod drive section to drive the upper and lower display areas of the dot matrix display section in accordance with data representative of the upper and lower symbols from the second and third character generators.