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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
May. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Taguchi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Hiroichi Yoshida, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340721 ; 340723 ;
Abstract
A display unit includes a display area for displaying first and second data groups, a control circuit for dividing the display area into at least two portions when the first data group is displayed in the display area, a circuit for controlling a cursor to be displayed in the display area, a circuit for identifying a display portion that contains the cursaor, a circuit for selecting a particular portion that does not contain the cursor, according to the output from the identifying circuit, and a circuit for controlling the second data group to be displayed in the particular portion selected by the selecting circuit.