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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1994
Kazuhiko Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus for providing indications on a display device representative of respective ones of a plurality of abnormal states of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a detection device for detecting a state of the electronic apparatus from among a plurality of states; a judgment device for judging whether the detected state is one of a plurality of predetermined abnormal states and for providing therefrom an output signal representative of the detected state; and a display controller device responsive to the output signal for controlling the display device so as to cause a respective indication to be displayed on the display device in a predetermined color. The display controller device may be arranged so as to control the display device so as to cause an indication representative of the remaining capacity of a battery to be displayed on the display device in one of a plurality of predetermined colors, in which the color of the indication is dependent upon the detected remaining capacity of the battery.