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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
May. 18, 1993
Toshiyuki Nobutani, Yokohama, JP;
Kenzoh Ina, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Shimakura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tanahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichiro Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Sakashita, Yokohama, JP;
Eiichi Matsuzaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display controller includes a memory for storing data to be displayed on a display, a unit for supplying data to the memory, a first flag group for indicating a line on the display screen of the display corresponding to data supplied by the data supplying unit, a second flag group for indicating a plurality of the first flag groups, a detector for detecting the status of the display, a selector for selecting the first or second flag in accordance with the status of the display detected by the detector, and a display control unit for reading data designated by the first or second flag selected by the selector from the memory, and displaying the data on the display.