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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 08, 1995
Eiichi Matsuzaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Nonoshita, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshitsugu Yamanashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus for a display apparatus having a display device in which a liquid crystal such as a ferroelectric liquid crystal is used as an operating medium for display-updating and the updated display state can be held by applying an electric field or the like. The display control apparatus comprises a first updating circuit to update the display content of the entire screen of the display apparatus, a second updating circuit to update the display content of a part of the display screen, a detector to detect an external factor such as a temperature of the display apparatus, and a switching circuit to switch the first and second updating circuits in accordance with the detected external factor.