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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
May. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Honjo, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345 83 ;
Abstract
An indicator lamp unit comprises a number of light-emitting elements, such as LEDs, arranged on the circumference of a disk or arranged in rows on the circumference of a cylinder, and a milk-white lamp case covering the light-emitting elements. A display terminal comprises, in an integral unit, a display, such as a LCD or an ELD, and said indicator lamp unit. The display and an internal CPU are controlled by an external CPU.