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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Richard Cees Spiero, Eindhoven, NL;
Henricus J Kunnen, Valkenswaard, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An information display device with adaptive scroll speed receives at its input (1a, 1b) messages in the form of bursts of information units. The display device comprises presentation apparatus (2), coupled to the input, comprising a display area (2.1) for displaying the messages. The presentation apparatus can scroll the information units through the display area at a specific scroll speed. The information display device further comprises a control signal generator (3) that generates a control signal which is derived from the average rate at which information units are received. The presentation apparatus control the scroll speed in response to the control signal.