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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
May. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Saegusa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345 30 ; 345 31 ;
Abstract
A display device to indicate positive and negative display values by increasing or decreasing a number of lit display elements to provide a display device that allows an expansion of the display range in the limited analog display area of a display section. The display device includes a first display element group that is lit to indicate display values; a second display element group located near the first display element group that is lit to indicate an origin corresponding to the display value; and a control device to control, lighting of a display value by the first display element according to a position of the origin.