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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1997
Eiichi Matsuzaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Taketo Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Nobutani, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Shimakura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tanahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Ono, Soka, JP;
Hajime Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Sakashita, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disturbance of an image in the case where a display format is switched during the display operation is prevented without exerting an adverse influence on the operation of a display apparatus side. The apparatus comprises a display apparatus which has a plurality of display formats by a combination of an effective display region in which a display is performed and a non-display region in which no display is performed and has a memory performance of a display state in which either one of the display formats is selected and the display is executed; a display control apparatus for controlling the display format to be displayed by the display apparatus; means for detecting that the selected display format was changed; means for stopping a transmission request of display information by detecting that the display format was changed; means for measuring a period of time during which the transmission request of the display information is stopped; and means for restarting the transmission request of the display information when a predetermined period of time is measured.