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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Toshiyuki Nobutani, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Shimakura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Tanahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichiro Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Sakashita, Yokohama, JP;
Eiichi Matsuzaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus for a display device, capable of updating a display state for a display element subjected to a change in display updating, includes a display data memory for storing display data, and a display controller capable of sequentially reading out the display data stored in the memory and transferring the readout display data to the display device at a predetermined period and capable of performing a partial rewrite operation of the display data stored in the memory. A rewrite detector detects an address for accessing the display data memory to cause the display controller to perform the partial rewrite operation, a specific pattern rewrite detector detects an address of display data subjected to a rewrite operation of the specific pattern and stored in the display data memory, and a rewrite address generator preferentially transfers the address detected by the specific pattern rewrite detector over the address detected by the rewrite detector, reads out the display data from the display data memory at the transferred address, and transfers the readout data to the display device.