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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Ota, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
When of a map or the like is displayed on the basis an information read from a recording medium, the display can be preferably performed with little waiting time even when the apparatus is activated or when the recording medium is replaced by saving a predetermined information is saved in a non-volatile memory ( ) immediately before the power supply is turned off or the recording medium is replaced, and the predetermined information saved in the non-volatile memory ( ) when the power supply is turned on or a now recording medium is loaded to perform a desired display process based on the predetermined information thus read.