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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Mitsuo Kamiko, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Tomoyasu Katsuyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Date, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoki Hagiwara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display apparatus has a main display area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged horizontally and vertically in an array condition, and at least one sub display area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged horizontally and vertically in an array condition, provided separately from and outside the main display area. In the image display apparatus, two types of lines are arranged in a matrix manner horizontally and vertically against the main display area and the sub display area to drive the plurality of pixels, and driving units for applying driving signals to the lines arranged in the matrix manner are also provided.