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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noriyuki Koyama, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshimi Asai, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Yuka Yabuuchi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Satoshi Okada, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/28 ;
Abstract
A character display apparatus of the present invention includes: a display device having a plurality of pixels; and a control section for controlling the display device. Each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged along a predetermined direction. A corresponding one of a plurality of color elements is pre-assigned to each of the sub-pixels. The control section displays a character on the display device by independently controlling the color elements respectively corresponding to the sub-pixels.