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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
Other;
Abstract
An extending type of display apparatus of which the screen can be extended by connecting a plurality of display units each having the same configuration to each other, in which the display unit comprises a plurality of display elements arrayed in a matrix, a controller for controlling each display state of each display element, a memory for storing therein each address information for each of the display elements, a signal transmitting section for signal transaction between controllers, and a power transmitting section for supplying power, and the controller executes signal transaction with controllers of any other display units adjacent to the controller through the signal transmitting section, recognizes a size of the screen obtained by connecting a plurality of the display units to each other as well as a position of the unit in the screen, and generates each address information according to the position of the unit to be stored in a memory.