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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Yoshifumi Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Kiyofumi Hashimoto, Suita, JP;
Eiji Yamakawa, Sanda, JP;
Hideo Hotomi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Naoki Masazumi, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Kohriyama, Amagasaki, JP;
Yoshifumi Shibata, Toyokawa, JP;
Kiyofumi Hashimoto, Suita, JP;
Eiji Yamakawa, Sanda, JP;
Hideo Hotomi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Naoki Masazumi, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Kohriyama, Amagasaki, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information display apparatus which has a liquid crystal display which uses chiral nematic liquid crystal with a memory effect and can be driven by a matrix driving method. The screen of the display is divided along a scanning line into a still picture display area and a motion picture display area. The information display apparatus may have a first display and a second display on one screen. The first display is a reflective type liquid crystal display with a memory effect, which has an advantage of saving energy, and is used exclusively to display a still picture. The second display is a liquid crystal display which requires only a short time for writing. Information to be written in a short time, such as inputted information, is displayed on the second display.