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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2004
Applicants:

Yuichi Yoshida, Hachioji, JP;

Shinzo Matsui, Kitatsuru-gun, JP;

Inventors:

Yuichi Yoshida, Hachioji, JP;

Shinzo Matsui, Kitatsuru-gun, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an image display device adapted to display an image to viewers, the CPU detects the operating state of given application software and causes the display control unit to control whether to permit the first display unit to display the image or not in accordance with the detected operating state of the application software.


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