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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Naoki Tanjima, Nisshin, JP;
Hidekazu Ishii, Aisai, JP;
Nako Yoshimura, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
The electric apparatus performs time display that is optimal for a user, without need of operations for switching time display by use of the 12-hour system and 24-hour system. In a tape printer, a keyboard section and a CPU are connected to each other via any one of a plurality of solder points A, B, and C. If the solder point is 'A' (YES at S), an hour system flag is set to 'OFF' (S). If the solder point is not “A” (NO at S), the hour system flag is set to “ON” (S). If the hour system flag is OFF, a target country (target district) of the keyboard section is “USA”, so that time is displayed in the 12-hour system on a liquid crystal display section, while if the hour system flag is ON, the target country (target district) of the keyboard section is not “USA”, so that time is displayed in the 24-hour system on the liquid crystal display section.