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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
Character/graphic display apparatus, character/graphic display method, program, and recording medium
Yoshimi Asai, Osaka, JP;
Noriyuki Koyama, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshimi Asai, Osaka, JP;
Noriyuki Koyama, Kyoto, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The size of each of the plurality of characters or graphics is modified while the size of each of the plurality of virtual areas included in the display area is maintained, so that the visual recognizability (ease of reading, or ease of recognition through reading) of characters or graphics is improved without changing the layout thereof. A character/graphic display apparatus of the present invention includes a display device including a display area for displaying a plurality of characters or graphics; and a control section for controlling the display device. The display area includes a plurality of virtual areas. The control section modifies the size of each of the plurality of characters or graphics while maintaining the size of each virtual area included in the display area; and controls the display device to display each of the plurality of characters or graphics having the modified size in the respective virtual area.