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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2006
Noritoshi Suzuki, Asaka, JP;
Takashi Ihara, Nishitokyo, JP;
Noritoshi Suzuki, Asaka, JP;
Takashi Ihara, Nishitokyo, JP;
Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Nishitokyo-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an electronic device that includes a first display unit () and a second display unit () that differs from the first display unit () in at least a type, a driving method to perform a display control, and a mode of driving to perform the display control, and that displays a plurality of functions using the first display unit () and the second display unit (), a change request to change from a display in a normal mode () to a function mode () is acquired, and only a display mode of the second display unit () is changed, when the change request is made, to a preparation mode () without changing a display mode of the first display unit () that is in the normal mode () when the display modes of the first display unit () and the second display unit () are to be changed based on the acquired change request.