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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Haruo Harada, Ebina, JP;
Taijyu Gan, Ebina, JP;
Hiroshi Arisawa, Ebina, JP;
Yasunori Okano, Tokyo, JP;
Chisato Urano, Ebina, JP;
Takashi Morikawa, Ebina, JP;
Atsushi Hirano, Ebina, JP;
Haruo Harada, Ebina, JP;
Taijyu Gan, Ebina, JP;
Hiroshi Arisawa, Ebina, JP;
Yasunori Okano, Tokyo, JP;
Chisato Urano, Ebina, JP;
Takashi Morikawa, Ebina, JP;
Atsushi Hirano, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A writing apparatus includes: a voltage application unit that applies a voltage to a display medium whose display changes according to an irradiation of light and an applied voltage; an optical output unit that irradiates light toward the display medium; and a controller that (i) receives a position signal that has been output from an apparatus upon contact with an input device, the position signal indicating a position of the contact with the input device, (ii) specifies, based on the received position signal, a position on the display medium at which a display is to be changed, and (iii) controls the optical output unit so that light is irradiated toward the specified position on the display medium for a predetermined time period.