Time display apparatus and method

A time display apparatus, comprising:

• a digit symbol memory for storing digit symbols capable of representing both numerical time values and the passage of time;
• a symbol color memory for storing digit color information to change with the passage of time colors of time values represented by the digit symbols;
• a time counter for measuring the time;
• a controller for selecting digit symbols suitable for display of a current time value and associated color information from the digit symbol memory and symbol color memory, and for outputting a time display control signal;
• an image processor for generating in response to the time display control signal a current time representation image using the selected digit symbols and associated color information, and for outputting an image change signal to represent the passage of time in a time unit less than a minimum time unit for time display through the current time representation image;
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• a display unit for receiving the current time representation image and image change signal from the image processor, and displaying a current time value.